I like and appreciate your technique and videos. The funny thing is there's a bloke Aussie or Kiwi down unda who does videos with nearly the same method and wraps the top knot clockwise rather than counter. I'm still learning. Cheers y'all.
Very, very cool. I have pondered the soft shackle "stopper knot", but have never seen it described so well. I have done similar shackles with just a double overhand knot, but it's probably not as strong and certainly not (knot?) as pretty as the more symmetrical knot that you demonstrate.
This video was very useful for me today as I made some shackles for sailing, with 1/4" and 5/16" line. In retrospect the 5/16th is a little big, 1/4" was more than adequate. I found your loops a little small for my use so increased the dimensions to equal segments of 11 1/2" each, with the first tunnel from mid point to an outside 11 1/2" mark, 46" total length. I didn't bother to put the retrieval cord on, I can do that later if needed, it's one more thing to get caught on fittings at each gybe. I liked your Carrick bend, its a quick way to make one without the confusion of handedness. I wonder if the rotation of the last step depends on which hand Carrick bend is made, presumably it won't make much difference for a stopper knot. Thanks for posting a useful video, I stopped and watched it several times.
This is the traditional diamond knot shackle, so the accepted number is around 170% for that. The button knot soft shackle comes out to 230 ish and the eye splice overhand variant is slightly more.
I like and appreciate your technique and videos.
The funny thing is there's a bloke Aussie or Kiwi down unda who does videos with nearly the same method and wraps the top knot clockwise rather than counter. I'm still learning.
Cheers y'all.
Brilliant tutorial, thank you so much for sharing 👍👍👍
Warren
Really good! I tried it, with no experience, at the first attempt I ontani ed a realtà great shake. Thanks a lot!
Very, very cool. I have pondered the soft shackle "stopper knot", but have never seen it described so well. I have done similar shackles with just a double overhand knot, but it's probably not as strong and certainly not (knot?) as pretty as the more symmetrical knot that you demonstrate.
This video was very useful for me today as I made some shackles for sailing, with 1/4" and 5/16" line. In retrospect the 5/16th is a little big, 1/4" was more than adequate. I found your loops a little small for my use so increased the dimensions to equal segments of 11 1/2" each, with the first tunnel from mid point to an outside 11 1/2" mark, 46" total length. I didn't bother to put the retrieval cord on, I can do that later if needed, it's one more thing to get caught on fittings at each gybe. I liked your Carrick bend, its a quick way to make one without the confusion of handedness. I wonder if the rotation of the last step depends on which hand Carrick bend is made, presumably it won't make much difference for a stopper knot. Thanks for posting a useful video, I stopped and watched it several times.
Very well described, thanks.
Thanks for this, good video. Very helpful.
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
Thank you so much!
Goood... knew such on old four-strand rope, but this is modern:)
Great demonstration. As a percentage of original rope strength, what do you think this shackle comes out at?
Thanks for the informative video
This is the traditional diamond knot shackle, so the accepted number is around 170% for that. The button knot soft shackle comes out to 230 ish and the eye splice overhand variant is slightly more.
A pity that it is often slightly out of focus. It prevents you from seeing the lay of the rope in the knot.
At 2:07, voice says "5 and a half inches" but text on the screen says "5 inches." Which is best?
@capitansimon72 sorry, it was: "I got a really great shackle...
I made a video of a newer version. Please have a look ruclips.net/video/Gs1stVcNweY/видео.html
Easy pesy!
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Bored. Get to the point. stop waffling