Splicing terms and info...

[sloth]

I'm a little bit tempted to try a bit of splicing but unsure whether to bother. It would really be just for the sake of it and a challenge. I have plenty of marlow boa hitch cord (double braid I believe?) and would like to have a go making some e2e. Could someone point me in the right direction how to do it? I've seen the splice info on marlows website, but got confused with people on here using wire rather than tubular fids, and different classes of double braid splice.

Also, is it advisable to trust a diy splice to climb on if I've never done it! Cheers all...

[softbankhawks]

Hi Sloth,

The piano wire fids make passing the rope through rope bit a lot easier. I use my samson fids only for measuring. Brion Toss has a formula using the diameter of rope and multiplying it by x, y and z. It's 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other, you want to achieve a smooth, secure and strong splice and which you can quite easily. Badger Mr Knott and take a db or 16 strand course...either one will teach you enough about tool and rope handling to achieve both splices. The class refers to fiber type...class2 is slippy high modulus fibres, class 1 is polyester. 99% of arb splices are class 1.

Its a nice thing to do once youve got your head around it and it teaches you a bunch about rope.

[softbankhawks]

Brion's method is clearer than most.

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