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2. Top (tool) - Wikipedia

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   A typical Top used in rope making. A top is a hand tool with an iron loop and hook used in the creation and splicing of rope. A Top is used to simultaneously hold a piece of rope while providing a hole to separate the "lays" (or strands) of synthetic or natural rope for splicing. A variation of a Top, the gripfid, is used for ply-split braiding ...

3. Rope splicing - Wikipedia

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   Rope splicing in ropework is the forming of a semi-permanent joint between two ropes or two parts of the same rope by partly untwisting and then interweaving their strands. Splices can be used to form a stopper at the end of a line, to form a loop or an eye in a rope, or for joining two ropes together. [ 1 ]

4. List of knots - Wikipedia

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   Fisherman's knot – knot for joining two lines with a symmetrical structure consisting of two overhand knots, each tied around the standing part of the other; Fisherman's loop Flemish bend – knot for joining two ropes of roughly similar size; Flemish knot a.k.a. figure-eight knot, savoy knot – knot for joining two ropes of roughly similar size

5. Figure-eight knot - Wikipedia

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   The result is two figure-eight knots, each partly inside the other and tightening its hold on the other when they are pulled in opposite directions. This can be a permanent or temporary splice. While it precludes the ropes' slipping relative to each other, it is a typical knot in having less strength than the straight ropes.

6. Fid - Wikipedia

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   In addition to holding rope open to assist the creation of a rope splice, modern push fids have markings for precise measurements in a variety of sizes of rope. The length of these fids is typically 21 or 22 times the diameter of rope to be spliced. A one-half-inch (12.7 mm) diameter rope would have any accompanying fid 10.5–11 in (266.7 ...

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   The climbers found minimal damage from bark beetles after climbing into the top-most canopy of the 275 foot tree. ... in the crown of giant sequoias is to have climbers on ropes in the trees ...