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field of actual usage, but in the pretend presentation of such usage in knots books. | field of actual usage, but in the pretend presentation of such usage in knots books. | ||
In his 1916 book Om Knutar, Hjalmer Ohrvall cited an eye hitch he had found in a Japanese guitar-/banjo-like instrument called a S(h)amisen, which had three | In his 1916 book Om Knutar, Hjalmer Ohrvall cited an eye hitch he had found in a Japanese guitar-/banjo-like instrument called a S(h)amisen, which had three | ||
strings. | strings. These strings are secured to the three large eyes of a complex knot of thicker material formed at the base of the instrument, with the strings bending | ||
over the edge to tie to them. | over the edge to tie to them. Ohrvall's daughter's drawing of the knot mistakenly got the first crossing (at the bight apex) reversed, without which error no | ||
one would have dreamed of using the hitch for messenger lines. | one would have dreamed of using the hitch for messenger lines. In any case, the general lack of untensioned security makes the knot less than well suited | ||
to such a task. | to such a task. Sam Svensson (who could read Swedish, and should have thus understood the use of this knot as Ohrvall presented it), presented the knot | ||
in the same misdrawn form as a messenger line (i.e., thinner to thicker) bend, and Clifford Ashley's book repeated Ohrvall's image but with an imagined | in the same misdrawn form as a messenger line (i.e., thinner to thicker) bend, and Clifford Ashley's book repeated Ohrvall's image but with an imagined | ||
purpose for the knot! | purpose for the knot! cf www.kine-ie.com/shamisen/neo.htm & www.kotosandmore.com/nagauta.html and also Knotting Matters #81 (December 2003) pp.16-17, "How a guitar string became a Heaving-line!" by Sten Johansson | ||
quick and simple [[knot]] that is used to attach playing strings to the thick silk eyes of the anchorage knot. | quick and simple [[knot]] that is used to attach playing strings to the thick silk eyes of the anchorage knot. | ||
