As far as the meaning of "original", from an online dictionary:
In my 1995 (1993) revised copy of ABoK, Ashley describes #1452 as an "original bend".
Those were his words (not mine).
Which copy of ABoK do you have? Maybe you have a different version?
Roger Miles (Symmetric bends author) 'apparently' attributes #1452 to Ashley (although the construction of his writing is not perfectly clear).
And Roo's point is that Ashley has assumed that
he has originated this knot (along with some others
at this point, presented with dates of origination
--which is what Roger is citing--, and then the infamous
constrictor, no doubt Clifford's favorite!).
((Some many decades later, I too originated it,
i.e., discovering it for myself --a measure of both
inventiveness (aka "too much free time") and poor
research skills (as I HAD
ABoK!
))
Vs. this "evil impostor" warning, there is neutral
advice to give about the orientations that one can
have for
Ashley's #1452 : the collars can be as
loose as MG shows; more loose, such that they more
run up around the knot body (or less so they quite
do NOT); the collar bight-legs' crossing pushed
through the nipping turns which really *fattens*
the knot but I'll guess too much and not really
getting a broader SPart turn;
and with legs initially crossed in opposite way
such that collars ride over the body AND LOCK/jam
--which is how that old, tied-in-fiddly-little-string
testing turned out to be made; when tied otherwise,
#1425 did NOT jam (as I had argued).
(I can see one choosing the jamming orientation for
joining springy-hard-slick PP cordage where there will
not be so much force as to render the nicely jammed
--to prevent loosening-- knot from being forcibly loosened
(pulling tails apart can do this, or get near to doing it).
It would go a long way towards
understanding this knot (which, IMO by evidence of
ABoK, Ashley did not!)
if the tying did NOT show the two-clever-by-half, all-at=
once tucking of (both)tails,
BUT SHOWED
ONE END TIED IN AN OVERHAND KNOTand THEN the other end reeved into this --here is where
the key placement can be shown clearly (and emphasized
verbally)! For each tail should return to the place where
its SPart splits the spline --that ensures non-jamming version.
--dl*
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