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When pressure is put on one end, the line tightens evenly, keeping the grommets from being torn out.

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So simple when you see it used, not so apparent when your dealing with torn grommets. ;)

Oh sure PJ, you big strong guys can afford to pack along and carry the perfect tools for every task. Think about us smaller guys who have to count the ounces before every trip. I suppose you think a dozen of those knot eliminators don't weigh anything...Geez. Now my blood is starting to boil.

Looks like a great idea. Wouldn't small wood sticks accomplish the same thing? That wood allow KF to share the genius.

Old Salt wrote on Apr 20^th, 2014 at 1:12am:

Looks like a great idea. Wouldn't small wood sticks accomplish the same thing? That wood allow KF to share the genius.

Obviously not!  Duh. That's the balsa wood model. I'm thinking of developing a graphite version. Maybe titanium filled with helium . . . Only five dollar.

Great idea!  ...And even though that stick in the photo looks ever so slightly as though it might have been green (to increase flexibility),   I feel no compunction to call for a dual at sunrise!   [(...no wonder grown men seek the solitude of weeks alone in the wilderness...  )]   ;)

I do similar when using tiny prussics on the ridgeline, from the line to the grommet.  don't have to have the grommets exactly on the ridgeline that way

Kingfisher wrote on Apr 20^th, 2014 at 12:07am:

Oh sure PJ, you big strong guys can afford to pack along and carry the perfect tools for every task. Think about us smaller guys who have to count the ounces before every trip. I suppose you think a dozen of those knot eliminators don't weigh anything...Geez. Now my blood is starting to boil.

KF,
Exchange the wooden model for a sausage stick.  Eat them on the last day.
-YB

It looks like a neat idea.  I will have to give it a try.  Like a lot of things, it all seems so obvious once it is pointed out to you.

Very cool.  I did that once on a wind tarp at home but never thought of it for out in the field.  I use a CCS tarp that has fabric loops and of course I run the line through the loops.  PJ's method would be so much easier.  It could be done with a second rope instead of sticks.  Pull the second rope and the whole thing comes down.

Yellowbird wrote on Apr 21^st, 2014 at 4:58pm:

KF, Exchange the wooden model for a sausage stick.  Eat them on the last day. -YB

Brilliant!

Yellowbird wrote on Apr 21^st, 2014 at 4:58pm:

Exchange the wooden model for a sausage stick.  Eat them on the last day.

Yes, absolute genius.

PhantomJug wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2014 at 3:34pm:

Yellowbird wrote on Apr 21st, 2014 at 4:58pm: Exchange the wooden model for a sausage stick.  Eat them on the last day. Yes, absolute genius.

Not really.  A sausage is a quite versatile thing to have along.

Yellowbird wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2014 at 1:19am:

PhantomJug wrote on Apr 22nd, 2014 at 3:34pm: Yellowbird wrote on Apr 21st, 2014 at 4:58pm: Exchange the wooden model for a sausage stick.  Eat them on the last day. Yes, absolute genius. Not really.  A sausage is a quite versatile thing to have along.

My name is Yogi B. and I heartily endorse this tip. ;) ;D ;D

Way to suck ALL the fun out of a canoe trip, PJ.  Sheesh!

Just wait till my next trick . . .

The tarp would have been a bit better this year had i REMEMBERED this!

The tarp would have been a bit better this year had i REMEMBERED this!