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Looks good brother man

Solid heavy ol bugger. Bet it will last forever

That would be tree master hard lay 1/2" by sampson.

I also stretched the rope out and milked it a little so the twist/hockles let me do a nicer splice. Every pass if the strands pushes the twist back and tighter into the rope. So I tried to " loosen" the hank up a bit and let the twist run out the tail.

You should have seen how many I cut off :lol:

Indeed. He has a lot of practice. I aint done a friggen crown knot splice since Boy Scouts. 1975ish?

Iam no expert. And I doubt I'll ever get a tight eye unless I go to a softer handed rope. But those tips helped me.

I use a proper Swedish fid. Tape the ends of each strand. Pay attention to the twist of each strand. Once you have the strand pushed under the proper strand in splice, twist the strand in its natural.direction. this will help if you do it as you pull the strand through. When you tape the ends...

I put a Gibbs on one, and the Petzl Micrograb on the other. My Macro is on my 5/8ths cable core. I used the Micro grab in case Kavey wants to try it. His little 1/2 inch cable core has a 2 way grab (about the same size grab) I detest it. I showed him why. I have let him use my small positioning...

Yeah, I cursed a lot. Like sailer....

I have some shrink wrap I might exploit/use up on these two.

Exploring the 3 strand splice world. Had some stuff floating about and bought some 1/2" Tree Master. Steve Hansen gave me some stuff.. made a couple 16 or 18 foot flip lines. I have always been a big fan of a three strand flip.line. Ive had some made of 5/8ths with tight eyes that Ive loved...

Indeed

You would have liked the fiber pull B :drink:

Yes. A cow hitch. Now mind you. That guy was hit hard and under tension. 36" gray pine with many leads over 80 feet. Limbs 6-8 " in dia. Heavy head lean. Actually surprised nothing broke. It was green and heavy. 300' of 5/8ths pulling with a kubota Tractor on a redirect. And 150' of 5/8ths...

The slice held. Just the whipping and lock stitch were tore up, abraided..

Not really. Not a locking brummel either. Not sure what you would call it. It is like how the tree guard cable splice is done. I form the eye by passing the taper through the hollow braid (like you would start a brummel). But twice. Then bury the taper out. Proper length of bury. Lock stitch and...

Well, this happened. 5/8ths Tenex TEC dead eye I spliced. Had to guy a large gray pine and pull it 45* out of a heavy head lean out of a small group of oaks. Beyond guitar string tight. Thos dead eye was holding the large porty on the guy. Stripped the whipping back and off the lock stitches...

Natty... and knotty... giggle

No, it's not.