if you put the rope over a corner of the drawbar or similar and hit it with a hammer it will cut quite cleaner you can do it with wire too cheers woollie
I'm trying to visualize anyone traveling in a caravan or motorhome who would not have a knife on hand to do this job.
There are heaps of different ways to improvise dividing a length of rope, however a knife is the simplest and most convenient, I always carry one, and of course there are multiple choices in the cutlery drawer of the MH.