bolster and strop

[lunde]

I am trying to make a proper throat halyard strop around the mast to secure a block, but am in doubt as to how to make it.I have a bolster on the mast, but it seems that it is not right to make both an eyesplice(to go round the spar)AND an eyesplice to secure block on the same strop.Would it be better to make a wire grommet and lash it just above the bolster, how would it best be done?
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