[citation needed] Dr Giles Camplin, a student of airships, notes that a rolling hitch (#1735) is a more likely method used by ground handlers to join ropes.

In a small publication, Potomac Caver, Bob Thrun published his discovery in 1966, calling it --his article title-- simply 'An easily untied bend'.

The zeppelin bend is difficult to tie while ropes are under tension (which is further obvious evidence that it wasn't used with mooring lines during ground handling of airships).

In fact, with any 'end-to-end joining knot' (i.e. bend), existing tension in the ropes makes the tying process extremely difficult (if not impossible).

The usual method of creating an eye knot from a bend is by linking a tail with a Standing Part (SPart).

Eye knots formed by linking of the two tails or the two SParts are usually of less utility due to the loading profile thus created.