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Animated Knots was wrong

Added 2022-12-21 15:53:14 +0000 UTC

PATRONS: This was 7-9 months in the making from when Jake first hit me up. This is a perfect example of why the new lab is going to be a game changer. I could have broken these samples within a few hours of them arriving and edited the episode within a week after that with my new set up. I just spent the last few days setting up the machine and adding panels to the walls. I should be super operational enough in a day or two. Of course it takes months to dial in all the details but I'm about 3 months into the "I should move into a house and put slacksnap inside it" idea. Anyways, here is a dyneema video...

My fellow Dyneema (HMPE) nerds: Grog loops are a continuous loop made with a brummel type connection so, in theory, you don't need to sew the splice. We tested how short the buries have to be to be super safe enough (spoiler alert: not too short!) and we discovered you don't exactly get the theoretical 180% of the single strand rating like animated knots estimated at https://www.animatedknots.com/grog-sling-knot

Our results and more thoughts are on our blog page: https://www.hownot2.com/post/grog-loops

Thank you https://www.instagram.com/classic_rock_climber/ for making these grog slings.