Download or read book Knots, Splices and Fancy Work written by Charles Louis Spencer and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text-book gives in detail: Whipping, Spindle Eye, Bottle Knot, Catspaw, Lashing, Plaits, Sennit, Gaskets, Grommet, Splices, Hitches, Turk's Head, Russian Mat, Double Carrick Sennit, just to mention a few of the contents. This grand work is amply illustrated and will be an invaluable guide to those who have the salt of the sea in them.