This is an eye splice. It is holding a dumbwaiter that is in the root cellar and gives access to stored veggies right in the kitchen for easy access.
Typically we would find wire rope and a metal fastener for this job. Why not consider an age old solution that is handsome, biodegradeable and so much lower in embodied energy than metal.
While most people might think that in the age of ADD no one could focus enough to actually do this splice, YouTube has some great instructional videos that your 5 yr old could probably find for you. I'll make it easy. http://youtu.be/3cZOn-vT0xA
We are trained to look for the gadget to buy and solve all our problems. In this instance, reskilling around rope knots is all we need to add to our toolbox.
Oh yeah, the cost of this solution - nada.
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