The knot that secures the two ends of the nylon cord together, what is it?

None of the Web sites I can find show the whistle with a cord.

Got a picture of the knot you want ID'd?

Phil

It's a half hitch on a half hitch, creating a double slip knot that stops on itself. Each end is half hitched around the other, so that they overlap in between. Not a bad way to secure something; if you make the two knots real tight, you can draw up the slack and they will take a good bight that will keep the whistle, or whatever you are tying off, pretty snug up against the anchoring piece. They are easy to untie as well.

I've started to use this knot for lanyards. I think it is known as the fisherman's knot. It works well, especially for somehat slippery paracord.

Here is a link to a discription & photos:

http://www.scoutingresources.org.uk/knots_bendsfishermans.html

First of all let me say, thanks for the great link Ken. Good info there.

Thanks for taking a look at the online photos to try to figure it out Phillip. I was guessing that somebody out there who had one of these whistles would know what that knot in question was.

Realizing that some knots have several names, would the half hitch on a half hitch be the same as a double half hitch? Something like this ?

Thanks all!

No, Ben used that as a description of how to tie it, not as the actual name.
If you look at Ken's link it actually calls the knot at each end an overhand knot. Everyone I know starts their shoe laces with the same knot.
Basically it is an overhand knot with the other end of the rope through the middle. So each end can slip along the rope, but the knot at the other end stops it coming off the end.
This would be so much easier if you were standing here with some rope to show you.
Can you tie a Reef knot, because it is the first have of that tied at each end.