How to tie a very useful Knot to know (i.e. for tying up things like bundles of newspapers etc).

I learned this very useful knot after watching a newspaper seller (called Jack Steinberg) who used to have a night time street trading stall; selling early edition newspapers with his brother (Alan) on Coventry Street near Leicester Square, London. He stopped selling newspapers several years ago.

He used to sell a lot of papers & he used to also wholesale papers & whilst bundling up the wholesale orders of newspapers I used to watch him with fascination when ever he used this knot.

I wanted to learn the knot but Jack was very secretive about his knot and used to tie the knot so fast that it was frustratingly very difficult to watch & learn............but I persevered & finally did learn to master the knot.

Learning & using the knot has served me well over the years whenever I've had to use string to tie up anything - I hope it serves you just as well.

I'm very sorry but I don't know the name of the knot - a few people have suggested it's called a bowline knot but I don't think it is.
Anyway it's very useful if you're wanting to know how to bundle a stack of newspapers or the like.