How to Tie Knots

Chain Hitch

Thanks to Martin Dailey of Alcatel Submarine Networks in Portland, Oregon for informing us about this knot. The following is their information as it was when it was sent to us. Thanks again, Patrick, for helping to make this site one of the best around!
"We build fiber optic Cable witch is put on the ocean floor. Some of the cable is as large as 2 inches in Diameter. When we need to pull some cable from one tank to another we tie a chain hitch on the cable and use the rope to start pulling the cable . It is a very nice Hitch it locks on itself and you can pull anything with it."