Abstract: An apparatus and method of clamping a hose to a nipple using a conical adaptation of two inclined planes sliding against one another outside the hose. The force brought to bear against the surface of the hose by action of these inclined surfaces can be increased or decreased by means of threading a sleeve onto or off of the exposed threaded region of the nipple which is beyond the region enclosed by the hose. The inclined inside of the sleeve urges an inclined sheath or sheaths ever more tightly against the outside of the hose as a retaining ring is tightened onto the nipple. This in turn urges the inside of the hose ever more tightly against the nipple.