when I do all I get is moving the strands down the rope, I will probably get some large heatshring to go over the splice anyways, neaten it up and make it more snag freeCan you follow those strands and pull/massage them back into place evening out the bubble?
This I am in complete agreement with.Looks kinda bad to me, little divot on the start of the eye looks like a bad crossover. Do it again IMO, it's good practice
the better my crossover was dressed, the better my splice came out.
nah, ive done enough doublebraid splices at this point, 10 or 15, one of them even being my own lanyard lolPull it apart and redo. You need the practice. 😂
the stitches were being cut on barkIf your lockstictches used to get ripped first use, something is wrong on the making and the splice moves. Maybe just settling and it's fine after that, but it should hold fully at the process's end.
wiser words may have never been saidLastly, try to never carry a "ligh-use" item in your gear. One day you will use it for a "limite" case because that's the only choice you have. Gear at home, complex rigging, damaged rope ... we can only guess, but that's almost mandatory. Stay safe and carry good gear that you can fully trust.
nah, ive done enough doublebraid splices at this point, 10 or 15, one of them even being my own lanyard lol
like I said, I load tested it, its good, not worried about a few little lumps and bumps, not re doing 45 minutes of work just because one strand is a tiny bit out of whack and would fix itself in the first 3 uses anyways
yesA good splice is way stronger than any knot.