How to Tie a Hunter's Bend

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Now the Hunter's Bend is the relatively new bend on the scene. It was created in WW II and in the world of knots and bends it is relatively new. It was originally called the Rigger's Bend and is known as the Hunter's Bend and it is a great way to put a knot in two pieces of rope that you would like to be able to untie relatively easy. What I have got here on my table is two ropes coming in at opposite angles to each other and what I am going to do is take my first rope and put a simple loop in my working end right here. Let's rearrange my other rope and what I'm going to do with my other rope is bring it in and it is just going to follow the same path coming in all the way around and come into the front, oops, it is getting a big unruly, follow it in up and around creating just two loops in it such as that with my working ends. Now what I am going to do is I am going to take this back working end on my red end am going to pull it through to both loops and now I am going to take the one that is in the front of my blue rope and pull it through to the same hole in the loops. What I am going to do is pull these two ropes together and as you say they are going to kind of conform the same way and it is going to create a nice Hunter's Bend in my rope. Let's adjust this a bit with our hands. The best way to display it is with my working ends being at 90 degrees towards my standing ends and there you go, a nice Hunter's Bend.

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