So I purchased 20 feet of the Bee Line 8mm Prusik Cord by Yale. I plan to cut sections of this for prusik loops. The rope is heat resistant and I asked about it when ordering, they said it was very unlikely I'd be able to melt the ends.
I've already gone through several threads here and it seems that when cutting rope, people either use a very hot knife that melts when cutting and/or wrap with tape before cutting to keep the ends neat. Some also put some superglue on the ends and even wrap with heat shrink tubing.
I had tentatively planned to wrap with electrical tape, cut, put a little super glue on the end and maybe add some heat shrink near the end.
The rope arrived today and this is what the ends look like (assuming the photo upload works). A lot more core is exposed than I was expecting. Is there some reason for this that isn't immediately obvious? Should I do something different when cutting than what I had planned?
I will be making loops with a double fisherman's knot if that makes any difference.
Thanks.
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I've already gone through several threads here and it seems that when cutting rope, people either use a very hot knife that melts when cutting and/or wrap with tape before cutting to keep the ends neat. Some also put some superglue on the ends and even wrap with heat shrink tubing.
I had tentatively planned to wrap with electrical tape, cut, put a little super glue on the end and maybe add some heat shrink near the end.
The rope arrived today and this is what the ends look like (assuming the photo upload works). A lot more core is exposed than I was expecting. Is there some reason for this that isn't immediately obvious? Should I do something different when cutting than what I had planned?
I will be making loops with a double fisherman's knot if that makes any difference.
Thanks.
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