Moss Cinching Lanyard prototype

[Mowerr]

I put some Petzl eashooks on my lanyard this weekend, so that also kills that idea - no taking that guy off in the tree and putting the spliced end though the DMM.

I like them thangs tho, otherwise!

The way Reed did it if I remember correctly....he would leave the ring on his lanyard, and to avoid it flopping around he would slide it over his Mohican just above the bottom wrap there's a little space. If left there the hitch still performs as usual and u have your ring ready to choke anytime.

 

[LordFarkwad]

The way Reed did it if I remember correctly....he would leave the ring on his lanyard, and to avoid it flopping around he would slide it over his Mohican just above the bottom wrap there's a little space. If left there the hitch still performs as usual and u have your ring ready to choke anytime.

But I can't get my Eashook end through the ring...?

Edit: Nevermind, I think I understand, going back and look at Reed's setup. I use a DEDA, so I don't know if that mucks this arrangement up or what...

Edit 2: Actually, no I don't get it

 

[Brocky]

 

[LordFarkwad]

@Brocky, that's cheating!

 

[Mowerr]

But I can't get my Eashook end through the ring...?

Edit: Nevermind, I think I understand, going back and look at Reed's setup. I use a DEDA, so I don't know if that mucks this arrangement up or what...

Edit 2: Actually, no I don't get it

Take the eashook off and put the ring on?

 

[LordFarkwad]

I'm janglin' with Quickies Viable alternative.

 

[Mowerr]

Sure but I thought one of the big advantages of an eashook was that it was easily removable.
There's so many ways to do this so mess around.

 

[LordFarkwad]

Sure but I thought one of the big advantages of an eashook was that it was easily removable.
There's so many ways to do this so mess around.

It's "easy" relative to cutting a splice open and taking your snap out, then re-splicing it to another lanyard, I suppose.

I wanted to cinch on a crown reduction this past weekend, and so I just took the lanyard end around a 3-4" branch 540deg and hooked the eashook into a slipknot about 6" up the line (back towards my saddle). It worked okay (cinched and prevented the snap from being cross-loaded), but consumed more line than something more elegant like @moss's lanyard here, or some solution involving a ring. Anything wrong with that, you reckon?

 

[Mowerr]

I'm janglin' with Quickies Viable alternative.

Haven't seen u around Ina minute....I'm guessing your coming along well and keeping busy?

 

[Mowerr]

I thought them eashooks had a feature on one end of their swivel so you can take it off splices and use it on other lines

 

[LordFarkwad]

@Mowerr, yeah man staying pretty busy. Working with some good dudes around central NC occasionally. Doing about a job a week or so, it seems like recently. Still trying to get more comfortable in trees, trying not to worry about them breaking, etc., etc. Long way to go... Thanks for asking about it, man!

It's exactly like the Ring Open @Brocky put up there - allen key, little segment that crossbolt goes through, threaded on one end, rubber washer on other to help prevent back-out of the bolt.

I was complaining about the difficulty of removing all that in the tree, versus unclipping a carabiner, threading splice through ring, reclipping carabiner.

 

[rope-a-dope]

It's "easy" relative to cutting a splice open and taking your snap out, then re-splicing it to another lanyard, I suppose.

I wanted to cinch on a crown reduction this past weekend, and so I just took the lanyard end around a 3-4" branch 540deg and hooked the eashook into a slipknot about 6" up the line (back towards my saddle). It worked okay (cinched and prevented the snap from being cross-loaded), but consumed more line than something more elegant like @moss's lanyard here, or some solution involving a ring. Anything wrong with that, you reckon?

I have done this before and didnt have any doubts about it other than dressing the slip knot (marlin spike once you clip it) well enough to hold tight. It was in a fork, but wrapping once seems like a good solution here for cinching a lanyard with a snap.

 

[LordFarkwad]

I have done this before and didnt have any doubts about it other than dressing the slip knot (marlin spike once you clip it) well enough to hold tight. It was in a fork, but wrapping once seems like a good solution here for cinching a lanyard with a snap.

What could happen if it's not spiked? I thought the snap itself served as a marlin spike, as it were?

 

[moss]

Got my hands on some more slic pins, drilling the threads out of a bow shackle

A finished slic pin shackle

-AJ

 

[Mowerr]

Got my hands on some more slic pins, drilling the threads out of a bow shackle

A finished slic pin shackle

-AJ

I got dibs!!!!

 

[Mowerr]

What could happen if it's not spiked? I thought the snap itself served as a marlin spike, as it were?

What are you using for an adjuster on your lanyard?
If using a hitch try it the way Reed does it....if not then use a Mohican and try it the way Reed does it lol
I got one set up like that and the ring never comes off the hitch unless I tell it to and the hitch works flawlessly.

 

[LordFarkwad]

Just saw this -

I have a Mich. hitch on each end of my lanyard (one has a dog snap fairlead, and the other has a Pinto).

So you're saying just run a DMM (or otherwise) ring? Edit: and switch out the eashook for a carabiner that I can pop out, run the splice through the ring, then carabiner block the ring?

 

[moss]

I got dibs!!!!

I’m going to have a couple destroyed to see how strong they are before any go out.
-AJ

 

[rope-a-dope]

What could happen if it's not spiked? I thought the snap itself served as a marlin spike, as it were?

It's just nomenclature, slip knots pop out if you load the line with out spiking them. The marlin spike hitch when loaded in midline sort of opens up the ordinary slip knot form as the slippery tail is loaded.

 

[LordFarkwad]

This is what I did...