Editing Anchor bend

{{Short description|Knot used for attaching a rope to a ring}}
{{Redirect|Fisherman's bend|a similarly-named knot|Fisherman's knot|the place|Fishermans Bend, Victoria}}
{{Knot-details
| name=Anchor bend
| image= Roringstek.jpg
| names= fisherman's bend
| type= hitch
| origin= 
| related=[[Round turn and two half hitches]] 
| releasing= jamming
| strength= 
| uses= attaching a rope to a ring or similar termination
| caveat= 
| abok_number= #24, #1518, #1722 – #1724, #1840 – #1842
}}

The '''anchor bend''' is a [[knot]] used for attaching a rope to a ring or similar termination. The name is a [[misnomer]], as it is technically not a [[bend knot|bend]], but a [[Hitch knot|hitch]].

==Origins==
[[File:Beowulf - oncear bendum.jpg|thumb|left|"oncear bendum," an early evidence of use of anchor bends by [[Anglo-Saxons]] from ''[[Beowulf]]'']]
Its name originates from the time when "bend" was understood to simply mean "tie to"; today, a [[Bend knot|bend]] strictly refers to a knot that joins two lines. 

==Techniques==
While the knot can become jammed in some modern materials, it is usually easily untied after moderate loads; it can be made more resistant to jamming by taking an extra turn around the object—this will make for a one-diameter longer span of the end to reach around the standing part to be tucked (although in a case of tying to a small shackle or link of a chain, this might not be possible). It is the accepted knot for attaching [[anchor]]s (or more usually anchor chains) to [[warping (sailing)|warps]]. The knot is very similar to a [[round turn and two half hitches]] except that the first [[half hitch]] is passed under the turn.  In many everyday uses, the finishing half-hitch need not be made; alternatively, one might seek surer security by tying off the end with a [[strangle knot]] to the standing part.

[[Image:AnchorBend HowTo.jpg|thumb|left|Anchor bend step by step, with a finishing half hitch.]]

==See also==

* [[Round turn and two half-hitches]]
* [[List of knots]]
*[[List of hitch knots]]

== External links ==
*{{Animated Knots|anchor|Anchor Bend|May 5, 2013}}

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