I learned this very useful knot after watching a newspaper seller (called Jack Steinberg) who used to have a night time street trading stall; selling early edition newspapers with his brother (Alan) on Coventry Street near Leicester Square, London. He stopped selling newspapers several years ago.
He used to sell a lot of papers & he used to also wholesale papers & whilst bundling up the wholesale orders of newspapers I used to watch him with fascination when ever he used this knot.
I wanted to learn the knot but Jack was very secretive about his knot and used to tie the knot so fast that it was frustratingly very difficult to watch & learn............but I persevered & finally did learn to master the knot.
A link to the twine (string) I use:
* Flexocare Polypropylene Twine 2.25 kg White: amzn.to/4czQmx0
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Learning & using the knot has served me well over the years whenever I've had to use string to tie up anything - I hope it serves you just as well.
I'm very sorry but I don't know the name of the knot - a few people have suggested it's called a bowline knot but I don't think it is.
Anyway it's very useful if you're wanting to know how to bundle a stack of newspapers or the like.
13 сен 2014
