Amsteel Halyard splice to shackle

[Brion Toss]

Hello,
Jeff had some good suggestions; I'll just add the possibility of a "Dutch Hat", which is a short piece of cover that the core is threaded through before splicing. The core goes in a couple of inches from one end, and out a couple of inches from the other. This results in a couple of little wings, hence the term.
If you also thread the core into a section of cover before splicing, you'll have a cover for the standing part near the end. Typically we'll pull on 4 to 6 feet, with the core going in about a foot from the standing part side, so you will have a tail to bury later.
When both pieces of cover are on, make your splice. Then slide the standing part cover up as far as practicable, then taper the ears a bit and lay them down and serve or whip or tape over them. Finally, bury the cover tail in the standing part.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss