Back Splice Rope

The back splice starts with a crown knot to redirect the strands back towards the standing end.

Back splice rope.

You can use this same splice to fasten two different ropes. End splicing also called back splicing is used to clean up rope ends and keep them from fraying. A back end splice is especially useful for preventing a rope that has become unraveled from fraying. Back splices are 1 way to make a good looking and secure end to your rope.

There are a lot of things that can damage ropes and chafe is always there. Splices can be used to form a stopper at the end of a line to form a loop or an eye in a rope or for joining two ropes together. It lasts longer than whipping the ends and looks better than taped ends. There are a lot of ways to finish the end of a rope to keep it from fraying.

The crown knot structure. Create the splice by first unraveling the end of the rope then weaving the strands back into the rope end. In this tutorial i demonstrate how to do a back splice a handy way of finishing an end of a rope. From time to time you need to check your ropes for wear and tear.

Try it on ot. This splice will securely keep the rope together. Splices are preferred to knotted rope since while a knot typically reduces the strength by. Rope splicing in ropework is the forming of a semi permanent joint between two ropes or two parts of the same rope by partly untwisting and then interweaving their strands.

And keeping your ropes in good shape is part of good seamanship of course.