Reflect-it Continuous Ridgeline for Tarp - without specialty hardware?

**cmoulder** · 10-31-2019, 06:48

Originally Posted by Flash Grundelore

My favorite knot... a break-away fiction hitch.....Works a charm... three tries and you'll have it down pat

I like the Farrimond hitch, but does it work with Zing-it?

It doesn't hold with Amsteel 7/64" so I suspect it doesn't work with UHMWPE materials in general.

**Recalc** · 10-31-2019, 07:31

Originally Posted by Flash Grundelore

My favorite knot... a break-away fiction hitch.....Works a charm... three tries and you'll have it down pat

Not trying to divert this thread, but Farrimond Friction Hitch is a great way to hang a food bag. It allows easy height adjustment of the food bag to prevent that 7 foot height that is sometimes seen on the trail. Untying the knot makes it possible to break camp quickly and get on with the hike. Only downside is being easy to mess up when hurried and tying too quickly.

**cmoulder** · 10-31-2019, 08:27

Originally Posted by Recalc

Not trying to divert this thread, but Farrimond Friction Hitch is a great way to hang a food bag. It allows easy height adjustment of the food bag to prevent that 7 foot height that is sometimes seen on the trail. Untying the knot makes it possible to break camp quickly and get on with the hike. Only downside is being easy to mess up when hurried and tying too quickly.

When this sort of discussion arises—no hardware!—it seems inevitable that knots are soon to follow.

**CubmasterTony** · 10-31-2019, 09:22

Originally Posted by LostCause

Ah, my bad. Yeah. I have done that too. Loop in one end with three prussics on the line. Use the last prussic for a truckers hitch.

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Will that technique work with a slick rope like Reflectit?

**LostCause** · 10-31-2019, 09:54

Originally Posted by CubmasterTony

Will that technique work with a slick rope like Reflectit?

It works on my tarp ridgeline made from zingit. I imagine it should be the same.

If you wanted to use Lawson's glowwire instead it would have a much better hold for the prussics. Not splicable though.

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**cougarmeat** · 10-31-2019, 14:20

I like the Farrimond much better than a taut line hitch because there is no need to wrap the whole "tail" end of the rope around to make loops (though I suppose I could just double over the "tail" line to make a slippery taut line). There is a little problem with Nite-ese type reflective line. It has reflective inserts that "catch" and keep the line from sliding to make a tight/dressed knot. Works great with their Figure-9's but not so good with sliding (prussic) style knots.

**LostCause** · 10-31-2019, 14:22

Originally Posted by CubmasterTony

Will that technique work with a slick rope like Reflectit?

Also, i used about 4 or 5 wraps.

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**MikekiM** · 11-01-2019, 08:41

Originally Posted by CubmasterTony

Anyone have a guide to make a Continuous Ridgeline out of Zing It without using specialty hardware? I have one out of cheap cord using Prissics but I was looking to replace it with Reflectit - I didn't want to have to go out and buy specialty hardware just for this.

PM me.. I'll make one for you.

Mine has no hardware on either end.

**GeneH** · 11-04-2019, 09:57

If you are talking about zing-it or lash-it, I received excellent solutions in this thread:

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ighlight=geneh

I now use zine-it for my continuous ridge line with mini-ucr's to adjust it, connected by soft shackles. Those mini-ucr's are the bomb. Then at the top is a button knot that slips into a loop, soft-shackle like, so there isn't any knot tying of this slippery stuff. The other end of the ridgeline has a plastic toggle which is my one concession to hardware-free.

I would show more instead of just referring to the thread, but that would just muddle everything up.

ADDENDUM: ha! I just saw MikeM offered to make you a ridgeline. Take him up on it. I've not met anyone yet so willing to reach out and help.

**GeneH** · 11-04-2019, 10:10

Originally Posted by cmoulder

When this sort of discussion arises—no hardware!—it seems inevitable that knots are soon to follow.

LOL. Ok, knots for making soft-shackles of Zing-It: I could not for the life of me get button knots figured out reliabley, so when with this from Tac-Blades, via Jeff-Oh. Easy as pie and solid. I buried the ends a little shorter than in the video and seems to work fine...but ya never know.

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...=1#post1977727