Marline-Spike Seamanship

Marline Spike Seamanship – The Art of Handling, Splicing and Knotting Wire

"The efficiency of a splice is judged by its non-drawing power" 

A fully illustrated work by a professional rigger, covering: -

• Tools
• Marline-Spike
• Knotting
• Serving
• Worming
• Parcel and Whippings
• Spunyarn for Serving
• Joining
• Under and Over Style Splicing
• Splicing Extra Special Wire
• Preparing Wire Hawser or Towing Eye and Attenuation
• Liverpool-styled Eye-Splice
• Short Splice: Reduced Eye
• Flemish Eye
• Cut Splice
• Long Splice
• Wire Seizings
• Span Making
• Stropping Blocks
• Wire Net Making
• Jumping Ladders
• Stranding Wire Rope
• Grommet Making
• Lifting Band, etc.

Author: Leonard Popple

Hardback:

SKU: P5047