I use a bungee. It's 5/16 or 3/8" in diameter. I'll use a plain girth hitch or I'll add another wrap to make it a prusik for especially tenacious ropes.
Either way- let the rope (or bungee) do the work. Save your hands!
Pardon my absence as of late. What with the marriage, then honeymoon, then several back to back trips at work...yikes.
But yes- when I splice an eye on both ends of the rope I will milk it out until I can't get an inch of cover to milk off the rope. Some ropes this only takes 2 times...
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