I do not remember any more why this most simple crossing knot loop shown in the attached pictures was not included in this presentation of variations of crossing-knot-based loops at this thread... I dare to unearth this long dead and buried thread, just to post it, because it is convenient to have them all in the same place. Who knows, may be somebody would tie, try and compare them some time...
The crossing-knot-based end of line loops have one great advantage and obe great disadvantage, in comparison to the bowlines. They have a very stable nipping loop, where the danger of opening up and degrading to a helix are easily prevented. However, those nipping loops do not nip the legs of the collar as hardly as in the case of the bowlines, because some nipping force is wasted within the turns of the crossing knot s "8" shaped form.