Re: Joining Ropes (was Re: Hangmans noose)

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From: Frank Leonhardt
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 01:02

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>A knot refers to any interlacement of one or more pieces of rope, and
>include bends and hitches (according to Webster's 9th).

A knot is something you use instead of a splice if you don't
have time to do a proper job (or don't know how to splice) :-)

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From: uab1018@dircon.co.uk (Frank Leonhardt)
Subject: Re: Joining Ropes (was Re: Hangmans noose)
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