Does this hitch have a name?

Tr33Climb3r · Oct 26, 2018

@Brocky Here is the original discussion. The pics don't seem to be loading well because it's from 2011. Crazy.

Brocky · Oct 26, 2018

I'm able to see one picture, hard to tell what's going on with it being dressed and set, but two possibilities, actually more, but these two looked most like the picture when tighten.

If it's tied like the top, turning it 180 degrees results in the original version of the Knut H. If the bottom way of tying, turning it 180 results in your hitch that was posted in the other thread.

Tr33Climb3r · Oct 27, 2018

It's the bottom one in your post.

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Brocky · Oct 27, 2018

I've only saw one hitch that is similar, the McDonald, to the 180 degree version of the above hitch.

Tr33Climb3r · Jan 10, 2022

Had some people ask about this hitch since seeing me tie it with the caraLINK tether.
Maybe it should just be called the Arbsession Hitch

. I'll get some updated pictures for those that are interested.

Tr33Climb3r · Feb 24, 2022

@Brocky so it's not a knut h. I reposted a video on Instagram of me tying it (and telling the story about randomly tying it years ago and posting it here only to have no one having a name for it) and someone mentioned a catalan hitch. Which I can't find any thing on that name.

Chris Schultz · Feb 24, 2022

Wiscohitch

Brocky · Feb 24, 2022

Definitely not the Knut H, the Catalan was Jesse‘s name for a Hitch Hiker use hitch of the same basic configuration. Yours also works nice if it is rotated 180 degrees.
So, what is the official name, a suggestion is the arbsessed.

Chris Schultz · Feb 26, 2022

I just back porch tested this hitch (blue moon with 30” epicord 9.3) the way it initiates tending is dreamy!! Tends so nicely, very minimal sit back, and bites consistently. Been on a micho, and sometimes a VT, but this could be the new go to for now. Thanks for sharing!!! Ill be calling it the wiscohitch until I hear otherwise (an homage to my homeland).

Edit- a 28” epicord has better/quicker bite.

Tr33Climb3r · Mar 23, 2022

Chris Schultz said:
I just back porch tested this hitch (blue moon with 30” epicord 9.3) the way it initiates tending is dreamy!! Tends so nicely, very minimal sit back, and bites consistently. Been on a micho, and sometimes a VT, but this could be the new go to for now. Thanks for sharing!!! Ill be calling it the wiscohitch until I hear otherwise (an homage to my homeland).

Edit- a 28” epicord has better/quicker bite.

On instagram we started calling it the Arbsession Hitch!