Knot Placement for drop hanging

[Roadkill]

Anyone know the proper knot placement for a drop hanging?.. I searched on google but there isn't that much info.. lostallhope.com says that the knot should be under the chin, but I always thought the knot was supposed to be at the back of the neck

 

[Cookiedough8956]

Hm, strange. I thought that too? I'm curious to know as well.

 

[ShadowOfTheDay]

Have you read the research by Geo Stone? It seems like a pretty well researched (if somewhat dated) examination of the subject. Unless I'm mistaken, his advice was to place the knot under the left ear in the case of "judicial-style" hanging. The unltimate goal being to break the neck, thus severing the spinal chord for a painless death. Who could possibly know whether or not he's right? Maybe we must resign ourselves to the fact that death might be painful. Even so, would you prefer a few more decades of tepid misery, or a couple minutes of excruciating pain?

 

[Lady black]

For short drop hanging place the knot at the back of your neck and the rope above your adam´s apple. Then it will be quick and nerly no pain or suffering. But don´t use a too long drop it will only hurt your neck, a few inches/cm are enough to tighten the noose. For long drop hanging (with broen neck) place the knot uner the left ear and calculate your drop from the official table of drops, you can find at google.