Abstract: A fastener for rope and the like for locking into place any desired size loop or length in said rope. The fastener includes a continuous rod formed into a closed eye adjacent one end and a spiral formed of spaced coils adjacent the other end. Interposed between the spiral and the eye is a depression forming a shoulder. The rope extends from the eye through the spiral forming a loop of desired size and then is folded back around the outside of the coils over the shoulder and finally back down around the coils securely locking the loop in the rope.