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John Roper would like to
welcome you to the world of rope making, an ancient and
honourable trade, now sadly fading into the mists of
time
This site has three
major purposes. First, there is a serious dearth of
information relating to the subject of rope making up to
about the 1700s. Second, the site will serve as an
educational tool for schools, youth groups, and
non-profit service organizations. Finally, these are
subjects that interest us and we wish to share this
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About John Roper
John Roper (aka John Nelson)
first learned about rope making as a boy scout in the
mid-1960s and as an adult re-discovered it in 1997 when
he went with a troop of Boy Scouts to a Civil War
re-enactment in Calico, California. There he met Sean, a
participant with a rope machine built by his father.
Sean was making sisal rope for anyone who wanted to
participate in the demonstration. John was hooked
(literally). He acquired a machine, delved into making
his own machines, sought out antique rope making gear
and purchased it, researched the history of the craft,
joined a Medieval re-creation group and formed a rope
making guild based upon one formed in the 13th century
in Bridport, England, and now spends most of his
available time either making rope, making machines, or
doing demonstrations at Renaissance Fairs, schools,
Scouts and hospitals.
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Please be patient
with us as we develop this site
We are looking forward to
adding many useful things to this and subsequent pages
on all aspects of rope, twine, cord, and other twisted
fiber information, but our bosses do expect us to go to
work on a regular basis. (Would that money could be
acquired as easily as rope)
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Here is a sample list of things that
will be included here:
- General history of rope making
- Archaeological data
- Early historical references
- Medieval European rope making and guilds
- Industrial age rope making
- Fibers used in rope making
- Terms and techiques of rope making
- Bibliography and webography
- Associated links and organizations
- Useful knots
- Cordmaking
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If you have questions please feel free to let John
know, or if you would like to see additional information here send a
few bytes our way.
Email John
Roper
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Direct questions about rope making to John Nelson
Page design
and construction by Laralee Nelson
All material on this site is
copyrighted by John Nelson unless otherwise indicated. Please feel
free to use the material, but use it honestly and give credit to the
author(s).
Last update:07/20/2002 | |