Sterling rope rod

Brocky said:
I grouped hitches that have one of the eyes coming straight from the top and being clipped to the carabiner as being Knut-like. If the one eye of the Knut’s comes down on the same side that it exits from the top, I call it passive. The Knut H’s is mostly passive as it only crosses over to the other side of the carabiner.
And I didn’t know about the Catalan when I came up with the H, there would have to be 21 other, previous versions for it to be a V!
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I completely understand, I'm just saying the form & function is almost identical. Well then how about Brocky's Catalan or Catalan 21. I work with it a lot and the Knut part just confuses everyone.
 
I’ve messed around with the knut and ‘Catalan V’. Catalan V always deforms under load maybe because I’m using with a hitch climber and pinto pulley and not HHx? As for knut the top always binds for me because the top wrap goes directly to the carabiner which pulls down on the top wrap tightening it. As for the Catalan, michoacan and Martin the load lines are normally at the bottom so they normally work better. Need to mess around more
 
Brocky said:
I grouped hitches that have one of the eyes coming straight from the top and being clipped to the carabiner as being Knut-like. If the one eye of the Knut’s comes down on the same side that it exits from the top, I call it passive. The Knut H’s is mostly passive as it only crosses over to the other side of the carabiner.
And I didn’t know about the Catalan when I came up with the H, there would have to be 21 other, previous versions for it to be a V!
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And again I commend you for coming up with a better version of it, had you known about it, you may not have been able to do that.
 
Louhut said:
I’ve messed around with the knut and ‘Catalan V’. Catalan V always deforms under load maybe because I’m using with a hitch climber and pinto pulley and not HHx? As for knut the top always binds for me because the top wrap goes directly to the carabiner which pulls down on the top wrap tightening it. As for the Catalan, michoacan and Martin the load lines are normally at the bottom so they normally work better. Need to mess around more
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The HHs seem to need that top wrap of the hitch to go directly to the carabiner in order to grab each time after advancing, any restriction, like passing under a wrap, seems to prevent reliable grabbing.
 
Brocky said:
The HHs seem to need that top wrap of the hitch to go directly to the carabiner in order to grab each time after advancing, any restriction, like passing under a wrap, seems to prevent reliable grabbing.
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Catalan can often have not enough ‘spring’ like tension at the top because the load is based at the bottom. Using a fix plate pulley like a pinto makes the Catalan work better (for me). The wide plates make strands leaving the hitch go sort of to the side which can start the chain of friction by a bit of lateral drag. I found the Catalan didn’t quite work as well with swing cheek pulleys unless I had a really tight hitch where friction was constant. My battle with hitches is on going, I have seen all mechanical devices but I love hitches because of the countless possibilities, cheapness and the different applications you an use them for but finding the right one for me can be a pain especially with different ropes and cordage as well as my ropes always being wet or sappy...
 
Hey Lou, thanks for posting those pictures earlier, it’s led to two new additions for my friction hitch collection. Have you tried the Sticht Hitch yet? It’s adjustable to get the amount of tension that you want in the wraps, and it can be used to descend on a fixed rope, if you want to go SRT.
 
@Louhut; Welcome to the TreeBuzz forum! I'm not sure whether or not I've read any of your posts prior to today. You are a brilliant addition to this forum! Thanks for signing up and being a contributor here. I look forward to learning much more from you. Take care.

Tim
 
Louhut said:
Catalan can often have not enough ‘spring’ like tension at the top because the load is based at the bottom. Using a fix plate pulley like a pinto makes the Catalan work better (for me). The wide plates make strands leaving the hitch go sort of to the side which can start the chain of friction by a bit of lateral drag. I found the Catalan didn’t quite work as well with swing cheek pulleys unless I had a really tight hitch where friction was constant. My battle with hitches is on going, I have seen all mechanical devices but I love hitches because of the countless possibilities, cheapness and the different applications you an use them for but finding the right one for me can be a pain especially with different ropes and cordage as well as my ropes always being wet or sappy...
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That's why I love hitches man. Once you learn them you can do so many variations to make them behave the way you want them to...
On top of that, the hitch cord itself, or the pulley can also be used for many other things.
I love mechanicals too but I'll never stop using hitches. Most climbs I use both.
 
@TimBr @Brocky
I got some more hitches too! I know of a few people on social media, mainly Jason Ma who made a YouTube video with a lot of wacky hitches, I haven’t tried them out yet.

I’d love to know about the stitch hitch, sounds like it would need a lot of cordage to dissipate heat and spread friction? Could be a good addition for small srt ascents and descents.

Thanks for all the help, I love this site!
 
Here are some of the bits and bobs I’ve got in my bag for srt with the rope wrench, back to the topic of tethers. This is a 7.5 in tether (single leg). Used with a pirate carabiner and pinto. Need the big top to fit the tied eye to eye cord on. I use a 20in eye and eye mainly but have some other slightly longer ones, 22 and 23in, I find small differences can make a huge difference. I have a quickie and a screw link in a prusik for adjustable canopy ties and lower able base ties. And a ring and ring for canopy ties. The 5 wrap michoacan works great on the rope; I do own a zigzag and spiderjack but I love a hitch too.
 

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I should add, regarding the hitch in my pics I been using, that It doesn't work as well with beeline and epicord but that it worked much better with used 8mm oceans poly and with the cord shown in the pics.
I should also clearify that in my pictures I'm using the sheath from velocity over NE 5mm Maxim tech cord. I think i'm 180 lbs and so far it workes well but If I until the terminations then I usually gotta milk the cover to tighten it up bc the sheath creeps a little at the tails of the terminations because I haven't seized the ends. I have only been using this hybrid cord I made on my lanyards so far.
 
Mowerr said:
I should add, regarding the hitch in my pics I been using, that It doesn't work as well with beeline and epicord but that it worked much better with used 8mm oceans poly and with the cord shown in the pics.
I should also clearify that in my pictures I'm using the sheath from velocity over NE 5mm Maxim tech cord. I think i'm 180 lbs and so far it workes well but If I until the terminations then I usually gotta milk the cover to tighten it up bc the sheath creeps a little at the tails of the terminations because I haven't seized the ends. I have only been using this hybrid cord I made on my lanyards so far.
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That sounds like a very baggy cover on such small cord. I noticed it was velocity, but I've seen stranger things.
 
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