its hard to come up with definite numbers, especially with used rope. in my pull testing, splice vs. knot (bowline, scaffold) the splice always won. obviously a overused splice might break lower than a bowline.
also i use hardware (steel carabiners and cmi shackle for the bigger lines) with...
my situation is similar, but i really enjoy splicing.
also i have plenty of rigging lines that not spliced. only my „nice“ rigging lines (that run through blocks/rings) are spliced.
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so you are saying that a splice and a running bowline has the same strength?
i think we have a different take how we work out our wll. i look at the guestimated mbs of my system (or rope, sling) and from there work with a 10:1. knotted 5/8“ line is 3500-4000 kg mbs, i would try to cut at...
i splice my rigging line to retain maximum wll. 5/8“ line knotted has the approximate wll of 1/2“ spliced. i resplice my rigging lines about 3-4 times, after that they are used for pulling material on the ground.
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