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The packer's knot is a binding knot which is easily pulled taut and quickly locked in position. It is most often made in small line or string, such as that used for hand baling, parcel tying, and binding
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s. This latter use, and its general form, make it a member of a class of similar knots known as butcher's knots.Clifford W. Ashley, ''The Ashley Book of Knots'' (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 36-38.


Tying and variations

A lightly tightened figure-eight knot is formed around the
standing part A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be practical or decorative, or both. Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices: a ''hitch'' fastens a rope to another object; a ...
of the line such that both ends emerge from the same point. Pulling on the standing part tightens the binding. After the desired degree of tension is reached, a locking half-hitch is added over the working end and pulled taut. Even without the locking half-hitch the knot will generally maintain tension while additional tying is accomplished, such as putting a second,
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, wrap on a package.Ashley(1944), p. 337Gordon Perry, ''Knots'' (North Vancouver, Canada: Quantum Publishing, 2006), 130-131. A similar knot made with an overhand knot instead of a figure-eight works almost as well.Des Pawson, ''Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices'' (Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., 2002), 108-109. Many other variations also exist finishing with this style of locking half-hitch. In fact,
Clifford Ashley Clifford Warren Ashley (December 18, 1881 – September 18, 1947) was an American artist, author, sailor, and knot expert. Life Ashley was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, son of Abiel Davis Ashley and Caroline Morse. He married Sarah Scudder ...
claimed that there were more knots of this type to be found than any other used for a single purpose.


See also

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Corned beef knot The corned beef knot is a binding knot usually made in small line or string. It gains its name by often being used for binding the meat of the same name while it is being cooked. Since corned beef shrinks during cooking, the knot needs to be tig ...
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List of binding knots A binding knot is a knot that may be used to keep an object or multiple loose objects together, using a string or a rope that passes at least once around them. There are various binding knots, divided into two types. Friction knots are held in ...
* List of knots


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Diagram of a packer's knot
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