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Waterknot or rather not?
- Thread starter noxninja
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The Overhand on a Bight Retrace lets you form a loop in place around an object. The theory (retracing an overhand knot) is the same as a Water Knot.
But a true water knot is used to join to ends of webbing together. http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/techtips/water-knot-webbing-anchor/
But a true water knot is used to join to ends of webbing together. http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/techtips/water-knot-webbing-anchor/
That still looks odd. You want your webbing as flat as possible and you are cutting it close with the tails. When you leave crossed angles in the knot like that, it will definitely settle. And depending upon where the bulk is, it will pull the tail into the knot Here's a shot of both sides of the knot.
It is still not right. It looks like you have the tails coming out at 2 different angles. They should come out the same way like on justsomedudes knot. Also I just want to point out with the sit and drag you will only be able to attach this directly to the sit and drag on one side, you'll need a carabiner on the other.
That one looks a lot better to me. And that is what I was talking about in post 9. justsomedude says you can do the retrace overhand on a bight to tie both sides.
This ole slow country boy is beginning to get it...I do think I need to order a longer piece of webbing to try the different lengths of bridges though.
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Sometime in the early hours the secrets of the Overhand on a Bight Retrace were mysteriously revealed to the ninja (just kidding..I got it before bedtime)....unfortunately the length of bridge that I came up with was approx 24" which I have found more comfort with the 36" The length of webbing that I ordered was 6' so I guess I need to get a 8-10' piece so I can have enough to try varying lengths which is one of the reasons that I wanted to try this in the first place. Thanks for everyone's help and being patient with me.
If you go to REI you can get a 30' piece of tubular climbing webbing for around 10 bucks.
