Bottom line: it was never the lock portion of the splice that failed. I have done some pull-testing, ad I have sent samples to both Starzinger and NER for pull testing. Splice strength, both ways, has probably been tested thousands of times in QC testing. Now the thinking is 70 X.Ĭlick to expandIt's been done by Samson and Starzinger. It never completely came together, but if a dock line could pull a pole out of the ground, it could certainly hold my boat.ĭyneema is much simpler, I had done many with 50 X diameter and sewed whipping thread into the splice. One nasty old line we tried attaching the eye to a pole and pulling the line with a car. I’ve also rolled it under my foot to stretch the cover. There are times when I have had to use a winch to assist in pulling the core inside. The soap also helps when I finally milk that crossover into the eye. Then I drip a little Dawn on the core to pull it through. The real gem is once I have the core taped to my fid, I dampen the everything but the tape. I do this at staggered points so I have a nice tapper. Some instructions delay this until you have pulled the core out beyond the eye prior to milking the cover. I have had success by reducing the line size accomplished by removing 3 or 4 strands(meaning all the mini fibers that weave in and out). Several splicing directions are vague on how this step is done, or where the core should end. This I feed from where I estimate the exit to be. Or I use a coat hanger which I bent in half and squeezed the end with pliers creating a narrow eye. I use two different hollow fids, one larger to create a path, the smaller to snake the core inside. Any bunching or the slightest wrinkle in the tape and you’ll snag a fiber. The insert of core into the eye that is also occupied by the original core is the difficult part where the fid is tight and I lost the tape many times. That keeps the braids from slipping especially at the crossover. I believe it was Sampson rope that mentioned using a finis nail to hold cover and core at various points while tying the eye. But I’ve been able to use old line by hand washing and soaking with fabric softener before drying to tie the eye. Hah hah hah, I’ve done all the previous suggestions an have had great success.

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