Pinto & Fisherman's knots...

[Sean.S]

Hi guys,

 

I know a lot of you use sewn eye friction cord with the pinto, but are there any that don't - and still put the eyes between the plates like so:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/btim5akkmpjhor4/IMG_20130208_204216.jpg

 

I haven't climbed on this yet, and it's only on my lanyard. Obviously the cord can't fully tighten onto the crab as the knots foul the body of the pulley.

 

Any views on this?

 

Personally I can't see it as a major issue as long as the knots are set and bedded in (which mine are) BUT it doesn't look ideal so thought I'd get some opinions.

 

 

Cheers,

 

Sean.

[coleman]

stop being tight and buy an eye to eye

[Sean.S]

Haha!

 

I'm not being tight.... I AM tight!

 

Also, you probably can't see from the pic but I like my cord really short, and I've never seen an eye to eye short enough.

[WorcsWuss]

Looks ok to me, knots won't interfere with the top of the hitch and it looks set ok. I'd use it.

How long is the cord? I've said it before jones sell 75cm beeline e2e...

[Sean.S]

Had to prune a few apple trees today so I had a chance to give this setup a whirl.

 

Normally my cord is 54cm from the middle of the "eyes", but that one is a bit longer (probably another 10cm) so I tied a knut to keep it close. I normally run a VT with 2 wraps and three braids - nice and short and very, err, responsive?

 

 

Works well. I've got a few metres of Marlow Boa to use up when I come to replace that cord though, it's 10mm and I don't think it'll fit in there - the Sirius is tight enough.