My friends pops is an old school splicer for 40yrs. He builds these tables and they have everything you would need built in. Measurements, melter, needle holders , marker holders, and a radio w TV. I grew up watching him at his craft and even though it's a dying trade it's amazing. We live in New Bedford, Mass so plenty of boats and splicing still

When I was in the navy on a YTB tug... we use to do this with eight inch lines... Memories. The eye splice never failed, but I did hear some high pitch whining before the lines snapped. It would get to a pitch that you knew it was time to duck. Moving ammo ships in the stockton river's current snapped a few quarter lines.

I actually watched this (thx for the upload) and in conjunction with a pamphlet I have now tied this eye splice dozens of times for work and for my own use on boats. Yeah it takes a little practise but once you get it they are a lot of fun to tie and look awesome (plus of course the functionality). You can tie these with a thimble too and they are excellent for anchors, etc. All you need is the correct jacketed rope and the corresponding size Fid (that special rod he is using) is also important. Any sail shop can set you up. I simply use an awl, fid, needle with nylon thread, and very sharp Olfa-style knife (I wrap masking tape around the cut point first it makes an easier cut). I have even tied rings with a very similar method. I suggest gloves are great for when pulling it out because hands can get kind of raw with the nylon rope. As another commenter mentioned, it is good to use a whipping stich needle and nylon thread or it can come apart. Use only top quality rope it's worth every penny!

This brings back memories of back splicing (and eye-splicing) three-strand sisal ropes as a scout back in the 1960s. The method is quite different with the newer nylon ropes.

I have always shied away from putting an eye-splice in double braided line, but this was so clear. I will give it a go! Thank you soo much!

Absolutly impressed as I have done standard splicing IE back splice , eye and joining splice including Flemish or Molly Hogan (wire )for years but this is the 1st time I have seen this in detail.for braided. best start learning I guess. THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH. DAVE

I used to splice steel ropes underground as part of my duties as a maintenance fitter. We used to make a loop by splicing into the body and hiding the ends. At the latter end we had to use eyelets and clips as mines regulations had changed. What you basically have is a Chinese finger puzzle. Very neat thanks for showing.

THIS IS HOW AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO SHOULD BE! ON POINT WITH NO BULLSHIT!

Brilliant video - thank you for posting it. I’ve just managed to do my first double braid splice, followed every step and it worked. No way I could have done it without this video.

Going to have to watch this another 20 times I reckon....!!! Clever stuff, always wondered about eye splicing this type of rope, very interesting indeed, thanks for posting this...!!

I can easily explain what you did! What you did was nothing but pure... MAGIC! Great job!

Looks easy but you need to practice it several times to perfected. Thank you for sharing that with us. I will use it to change and make new lines for my Boat.

Of all the demonstrations I have seen this one makes the most sense. Good job! You even use the same set of fids I have. Thanks you for taking the time to show us novices how-to. Having the proper equipment and work area set up ahead of time will make this much easier. I have subscribed.

One of my first assignments after commissioning was as 1st Lt. on a destroyer. I was always impressed by the marlinspike skills of the boatswain's mates assigned to my division. Unfortunately my ship was decommissioned just a few months into my assignment and I didn't get an opportunity to pick up on these skills.

wow, this is so much more simple than I imagined. Nearly as easy as twisted rope. Thanks!

Very cool my friend..! I always wondered how all that fine braiding /splicing was done. Got to try that...

Thank you. No audio needed which means the visual was on point for explanation. Great quality visual and beautiful results. Much mahalos!

Ingenious! Thank you for teaching.

Very smooth! Well done, both video and operation.

Excellent video, thankyou! So easy to follow and glad there's no overexplaining audio. I also struggled with there not being enough space in my rope but got there with force and blisters in the end! Looking forward to trying again with better rope :)

Very cool, the magician gave us a peek! It’s always neat to watch a craftsman work.

Wow! Amazing, Thanks for showing us how it's done. Fascinating!

Jeesh so easy compared to so many other videos ive watched. all the other videos, i couldnt get a good eye splice. took me two tries before i got a good eye watching this video. much thanks for the great video.

when I have trouble sleeping I use this video as a sleep aid with hopes that when I awake that I magically can make a Dyneema eye splice. So far nothing but it’s still a fantastic sleep aid. Usually conk out around the 2 min mark! Definitely well done with the splice though. LOL

how much does it cost to do this too a rope? and can this be done on a 12mm polyester rope?...where do i go to get my climbing rope 1 of these

This video is magic to watch but amazing when you manage to do it .I've done two eye splices now, one on a 1/2" rope & one on a 1/4" rope without a fid. A fid length is 21 times the rope diameter.I used a small knitting needle, pushed it up from 5 to 10 cm beyond B, pushed it into the centre of the inner core, taped it on & pulled it back through.

First I must commend you for educating people on rope work, still today rope is one of my favorite and most used tools. First introduced to me in the boy scouts, then again as an apprentice Iron Worker. It at least for me was very very hard to grasp the concept, especially if you had to tie it reversed, (around someone else for rescue). We had to learn nots and hitches forward, backward, with one hand, in the dark. I took a small line with me everywhere, practicing at any opportunity. Three years later I knew 300 knots and hitches. Applying the right not and rigging properly is a great challenge and very rewarding. I would like to add to your tutorial on forming an eye if it is ok with you. If a physical attachment is made at the eye it throughs this constricting hitch off and it can not function as designed. Instead make the eye a little smaller and sew in at the other end. The eye will get larger one time when first placed under load, this allows the outer sheath free to constrict with a very high ratio, like chinese finger cuffs. By sewing the front the thread takes much of the stress and restricts the constriction from doing its job. Also the amount of rope incerted can be reduced by over half.

I remember learning to splice 45 years ago as a sailor but I don't remember that the rope had a core. It seemed a lot easier than what I see here. This is more like a science. Well done!

Blew my mind. Amazing

Excellent. Start to finish uncut tutorial- Thankyou. I need to to do this without the thimbles falling out. Let’s hope practice makes perfect..

Absolutely amazing. So many cool things.

Excellent tutorial! Next job for me would be how to perform this including the thimble within the eye!

All these years wondering how it was done. It was always magic until now. Now it's just pure sorcery. Lol. Excellent. Thanks for showing how its done..

May I ask what is the music you have playing, its excellent. And thanks for the videos, super helpful :D

Hi Redart789, thank you for your positive feedback. Some lines are very rigid and it can take a while to get the core out. (In this video we choose a rope which is very easy to splice). The first step in a rigid line is to make point B less rigid, so move it around for about a minute or so and it will become a lot softer. Then use a fid or a splicing needle to 'open up' the line. Stick the needle in without damaging the rope itself and make some room, then pick out the core. Good luck!

Oh my gosh that is way easier than I thought. All this time I have been splicing 3 lay rope.

One of the best eye splice ever,it's self tighten once load is applyed and can resist more in the splice segment than the rope length,under overload,the rope will snap along any sector of the rope BUT NOT THE SPLICE is the segent that will fail under overload,i really don't know why most peoples don't test theyr own theory in all scenarios (also the worse case scenario) to proove themselves that they have right on theyr own point of vision about an aspect they claim like they really know about...this type of splice is one of the strongest possible (including the variables related with) ! One advice,don't cut any scenes,rather play on a faster speed,so the peoples can see also the the more time consuming stuff,get a better video editor to allow you to do that,all the best regards from Romania :-)

Beautiful eye. Well done.

Thanks so much, works perfect every time. I was even able to splice on a snap hook by sliding it over the outer at 2:30 the pushing the inner through it at 3:30. Hope this helps someone else.

You make it look so easy! Great job.

What music is this? I always wondered how braided rope was spliced. I’ve done plenty of splices with normal twisted rope...

Would you have to put in a stitch to stop that from pulling back out or do you think it would stay there needing it for a horse lead rope?

I have no idea why that works. I don't do rope work, but it fascinates me as such an old yet still essential part of many aspects of life.

A nice final touch would be to stitch the base of the eye in two passes at right angles to each other. This would give added assurance that the splice would not slip under load.

Epic video ...doesn't over complicate things. Well done.

Thank you for the excellent video - makes spicing a breeze!

You are an artist!

Excelente!!! Gracias por compartir

WOW..... I just watched that and it's like amazing, but so simple. Well done!

Great video easy to follow....Much appreciated.

Schwierig. Gratuliere. Hält dieser Knoten noch bevor das Seil bricht dann ist er perfekt. Danke Ihnen!

Как говорится , всё гениальное просто !👍👍👍☀️😛

been trying to understand this thru illustrations its so much easier when you show it on video .. lovely job

will i be able to splice a double braided rope with factor 55's fast fid?

Very clever, and so neat

Absolutely a beautiful demonstration!!!

So that's how they make a clean smooth loop in ropes. Although I just gotten into paracording and I have a vary limited supply of 550 paracord as well as small scraps pieces that I save from being tossed into the trash. I could of gone further with this knot by using the strands that make up the core that you pull on at 6:37 in the tutorial to further strengthen that loop by weaving them around the rope.

A real eye opener. happy trails

Excellent tutorial. I don't do much sailing anymore but years ago I tried this on some old sheets.... Boy did I learn a lesson. Never try on old stuff. Always on new.

a very excellent process to explain such a functional & essential loop!

you make this look easy I had a go at it and discovered why you put nice calming music with the video.

Wow! Clever stuff👍

Hello Thanks for the video. If we want to add a clip or something onto the splice. At which point do we add that?

neat trick..i was a ship fitter..but you bosen mates did learn alot of cool rope tricks..nice..have to look into a few of these

Really great video. Just what I needed.

I was watching bone carving videos...... And now I'm here...... Oddly enough I have always wondered how this was done, so it was a good watch. I have some half inch climbing rope that needs a quick attach like this.

Parabéns. Sou marinheiro, sirvo na marinha do Brasil e estou praticando com cabos mais grossos. O processo é o mesmo senhor

Excelente muy buen trabajo artesanal, viendo el vídeo me pregunto algo si este tipo de ojo se puede hacer en una cuerda estática para trabajo en alturas? y si se puede hacer cuanto es la resistencia en kilo newtons

trop fort!!! j'adore!!!

Very well done video and useful information. Thank you, John

Very cool technique. Are the FID's easily available?

Fantastic - looks so simple!

Nice video. I've been doing this splice for many years but never thought of tapering the braid ends. That's neat, I'll try it next time. But whipping, siezing or stitching the splice is a mistake because to achieve it's full strength the inner and outer must close up around each other under load within the splice. If they are seized they cannot move the tiny amount needed so that the splice is effectively only as strong as the siezing. With time and loading the splice will work up stronger and stronger. I've done hundreds of these and never had a single failed splice. Still, a nice video - thanks.

Yup, got me subbed. Very informative

You make it look too easy. Nice job

Good video. I tried with a double braid cloth rope and pretty much gave up trying to feed the jacket through the core. Any tips?

замечательная работа! Это самый внятный урок по изготовлению огона ! GREAT JOB!

I sure want to be able to do this. Very nice. Thanks

El cable de esa medida cuanto es la resistencia del ojo

I have no idea what is this, but i watched the whole video. Nice skills!

great idea. I need to watch this several times more, but let me ask beforehand - if this loop is a safe and will not fall apart? I would like to use this method to do a dog leach, so it has to be resistant to certain load (pull resistance). Thank You in advance for additional explanation.

Que interesante..gracias por compartir

Some of the ties and rope making is time consuming but in the end you can look at it an say I can do it if the need ever arises.

Very satisfying to have that bit of life's mystery resolved.

Can I use this technique on Marlow Mattbraid? If not can you point me towards some instructions for that? Mattbraid has a much stiffer cover. Thanks for any help.

not having any large rope home from work I did this on 550 paracord. It came out nice even though my center core was a 3 twist core I put the fid through half of each 3 strands alternating.

Excellent! Perhaps you could follow up, with a _backsplice_ for the other end??

i make eye splice on 1/2 to 3/4 inch nylon 3ply rope it is the strongest knot for use with my dog training at a distance. i learned from a book, and many knots, this is ood i am sure but the 3 rpe nylon with now inside is by far stronger. . it is used today on much thicker ropes for holding ships at port

awesome! where do we get fids? I want to learn and practice on my junk rope, but in the mean time, is there any professionals I can send my ropes to to get this done? I am getting into using almost all eye, and eye to eye ropes, it is claening up my equipment emensly! thanks for the vid!!!

Please tell me this rope is an easy one for splicing? I did it twice with braid on braid polyester and it took me 2 hours each time and a fair amount of sweat! Which make is this rope?

An eye splice reduces the working load with 10% on average (a knot with ~50%). On PremiumRopes we have specified all breaking strength per rope. You can certainly put a carabiner in the eye splice.

What is the plastic band for, on the end product? 7:32

What a great trick! (For Earl below) The sheaf that goes over the 2 rope joint, holds the ropes together, the harder you pull the tighter the sheaf constricts, making the join even stronger.

Muito bom. Muito obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento.

That was great! Mind blown. I came here looking for how to unravel a new nylon cord (50ft.). Music was great too!

Amazing! Thank you SO much!

Perfeito maravilhoso 😍😍🇧🇷

Хорошая работа!

Great video. Question. Since I cut large chunk of core, what happens to the cover? Do I milk all the way to the other side? What if it's 100ft halyard? Thanks.

Estupendos trabajos mil felicitaciones, y me cuento entre sus seguidores