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This knot is known as the oysterman's stopper or the Ashley's stopper knot.

When we tie the ends together this gives the 8_20 knot on the Rolfsen knot table.

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current	16:15, 10 March 2016		180 × 180 (23 KB)	Jones (talk \| contribs)	Ashley's stopper knot, also known as the oysterman's stopper, is a knot developed by Clifford W. Ashley around 1910. It makes a well-balanced trefoil-faced stopper at the end of the rope, giving greater resistance to pulling through an opening than oth...

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-This is the [[8_20]] knot if we tie the ends together.
+This knot is known as the oysterman's stopper or the Ashley's stopper knot.
+When we tie the ends together this gives the [[8_20]] knot on the Rolfsen knot table.
-Ashley's stopper knot, also known as the oysterman's stopper, is a knot developed by Clifford W. Ashley around 1910. It makes a well-balanced trefoil-faced stopper at the end of the rope, giving greater resistance to pulling through an opening than other common stoppers. Essentially, the knot is a common overhand noose, but with the end of the rope passing through the noose eye, which closes upon it. It may be multiplied to form a larger knot with more than three bights appearing around the knot. It is the result of implementing a double wall knot in one strand.
-Ashley developed this knot in trying to duplicate a knot he saw on a boat in a local oyster fishing fleet. When he had a chance to observe the knot up close at a later time he realized it was just a badly water-swollen figure eight stopper knot.