Eye splice
An eye splice is a fixed eye (loop) that is spliced into the rope .
The eye is created by the end of dew in its strands ( strands unraveled), forms a loop, and then the strands weaves in the dew. The strands can be gradually tapered after the third braid. A common practice is to give the splice its final shape after tying it by placing it on the floor and rolling it back and forth with one shoed foot. Then you can cut off the protruding strands.
- Splicing process
Starting position
first splice
second splice
third splice
Eye splice (ABOK # 2725) finished ( protruding cardels are still cut off )
Alternatives
Different examples
Thimble in the knot
Flemish eye splice
coiled eye in a compound bow bowstring
Clothed eye
- Without splicing, the eye can also be quickly tied using a two-strand ribbon knot and thimble . One advantage here is that stretching the rope does not help loosen the thimble. The two-strand ribbon knot tightens under load and holds the thimble securely in place. However, this knotted solution is not possible with steel cables.
- Without a thimble, the bowline is often used as an eye. It is easy to knot, holds well and is usually easy to loosen even after long and changing loads. The knot strength is 64%. It must not be used with ring loading (across the loop).
The bowline can reduce the breaking load of a rope by up to 50%. The eye splice, which has a breaking load of 66%, is therefore recommended for a constant eye. - The ears of the bowstrings of longbows are made with a Flemish splice - in contrast to a bowstring wound on a bowstring bracket .
See also
Web links
Commons : Eye splice - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clifford W. Ashley: The Ashley Book of Knots . Translated by Gerhard Meyer-Uhl. Edition Maritim, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-922117-37-6 , pp. 455 (# 2725) (Original title: The Ashley Book of Knots .).
- ↑ Investigation by Edelrid with "11mm Superstatic", 1999
- ^ Accident investigations by the DAV safety working group