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  1. Jimmycrackcorn

    Show off them splices

    So yeah.. besides hunting for old video content of Biron online, i did find a wicked hard to see photo copied PDF of his Wand instructions. It shows the awl trick.. what's funny is, here i am trying to figure out what the deal with it is & all along it's something I've done a hundred times...
  2. Jimmycrackcorn

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    Ahhhh man! What a tease! Thats a link to purchase them, not view them.. @$100 bucks too..!! Shit.. i just spent the $45-50 on the dang Tree-U videos & didnt walk away with anything but one simple trick & ton of unanswered questions. A trick i actually already knew, but only had it confirmed to...
  3. Jimmycrackcorn

    Show off them splices

    VHS tape, what's that? Is that for measuring out fid lengths or something? [emoji6] Looks like SkyGear found something.. imma go take a peek at it.. I'm curious how that awl thing is supposed to be correctly implemented.. I'm assuming because he was originally pushing the slack in the wrong...
  4. Jimmycrackcorn

    Hitch size matters!!??

    What else are you using that Petzl Open for? I think those things are so versitile.. Im not sure I'll ever buy another rope snap without that design.. I know there's allot of ppl who dislike Petzl business motto & products, but idk why more companies don't take that open approach. It really...
  5. Jimmycrackcorn

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    @skygear So is that three Vaporlocks or Two + One RockLock? Might just be the way they are sitting on each other, but that one further to the left looks longer. So they're all full sized.. Dang.. I swear i saw that Vaporlock next to a Pear shaped Petzl Attatche & it was significantly...
  6. Jimmycrackcorn

    Quad Rings? 2 on each end?

    I think i remember that video.. It was pretty wild.
  7. Jimmycrackcorn

    Quad Rings? 2 on each end?

    Yeah I've heard that too but have never really looked into it that much.. I just remembered all the hooplah about bend radius using single rings & larger Cordage.. However.. higher breaking strengths & bend radius are going to be related, arent they?
  8. Jimmycrackcorn

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    Is that the Vapor Lock biner? Do you have any common biners that i might have, so you could put the Vaporlock next them for size comparison? Here, I'll list out a few that i have incase you do to.. Common Petzls, big to small. Dmm ovals Camp Compact oval Few small Metolious's Notch Other BD...
  9. Jimmycrackcorn

    Show off them splices

    Interesting videos.. I FFW through most of it as it a pretty slow going.. but what i did see, kinda stuck out like a sore thumb.. In this video he's saying to milk the slack out of the eye in the opposite direction I've always heard to go.. & when he jams that awl through the eye after doing so...
  10. Jimmycrackcorn

    Show off them splices

    Hmm.. so Yales inhouse splices are loose? Do you think they are following their own instructions (like the ones you or me can download) & varying away from them? Or do those instructions result in a very loose/flexible splice to begin with? As you probably know already, when the splice isn't as...
  11. Jimmycrackcorn

    Show off them splices

    Pretty cool man.. pretty cool.. Nice work. So in regards to the placement of the whipping, if u are not having it broken to see if there's s strength difference, what is it are you trying to figure out by experiment? To see if it's more flexible or something having it closer to throat? That...
  12. Jimmycrackcorn

    Quad Rings? 2 on each end?

    I think the idea of three came from the idea that when these first started being used in the industry it was recommended three be used for bend radius, specifically on stuff later than 1/2... What i recall was, typically a R&R & then an additional prusik xring or dead eye hitches on.. I remember...
  13. Jimmycrackcorn

    Hitch size matters!!??

    Oh nice! Perfect! I spent a good amount of time last night trying to find a close up of that joint. Is it brazed or some sort of solder joint? Although i wish I was, I'm not all that versed in welding. Im not even sure if you can do either to stainless, but i was just wondering.. (I thought i...
  14. Jimmycrackcorn

    Documenting my hand-sewn eye process

    "Ocean's (whip) hand-sewed s nice off a few years back..." I think auto text failed ya on this one.. I'm assuming he made a Thimble Prusik like i was asking about? You remember what part of the forum it was in?
  15. Jimmycrackcorn

    Hitch size matters!!??

    Haaaa! Pretty cool dude! Pretty Cool..! I been going back & forth talking with this guy who did something that looks very very similar.. I haven't had the time to really dive into the fabrication end of it on mine, but it looks as if your way, cut out, a few of the steps that i know were going...
  16. Jimmycrackcorn

    Hitch size matters!!??

    Idk if it's the smallest but it's definitely pretty dang small.. at the time i purchased this little Metolious one, there was a Spirit sitting next to it on the rack at REI.. My intent was to grab some small biners & hopefully catch a sale (last time I was there i was paying 4 bucks a peice for...
  17. Jimmycrackcorn

    Hitch size matters!!??

    Wow.. that is short huh? Not that there used for the same purpose but just for reference ... a ISC swiveling rope snap is 7-3/4 long by itself.. I just bought a wrench this past week.. maybe i should have tried the pulley dealio first.. Hey Danimal.. how bout showing a few pics of what you got...
  18. Jimmycrackcorn

    Hitch size matters!!??

    Is that the Diy Rope Wrench i keep hearing about? I think some of these lengths may be inevitable, but i bought a Swiva-eye for my bridge to try & shorten things up. I've had a few other ideas before & after that but i can't think of them at the moment. would i use this with my ZZ like in the...
  19. Jimmycrackcorn

    Documenting my hand-sewn eye process

    "They need to know.." good point.. Have you made any Endless loops thimbles..etc? Haven't finished reading thread here yet, but i haven't noticed any. Oh wait. I think i might have seen one.. a real quick one someone slapped together.
  20. Jimmycrackcorn

    Documenting my hand-sewn eye process

    Right on.. yeah.. as you can see in my other post, it's never really seemed correct. If it was yours, would you just restitch it or contact Sterling for replacement? I've yet to get the correct needles & thread to fix myself...

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