>Can't find a name for the knot used in splicing -- checked the Boy Scout >Handbook, too, and didn't see it. Hold it! I got it wrong. Sorry about that. My rememberer didn't... then did. While I hate to give the "alwaysreplacethestring" folks this kind of ammunition, it's called a thief's knot. The idea was that it looked like a square knot, and someone going through your kit while you were gone would re-tie it with a standard square knot, telling you someone had been in there without realizing they had told you. So there it is. Ron N
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