Sorry for the delays but I've been struck down by one of the local lurgies and haven't felt like doing any thing fore the last fortnight I seam to be slowly improving as of This morning
Enough of me people keep asking me for the way a strop my blocks ...Really its so simple I am almost embarrassed to tell them that it's all done with a needle
The most common fastning on sailing ships is a
tail block (single or double ) these can be lashed almost any there (the tail was a fathom [6"] long) the next most common was a hook block but if you can make a tail block yo u can make a hook block
You can also strop a block with thin copper wire twisted into a loop at each end with a small touch of solder to stop it slipping (I allways twist the wire around a small nail as a jig..... Hope this helps some of You
Jimmy