Howdy Lonestar. My compliments on your art work.
Always, as in ALWAYS make your crimps as in your parallel drawing. Crimping across the line will weaken it if it doesn't outright crush it and form the weakspot.
While splicing a piece of polypropelene line in a ring is fine and all, I've been very satisfied with using the same 1/16" coated cable that I use for the shooting line. Before I crimp it with the correct size crimp, and that's an important point in itself, I slip a piece of heat shrink tube on the cable, make the crimp and seal the heat shrink over the crimp. Nice coverage for the scratches the crimp might make and it lets whatever slide right by it without hangup.. Dakine and cheap.
If you're just making a single crimp on an emergency basis and don't let this come back on me... you can crimp with a dull pair of endcutters, dykes or a couple of lesbians :girlie But again, you didn't hear that from me.
