Editing Hunter's bend (section)

{{Short description|Type of knot}}
{{Knot-details
| name= Hunter's bend
| image= Hunters_Bend_Final.jpg
| names= Rigger's bend
| type= bend
| origin= 
| related= [[Alpine butterfly bend]], [[Zeppelin bend]], [[Zeppelin loop]], [[Ashley's bend]]
| releasing= 
| strength= 
| uses=easily-untied bend for rigging and mooring 
| caveat= 
| abok_number= #1425A
}}

'''Hunter's bend''' (or '''rigger's bend''') is a [[knot]] used to join two lines. It consists of interlocking [[overhand knot]]s, and can [[List of knot terminology#Jamming|jam]] under moderate strain. It is similar to the [[Zeppelin bend]].

When assessed against other bends in stress tests using [[Parachute cord|paracord]], it was found to be "not as strong as the [[blood knot]], similar to the [[Flemish bend|reverse figure of eight]] and stronger than the [[Fisherman's knot|fisherman's bend]], [[sheet bend]] or [[reef knot]]".<ref name="ashleyIGKT">{{citation|last=Ashley|first=Clifford W.|title=The Ashley Book of Knots|pages=260–261|year=1993|orig-year=1944|location=New York|publisher=Doubleday|isbn=0-385-04025-3}}</ref>