Professional eye splice feels flimsy

[svenx]

Just got a new rope and thought I'd order a proper eye splice. A professional splice is a first for me, but it has me doubting: The eye itself feels pretty weak. It folds flat and feels a bit flimsy, like multiple core strands have been removed. The eye certainly looks like other eyes I've seen, even in professional splicing documentation, and it has proper sewing and markings. But it folds so flat that it makes me think of the "when to retire your rope" warning figures where the rope no longer has proper resistance to bending.

 

I guess it's normal? It just doesn't feel intuitive that this splice has higher MBS than a figure 8...

 

The picture shows the splice and another section of rope that I'm pinching with medium finger force. The rope is Courant Squir 2.0 11.5 mm.

[Bocca]

That rope and Cousin Atrax both have very narrow spliced eyes as they're designed to fit through devices like the Petzl Zig Zag. If you’ve ever tried fitting a rope through one you will appreciate it. They need to be flat to fit. If they were any larger they wouldn’t pass through the device. 
 

That being said if you’re in any doubt to it’s integrity then don’t use it. Send it back and ask for a replacement. There’s been some recent examples of splicing being done incorrectly on some Marlow Lines which caused them to fail in use. There’s video of it somewhere.  

[Mark Bolam]

That’s totally normal, the splice in my Kalimba is the same.

I presume some of the core strands are removed?

@Tommy_B is that right?