Splicing Tools

Electric Rope Cutter

Electric rope cutter blade glows red-hot for cutting and fusing rope ends in seconds.

Rope Cutter Replacement Blade

When your old blade doesn't glow rosy red it's time for a change. (In our experience that's about every 6 months)

Brion Toss Point Hudson 3-Strand Phid

This finely crafted and contoured tool is entirely 21st century. The palm-sized tool is curved stainless steel on a black emory-like handle. An elegant tool for great splices!

Fid for 3-strand and TreeSave

This 3/8" plastic fid is hollow in back for inserting then weaving 3-strand (twisted) lines. Also used for quick-splicing hollow braid TreeSave 10/5

Sail makers Needle #9

This stout needle is great for finishing large rope splices like in rigging slings (5/8-1-in) with a lock-stitch using whipping twine.
(This needle is LARGER than #11)

Doublebraid Splice Training Kit

Learn to splice double braid at home with Samson's complete written guide. This is the same package that Tobe Sherrill used to learn rope splicing back in 1995. Includes rope, tools and instructions.

Toss Splicing Wand (for 1/2 to 3/4-in. lines)

The Splicing Wand is basically a long tube containing a hidden snare. You slide the tool into the rope, grab the end you want to tuck, and slide the tool out. There's a specially-shaped tip on the tube, to keep you from snagging yarns along the way, an ingenious mechanism in the handle, to hold the tube in place while you work. You can clamp the tool in a vise if you want, leaving both hands free to deal with the rope, there's no taping or un-taping, no fid lengths to decipher,and very little physical effort needed to tuck. For professionals it's the tool of choice. Easy to follow instructions for the double-braid eye splice included. This wand is 24 inches long for rope 1/2 – 3/4 in.

Toss Splicing Wand (for 5/16 to 1/2-in. lines)

The Splicing Wand is basically a long tube containing a hidden snare. You slide the tool into the rope, grab the end you want to tuck, and slide the tool out. There's a specially-shaped tip on the tube, to keep you from snagging yarns along the way, an ingenious mechanism in the handle, to hold the tube in place while you work. You can clamp the tool in a vise if you want, leaving both hands free to deal with the rope, there's no taping or un-taping, no fid lengths to decipher,and very little physical effort needed to tuck. For professionals it's the tool of choice. Easy to follow instructions for the double-braid eye splice included. This wand is 24 inches long for rope 5/16 – 1/2 in.

Whipping Twine 40-ft of #2

Non-waxed #2 nylon whipping twine, perfect for whipping and lock-stitching larger rigging lines and slings (5/8-inch and larger double or hollow braids). Requires #9 or 11 needle.

Eye Splicing with Toss Wand DVD

Master rigger Brion Toss teaches how to make eye splices in several varieties of rope including double braid, Spectra, 3-strand and more.

Replacement Line for Toss Wand

Due to the stress of burying splices, this element of the Toss Wand will wear out - Guaranteed. We recommend having a few spares.