As of a week ago, I've been using soft shackles in my UCR setup. I only use the diamond knot as I think the are superior. I believe Opie uses a double overhand, or some variation that uses a single strand of cord. The diamond knot should be close to the full strength of two strands of the cord. At least, much stronger than a single strand. I hope I'm not speaking unintelligently, but I do believe the diamond knot uses two strands as opposed to one, and therefore is much stronger. My only concern is that I think they might freeze in the colder weather.
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Grizz
(alias ProfessorHammock on youtube)
There is a loop under the knot and the knot prevents the loop from sliding off and opening the whole thing up. You cannot see the loop because the braiding is milked towards it to close it like the adjustable loop on a whoopie sling. To open it you hold the part of the loop that is buried and milk the braid around the bury away from the loop. When big enough just slip the knot through and it is open.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8qKc...layer_embedded
OK... If you want to get technical...
I suppose the purpose of opening up a biner or shackle is to unhook it. Under tension its difficult to unhook a biner. So the ability to open the gate on a biner is pointless if you cant unhook it.
I will concede that the soft shackle isnt as easy to open as a biner.. But its also a fraction of the weight.
give and take.
I love the soft shackle
YES!
As MAC stated
Hardware is VINTAGE
Tom
Got the TL with the SS's and Knot Bone a while a go,,,very cool.
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This is the reason I exclusively use TeeDee's nacrabiner (soft shacke) variant that uses the scarab instead of the spliced loop. I find the scarab much easier to use than the spliced loop. The spliced loop always has a tendency to close which makes using it one handed problematic, frustrating and downright impossible at times. This is no problem with the scarab variant. The scarab variant is almost as easy to use one handed as a carabiner. Not quite, but close. The hard metal of the carabiner makes it easier to insert into a rope loop than the flexible nature of the narcabiner.
And, as with the wire gate carabiner I can slide the scarab even with the nacrabiner under tension, but as Opie says, why?
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