Page 371 - Geoffrey Budworth, Jason Dalton "The Little Book of Incredibly Useful Knots"
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End whipping
Rope is not cheap. So it is good practice to tape or tie it (using a constrictor knot, see page 153)
on either side of where it is to be cut, to prevent needless fraying and unraveling. This first-aid
measure can then be replaced with this traditional whipping.
Lay a narrow bight of whipping twine along the rope (1) and with one end begin to bind a series of
wrapping turns (2), traveling toward the rope’s end so as to trap the bight in place (3). (For clarity,
these turns are shown apart, but they should actually be made firmly alongside one another.)
Continue until the whipping is at least as long as the rope is thick, then tuck the working end
through the tip of the bight, but leave the final wrapping turn slack (4). Pull steadily but firmly on
the unused end of the whipping twine, dragging the working end under and into the wrapping
turns; stop when it appears to be halfway (5). Cut off both ends close to the completed whipping
(6).
