bosun stuff

Posted by RB on February 12, 2005, 6:12 pm

Got a long, 2" wide nylon tow strap someone formed an eye in one end of by
doubling the strap and knotting. A subsequent pull has left a mamoo tough
knot.....one with a set to it.

I sat down and tried to pick the knot with an ice pick, trying to get any
kind of slack, anywhere in it. After all my finagling, I couldn't get
anywhere at all without piercing or tearing the strap material.

Can anyone offer me any further tips or tricks so I can salvage the strap
intact?

If not, what I guess I'll do is simply cut out the knot part and take the
remaining two pieces to a shoe shop and get 'em lapped and sewn across in a
number of places. That way I'll have a 25% shorter tow strap, but still
good to go.

Posted by SQLit on February 12, 2005, 6:05 pm

> Got a long, 2" wide nylon tow strap someone formed an eye in one end of by
> doubling the strap and knotting. A subsequent pull has left a mamoo tough
> knot.....one with a set to it.
> I sat down and tried to pick the knot with an ice pick, trying to get any
> kind of slack, anywhere in it. After all my finagling, I couldn't get
> anywhere at all without piercing or tearing the strap material.
> Can anyone offer me any further tips or tricks so I can salvage the strap
> intact?
> If not, what I guess I'll do is simply cut out the knot part and take the
> remaining two pieces to a shoe shop and get 'em lapped and sewn across in

> number of places. That way I'll have a 25% shorter tow strap, but still
> good to go.

I would try drift pins. They look like ice picks but much heaver duty. Or
maybe some long steel punches. A screwdriver may help as long as it has a
pretty tough shaft.

Why would one knot when removed make it 25% shorter? My strap's eyes are
not lapped much more than 6 inches.

Posted by Greg on February 13, 2005, 12:34 am

wrote:

For the future never use an overhand knot for anything. If this was a
figure 8 you could break it down.

Posted by Stormin Mormon on February 14, 2005, 8:07 pm

Or a bowline....

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com

wrote:

For the future never use an overhand knot for anything. If this was a
figure 8 you could break it down.

Posted by Stormin Mormon on February 14, 2005, 8:15 pm

I lost a foot off the end of a nylon rope one time. Friend of mine tied it
onto my ball hitch with a slipknot. Well, the doggone thing pulled so tight
there was no loosening it. He left a couple inches of short end hanging,
too, so I lost about a foot. Have to show him a bowline some day.

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com

wrote:

For the future never use an overhand knot for anything. If this was a
figure 8 you could break it down.

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