🔍 Key Concepts

• Common rigging tools used with wire rope • How wire rope is secured and held in place while individual strands are worked during a splice • Difference between tools used for tensioning/pulling versus tools used just for holding/maintaining position

💭 Think About

• Which of these tools is specifically associated with wire rope work and splicing, not general lifting or pulling? • Which option is primarily used to apply or adjust tension rather than simply hold the wire in position for detailed hand work? • Think about what a mariner would physically need to do when splicing wire rope—what kind of holding device matches that task?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which device is most commonly mentioned in wire rope splicing procedures in seamanship texts • Eliminate any tools whose main purpose is hoisting, pulling, or tightening rather than holding for splicing • Confirm that the remaining tool is the one typically used to grip and secure wire rope while its strands are being manipulated