Post History
I came up with this variation of the flat overhand knot (also known as the Euro Death Knot) for pulling ropes on a rappel. I've never been comfortable using the Euro Death Knot (EDK), but it's hard...
#2: Attribution notice added
by
System
·
2020-04-17T20:38:54Z (about 4 years ago)
Source: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/9356 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#1: Initial revision
by
ShemSeger
·
2020-04-17T20:38:53Z (about 4 years ago)
<p>I came up with this variation of the flat overhand knot <em>(also known as the Euro Death Knot)</em> for pulling ropes on a rappel. I've never been comfortable using the Euro Death Knot (EDK), but it's hard to deny the virtues of the EDK for retrieving ropes. I set out to try and come up with a knot that had less of a tendency to roll than the EDK and eventually came up with this: </p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/kAktH.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/kAktH.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p> <p>It's a flat overhand with one of the strands tied in a double overhand, which, if anything, makes the knot feel a lot more secure.</p> <p>What I want to know is if this is an original knot, or if it's already been discovered, has a name, and most importantly: whether or not it's being used for rappels.</p> <p>I came up with a different knot while experimenting, but found out online that it had already been invented and named "knot number 1452" back in the 1940s. This knot however, I can't find any evidence of it being used before. </p> <p>Does this knot have a name? Or have I come up with something new?</p>