The things you learn by taking things apart

[jumper03 0]

A jumper had a d-bag start to come apart on him a few weekends ago and the Master Rigger I'm working with now said it was shot and chucked it in the trash.

I dug it out and decided to take it apart - why not?

First - there's a lot of damn stitching in a d-bag. Turns out this bag had been patched four times previously and I think I know why.

After getting it completely apart and checking all the edges - they were cut rather than seared. Which explains why the bag blew out the way it did and why the previous patches were where they were at.

Now I know why riggers told me work from this company was below par, I always thought old riggers just loved to gripe and grumble.

Scars remind us that the past is real

[JohnRich 4]

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checking all the edges - they were cut rather than seared... riggers told me work from this company was below par...

Are you saying the fabric was not hot-knifed to prevent fraying?

Care to say what company you are talking about?

[jumper03 0]

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Are you saying the fabric was not hot-knifed to prevent fraying?

thats exactly what I'm saying. And the fraying is the cause of the blow out and of the previous patches.

Scars remind us that the past is real

[KindredSpirit 0]

So what was the company? I'd like to know.

"Kicking gravity's ass since 2003!"

[FrogNog 1]

Just get a seamripper and open up your bag and check. It's probably not the company that made your bag.

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Pull.

[darkwing 5]

was the bag made of cotton or nylon?

-- Jeff
My Skydiving History

[jumper03 0]

Nylon.

Scars remind us that the past is real