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Originally Posted by mugwump
 That could ruin your day.
When you are splicing cable do you taper-cut the individual strands as you do with a line? |
I've never done a tapered splice like it can be done in fiber rope.
I think it is law (Oregon State Safety) for running lines of lang lay wire rope that we make four tucks of each strand in an eye, then we just cut each remaining strand off a couple inches from the wire rope.
If you grab that part, your hand will not slip.
Some of the marlin spikes we used on the big stuff were almost three ft. long.