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Nice but what is a fid for?

I believe that it is used to stiches rope together.

A fid is like a marlin spike only it has a hollowed out side to enable easier passing of a rope strand through the other twisted strands when making splices or eye splices once you get used to using one you will wonder how on earth you ever back splices a rope without one.

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Beautiful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s-lAgN_xrA

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Originally Posted by Frank S

A fid is like a marlin spike only it has a hollowed out side to enable easier passing of a rope strand through the other twisted strands when making splices or eye splices once you get used to using one you will wonder how on earth you ever back splices a rope without one.

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Thanks for the video that really explains what a fib does. I didn't realize the knobs on the ends of the brass fibs were removable in order to insert the rope.
I wonder what the tensile strength of the loop is?

A properly made loop end can have up to 98% of the tensile strength of the line in which it's made.

Did the video illustrate a "properly made loop?" it certainly looked good. I wonder about getting a metal reinforcement, I used to know the name, inside the loop?

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Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

Did the video illustrate a "properly made loop?" it certainly looked good. I wonder about getting a metal reinforcement, I used to know the name, inside the loop?

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Rope thimble https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C...w=1680&bih=947