{"id":3606,"date":"2017-09-02T17:31:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T15:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2017-09-02T17:31:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T15:31:05","slug":"a-little-history-on-the-thistle-knot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/?p=3606","title":{"rendered":"A little history on the &#8220;Thistle&#8221;-knot."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3608\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/?attachment_id=3608\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?fit=1152%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1152,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G800F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2017-09-02 17.23.39\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?w=1152&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?resize=300%2C533&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?resize=84%2C150&amp;ssl=1 84w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-09-02-17.23.39.jpg?resize=150%2C267&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><br \/>\nI am under the impression that not many of you know where the name of this beautiful little crown-like knot came from. And\u2026 surprise! There\u2019s a reason why there is no \u201cofficial\u201d source for this knot and that\u2019s because it is not the official name. It is actually called a footrope-knot.  Find it in Ashley\u2019s Book of Knots on page 122 No 696. \u201cThe footrope knot; first a crown, then a wall. Tuck up and that\u2019s all.\u201d<br \/>\nIt is my favorite stopper-knot. Something nice to end your rope with, without being too bulky and still have the possibility to extend your ropes easily.<br \/>\nAt the risk of sounding like an ancient man. In 2003 (!) when I started out finding my own ropes and browsing the interwebs for information, I found a website called Nawashi.com; then being one of the few good sources available. Those were different times. Nowadays there is so much information available, that people even can\u2019t see the wood for the trees.<br \/>\nThe webmaster then was Numinous. I regret that we never have been in touch then, I might have learned a lot, earlier :-) But he had this \u201cThistle\u201d-knot description and tutorial on his website. There was also an explanation on the site why he named it that, probably not knowing either what its original name is.<br \/>\n\u201cI just like the name \u201cthistle\u201d for this, because that\u2019s exactly what it looks like and since I\u2019m of Scottish heritage, it seems appropriate to me.\u201d &#8211; Numinous<br \/>\nAs said, it\u2019s my favorite stopper knot, so when I started my little rope business, I called that knot a thistle knot.<br \/>\nI am probably not the only one that knew of Numinous\u2019 website then, being a fabulous name. Nawashi is a household name in the Japanese rope style community nowadays. And Osada Steve being a smart man, always ahead of people, he purchased the domain. Luckily we have the Waybackmachine, now better known as the web archive, which can show you old versions of websites and domains.<br \/>\nGive it a try; here\u2019s Numinous\u2019old website: <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20030812004028\/http:\/\/www.nawashi.com:80\/tutor\/thistle.html\">Former Nawashi.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>So when you meet someone talking about rope and stopper knots and they call this one a Thistle knot, you KNOW it\u2019s a pervert!<\/p>\n<p>Marrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am under the impression that not many of you know where the name of this beautiful little crown-like knot came from. And\u2026 surprise! There\u2019s a reason why there is no \u201cofficial\u201d source for this knot and that\u2019s because it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/?p=3606\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogme"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A little history on the &quot;Thistle&quot;-knot. - BindMe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bindme.nl\/wp\/?p=3606\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A little history on the &quot;Thistle&quot;-knot. - BindMe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am under the impression that not many of you know where the name of this beautiful little crown-like knot came from. 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