It's an interesting knot, but not at all a variant of the Cow hitch. The distinguishing feature of a Cow hitch is the two bights wrap around the post in the same direction before passing under the half loop which binds them. If that half loop were to instead be rolled into a full loop we would have a true variant of a Cow hitch. A Cat's Paw hitch puts a couple of twists on the bights, so it too could be said to be a true variant of the Cow hitch. Likewise, the Prusik hitch gives multiple turns to the bights. In all these cases, the knots are bilaterally symmetrical on the post. The knot shown in the video has the two ends leading asymmetrically away from the knot. One leads over the post and one leads under it, in the same manner as a Clove hitch. The added loop is also markedly asymmetrical.
@@prospector14 I've seen it called a Bull Hitch. It is a Cow Hitch variant because both the working end and the standing end exit over the front of the metal bar. It can be tied as above, slipped off the end of the rail and unwrapped back to a simple Cow Hitch form. It can also be tied in the bight, starting with a Cow Hitch and then slipped over the end.
@@TJB270 No it's just the way the knot is dressed. Best thing to do is what I said above or just tie it as he did and play around with the knot and you will be able to make the strands cross.
Not sure if you still monitor this but thank you for the video. I struggle with knots and this really helped.
Helped me a lot, thanks!
Watch this video by rotating the phone sidewise, then it makes more practical sense 😅
Cool technique
Yea
I think it is also called a bull hitch.
It's an interesting knot, but not at all a variant of the Cow hitch.
The distinguishing feature of a Cow hitch is the two bights wrap around the post in the same direction before passing under the half loop which binds them. If that half loop were to instead be rolled into a full loop we would have a true variant of a Cow hitch. A Cat's Paw hitch puts a couple of twists on the bights, so it too could be said to be a true variant of the Cow hitch. Likewise, the Prusik hitch gives multiple turns to the bights. In all these cases, the knots are bilaterally symmetrical on the post.
The knot shown in the video has the two ends leading asymmetrically away from the knot. One leads over the post and one leads under it, in the same manner as a Clove hitch. The added loop is also markedly asymmetrical.
So out of curiosity what would you call this knot as shown?
@@prospector14 I've seen it called a Bull Hitch. It is a Cow Hitch variant because both the working end and the standing end exit over the front of the metal bar. It can be tied as above, slipped off the end of the rail and unwrapped back to a simple Cow Hitch form. It can also be tied in the bight, starting with a Cow Hitch and then slipped over the end.
@@ianbrown_777 the bull hitches two strands cross. These don’t, so I think there is a slight difference
@@TJB270 No it's just the way the knot is dressed. Best thing to do is what I said above or just tie it as he did and play around with the knot and you will be able to make the strands cross.
@@ianbrown_777 Gotcha. Just figured it out by watching another video. I assume the security is the exact same no matter how you dress it
cool
The last guy took ten minutes to explain that! Ta.
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