rlb Posted January 25, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 25, 2022 I'm not sure if anyone can help, but 6-9 months ago, someone posted their method for stropping an eyehook to a block that looked miles better than the frustrating, fiddly way I was doing it. There was some sort of looping knot that they started with. I thought I copied the page, or the instructions, or saved an image, but I can't seem to find anything now. I'd be interested to see how you do it, or if you know what I'm talking about, before I start down the road of doing about 60 of these. Thanks for any help, Ron AJohnson, mtaylor and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Building: US Brig Oneida (1809) HMS Euryalus (1803) Completed: John Alden Sloop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted January 25, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 25, 2022 Ron, Could it be John Earl's website: http://www.modelboatyard.com/stropping.html SonnyFL, AJohnson, grsjax and 3 others 6 Quote Ryland Member - Hampton Roads Ship Model Society - Ship Model Society of New Jersey - Nautical Research Guild Current Build - Armed Virginia Sloop, 18th Century Longboat Completed Build - Medway Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted January 25, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 25, 2022 Rob, Is it possible that you saw it in a build log? Unless someone remembers, it'll be tough to find. rlb 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff5115 Posted January 25, 2022 Share #4 Posted January 25, 2022 My humble method of making strops for blocks by Moxis Article is on this site Quote Current Build 18th Century Armed Longboat-Model Shipways Completed Build Lady Eleanor-Vanguard Models King of the Mississippi-Artesania Latina Future Build Vanguard Models- Alert Jeff Farber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJohnson Posted January 25, 2022 Share #5 Posted January 25, 2022 Hi Ron, Was it this long running thread? It has been steadily growing for years it seems. I don't know if you do it Ron - don't want to teach people to suck eggs (especially as I have been back at MSW less than a year), but if I come across a useful old thread I "follow" it, as I know I will be doing just what you are now and months later think "now where was that useful tutorial/build log..." 😆 I now have several pages of "Followed" MSW content in my profile so I can get to it easier. Some are build logs on kits with really useful insights into building (even though the subject is perhaps not one I will do) and the rest are links like the one above. Anyway hope you find what you are looking for. Ryland Craze, nehemiah, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Cutter Trial - Vanguard models (1/64), HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64), Hawker-Typhoon-1b-"Car-Door" - Airfix (1/24) Completed (Ship):- "Nisha" - Vanguard Models (1/64), HMS Orestes (Mars) - Caldercraft (1/64), HM Cutter Sherbourne - Caldercraft (1/64), TSS Earnslaw - Paper Shipwright (1/250), Puffer "Starlight" - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Completed (Non-Ship):-Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C - Airfix (1/48), Bristol Beaufort - Airfix (1/72), Mosquito B.XVI - Airfix (1/72), , Sea-Harrier-FRS1 - Airfix (1/72), Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat - Airfix (1/24), De Havilland Chipmunk T.10 - Airfix (1/48), Flamborough Head Lighthouse - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanasis Posted January 25, 2022 Share #6 Posted January 25, 2022 This is my tip, as an example of what you can do following: "My way of seizing" Thx dvm27, druxey, wefalck and 6 others 9 Quote https://www.naftotopos.gr/index.php/el/ There are no bad or good model makers. There are only less or more experienced. In gallery Tsernikoperama - Trechandiri Brachera - Bombarda Sabatiera -Tserniki vessel rigged as Penna - NE Aegean Sea Tserniki -Tserniki of Mykonos Island -Tserniki of Mytilene Island -Trechandiri-schooner rigging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlb Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Thanks everyone for your replies and suggestions. Jeff, I wasn't sure where to go to see your method. (I found it.) I think the last one, from Thanasis, is the closest to what I remember seeing. Ron Edited January 25, 2022 by rlb mtaylor 1 Quote Building: US Brig Oneida (1809) HMS Euryalus (1803) Completed: John Alden Sloop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Holt Posted January 25, 2022 Share #8 Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) I had thought of posting yesterday a link to one of @LFNokia's videos. He uses this same technique as @Thanasis showed with 2 loops in a figure 8 and mid seizing. It works well for a lot of variants on stropping a block, whether to an eye, a hook, to a yard, etc. Here's one of his videos where he goes over the approach... Edited January 25, 2022 by Tim Holt Ryland Craze, AJohnson, JpR62 and 2 others 5 Quote Tim Current Build: Swift Pilot Boat 1805 (AL) On Deck: Triton Cross Section, Harvey (AL), Falcon US Coast Guard (AL), Flying Fish (Model Shipways) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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