KOHLHOFF LOOP® Connectors are lightweight shackles made of a standard loop reinforced by a hard anodized aluminum aluminium thimble that provides an exceptional strength-to-weight ratio together with Gottifredi Maffoli’Compact Braid which is used for the loop. This high tech material is very strong, light, and waterproof with outstanding abrasion resistance and very low stretch. KOHLHOFF LOOP® Connectors can be spliced into outhauls, sheets or halyards to replace standard shackles.