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Insert the needle into the cover through the throat at B and out at A. Thread
the end of the core into the needle’s eye and pull the core through the
sheath and out at B. Insert a thimble if required, milk the sheath, and pull
the core to settle them round the eye and thimble.

B A

Untape the core and lay the three strands alongside the rope. Insert the
needle into the sheath just short of the longest strand, exiting at the throat
of the splice (B). Use the needle to pull the longest strand of core through
and out of the side of the sheath. Repeat with each of the shortened strands.

B

A

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