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Originally Posted by mugwump
http://www.scoutxing.com/knots/monke...nkeys_fist.htm
Try this one with your steel cable LOL.
My grandpa was in the British Merchant Marine by age 12 and jumped ship in Baltimore when he was 14. I don't believe he was ever naturalized. He knew every knot ever made, I think. He could whip out a monkey fist in a minute. They put a lead ball in them when they were throwing a line ship-to-ship. He claimed they were good luck. I use 'em as fobs on my Benchmade.
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Smart ass, Sir.
I remember helping long splice inch and three eights wire rope skyline and being covered in the interior cable grease on a hot summer day.
This splice was done over about 40+ ft. of line and was invisible upon completion.
The splice had to be good. This stuff was rated at 260,000 lbs. tensile strength and sometimes we broke the skyline with excessive load.
If your logging early in the morning and happen to be standing close enough when a cable breaks, there is a blue ball of flame about the size of a tennis ball as it separates.
This also means your in the wrong place.