These type of bell ropes are made from flax yarn line throughout and are used in full circle ringing.
The sallies are normally 3 feet long ( 0.92M ).The sallies are made from pure wool and can be made from a single colour through to a combination of 3 colours.Longer lengths can be made but are charged at £16.00 per 6 inch of extra sally.
All ropes are hand made on our ropewalk using high quality flax line yarn rope.
Colours available in any combination:
Flax yarn ropes price list.
ALL PRICES ARE VALID FROM 22 DECEMBER 2022
| Overall Rope Length | Size No. 1 Up to 15CWT | Size No. 2 Over 15CWT |
| 30ft. (9.15m) | £ 95.00 | £ 105.00 |
| 35ft. (10.67m) | £ 100.00 | £ 110.00 |
| 40ft. (12.19m) | £ 105.00 | £ 115.00 |
| 45ft. (13.72m) | £ 110.00 | £ 120.00 |
| 50ft. (15.24m) | £ 115.00 | £ 125.00 |
| 55ft. (16.76m) | £ 120.00 | £ 130.00 |
| 60ft. (18.29m) | £ 125.00 | £ 135.00 |
| 65ft. (19.81m) | £ 130.00 | £ 140.00 |
| 70ft. (21.34m) | £ 135.00 | £ 145.00 |
| 75ft. (22.86m) | £ 140.00 | £ 150.00 |
| 80ft. (24.38m) | £ 145.00 | £ 155.00 |
Yorkshire tails ends: £30.00 Extra per rope.
TREATED TOP ENDS (water proofing & rope treat).
The top ends of Flax bell ropes can be treated with a water proofing solution for extra protection against damp conditions,this will cost £8.00 per rope.
Another form of protection against damp is to treat the top ends with ROPE TREAT,this is applied to top ends and is available for purchase to be applied by the purchaser at a cost of £22.00 per 1Ltr tub.
REPAIRS TO FLAX BELL ROPES.
We offer a full repair service for flax bell ropes,either a machine spliced new tail to a complete new top end.
The cost of either repairs will be £30.00 for the machine splice and then £0.95 for each foot of rope used and this will apply to bell ropes for bells under 15 cwt.
For bell ropes that are for bells over 15 cwt the cost of the machine splice is the same but the cost of the rope used will be £1.00 per foot.
We can replace flax top ropes with pre stretched polyester rope,and this can only be done by hand splicing.The cost of a hand splice is £20.00 The cost of the pre stretched polyester rope is £1.25 per foot for 10mm diameter suitable for bells up to 15 cwt and £1.35 for 12mm diameter suitable for bells over 15 cwt.
NEW FLAX BOTTOM ENDS.
New sally (choice of colours) approx 6ft above ready to hand-splice onto your existing top rope.
Tail end to suit .
Size No1 (up to 15cwt) £80.00 each.
size No2 (over 15cwt) £90.00 each.
NEW TAIL ENDS.We can machine splice new tail ends onto flax ropes.
Size 1 & 2 @ £48.00 each
THE FOLLOWING ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
Individual tail ends (ready for hand splicing).
Size No 1 ( up to 15cwt ) £17.00 each.
Size No 2 (over 15cwt ) £19.00 each.
Flax splicing rope.
Size No 1 ( up to 15cwt ) £0.95 per foot.
Size No 2 (over 15cwt ) £1.00 per foot.
Soft leather sleeves £5.00 each.
Muffles standard £32.50.
Muffles Large £35.50.
Splicing tools £7.50 each.
Ellacombe chiming rope (8mm diameter).
Pre-stretched polyester rope @ £0.70 per foot.
Step1: Warping the Rope
Step 2: Inserting the Wool
Step 3: Topping Up
Step 4: Combing the Sally
Step 5: Cutting the Sally