Splicing Knots - Animated Knots

Splicing Knots

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Adjustable Sling: push end through appropriate loop.

Secures end of twisted rope: Crown knot & tuck the ends.

Create a secure, locked eye splice in a hollow braid rope.

Demonstration of the Brummel Eye Splice Structure

Securely attaches three-strand rope to anchor chain

Secure loop in the end of 3 or 4-strand rope.

Makes an adjustable splice for multi-strand rope.

Creates a rope loop using hollow-braid rope.

Hollow Braid Eye Splice with end threaded up rope center.

McDonald's quick Brummel splice for hollow braid rope.

Makes a secure join between two pieces of stranded rope.

Neat method of creating a soft shackle in hollow-braid rope.

Edwards style shackle made out of hollow-braid rope.

Stronger soft shackle made out of hollow-braid rope.

Creates a lightweight adjustable rope sling,

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Welcome to the Splicing Section

Advantages of Splicing

A Splice is usually significantly stronger than a knot and is intended to be permanent. Undoing a splice and re-making it takes much more time than doing the same with most knots.

Strength

Careful tapering of the strands, or of the buried end, preserves strength; it ensures a gradual transition of the fiber-alignment in the strands of the standing end. With tapering, a breaking strain approaching 100% of the rope's rated strength is possible - especially with the Brummel and Long Bury techniques.

Exception

The Sliding Splice is the exception. We created it to make a Sailor's Rope Belt – for which it is well suited – and was never intended to take a critical load. Some workers installing electricity cables, however, have reported using the same splice to haul cables through buried pipes.

Appropriate Splicing Techniques

Modern, strong, high modulus fibers are often slippery and cannot be secured with customarily trustworthy knots and splices. These fibers encouraged the development of the loosely woven, hollow braid ropes in which the fiber-alignment maximized strength. These ropes require suitable splicing techniques such as the Brummel and Long Bury. The ropes yield excellent strength from the fibers, and the splices weaken the ropes hardly at all.

Splicing Knots

Secure Loop in 3-Strand Rope Eye Splice

Join Two 3-Strand Ropes Short Splice

Adjustable Loop in 3-Strand Rope Grog's Sliding splice

Stop End of Rope Fraying Back Splice

Join Chain to 3-Strand Rope Chain Splice

Create Rope Slings Adjustable Button Sling Grog Sling Hammock Tensioner

Locked Brummel Splice Demo Brummel using Both Ends

Brummel Splice Technique Brummel using One End

Brummel McDonald Technique Brummel using McDonald Method

Long Bury Splice Technique Long Bury Splice – No Lock.

Create Shackle Using Rope Soft Shackle replaces metal Edwards Better Soft Shackle Stronger Soft Shackle Stopper to Attach Shackle

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