Pigtail eye bolt (or similar): where to buy?

[chal]

I'm looking for some sort of eye bolt that allows the eye to be disassembled so that I can attach it to something (an eye at the end of a staysail boom). Obviously a shackle would do this but it allows a lot of forward/backward movement and I'd prefer to omit it if possible.

I'm sure I have seen, somewhere, an eye bolt where the eye part consisted of two semicircles bolted together, but I can't find one and I don't know what they are called (if there is a specific name) to search online. I found a pigtail eye which would do the trick perfectly well but the only places I've found online that sell them are Chinese factories with minimum order of 1000. I only want one!

Any ideas where I might get anything that would do this job? Pref in A4 stainless.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Something like this?
https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...pm=a2700.7724857.main07.25.61381b9dy1QPci&s=p

or this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M6-M8-M1...hash=item54426294ae:m:mLO8_-MQLBS7LBFk9Q_eZuw

 

[chal]

Thanks for the suggestions, but: the alibaba one I'd already seen and I think it's one of those where you need to order thousands (though I suppose I could request the free sample!), and the ebay one has a closed eye so I'd need to use a shackle with that one.

 

[Hydrozoan]

Lobster clasp? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-M...215985&hash=item3d5fa46dcf:g:kwsAAOSw4NpazFyU

Or hook eyebolt? https://sg.misumi-ec.com/vona2/detail/221005499439/

 

[prv]

Not quite what you’re asking for, but would a U-bolt do the job?

Pete

 

[chal]

Hydrozoan: thanks for the links - the hook eyebolt looks like it would do the job and at least you can buy just one of them.

prv: a U-bolt would work in the sense that I could capture the eye on the end of the boom. However, at the moment the only possible attachment point is a fairly hefty eye bolt, for which a hole already exists in a samson post: to use a U-bolt I'd have to drill another hole which I'd be reluctant to do - I have considered the option but thought I'd see if I could find a direct single-bolt substitute for the current eye bolt.

 

[Hydrozoan]

Hydrozoan: thanks for the links - the hook eyebolt looks like it would do the job and at least you can buy just one of them. ...

Pleasure - I thought the lobster claw was probably too vulnerable to being forced open.