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Dave · May 30th, 2007, 01:15 AM

heya,

was casually chatting with some club friends about using a figure of 8 knot vs figure of 9 this weekend and then just saw someone else mention it randomly on here so thought i'd see what the general opinion and reasoning was???

as far as i know the only real advantage of the figure of 9 is that it's less likely to come undone (although obviously that means it's harder to take out if you do want to remove it) but i think one of them causes less stress on the rope aswell (can't remember which one though??????)

thanks,
Dave

May 30th, 2007, 01:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dave(Offline) New Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: North East England, UK Posts: 59	figure of 8 vs figure of 9 heya, was casually chatting with some club friends about using a figure of 8 knot vs figure of 9 this weekend and then just saw someone else mention it randomly on here so thought i'd see what the general opinion and reasoning was??? as far as i know the only real advantage of the figure of 9 is that it's less likely to come undone (although obviously that means it's harder to take out if you do want to remove it) but i think one of them causes less stress on the rope aswell (can't remember which one though??????) thanks, Dave