Talk:Stafford knot

Staffordshire hoard
A 6th? century knot was found on an article in the Staffordshire hoard. Here is a link to an article if anyone is interestred in adding it. . Heironymous Rowe (talk) 22:59, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Have added this in. It's also now being reported in the archaeological press, Current Archaeology. If anyone can shift the Refs para to below the pennant img, that would neaten the page up.Rhodian (talk) 13:50, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Done.Heironymous Rowe (talk) 18:47, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

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It's knot
I'm not suggesting a title change or saying that the usage "Stafford Knot" is wrong as refers to this image. However, it's not an overhand knot because it's not a knot, as knot-theorists use the term "knot", unless the ends are joined together or are joined to something like the wall of a building that make the ends inaccessible as far as manipulating the knot to see if it can be straightened or untangled into a simpler knot. That Stafford Knot can be unknotted into a straight cord, without cutting, by moving the ends around, since they're already cut. Something like "an overhand knot with free ends" instead of "an overhand knot" is required.2603:7000:9906:A91C:1C64:8308:33BC:E2D6 (talk) 07:01, 12 June 2021 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson

It's odd that this article is titled 'Stafford knot' when the first sentence of the lede states that the common name is 'Staffordshire knot'. This appears to be directly contrary to Wikipedia article naming practices. I had never heard of a 'Stafford knot' before being redirected here. --Ef80 (talk) 12:48, 29 December 2021 (UTC)