Howard hitch

[Tree-Taylor]

Does anyone know how to tie a howard hitch?

 

[lumberjackson]

All the instructions I can find are in german. I speak a bit of german, but thats probably not the case for everybody else. a picture is worth a thousand words, no matter what language, right?

 

[Blinky]

Interesting... what's it good for?

 

[rfwoodvt]

Here's another link:

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/9596-rope-split-tail-hitch-combo-s-2.html

Looks interesting. I've been using the V and VT off but like the potential I see on the howard.

 

[Tree-Taylor]

Thanks!

 

[davej]

Good God, if that thing can work, we all ought to be able to come up with one with our own name in it.

 

[treebing]

Thats right, Sounds irresponsible but when I tell beginers how to tie their climbing hitch i just say "wrap and twist it around the rope some kind of way, doesnt really matter too much how... long as it works."

Its pretty hard to tie a hitch that doesnt work as long as there is a few wraps going on with a couple of twists thrown in. Its too complicated to be like "this is a swabish, this is a distel, this is a tk, this is a michoacan, this is a vt, this is an xt, this is a howard.... I have noticed very slight differences in the function of all these hitches. whatever catches is fine by me.

 

[KevinS]

is this knot for a split tail or an eye to eye

 

[lumberjackson]

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is this knot for a split tail or an eye to eye

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same thing as you would tie a blakes hitch on

 

[davej]

Based on the photos in the link provided by rfwoodvt it looks like a closed hitch.

Edit- Hmmm... Lumberjackson version is an open hitch? The other two are closed. Note that the twist in Trees_Please's pdf version is opposite direction.

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

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Based on the photos in the link provided by rfwoodvt it looks like a closed hitch.

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is that a home made grizzly splice?!?