The Hunter's Bend or the Riggers Bend Great Way of Joining Two Slippery Ropes

The Hunter's Bend or the Riggers Bend Great Way of Joining Two Slippery Ropes

This knot looks very similar to the Zeppelin Bend, Ashley Bend and Alpine Butterfly Bend.

1425A. Hunter’s Bend (Also see facing page 261) consists of two interlocked overhand knots, and is a comparatively new arrival on the knotting scene. Its cruciform layout (ends at right angles), however, is where it differs from 1408, 1409, 1425 and the two-strand Matthew Walker knot

The bend’s first appearance in print seems to have been in ‘Knots for Mountaineering’ by Phil D. Smith, published in the U.S.A. in the i9^os; but about the same time Dr. Edward Hunter, a British physician, had discovered the same bend for himself.

By 1978, the bend was receiving publicity worldwide, linked to the doctor’s name, but the first designation probably belongs to Smith who labelled it ‘Rigger’s bend’.

Tested to breaking point by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (Materials Department), in parachute cordage, it was found to be . . not as strong as the blood knot, similar to the reverse figure of eight and stronger than the fisherman’s bend, sheet bend or reef knot”.

Dr. Hunter’s method of tying the bend is to hold both strands together and parallel, throw a bight as shown (taking care to keep the strands parallel without any accidental crossovers), then simply tuck each working end through the bight from opposite sides as indicated. A new knot added 1979

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