Teufelberger ocean friction cord

[Paul Tomo]

To save a few pennies on friction cordage I was thinking of buying the ocean 8mm friction cord by the metre thus making my own friction cord to what ever length i need. I have been told that to cut the cord you can’t hot knife the cord, it needs to be cut with a sharp knife instead. If this is so then who do I seal the ends of the cord in order to stop them from fraying.

 

 I’m going on a access and rescue course and I need to make some prussic’s up and I was wanting to make my own using the Teufelber ocean friction cord. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks Paul Tomo 

[Craig Johnson]

bind the cord with electrical tape before you cut it, cut in the middle of the tape and dont forget to mark it up for your LOLER records ( use white tape and number with a sharpie)

Edited September 20, 2019 by Craig Johnson

[htb]

And use superglue to seal the ends

[Brocky]

A little time, whipping twine, and low heat can give a more finished and permanent result.

 

[Dan Maynard]

I use heavy duty adhesive lined heat shrink, bit expensive per metre but you get 50 or more from a metre and stays on for years - here's my lanyard just before I chuck it away.

[Mark Bolam]

That’s done well with a big fella on it Dan!

What do you do @TommyB?

 

I’m not a massive fan of the Ocean tbh, I love my Beeline, but it’s a bastard to seal properly.

[Joe Newton]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

That’s done well with a big fella on it Dan!

What do you do @TommyB?

 

I’m not a massive fan of the Ocean tbh, I love my Beeline, but it’s a bastard to seal properly.

Grab a bottle of liquid whipping mate. 

[Paul Tomo]

Thanks for the reply and thanks for adding some pics. I can see that the two ropes are different to each other, what ropes are you using? I’m impressed with the pics. I will google these products and see if I can buy them local to me, so a sharp knife, super glue and some heat shrink or some whipping twine and I’m ready to go. Is the whipping twine something that fly fisherman use? 

Many thanks

[Mark Bolam]

49 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Grab a bottle of liquid whipping mate. 

Are we still talking about hitch cord?

[Al Duffill]

bind the cord with electrical tape before you cut it, cut in the middle of the tape and dont forget to mark it up for your LOLER records ( use white tape and number with a sharpie)

I’ve always done this, I’d bind it tight and leave about 3/4 of tape on, never failed.