A METHOD AND APPARATUS ARE DISCLOSED FOR PROVIDING AN OUTER COLLAR MEMBER OF AN END FITTING (300) FOR A FLEXIBLE PIPE. THE APPARATUS COMPRISES AN OUTER COLLAR BODY PORTION AND AN OUTER COLLAR NECK PORTION EXTENDING AWAY FROM THE OUTER COLLAR BODY PORTION. THE NECK PORTION IS ARRANGED TO BE SECURED TO A PORTION OF FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY IN A SLOTTED POSITION BETWEEN LAYERS OF THE FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY. THE POSITION IS LOCATED BETWEEN AN OUTER SHEATH (108) OF THE FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY AND AT LEAST ONE ARMOUR LAYER (106) OF THE FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY WHEREIN THE OUTER COLLAR BODY PORTION COMPRISES A CURVED INNER SURFACE REGION FOR DETERMINING A RADIUS OF CURVATURE OF WIRES OF THE ARMOUR LAYER BENT AWAY FROM AN AXIS OF THE FLEXIBLE PIPE BODIES AND SUPPORTED BY THE CURVED INNER SURFACE WHEN THE PIPE BODY IS MOUNTED IN THE END FITTING.
