Page 59 - Barbara Merry - The Splicing Handbook

Hold the rope at a joint and smooth all the puckered braid, working in both

directions away from the joint. Take your time and be thorough so the tapered
end of the coat slides completely into the core at three hash marks. Remove the
fid from the core tail. Repeat with the second joint.
Cut off the core tails flush at the coat.
Take a firm grip of the rope close to a slip knot. If you measured carefully

from the beginning of the splice, there should be enough slack in the coat to pull
down over one of the coat-to-core joints and the tail ends. Repeat to cover the
second joint with slack from the opposite direction.
Bunching may occur as all the extra yarns running through the coat are
distributed. If it does, roll and flex the rope. Begin this process gently but firmly,
gradually applying more pressure as necessary. You may have to pound the rope

with a wooden mallet.
An opening through the splice is normal, but it should not be any longer than
the diameter of the rope.

Lock-stitch with needle and thread (see page 46).

END SPLICE

This is a neat alternative to whipping a double-braid rope.

TOOLS & MATERIALS

Double-braid rope
Tubular fid
Vinyl tape or whipping twine
Scissors or sharp knife
Marking pen