Teufelberger ocean friction cord

[Brocky]

There is a thin wall shrink wrap generally used to cover electrical wires, usually black and more like rubber than plastic, but tears more easily than the other.

[Paul Tomo]

7 hours ago, Brocky said:

There is a thin wall shrink wrap generally used to cover electrical wires, usually black and more like rubber than plastic, but tears more easily than the other.

I’ll try it and see how it works then let you know.

[Paul Tomo]

These two images of my first attempt at cutting the Teufelberger Ocean Polyester friction cord and then using the heavy duty heat shrink 19mm - 6mm. I’m still not sure how I’m going to use the cord with the pinto pulley on my landyard, the eye to eye will be fit better though.

[Brocky]

Looks good, I like the look of the ones that extend beyond the ends!

[Tommy_B]

I find that the best place to put whipping twine is about 3 or 4 inches down the rope one you've tucked it back into itself!! ?

 

In seriousness though, as long as you are monitoring the knot and making sure that it has a good tail on it, whatever you choose to do should be fine. 

[Paul Tomo]

5 hours ago, Tommy_B said:

I find that the best place to put whipping twine is about 3 or 4 inches down the rope one you've tucked it back into itself!! ?

 

In seriousness though, as long as you are monitoring the knot and making sure that it has a good tail on it, whatever you choose to do should be fine. 

That splicing looks very impressive, if I could learn how to splice I would make my own eye to eye. Are the tails on my knots long enough?

[Tommy_B]

Yeah mate. I think it was the lanyard one earlier in the thread that looked a bit short imo

[Brocky]

I’m no longer using tail tucked eyes and had to find another use for the whipping twine.  The hitch below benefits from the stopper being in back, but it works tying it in the front for other hitches.

 

[Paul Tomo]

On 18/10/2019 at 16:22, Tommy_B said:

I find that the best place to put whipping twine is about 3 or 4 inches down the rope one you've tucked it back into itself!! ?

 

In seriousness though, as long as you are monitoring the knot and making sure that it has a good tail on it, whatever you choose to do should be fine. 

What size fid would I need for the 8mm to 10mm friction cord.

[Tommy_B]

A wire fid would be best. Tube fid or push fids will be a nightmare in 8mm