What the fid?
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:10 pm
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?