Thank you, sir!

@Dave-R You'd struggle to get the same reflections that real geometry would produce.

But it's also kind of deflating to know you actually modelled the cable strands.

What people may have missed is that this pulley is needed to pick Dave's wallet up its so heavy!

True. It would be difficult to get those reflections with a texture. But, with a strategically distant camera it might not be noticed.

The cable strands were actually kind of mindless work once I figured out the needed radii. I used Helix along Curve to model the strands.

I wish my wallet was that heavy. Actually it's so thin I don't even know it's in my pocket most of the time.

But it's also kind of deflating to know you actually modelled the cable strands.

What people may have missed is that this pulley is needed to pick Dave's wallet up its so heavy!

Really should be done with a texture but it's not.

Thank you! You're right. Not subdivision. I drew multiple cross sections through the hook and a centerline and then indeed, I used Curviloft Loft Along Path.. Good eye. Truthfully I could probably have stood to add one more corss section in there but I'm not going to redo it now.

Is it Curviloft - Loft along Path? Throw me a bone....