What rope thickness is best for hanging?

[PyRo]

Well we have this argument about who has a better noose, and seeing as how they were identically constructed its come down to who has the better rope.

[Mr.mike]

come on guys vot for 3/4th inch its soo much better
and garunteed not to break!

[BobTheCow]

1/2 inch, *duh* I mean it's been a good while since I've hanged anybody, but that seemed to do the trick just a couple years ago...

[PyRo]

He has lousy rope, I have the good climbing stuff. I bet my 1/2in rope could hold more than his lousy 3/4in stuff could. My rope also has a smoother surface and will ensure that it is tighter. His rope also has a large surface area which may mean combined with its high friction it may never tighten enough to actually do its job.

Be cool, vote 1/2in.

[argnot]

I am going to have to say 1"cause you need that thickness to get a knot big enough to separate the skull its self from the spinal column inorder to get an effective hanging otherwise you risk suffication and that just aint pretty.

[Mr.mike]

bah! dont give me that climbing rope is smoother stuff! do you want your victim going hey this is pretty nice, i didnt think so you want it to hurt and cut into their neck!
vote for the 3/4 rugged rope!

[Onryou]

I've gotta go with the 1/2" and Long Drop method. Make sure you have the knot just behind the left ear so it snaps the neck- immediately knocks the person out and suffocation finishes them. no pain no mess.

[PyRo]

But the more painfull the better
Also the thicker the rope, the more surface area, the less the impact, so a thinner rope would be better for seperation. I guess if you really want we could throw him from an airplane with about 400 ft of rope

[PyRo]

Originally posted by Mr.mike
bah! dont give me that climbing rope is smoother stuff! do you want your victim going hey this is pretty nice, i didnt think so you want it to hurt and cut into their neck!
vote for the 3/4 rugged rope!

Its not nicer, it just ensures death If you really want I will put nails through it

[cphilip]

I thought the idea of the noose knot was to be placed in such a way that it broke neck from the fall by the neck snapping into the knot and not to strangle...

Not that I have ever looked into it...

[PyRo]

Phills 14,000th post was discussing the best way to hang someone. Sweet
But stangulation is so much more satisfying when your mad.

[Cryer]

I voted for 1". That way, you can hang some ginormously fatgantic dude without it breaking and it still works for little dudes, too.

Wasnt it on Blazing Saddles that the executioner had a rope rack (like a tie rack) with different sizes so the prisoner could select his preference? I seem to remember that from some movie...

[fire1811]

i prefer to hang my victims with barbwire

[Mr.mike]

experts say that 3/4th in. is better cause you need that extra 1/4 in case you want to burn the person while lynching them
and thats really cool!
vote 3/4ths!

[Cryer]

Originally posted by PyRo
But stangulation is so much more satisfying when your mad.

...and with you bare hands...