Years ago I bought a canoe, the ropes had several of these knots. I have never been able to replicate them (granted I have not tried a lot either).

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If you look at the loop as what goes around the post, it's a mooring hitch/loop. It just pulls tight if you pull the long end, and the short tag end stops the other loop from pulling through. You pull the tag end out and it falls apart.

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