Adjustable grip hitch

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Adjustable grip hitch
Names Adjustable grip hitch, Adjustable hitch, Adjustible Cawley Hitch, Cawley Hitch
Category Hitch
Related Taut-line hitch, Farrimond friction hitch
Releasing Non- jamming
Typical use Keep a rope taut

The adjustable grip hitch is a simple and useful friction hitch which may easily be shifted up and down the rope while slack. It will hold fast when loaded, but slip when shock loaded until tension is relieved enough for it to again hold fast.

This knot is also called the adjustable loop[1] and the Cawley adjustable hitch.

See also

References

  1. Knots & Ropework, The Ultimate Encyclodpedia of; by Geoffrey Budworth, ISBN 1-84309-138-0