Model Expo - 3/16" (5mm) Boxwood Deadeye 40 pcs

Model Shipways Deadeye, Boxwood 3/16" 5mm 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.