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Cord Question

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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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The expose cord is normal. The outer sheathing shrinks back when relaxed. I bet you can pull the sheathing up flush with the core. I always pull my rope tight and wrap the tape while there is tension on the rope. Then i cut in the middle of the tape. tie your knots with plenty of exposed tag end. I personally like to use heat shrink over my ends, but i would think super glue would also work well after the knot is tied
 
I have a piece of that for a hitch cord. You can milk the sheath back over the ends. They will just stick out again in short order. I just use it as is.
Mine have not gotten any worse than what you show.
 
Get some whipping twine and finish one end nice and tight. Then milk the sheath till all the slack is out of it and whip finish the other end. That'll keep everything nice and tidy for the life of the cord.

If you cut it off a little past the end of the whipping, no more than say 1/8", you can use a hot knife to melt that little bit of the sheath. I radius that little corner a bit with the knife and it comes out clean and doesn't snag on anything.
 
Thanks for the information all.

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brydan said:
Get some whipping twine and finish one end nice and tight. Then milk the sheath till all the slack is out of it and whip finish the other end. That'll keep everything nice and tidy for the life of the cord.

If you cut it off a little past the end of the whipping, no more than say 1/8", you can use a hot knife to melt that little bit of the sheath. I radius that little corner a bit with the knife and it comes out clean and doesn't snag on anything.
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I'm sorry, but I'm not familiar with the term whip finishing, so I don't understand exactly what you mean.

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Sorry about that, I was just typing away and not paying attention, I'm used to saying "whip finish" from fly fishing, the term used to describe the last knot as you finish tying a fly. Simply "whipping" is the term for securing the end of the rope. Common whipping is what I typically do but for whatever reason prefer the look of stitched whipping, especially on 3 strand ropes. Here's a couple vids of the technique.


 
brydan said:
Sorry about that, I was just typing away and not paying attention, I'm used to saying "whip finish" from fly fishing, the term used to describe the last knot as you finish tying a fly. Simply "whipping" is the term for securing the end of the rope. Common whipping is what I typically do but for whatever reason prefer the look of stitched whipping, especially on 3 strand ropes. Here's a couple vids of the technique.


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Thank you. That's very helpful.

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Whip finish with serving thread, and hit the end with a mapp torch...
 
I tried burning the ends of some Sterling RIT, their heat resistant friction cord and charred the ends. I just left it alone after that.
 
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