... I think that the labels " left-handed" and "right-handed" are somewhat unclear, confusing or even misleading.
I agree with you.
About the bowlines I consider a bowline "right-handed" if the nipping loop is an "
e" (you form with the rope an "e" as when you write an "e" in italic)
(the mnemonic trick for me is "e" like in the Italian word "d
estra" (dexter" in Latin), in English ... "e" like "not l
eft").
For me, ABoK #1010 is a correct right-handed" bowline (or if you want a right-right-handed bowline),
ABoK #1034
1/2 is an incorrect right-handed bowline (or if you want, a left-right-handed bowline).
To my mind, the original Med (the whole knot) in this thread is left-handed, because the nipping loop is not an "
e", furthermore, as I said, you can obtain the knot by tying a left-left-handed bowline and by doubling it creating the bight (I called it the "Med method of doubling a bowline")
But in this thread I used "right" and "left" as in ABoK but for the single-strand, not doubled bowline (not for the whole knot).
(in ABoK, in a left bowline the tail end is external).
you didn't try this path! I see...
I did - but not for the reason you may think.
I said that you didn't try the path: it starts "right" and ends "left", that is to say, we start to tie a right (as in ABoK) single-strand bowline and end with an external tail end, after that we double the bowline.
I didn't present this knot because I knew (I had previously tied it) it turned into the Med II.
I tied and untied this knot ( and all the others you have presented ) a number of times because I could not "see" what may have been obvious to other people, and to you
I tie and untie too
: it's not so easy to "see".
I'm just learning to explore knot-land thanks to you too
ciao,
s.