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Avoid the abnormal figure eight 18-Aug-2007 At 1:50:05 PM benhev
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On 16/08/2007 dave h. wrote:
>Nice summary Mike... particularly liked Kieran L's suggestion....
>
>Just a note re the overhand joining method - I find tieing a couple more
>double-overhand knots in the tails helps with the psychological insecurity...
>they're no harder to untie, as they don't get loaded...

But a knot on the end of the tail is more likely to flap around and get jammed somewhere. Avoiding knot jams is why you'd use the overhand, so despite the psychological lift, leave the tails clean.

Ben

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