What is this thing?

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 point 4 months ago* (2 children)

Yes, except that it appears to be a double fisherman's, like your example picture from Wikipedia. It's hard to tell, though, tbh.

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[–] gws@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

It's a double. The knot has that nice x-shaped crossover and the end points straight out instead of angling like the single fisherman's bend does before it's pulled up tight.

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

fisherman's knot always looks like that till you tug on the line/rope to lock it tight.

up there in the loop they just used it keep the size adjustable