List of bend knots
Types of bends

List of bend knots

Section Title: Types of bends
Table Section Text: None

Knot	Description	Image

Adjustable bend	A bend that can be easily lengthened or shortened.

Albright special	A low-profile bend suitable for monofilament or small-stuff. Mainly used in angling.	-

Ashley's bend	An original bend by Clifford Ashley consisting of interlocking overhand loops.	-

Beer knot	A bend suitable for tubular webbing. Its most common application is in slings used in rock climbing.	-

Blood knot	A low-profile bend most usefully employed for joining sections of monofilament nylon line while maintaining a high portion of the line's inherent strength.	-

Butterfly bend	A bend analogue of the butterfly loop.	-

Carrick bend	A bend that is particularly appropriate for very heavy rope or cable that is too large and stiff to be easily formed into other common bends.	-

Fisherman's knot Double fisherman's knot Triple fisherman's knot	A symmetrical bend tied with two overhand knots around the standing end of the other line. A variation of the fisherman's knot consisting of two double overhands.	-

Flemish bend	A bend based on the figure-eight knot.	-

Harness bend	A bend that can be pulled taut before securing.	-

Heaving line bend	A bend suitable for tying smaller lines to larger lines, such as in attaching playing strings to the thick silk eyes of the anchorage knot.	-

Hunter's bend	A bend consisting of two interlocking overhand knots.	-

Nail knot	A bend used in fly fishing to join lines of different diameters. It is useful but difficult to tie by hand.	-

One-sided overhand bend	A bend formed by tying a single overhand knot in two lines facing the same direction.	-

Racking bend	A bend for joining lines of different diameters. It is more secure than the heaving line bend or sheet bend due to the woven figure-eight knot "rackings".	-

Reever Knot	A secure and compact bend.	-

Sheet bend	A common bend for joining lines of different diameters.	-

Shroud knot	A multi-strand bend used to join two ends of laid (or twisted) rope together.	-

Simple Simon under	-

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Surgeon's knot	A bend commonly employed in small-stuff. It can be pulled taut before securing.	-

True lover's knot	A bend consisting of interlocking overhand knots.	-

Water knot	A bend suitable for flat material such as leather or webbing.	-

Zeppelin bend	A bend consisting of interlocking overhand knots. It is similar to the hunter's bend but offers advantages in that it is jam resistant and easy to untie.	-

Sentence(s)

The sheet bend is a bend.

final_sentence: The sheet bend is a bend.