Dad taught me splices when I was a kid. He won competitions for splices in the Navy and the electric utility company he worked for. I've made tow straps, dog leashes, rope ladders. I have a dog leash now with two handles, a choke up loop and a loop for attaching a second leash. People have been puzzled by it and asked me if they can look at it.
4:11 the metal tool was called a fid, it's purpose it to easy the separation of one strand from the three to tuck the one underneath. This pen, is being used as a Marline spike, which effectively does the same thing, just a different design, but works very well on wire rope/cable, where the fid is not strong enough to handle the force required to separate cable. The more yea know
@@markfisher7962 I lobster fish and I set traps in 1's, 2's, 3's, and sometimes in sets of 4's and I hockle my rope to put a spliced loop in it so I don't to fight knots or extra rope ends through my hauler, I was hoping this lovely experts would test to sea how much it weakens the rope, I don't have the equipment to test this, and they might be able to benefit from the tests while at the same time would help me an possibly other fishers
The mid-line loop splices I'm familiar with are used to locate an eye, or cringle, along a boltrope in sailmaking. I can't quite visualize how you're thinking of using a mid-rope loop. In The Ashley Book of Knots, chapter 36: Odd Splices, you may find something that suits, perhaps #2834 or #2842.
Excellent instructions!
Dad taught me splices when I was a kid. He won competitions for splices in the Navy and the electric utility company he worked for. I've made tow straps, dog leashes, rope ladders. I have a dog leash now with two handles, a choke up loop and a loop for attaching a second leash. People have been puzzled by it and asked me if they can look at it.
Looks like I’ve gotta go buy some rope and start splicing!
Great stuff!
4:11 the metal tool was called a fid, it's purpose it to easy the separation of one strand from the three to tuck the one underneath.
This pen, is being used as a Marline spike, which effectively does the same thing, just a different design, but works very well on wire rope/cable, where the fid is not strong enough to handle the force required to separate cable.
The more yea know
Well, Swedish fid. They ARE nice.
A fid's unnecessary for polyro.
It unlays with just finger pressure.
Can you do a mid rope loop splices?
Depending on what you are doing, yes.
@@markfisher7962 I lobster fish and I set traps in 1's, 2's, 3's, and sometimes in sets of 4's and I hockle my rope to put a spliced loop in it so I don't to fight knots or extra rope ends through my hauler, I was hoping this lovely experts would test to sea how much it weakens the rope, I don't have the equipment to test this, and they might be able to benefit from the tests while at the same time would help me an possibly other fishers
The mid-line loop splices I'm familiar with are used to locate an eye, or cringle, along a boltrope in sailmaking. I can't quite visualize how you're thinking of using a mid-rope loop. In The Ashley Book of Knots, chapter 36: Odd Splices, you may find something that suits, perhaps #2834 or #2842.
Where can you got the tool you used ?
rightrope.com/swedish-fid/
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Can you show us a fg knot?
ruclips.net/user/shortssxi3ngh3HQI?si=un5jmVlcfNvsNdMH :)
I still can’t get it