Talk:Buntline hitch

Diagram and Photo mis-match

The photos (with blue cord) do not match the hand drawn diagrams. Both are functionally correct, but the mis-match will likely be very confusing to many trying the knots. The drawing is "upside down" and reversed (anti-Buntline). In the photos, the half hitches are tied in the standing end (before the ring) while hitches in the drawn diagrams are tied around both the standing and working ends. The photos match Ashley's Buntline hitches #1711 and #1712 (page 295 ABoK). Alexgenaud (talk) 20:29, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

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The buntline hitch is a knot used for attaching a rope to an object...

Only if you don't want to untie it in a hurry. A better, albeit somewhat less secure knot would be the Round turn two and half-hitches as the generic knot used to attach a rope to a ring or spar.

Curiously the Knot#Basic_useful_knots page lists the buntline hitch as a basic knot. I've never seen it listed as a basic knot. The only place I've seen it used is on the buntlines attached to square sails.

ForemastJack (talk) 00:21, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Wrong knot in "Tying" section

The knot shown in the diagram is the Highpoint hitch (ABoK #1809), not the slipped Buntline (ABoK #1807). I will move the diagrams there. --Anyparktos (talk) 14:10, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Never mind. I'm wrong, sorry --Anyparktos (talk) 14:18, 9 March 2024 (UTC)