Stropping a hook to a block

[rlb]

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   

[Ryland Craze]

Ron, Could it be John Earl's website: http://www.modelboatyard.com/stropping.html

[mtaylor]

Rob,

Is it possible that you saw it in a build log?  Unless someone remembers, it'll be tough to find.  

[Jeff5115]

My humble method of making strops for blocks by Moxis

 

Article is on this site

[AJohnson]

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.

[Thanasis]

This is my tip, as an example of what you can do following:  "My way of seizing"     

Thx

 

[rlb]

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

[Tim Holt]

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