Model Shipways – 3/8″ (9mm) Walnut Deadeye 40 pcs – 342

Model Shipways Deadeyes, Walnut, 3/8″ 9mm 40 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.