The Super Stevedor Knot

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

 

[JTSpear]

Thanks for the video Richard. Are there any advantages, you know of, over a bowline or a bowline on a bight? looking at it I think it may have less strength loss?

 

[JeffGu]

Very nice, informative... as always, Richard!

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

Thanks for the video Richard. Are there any advantages, you know of, over a bowline or a bowline on a bight? looking at it I think it may have less strength loss?

Biggest is how great it is to take apart. It would be interesting to load test it, I agree, might not lose much but I don't yet have the equipment.
Needs more proofing, time testing.

 

[John_KAYS]

Hey that's like your favorite knot...Muphorized. I like it!

 

[Howie65]

It looks very interesting indeed.

There's one thing that confuses me. If the Stevedor Knot is the key in not getting tight then why you are using a Slip-Knot or an Ashley's stopper for termination? Shouldn't it be a Stevedor stopper knot rather then? Or thinking from the other side...if the Slipknot breaks open sufficient after heavy load then I can use also a Slipknot secured with a Slipknot with the same result?

Maybe I am wrong and that's why I am confused but I think if the total load is e. g. 1,000 Kg then the Slipknot sees half of it right?

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

Sure anothe slip knot, knd of daisy chain, or stevedor but that foot print is not much greater than the slip knot, thus the ashly.

 

[Cliff_Towle]

Your "Super Stevedor" is basically a modded truckers hitch. Not complaining, just saying. Might try it out. Low & Slow.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

Your "Super Stevedor" is basically a modded truckers hitch. Not complaining, just saying. Might try it out. Low & Slow.

There are SO many variations of the so called "truckers hitch", simply anything that can be tied mid-line and then passed back thru the loop. A Super Stevedor certainly fits that mold but is much more as it works for termination and can be tied mid-line. Again, probably the biggest advantage is that it will never become an Ax Knot.
Knots are an interesting thing, they can look very similar and have very different functions, one simple little error can make the knot unsafe etc. Look at the variations of a simple DOH..............