Just like everything else at dimview.org this collection aims at excellence, not completeness.
WARNING: don't assume that any knot is secure just because I say so.
This is a very practical exploding fixed loop. The name suggests that it comes from Kalmykia, the steppes between the Don and Volga rivers. It's probably ancient, but for some reason remains virtually unknown in the West.
The nonexploding variant is called eskimo bowline.
Also known as double marline hitch, it is basically a double overhand knot tied around something. Reliable, hard to untie.
A sliding loop made by tying strangle knot around the standing part is called scaffold knot.
I used to have versatackle one the list, but this relatively new twist on trucker's hitch (aka driver's hitch) is even better.
Similar to the real block and tackle, it provides mechanical advantage of 3 when tightening. Theoretically versatackle has higher MA, but in practice due to friction the difference is negligible, and trucker's hitch is much simpler.
Budworth, Geoffrey (2002). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots & Ropework. ISBN 1843091380.
Скрягин Л. Н. Морские узлы. [Rather old textbook on marine knots by Lev Skryagin that I sadly no longer have].
