Zeppelin bend

Zeppelin bend

Names	Zeppelin bend, Rosendahl bend, Rosendahl's knot
Category	Bend
Related	Zeppelin loop, Hunter's bend, Ashley's bend, Alpine butterfly bend
Releasing	Non-jamming
Typical use	Connecting two ropes
Instructions

A Zeppelin bend (also Rosendahl bend) is a general purpose bend knot. It is a secure, easily tied, and jam-resistant way to connect two ropes. Though its simplicity and security may be matched by other bends, it is unique in the ease with which it is untied, even after heavy loading.

History

Both names for this knot stem from its use to moor airships: a Zeppelin being a rigid-bodied type of airship, and Charles Rosendahl being the US Navy officer who apparently insisted it be used to moor airships under his command.^[1]

Despite being praised by some sources as a nearly ideal bend knot,^[2]^[3] it is not very well known; Clifford Ashley, author of The Ashley Book of Knots, was apparently unaware of this bend.^[4] Budworth (1998) names a similar looking decorative knot the "blimp knot".^[5]

Tying

Zeppelin bend step by step

Form a loop in each of the ends of rope
Overlay one loop on the other, such that the working end of each rope faces "outwards" or away from the other hitch
Pull either loose end once around the loop in the other rope, and then through the "tunnel" created by the two hitches
Repeat with the other loose end
Pull on all four rope parts to tighten the knot.
To untie, pull simultaneously on the two turns that go round the standing parts.

Another method of remembering this knot is to visualize a "69". To tie the knot, follow the steps below.

Make a "6" with the line (rope) in your left hand. It is important that the working end (the free, short end) winds up on top of the standing end for the "6".
Make a "9" with the line in your right hand. Make sure that the standing part crosses over the working end of the "9".
While keeping both "numbers" intact, place the "6" over the "9", with the circle parts of each number lining up.
Pass the "tail" of the "6" down, over itself, and up through the middle (circle) part of your "69".
Pass the "tail" part of the "9" up over itself and down through the middle (circle) part of your "69".
Pull each standing end while ensuring that the working ends are not pulled from the "69" holes.

Double Zeppelin bend

A double Zeppelin bend can be "made by repeating the final tucks",^[3] i.e. rather than just take each working end around and through once, do that twice for each of them.

References

↑ Lee Paine; Bob Paine (Jan–Feb 1980). "The Forgotten Zeppelin Knot". Mother Earth News. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
↑ Brion Toss (1998). The Complete Rigger's Apprentice. Camden: International Marine. pp. 69–70.
1 2 "Zeppelin Bend". Notable Knot Index. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
↑ The chapter covering bend knots in The Ashley Book of Knots does not include this knot. See pages 257–274.
↑ Budworth, Geoffrey (1998). The Complete Book of Decorative Knots, p.34. Globe Pequot. ISBN 1558217916.

Knots

By type

Bends	Adjustable bend Albright special Alpine butterfly bend Ashley's bend Basket weave knot Beer knot Blood knot Carrick bend Double fisherman's knot Fisherman's knot Flemish bend Grief knot Halyard bend Harness bend Heaving line bend Hunter's bend Nail knot One-sided overhand bend Racking bend Sheet bend Shoelace knot Shroud knot Simple Simon under Single carrick bend Surgeon's knot Surgeon's loop Triple fisherman's knot True lover's knot Water knot Zeppelin bend Zeppelin loop

Binding	Boa knot Bottle sling Constrictor knot Corned beef knot Granny knot Ground-line hitch Jamming knot Miller's knot Packer's knot Reef knot Strangle knot Thief knot Transom knot

Climbing	Alpine butterfly knot Autoblock Bachmann knot Beer knot Bowline on a bight Directional figure eight Double anchorman knot Double bowline Farmer's loop Figure-eight knot Figure-eight loop Figure-of-nine loop Friction hitch Klemheist knot Munter hitch Overhand loop Prusik Trident loop Yosemite bowline

Coils	Alpine coil Butterfly coil

Decorative	Carrick mat Chinese button knot Celtic button knot Diamond knot Fiador knot Friendship knot Matthew Walker knot Turk's head knot Wall and crown knot

Fishing (angling)	Angler's loop Arbor knot Bimini twist Blood knot Fisherman's knot Half blood knot Improved clinch knot Knotless knot Nail knot Palomar knot Snell knot Trilene knot Triple fisherman's knot Turle knot Uni knot

Hitches	Adjustable grip hitch Anchor bend Axle hitch Bachmann knot Bale sling hitch Barrel hitch Becket hitch Blackwall hitch Blake's hitch Boom hitch Buntline hitch Cat's paw Clove hitch Cow hitch Double overhand noose Falconer's knot Farrimond friction hitch Friction hitch Garda hitch Gripping Sailor's hitch Ground-line hitch Half hitch Halter hitch Highpoint hitch Highwayman's hitch Hitching tie Icicle hitch Improved clinch knot Killick hitch Knute hitch Lobster buoy hitch Marlinespike hitch Munter hitch Ossel hitch Pile hitch Snuggle hitch Swing hitch Taut-line hitch Timber hitch

Loop	Angler's loop Artillery loop Bale sling hitch Bowline Bumper knot Carrick bend loop Cowboy bowline Diamond knot Double bowline Dropper loop Eskimo bowline Fiador knot Fireman's chair knot Friendship knot loop Halter hitch Handcuff knot Honda knot Jury mast knot Overhand loop Portuguese bowline Rigid double splayed loop in the bight Slippery eight loop Span loop Spanish bowline Tom fool's knot Trident loop Triple bowline Triple crown knot Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin loop

Running (slip)	Hangman's knot Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Slip knot Tarbuck knot

Shanks	Catshank Dogshank Sheepshank

Stopper	Ashley's stopper knot Button knot Double overhand knot Monkey's fist Overhand knot Stevedore knot

Whipping	Common whipping Overhand knot with draw-loop Portuguese whipping Sailmaker's whipping West Country whipping

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Related topics	Chinese knotting International Guild of Knot Tyers Lashing Rope splicing Seizing

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Zeppelin bend

History

Tying

Double Zeppelin bend

See also

References