KNOTS AND SPLICES
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Turn used in making up ropes.
End tapered for the purpose of passing it readily through a loop. To make this, we unlay the rope for the necessary length, reducing a rope diminishing in diameter towards the end, which is finished by interlacing the ends without cutting them, as it would weaken the work; it is lastly "whipped" with small twine.
Tapered end, covered with interlaced cordage for the purpose of making it stronger. This is done with very small twine attached at one end to the small eye, and at the other to the strands of the rope, thus making a strong "webbing" around the end.
Double turn used for making rope.
Eye splice. The strands of the cable are brought back over themselves, and interlaced with their original turns, as in a splice.