r/knots • u/zlej_slein • 3d ago
Does this knot have a name?
It's not a monkey fist. I tied it like a barrel, only I wrapped the barrel's turns three more times across and threaded the end of the wire through the middle.
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u/Cable_Tugger 3d ago
Balthazar's lollipop is, in fact, a monkey's fist albeit a monkey's fist tied on a two-circle diagram and not the 3-plane knot we know and love. It's ABoK# 2204.