What do you consider the most secure bend for lines of different diameter if
a) the knot needs to be untied and
b)it is OK if the knot has to be cut off?
Does what you select work equally well for all diameters?
Does this work in both double braid and nylon
(doubt it would work in unsheathed Dyneema)?
Can nylon and double braid be combined?
You're confusing things. "dbl. braid" is construction,
"nylon" is fibre --which might come in dbl.braid.
"doubt it would work in (bare) Dyneema" : indeed,
there is a thread or two on this site of recent vintage
with EStar contributing the most amazing results of
things that didn't work --absolutely incredible!!!
(E.g.,
#1452 with the SParts turning 360 vs 180
degrees and so collaring each other, and then the
tails tucked
twice !!! -THAT slipped, eventually!
(You might search for "bowled over", which is how
I described it.)
Possibly, EStar has been working with the worst of
HMPE material (type & thinness !?), as his results
are more severe than some others. (OTOH, others
are not reporting quite so clearly as is he.)
By the way, I just love using a Yosemite finish on a bowline.
It would be great to know if the water bowline is better or worse
and for what types of lines and diameters. Do you know which is the
better of the two? Why did you select the water bowline and not
an ordinary bowline with a Yosemite finish?
Because the SPart does more turning in the one
case, and this is the part one is concerned about
coming loose; it is also the part that can just roll
and flow rope out from the eye into the SPart in
HMPE line.
BTW, beware the maybe false distinction between
sheathed and bare HMPE : in some cases, it is the
slippage of the HMPE core that, despite appearances
of a knot holding --because it's only holding the sheath
of more frictive fibre--, weakens the knot, eventually
--one just can't see it! (OTOH, I have read of anglers
just putting simple sheaths on their "gel-spun" HMPE
lines and reaping benefits of strength !?)
--dl*
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