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==History== [[File:Hunters Bend HowTo.jpg|left|200px]] In October 1978, an article in ''[[The Times]]'' presented it as a newly invented knot credited to Dr. Edward Hunter.<ref>Howard, Philip (6 Oct 1978) "Doctor ties up his claim to fame", in ''The Times'' (includes information from Inspector Geoffrey Budworth)</ref> He had used it for years to tie broken shoelaces before discovering its originality through a friend in the 1970s. When it appeared on the front page, it led to much publicity for the knot and also to the formation of the [[International Guild of Knot Tyers]].<ref name="muchado5" /> It was later pointed out by [[Amory Bloch Lovins]] that the knot had already been presented in ''Knots for Mountaineering'' by Phil D. Smith in the 1950s.<ref name="TKB">{{Citation|title=The Knot Book|publisher=Sterling Publishing|location=New York|last=Budworth|first=Geoffrey|year=1985|orig-year=1983|page=127}}</ref> The tying of the bend was described as a modification to the [[alpine butterfly bend]].<ref name="pdsmith">{{Cite book|title=Knots for Mountaineering, Camping, Utility, Rescue, etc|last1=Smith|first1=Phil D.|orig-year=1953|year=1955|publisher=Desert Trail|location=Twentynine Palms, CA}}</ref> Smith had devised the knot in 1943 while working on the [[San Francisco]] [[Dock (maritime)|waterfront]] and had called it simply a "rigger's bend".<ref name="ashleyIGKT" /><ref name="muchado5">{{citation |last=Budworth |first=Geoffrey |title=Much Ado About Knotting: A History of the International Guild of Knot Tyers|edition=2nd|year= 2002 |publisher=Gipping Press |location=Needham Market, UK |isbn=0-9515506-5-9 |page=5 }}</ref> Although not documented in the original 1944 print of ''[[The Ashley Book of Knots]]'', it was later added in 1979 as entry #1425A.<ref name="ashleyIGKT" />
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