My splicing attempts

[old snake]

Steve sent me some of this cord a year or so ago, I messed it right up just trying to cut it! Core is very different, I'm hoping it works better than the liros I've been using on my poision ivy.

 

I use a ceramic knife for high mod ropes. Goes through them like butter!!

 

Mine seems to run really nice on my poison ivy. Took a couple of goes to get the right length though.

[Will Ayers]

hello all, ive been learning to splice with selma fids, the hollow ones with an internal hook to pull through the bury, am i in the dark ages, ive done quite a few now. i know most of you guys seem to splice with wire fids, i imagine not having to bury a bulky fid through the sheath as well as all that core is a godsend, do i make one or do i buy one of nods.

[High Scale]

I would buy one from nod.

[Peter]

Buy one from Nod.

 

Having said that, I dont use a fid at all for double braid, toss wand all the way.

[Peter]

Here's a selection of my splices, and my most recent attempt, and 10mm liros lanyard, also a link to a facebook hand splicing group.

 

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=115572681823687

Edited July 12, 2010 by Peter

[old snake]

Nice work Peter and brilliant idea for a facebook group:thumbup1:

 

I hate doing black ropes like the liros and sirius stuff,i can never see where my marks are!! haha

[Peter]

Whoever comes up with a method for marking black ropes will be my personal hero!

 

I tend to dispense with most of the marking on black cords. I find the extraction point and pull the core immediately, and pull the cover strands for the taper as I count them. The other side of the eye is wherever it ends up, which is why the eye is a little tighter than I planned, and I dont mark the end of the core bury until I'm ready to do it. Its not perfect but it works for me!

[old snake]

Haha thats pretty much how i do it!

 

The only thing i found that marked it was the mrs nail varnish..................honestly its hers:001_tongue:

[John Shutler]

ive just ordered a fid from noddy(well thursday) ive just been using a bent coat hanger

[Will Ayers]

yeah ive been using a doubled up bit of wire since my last post and it is so much easier to do the bury. might have to investigate nods fid. havent used a toss wand yet either.