The benefit of a common whipping is that no tools are necessary and the rope does not need to be unlaid.
Artificial-fibre ropes should have their ends fused by heat rather than whipped to prevent unravelling.
Common, plain or ordinary whipping is tied by laying a loop along the rope and then making a series of turns over it.
Wrap until the whipping is one and a half times wider than the rope is thick
Cut the twine flush with the edges of the whipping and the rope end not less than half its width from the whipping to give the rope end a finished look