Marlin Spike

works

Been using this for about six months and have no issues. No frills just works as intended.

I bring this caving with me when I need to do a lot of rigging. It works great for loosening stubborn knots in caving ropes. More importantly, the tip is fairly blunt so I am not worried about stabbing myself if I were to slip while using it, nor does it puncture holes in my caving pack.

This is an excellent tool for anyone who uses rope. Simply is is a piece of stainless steel with a tapered point and a hole at the large end of the tool. My problem with most Marlinspikes is that the point is so sharp it actually damages rope. When you deal with expensive rope such as climbing rope/webbing you really want to avoid any damages, especially if you are trusting your life to that rope. This Marlinspike has the perfect tip, it is pointy without being too sharp. It is pointed enough to get into any knot, but not sharp enough to poke into the rope itself. The eye at the large end is intended to be used to lace sails and essentially use as a large needle, as I do see me needing that, I plan to braid a paracord lanyard onto the eyelet. My only negative about this product is the eye is not polished, not a huge deal, but be warned there is some grey residue hanging out in there so I would use a cotton swab or scrap of cloth wipe the eye out till it wipes clean.

Solid, heavy spike!

High quality finish overall, good chrome coating. Evidence of casting can be found in a few tiny bubbles on the surface, but only if you look very closely, and the chrome is unaffected. This will prove unavoidable in manufacture unless your willing to pay for Q.C. and throw away many perfectly good castings. This is not a load bearing part. The price is good as is the quality.

I am a recreational boater, I don't splice wire (well, once just to see if I could) and don't do 'ropework' regularly so this is NOT a Rigger's opinion. Having a couple of ordinary marlinspikes I did not need another but the 'organic' appearance and Myerchin reputation kind of sucked me in. This tool is comfortable in hand and has been a pleasure to use. It has done everything I wanted to do but kind of feels just a little small, at the same time it is very handy to grab when I would not want to wield one of my larger tools. In the end I like the looks and feel and am glad that I bought it.

It's nice.