The marlin splice (which is the technical term for passing the rope through itself prior to burying) does carry a bit of the load as well, hence you get away with a shorter bury. One of the benefits of doing a locked brummel is the splice is shorter, but only by 1 fid. It does require that you have acccess to both ends of the line to do, unless you do not intend on using a thimble then you can do it from 1 end. I used to use a locked brummel because it is more secure in the hands of multiple users. I need to redo the straight bury video to properly show the splice like what Alex has demonstrated with his pictoral. It doesn't matter how really, as long as you get a few in there that can hold the outer strands to the onces you just buried in. Step five- Stitch the rope, so it doesn't come loose. Once the three fids are buried you can pull the pen out and milk the rope tight. Don't try to pull the pen through, instead gently push it and make sure the rope doesn't get caught or bunched up. You will want to push the rope together like a Chinese Finger Trap so it loosens up and then you can slide the pen down. Step four- Go to the mark on the rope (where you had marked out three pen lengths PLUS the thimble length, and start burying the rope back inside of itself. Just make sure you get enough on there to hold the rope to the pen. Step three- Tape the tapered end of the rope into the flat end of the pen (or an easy thing to do is pull the ink out of the pen and shove the rope in and then tape it. Three 3/8ths fids are about equal to four ball point pen lengths. Mark this spot on the rope so you know where to start burying the end. Step two- Take the pen and measure out two more fid lengths on the line (in addition to what you just tapered) plus whatever rope wraps through or around the thimble. After that you can taper half of the remaining strands (6 should be remaining of the 12 you started out with) about 2 inches from the end of the line. We taper by pulling 2 strands, skipping 2, pulling 2, skipping 2, pulling 2. Step one- Taper 1 pen length of the line at the end, so you don't have an abrupt edge where the rope starts and stops. We are in no way liable for what happens to any of our ropes if you modify them or try to splice them yourself. Depending on the diameter of the rope you are using a direct bury involves burying three fids, shown below.įor liability sake, I will say that I do not recommended anyone doing this and Master-Pull would like all of our ropes to be sent back if they are damaged so we can repair them. If you are stuck on a trail and need a quick fix this is a handy trail splice to useĪ ball point pen, tape, and a knife is all that is needed to direct bury a rope.
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