Firmly pulling on all four ends emerging from the knot tightens it against the neck of the bottle. The space at the center of the knot is dropped over the top of a bottle or similar object. Mockup of a rope fiador with the doubled 'hackamore knot' at the bottomĪs the name suggests, the primary use for this knot is to suspend bottles, jugs, and other items with similar shapes. More recently, the bottle sling has been nationally recognized by the Boy Scouts of America as the symbol of Outdoor Skills by scout camps throughout the country. Day believed the bottle sling was not described again in print until Craigin's 1884 A Boy's Workshop, although Clifford Ashley noted it was illustrated in Johann Röding's 1795 Allgemeines Wörterbuch der Marine ('General Dictionary of the Navy').

Clearly familiar with the knot, Heraklas provided three distinct tying methods. It was included under the name diplous karkhesios brokhos ('double jug-sling noose'). The bottle sling was described in detail by the Greek physician Heraklas in his first century monograph on surgical knots and slings. With appropriate size cord, most wine bottles can be reliably suspended with this knot. The bottle sling's specific form allows it to grip a cylinder, assuming it has even a slight flare or collar, and lift it along its axis when the knot is loaded by all four strands.

While classed with binding knots, such as the reef knot and miller's knot, the bottle sling is able to perform a function for which most other binding knots are unsuited. The bottle sling (also called a jug sling, a Hackamore knot, or a Scoutcraft knot) is a knot which can be used to create a handle for a glass or ceramic container with a slippery narrow neck, as long as the neck widens slightly near the top. Suspending bottles and other similar objectsĬord must be scaled to size of bottle's flare or collar Jury mast knot, miller's knot, Fiador knot Type of knot Bottle sling (Scoutcraft knot)īottle sling (Scoutcraft knot), Bottle knot, jug sling, jug knot, jar knot, moonshiner's knot, hackamore, hackamore knot, bridle knot, Beggarman's knot

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