Constrictor knot

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Constrictor knot
Names	Constrictor knot, Gunner's knot
Typical use
Caveat	May be difficult to untie once tightened
Releasing
Category	Binding knots
Group	Advanced knots
Related	Clove hitch

See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1188, p. 216.

“ The Constrictor Knot deserves to be much more widely known and used. It is an excellent quick temporary whipping for a fraying rope's end. It securely ties the neck of a sack or bag, and I have often used it to hold items together for gluing. ”

— Grog

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Instructions

Lesson Videos

• Grog's Animated Knots: Constrictor - Video: Constrictor Knot

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See also

Knots by Use
Basic knots	Overhand knot · Square knot · Granny knot · Two half-hitches · Taut-line hitch · Bowline · Sheet bend · Slip knot · Clove hitch · Timber hitch
Advanced knots	Constrictor knot · Monkey's fist · Ocean plait · Trucker's hitch · Turk's head
Special knots	Braiding · Carrick bend · Chain sinnet · Cow hitch · Double sheet bend · Sheep shank
Fishing knots	Arbor backing knot · Barrel knot · Blood knot · Blood loop · Clinch knot · Fisherman's knot · Improved clinch knot · Nail knot · Needle knot · Palomar knot · Surgeon's loop · Turle knot
Sailing knots	Bowline on a Bight · Cleat Hitch · Double Bowline · Figure Eight · Marline Hitch · Midshipman's Hitch · Rolling Hitch · Stevedores Knot
Climbing knots	Alpine Butterfly knot · Double fisherman's knot (Grapevine) · Figure eight follow-through · Figure eight on a bight · Figure eight on bend · Figure eight knot · Prusik knot · Safety knot · Water knot
Forty knots