End-to-end splice

[Brion Toss]

Hello,
I would use a constant-diameter splice to join the two pieces, with an extra-long, carefully-tapered overlap on the cores, and a good set of stitches. All you need.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss

[JohnV]

That's a hairy-looking splice but it looks like the answer. Thank you, Brion.
John