Originally posted by CharLac You see this when fishing where different materials do not work well with a particular knot. Knots that work just fine with monofilament may not work so well with braid.
I don't think sailing ships or theatre curtains have
ever been rigged with monofilament or fishing braid!
Seriously, if there are useful knots which don't work with synthetic
rope I'd like to know, because I don't know any like that and there's no excuse for not knowing useful knots.
Did you know fishing tackle makers many years ago would tie any number of tackle knots for a fee but kept the details of the knots secret? Until a seafarer set some in wax, sliced the knots with a scalpel, studied them under a microscope and published his findings. I'm sure the tackle makers wanted to keelhaul him after that.