BREAKING Bloody Needles....

[BenR]

Have you tried lock stitching the crossover before you bury it MOG? I feel more comfortable putting my whipping a bit further from the eye if I know the crossover is stitched. To be fair though the stitching or whipping should only be there to hold it all together when the splice is not under load. As long as its within a couple of inches of the eye Im not usually stressed about it. Ive got some of those darker needles HighScale. They seem to be much stronger. The ones I have are triangular in profile for stitching leather I think but they work really well through rope.

[BenC]

I use a sewing awl to make the hole for the needle you could also use a fine marlin spike