BOW-LINE
A more efficient knot than the bow-line knot was never known. This knot is used more than any five knots put together in the Steeple Jack’s work.
The bow-line knot is mostly favored in climbing a flagstaff, when making the stirrup to climb, and in many ways for the smokestack.
In making the bow-line knot follow the illustrations according to numbers. In No. 1 the rope is formed in a bight; pass No. 1 through the bight under then over and then under, as illustrated in No. 2; then over and down through the bight as illustrated in Nos. 3 and 4. Draw tight as illustrated onpage 63.
As I said before, the bow-line knot is a very useful knot on the flagpole. By placing the sling around the pole, passing the end through the eye, then make your bow-line knot, leaving the loop for the size of your foot so as to slip your foot in.
How to Tie the Bow-line Knot
How to Tie the Bow-line Knot