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Mrprez - depends on the rope material.

For buries, Samson recommends 2 fid lengths for class I rope (olefin, polyester or nylon) for the bury length, bury into 2 fid lengths

They recommend 3...

Okay my previous post is wrong.

Opie's procedure as I altered it is a "true locked Brummel".

I think the confusion comes about because people tend to think of the fixed eye made with a locked...

Define "true locked brummel".

If you mean such that the 2 strands are interwoven (marlin splices I believe they are called), then the manner that I have altered Opie's steps fits.

If you mean...

Yes, you're right.

Here's the locked Brummel in 3 mm Lash-It and 1.75 mm Lash-it showing the "bump":

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/2/2/6/locked.brummel.001.jpg

Not really much...

True, but that's just the point. The buries are the only thing holding the splice together. The plain Brummel does nothing.

Opie - great tutorial on the continuous loop.

I've been making these for a long time using the 1.75 mm Lash-It and now the 2 mm Dynaglide you did the group buy on (Thanks for that by the way).
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