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by david-gpu 18 days ago
You would be surprised. New useful knots are still being found. E.g. The Zeppelin bend is exceptionally good and was invented in the 60s. The icicle hitch is from the 90s. Some fishing knots are less than 20 years old.
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oasisbob 18 days ago
> The Zeppelin bend is exceptionally good and was invented in the 60s.

I'm not so sure about that. The history of the Zeppelin bend is incredibly contentious and apocryphal.

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david-gpu 18 days ago
Can we at least agree that it does not appear in ABOK when it was published in the 40s?
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oasisbob 18 days ago
Yeah, that's fair.

On the history, everything I know is from this excellent article, so might as well cite it here for the curious, and just in case you haven't seen it:

https://www.paci.com.au/downloads_public/knots/KnotBio_zeppe... (password: copyright)

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