Page 33 - Knots, Splices and Rope Work: A Practical Treatise

Take the end of a rope and unlay one strand; place the two remaining strands back
alongside of the standing part (Fig. 92). Pass the loose strand which has been unlaid over
the end, and follow around the spaces between the two strands and then around eye,—as

in making a grommet,—until it returns down the standing part and lies under the eye with
the strands (Fig. 93). Then divide the strands, taper them down, and whip the whole with
yarn or marline (Fig. 94).

Still another eye which at times will be useful is the “Throat Seizing,” shown in Fig. 95.
This is made by opening the end slightly and lashing it to the standing part as shown.
Another ring sometimes used is illustrated in Fig. 96, and is easily and quickly made by
lashing the two ends of a short rope to the standing part of another. Cuckolds’ necks with

lashings or “Clinches” are also used for the same purpose.