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Step 2Surgeons Knot

Surgeons Knot
Put a piece of string through the strap loop and tie it with a surgeon's knot.
It's just like a square knot but with an extra turn on the second half-hitch.
It's less likely ton untie by itself than a square knot. This dyneema is slippery.

"Mud Lake" is the most popular name for lakes in Minnesota.
"Surgeon's knot" is probably the most common name for many different knots.
If you know this knot by another name, please comment.
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Jan 4, 2008. 7:44 AMDeanAdam says:
If you add that extra twist when you tie shoes laces, you get shoes that stay tied all day.
Oct 24, 2007. 12:07 PMHalf-Handed Cloud says:
It's pretty close to a reef knot. But with a reef knot, you go left over right, under, right over left, and pull. Surgeon's has an extra twist.

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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