TL;DW: For similar sized rope, doesn’t really matter. For different sized rope, a properly tied sheet bend seems a bit better. But it’s still a terrible knot by nearly all metrics.
TL;DW: For similar sized rope, doesn’t really matter. For different sized rope, a properly tied sheet bend seems a bit better. But it’s still a terrible knot by nearly all metrics.
Back in my days of public safety, I was a rope rescue tech (and later instructor). If we absolutely had to use two different size ropes, we'd usually do a figure eight bend. It was exceedingly...
Back in my days of public safety, I was a rope rescue tech (and later instructor). If we absolutely had to use two different size ropes, we'd usually do a figure eight bend. It was exceedingly rare though, since almost all our rope was 14mm.
TL;DW: For similar sized rope, doesn’t really matter. For different sized rope, a properly tied sheet bend seems a bit better. But it’s still a terrible knot by nearly all metrics.
Back in my days of public safety, I was a rope rescue tech (and later instructor). If we absolutely had to use two different size ropes, we'd usually do a figure eight bend. It was exceedingly rare though, since almost all our rope was 14mm.