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Originally Posted by Cory
Since then we've used Dyneema. It is tremendously strong (used in sailing), lighter, and easier to work with. There is a certain type of knot that you have to use to avoid reducing the strength of the line dramatically at the knot. I don't remember what knot that is, but someone else may be able to chime in here.
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That's probably a
bowline ("bolun"). It's used extensively in sailing because of its strength and ease of untying, however all knots will reduce the strength of the line significantly. A
splice however, can retain up to 80%-90% of the line strength. Given the strength of dyneema though, you could probably still have a good safety margin for an elevator even with 30% of the breaking strength, due to knots.
Dyneema is great stuff, highly recommended.