Page 88 - Eric C. Fry - Knots and Ropework

49 This is an easy method of producing a long eye in the end of a
wire for general purpose work, as no tools afe required. It is not
Flemish as efficient as a normal eye splice and therefore should not be
loaded to the same degree.
The wire is carefully halved, with the heart remaining laid with the
Eye Splice three strands on the one side, for a length of approximately two
and a half times that of the required eye.
The two sets of strands are crossed at the extremity of the eye,
Fig 1, ensuring that the one set fits snugly into the vaca nt lay of
the other and both are married by tucking the left-hand set under
and up through the eye and the right hand set over and down,
Figs 2 to 5.
This tucking is continued, re-establishing the original six-strand
lay until the two sets of strands meet at the throat of the eye, Fig
6. These strands are now re-Iaid together to form a single six-
strand tail, Figs 7 and 8, which is firmly seized to the standing
part. The use of a bulldog grip instead of a seizing obviously
increases the strength of the eye.