Agreed that the eye part is not as strong as in the half shackle but it is still as strong as line strength, or at least it should be close. But then again, it has a taper so perhaps it is an especially abrupt taper. I still contend that the knot should be 75% of line strength but if his tapers are abrupt and weaken the line more than to 75% and his calibration is off so that makes us think it is breaking at line strength.
Off to read the new thread... (can't find it, maybe it will show up later).
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