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1. airhea+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-04-20 13:51:06
Disclaimer: I was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout who learned a number of knots. Fishing also helps by necessity.

FYI: ABOK #80, #186, #464, #1206 are called Granny knots but not the Granny of shoe knots.

#1212 is the conventional shoe knot, #1215 - #1219 are alternate versions. I don't see a Granny shoe knot except maybe #1220 as a parcel knot, perhaps because it's "wrong" for the cosmetics of shoes. Granny knots were/are a derisive term for dangerous or improper knots. IIRC right rectangular prism parcels were wrapped in brown paper like a Christmas present but then wrapped once in twine, twisted 90 degrees underneath, wrapped again perpendicularly, and then finished with a Granny shoe/parcel knot at a 45 degree? angle. I guess one could also use other knots, but they maybe more difficult to untie.

https://archive.org/details/TheAshleyBookOfKnots has a bazillion knots categorized and with their uses.

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