It should be noted that if you have a strap that needs to be secured to the ground, the sheet bend can connect a strap to a rope and with said rope you can secure a taut-line to a stake. The square knot cannot secure a strap and a rope, or even two ropes of different sizes.
Good video (so is the Bowline one). Just being picky but the Double Sheet Bend can still jam badly under extreme loads though it does depend on the type of rope. Generally, people would never have a problem. So it may not be totally jam-proof like say a Zeppelin Bend but it is so much easier to remember. Very well explained here and the correct orientation pointed out.
What do you mean it will jam under extreme loads? I am in the coast guard and we tie our towing penet in this way to our tow line. Not criticizing you. Just asking for your thoughts. V/R, Michael
Bob, I've worked in the Maritime industry and Naval service for over thirty years and I call that a double Becket Bend. As a Boy Scout I was taught that that was a Double Sheet Bend. So, which is the correct term? Or, are they both correct, depending on which world you are living/working in? Thanks, Staying safe in the crown, Mike
Hey Mike, I am not familiar with the term Becker, though many of these knots have multiple names...Marine-reef knot Boy Scouts-square knot. Sheet bend is the root I was taught.
I know one thing. You are tying this knot as a left handed person would. This would seem odd to a right handed person as i would have the loop in my left hand for sure. Correct but you should have explained this. Or if you are right handed it seems odd. All depends on the dominant hand i suppose. Just a point !
Nice video; very clear. One (anal-retentive) point: You keep calling the part in your right hand a loop. That's not correct; it is a bight. This knot is the combination of a loop and a bight. Thanks for making the video.
