{"id":9130,"date":"2022-09-19T08:11:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/?p=9130"},"modified":"2022-09-19T08:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:14:43","slug":"what-is-the-strongest-knot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/what-is-the-strongest-knot\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is The Strongest Knot?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You may or may not know this already, but the strongest knot is actually no knot at all! As soon as you add a knot to a rope you reduce that rope’s strength. However, there are knots that are stronger than others, so a better question might be, which knot weakens the rope strength the least?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which Knot Is Strongest?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are thousands of different types of knots, so I’ll try to sum up different applications<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Climbing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Figure 8 Knot On a Bight is an extremely strong knot, averaging a break at around 9.81 kN (2205 lbs force) with 7mm Edelweiss Cord<\/strong> in one series of tests, compared with the Bowline, the Reever Loop, the Alpine Butterfly Loop, the Zepplin Loop, and the Zepplin Loop Whip. You can see the video results for this particular set of data from hownot2.com here<\/a>. It’s no wonder that climbers everywhere use the figure 8 knot when tying their harness into a climbing line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure Of Eight On a Bight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For Bends<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Double Fisherman’s Knot was the strongest bend in this test case, which never broke in these tests, rather the rope broke at around 19.15 kN (4305 lbs force), which was the strongest when compared to the Flemish, Reever, Sheet, Alpine Butterfly, and Zeppelin Bends.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Double Fisherman’s Knot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why is there such a difference in breaking strength between knots and bends? Well it all depends on where the force of the rope is applied. Some knots bring the tension to the knot itself, while some bring tension to the rope–it all depends on how the rope is used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much <\/em>of this data comes from hownot2.com<\/a>–they have done thousands of break tests with hundreds of different types of gear, rope, knots, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Fishing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Bimini twist is an impressive fishing knot that uses wrapping around the line so as to spread out tension. The Bimini twist is touted to have 100% line strength and is confirmed in these tests here:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bimini Twist Tested | World's Strongest Fishing Knot | Episode 16<\/div><\/div>
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