The Zeppelin Bend: The Best All-Around Bend?

[@tomdenny8507]

This is commonly called a Zeppelin Knot or Zeppelin Bend but I believe it is correctly called a Rosendahl Bend after the man who invented it. It was used to tether zeppelins as it was a knot that could be tied quickly, wouldn't slip nor tighten up when strained and provided a high percentage of the ropes strength. If it has a draw back it is that if unloaded and thrashed around it can untie itself so must be used with safety knots when lives are in balance.

[@kevinthompson507]

What is it that makes this bend superior to the sheet bend? Strength? Ease of tying or untieing?

[@thetautline]

Strength, and ease of untying after heavy loading, but the sheet bend is undeniably simpler to tie. For most day-to-day needs, the sheet bend is great IMO, or the double sheet bend if more security is needed.

[@quitesure]

Great video and comment, but just try to use the 69 method when the wind is howling above the cliff or the waves and the wind are trying to blow you away. The 69 might be a nice way to explain how the knot works, but under real life standards one should discard that way of tying the Zeppelin bend and/or loop because there is a much more rational way to do that. Yet it would not be wise to discard that exceptional "knot". I just can't get it. It is said that the Zeppelin Bend and/or Loop are too difficult to learn and then, so and because Mr. Ashley just ignored them, they are not as well known and preferably used as they should be, just as you said. Both have been bench proven to be quite strong, reliable and amazingly friendly to untie even after the heaviest loads. And they are so easy to tie once you learn the correct procedure. That is basically explained here (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH-xqq2YntqDbZI) but with minor modifications quite easy to discover yourself, I can easily and with no rush tie and sort of dress either the loop or the bend in 17-18 seconds. If there is one reasonable but quite minor criticism to mention, it may be that they are not post-eye. So What?

[@roelrinosa8830]

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