I have a four bezier Circle tied to a path that twists to form a rope and a separate object of the handle. The rope runs in the middle of it. I've changed ball weight etc and added the handle as a collision, while the path is a soft body with goal turned off. It seems to hold except for it clips near the very front of the handle.
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$\begingroup$ I could upload the blender file I guess if that'd help? $\endgroup$ – Daedalus Apr 7 '19 at 23:59