Model Expo - 3/8" (9mm) Boxwood Deadeye 40 pcs

Model Shipways Deadeyes, Boxwood, 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.