[quote=Wolfman]Yeah, I tend to overthink things, take a look at the thread I started on mast floats, then found out that I didn't need one. :)
I've done the homemade tool thing with some of my goldsmithing work (yes man of many hobbies) and found that it usually works best to actually use the purpose built tool first until you know what your doing and what you like/would change. So I will probably end up doing that for one size anyway and make the rest myself.
I have a pile of really good knives and would suggest one of those little ceramic pairing knives for cutting the line. They aren't overly expensive but they are lightsaber sharp and almost never need sharpening. The person in the youtube link above used one. Just don't drop one on your foot. I also have a rigging knife from Myerchin with a marlinspike and shackle key that would do the trick. I must say that if you are going to buy a special purpose knife for your boat those are the ones to get! The knife came super sharp out of the box and the marlinspike is actually useable both are locking too!
I thought that dyneema and vectran couldn't be hot knifed because thier melting temp is pretty high. THat was the explanation I was given for there still being all types of whipping available.
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