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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
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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- Early historical references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
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