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To accomplish what you're talking about, you literally have to unweave the rope, form the brummell, and weave it back together. Sounds crazy, but it works and can be quite elegant. Another option would be to do a standard core-to-core splice and rely on the bury for the strength. love nick

Yep! What are you trying to make? It is moderately easy to make for one eye and possible, though your measurements have to be spot on if you are doing an eye-eye. For a hitch cord it makes the thing too stiff. I've done it for some friction savers, footlock prusiks, lanyards, and a few other...

I really like a spliced loop on my throwline. It's fast. I haven't had it hang up yet...except once. When I got up there, I saw that it wasn't the splice. the ring on the bag actually got snagged on a twig. So far it's 100% for the spliced eyes on throwline!!! love nick

What directions where you using? love nick

Pretty much....i'll post it up tonight or this weekend...I finally found a way to photograph it that looks good to me. love nick

Wait until you see the next one...

So 2 fids on a 1mm line would be about 1.75 inches or less. I think I have about that much! love nick

Oh, and I have one more...but I'm going to save that one for now :P

Thanks for the (not so) subtle reminder, Paul! ;) Blinky was right....just just have to look really, really, really close. Here's one line I spliced a couple years ago. I just keep it around as a novelty to show people what you can do with splicing. That is a 1.75mm throwline in the...

Alright, when I get home I'm posting my "smallest splice ever" when I get home...get your magnifiying glasses ready! love nick

Leon got it. It's a very minor issue. But it is also a sign of the splicers own craftsmanship. Much of the splice is inside the rope and you can't see what happened, but a crappy whipping hints at what type of person put the splice together, IMO. Little alarms go off when I see crappy...

I wonder if everyone would be interested in going in on a gallon of maxijacket? It might not be worth it financially to have me pick up a gallon, plus maybe 6 containers to ship it in, then ship it out to you guys... Just a thought. Might be worth talking about. love nick

Yale recommends 6". On my own (for me) I shorten that considerably and I'm guessing it's cool. I'm getting some with short tails broken and might soon be able to encourage Yale to update/shorten their directions. love nick

Two locks, then bury...that's all you need. Sail supply in San Diego has Maxijacket, but not in the pint-size. You have to buy a quart...or maybe a gallon! The Dip-it stuff is fine...thought I'm concerned that it wasn't designed to use on rope in tension. I wonder if it potentially could...

I think I add 14" to my desired finished length, pulling 6 or 7 inches to taper, starting the taper about 2" down the tail. This is from memory. It'd be best to get the directions straight from yale. love nick

Do 2 locks, as per yale cordage' recommendation. The tail should be 6" if I remember right. love nick

FWIW, Yale recommends exposed eyes for Yale. You don't NEED to cover it. If you do want to cover it, mark both sides of the eye, pull the core out of BOTH sides, do the locks and bury, then rebury the now spliced tail back into the rope. You will have a tail of cover hanging out. Taper that...

Not bad! I'm currently working on measurements that will allow us to bury all the cover in the core-to-core splice for beeline. It looks like the measurements will vary from rope to rope, but it is VERY possible with this rope. There is a variation that allows you to do a locking brummell in...