Cutting rope..

[john87]

Hi All,

 

What you all use for cutting rope?? Best i have found up to now is a red hot stanley knife blade held in mole grips..

 

How do others do it, what have you found to be best??

 

john..

 

[Will C]

A rope cutter! 

Worth every penny spent, I think most arb suppliers sell them, if not eBay and Amazon do, search hot knife rope cutter

 

Like you I messed around with heating Stanley blades up but the dedicated cutter is so easy you will wonder how you managed with out it.

Edited August 15, 2021 by Will C
Fat fingers

[john87]

1 minute ago, Will C said:

A rope cutter!

Worth every penny spent, I think most arb suppliers sell them.

 

Like you I messed around with heating Stanley blades up but the dedicated cutter is so easy you will wonder how you managed with out it.

I never heard of one!! I will have a look on the internet now!!

 

john..

[maybelateron]

Insulating tape or gaffer tape tightly round rope where it is to be cut. Then cut cleanly with Opinel knife/Leatherman or similar quality. Then heat an old flat file till red hot and heat seal the rope. Cheap and effective.

[Steve Bullman]

Used to have a great little gas powered one that you just topped up with lighter fluid. Trying to find one on ebay

 

[Steve Bullman]

Here ya go, something similar to this.

 

EXPO 77550 REKROW RK3114 CORDLESS GAS SOLDERING IRON HOT KNIFE HOT BLOW TORCH

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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EXPO 77550 / REKROW RK3114 MULTI-FUNCTION SOLDERING TOOL. THIS HIGH QUALITY GAS TORCH IS MANUFACTURED BY REKROW INDUSTRIAL INC. Rekrow...

 

[woody paul]

Sharpened hacksaw blade heat to red straight though taped end then heat shrink

[magwick]

As said above, a heated rope knife. 
hust dont buy from an arb shop, coz of arb tax!

mine cost 70 quid from a yacht chandlers rather the 120 from honeys!  

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

Kitchen khnive and a isolation tape.... Uups old Zippo as well.... 

Edited August 16, 2021 by Sviatoslav Tulin

[john87]

These electric or gas heated knife things; How hot do they get?? Are they red hot or just melt rope hot??

 

Do they like melt their way through or are they well sharp as well??

 

john..