The normal method of splicing is used and five full tucks should be made if the ends of the strands are to be finished off dog-knotted and whipped, using a dead fox (which is a yarn taken from the strand being worked) for the purpose; or four full tucks, one half tuck and one quarter tuck if the splice is tapered and served over.
Indlela eqhelekileyo yentlonelo nokungxala kahlanu ngokupheleleyo kufuneka kwenziwe ekupheleni komsonto igqitywe ngephanyazo, kusetyenziswa ukuphela komsonto uyathathwa kuwo, ngesizathu; okonye ungxale kone, enye ehafini enecala ukuba uthintelo luyatsobhisa lusetyenziswe.