Seeking info on John Smith's extra secure marlin spike hitch

[knot rigger]

Hi

I'm seeking info about "John Smith's extra secure malinspike hitch"  which is referenced in a Brion Toss article from circa 2017 in the "Thou shalt Knot" companion book to the same titled Ashley exhibit at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

thanks for any help

Andy

[Dan_Lehman]

More than is in Wikipedia?  (-;

Well, I just amended that entry a bit, and added this:

The icicle hitch was developed by John Smith of the International Guild of Knot Tyers [sic],
and demonstrated by him at the eighth Annual General Meeting of the IGKT in 1990.
It was published in the IGKT's quarterly newsletter, Knotting Matters, in issue #32, pp.6,7.

So, take a gander at km032:06/7, for starters.
NB : the particulars are just that, for the presentation;
John advises that one might need to increase the number
of wraps.  Also, as a check on proper tying, the loaded
end should enter the knot bearing against the tail
and loading the coil at its near end, "coiling away"
for a gripping like that of the Chinese finger trap
--expanded coil demands narrower=tigher wraps!


--dl*
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