Splicing Sampson anchor rode with no core cover

[Brion Toss]

Hi,
If this is new rope, Samson deems it unspliceable (http://www.samsonrope.com/Pages/Prod...20Fiber%20core). If it is antique, they once made a cover-dependent dock line, the splice for which involved removing a section of core so that you could insert a cover tail. Regardless, you are putting all the strength in the cover. For a dock line.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss

[First Light]

Brion, Ian, many thanks for your responses and conclusions. This is actually new/never used, in the original packaging from Samson, but older (275' of anchor rode) given to us years ago by a good cruising friend. In attempting to repurpose this line and create splices, I encountered something new to me. We will now go another route. By the way, Brian, the Splicing Wand almost got me to a successful splice with this material, but, what a chore. Thank you again.