Taught an 84 YO how to make Nacrabiners

**angrysparrow** · 05-18-2010, 10:37

Originally Posted by bigwig

...nacrbiner.. A search...turned up nothing. What is it?

Nacrabiner. Named after the person who first showed it on the forum.

Here's a thread to start with.

**lonetracker** · 05-18-2010, 12:30

Originally Posted by bigwig

I may be the only person here that doesn't even know what a nacrbiner is. A search on this forum and on Google turned up nothing. What is it?

this is a sticky in the suspension section.it will get you started.nacra biner is an in house(hf) term.as nacra was the original discoverer/maker

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=9059

**NCPatrick** · 05-18-2010, 12:46

I hope I'm still that curious to learn new things when I turn 84!

**bigwig** · 05-18-2010, 13:24

Originally Posted by angrysparrow

Nacrabiner. Named after the person who first showed it on the forum.

Here's a thread to start with.

Thanks, I was doing a search with the spelling that the original poster used and didn't put the "a" in. I'll take a look at this now. Thanks.

**GaHammockGuy** · 05-24-2010, 20:43

okay... so let me make sure I understand the use for a Nacrabiner...

It is to replace the full size crabiners used withthe tree hugers for your suspension??

**NCPatrick** · 05-24-2010, 21:01

Originally Posted by Convert2010

okay... so let me make sure I understand the use for a Nacrabiner...

It is to replace the full size crabiners used withthe tree hugers for your suspension??

Yes, that's the idea. Also replaces other carabiners you might use elsewhere in your setup.

**GaHammockGuy** · 05-25-2010, 07:52

SAWEET!!!

Perhaps those that are having issues with making the lanyard knot (as I did) you may want to try a figure-8 to close out the loop.

When I would go rock climbing, we would use a figure-eight knot at the end of the rope that is attached to our climbing harness. I really trust the figure-8 knot and is very strong.

Check out this video on the figure-8 as well as many other videos on you tube of the Figure-Eight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CnYmY_B938

The thing to remember on this knot is to make your tag end LONG so you can loop it through your tree-huger loop and then follow the path of the knot to tie it.

It is hard to explain in text, so look at this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFSaFu0FpVw

Notice how they tied the knot first and then ran the tag end through the loop on the harness and then followed the path of the knot back through itself.

Maybe this knot is easier to tie than the lanyard.

**NCPatrick** · 05-25-2010, 07:58

Be sure to read through the nacrobiner thread. There has been a lot of knot testing done that seems to point to the diamond / lanyard knot as the knot of preference for these. The tensile test results from that thread, thanks to Schneiderlein.

**Bat** · 05-25-2010, 08:27

You only tie the lanyard knot once and you are done. That is the advantage of this system. A re-woven figure 8 is a good knot but you have to tie and un-tie it each time. As all climbed know untieing a loaded figure 8 can be tough. Especially when it is done with thin cord.
Read the original thread because you are missing the concept of this cool gadget.