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- Emmetts Ropes - Manufacturers of rope products including rope ladders, nylon rope, hemp rope, cargo nets, pilot ladders, shipping lines and wire rope.
- UNIROPE Ltd - Manufacturer/distributor of Compac and Python wire rope, end attachments, wire rope slings, and other rope and rigging products.
- Scotia Handling and Rigging Services - The Handling Services offer lifting and safety products and testing services; the Rigging Services are for structural, architectural, industrial and marine rigging.
- MCM Ropes and Rigging - Canadian manufacturer of synthetic ropes and twines, servicing industrial, and recreational markets. [Site not viewable in all browsers.]
- Southern Rigging Supplies - Suppliers of stainless and galvanised rigging and accessories. Wire and synthetic rope and terminations for DIY, architectural, marine and industrial applications.
- All American Braids - Custom manufacturer of braided and double braided rope of polyester, polypropylene, nylon and kevlar for sailboat rigging, marine, ski and arborist rope. Product descriptions and contact information.
- Bairstow Lifting Products Company - Fabricators of all types of lifting slings and rigging supplies. Hoists, winches, fall protection devices, wire rope, chain, rope, and rigging hardware.
- Ropes That Rescue - Rope rigging school based in Arizona provides worldwide training in rope techniques to emergency services, rope access workers, linemen and other vertical rescue specialists.
- Universal Rope Fabrication Ltd. - Manufacturer of rope products including netting, rope helicopter landing pads, lashing, and slings. Contains products and services.
- Boo Kwang Rope Inc. - Korean company offers fiber rope, wire rope, shackles, hooks, slings and other accessories.
Wikipedia Articles
- Rodeo bareback rigging - ... mid 1920's, bareback bronc riding was slowly becoming accepted as a professional rodeo sporting event. The riding equipment - riggings or surcingles - used during that era were a mixed lot ranging from just holding a horse's mane, called a mane-hold, or holding a loose or twisted rope tied around the horse's girth, to using two-handhold or three-handhold leather riggings.
- Futtock shrouds - Futtock shrouds are rope, wire or chain links in the rigging of a traditional square rigged ship. They run from the outer edges of a top downwards and inwards to a point on the mast or lower shrouds, and carry the load of the shrouds that rise from the edge of the top.
- Grappling hook - A grappling hook is a hook attached to a rope, designed to be thrown or projected a distance, where its hooks will engage with the target. Grappling hooks were originally used in naval warfare to catch the rigging of an enemy ship so that it could be drawn in and boarded.
- Lanyard - A lanyard, also spelled laniard, is a rope or cord often worn around the neck or wrist to carry something. Aboard ship, it may refer to a piece of rigging used to secure objects, or to a cord with a hook at the end which is used to fire a cannon.