disadvantages pita to take apart after years of it being tied.
When you tie them to make a loop or join two ropes it becomes the double fisherman's and unless if it is somehow destroying the shielding on the cable i see no issue, you can't crimp power only cut wiresThe second picture is two of them tied against each other on a rope to make a loop.
Does anyone think it's a bad idea if I am working with power cables? What about other kinds of cable? Obviously cable pressure should be avoided but I figure pressure like this is better than pressure on the connectors.
What's pictured in post#1 is not a true barrel knot, as it's tied in the middle of the rope, not with the ends. But adding "barrel" to googling leads perhaps to the best representation: barrel bead knot, most commonly used in macrame and creating rosary.I would say that the first knot it a barrel knot. ...
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