Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[goosehd]

Damn G!  Keep this up and you’ll have to get the “hold fast” tattoos on the knuckles and the pig and the rooster tattooed on the feet.

[Bums_Fan]

I frickin' love knots and splicing.  Not very good at it, but I am fascinated by those that can.  When I saw these posts, I turned back to my bookshelf and start thumbing through this book to remind myself how cool this skill is.

[Giles]

I'm loving the learning…..

[Giles]

@goosehd:

Damn G!  Keep this up and you’ll have to get the “hold fast” tattoos on the knuckles and the pig and the rooster tattooed on the feet.

[Giles]

My knot book, not really a Bible because it misses loads of useful stuff out …... Oh wait.....

[Seul]

Would you say it's knot complete or?..

[Graham]

Is it easy to read out loud or do you get a bit tongue-tied??

[goosehd]

[Sage954]

All along I thought I was the odd 🪢 guy. Jug sling is my favorite.

[Giles]

Shorter version…...

[Giles]

New "improved" version…..

[Sage954]

Nice work

[Matt]

I love knots, I just can’t ever seem to remember them.

[goosehd]

@Matt Maybe it’s because you’re not knotty enough

[Matt]

Jesus Dennis that’s the daddest joke of the day.  Slow clap.

[goosehd]

Thank you, thank you…I’ll see myself out…

[Giles]

More splicing….

Endless loop in 4mm Dyneema, and Dog Bone in 6mm Dyneema.....

[louisbosco]

still can't wrap my head on how you splice a rope and still have so much fabric left.

[Giles]

8mm Dyneema soft shackle - Breaking strain circa 12,000 kilos, which is about 13 US Tons…..

[motojobobo]

What are they used for? Is such a high breaking strength necessary?
Very cool stuff @Giles ! Please keep posting them.