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I appreciate and understand the concern. All my lifeline hang from a 1/2" screw link attached via 3/8" steel cable or a 3/8" log chain around the tree. I pulled them all down the other day and inspected them all and they were fine. I even use rope thimbles just because. :) Thanks Treespyder -...

I'm aware of that.

...the dark mornings is hook up and climb. Just trying to understand if the cord that stays supple in the elements is polyester or nylon. Thanks. ************************* I may have found my answer - this is the cordage I bought at REI and is what got really still when exposed to the...

This forum helped me out immensely when I made new lifeline for my tree stand hunting. I had gotten some 7mm or 8mm friction rope that was really soft and supple that stays so even when left out in the weather. Then I bought some more cord at REI which looked ok in the beginning but became very...

What specifically would you use the Blake's Hitch for and what would you not use it for (if any)? Thanks.

I re-saddled one of my "dead horses" tonight . . . and added an extra.

...a rope around the tree and be chewed on the backside where I couldn't see it. Next time out I'll take a wrench and flip the clamps over - I might even add a third one for added safety. Thanks. ******************************************* Duh . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CggmpyFhiFA

Actually the cable is secured with two tree clamps (saddles) - the second one is barely noticeable just inside the 1/2" screw link. How else should I have clamped the cable, should I add a couple more for insurance? Thanks.

Thanks Stumper, now I understand. A lot of us bowhunters are switching from a traditional tree stand harness to a RC harness - and going from unattached until we tie in at the top of the stand to a lifeline that runs inline with the climbing sticks and we stay connected from when we leave the...

I'm not sure, I'll have to find out from the guy I got my samples from. He sent some 7/16" black Bluewater AssaultLine that I really like and two different 7mm 5' sections of prussic rope. One was a bit slick and stiff when tied as a prussic, the brown rope in the pic is more supple and grabs...

I'm want to make up several 7mm Prussic loops that run about 16" end to end. I'm securing it with fisherman's knots and going over both sections of rope "just because". Is 2 turns on the knots sufficient or should I use 3? Thanks.

as far as working well with frictions hitches and fairly decent to make small eye splices with, thanks.

So this would be a good rope to splice an eye around around a small rope thimble? Thanks. http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=5&item=706

Thanks Nick, how in hell did you get a million plus posts? That's 80 posts a day, every day for 34 years!

Thanks guys, so the 16 strand braid only in the eye is still stronger than a figure 8 knot, works for me.

Hate to be a pest but I have a question about the Samson Splicing Instructions. Near the bottom of - http://www.sherrilltree.com/Learning-Center/Splicing-Department-1922#grizzly - in the "16 Strand Class 1 eye Spice", I'm having trouble understanding step 3 - "pull out the core yarns from...

Thanks bonner1040, so when treestuff.com offers "sewn eyes" in the HTP, that's not exactly a DIY procedure I guess - I guess I'll use the figure 8 then! http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=491

Actually I'd like to try making eye splices with the Sterling 7/16" HTP static kern mantle rope but I can't seem to find any two methods that agree - one starts with the tag end at 28", another uses 30 times the diameter which for 7/16" would be 13 1/8", and the third is 2 times the 9 1/2" fid...

That's where I'm at, I'm confident in my abilities to follow instructions but like bonner1040, being able to see it would be peace of mind for me. In a spliced eye, I'd probably still want to run a zillion threads thru it with a carpet needle and then hold that together with some heat shrink. I...

. . . a figure 8 follow thru loop knot or a spliced closed eye made yourself in 11mm rope? Thanks.