Talk:Blake's hitch

What stopper knot?

Donated this headline. --Netizen 16:45, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
isn't that a 'figure of eight' knot that is used as a stopper knot in the picture? 87.187.229.104 13:57, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

No. Although the depiction is unorthodox this is your regular "overhand knot". (It helps to imagine what would happen if the stopper knot's ends were pulled upon. In that case the knot would readily collapse into an easily recognisable "overhand knot" form.) --Netizen 16:45, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

This seems to come up often, so i think we should hash it out. I didn't beleive it myself until i sat down with a piece of string and copied the illustration. I've cropped it out and blown it up. Compare it to a real figure 8. --John.james 21:51, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

false vs real

Wow, the drawing is an overhand knot, positioned in an odd way that it would not ordinarily take. It seems to be a mistake that an artist could accidentally make by not working from life. It might be worth pointing out, to those new to the subject, that a simple overhand knot is a poor choice for a stopper because it jams easily, while a figure eight knot is easy to untie. I think Clifford Ashley says something like, "any fool can tie a knot that can not be untied". --AJim (talk) 07:20, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Fixed/replaced image to avoid visual ambiguity issue discussed above. --Dfred (talk) 18:16, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Thats a good deed you've done. reverting the picture over and over was getting old.--john.james (talk) 00:58, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Unclear what the danger is

It's completely unclear what the picture about having the bitter end behind/in front of the climbing rope (or whatever it is you're hitching to) is trying to communicate. 1 the wording and formatting is unclear, and 2 the fact that the picture above is asking us to tie it the other way around the climbing rope is extremely confusing Acetoe (talk) 17:04, 29 July 2022 (UTC)