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F tape

1. cut
taper
3. smooth 4. cover
toward core end 2. hold here end will be
trimmed next

Figure 4-18F. Tapering the core.

matter of keeping the cover bunched up while eas- mark and smooth the cover toward the core end
ing the core along. until the core end disappears inside.
Bring the core out and remove the tool, then Cut off half of the cover tail. Ravel the remain-
pull more core out until the tape reaches the mark der halfway back to the cover mark. With your scis-
on the cover. sors, cut the raveled portion on a long angle.
Tape the tapered end neatly and firmly onto the
Trimming the Core and the Cover With a pair of core, starting the tape between the cover mark and
scissors, cut the end of the core on a long angle, the start of the taper. Be sure the original tape is still
starting about one-half cover tail length from the right at the cover mark (Figure 4-18G).
end (Figure 4-18F). Then hold the tape at the cover
Running Toward Home Anchor the Butter-
fly Knot and commence milking the cover toward
G
the eye (Figure 4-18H). When things look like the
drawing, stop and pull back on the eye side of the
eye, to keep it from bunching up. This splice is ini-
tially much easier to get home than double-braid,

H

I
Figure 4-18G–I Tape the tapered cover end to the
core (G). Milk the cover toward eye (H). The finished
splice (I).

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