Sheep Shank


	Sheepshank The Sheepshank is most commonly used to shorten a rope, but it is not a stable knot and can fall apart quickly with the interruption of tension on the knot. It tends to hold better in coarse or rough rope and not so well in modern synthetic rope.

Sheepshank

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