Usage
The common whipping is the most basic type of whipping knot whose purpose is to prevent a rope from unraveling. The benefit of a common whipping is that no tools are necessary and the rope does not need to be unlaid. Typically, natural fibre rope is whipped with twine. Artificial-fibre ropes should have their ends fused by heat, rather than whipped, to prevent unraveling.
Also known as
- Plain Whipping
- Ordinary Whipping
- Wolf Whipping
ABOK
Strength/Reliability
The common whipping should not be used for rope ends that will be handled extensively as it has a propensity to slip off the end of the rope. Other types of whippings avoid this by interleaving the whipping with the strands of the rope and creating friction with the strands to avoid slipping.
