I hope you are ok bud,,,
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very nice, I like the idea of the whipping on the end of the whoopi sling so that it dosent release from the marlin spike knot.
Grizz - This is a splicer's (hammock) dream come true. Very creative.
I found it a bit intimating at first, but the key for me was the pattern shown in the wikipedia article, of the knot before the tails are brought around and then up. I make that pattern, and take out the slack inside, and then as the tails are brought around the knot goes from being flat to being round. Get that pattern right, and remember to bring each tail across the next standing end in its direction before pulling it through, and you've got a fairly foolproof way of tying that knot.
great, thanks. That's the point, make it understandable.
and both my hardware and software get to looking old and frumpy after a while...we have to keep those innovations going....
and when you can't hike, you can splice...
appreciate that. And if you can splice dynaglide quickly (as you must be able to do by now), you are a Jedi master of splicing. I have the hardest time getting the core of dynaglide opened up for a yarn needle, or loop turner, or guitar string....I can splice up 7/64" Amsteel about 3 times faster than dynaglide...but the dynaglide is so kool....
The stiffness of a toggle keeps the webbing folded around it in the MSH from collapsing, and that uncollapsed bit keeps the loop from sliding off. So I would be surprised if replacing a stiff toggle with a limp bit of cord would do the job. So surprise me!
yep I'm a splicing fool. Probably was a sailor in a past life...
Yep, that's a keeper. I've been doing it for just about as long as I've been using whoopie slings because that dang loop kept falling off the MSH when I was setting things up!!!
Thanks Knotty. If this is a splicer's dream come true, maybe we splicers ought to work on expanding our social horizons a little :scared:
What if instead of a continuous loop with a sliding whip knot below the apex, you did a straight length of cord to form the suspension triangle, with the cord ends at the apex? You could then have eyes on both ends, both with whip knots, and loop both eyes over the diamond knot?
I'm still learning about bridge suspensions. Is there an advantage to a single line for the triangle as opposed to two separate matched cords attached to the hammock?
Edit: Actually, I just rewatched Grizz's "The Making of a GrizzBridge part three (Gone Loopy)" video. What if you did two separate cords with eyes on each end? Would it be reasonably easy enough to make them the same length? And Grizz, would you recommend using the type of eye you did in the video for attaching to the soft shackles near the hammock, or would you use the new whip knot eye for both ends of each cord?
With all the talk about knots derating amsteel, is there a reason to be concerned?
I've use soft shackles with no problems so I'm not particularly worried but others may be. I just made a couple things you showed and found it very fun to fiddle.