Page 105 - Colin Jarman "The Essential Knot Book"
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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.
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.
Tug on their exposed ends to tighten the eye. Cut the ends off close and milk the
sheath to hide them.
