Thread: Splices

Here are some of my splices.

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Steve does a real nice job. I am using one of his Safety Blue lanyards and it is holding up real well!!!

Yea that Toss fid is hard to finish the final taper, with the core and cover tail being together.

I liked learning how to splice, now it's kind of like work. I'm stiHl getting faster though. Takes me no less than 45 minutes of undistracted working to get a splice done. I make my own lanyards w/ a splice on both ends. 2 hours per lanyard with lock stitching.

Looks good Husky man!

-Mike-

The Brian Toss wand works very well for me and I can do 16 strand with it and it comes out real good. It takes me close to an hour of hard work per splice. At a TCI Expo a few years ago, I was watching the guy at the Samson rope booth do it in about 10 minutes without sweating.

Nice splices, I do my own and they do take a while, worst if you havent done them for a while. I loose patience sometimes and have to come back later to finish them off.

I'm all about the Toss Wand...I know it takes a firm but gentle touch when using it.

Splicing is indeed a marvelous skill. It's great to know that if you want something a certain way, you can make it yourself, to your exact specifications.

Here's to long, smooth tapers!

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nick

The guy at the Samson booth was using the Toss wand and recommended that I buy one. I also noticed the splicers at the Sherrill booth were using the Toss wand.

Throwline splices, Half-time football activites yesterday.

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Husky, I don't know why more people don't use spliced throwlines. I started splicing mine a couple years ago and there is no faster and more appropriate way to attach and detach the throwbag to and from the throwline.

It just simply works better.

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It's off the topic of splices, but I've got to get a digital camera so I can show you what I do for the throwline.

Glen

Originally posted by NickfromWI
I'm all about the Toss Wand...I know it takes a firm but gentle touch when using it.

What's your experience with the durability of the loops? Have you replaced it with Kevlar string or other material?

Nickrosis, good question. The snares in the wand are tough. However, arborists tend to abuse them. I was going through them quickly. I eventually started making my own out of tightly braided vectran strands. Now I only replace about 2 times a year.

I think Brion Toss Rigging will replace them if you send a SASE. If you cut off about 8" of Zing-it, you can make many that will be as good as Toss makes, but Zing-it isn't that tough. Technora is better and from what I've seen, Vectran is best.

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