If you tie all of the Figure Nines perfectly
But what is perfection?!
--judged by ease of untying, of tying, of static strength,
of dynamic strength, of durability (vs. bumps & knots & usage wear)?!
Beyond the dressing (of the "dressing & setting" team)
comes what sort of setting one might do. In Richard Delaney's
testing of the Fig.8 EKnot in Interior- vs. Exterior-loaded forms,
he didn't set the knot as *I* would were I trying to get strength
from the exterior loading --which I figure *might* come by the
S.Part's bearing strongly into its interior twin en route to that
rather sharp turn around the eye legs (this is my guess). To
that goal, then, I would set the knot hard to give shape and
resistance to what sadly Richard got in his weakly set Fig.8s,
the exterior strand just pushing aside the way-too-loosely set
interior twin!
.:. One needs to have a reason for things and then testing to
see if it's true. (I'm guessing that perhaps in SOME ropes
--those w/more friction & less elasticity--
the exterior loading might indeed prove stronger.
Now, does that matter, when? --vs. being able to untie the knot!
--dl*
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