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Mr Smith, I like all the 'old skool' (gotta be down with the kids) whipping and that. I feel it adds a touch of class, individuality and character to modern splices. Why lose the decorative elements. I've spoken to independant comercial splicers and they were telling me core dependant ropes...

Moray My take of standard whipping (wraps around the rope like samson suggest) is that the technique is historical and was to help seal the end of old ropes, simply to stop them fraying. It would be cheap and easy to replace, i'm pretty sure you couldn't melt the ends of hemp cotton or sisal...