Do you know what this knot is called

[tkeithlu]

The lower left is two half hitches (clove hitch around a rope); the lower right is a mess. In any case, it's a constricting loop, with the similar functional knot being the tautline hitch.

Keep it simple - two half hitches for a constricting loop, tautline hitch for a constricting loop that is adjustable, and bowline for a non-constricting loop.

[Asmolian]

Barrel knot on a bight?

[vpbarkley]

This is a poacher's noose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDgeTjDSvts

[aa1bflyboy]

Bowlines have been working for me for over 50 years. Don’t confuse the masses...

[paulajayne]

Clove hitch on a bight.

[CDR Smith]

Originally Posted by aa1bflyboy

Bowlines have been working for me for over 50 years. Don’t confuse the masses...

This knot is not intended as a replacement for a bowline. It is a slip knot. Could be used like a halyard hitch.

[Afrinus]

Yep, a bowling is my go to knot, but not useful for what I am using this knot for.
Perfect for a halyard hitch.

Originally Posted by CDR Smith

This knot is not intended as a replacement for a bowline. It is a slip knot. Could be used like a halyard hitch.

[Afrinus]

So far I think Potbelly is the closest to identifying this correctly...
Closest I say as I think he only got the reference to the East wrong in identifying it as a "dipsydoodleoverundermongaloidhalfbowlinegeezerwit hatwist"
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[fugujohn]

Knife Knot. it is used all the time......

[guyrj33]

it's a figure 8 on the standing part

[copaco]

Would the Poacher's knot be better? ABOK 409

[thruska]

Originally Posted by Afrinus

I recently messed around with slip knots and ended up with this knot.
To be clear, I never tied it before not have come across it elsewhere.
It works very well on slippery high tech lines.
I've used it to hang large shade nets at my house, and it has not come loose, yet I'm able to release it even after it's been under serious load.
Can anyone tell me what its called?

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Basically it’s a clove hitch on a line.

[thruska]

Originally Posted by aa1bflyboy

Bowlines have been working for me for over 50 years. Don’t confuse the masses...

True , but bowlines don’t slip ...

[StuM]

Originally Posted by guyrj33

it's a figure 8 on the standing part

With an additional wrap and tuck.



Contrast with the Figure 8 loop, ABOK# 1116

[ggray]

It looks like a constrictor knot tied around the bight.

Could be useful. Would be more secure than two half hitches, but could be difficult to untie.