Elegant practical use of a age of sail icon. From the 19th century sailing ships that traversed the Globe. The fore-runner to wheeled pulley blocks, the deadeye is an item used in the standing and running rigging of traditional sailing ships. Made from dense, hard lignum vitae. Single and triple-hole deadeyes are most commonly seen.

The three-holed blocks were called deadeyes because the position of the three holes resemble the eye and nose sockets of a sheep's skull.