User:Dfred/Knots

Expanded coverage of the main Knot article

After initial expansion should add Template:todo to Talk:Knot...

• History of Knots
  • Earliest origins
    • perishability of materials
    • circumstantial evidence
    • logical arguments
    • "every simple knot has already been tied" (HaSoK)
    • Gorilla nest knotting, granny/reef, Hagfish's overhand trick
  • Archaeological record
    • Laid rope in Lascaux cave, 17000 BP.
    • Egyptian solar ships
    • Quipus
    • Iceman, bogs, etc.
    • Inuits
    • String figures
  • The Age of Sail
    • HaSoK refs
    • John Smith of Jamestown, A Sea Grammar, 1627
    • Richard Henry Dana, Jr. The Seaman's Friend
    • increased forces, rigging complexity, applied knotting, structural engineering
    • Do note non-sailor sophistication (cowboys braiding in particular)
  • Ashley and modern times
    • Om Knutar, other "early modern" books
    • ABOK published at moment of great change, preserved some of the communal knowledge gained in Age of Sail).
    • Change in materials (synthetics and other fasteners become common)
    • Old knots coming out of retirement for use in new materials (angler's loop/bungee cord, buntline hitch/synthetics, etc.)
    • Technical climbing, rescue, etc.
    • Late 20th century knot book publishing boom, echo chamber effect
• Cultural significance
  • Magic, Religion, Superstition
    • Actual ritual, religion, supersition, etc.
    • Marriage, "Tying the knot", Handfasting
    • Magic performance (knot tricks)
  • Heraldry
    • Carrick bend, Bowen knot, Overhand knot, Figure-of-eight knot, etc.
  • Folklore
• Knot#Properties
  • Knot#Strength (initial cut)
  • Knot#Security (initial cut)
  • Knot#Jamming and releasing (planned)
  • Knot#Complexity and ease of tying (perhaps)
• Naming and identification
  • Knot is either correct or is is a different knot
  • Lack of true taxonomy
  • Traditional division of types
    • bends
    • hitches
    • knots
    • abmiguities in that scheme

Correcting errors/gaps in existing pages

• Expansion of ABoK article (in progress)
• Plait/Braid/Pleat disambiguation thingy (in progress)
• Angler's loop stub should be expanded (in progress)
• Trucker's hitch page still needs some work, discussion of (the many) variations in way slipped loop is formed
• Double figure eight bend should be merged into Flemish bend (and that merged with Figure-of-eight follow through?? Hmmm...)
• Tugboat hitch has some naming and diagramatic issues, alt name for Capstan hitch, better image
• Bowline left-handed/Dutch Marine discussion needed (ref #1034 1/2, "distinctly inferior")
• Ashley's Bend expansion, naming, etc.
• Klemheist knot needs clarification on whether it's the same as a French prusik/Marchard/etc?
• One-sided overhand bend needs images and serious wikification, possible merge from Euro death-knot there, alt names from AKS: Openhand knot, Creeler's knot
• Honda knot needs expansion, more precise description for rethreading through second overhand knot
• Trident loop needs refs regarding climbing use, add unreferenced template after 8 Mar 2007 if no response in talk
• Noose needs cleanup and discussion of the general term versus specific knots
• Bight slip knot section needs rewrite/reconsideration

Knot project

• New sections for guidlines:

• Limitations of knot strength/efficiency figures (Day AKS and HaSoK)
• Knot origins: invention, publication, credit, etc.

New articles

Completed stubs

• Continuous ring hitching (stub complete)
• Alternate ring hitching (stub complete)
• Jury mast knot (stub complete)
• Strangle knot (stub complete)
• Transom knot (stub complete)
• Overhand loop (stub complete)

Supporting articles

• Turn (knot) - need article for Round turn actually various turns (initial cut complete)
• Bight (knot) - (stub complete)
• Knot components - or somesuch

Stylistic consistency between individual knot pages.

I'm learning more about templates and other tools to hopefully be able to do some work in this area.

Creation of photographs and diagrams of knots

• Corrected/tightened final image for Blood knot
• Replacement image for tying One-sided overhand bend -- probably one frame of a loose knot will suffice

For gallery see User:Dfred/Images.

Haraklas knots in greek for later use

I: Threaded noose: ertos brokhos (βρόχος ο ερτός)

II: Nautical noose: nautikos brokhos (βρόχος ο υαντικός)

III: Crossed noose: khiestos brokhos (????

Possible orthographic problems Hage... will continue later.