Sheepshank
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title:
Sheepshank
text:
A shank is a type of knot that is used to shorten a rope or take up slack, such as the sheepshank. The sheepshank knot is not stable. It will fall apart under too much load or too little load. The knot has several features which allow a rope to be shortened: It provides two loops, one at each end of the knot which can be used to pass another rope through
The knot remains somewhat secure under tension; the coarser the rope the more secure it is
The knot falls apart easily when tension is removed
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description:
Type of knot
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheepshank
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2023-08-29T16:26:35Z
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