First thing the knot is only to keep the core and cover together in relation to the lay of the line, on the eye you are applying tension to one side when you milk everything back together , if you have a small eye with a thimble a good trick is to use some small line and do several hitches on one side of the eye and thimble. If you remove the thimble and pull on the eye one side will start to pull your splice out the other side will want to bury the splice this is the side you put you small line with hitches on secure the small line then put some tension at your knot pulling on it then start milking it away from the eye keep working from the eye down the line.
Jake
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