Well, Ive been carrying this little whoopie key chain on my work keys for 3 months now. 10 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. Its seen the floor of a muddy work truck, the bottom of a trench dug in trash, rain, sun, snow....
While the glossy sheen has worn off, it still grips, adjusts and the fixed eye still holds perfectly.
I dont imagine anyone is going to subject their Whoopie Slings or UCR to what Ive put this through..... I think long term they will last..well... a long time.
Yeah - I wear a Buck neck knife 24/7 on a dyneema loop.
Have for 2 or 3 years.
The dyneema doesn't exactly look brand new, but it looks like it can last longer than I will.
I was initially concerned because the Buck sheath is hard plastic and the holes the dyneema thread through have sharp edges. The edges don't seem to have abraded the dyneema in the time I've been wearing it.
TF... 24/7 huh?!
How big is that?
4 7/8" long in sheath. The blade is 4 3/8".
When I'm wearing it, nobody knows. Well, my GF does.
Only neck knife I have used for more than 1 week. The knob inserts into the handle hole and keeps the knife secure. Every friction sheath I have used for neck knives will hold for a few hours and then I have a loose knife inside my shirt. Not this one. Unfortunately Buck dumped this sheath and now the knife comes with a friction sheath - BIG mistake for a neck knife.
Thats interesting. Is it for utility purposes or SD?
Ive never seen one before.
I have one of those and it came with the stupid friction sheath. Like you said wont wear it around my neck, doesn't feel safe. I like the looks of the sheath yours came with. Wish they still made those.
I know 1/8 dyneema is supposed to support up to 2500 lbs, but I am scared to try it. Dont know how durable it would be holding my big butt up night after night.
All I've got is a crappy cell phone pic, but here's a pic of one of our whoopie slings that we use up in the tree to hang a rigging pulley off of.
nastywhoopiesling.jpg
The rope is 5/8" Amsteel, it's seriously fuzzed up and full of sawdust, and we routinely drop big chunks of wood with it, like 500lbs. big, and it's not slipped once. Just thought y'all might get a kick out of that.
Acer
It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
Formerly known as Acercanto, my trail name is MacGuyver to some, and Pucker Factor to others.
It's not procrastinating, its proactively delaying the implementation of the energy-intensive phase of the project until the enthusiasm factor is at its maximum effectiveness. - Randy Glasbergen
Wow, that is pretty impressive.
It's only an addiction if you're trying to quit
Ive got a set of the 2mm dyanglide on one of my DIY hammocks right now.Originally Posted by bhancock
There is a member here hanging off a set of my 7/64 slings. He weighs 400 pounds.
I was skeptical at first too.
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