Samson specifies 4.5 g/m for 7/64" AmSteel-Blue but my brand new piece with "black" coating weighs 5 g/m (4.99 g/m to be precise ;)).
Anyone else want to weigh theirs and report?
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Samson specifies 4.5 g/m for 7/64" AmSteel-Blue but my brand new piece with "black" coating weighs 5 g/m (4.99 g/m to be precise ;)).
Anyone else want to weigh theirs and report?
142" (3.6m) of used gray 7/64" untensioned line weighed 17.6 g ==> 4.88 g/m.Quote:
Originally Posted by Albert Skye
What was the measured diameter? (rhetorical question)
Check out the Samson Rope technical bulletin, How Long is a Piece of Rope. ;)
they have it in black now? do you have a link, never seen it in black
Sorry, I don't have a link; just ask your favourite supplier (if they say it's not available, that might be a good reason to find a different supplier ;)).Quote:
Originally Posted by warbonnetguy
By the way, it ain't black. It's dark grey to begin with and gets progressively lighter with use (rather quickly), but speaking of blackness, the ink in Sharpie's permanent markers seems to fix well (and it weighs less).
I know Samson is cheap, but there are other options: