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Christ!! Rather you than me mate. I bet that was the best feeling ever when she finally popped out??!!
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Sorry mate! haha. There made by Bloc and are the camo ones:biggrin:
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Cheers Stevie. There some camo bloc ones i got in a cotswold shop. There really comfy and are the only ones ive ever worn that dont steam up!! They were a bit pricey though,cost about £30.
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A couple of fells and a syc take down
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I aint that curtious:biggrin:
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im sure it'll be wonderful mate. I'll be thinking of you while im swiling some scrumpy and looking at some shiny new toys!! ............less of the old a'nall yooooooooooouuutthhhhhh
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Thats a mighty fine piece of armor pruss you've got there mate:biggrin: Not be long till the holiday now will it mate:001_tt2:
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Nice one mate,cheers:thumbup1:
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Nice work John. Looked a nice idea with the access line:thumbup1:. I need to spend more time and money getting into srt and false anchors. Will you have your srt gear at justins?
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Poison ivy looks spliffing with some armor pruss wrapped round it mate:biggrin:
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Used ropes are splicable. It just depends how old and used the rope is as to how hard it will be to splice! Just needs a bit more elbow grease:001_tongue:. As far as ropes and splices go. Deffinatly a spliced eye and any rope but marlow gecko!! haha. Yale xtc is a very nice rope has as been said by many.
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If your looking for a thinner diameter rope then id recommened an inbetween rope like Peter says. I climbed on tachyon for years and its a really good light lowstretch rope. Ive recently moved onto poison ivy and the initial results are looking good. Plus its got a cool name!! haha. As far as the true 11mm ropes such as blaze go,i found them just a bit too thin for me.
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Being able to pull the splice apart isn't a bad thing as the splice works like a chinese finger trap. When its loaded there's no way it would move! Thats why the wippings there for when its not under load. THis only really appiles to rigging lines though as ppe lines are generally a knightmare to bury!! As far as 16 strand goes,just make sure you dont catch any strands when doing the crossover and make sure you've got a good anchor to pull on. Also when doing the crossover as your about to pull the new core through trim a couple of the strands off so your not pulling so much mass through. Makes a big difference!
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Well done on completing your frist double braidsplice mate.The 3rd one looks good mate:thumbup1: Do you know what you did wrong on the first one as there seems to be alot of the core missing? It looks as though the crossover went a bit wrong? Hard to tell from a pic though! haha. Keep up the good work,it gets very addictive:biggrin:
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That looks well sweet John:thumbup:. Nice work indeed!!
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:lol: I can believe that!! Be nice to finally meet you mate:thumbup1: Tell Casper to get himself down,i could do with getting my scissors back:laugh1:
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Yes i'll be there mate,hopefully be arriving around dinner time. You going to be there? More ideas for Casper to play about with now! Best get buying him some more supplies:001_tongue:
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Thats a cracking job Gibbon:thumbup1: Like you most of our reductions are done with handsaws. I think thats why i like doing them. Nice and quiet with not much gear.......................most of the time!
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Yes David it is. You really need to make sure that you seal the ends as not to compromise the strands on the inside of the rope!! I sealed mine with some liquid rubber and insulation tape.
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Here you go big D:biggrin:. Im thinking of replacing the rope sling though for a webbing sling with a funnel top or something like that. Just to compare. Also a picture of the wire.
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Just an update on the new ropeguide. Ive been using it most of this week and it works a treat!! Had a little trouble with retreival to start with. The cocoon kept catching and geeting stuck. So i added some shrink tubing onto the sling as close as possible to the cocoon and hey presto. The added stiffness of the tubing helps to flick the pulley through the eye:thumbup1: No problem's with the wire thats inserted into the eye. Keeps its shape no problem(by the way im not talking 5mm straining wire!! haha)
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Army of darkness. The guy has a chainsaw for a hand!!!
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My uncle benches 202kg and is a world record holder. He'd probably know some tips!!..............me on the other hand! i know sod all!! haha Hope that was helpful for ya:001_tongue:
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Splicing - Does it need to be certified?
old snake replied to Rowan the Bruce's topic in Splicing Forum
On 16 strand ropes such as the new england hi-vee the strength is in the jacket and the core is there to give the rope profile. Manufacturers dont remove the core or taper there splices which is why alot of them are lumpy and miss shapen. A properly constructed hand splice is far superior to a manufactured splice. Oh yeah a hand splice is a tad stronger than a bowline!! haha -
Splicing - Does it need to be certified?
old snake replied to Rowan the Bruce's topic in Splicing Forum
It really annoyes me when someone asks me about certified splices and im unable to give them a deffinative answer:sneaky2: Yes you are altering PPE and therefore the CE mark is void. But you can buy a plain end rope and stick a knot in the end and thats fine!! The knot doesn't need to be certified does it!! A splice is just a complicated knot IMO. I splice my own ropes and i also splice for other people but until there's some form of competency qualification this argument is going to keep raging. Top and bottom of it is you probably wont get a certified splice and it'll come down to your LOLER inspector. If your lucky he'll know a bit about splicing and pass it but you may be unlucky and they'll fail it just because they dont know what there lucking at!!
