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I’m a very particular guy so between the Samson book and watching dozens of videos and practicing on some “bag o rope” scraps, I was able to produce some good splices. Not very fast 30-45min for a 24 strand from start to whipping it off. Biggest thing I could recommend is practice and make sure...

Like mr. Burnham said. Basket would put each splice under a load of about 5000lbs. I made two 8ft sections with eyes on each end. Slightly varying the tapers to see what did best. The two ropes I did was Samson tangent and notch kraken 1/2in. Both are around a 9-10k mbs. My concern wasn’t the...

Local marine rigging company. Had the machines to do a static hold test. Splices held 10,000lbs in basket configuration for over 30min

One of the main reasons I spent so much time studying splices and having them tested. Never have a reason to not cut a few feet off a climb line to remove a damaged area and re-splice

Whenever I meet new people and they ask what I do, they always respond with isn't that scary? aren't you scared of heights? I always respond with I would rather be 90ft in a tree on a small rope than on a ladder or roller coaster. I'm in control, I intimately know what I am climbing on and I...

The stitching in that picture alone gives me the heebie jeebies. For me having complete confidence in my gear and being proud of it makes me much more proficient. Maybe the home owner that dares to YouTube there way through there own removal/pruning would attempt this harness just from the...