I went to thee Hardware store, bought cable by the Foot,
and some aluminum pieces made to pass the cable through it, form the Loop,

and then banged the aluminum piece tight around the cable loop with a Hammer..

though my purpose was to have a 10 Foot long cable to lock my bike to trees Camping.

LBS has some thicker cable 40 foot long , and secures the row of rental bikes on the sidewalk with that.