Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Table of contents 1 Canonical Name 2 Variant Names 3 Category 4 Origin 5 Related knots 6 Releasing 7 Efficiency 8 Caveat 9 Uses 10 Comments 11 Structure 12 Tying 13 External Links Canonical Name boa knot. Variant Names None. [completed picture] Category binding. Origin Modern. Invented by weaver Peter Collingwood, 1996. His intention was to develop a knot that would hold well when the constricted object was cut close to the winds of the knot. Related knots Related to the strangle knot and the double constrictor knot. It combines both the structure and qualities of these other two knots. Releasing Non-jamming. Efficiency Unknown% Caveat None. Uses Securing objects. Comments Most secure when binding cylindrical loads. Structure Tying article/pictures External Links http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/knotindex.html This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.