Double sheet bend

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Double sheet bend
Names	Double sheet bend,
Typical use
Caveat
Releasing
Category	Bend knots
Group	Special knots
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The Double sheet bend is like a Sheet bend with an extra wrap. The double sheet bend is stronger than a Square knot or even a Sheet bend. It is a good choice for tying two ropes together in wet conditions or with a moving load.

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Instructions

Make a loop in one end. The rabbit goes out of the hole, around the tree and back under his path and then back under his path once more.

Lesson Videos

• Video: Double Sheet Bend - Video: Double Sheet Bend Knots - Wonder How To Video: Sheet Bend Knot & Double Sheet Bend Knot - Wonder How To Video: Double Sheet Bend Knot - Wonder How To Video: Double Sheet Bend Knot

Notes

• The Double sheet bend is one of the Forty knots.

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