The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes, Second Edition
by Barbara Merry, John Darwin
Book Summary Information
Author: Barbara Merry, John DarwinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-02-16
ISBN: 0071354387
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
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- ISBN13: 9780071354387
- Condition: NEW
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Book Reviews of The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes, Second Edition
Book Review: Review of "The Splicing Handbook" 2nd Ed by B. Merry
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought the book because I wanted to splice high-tech yacht rope, especially the 12-strand braids like Amsteel. This review pertains only to splices related to such rope.
The photos are not always of the splice being described (p.84). The illustrations appear to have been cropped to fit the page, which is especially confusing for complex splices (p.88). The hollow braid splice on p.83 results in a weak splice with a bump at a vulnerable location - I believe this is a dangerous splice and that the authors have failed to grasp the workings of the Chinese Finger Puzzle principle mentioned in several places.
Conclusion: don't waste your money. Go to the web sites for Yale, Sampson, and New England Rope to get better illustrations and text for free. Also, study the test results from Layline.com on the importance of tapering the buried eye splice tail.
Summary of The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes, Second Edition
The only book devoted completely to slicing today's ropes, this fully illustrated, step-by-step guide has been expanded and enhanced in this new edition and now covers wire splices, and splices in Spectra and Kevlar ropes as well as Dacron braid and traditional three-strand. The Splicing Handbook includes every splice project a boater will ever need.General Books
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