There's a number of things that go into the "stretch" of a rope. Yes, construction of the rope is one of those factors, but the elasticity of the fiber itself has more to do with the stretch than all other factors. For example, polyester does not stretch as much as nylon or polypropylene and fibers like kevlar and Dyneema have even less stretch.

@@KnotAndRopeSupplyInteresting! Thanks for the extra detail. Makes sense. Now I’m curious if there is documentation or a resource somewhere that details the estimated percentage of stretch the construction, braid style, twist, material used in the construction, etc. contributes to the overall stretch of the ropes. I wonder if this is just common knowledge across the different industries that use a lot of rope, but for the consumer like myself that’s just looking to get educated, it might be useful…short of just digging around KZbin and the web piecing the info together.

Most static ropes have a parallel core and cannot be spliced, they would have to be stitched.

@KnotAndRopeSupply I have a few old lines that appear to be static with parallel cores, that have eyes in them, so I was curious about a possible technique. It would still be great to do a tutorial on sewing eyes into static line with a parallel core, if you don't have one already 😊

@@SailingWindGypsy We do not have an onsite stitcher. So, unfortunately we would not be able to produce a video. Sorry.

Hello, thank you for your comment. I looked through days worth of emails and could not find your inquiry. However, we do not have a 2" Nylon in black. We could make this for you in white, but the eye would not have a thimble - we do not carry a 2" thimble and the thimble would be extremely heavy and very large. Feel free to contact us via phone listed on our website to discuss. www.knotandrope.com

@@KnotAndRopeSupply Since i'd be contacting you from Europe, wouldn't it be easier if we got in touch via e-mail instead? Just give me an e-mail that i can write to and that you'll reply to. Thanks.

@@wadsworth2351, you can email us at [email protected] Please keep in mind, we are unable to ship to Europe.

@@KnotAndRopeSupply So that pretty much sums it up, i guess. Thanks anyway.

Would love to know if anyone else has any ideas on how to finish off the lock stitch !

If you are using a locking brummel splice then, no, not really. It wouldn't hurt to throw in some stitches in the burry part if you wanted. but a proper locking brummel splice locks that rope tail from coming out of the core.

We do not. Due to liability reasons, we do not offer video tutorials on splicing. There are too many safety factors involved, we do not want to be held liable in any way. We do however, offer our splicing services to the public which is done by our in-house splicing professionals.

We didn't really want this to be a "how to" video for liability purposes. You can check out our splicing tools page which offers a manufactures splicing manual for all types of rope. www.knotandrope.com/collections/splicing-tools

We didn't really want this to be a "how to" video for liability purposes. You can check out our splicing tools page which offers a manufactures splicing manual for all types of rope. www.knotandrope.com/collections/splicing-tools

I'm not exactly sure what these short sections will be used for. I believe they will be used as short tie-offs in an industrial setting. Used once or twice and then recycled. We get a lot of jobs like this, where customers are just looking for an inexpensive rope that will be used for packaging or something else and is not too concerned with color. Others look for a specific type of rope or twine cut into very specific lengths.

This particular coating is a dye to change the color of the rope to a specific color per the customer's request. We can use the same process to fire-treat a rope that will be used in a commercial setting that needs to meet specific code requirements. Other coatings can be to help the rope gain more abrasion resistance.

The only way to stop the fraying of a natural fiber rope like cotton, is to whip the ends with a small twine, add a heat shrink tube at the end, or some have had success melting wax or using hot glue. Of course, just leaving tape on the ends will help too. If you create a knot, that too will help and the fraying will not go past the knot. Hope this helps.

get a hammer and encourage the needle through.

Yep, this is pretty common. Moving that stitch down the throat a bit is fine. As long as that stitching goes through the cover/core blend part you are good.

We used that for the lock stitch when the splice is all done.

Lol he didn’t show that in the video like he said he would 😂

We spliced the rope directly to the ring.

@@KnotAndRopeSupply Tu

This is just to show what services we offer. The video is not meant for a tutorial as it could put too much liability on us if the viewer tried to splice their rope, do something wrong, and cause injury to themselves.

Depending on the type of rope and its construction will determine what kind of splice is needed. A Type II splice is done on ropes that are core dependent. This type of splice is not better or worse than the splice done on a double braid nylon, it's just the procedure is different. I hope this helps clear things up.

My favourite thing’s how the bits where he actually does anything are behind the table & in fast forward!

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