Splicing book

ShrimperSam · #1 06-05-09, 15:09

Hi all, fairly new on here, so go easy on me.

I'm currently looking for a book or two on the art of splicing. Its just something I've always wanted to do, and thought I could teach myself. I'm looking for a book that has some fairly in depth explainations for splicing different types of ropes, including modern stuff. Any recommendations?

chart5011 · #2 06-05-09, 16:42

A good general book is 'The Splicing Handbook' by Barbara Merry. Covers both traditional splicing and the modern stuff.
Good luck!

ShrimperSam · #3 06-05-09, 18:58

Thanks, havent come across that yet, but will look it up!

SAWDOC · #4 09-05-09, 23:45

I honestly don't think there is too much to it, if it is regular 3 strand rope you wish to splice. I have the "Handbook of Knots" by Des Pawson which has a few colour snaps of what to do which I found useful. Practised a few evenings on a spare piece of mooring warp and was turning out fairly decent soft eyes. When I was buying new mooring warp, I spent a lovely few hours in a rigging shop watching a professional do it - you learn a lot that way also.

Philiz · #5 12-05-09, 19:50

I taught myself just from information off the internet. The secret is in the start, once you've got that right it just flows quite easily. I've only done 3 strand stuff up to yet though.

#6 12-05-09, 20:03

There are books, but most of what you need is here:

http://www.riggingandsails.com/pdf/marlow-info.pdf

and if you want to splice braided rope, get a rigger to give you a demo and advise on the right tools, its even worth paying for a few eye splices to watch it.

macrohans · #7 09-10-09, 08:35

Having imported an audio book CD onto iTunes I've discovered it's made up of 29 short tracks rather than 1 or 2 longer tracks, and I find it really annoying!