Splicing up a tachyon lanyard

[mattplace]

Got bored of splicing douuble braids so thought i'd have a go at a Tachyon splice and made myself a new lanyard. Used New England Tachon and used the instructons off neropes.com.

 

All went well but inserting the core into the cover was a pig... Took about 30mins to complete the bury and each pull moved it a mm at a time! What fids do you all use for Tachyon splicing? I was using a wire fid but a tubular fid maybe easier for that bury.

 

The final result turned out well but want to get a few opinions before i splice an eye in the other end!

 

 

[Tom D]

Vert nice mate, I have done that splice before, its well hard.

[Peter]

I dont use the NE instructions for that, just the normal DB splice as per Samson instructions, and chop the second core off and throw it away.

 

Much easier to bury, and it hasnt fallen apart and killed me yet, so I'm fairly optomistic.

[High Scale]

Same as above. Wire fid.

[DrewB]

wire fid all the way. for a lanyard i just remove the purple inner core.makes it a very easy splice then:)

[Peter]

I usually do the whole splice with the Toss wand on DB.

[mattplace]

I fancy a toss wand but i haven't got anywhere to put a vice in the living room! :lol:

 

Will definately be doing a class 1 splice in the other end of the lanyard now... My hands couldn't take another tachyon splice!

[Peter]

You dont need a vice to use a toss wand. Nick's setup is very cool, but for the small amount of splicing I do, handheld is fine.

[lukewr]

am i missing a trick here? i cant even get the fid past the core in the cover! been at it for about an hour all i gotten is a couple of inches. any help much appreciated im bout to blow a gasket...

[DrewB]

pull it back out. once you have put the core into the wire fid do a core reduction taper and also snip the end into a small taper. you should be able to pull the core bury in fairly easy, a quick shock load will help it through.