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78:, knotting the strands together, then laying up the strands together again. It may also be tied using several separate cords, in which case it keeps the cords together in a bundle. The traditional use of the knot is to form a knob or "stopper" to prevent the end of the rope from passing through a hole, for instance in rigging the lanyards which tension the shrouds on older sailing ships with standing rigging of fibre cordage.
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A sailor, having been sentenced to death by a judge who in earlier life had been a sailor himself, was reprieved by the judge because of their common fellowship of the sea. The judge offered the sailor a full pardon if he could show him a knot that he, the judge, could neither tie nor untie.
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Lever's familiar expression, "MATTHEW WALKER'S KNOT," suggests that he may have known the inventor, who was possibly a master rigger in one of the
British naval dockyards. Many myths have grown up around Matthew Walker, "the only man ever to have a knot named for him." Dr.
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Lever in 1808 speaks of "MATTHEW WALKER'S KNOT" and describes the knot which Alston in 1860 calls the "DOUBLE MATTHEW WALKER KNOT." A refinement of the original knot had in the meantime taken over the original name , which is now generally modified to "a MATTHEW WALKER..
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A Matthew Walker knot is tied in a circular bundle of any number of strands. To tie the knot, the tier takes each strand and forms a loop around the rest of the bundle, then passes the end through the newly formed loop to form an
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The sailor called for ten fathoms of rope and, having retired to the privacy of his cell, unlaid the rope halfway, put in a MATTHEW WALKER KNOT, and then laid up the rope again to the end.
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This knot is highly decorative, and was historically one of the most common and important knots. On a modern yacht, it is almost unused and unknown.
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Matthew Walker secured his pardon, and the world gained an excellent knot.
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1410:Dropper loop
1287:Marlinespike
1282:Lobster buoy
1257:Hitching tie
1252:Highwayman's
1059:Bimini twist
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960:Chain sinnet
934:Trident loop
914:Munter hitch
889:Figure-eight
776:Bottle sling
743:True lover's
678:Heaving line
628:Basket weave
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1574:Marlinspike
1232:Ground-line
1137:Anchor bend
1069:Fisherman's
1023:Turk's head
983:Carrick mat
786:Corned beef
781:Constrictor
653:Fisherman's
457:(animation)
332:Shroud knot
237:(animation)
1886:Categories
1660:Portuguese
1485:Tom fool's
1212:Falconer's
1152:Bale sling
1008:Friendship
975:Decorative
965:Sheepshank
608:Adjustable
292:Crown knot
278:Knob knots
199:References
143:How to tie
139:are used.
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40:Decorative
1632:Stevedore
1530:Hangman's
1450:Jury mast
1337:Trucker's
1327:Taut-line
1247:Highpoint
1187:Cat's paw
1167:Blackwall
1041:(angling)
909:Klemheist
849:Autoblock
728:Surgeon's
504:March 24,
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374:Rose knot
306:Wall knot
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1808:Splicing
1798:Ropework
1785:Mizuhiki
1737:friction
1723:Bindings
1642:Whipping
1627:Overhand
1579:Rat-tail
1557:splicing
1510:Zeppelin
1455:Overhand
1440:Handcuff
1360:Angler's
1312:Sailor's
1182:Buntline
1147:Bachmann
1079:Knotless
854:Bachmann
841:Climbing
821:Strangle
811:Packer's
806:Miller's
753:Zeppelin
708:Shoelace
683:Hunter's
618:Ashley's
187:See also
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1871:Commons
1813:Seizing
1803:Lashing
1792:Norigae
1779:Macramé
1769:History
1764:Density
1735: (
1733:Hitches
1599:Stopper
1553:Splices
1543:Tarbuck
1520:Running
1490:Trident
1400:Diamond
1390:Cossack
1375:Bowline
1317:Snuggle
1272:Killick
1172:Blake's
1124:Hitches
1099:Trilene
1089:Palomar
998:Diamond
831:Transom
801:Jamming
763:Binding
698:Racking
673:Harness
668:Halyard
658:Flemish
643:Carrick
589:By type
438:(video)
419:(video)
137:lariats
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1650:Common
1612:Button
1522:(slip)
1420:Fiador
1380:Bumper
1342:Tumble
1332:Timber
1292:Munter
1262:Icicle
1242:Halter
1202:Distel
1162:Becket
1157:Barrel
1003:Fiador
953:shanks
929:Prusik
791:Granny
713:Shroud
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1322:Swing
1297:Ossel
1277:Knute
1227:Garda
1192:Clove
1109:Turle
1094:Snell
1064:Blood
1054:Arbor
951:&
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919:Noose
826:Thief
748:Water
703:Sheet
663:Grief
638:Blood
600:Bends
555:Bight
544:Knots
1475:Span
1352:Loop
1307:Pipe
1302:Pile
1237:Half
1177:Boom
1142:Axle
1084:Nail
859:Beer
816:Reef
688:Nail
633:Beer
565:Turn
560:Loop
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