tt Traditional cordage
and rigging products hand made in the USA
Welcome to my website!Here you'll find some of the most popular products that I have developed and offered over the past few years.
On the one hand there are heavy-duty items I've made and found useful in three decades of work as a professional rigger, rigging teacher and consultant here in New England. These are the kinds of things that I make for workboats, trawlers, Coast Guard cutters and sailing ships such as the schooners Spirit of Massachusetts and Ernestina.
On the lighter side of my shop you'll find smaller items and practical things that will come in handy on ship or shore, made with the same tough materials and attention to traditional detail that I bring to everything I make.
The techniques I use and my approach to working with modern and traditional cordage are laid out in my book, The Splicing Handbook, published by International Marine. You can find it in most marine bookstores or look it up on my "Products" page
The Marlinspike Artist / 360 C Gooseberry Rd. / Wakefield, RI 02879 / (401) 783-5404 FAX (401) 822-3545