Samson Rope: Double Braid Class 1 Eye Splice

Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method. Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while, in most cases, splicing maintains 100% of the specified rope strength. Splice terminations are used in all our ropes to determine new and unused tensile strengths.

[zquqvxs]

I watched a lot of videos on making eye splices, and I found this one to be the best. My first eye splice turned out perfectly.

[cerberusbonsaiarboricultur]

Just nailed another perfect sling (3/4, 9', xl rings on each end) w/ this tutorial, whether youtube for DB's or your writtens for making Ice Tail eye&eyes, I can't say thanks enough for making such an easy, reliable splicing-library a public-resource, it'd certainly sell (but sooo fewer customers of yours would be using spliced-lines and making the most of your ropes!), real up-standing to make them like you have!!

[jenfordyce]

This video and the accompanying instruction sheets are beautifully and so clearly notated. I splice a lot and watch many videos all of which I am glad to have as a reference but this one is outstandingly the best. Thank you so much for your time and effort.

[karljones]

Very useful video. Far more helpful than the sheet I got with the splicing kit (different manufacturer). It makes more sense now the break down of the tampering with the pairs to trim. Thanks

[dvernon]

Great video. Thanks. Made my first eye splice tonight. With a little more practice I think I’ve got it!

[jonlosche]

Nice, another skill I've added to my resume. Thanks

[grangeradams]

Great video. Thanks. I found this vid to be a great companion to the written instructions. My first attempt took a long time, but turned out great. After making several eye splices it goes pretty quick now. Better than paying $$ for the local chandlery to do it.

One thing that confused me in the instructions is they kept mentioning “the crossover” but did not define what that is. The crossover is the point where the cover is first fed into the core and later the core backtracks into the cover. Hope that helps.

Be advised, if you are working with old stiff rope the splice will be much more difficult. Try unlocking the fibers by first soaking and flexing the rope (at least 6 feet or 2m at the end) and letting it dry.

New rope is very easy to work with.

[yuriydeynekin]

Besides saying that "length of a fid is 21 diameters of the rope" I'd also add that - looking at these pictures - diameter of the fid is three quarters of the rope's diameter, and the "short fid" mark is positioned at the distance of one quarter of the fid's length from the trailing end.
Now having these data under the belt everybody may make the right fid on his/her own.

[jamesadams]

Thank you for the video. Ignore the naysayers. I’d rather do it according to the manufacturer myself.

[wilson]

Parabens, o melhor que já vi. Vou tentar fazer. Brasil.

[Tracer-ycwq]

What’s the trick to getting the core back through the cover and core? I always have the most trouble at that part and it looks so easy here.

[berenicegazzola]

I would never be able to do that using gloves! :D

[mastersolid]

Greetings:
I would like to ask you for help with a problem I am having (and I apologize as I am using Google Translate).
I recently bought the "Samsong splicing kit for brained ropes" but where I live the ropes I get do not have a braided core but only individual strands.
Do you know any techniques to make the eye on this type of rope?

Saludos:
Me gustaría solicitarle ayuda con un problema que tengo (y pido disculpas ya que estoy usando el traductor de Google).
Recientemente compré el "Samsong splicing kit for brained ropes" pero donde vivo las cuerdas que consigo no tienen el alma trenzada sino solamente hilos individuales.
¿Conoce alguna técnica para hacer el ojo en este tipo de cuerda?

[timothyc]

I get to the last steps, inserting the core into the cover. How do you get enough room to bring the fid through? I trimmed the core end and went to my smallest 1/4 inch (practicing with 7/16 line) it jams TIGHT! Using Samson splicing kit...

[brianjohnston]

Marking and tapering the core is completely redundant. In 20 years, I've never done this, especially in new rope. I could see doing it in some used ropes but I've never done it in those either.

Onece i get the core sticking out the cover i removed all of the slack pull the core out about 1/2" and cut it where it comes out of the cover, remove the slack again to suck the core in then pull the cover over to finish the eye. No need to taper!

[carlschellbach]

I cannot for the life of me get the core from mark X to Z. I tried a smaller find, still no luck. What’s the trick?

[forrestallison]

Be nice if you linked to the lock stitch

[robertolopezsanchez]

Hola buenos dias quiero saber como consegir las herramientas para aser las costuras las aujas o como se llame sale

[BAKERHUSKIE]

The more you practice the faster you can do it.

[maddog]

My cover is not burying into itself at the end of the eye splice, what am I doing wrong.