simple Simon over
{{Short description|Knot used to join two ropes}}
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| image=Einfacher Simon-Über Barb.05.jpg
| name=Simple Simon Over
| names=
| type=bend
| origin=Harry Asher, published in 1989
| related=simple Simon under bend, simple Simon symmetric bend, simple Simon double bend, sheet bend
| releasing=fair
| strength=high
| uses=suitable for dissimilar ropes, works well with synthetic ropes.
| caveat=
}}
The simple Simon over bend is a knot belonging to the category bend. The simple Simon under holds well even with slippery synthetic ropes,Geoffrey Budworth, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots & Ropework (Anness Publishing Ltd., 1999,
2007), 72. but is less secure than the similar simple Simon under.Harry Asher, Alternative Knot Book, p. 54, Sheridan House (August 1989).
The difference is just whether the green working end goes over the green standing (loaded) end (Simple Simon over) or under the green standing (loaded) end (simple Simon under).
Inventor
It was invented by Dr. Harry AsherThe Knot Bible. A practical guide to the most useful nautical knots. Published by Adlard Coles Nautical, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
50 Bedford Square, London W1B 3DP, 15 Mar 2013. Format:Ebook (PDF). Edition: 1st
Extent: 288. ISBN 978-1-4081-5476-2 and published in 1989.Maria Costantino: Das große Knotenbuch, p. 202. Language: German. 2010 by Bassermann Verlag, Random House GmbH, München. Original English edition of "The Knot Handbook", 2000 by D&D Books. ISBN 978-3-8094-1279-3
{{Quote|When I had decided that the way to try for new bends was to think of the two halves separately, and then decide how to put them together. There seemed to be no better way than to start with the two halfs that make up the famous Sheet bend ... an open loop and a single hitch.|Dr. Harry Asher: The Alternate Knot BookHarry Asher, Alternative Knot Book, p. 53, Sheridan House (August 1989).}}
Comparison of Sheet bend, Simple Simon over and Simple Simon under
Schotstek rechts.jpg|The Sheet bend was the starting point of developing the Simple Simon Over bend.{{Cite book|title=The alternative knot book.|last=Asher, Harry.|date=1989|publisher=Sheridan House|isbn=0911378-95-2}}
Einfacher Simon-Über Barb.05.jpg|Simple Simon Over.
The working part passes over the standing (loaded) part of the rope.
Einfacher Simon-Unter Barb.06.jpg|Simple Simon Under.
The working part passes under the standing (loaded) part of the rope.
Instructions
Tie as shown in the images. In the sheet bend, the two running ends should emerge on the same side of the knot.{{Cite book|title=The alternative knot book.|last=Asher, Harry.|date=1989|publisher=Sheridan House|isbn=0911378-95-2}}
Einfacher Simon-Über Barb.01.jpg|Form a bight with the left rope.
Einfacher Simon-Unter Barb.01.jpg|Pass the right rope down through the bight.
Einfacher Simon-Unter Barb.02.jpg|Go above and over the bight.
Einfacher Simon-Über Barb.02.jpg|Pass underneath the bight.
Einfacher Simon-Über Barb.03.jpg|Go over the top, you got an X
Einfacher Simon-Über Barb.04.jpg|Bring your working end down up through the bight
Einfacher Simon-Über Barb.05.jpg|Tighten the bend.