Bowline

Canonical name: Bowline.
Variant names: None.
File:Bowline.jpg
Category: Loop on the end.
Origin: This is an ancient knot and is considered the 'King of Knots'.
Related knots: double bowline?, spanish bowline?,triple bowline?,portuguese bowline?.
Releasing: Non-jamming.
Efficiency: 60-75%
Caveats: None.
Comments: After learning the overhand knot and the figure-of-eight knot in our youths we should all be instructed on how to tie the Bowline. Many people are taught the slow and all thumbs 'Bunny' method. In fact it can be very fast to tie and under the most difficult of circumstances.
There are many 'loop on the end' knots. Like the others it can be made and then secured over an object like a post. But the other loop knots are unlike the Bowline. The working end can first be passed through a ring object and then tied. This makes the line very secure. This unique feature of the Bowline makes it the loop knot of choice and a knot every one should master.
Methods: This knot can be tied in a number of ways.

The 'Bunny' method - form the hole, the bunny comes up through the hole, around the tree, and back down through the hole. This is a difficult and inferior way to tie.

Single hand method - wait for the pictures
Lightning method - wait for the pictures
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