I haven't posted since the season, so hello again!
So I needed to shorten a wakeboard tow rope and saw how they created the eye splice in the end. It is a locked Brummel style, but the second lock is on the outside of the hollow braid. This splice can be tied to a fixed saddle bridge loop while the other end is Brummel locked to the other loop. Alternatively you could use this knot on both sides...
Start by passing the Amsteel through the bridge loop.
Determine how large an eye you want, and pass your splice tool (mine is an aluminum knitting needle that I cut in half) through the braid to form the eye.
Pull the loop closed some and insert the tool through the tag end of the braid at the eye crossover.
Bring the tag end around the eye loop, insert into the splice tool, and pull through.
Insert the splicing tool into the hollow center of the braid at the location of the first pass through. Be sure not to catch any threads as you insert the pointy end...
Insert the tag end into the tool, then thread through and out the side of the braid.
Clamp this tag end to prevent it from pulling back.
Now tighten everything up by alternately pulling on each leg of the eye and the tag end, and the working end right at the knot that wants to form outside the braid.
Now you have a locked eye on both sides of the bridge!
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