Strap suspension idea

[JohnSawyer]

Wasn't the MSH to allow you to PULL a rope? That makes this a pretty good use!

Nice call... hang no higher than you're willing to fall!

[spandit]

Wasn't the MSH to allow you to PULL a rope?

Yes, but with the force across the spike not along it like here. I'm not sure you've understood what the OP means

[scum]

You're putting all your tension on the end of the "marlinspike" - in a normal MSH the tension is across it, tightening it up, this is trying to pull the "spike" out.

I wouldn't trust it - try a sheet bend

Like I said, it's entirely possible/probable there are better knots for this application. Keep in mind, I'm doing this on a knotted end hammock so it can't pull through. The more it tries to pull through, the tighter it gets, not allowing the hammock end out. The only thing that might slip is the Marlin knot. Which is why I tossed a slippery half hitch over it when set. I laid in it with no slipping. My kids slept in their hammocks overnight without slipping and then monkey'd around and played in them the next day using it like a big swing (3 of them bouncing around in it while one tried to swing them out) without any slipping.

Of course YMMV and you may feel comfortable with a different knot.