I really appreciate all the wonderful suggestions from so many ops both
direct & via the group. The joining of two ropes part is easy (even for
me).....my main concern was ending up with a loop to work with so I
could use it to hoist up a dipole end etc. As one FB op
suggested,,,,,just make a separate loop slightly above or below your
fisherman's knot that you used to fasten the two lines together !
That is super simple and yes, maybe something I will try or end up with
but i was wondering if there was a slick knot that did both at the same
time.
I am currently holding two ropes trying different ideas from several
people (not having much luck hi-hi).....I can do the fisherman's knot ok
and I have mastered the Bowline (by watching a video) but merging
everything into one so I kill two birds with one stone is still getting
me. But I will keep at it. TU everyone very much and I hope everyone has
a Happy Thanksgiving. 73
Gedas, W8BYA
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On 11/27/2019 3:38 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
A double sheet bend will join a couple lines together.Man made
material is slippery compared to natural fiber so a single sheet bend
might slip, hence the double. Worried? Use a triple.
Patrick NJ5G
On 11/27/2019 2:20 PM, jimlux wrote:
On 11/27/19 10:35 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
On 11/27/2019 7:44 AM, jimlux wrote:
Or a figure 8 on a doubled rope.
I am NOT a knot expert.
That is why I can highly recommend the figure 8
knot in general, and specifically here
with a doubled rope, and specifically
with 3/16 inch dacron rope. I have
tied hundreds of these. I use the
figure 8 for everything. I don't need
to be an expert to tie it.
Exactly..
I could never learn to correctly tie
a bowline. The mnemonic such as the
rabbit comes out of the hole, goes
around the tree, and goes into the
hole doesn't uniquely describe a
bow line.
And, worst of all, you might meet your demise at the jaws of a big
fish named Bruce.
The figure 8 is completely
fool proof, doesn't untie itself, yet I
can always get it untied.
It is easy to double up the rope and tie
a figure 8 with a loop as the original
post asked. But what if the loop has to
good around a tower leg, etc? You can't
just tie the loop and drop it over the
tower leg since the bracing gets in the
way. However, if you are clever, you
still tie the loop around the leg and the
end result looks just like you had
dropped it over the leg. Too complicated
to explain here how to actually do it.
Make a loose single figure 8 with a long free end.
Take the end of the free end and follow the rope back through the
figure 8.
As a check, take a doubled rope and tie a figure8 (to make a loop).
Check if it looks right.
That is the huge virtue of the figure 8 - It has a specific, simple
look, and if you're unsure, you can untie and retie. And, it has a
shape that is easy to feel in the dark.
Between the figure 8 and a variety of half hitches (some with
multiple turns), you can do just about anything you need.
Rick N6RK
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