Exhibition Label Text: A rope splicer used a spike to open up the gap between two strands of a wire
rope in order to insert other splicing tools, such as a tucker.
Metal cylindrical tool curved at one end.
L 23.5 Diam 2.0 cm
Digital image on Keeper’s computer – C/MyDocuments/MyPictures/Exhibitions/DisplayNewVisitorCentre. Taken October 2003.