#Brummel eye splice how to#

Pull the ends to close up the Brummel and we are ready to go to the next section and bury the tail. The hole we made earlier, and just passed the eye through, just reversed itself so that it is no longer inside out and we have a brummel Pass it all the way through and then real magic happens. What we are doing is passing the eye through the hole we made in the line. Here is a close up with a little magic applied to make it easier to see what is going on. Now we pass the remaining loop through the large hole we just made. Here you can see the nice large hole we have made. We want this hole to be large so put your fid and pick through and work them against each other to enlarge the hole. Pull this line all the way through the opening so that the line reverses itself and you have just a hole, not a loop. Just make sure you are making a pair of Mickey Mouse ears and not a figure eight. Make sure to go through in the correct direction or it will totally mess up the splice later. Now poke your dull pick through the center of the other mark.Īnd bring the end through the opening. Thread the working end through the opening you made with your dull pick.īring the second mark through the opening. This will be all you need as a fid for threading this first part of the Brummel splice. Let the tape extend beyond the end a bit and form it into a little spike. Wrap some tape around the working end tip. I use a magnifying glass and count the strands. I find this the most difficult part of the entire splice but if you get really good at it, this becomes the easiest part. Make sure you have 6 strands on each side of your pick. Pass your dull pick through the center of the braid. Here I pinch the two marks together and you can see that it compares well with the finished splice using the same spacing. For example, this eye uses 4 inches of line but the finished eye has an inside diameter of 3/4 inch. The finished eye may be smaller than you think. I used 12 inches on a 3/16 Amsteel line or 64 diameters. Interested in only the stretch and strength isn't an issue, use 50. Single braids in all materials are best to use a Brummel splice where the tail and main rope are interlinked through each other to make a simple high strength. Perhaps your choice depends on your applications.

Various sources suggest using beteeen 50 and 72 diameters. This method, called the McDonaly after Brion Toss's illustrator who discovered it, it a very easy way to make this splice and significantly easier than either the Samson or New England methods.įirst measure off the tail. This is particurally handy when putting the eye in a halyard where the halyard is already going up the mast.

#Brummel eye splice how to#

This 'Howto' shows how to make an eye splice in class 2 12 strand braid without having to bring the far end of the rope through the splice.