Just spent an hour trying to get an oversize needle out of the middle of a piece of rope then cut it out . . . luckily we were practicing on a spare bit.
Does anyone know just how much stronger an eye splice is than a knot?
What the fid?
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Nick
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What the fid?
Eye splices . . . what's that all about?
Just spent an hour trying to get an oversize needle out of the middle of a piece of rope then cut it out . . . luckily we were practicing on a spare bit.
Does anyone know just how much stronger an eye splice is than a knot?
Just spent an hour trying to get an oversize needle out of the middle of a piece of rope then cut it out . . . luckily we were practicing on a spare bit.
Does anyone know just how much stronger an eye splice is than a knot?
- Nick 
