Sheepshank the lengths of rope in the knot, while rappelling down an edge during the Ireland episode of "Man vs. Wild" in order to retrieve his rope at the bottom by severing the middle leg of the sheepshank knot before his descent. He refers to it as a "Kamikaze" knot. A simpler variant of the sheepshank wherein a half-hitch is only tied around only one end produces a bell-ringer's knot (ABoK #1147). It will immediately spill under tension, and was used to keep a long rope from the belfry deck when not in use. The catshank is a variant of the
Lashing (ropework) clove hitch is tied around one leg only and frapping turns are taken between the poles. The round lashing is most frequently used to join two poles together to extend their length. In the simple version, a clove hitch is tied around both poles and there are no frapping turns. The tripod lashing (also known as gyn lashing, of eight lashing, and three-spar shear lashing) is used to join three spars together to form a tripod. Lashing (ropework) A lashing is an arrangement of rope wire or webbing with linking device used to secure and fasten two or more items