Editing Bowline (section)

==Other variants==
The [[cowboy bowline]] (also called Dutch bowline), [[French bowline]], and [[Portuguese bowline]] are variations of the bowline, each of which makes one loop. (Names of knots are mostly traditional and may not reflect their origins.) A [[running bowline]] can be used to make a noose which draws tighter as tension is placed on the standing part of the rope. The ''Birmingham bowline'' has two loops; the working part is passed twice around the standing part (the "rabbit" makes two trips out of the hole and around the tree). Other two-loop bowline knots include the [[Spanish bowline]] and the [[bowline on the bight]]; these can be tied in the middle of a rope without access to the ends. A [[triple bowline]] is used to make three loops.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yL4izuwaxg 10 different bowlines quick in less than 3 min, slow repeat thereafter</ref> A [[Cossack knot]] is a bowline where the running end goes around the loop-start rather than the main part and has a more symmetric triangular shaped knot. A slipped version of the Cossack knot is called [[Kalmyk loop]].<ref>{{YouTube|wgJc1ymlYgg}} Tying video for Kalmyk loop</ref><ref>{{YouTube|3Bl31rAWTcI}} Tying video for Kalmyk loop</ref>

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File:Birmingham_Bowline_Loose.jpg|Two-loop Birmingham bowline before tightening and dressing the knot. Two turns taken around the standing part of the line form two loops.
File:Four knots.jpg|Variants: {{ordered list|Bowline|[[Cowboy bowline]]|[[Eskimo bowline]]|[[Cossack knot]]}}
File:Bowline to 6 2 knot.gif|If a bowline is tied and the two free ends of the rope are brought together in the simplest way, the [[knot (mathematics)|mathematical knot]] obtained is the so-called [[6 2 knot|6₂ knot]]. The sequence of necessary moves is depicted here.
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