Left-hand bowline

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Left-hand bowline
Names Left-hand bowline, Dutch bowline
Category loop
Related Bowline
Releasing Non-jamming
ABoK #1034½

The left-hand bowline or Dutch bowline is a knot that places a loop in the end of a rope. Similar to a bowline the working end exits the knot outside the loop, rather than inside. Ashley calls it "distinctly inferior" to a regular bowline.