TheTreeSpyder
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- Location
- Florida>>> USA
A Crossed (Round) Turn appears in several forms to secure lines and bind. The most well known, is the least secure, in that it walks.
A Clove is a Crossed Turn. After crossing itself and taking 2 turns, it doesn't take much to secure the line, a Baby could hold it; but a Clove secures this end, at the weakest pinching point caused by the load force.
To secure, a Picket Hitch is much better, and almost the same, it just chooses to finish that Tail / Working End/ Bitter End, that a Baby could hold, in a tighter pinching point.
A Snuggle wraps around the main pull of the load, and is also good for locking off a line positively, so much so it could be used for bindings. A Constrictor is top of the binding class, and sometimes must be cut off, so is not the best for temporarily locking a line off. It is the same as a Snuggle, except a Snuggle is above the Crossing Turn, and the Constricotor is below.
Any of the lacings can be made into Double Whatevers, by using a Round Turn in the trap, for even more poisitive grip. Finishing any with a Bight, rather than the end, makes a very powerful slip release to any of the lacings. If the Constrictor end finishes coming out on the other side of the Crossing Turn, a Miller's Binding Knot is formed. So the Constricotor can be slipped free, or to this close, slightly less secure cousin, or the Miller's can be slipped to the more secure Constrictor.
i rode 500+miles with a piece of throwline tied in a constrictor for a radiator hose clamp. The hose and clamp gave out at 3am on a highway, 7 hours from home, using oncoming headlights for lighting, to get back on the road. It held fine, for the rest of the ride (central Fl. to northern In.); Constricor is a good Knot!
A Clove is a Crossed Turn. After crossing itself and taking 2 turns, it doesn't take much to secure the line, a Baby could hold it; but a Clove secures this end, at the weakest pinching point caused by the load force.
To secure, a Picket Hitch is much better, and almost the same, it just chooses to finish that Tail / Working End/ Bitter End, that a Baby could hold, in a tighter pinching point.
A Snuggle wraps around the main pull of the load, and is also good for locking off a line positively, so much so it could be used for bindings. A Constrictor is top of the binding class, and sometimes must be cut off, so is not the best for temporarily locking a line off. It is the same as a Snuggle, except a Snuggle is above the Crossing Turn, and the Constricotor is below.
Any of the lacings can be made into Double Whatevers, by using a Round Turn in the trap, for even more poisitive grip. Finishing any with a Bight, rather than the end, makes a very powerful slip release to any of the lacings. If the Constrictor end finishes coming out on the other side of the Crossing Turn, a Miller's Binding Knot is formed. So the Constricotor can be slipped free, or to this close, slightly less secure cousin, or the Miller's can be slipped to the more secure Constrictor.
i rode 500+miles with a piece of throwline tied in a constrictor for a radiator hose clamp. The hose and clamp gave out at 3am on a highway, 7 hours from home, using oncoming headlights for lighting, to get back on the road. It held fine, for the rest of the ride (central Fl. to northern In.); Constricor is a good Knot!
