KNOTTING AND SPLICING ROPES AND CORDAGE

PAUL N. HASLUCK

Rope, though usually of hemp, is made of other materials for certain purposes. Coir rope (cocoa-nut fibre), being light and buoyant, is useful for warps, rocket lines, life-buoy lines, and drift-nets. Manilla grass is adapted for reef points, yachts' hawsers, and wherever tar would be injurious. Hide is required for wheel-ropes, or where great strength with pliability and small circumference is needed. Cotton is serviceable for fancy work, etc. The "yarns" are formed by twisting the hemp right-handed; the "strands," by twisting or laying up the yarns left-handed; and the rope, by laying up the strands right-handed....FROM THE BOOK.

Table of contents

• CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION: ROPE FORMATION.
• CHAPTER II. SIMPLE AND USEFUL KNOTS.
• CHAPTER III. EYE KNOTS, HITCHES, AND BENDS.
• CHAPTER IV. RING KNOTS AND ROPE SHORTENINGS.
• CHAPTER V. TIES AND LASHINGS.
• VI. FANCY KNOTS.
• CHAPTER VII. ROPE SPLICING.
• CHAPTER VIII. WORKING CORDAGE.
• CHAPTER IX. HAMMOCK MAKING.
• CHAPTER X. LASHINGS AND TIES FOR SCAFFOLDING.
• CHAPTER XI. SPLICING AND SOCKETING WIRE ROPES.