Getting all tied up

[josephusminimus]

I was messing with a length of 3-strand rope the other day trying to remember how I used to whip the end by back weaving it into itself.&nbsp; Couldn't make it come out the way I remembered it working.<br /><br />Did some web searching and discovered nobody much does that anymore, evidently:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scouting.org.za/resources/pioneering/Whipping.pdf">http://www.scouting.org.za/resources/pioneering/Whipping.pdf</a><br /><br /><a href="http://andycamper.com/buildknots">http://andycamper.com/buildknots</a><br /><br />Finally found something akin to it on WIKI:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_splice">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_splice</a><br /><br /><img rel="lightbox" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._shackle.jpg/800px-Splice_on_snap_shackle.jpg" class="bbc_img" /><br /><br />But I still haven't figure out how I used to stop the unravel so's to begin the whip, or splice.

 

[crazybill]

Jack that looks great!&nbsp; I usually use electrician's tape to keep ends in place while working the knot. Stretch it while putting it on then cut the rope through the taped area for a neat end, or use it to keep the rope from unravelling while you work the splice. Easily removed when the knot is done. If I am working string I use super glue for the end. <br />&nbsp;A knot that I use to temporarily whip the end is the <span style="color: #888888;"><a href="http://www.animatedknots.com/constrictor/index.php"><span style="color: #888888;">constrictor knot</span></a></span>. You would be surprised how tight you can get this knot. I use a piece of yarn from the rope.<br />-Bill-

 

[josephusminimus]

CrazyBill: Good knot I don't recall ever seeing before. I'm going to do some practicing doing it in hopes I can recall how when the need arises.<br /><br />I also like the superglue suggestion.&nbsp; Technology that comes later than other things too often doesn't get retrofitted into the current brainstorming.<br /><br />I looked further on the site you linked and found the thing I was trying to remember the other day.&nbsp; Back splicing's what they're calling it.&nbsp; <br /><br /><img rel="lightbox" src="http://www.animatedknots.com/photos/backsplice/backspliceR25.jpg" class="bbc_img" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.animatedknots.com/backsp...ogoGrog.jpg&amp;Website=www.animatedknots.com">http://www.animatedknots.com/backsp...ogoGrog.jpg&amp;Website=www.animatedknots.com</a><br /><br /><img rel="lightbox" src="http://www.animatedknots.com/imagesprelim/crown_knot.jpg" class="bbc_img" /><br /><br />The 'crown knot' is the part I couldn't recall how to do.<br /><br /><img rel="lightbox" src="http://www.animatedknots.com/photos/backsplice/backspliceR9.jpg" class="bbc_img" /><br /><br />Thanks amigo.<br /><br />J