Despite its impressive features and long lifespan, synthetic hemp rope is typically very affordable. At RopesDirect, for example, premium synthetic hemp is currently priced at just 30p per metre, with ...

Moreover, we are assured the cost is 25 per cent in favor of wire rope over hemp, estimating weight and saving. Again, wire-rigging is much less susceptible of atmospheric changes, ...

A look at American hemp harvesting and rope making during World War II. See hemp retting, cordage production, and naval applications in this 1942 film.

Many Minnesota farms once boasted hemp acreage, from which can be made rope, twine and fabric. Hemp also can produce CBD oil, which is a growing trend for health, including massage oils, and which ...

Before the invention of anchor chain ships used hemp rope, which often broke and put lives in danger.As the size of ships increased hemp rope anchor cables were not strong enough, and in hot ...