The Zeppelin Bend Knot is Ideal Rope Joining Knot @fishing-knots #shorts

The commonly accepted name for this #knots stems from its alleged use on airships: a #zeppelin being a rigid-bodied type of airship, and Charles Rosendahl being the US Navy officer who allegedly insisted it be used on airships under his command. Dr Camplin asserts that a rolling hitch (#1735) is a more likely method used by ground handlers to join #ropes. It is also likely that a ’toggle’ was used to connect #mooring lines with fixed eye splice terminations. Dr Camplin’s report was published in issue #60 of ’Dirigible’ in 2010. Historical records now point to Bob Thrun as the first to publish his discovery in 1966 – naming it simply ’An easily untied bend’. Bob Thrun was well known in the caving community, and a remarkable innovator. ABOK#582 to the left, Zeppelin bend to the right, ABOK#582 with folded central section below in the middle Despite being declared by many sources as a nearly ideal rope joining knot, it is not very well known: it is not included in the chapter