Splicing up my life

Bought a Sampson splicing kit. There are fids in the kit for  1/4" to 1/2" rope. Spent the last 2 evenings practising on some old worn out line taken from Santeria last year. Lots of swearing and screw ups, trail and error.

Built my first 2 successful eye splices with thimble tonight, one from 1/4" double briad, and the second from 7/64 amsteel.

I had to make a custom fid for the amsteel as it requires something very thin, and somehow magically hold line. Overall, 7/64 amsteel was a PITA (because took a long time to make a custom fid) and yacht braid was somewhat, but less painful.

7/64 Amsteel with Thimble

1/4" Double braid with thimble

Examples of splicing applications:

Genoa sheets
Reefing lines
Baby stay
Main Halyard