

CHAPTER XXXVII 

 WHIPPING AND MAKING END KNOTS, END SPLICES 



364. Tools and Materials Needed for Rope Work. 



Tools and Materials Needed: A knife and a large nail or marlin 

 spike (Fig. 362) which can be whittled out of a piece of 

 hard wood, are the only tools needed for this work. A 

 few pieces of 3/8" rope and 



some pieces of cord will com- 



plete the equipment. 



365. Treatment of Raveled Ropes. In ropes that are 

 raveled, the strands should be twisted and carefully relaid to 

 the point where the knot is to be formed. In unlaying the 

 end of a new rope in preparation for making a knot, care must 



z 

 FIG. 363. Whipping end of rope. 



be taken not to untwist the strands. Neither whipping nor 

 down crowns can be called knots, but they serve the purpose 

 of a knot and can be used to advantage where it is desirable to 

 have a knot on the end of a rope. 



366. Whipping. Place the piece of cord .on the rope, 

 allowing one end to hang loosely over the end of the rope 

 about 2" (A, Fig. 363). Make a loop by passing the other 



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