Amsteel Question

**cwford** · 06-15-2011, 11:59

I originally bought some whoopie slings / continuous loops from JRB and they work great. I modified the continuous loops into nacrabiners.

Now I want another set of slings / loops for another hammock. I bought some Amsteel Blue from Redden but it appears to be slightly different that the Amsteel from JRB.

The difference is that the Redden Amsteel has 2 extra fibers in the center. One red and one green. Is this normal? It really makes splicing difficult. Can I just pull it out or is it necessary ?

**Beast 71** · 06-15-2011, 12:01

The fibers are an anticounterfit measure and you can just pull them out.

**raiffnuke** · 06-15-2011, 12:01

You should be able to pull them out of the core, then splice as normal. What size amsteel is it? Make sure that there is a large enough safety margin...you don't want to end up sitting on the ground when you didn't mean to.

**cwford** · 06-15-2011, 12:14

Removal...That's the answer I was hoping for. The Amsteel is 7/64 so it should be fine for my not-so-svelte 225

**canoebie** · 06-15-2011, 12:26

I had 200 ft. of the green that contained that core piece. It is incredibly strong, wish I could find a use for it. I just pull it out, a bit of a challenge with really long pieces.