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You goose! I was thinking more along the lines of 1/2" Blaze, Tachyon, or Velocity for those folks that wants a smooth splice, but don't want to leave the comfort of the 1/2" lines. That said...I've climbed on 9/16 stable braid before! :|: Will, I checked out those directions right when they...

Wagnaw, you know for such a simply construction rope, it requires quite a bit of precision to splice properly. Every time I do it, I feel like I just lucked out on the crossover. There are tons of variables to get it very smooth. I hate when you are way up by your TIP and you can feel the...

Yeah, if you're down for trying it, you could put in the 10 strander. Actually, it'd be a 6 strand piece. Start with a piece of cover and pull ten strands, leaving 6 woven together. The strength and security of this splice comes from the tight buried part up near the eye. If you're really...

There is a way to fix it. You have to pull the core and cover tail out again and just move everything down 6"-10" and do it over. You have to make sure that the original 10 strands you pulled get pulled again to make the taper again. Alternatively you could insert another 6" piece of core...

After 3 strand, My fave rope for beginners to make a lanyards out of is 16 strand rope. I think the splice is more straight forward than the double braid splices which require a bit of meticulous measuring. If you don't mind the measuring, a piece of 11mm Blaze, tachyon, poison ivy, etc will...