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action lifts the relevant strand and it will be easier for you to make the

tuck. The tuck should be made towards the point of the spike. Tucking is
done with the lay for the Liverpool eye splice.

figure 86.3

You can now either follow one strand around or work all six in sequence,
but basically the working strand is wound spirally around the strand that it
has been tucked beneath. We suggest an average of about five and a half
tucks as being sufficient for small work. This will actually be three strands
with six tucks and three strands with five tucks, which will mean that they
will all emerge at the same point along the standing part.

To finish off the splice, hammer it tight with a mallet, working from the

eye backwards down the splice, twisting the wire as you go. Trim off any
ends and remove the seizing (figure 86.3).

Long splice: the great advantage of this splice, provided that it is correctly