a splicing question

[Brion Toss]

Hi Brian,
Not stronger, I'm pretty sure, and I have seen that process used badly, resulting in some damage to the core (small pin, a lot of mashing back against it).
The best place I've seen for this is on really big rope, where a knot is physically difficult to make and unmake, and the rope won't even notice your pitiable efforts at mashing. And on that rope, you are likely to hitch the standing part to a Norwegian, and the eye to a fork lift, to get the line tight enough to run home.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss