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I don't like the way it looks. It looks "crunchy". Maybe it's fine, but I'd have replaced it also. Confidence in your gear is at least half the game, and that cord doesn't inspire confidence in me.

You inspect the core by feel. Does it have weird bulges? Hollows? Is the cover doing something weird? Unless you've put chemicals on your line, polyester and nylon wear in predictable ways, and in the case of kernmantle line, hardly wear at all with an intact cover. As always, YMMV. I do what I...

Depends on the rope. How was it used? Why was it retired? Maybe you don't want to use it. Not like I'm climbing professionally, but I'd absolutely trust any of my lines as a bridge. If one isn't comfortable inspecting gear, they may be in the wrong biz. It isn't hard, and doesn't take long to...

At <$2/ft, I don't think it's worth worrying much about bridges, unless you buy the "official" bridges from the manufacturers. There isn't a lot of point in that. Much of this gear is fabricated on the fly by the user, so I don't see the logic in getting precious about the bridge. Doesn't even...

Hitchcord should be alright, but it needs to be poly core. Stuff like Beeline can self abrade, and the damage is invisible under the cover til you get a surprise failure.

I wouldn't make assumptions based on diameter. I have 10mm hitchcord(and smaller) that is poly core. You really need to know exactly what rope is used, and they don't like advertising that. My Onyx came with Platinum Protect.

Polyester's the gold standard for durability, no? I'm currently using a polyester kernmantle, but a 16strand should be just as good, maybe better due to even easier inspection.

Definition of class 2 fiber and example?