The Shake Hands Knot is a bend knot meaning it joins two strands of line together. It consists of two interlocking overhand knots, which create a strong and secure bend. This knot is also fairly easy to loosen and untie.
The Shake Hands Knot is the fourth of the 4 other well known interlocked-overhand-knot bends ( the Alpine Butterfly, Ashley s, Hunter s, Shake Hands ), that are almost as good as the Zeppelin bend