Ropes for bushcraft survival

[bushscout1]

Ed

Many thanks for the pointer - just what I was looking for.

Jon

 

[C_Claycomb]

6mm pre-stretch polyester rope from sailing supply stores. I found two good sources on the north and north west side of Northampton. I would be surprised if Leicester didn't have similar stores.

something like this
http://shop.pinbax.com/index.asp?se...title=8 Plait Pre-Stretched Polyester 6mm Dia

stotRE,
Would those be cats you breed for the purpose, or do you work a trap line?

 

[stotRE]

stotRE,
Would those be cats you breed for the purpose, or do you work a trap line?

They just come to me when i play my pipe like the pied piper of Hameln

 

[fishy1]

I use 6mm split film polyethene rope, cheap as chips (about £5 for a 220m coil) and strong enough.

 

[C_Claycomb]

The only problem I have had with the split film rope is that it doesn't all take kindly to being doubled back over itself, as you would when using a trucker's hitch or similar, to tention the rope. Some of the stuff I have used had frayed badly.

 

[fishy1]

My stuff never frays, maybe it's just you bought from a bad supplier? I use a commercial fishing company. Plus, it's so cheap, you can easily throw it away at the first sign of wear.

 

[Toddy]

I was in the rope chandlers, Cosalt Lewis, recently....discussing the best rope for firebows that are in constant use as demonstrations and for the public to play with....and the subject of those blue/ black polyproplene ropes came up. ( Not recommended for firebows even if they will work) There are two types, a laminar film kind and a fibrous, staple spun, type.
The fibrous one is the better of the two for strength apparantly.
If I recall my maths and physics properly then the breaking strength is not just a simple calculation of your weight, you have to add in speed (velocity) and gravity too.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[primitiveliver]

I would go with real certified 550 para cord. You can alway double or triple it to help in crease load capacity. Also real 550 cord you can simple disassemble it to make more cordage or shelter building and what not. I am sorry I know of no suppliers in the UK but here are some links.

http://www.bestglide.com/550_cord_info.html


Mfg. http://elwoodbraiding.com/

 

[fishy1]

I was in the rope chandlers, Cosalt Lewis, recently....discussing the best rope for firebows that are in constant use as demonstrations and for the public to play with....and the subject of those blue/ black polyproplene ropes came up. ( Not recommended for firebows even if they will work) There are two types, a laminar film kind and a fibrous, staple spun, type.
The fibrous one is the better of the two for strength apparantly.
If I recall my maths and physics properly then the breaking strength is not just a simple calculation of your weight, you have to add in speed (velocity) and gravity too.

cheers,
Toddy

I think you'd need to add in the stretchiness of the rope as well, so you could work out your maximum decelaration and from that the force of the rope. (F=am). This is only if you fal on it tho, for things like abseiling you just use the breaking strenght as it it as you don't fall on the rope. Always safer if you use a good factor of safety as well just in case.