Crown knot

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Crown knot
Crown knot
Type stopper
application End knots on handrails ( gangway , sea stairway), deck stoppers, decorative knots
Ashley No. 670
List of nodes

The crown node is a square knot , which for knotting a Endspleißes a rope is used, which of a plurality of strands composed. This is to prevent the rope from fraying or rushing out of handrails such as on the gangway . The crown knot is often combined to form multi-strand thickening knots such as the fall ladder or rose knot . They are usually tied with three or four cardels. However, a single crown can be used to finish off an eyelid .

It is also part of decorative knots such as the diamond knot or bracelets .

Knot

Usually such knots are knotted with the cardeles of a hemp or sisal rope . Different colored cords are used here for a better overview .

  • Three-carded rope. The order is blue, yellow, green ( right-hand winding ). It is best to keep it as shown in the picture. The binding is done counterclockwise

  • One cardel, in this case the blue one, is brought over the next, here the green cardel

  • With the next cardel (green) one crosses over the first moved cardel (blue) and the next one (yellow)

  • The third cardel (yellow) is passed over the cardel that was moved last (green) and the end is inserted through the bay of the next cardel that was moved first (blue)

  • Still to draw

  • Finished

  • The ends of the cardeles point to the side

Comparison of crown knots - wall knots

The crown knot is the exact opposite of the wall knot .

  • Crown knot: The ends of the cardeles point to the side

  • Wall knot: The ends of the cardeles point upwards

  • The wall knot and above it the crown knot, then pushed again on the right, result in the stairway knot

Examples of using the crown knot

  • Fallreep knot, 3-carded. The knot is made from a wall knot with a crown knot on top

  • Fall ladder knot tightened, side view

  • Fallreep knot, 4-carded. Top view

  • Rose knots , top view. In the case of a rose knot , you first put a crown knot , over it a lanyard knot and over it another square knot.

  • Rose knot, side view

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clifford W. Ashley: The Ashley Book of Knots. Over 3800 knots. How they look like. What they are used for. How they are made. 6th edition. Edition Maritim, Hamburg 1999, p. 126.
  2. ↑ JD Lenzen: Paracords Basics. mvg, Munich 2014, p. 30, ISBN 978-3-86882-180-2 .
  3. ↑ Thade Precht: Paracord: Power knot for advanced users. TOPP, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7358-0402-0 , p. 47.