Those look like flat steel handles rather than inserted eye. Inserted eye heddles literally have a soldered-in piece of metal inserted into the open wire loop on a wire, a round wire heddle. As far as I’m aware of, the flat steel handles are no longer made and are many people’s preferred style. I actually like the wire or inserted eye Heddles better. In reality, texsolve are my favorite-so quiet and light.

Thank you for making this, now I know that even those who have a modern loom might have to tie a heddle every now and then. I will be occupied for quite some time tying heddles to get enough to use the full width of my loom to be able to make towels. Sites selling texsolv warn against using texsolv on this loom - have to tie them yourself. It is a good thing I never give up unless I find out it is too heavy, and this is not heavy. Cotton 12/6 is what is recommended for tying heddles and what was used in the olden days ;)

I once had a home built loom from a thrift store. It had very cleverly knotted string heddles. Top and bottom slipped over a thin steel rod in a frame. One can also make one's own wire heddles with baling wire and pliers.

I both loom on garage sale...very bad condition... but I’m very happy!!! I really want to learn how to work on a loom!!! I’m glad I find you here!!! Thank you!!!🌷💖🌷🐑🦙

I just found an old table loom in my parents attic, and I have only very briefly dabbled in tablet weaving before - certainly never on a loom like this! The one I found is a 2-shaft; the heddles are made of string. (it's all pretty old but kept in good condition + stored well). I didn't have the first clue about legit looms before an hour ago, but I'm skip-hopping my way through your channel, and I have to say a bit THANK YOU!!! so much fibre-youtube is not recent, that in our current age, it feels hard to see what the creators are talking about due to blur or poor lighting, and it's really amazing to have found a current channel! I can really get a sense of things. Also, the way you do shorter videos about each component really jives with the way I like to process information, so overall, I'm very much glad to find you! Thank you again!