Hi there everyone,

I've seen retention knots that are sort of square and flat so you can grip them, but I'm not sure what they are called.

I've attached an image for reference.

Does anyone know how to make this? or is there a tutorial on youtube?

(Sling in the image is @AncientCraftwork's)

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What you're looking at is a release tab.

Here's a previous thread on them: https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1615005901.  Morphy's video in the very first post seems to be locked down.  I'll reach out to him and see if it's something he would be willing to open up.  But there are some pics and descriptions in the thread that should put you on the right track.

joe_meadmaker wrote on May 12^th, 2023 at 4:42pm:

Morphy's video in the very first post seems to be locked down.  I'll reach out to him and see if it's something he would be willing to open up.

He checked but the video is gone.  He doesn't remember deleting it, but isn't sure what happened to it.  Too bad.  :(

I like the look of that, seems that it'd wear away less quickly than the cords behind a release knot. At least while working with undurable materials.

That one is pretty, certainly not the only way to have a tab.   Seems like you could easily enough tie a leather dish or other shape to the end of a release cord....

Thanks a lot for the help Joe, appreciate it a lot!

StaffSlinger, definitely! gonna experiment and see what I end up using.

StaffSlinger wrote on May 13^th, 2023 at 12:52pm:

That one is pretty, certainly not the only way to have a tab.   Seems like you could easily enough tie a leather dish or other shape to the end of a release cord....

It definitely works, just make sure the leather is thick enough so it is strong enough and has good grip. The few times I tried it it was too thin and would break and just wasn't thick enough for good grip.

Yeah... you want something like 9-10 oz. leather for strength and 'grip-ability'.