Category Loop Releasing Non-jamming | Origin Ancient | |
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Names Eskimo bowline, Sitka loop, Anti-Bowline Related Typical use Placing a loop which will be stretched wide open under load in the end of a rope | ||
The Eskimo bowline is a knot that places a loop in the end of a rope. Whereas the standard bowline knot loops the working end around the standing part, the Eskimo bowline loops it around its own descending part.
The Eskimo bowline is best used in applications in which the loop will be stretched wide. In applications where the two legs of the loop are nearly parallel, a bowline is superior.
The structure of the knot was not identified by Clifford Ashley (in 1944). All of the maneuvers to tie this knot are generally in the opposite (or ‘anti’ direction) relative to the Bowline.
Dan Lehman posits that this structure is an ‘Anti Bowline’. When this Anti-Bowline is ring-loaded, due to the orientation of the tail, it mimics the core function of a Sheet bend