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Sheep Shank

Pioneering Merit Badge Requirement

Never cut ropes to shorten them! Always use a shortening knot such as the Sheepshank, or coil the excess.

• Used to temporarily shorten a rope, or isolate a weak portion of rope.  The Sheepshank is a shortening knot, which enables a rope to be shortened non-destructively.
   
• The knot is only really secure under tension, it will fall apart when slack.