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I hope commercial makers have a more sophisticated method that that! :scared: I dress the knot a few times with a pick to get it good and tight, then I do a marline spike hitch on the tail, and put a...

I had considered the bead, but you need to put that on when you start, I was already finished before I realized I screwed up the whipping (Doh!:confused: ) Is it hard to not tie the cobra stitch too...

Since I had to redo the whipping on my SS and Smokebait mentioned a sleeve, I had a piece of tubing I thought might work. Technically it does work, it wouldn't hurt if it was a little tighter, but...

The Brummel under the knot keeps the burys from moving while tying the diamond, if you don't lock them the outer one seems to move a lot (IIRC). The LB on top of the knot is just for tidyness. ...

Thanks RC!

Thats exactly what this thing needs is a Ti Dutch Sleeve! Now you have me thinking... and thats never good :scared:



Thank you DemostiX. I never minded the time it took to open a...

Thanks Jazilla, I always liked the idea of soft shackles I could just never get them to work for me, until now.

Thank you SmokeBait, I don't think it would open while under a load if the whipping...

Well, its not actually more user friendly to build, just (IMHO) to use.
When soft shackles hit the scene I tried to get on board with them but they were just to finicky. Fast fwd two years and I...