Knotworthy Event

OK, let's look for "knots" on stamps. You should find many on Scouting stamps, but we'll give extra credit for knots on non-Scouting stamps and bonus points if you can name the knot. Technically (if I remember my Scouting) a "knot" is when you tie two ends of a rope together of the same diameter; a bend is when you tie two different diameters together; and a hitch is when you tie a rope to a fixed object (e.g. "hitching post"). Just to start you off here is a square knot from Sweeden. Warning: This challenge is "knot" for the faint-hearted.

Here's some knots:

"real knots"
1991 Philippines, Mi-no.2019-2021
1995 Gambia, Mi-no.2084-2089
2002 Lesotho, Mi-no.1832-1836

stamps which happen to show knots:
1914 Italy (parcel stamps ,Mi-no.7-15)
1947 France, Mi-no.786
1960 Norway, Mi-no.446
1962 Norway, Mi-no.482-484
1964 Jordan, Mi-no.485
1964 Norway, Mi-no.525
1968 Norway, Mi-no.567
1968 Norway, Mi-no.573
1970 Norway, Mi-no.600
1972 Grenada,Mi-no.489
1974 Sudan, Mi-no.304-306
1984 GDR, Mi-no.2909
1982 Bolivia, Mi-no.1158
1993 Cyprus, Mi-no.806
1994 Pakistan, Mi-no.915
1998 Ghana, Mi-no.2873
1998 Finland (Aland), Mi-no.144
2002 Maledives, Mi-no.3979
2002 Cuba, Mi-no.4415
2002 Gambia, Mi-no.4786
2002 China Taiwan, Mi-no.2797-2826
2003 China Republic, Mi-no.3424
2004 Hongkong, Mi-no.1143
List care of Klaus
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Re the Sharjah

4 DH. is a "Sheepshank with an Overhand Knot", also called a "Sword
Knot".

2 DH. is an "Artillery Loop" also called a "Man-Harness Knot".

5 DH. is a "Sheepshank Knot"

6 DH. is, as you said, the "Fisherman's Knot".

2 DH. is, as you said, the "Reef Knot".

I double-checked these names in "Ashley's Book of Knots". Names of
knots vary and these stamps obviously celebrate Scouting. If one needs
to be precise, I am not sure if the name "Artillery Loop" or the name
"Man-Harness Knot" is preferred by Scouting. I also wonder if the name
"Sword Knot" is used in Scouting or whether they use another name.

Thanks again for the picture.

All the best - Brian.

Great research Rod - my calculator burned out adding up your points, however. For those who are intersted the "reef" knot is another name for a "square" knot.

Help from another stamp forum when I queried knots
some years ago, Scouter :)