splicing help

[matthewbas]

have acouple questions when making a prussic loop how do you do them when you dont have much rope to work with ? how long do you gets make your prussic loop i guessing you do a 3in eye? anyhelp?

[Fredward]

Are you talking about a loop or an eye to eye?

[matthewbas]

Eye to eye

[matthewbas]

anyone? even recomend books or videos i can buy

[Fredward]

Hey mate.

 

I don't know what you mean by 'don't have much rope', if you want to splice you need a certain amount of rope to make an eye. To make 2 eye to eyes I buy 3m of cord. That leaves a little room for error if you have to cut off one eye (if you did it wrong for example). My eye to eyes are usually 650-750mm. The guides will probably tell you that the minimum length is 1m, but I'm sure many people make thme less than this. As for the length of eye, thats up to you. I usually make them as tight as possible so that they just squeeze onto the carabiner, just my preference.

 

I use the guides on the Samson website, they also have some videos on youtube. Obviously you need to know the type of cord you are using as different cord requires different techniques, and different length 'buries' for the eyes.

 

If you want to let us know what cord you are using we may be able to help you with any other questions.

[morten]

Different friction hitches (and different variations/turns etc) require different lengths also. Why don't you start off with a fisherman's knot in each end, and adjust until you have determined the optimal length for your application?

[gand]

Different friction hitches (and different variations/turns etc) require different lengths also. Why don't you start off with a fisherman's knot in each end, and adjust until you have determined the optimal length for your application?

 

That's what I'm doing, still not got perfect length for mainline, but working on it. Just need to learn to splice then

[matthewbas]

when i am saying not much rope what i mean is the in the videos they say to go back 5 fids for your knot so do you just use the other eye n milk from there ?

[treequip]

when i am saying not much rope what i mean is the in the videos they say to go back 5 fids for your knot so do you just use the other eye n milk from there ?

 

Once you have the first eye I place, you pretty much have to

[matthewbas]

ok ya thats what i wanted to know im sure ill have more questions down the road thanks for the help guys