Friendship knot loop is a

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to tie a secure and stable

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at the end of a rope. The slipped version where the last move is done with a

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of the end, rather than with the end itself, is one that can be tightened flat, slid, locked (like a belt buckle), and then untied quickly (like when nature calls) with an exploding pop. If not tightened flat, this Slipped friendship knot loop collapses into a cube and will neither slide nor pop.http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/explode.htm Six Exploding Knots by Peter Suber.

Tying

Like tying a

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, except that it is tied to the ropes own end, coming back from forming the loop.

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Tying

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