Page 36 - Knots, Splices and Rope Work: A Practical Treatise

The belaying-pin splice, shown in Fig. 100, is a quick and handy way of fastening two
ropes together and is of great value when rigging is carried away and some quick method
of joining the severed ends is required. Pass a belaying-pin or similar toggle through an
eye or loop in one end of a rope and pass this through a loop or eye in the broken rope
end. Form a loop in the other broken end, slip the free end of the lanyard through this and
around another toggle or pin and haul taut; then fasten by half-hitches around standing
part (A, Fig. 100), or by seizing (B, Fig. 100). This is a strong, reliable fastening and can

be tightened up or instantly thrown off at will.

The necklace tie is useful in holding two ropes, hawsers, or timbers side by side (Fig.
101). The lashing is passed around and around the two objects to be joined and the ends

secured by a square knot passed around the band lengthwise.

The close band is used for the same purposes as the last and is made in the same manner,
but the ends are fastened by drawing through beneath the turns (Fig. 102).