Finishing the locked Brummel

[Brion Toss]

Hi again,
Did I really say a couple of inches? If so, oops. What I do now, at least, is look at the length of the brummel, to see how the rope curves naturally; it will want to take the same curve as it re-enters the rope for the bury. Start the bury too close, and you get a hard spot. Too far away and you get that open eye.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss

PS,
A couple of inches? Really?