Tuck strand 1 under the nearest marked spot figure 3 above.
3 strand rope eye splice.
It is commonly used on ships in rigging but can be used on any application.
Modern synthetic materials however tend to be slippery and now a minimum of five complete tucks is required.
A splice you put in yourself will be just as strong as one done by a professional rigger and splicing an eye into three strand rope is really very easy.
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In this detailed video tutorial we show you easy step by step instructions for tying an eye splice with three strand rope.
Note the mark around the standing part of the rope your individual strands will tuck under these marks.
The eye splice and its variants are well described by ashley abok 2725 p 445.
The eye splice is a great way to permenantly put a loop in the end of any length of rope.
All dock lines should have an eye splice in one end.
Turn the entire piece over.
Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method.
This technique is very important for working with rope especially for sailor.
Eye splice a rope how to eye splice a 3 strand rope easy to follow splicing revisited the eye splice is a great way of making a permanent loop in a rop.
Easy step by step instructions for splicing two ropes together using a short splice in this detailed knot tying video tutorial.
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Then tuck strand 2 under the marked spot behind strand 1 figure 4 below.
Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope strength.