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Nautical Bindings
 
The Constrictor knot is a most effective binding knot. It is made similarly to a Clover Hitch but with one end passed under the other, forming an Overhand knot held firm under a riding turn.
The Gunner's knot is a most effective binding knot. It is made similarly to a Clover Hitch but with one end passed under the other, forming an Overhand knot held firm under a riding turn.
The Reef knots sole purpose should be to tie off a single line, acting as a binding knot. Therefore it will always be work in line of equal weight, texture and size.
Seizing is essentially a the binding of two standing parts of a rope drawing the ropes together.
Sheer lashing has two primary uses. Firstly and more commonly it forms a join at the top of two spars or poles so that they can be splayed to form sheer legs. Secondly, sheer lashing can be used to join two spars or poles together to extend their length.
Square lashing is used to lash two poles together at right angles to one another.
The strangle knot is a tough and versatile knot that can be tied and then applied to an object to be secured to.
 
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