How to Splice Three-Strand Rope | Making an Eye-Splice in Nylon Rope

Splicing can be a hassle, but with a little practice, you'll be an eye-splice master. In this video, we take you through the steps and techniques to make a great-quality splice.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro
00:35 - General Splicing Advice
01:09 - What You Need
01:32 - Measure the Bury Length
01:55 - Unravel and Seize Each Strand
02:22 - Find the Middle Strand
02:47 - Make Your First Tuck
03:08 - Make Your Second Tuck
03:32 - Make Your Third Tuck
03:52 - Repeat Tucking
05:13 - Tighten All Strands
05:28 - Pull Loop and Massage
05:54 - Finish Up the Splice
06:12 - Outro

[BRSEDON]

The colored ends were a game changer! It made it so much easier to keep track of what went where. My first splice is a massive success!

[roryryank]

Great stuff thanks Delighted with how my first attempt has turned out

[briandriver]

I believe if I apply myself I can do it provided what you just taught i just saved to watch later and will be coming back to do this

[jetaf]

Sadly, just like all the other vid's I've watched. There just isn't enough close up "visual" detail of how to make the first set of tucks.

[nadege]

Love the use of the color, it made it much easier to follow. THANKS

[wyore]

hi. great tutorial. much plainer than some others. best...walt+mrs

[Corkedit]

OK vid. Misses the fact you have to stay at the same level and rotate the rope enough to ensure you are tucking under 1.2.3 stands at the same level. A big mistake is trend up moving up the live part rather than rotating it and then ending up crossing 2 tucks. If that makes close ups would be better and marking the strands 1 2 3 I find helps... I'm a beginner so pointing out what I learnt from doing!!

[markmarkw]

Nice succinct video; some of the others go on for 15 minutes!
That loose-twist nylon is great to splice without needing a fid or anything, but it's particularly hard to follow in a video, because the working yarns come untwisted, and it looks like a mess of spaghetti where they cross.
Something which would make it MUCH easier to follow would be if you could dye the individual yarns each a different color (though I don't know if it's actually even possible).

[jonhomewood]

Easy to follow and very clear. Now I have to wrap the ends as it’s cotton rope….

[nofreerides]

Mine just ended up about 100’ somewhere in my back yard… give up

[antoniociudad]

I don't know if it's me or what. 😊

[larryflorida]

Helpful, BUT can you define dead end and standing end? Have no clue.

[Necrowanderer]

How do I determine 1 "pick"?

[Vinemaple]

There are Coast Guard questions about using a "back tuck" in synthetic rope, but there's nothing about it in the Seaman's Manual. All I can find is that guide after guide repeats the same line, verbatim: "for heavy applications or towing, a back tuck should be used, " without any further explanation. Hopefully your channel is still active, or someone who knows will see this...

[andersskoleovergaard]

You may damage the rope with the heat gun as ypu show it. Besides from that - great video.

[AndrewBRIDLE-gmtk]

It would be good if the video was filmed POV as it makes it confusing to follow.

[bARBORoja]

Firing a heat gun directly at the rope cannot be good for the structural integrity of the rope. Hot knife is a far safer bet.

[MrSvenskaFlicka]

You said clockwise then you went counter clockwise