That metal tube thing is called a fid!
@neauoire nicely done! I love splicing. It’s like knitting or crochet with much bigger yarn.
@neauoire I was looking at carabineers at the hardware store earlier and was wondering about this very thing.
@neauoire So that's how those are made. 👀
@neauoire I just wish splicing kits weren't so expensive.
@neauoire Tried to find out what "fid" is in Swedish but apparently "Swedish fid" is a thing, so searching for it is a bit hopeless...
@jannem in french it's an Épissoir, does that help?
@neauoire @jannem
Some terminology on the Wikipedia page about "rope splicing":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_splicing
In Italian we call that "impiombatura" because on the tall ships it was whipped with lead ("piombo").
@neauoire nicely done! I love splicing. It’s like knitting or crochet with much bigger yarn.