Learn how to make an eye splice with this step-by-step video by Chris Evans, senior rigger and founder of XP Rigging | Practical Boat Owner

Watch one of our newer shop fabricators learning how to splice a Flemished (standard) eye wire rope sling. Instead of cutting the footage up and making it look easy, we thought it might be nice to show what it's like when you're just starting out in this trade. 2-1/2 inch 6x19 wire rope is reasonably stiff and doesn't like to bend, even when broken into its individual strands. These eyes took a long time for our team of three riggers to splice, upwards of 30 minutes each when you include the tim