Fiador knot
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| Names | Fiador knot, Theodore knot |
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| Category | loop |
| Related | Bottle sling |
| Typical use | rope halters, hackamores, and hobbles |
| ABoK | #1110 |
The fiador knot (also Theodore knot) is a decorative, symmetrical knot that is used in equine applications to create such useful items as rope halters, hobbles, and a components of the fiador on some hackamore designs.
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[edit] Etymology
The origin of Theodore knot, a variant name used in the United States, has a charming attribution:
1110. The THEODORE KNOT is a single-strand adaptation of the SAILOR'S DIAMOND KNOT (#693) [...] When Theodore Roosevelt, "the hero of San Juan Hill," visited the Southwest, shortly after the [Spanish-American War], it was a foregone conclusion that the Spanish name "Fiador" would be corrupted to "Theodore" in his honor.
– Clifford W. Ashley, ABOK, p. 201]
[edit] Uses by equestrians
Uses of the fiador knot by horsemen are of several kinds.
- The knot often is used on the underside of the fiador of a hackamore.[1] The knot is worked into the fiador as an open ring then slipped over a knob (heel knot) or ring on the bosal of a hackamore.
- On knotted rope halters, the knot often is used under the chin both as a decorative knot, and also to fashion the lower loop onto which a leadrope or similar leading device is attached. On a rope halter, the fiador knot is made from one continuous piece of rope, and is, along with a series of double overhand knots, one of two types of knots that comprise most rope halters.
- In North America, according to the Ashley Book of Knots,
"Cowboys have employed the knot as a hackamore or emergency bridle. According to Philip Ashton Rollins, the method originated in the South American pampas and worked its way, via Mexico, to the Southwestern cow country, arriving there soon after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War."[2]
- For a set of hobbles, a brass ring is attached to the double loops on one side of the knot to join the hobble for the horse's other front foot. On the other side, a diamond knot terminates the two loose ends and the single loop is placed over this to encircle the horse's fetlock. A small rope slide (melted with a solder iron) on this single loop is pushed against the diamond knot to prevent the loop from slipping off the foot.
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