Brian D: Look at the Marlow rope splicing video on YouTube. It’s different, but I got really close to actually making one this morning. I’m going to learn how to do this!! With this method, I could actually pull the two cores once they crossed. I only tried it once today. I was using a 7/16 rope and used a 5/16 fid to do the core crossing step. I taped the core onto the fid with electrical tape and kept it smooth. Went about an inch and a half past for the crossing. Then at end tied it off and used leather gloves to milk it down. I did something wrong, looked like a good splice but part of the core -1/2 inch was missing on one side of the splice. I’m getting closer.