How to Back Splice a Rope 

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Roman Dybala great job on that correction.

I am sorry you was raised without a father and its very true. I was lucky my Grandfather adopted me right after birth and raised me. I cant put in words what he not only taught but was their when i needed him. Sadly he passed kinda young at age 60 in 1984. Now i am 60 and i still miss him. He taught me the skills you see here along woth alot more as i became 3rd generation in my family to become a well driller on the old style cable tool rigs. I am the last generation to still know that lost art.

@@romandybala you too are an example of a father figure. The kind of father that grows old and dies alone because his children would rather not spend time with him.

Thx, you brought tears to my eyes! Wish I grew up with a father as well!

My Dad taught me the same technique to weave an eye into the end of the rope, very handy! Also the "trucker's knot" for cinching ropes tight to keep cargo from moving. Who needs ratchet straps when you have mentors who pass down the knowledge of those who came before. Thanks for the reminder.

Mark Coffman this is basics in Norwegian schools for sailors. if you didn’t learn it from your grandpa that is ;)

It is most certainly NOT fading. All sailing schools/courses teach basic rope craft and this is one of the skills required to be a sailor.

I learned to back splice nylon rope in the 80's sitting in my grandpa's lap, he got me to sit still quietly for a while before taking me to Sunday school lol I was excommunicated from that church aged about 7 or 8 years old

Agreed not a trick but definitely not fading away in the UK or any other Baltic (Scandinavian) country where traditional sailing ships are plenty in number. I think the Scouting movement still teach splicing and knot tying. As for mentoring, mentor yourselves don't sit round on your arses waiting for someone else to do it for you, I did!!

Where can you buy frayed rope? Is it expensive?

I didn't think this video was that great. His fingers are in the way when he is describing what and where each strand should be.

funny I was thinking the same good old day as a deck hand myself actually made a swing for my wife for here birthday and spliced some rope hadn't done that had to think on it but all came back and looked pretty good when done.

Marlinspike seamanship. We used to splice mooring lines, none smaller than 3" diameter, some 9 inch circumference. Always synthetics: nylon, dacron, etc, and combinations. The line was usually 6 or 8-strand hollow-core braid or multiplait. We untwisted more because we tapered the ends. Once you have your backsplice (at least 5 weaves on synthetics, 3 on naturals), we cut off about a third of a strand, wove that remaining strand about 4 more weaves, cut off another third, wove it in about 4 , then wove the same with the last third. In the mean time, you were doing the same with the other two strands, but taking them about two weaves past the previous weave. Once the bitter ends were woven in and now appeared on the same side of the line, you cut them off so when you tightened everything down, the bitter ends disappeared under the previous weave, (remember it's hollow core, so the cuts and bitter ends have somewhere to go.) Some left them showing for the decorative effect. The point is, the backslice or eye splice now is tapered. Pulls through a chock easier, looks better, goes over a block easier. (Passengers said: Now where does that begin and end? How did they do that???) You could also just put the tapers through the hollow core and leave them there. Because the 9 vessels were passenger ships, you did wrap ends, both where they were cut off at the tapers and at the bitter ends, sometimes using bright thread.) You can do that in the sort of small stuff we were shown here if you want it to look slick or it has to go over a block. Or let the bitter ends stick out to prevent them from accidentally running through the block. You can do that to new polypro, but it is more of a chore, and old polypro is stiff, with sharp bits sticking out all over, needs leather gloves to work it, a marlinspike AND a mallet. One company even provided illustrated directions with every cable reel (reels usually had 1,000 feet or more and got divided into 2 or more lines, and I still have a copy.). Most of our chief mates wanted that, so we just did it on every ship. Something you could be proud of.

leif Jenkinson admirable attention to detail sir

mozismobile Funny, as I read this I'm looking around me and notice that I have many short pieces of rope and strings ! 😊 When I need to work on something in my head, without thinking about it, I reach for a piece!

grieske right on

Wayne Robinson not from Aub. AL. are you?

Natural rope should be finished with whipping twine.

@@myview5840 all ropes can be finished in such a way, but only essential when going through reeves too narrow for the backsplice. Otherwise, the backsplice is typically as quick, requires no additional materials and is more durable than a whipped end. A whipped end works really well on polypropylene and nylon rope using Terylene whipping twine when after whipping, the end of the rope is melted over the whipping to secure it even better.

Now 👁️ DEFINITELY would watch your channels content ! You got taught the right way 👍 like I did. everybody can tell this guy is fill of himself... 😝

the two Hervey Garrett Smith books are a little more focused on splicing and ropework. All three are great.

Lol