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Hollywood, a mostly proper done splice will share the load evenly. I think that samson is saying 5 fids because it is inconvenient (though possible) to splice things short than that. You can safely make a 14" beeline sling if using the small beeline. I'd do crossed-over tails to avoid the...

Do you need beeline? Maybe you can use a different line?

Standard double braid splice.

Are you splicing 10mm line? Jim- I'm not recommending that you go shortening the tails on your splices. It is those tails that is holding the splice together. I was confident that the sling would work well for the application I wanted and it was more important to have a short sling. I was...

Jamie- good catch on the thimble. I have the ISC ascenders and they are as thick as a carabiner and I don't use a thimble on them, so don't think about it ever. Jim, you surely should use a thimble on those thin, thin petzl ascenders. Yep, I think on the short slings I did I shortened the...

Good advice, jamie. What ascender are you using, jim? Jim- I just did the math using google calculator, and I've done double braid eye-eye's with 3/8th NER Sta-set as short as 22", which comes to 56cm, so I know you can do a 70cm sling, but it'd be easier to do single braid. love nick

What size rope are you using and what type of rope are you using? There is something wrong if the needle broke off. I would use a single braid for this application. love nick