The reef-knot is only useful in simple applications. It is easy tied and will not jam, so it is always easy to untie. It is used to tie packages, and as a base for he shoe-bow. Sailors used it for binding rolled sails or better reefed sails. And that is where it got its english name from. Americans call it the square knot. Its relatives, the granny, the thief-knot and the what-knot all have their purposes, but not as a trustful knot.
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