Page 21 - Des Pawson "Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices"

Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices

Top Left: Natural-
fiber ropes. From left

to right: hemp; tarred
hemp; Manila; sisal;

coir; cotton.

Center Left: Exotics.
From left to right:

Kevlar over a
Vectran core; Kevlar
core; Dynema with a

Spectra core;
Vectran core; PBO.

Bottom Left:
Synthetic fiber
ropes. From left to

right: fibrillated; split-
film; staplespun;
multifilament;
polypropylene; tery-

lene; nylon.

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