GUEST,Ebor Fiddler wrote: The Bowline on a Bight however is not far off being a noose ..

In what way? It acts much like an ordinary bowline - even harder to undo if under tension though.

I've occasionally used this knot (it puts a loop in the middle of a rope that is attached at both ends). In contrast, in years of sailing, I've never had occasion to do a one-handed bowline, though I know how to. Is this a climbers' knot?