Knots.

macswan said:
I learned it from Chisholm as a circus bowline. I think it came from norm hall or something. I use that knot all the time it is great. I've pulled logs with trucks on it and it comes right out. No issue. Never use a butterfly anymore
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Long live the circus bowline, I think it is a very appropriate name for the knot. Thanks again, macswan, for introducing it to me. That knot and I have a great relationship.
 
According to Wikipedia, Cornell University professor Howard W. Riley published the farmer's knot in an agricultural extension pamphlet devoted to farming knots in 1912. He was shown the knot by a farmer at the 1910 Genesee County Fair in Bativia, New York. Riley noted that he had never seen the knot described in any reference book.

It was also published in the NY State Assembly official records.

Riley named it the "farmer's loop", so I guess that's as official as it gets.
 
I wouldn't be too quick to name anything "circus" after the May 2014 Barnum & Baily circus accident which seriously injured eight female acrobats who were dangling by their hair 35 feet off the ground in the Human Chandelier.

It seems that the entire live and dead load was suspended from a single steel locking D carabiner, which failed in two places just as the women did a synchronized leg lift (dynamic loading):

Human Chandelier.webp Circus Carabiner Failure 2014 (sm).webp
 
Thanks - That not what I thought it was. I'll have to draw/photo what I thought it was to see what guys think the bend in my head is called
 
"Farmer's loop" may be a good name for it (kinda like "cowboy bowline"), since it's nothing more than a rather inelegant variation of the alpine butterfly, which has been used for generations because of its simplicity and functionality (as well as ease of untying).
 
RescueMan said:
"Farmer's loop" may be a good name for it (kinda like "cowboy bowline"), since it's nothing more than a rather inelegant variation of the alpine butterfly, which has been used for generations because of its simplicity and functionality (as well as ease of untying).
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RescueMan, you should try using the Circus Farmer Loop Knot to see its benefit. In my experience it is easier to untie than the alpine butterfly and reminds me of the bowline in the way you break it to untie... It is a great knot to know.
 
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