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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

2747. The REEVING EYE was first shown me by Captain Charles

W. Smith. As the eye bulks only four strands it can easily be rove

through a block if the block is of a proper size for the tackle. One

strand is laid out for a considerable length and the eye is formed

with the other two strands. When the eye has been turned, one end

is stuck as pictured and the other end is laid along the standing part

of the rope into the score of the long single strand that was previously

laid out. After laying the first end out and the second end in for

four or five rounds, half knot the two ends together and finish them

off by tucking as in a LONG SPLICE, once one half, and once one

quarter. The end that was tucked at the straddle is now backed into

the neck of the eye as pictured and is tapered and trimmed.

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2748. A THREE-STRAND JIB-STAY EYE is similar to the foregoing

except that the second end is not backed at the straddle. When the

position of the first illustration is reached the end of the strand is

divided equally into three parts and opened fanwise. The left part

is tucked over one and under one, the center part is tucked under

one, and the third part stands as it lies until the second tuck, when

all three are tucked over one and under one. Each of the parts is

then divided, the lower parts are wormed and the upper parts are

teased and scraped and fayed. The whole eye and standing part are

served over.
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2749. A FOUR-STRAND JIB-STAY EYE. This is very similar to the

REEVING EYE (*2747). Two strands are laid out and the eye is

formed with the other two. The two strands that formed the eye

are laid up the standing part into the score vacated by the pair that

was laid out. After several turns two of the opposing ends are knotted

and the remaining pair of strands are further laid out and in for

several turns, where they too are knotted. All ends are spliced as in

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• a LONG SPLICE, once one half and once one quarter, the whole eye
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• and splice are served over, and a strong racking seizing is added at

the straddle.

2750. The MAIDEN'S EYE is one of the neatest of the THREE-STRAND

OVER-AND-UNDER EYE SPLICES. It was shown to me by Captain

Daniel F. Mullins. The strands have an excellent lay and the splice

is firm, strong and neat. The eye is formed as the FLEMISH EYE

SPLICE and is stuck as illustrated. The single strand (in the right

diagram) is stuck under the bight of the uppermost strand of the

2149 pair that first formed the eye. All three strands are tucked over and

under, twice full, then two thirds, and finally one third.

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