Common Whipping
( Plain Whipping | Ordinary Whipping | Wolf Whipping | ABOK #3442 )
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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.
Common Uses
- wrap a rope end with twine to stop it from unraveling.
- temporarily protect a rope end until a more permanent finish is applied.
- finish off the end of a natural fiber rope neatly.
- add a simple protective wrap to a tool or knife handle.
Also known as
- Plain Whipping
- Ordinary Whipping
- Wolf Whipping
ABOK
- 3442
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.
