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That metal tube thing is called a fid!

Hollow metal tube to allow ropes to pass through when making braids.

Like 30 Dec 2023 at 23:05 | Open on merveilles.town

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linear birds nest

@neauoire nicely done! I love splicing. It’s like knitting or crochet with much bigger yarn.

31 Dec 2023 at 0:05 | Open on universeodon.com

TROG

@neauoire I was looking at carabineers at the hardware store earlier and was wondering about this very thing.

31 Dec 2023 at 0:09 | Open on esoteric.party

@neauoire So that's how those are made. 👀

31 Dec 2023 at 0:27 | Open on merveilles.town

@neauoire I just wish splicing kits weren't so expensive.

31 Dec 2023 at 0:59 | Open on hachyderm.io

@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...

31 Dec 2023 at 1:41 | Open on fosstodon.org

Devine Lu Linvega

@jannem in french it's an Épissoir, does that help?

31 Dec 2023 at 2:16 | Open on merveilles.town

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@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").

31 Dec 2023 at 2:38 | Open on mastodon.cisti.org