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What knot to tie on end of pursek?

Mostly common used knot to close a rope to make a loop to tie a prusik is double fisherman’s knot.

The caribener should not touching the double fisherman’s knot. That can be dangerous. The caribener attaches right to the prusik for your tether to your bridge. Then for the linesman lanyard it attaches same but the caribener attaches to your D loop on the saddle.
 
Are you using accesory cord to create a loop?

Are you then using that loop to make a prussik knot on your tether?

To create the loop you can use a double fisherman’s knot. This will create a loop with a “barrel” where the knot is.

Then tie the prusik on your tether making sure the barrel is not interfering with the prusik knot or the carabiner.

No other knot should be needed.

If the prusik ends up too long you can make a shorter loop when you tie the double fisherman’s.
 
Ok
Do with the kestrel came the tether rope with a pursek knot

There was too much line coming off the pursek knot to the Caribiner so I shortened that up

Now I need to re-tie the caribener on

There’s only I piece of rope coming off the pursek knot that I got from them with the kestrel kit

So what knot should I use to tie the caribener back on the pursek knot?
 
I’ve used different knots for different applications. For non-load bearing a simple overhand knot would work. You could then upgrade to the figure 8 for heavier loads. For anything that’s gonna be holding me up, I would definitely go with the double fisherman as suggested above. The barrel effect also seems to work better when moving the knot to the side of your loop. Just my opinion tho.


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I think I see where the confusion is.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think the Kestrels used to come with a "blakes hitch" on the tether. I don't remember what they tied to the carbiner, but it might have been a fishermans.

Or do you have one of the new tethers, like this:

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Yes it’s a Blake’s hutch that came on the kestrel teacher not a pursek knot

It’s like this

Just one piece coming off to tie on the beaner

What knot should I use
 

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Bowtech12 said:
Yes it’s a Blake’s hutch that came on the kestrel teacher not a pursek knot

It’s like this

Just one piece coming off to tie on the beaner

What knot should I use
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Figure eight for that too attach to carribiner but that tag end should be a double fishermen’s knot instead of a figure eight. But I would use a proper prusik with double fisherman’s knots. They’re simple and proven. I’ve seen this knot used in climbing but always with a biner incorporated into the knot along the main line. Good luck.
 
Nearly certain it's a halyard hitch they tie to the carabiner. Blake's hitch at the other end around the tether/lineman's rope.
 
With a blakes hitch on the tether, you can use a halyard or fisherman knot to the carabiner.

If you prefer a prussik on the tether, you can tie it like New Tribe is doing now. They have sewn loops for the carabiner, but you can do the same with the aforementioned halyard or fishermans on each end of the cord.

Or just go classic: tie the cord into a loop with a double fisherman and then tie the loop as a prusik on the tether and hook your carabiner to the prusiks loop.
 
The issue with both the prusik and blake's hitch is that they bind REALLY tightly once loaded, so they're tough to adjust once you've put weight on them. I know there was another thread about this where someone suggested a distel hitch instead, and I've found that to really be the way to go. That's what I'm using on my tether now, and on my lineman's belt I included a tender under it as well, in the same way aero hunter is doing now (like in the picture posted by pesqimon). Allows for easy one-handed adjustments without a ropeman.
 
beej32 said:
The issue with both the prusik and blake's hitch is that they bind REALLY tightly once loaded, so they're tough to adjust once you've put weight on them. I know there was another thread about this where someone suggested a distel hitch instead, and I've found that to really be the way to go. That's what I'm using on my tether now, and on my lineman's belt I included a tender under it as well, in the same way aero hunter is doing now (like in the picture posted by pesqimon). Allows for easy one-handed adjustments without a ropeman.
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I’ve found that you need to experiment with the prusik cordage size compared to your tether size and adjust the number of wraps accordingly. I never have an issue with my prusik biting to hard to make them move. I can push up or pull down one handed and they move very easily and then cinch tight when the prusik is pulled from the tag.
 
Thanks

I have a Ropeman 1 I was going to use on my tether but that thread on here doesn’t advise it??

It’s rated for 3300 lbs to but not the 5500 that’s recommended which is crazy but I’m new so who knows
 
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