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A direct bury will cover just about everything to get you out of the woods should a synthetic line break.
-Alex
-Alex
Besides straight bury of an eye and end to end splicing are there any other good ones everyone should master that will cover most field repair needs?
I wanted to bring this thread back with thoughts on whipping. I have seen many videos on whipping were you just double the twine and just wrap over itself and then put the working end through the loop and pulling it tight. However, I have seen a finished product where the twine was wrapped 8-12 times but then there were double wraps of twine going perpendicular to those wraps going through the rope. If anyone knows what this is called or has a video, please post it up.
To which sensible advice was given.Why choose a Brummel Lock on a thimble vs. the Stitch Lock splice?
With a lock brummel vs a direct bury, you cannot pull the brummel apart without taking the entire line through itself. So manufacturers use this so a customer doesn't accidentally undo the splice, we stitch our direct buries to try to keep them together.
But I wondered about this...I used to use a locked brummel because it is more secure in the hands of multiple users.
So does anyone have a feeling as to whether it's preferred for a novice to use a Brummel when splicing a new eye over a Sampson style bury with lock stitching? By this I mean is the reduction in strength using a Brummel still overall safer than creep that might result from unknown stitching? Maybe the stitching workmanship does not have to be master rigger quality to be completely effective and I'm just over thinking this.opie said:Samson only shows the locked brummel for a Whoopie Sling and some speculate that it is because the locked brummel derates the line more than the 0-10% that is suggested to a straight bury.
Does whipping add or reduce strength or reliability? It seems to me that it's primary benefit is to reduce movement and abrasion at the thimble. But does it maybe help prevent the bury from sliding without a load? It seems with Dyneema that it would be essentially impossible to whip tight enough to keep the rope from slipping on itself.I wanted to bring this thread back with thoughts on whipping.
Yes, that's a Brummel lock combined with a long bury.Is this the S brummel mentioned a while back?