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in 1953 (under the name "rigger's bend"), he described it as a modification to the butterfly bend. While the bend form had been known to mountaineers, nautical rigger Brion Toss brought the knot to a wider audience when he published it in 1975. Unaware of the earlier publication, Toss called the
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A properly tied butterfly bend should be as secure as the equivalent loop form. However, subtle positioning errors during the above shown tying method can result in a similar looking but insecure bend knot.
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The butterfly bend can be tied using a subset of the methods used for tying the loop form by holding the two rope ends together and treating them as if they were a single
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Errors in tying can result in a similar looking but insecure bend
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When Phil D. Smith made the first known presentation of the
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1511:Overhand knot with draw-loop
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183:butterfly bend step by step
50:Butterfly Bend, Strait bend
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431:List of knot terminology
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1063:Double overhand noose
869:Ghiordes & Senneh
328:Asher, Harry (1989),
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18:Alpine butterfly bend
355:. Notable Knot Index
238:Toss, Brion (1998),
886:(triple crown knot)
755:Figure-of-nine loop
144:butterfly bend the
1316:Portuguese bowline
1073:Farrimond friction
960:Triple fisherman's
720:Bowline on a bight
594:Triple fisherman's
574:Simple Simon under
549:One-sided overhand
504:Double fisherman's
208:List of bend knots
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1266:Dropper loop
1143:Marlinespike
1138:Lobster buoy
1113:Hitching tie
1108:Highwayman's
915:Bimini twist
816:Chain sinnet
790:Trident loop
770:Munter hitch
745:Figure-eight
632:Bottle sling
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993:Anchor bend
925:Fisherman's
879:Turk's head
839:Carrick mat
642:Corned beef
637:Constrictor
509:Fisherman's
146:strait bend
91:Non-jamming
1748:Bend knots
1742:Categories
1516:Portuguese
1341:Tom fool's
1068:Falconer's
1008:Bale sling
864:Friendship
831:Decorative
821:Sheepshank
464:Adjustable
359:2012-05-27
219:References
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148:after the
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1386:Hangman's
1306:Jury mast
1193:Trucker's
1183:Taut-line
1103:Highpoint
1043:Cat's paw
1023:Blackwall
897:(angling)
765:Klemheist
705:Autoblock
584:Surgeon's
87:Releasing
1703:Category
1664:Splicing
1654:Ropework
1641:Mizuhiki
1593:friction
1579:Bindings
1498:Whipping
1483:Overhand
1435:Rat-tail
1413:splicing
1366:Zeppelin
1311:Overhand
1296:Handcuff
1216:Angler's
1168:Sailor's
1038:Buntline
1003:Bachmann
935:Knotless
710:Bachmann
697:Climbing
677:Strangle
667:Packer's
662:Miller's
609:Zeppelin
564:Shoelace
539:Hunter's
474:Ashley's
197:See also
188:Security
55:Category
1727:Commons
1669:Seizing
1659:Lashing
1648:Norigae
1635:Macramé
1625:History
1620:Density
1591: (
1589:Hitches
1455:Stopper
1409:Splices
1399:Tarbuck
1376:Running
1346:Trident
1256:Diamond
1246:Cossack
1231:Bowline
1173:Snuggle
1128:Killick
1028:Blake's
980:Hitches
955:Trilene
945:Palomar
854:Diamond
687:Transom
657:Jamming
619:Binding
554:Racking
529:Harness
524:Halyard
514:Flemish
499:Carrick
445:By type
135:History
65:Related
1718:
1707:
1696:
1676:Sennit
1506:Common
1468:Button
1378:(slip)
1276:Fiador
1236:Bumper
1198:Tumble
1188:Timber
1148:Munter
1118:Icicle
1098:Halter
1058:Distel
1018:Becket
1013:Barrel
859:Fiador
809:shanks
785:Prusik
647:Granny
569:Shroud
336:
312:
270:
246:
97:Caveat
1574:Bends
1411:&
1301:Honda
1178:Swing
1153:Ossel
1133:Knute
1083:Garda
1048:Clove
965:Turle
950:Snell
920:Blood
910:Arbor
807:&
805:Coils
775:Noose
682:Thief
604:Water
559:Sheet
519:Grief
494:Blood
456:Bends
411:Bight
400:Knots
162:bight
156:Tying
119:is a
47:Names
1331:Span
1208:Loop
1163:Pipe
1158:Pile
1093:Half
1033:Boom
998:Axle
940:Nail
715:Beer
672:Reef
544:Nail
489:Beer
421:Turn
416:Loop
334:ISBN
310:ISBN
268:ISBN
244:ISBN
203:Knot
125:bend
121:knot
115:The
59:Bend
1425:Fid
1420:Eye
1053:Cow
970:Uni
627:Boa
168:"A
1744::
281:^
226:^
152:.
79:,
75:,
71:,
1595:)
1440:T
392:e
385:t
378:v
362:.
174:b
170:d
20:)
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