Ashley stopper knot

Ashley stopper knot
Type	stopper
application	stopper
Ashley No.	526
Synonyms	Oystercatcher stopper
English	Ashley's stopper knot, Oysterman's stopper
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The Ashley Stopper Knot , also known as the Oystercatcher Stopper, is a thick stopper knot . It comes in handy when the opening for the eight knot is too big. Clifford W. Ashley , author of the standard work " The Ashley Book of Knots " and inventor of this stopper, said of the knot that it creates more mass with less rope than other stopper knots. It is easy to tie and has seen from the bottom, three very symmetrical edge parten .

application

The Ashley stopper knot is used by sailors as a stopper knot at the end of the rope when other stopper knots are too small. It prevents a rope from slipping through a hole or eye that is up to twice the diameter of the rope.

Knot

Place a left-handed eye (1). This eye consists of a left and a right semicircle.
The loose part (the loose end of the rope) is pushed through the eye as shown. A bay is created .
The left semicircle of the eye (1) is pulled out to the left through the bay.
Now lead the loose part down over the standing part and lead it up through the bay.
Now pull the knot first from the loose part and then from the standing part. Bring it into shape so that it is symmetrical and the edge parts lie on the underside like a clover.
Tighten still tight.

Alternatives

The double overhand knot gives a smaller stopper knot.

The eight knot can be easily loosened again even after heavy loads.

Modifications

The four and five times Ashley stopper knot.

Individual evidence

↑ Clifford W. Ashley: The Ashley Book of Knots . Edition Maritim Hamburg, 1999, ISBN 3-922117-37-6 , p. 96 .
↑ Geoffrey Budworth: The best knots for everyday life, leisure and sport . Bassermann, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-8094-1793-4 , p. 14 (Original title: The Really Useful Knot Book .).
↑ Geoffrey Budworth, Jason Dalton: Knots: 200 Practical Knots . Librero, 2016, ISBN 978-90-8998-727-3 , pp. 302 .

[1] Clifford W. Ashley: The Ashley Book of Knots . Edition Maritim Hamburg, 1999, ISBN 3-922117-37-6 , p. 96 .

[2] Geoffrey Budworth: The best knots for everyday life, leisure and sport . Bassermann, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-8094-1793-4 , p. 14 (Original title: The Really Useful Knot Book .).

[3] Geoffrey Budworth, Jason Dalton: Knots: 200 Practical Knots . Librero, 2016, ISBN 978-90-8998-727-3 , pp. 302 .