Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 25 minutes ago

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This skill video demonstrates how to tie a becket bend. The becket bend or sheet bend is used for joining two ropes of unequal diameters or joining a rope and a chain.

1. Form a bight in one of the ends to be tied (if two ropes of unequal diameter are being tied, the bight always goes in the larger of the two).
2. Pass the end of the second rope through the bight.
3. Bring the loose end around both parts of the bight.
4. Tuck this end under its own standing part and over the bight.
5. Pull the knot snug.
6. Secure with two overhand safety knots.