Model Shipways - 1/4" (7mm) Walnut Deadeye 150 pcs - 341BW

Model Shipways Deadeyes, Walnut, 9/32" 7mm 150 pack

The use of deadeyes and lanyards in setting up a ship's standing rigging may date from Roman times or earlier. During the Middle Ages, deadeyes were triangular. The solid deadeye is stronger than a pulley block, yet the lanyard can be take up as needed to eliminate slack in the standing rigging. Dimension is diameter.