A Swedish fid is a stainless steel tool used primarily for separating the strands of three-strand rope to facilitate splicing.

Even though it is a pretty basic tool, they are invaluable for doing three strand splices. In our shop we also use them to extract the core of double braid ropes like double braid nylons and polyesters. They also work great for opening up hollow braid rope like Dyneema to make a brummel splice.

So overall, if you are getting into rope splicing at any level, you got to have one of these.

Specifications:

Small Fid Dimensions: