i pruned the cover off my rope : (

GoodYautja

GoodYautja

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i am a fairly new climber... i got my first rope (150' poison ivy narrow eye on one end) earlier this year and have been climbing lightly on it all season... my handsaw control apparently wasn't up to snuff as it now has quite a nick about three feet (thankfully) from the splice (that nick on my rope hurt a lot more than some nicks on my body i have had!)...

so i need a new splice put on, and since i can't even wrap my mind around how splices are performed, i was wondering if someone can point me in the direction of a place to have it performed or does someone here do this? any direction would be appreciated...thank you!
 
I second what Jeff said, Knot and Rope Supply.

Handsaw control takes a year or two. You just have to be very disciplined about how you move the saw around, always lead with the safe edge when you move it, never face the blade toward your body or rope when cutting and recognize that even a lightweight saw will follow through a cut and a heavy one like a Sugoi comes through with some real force. Practically every handsaw cut I ever had was a result of the saw following through.
 
Good point, both of my short ropes have cut strands near the splice but they aren't bad enough to make me want to cut them out.

The rule of thumb I used to test damaged ropes was to bend it back onto itself at the bad spot. If the sides lay flat against each other rather than bowing and forming an eye, the rope fails the test.
 
I wasn't recommending that it is safe or that we should be the judge via internet pics... Just that I've seen some bad looking nicks that are completely safe. It depends how many strands are cut and how close together they are.

-Tom
 
I’ve seen Goodpredators rope you can see the strands of the core. For me I would get it re spliced just to give me peace of mind and to allow me to climb clear headed. In saying that I spiked both my lava ropes last year and still climb on them, but I think the damage to Goodpredators rope warrants a new splice.
GP through some pics up would love to hear what others think.
 
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In that case, I would agree with you GK, cut and resplice. Sounds like more than a minor nick.

-Tom
 
new eye splice after using the rope for a year....that will make it tough to splice.

The best splices are on new ropes. I wouldn't splice it, just because the fibers are hard and this will make splicing difficult. Make a nice pulling line, speedline or light riggingline out off it.

Spend your monney on a new climbing line and try not to cut it this time ;-)

climb safe
wouter
 
GP if you want to save some money for a little while just take the tail and tie a double fishermen’s knot to terminate the end. Just make sure you are confident in tying that knot though, and make sure you dress it.
When retrieving the friction saver just untie the knot and girth hitch the retriever ball to the end of you line.
 
...but don't do that with a hitchclimber, the knot interferes with the friction hitch.

Well used PI is hard to splice and splices are really helpful but not exactly critical.
 
Uh, just call us first, we might need to determine exactly how used the rope is.

Used rope changes everything, it can be a million times harder to splice.
 
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