Page 61 - Barbara Merry - The Splicing Handbook

Now pull out more core, this time from the standing part of the rope, and

measure one short fid length from the single hash mark. (Short and long fid
lengths are marked on tubular fids; for the measurement in inches, see page 12.)
Make two hash marks there.
Continue along the core, pulling out more from the standing part of the rope if
necessary, and make three hash marks at a distance totaling one full fid length
plus one short fid length from the two hash marks.

Now draw the rope’s outer coat into its core. Remember that the coat is
marked with letters, the core with hash marks. Pinch the taped end of the coat
and insert it into the hollow end of the fid; tape it in place. Push the fid into the
core at two hash marks and out at three. Be careful not to twist the coat. Pull
until the splice is snug but not buckled.

Remove the fid and tape. To taper the coat tail, unbraid and fan it, then mark
one-third of a full fid length up the coat. Cut at an angle from the opposite
bottom corner.

Smooth the core, working from two to three hash marks; if you measured
carefully, the coat tail will slip into the core.
Starting from the slip knot, work the coat down over the core, pulling an ever-
deepening fold into the coat ahead of your fingers. When you reach the end, the
fold you have created should be deep enough to envelope the entire splice. The
crease of the fold where it terminates at the working end of the splice will appear
like the half-inverted finger of a rubber glove when you slip it off your hand.

Cut the core off flush with the coat. Smooth it again to ensure that any
exposed core is completely covered.