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section 7, page 79 Strength and energy absorption are related, when you consider shock loading. If a knot can help absorb the force of a shock load, this raises the overall strength of the system. It's a very limited circumstance of when a knot could be preferable to a splice, but it's...

There is one thing that a triple fisherman's knot can do better than a splice: absorb energy. In that respect, in the right rope under shock loading, a knot can be stronger than a splice. here is a british rope's access study: http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/crr_pdf/2001/crr01364.pdf they test...

who is nick, and what's his method?

I think you guys covered this question pretty well, I'll only add this: when you can tie a butterfly as a loop knot, you learn a bonus knot for free: the butterfly as a BEND! One of the butterfly's forte is isolating a damaged section of line, now just imagine that this damaged piece were a...

Check out this link: https://youtu.be/0wupL8dPTzw This method does not seem to be widely known, but it has advantages over the traditional methods: 1) speed 2) easily tied with rope weight below you 3) easy to make large loops I thought I had discovered it, but it turns out it has been known...