It is a knot that you, if you plan to follow along, will need time and again. Several of the knots that I plan to share in the future will begin by using the constrictor knot to bind several strands of twine together. In tying several decorative knots, multiple strands of twine are employed and the quickest way of binding these is to use the constrictor knot. I used it to bind strands of broom corn together when making my polissoir for instance. The latter application being where I employ the constrictor knot most often. The knot can be employed as a temporary whipping for multiple strand rope or to bind several strands of loose material, such as straw or twine, together. Often cutting is the quickest way to remove the constrictor knot. So much so, that once tightened it is very difficult, if not impossible, to untie. The tighter you cinch it down the tighter it holds.

It is tied in such a way that it binds upon its self.

The knot excels at binding several, especially cylindrical, objects together. The constrictor knot is easy to learn and remember which means you will have it at the ready when the need presents its self. Although I agree that the history of such things is important for posterity, the actual knot is where my interests lay and I will leave its origins for you to discover on your own. Ashley implied that he invented the knot, further research has shown that the knot actually existed under other names many years before AshleyвЂ™s claim. The constrictor knot is a very effective binding knot andВ was first termed by Clifford Ashley in his seminal work, вЂњ The Ashley Book of KnotsвЂњ.

Constrictor knot