So would a bowline be more secure if the tail were nipped by a second nipping turn after being nipped by the first? Here is my attempt.
The knot is started normally by creating the nipping turn and the eye of the knot. After passing the working end through the nipping turn, the a turn is made around the top leg of the nipping turn, exiting the nipping turn on the bight side of the same. The working end then passes around behind the standing part, creating the collar and returns back through both the original nipping turn and the secondary one just created. When dressed and pulled up, the working end protrudes, pointing out laterally away from the knot. The working end is then passed up through the collar, completing the knot.
The knot, when dressed, is quite compact and seems secure. It also seems easy enough to remember, if one can remember a standard bowline.
Thoughts?
JEP