X-Rings on 5/8" 3-strand

[evo]

@Tom Dunlap
Tagging Tom, putting a steel core inside a 3 strand is not a 4.
It could be just an old school west coat thing to use 4 strand. Twas certainly a thing, I just don’t know why some had the preference over 3..

@Muggs that is a great taper, and I totally agree with it not being worth the effort, more so under use and it fuzzes at the bury ends and tapered ends.

Edit, ok so trying to share pointless info, I just figured it out. The information is scarce. 4 strand twisted rope is 4 strands over a core. This was likely preferable as the core could be extracted and replaced with steel. Or just manufactured that way.
Apparently it’s called shroud-laid.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope scroll down to laid rope
google shroud-laid for more specifics

 

[dmonn]

Another derailing. I recently picked up a sample of 8-strand nylon (brait) to play with. I had never heard of it and was curious. It has some stretch, and the braid tightens and relaxes when loading and unloading, which adds to its ability to absorb dynamic loading. I found it related to using it for anchor rope. Because it's braided it doesn't tend to hockle like three strand. It's very supple, like Tenex. I don't know that it has any great applications in tree work over and above what's already in use. Splicing is SORT OF like 3 strand. The starting directions were very confusing to me until I just bulldozed through with the splice. It finally clicked for me near the end of the splice. I cut off what I had done and then I just did another splice. No directions needed once I saw the pattern.

Anybody here ever use it or try splicing it?

 

[evo]

Another derailing. I recently picked up a sample of 8-strand nylon (brait) to play with. I had never heard of it and was curious. It has some stretch, and the braid tightens and relaxes when loading and unloading, which adds to its ability to absorb dynamic loading. I found it related to using it for anchor rope. Because it's braided it doesn't tend to hockle like three strand. It's very supple, like Tenex. I don't know that it has any great applications in tree work over and above what's already in use. Splicing is SORT OF like 3 strand. The starting directions were very confusing to me until I just bulldozed through with the splice. It finally clicked for me near the end of the splice. I cut off what I had done and then I just did another splice. No directions needed once I saw the pattern.

Anybody here ever use it or try splicing it?

Other than seeing it all the time on the ferries I have no first hand experience with it. Looks like it would make a great sling or anything tenex is used for