Eye Splice 3 Strand Rope

Bend following the natural bend of the rope so as not to put any twist into the eye or the splice.

Eye splice 3 strand rope.

Modern synthetic materials however tend to be slippery and now a minimum of five complete tucks is required. Today we re continuing our knot of the week hd series with the eye splice. For mooring towlines and other long term or critical applications seven tucks are recommended. For more about this knot check out our article here.

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 animation only shows the threading of two complete tucks with the final image. Hi all this is my first instructable so any feedback would be great.

Step 3 the first set of tucks. Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method. 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. Bend the rope to form the desired eye size and mark with a temporary wrap of tape.

In this detailed video tutorial we show you easy step by step instructions for tying an eye splice with three strand rope. I needed to put some short lengths of rope on a tarpaulin tarp and figured that this would be a good way to do it rather than just tying a knot and hoping it holds. All dock lines should have an eye splice in one end. Turn the entire piece over.

Then tuck strand 2 under the marked spot behind strand 1 figure 4 below. Tuck strand 1 under the nearest marked spot figure 3 above. Tip jar support my channel. Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope strength.