EP6: Double Becket Bend
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Educational, Short Films, Sports, G, 02-Aug-2024
What happens if you have one end and an eye splice? You bend it together with a knot called a Double Beckett Bend. It's structurally the same as a Double Sheet Bend, but you just weave the end around and around through the eye splice, and then dried up. Here's how you tie it.
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