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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
Why? While it was not invented as a stopper knot (more of a starter knot), and uses a lot of line, it's not terribly difficult to tie; I learned it in an hour or so. If you use a single overhand knot as the core, you can nest them, beginning with a "two loop" for the first layer and adding about two loops per layer. For use in the davit fingers with smaller lines, tt also distributes the force of the support quite well.
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Originally Posted by JesseK
My team doesn't plan to use any knots in the rope for climbing. However, given the ~6mm rope we're testing now we'll need a good DAVIT knot. Are there tricks to making any of the listed knots bigger?
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I'll try and answer both of your questions at the same time, because they both concern the same knot.
The Monkey's Fist is often touted as the largest stopper knot, which may very well be true. But I really don't like using the Monkey's Fist without a solid core, like a marble or something. And using a small knot like an overhand or an Ashley Stopper as the core feels like a messy solution to me. But it may end up being the only feasible option for very small diameters of rope. If this ends up being the case, adjusting the knot will become a chore, but that may just be the way it is.
Stepping away from the solid ground of well known stopper knots, you may be able to use some sort of follow through looping stopper knot. Lots of end-loop are basically a stopper knot that has the tail following through the knot to form the loop. I know that's not a good explanation, so check out the
Figure Eight follow through for a prime example of what I mean. I wonder if the same concept can be applied to stopper knots to create larger stopper knots. So what I'm thinking is that you'd create a loose Ashley stopper, then reroute the tail (NOT the standing end) through the knot so that the tail is coming out next to the standing end. You'd then have a loop coming out where the tail usually exits the knot. I've no idea if something like this would work or not. I don't have nay rope on hand at the moment, so I'm kind of flying blind if it comes to inventing a larger stopper knot.