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I put this up in the "Campfire" thread too, but thought we might have a bit more expertise passing through here.

Recently I've been laboring through several books to further my abilities in boating, angling, and camping. Last evening I assembled a loop knot that I've not found in my books, but its simplicity leads me to believe its been developed and likely named elswhere. For want of a better term, I've called it the "Interlock" due to it's interlocking loops. I'll attach 4 images that might help with it's identification or perhaps one's own duplication.

My tying process was: 1st Lay out a small counter clockwise loop with the working end passing across the top and trailing off to the left (Photo 1).





2nd Bring the working end up through the back of that initial loop (Photo 2),


then passing over the top, and entering the initial loop from the back to front a second time (Photo 3).


By gripping the formed loop in ones left hand, the standing line with ones right hand, and gently tugging the working end with ones teeth, it cleanly snugs up, seems quite robust, keeps the tag end out of the loop, not prone to slippage, and quite simple which is important for folks like me.


Doubling the initial counter clock wise loop and making three passes through from the back to front with the working end adds to it's bulk, and might make it less prone to breakage. I've not given it a try with monofiliament lines (don't think it will work well there), but it seems to do well with heavier nylon cord.

I'd appreciate help with coming up with proper nomenclature. Possibly one might forward a link to a known authority. I tried a few e-mail addresses I scavanged from the web, but they've all kicked out rejections.

Thanks,