Tight isn't necessarily tight...
Hi again,
HM fibers, in general, can tolerate bends less than twice the rope diameter; for the tight angly you are talking about ó from more-or-less-horizontal soft eye to shroud angle ó all you need is a radiused shoulder. But I'd go further and, with wire or HM rope, open up that eye a bit, so it's not pulling too hard laterally on the throat of the splice. If the eye is resting on a shoulder, you might need to mold in some thumb cleats.
Fair leads,
Brion
P.S.
Just spent a weekend at one of Mr. Saotome's weapons seminars. That man knows how to hold a sword.
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