DON'T DO IT lol
What's a couple of blisters more or less?DON'T DO IT lol
I have spliced samson predator several times following "how to do a double-braid splice" and it's really not as hard as everyone makes it out to be. I use a homemade wire fid and a piece of folded electric fence wire to enlarge the holes trough the outer sheath as for spike I use a variation of needle nose pliers with rounded points. When laying it out a sharpie is really hard to see on the outer sheath so I use saftey pins to make all my marks and a good tie off point is essential you must pull hard and alot of times to bury the crossover sometime it only moves about a 1/16 on an inch at a time but with patience it will work.
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Nice job!. As pointed out above the wire fid is the trick. Without it trying to get the core fed down through the cover before the bury is darn near impossible. The other two differences in the video between the other methods I have tried is tapering the core before pulling it through and then tightening the crossover before burying the cover in the core. Those two subtle changes made all the difference in the world as far as splicing predator goes.Done
How far do you need to bury the core past the Y? I went a full short fid length on the 1/2” fid and man was that a pain in ass! Battled it for a while. I think I am going to bury it half of what I did this time. Anyhow the tether is done. I don’t think there any more to milk on this rope. I only have two blisters...View attachment 11230
I think I am done for now.
OUTSTANDING! Waiting for a new wire fid and I am doing it next week. I did one with a basket puller. I almost switched to a noose for myself, but I got it done