My splicing attempts

[CraigD]

Just finished splicing a tight eye into my blaze lanyard... whip lock was the hardest part! bent the needle on the last bit! hope ya like

[Will Hinchliffe]

Nice whipping Craig. That needle is proper bent! I want to try some of that braided whipping twine. I have only used the liros twisted waxed stuff. I find the whip lock to be the hardest bit to. High scale reccomended putting the whipping further from the eye to make it easier. I have a blaze line that I bought with a factory splice and they have put the whipping a good 3 inches from the eye.

 

I have some 19mm double esterlon to splice and want some more robust whipping twine. Yale recomends Size B whipping Twine but I cant find any info on what size B is. Can anybody reccomend a suitible twine and suplier for this. I would like it to be braided twine like on the split tales yale make up themselves.

[Rich Rule]

Did this splice this afternoon. Not done one for about 5-6 months. Cheers Hadleigh for reminding me of a few of the steps.

[CraigD]

Nice whipping Craig. That needle is proper bent! I want to try some of that braided whipping twine. I have only used the liros twisted waxed stuff. I find the whip lock to be the hardest bit to. High scale reccomended putting the whipping further from the eye to make it easier. I have a blaze line that I bought with a factory splice and they have put the whipping a good 3 inches from the eye.

 

I have some 19mm double esterlon to splice and want some more robust whipping twine. Yale recomends Size B whipping Twine but I cant find any info on what size B is. Can anybody reccomend a suitible twine and suplier for this. I would like it to be braided twine like on the split tales yale make up themselves.

 

Thanx mate the last lock was super hard! thats when i bent the needle , next time I think I will do the whip lock further away from the eye, I found this on the net reguarding whipping twine sizes hope it helps

 

Whipping Twine

[CraigD]

Nice one Rich, looks good!

[Canal Navvy]

I have some 19mm double esterlon to splice and want some more robust whipping twine. Yale recomends Size B whipping Twine but I cant find any info on what size B is. Can anybody reccomend a suitible twine and suplier for this. I would like it to be braided twine like on the split tales yale make up themselves.

 

I used zing it throwline to whip mine,seems to work well and the yellow looks good on the blue.

[CraigD]

I did what you suggested for my rope guide old snake, it locks well under load but when it has no load on it i manged (quite easily) to pull the eye out... Did i splice it wrong? I have finished it with whiplock and will get in break/destruction tested and see what it breaks at before i climb on it. Thanks for the idea

 

Heres the pics..

[High Scale]

I buy all my twine from Chandlery Boat Sailing Equipment I used Marlow No16 for 19mm double braid. Craig, 16 strand eye splice can pull out under low loads which is why it's important to whip lock it for security, I would be interested in the results of the break test.

[Will Hinchliffe]

Thanks everyone. Very helpful

[CraigD]

Craig, 16 strand eye splice can pull out under low loads which is why it's important to whip lock it for security, I would be interested in the results of the break test.

 

No worries Ill post the results when I get them, still waiting for some results from a few splices I sent away a week ago, only getting those tested against bowline and fishermans knots though as they weren't e2e splices. Thanks for the heads up about the 16stand, the spark I spliced, I removed the core and use cover as new core, I thought because I could pull the splice out I may have not made the cross over long enough... cheers