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Magnum783
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Use a double or tripple fisherman those are my personal favorites. It is strong holds tight and can be easy to ustie if you tie it on a biener. I just like it also give the end good weight if you are using it at the end of a personal lanyard.
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The advice you have been given is good. The double-fishermans (grapevine, scaffold, etc) will cinch down on the thimble.
Can you splice it?
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Can you splice it?
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Why are you tying a thimble to your rope? I'm trying to think of a good reason and I can't.
The cheaper round thimbles will either get scrunched by a shrinking eye as NickNotes; or fall out of a fixed eye. Might have better luck with a thicker teardrop plastic eye not scrunching; but still could pop out.
Triple Scaffold/Noose/Fisherperson's whatever hitches test out very well strength retention wise; and i don't see a lot of wear/chafing; especially with retying. i think these would be the 2 reasons for thimble use(strength and anti-chaf), but neutralized/unnecessary in this example.
Usually i say overkill for underkill; but here, where a thimble can come out or just crush; i think good intentions can give you worser problems.
Triple Scaffold/Noose/Fisherperson's whatever hitches test out very well strength retention wise; and i don't see a lot of wear/chafing; especially with retying. i think these would be the 2 reasons for thimble use(strength and anti-chaf), but neutralized/unnecessary in this example.
Usually i say overkill for underkill; but here, where a thimble can come out or just crush; i think good intentions can give you worser problems.
RedlineIt
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osb mail,
When I had first heard about split-tail climbing, I had a shop Eye-splice my split-tail on a thimble, thinking the same as you, increased radius and prevention of wear.
All it did was fairly well guarantee that I would cross-load my 'biner from time to time due to the slop in the termination.
It's a beautifully done splice, on a robust thimble, but relegated to my bin of stupid-things-I-tried-but-learned-better. Fortunatly, it's a small bin.
I'm with Mike Mass on this one, can't think of where a thimble can play a part in my climbing system.
Now on a sailboat, that's a different matter.
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When I had first heard about split-tail climbing, I had a shop Eye-splice my split-tail on a thimble, thinking the same as you, increased radius and prevention of wear.
All it did was fairly well guarantee that I would cross-load my 'biner from time to time due to the slop in the termination.
It's a beautifully done splice, on a robust thimble, but relegated to my bin of stupid-things-I-tried-but-learned-better. Fortunatly, it's a small bin.
I'm with Mike Mass on this one, can't think of where a thimble can play a part in my climbing system.
Now on a sailboat, that's a different matter.
RedlineIt
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