The gripfid is an invention of knotting expert

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. It is a small knotter's

fid A fid is a conical tool traditionally made of wood or bone. It is used to work with rope and canvas in marlinespike seamanship. A fid differs from a marlinspike in material and purposes. A marlinspike is used in working with wire rope, natural ...

with an added "grip", a hollow shaft that ends near the point with a vee that acts as a jamming cleat. For ply-split braiding the point separates plies, and another cord is tucked into the hollow shaft of the gripfid and pulled back through the split cord. Although a

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may be used instead of a gripfid, the latter is much preferred."Tools for Tablet Weaving and Ply-Splitting" http://www.lindahendrickson.com/tools.htm

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