Toss is a rigger in Pt Townsend WA. His shop markets what they call a "Splicing Wand." It is by far the easiest to use tool I've ever experienced. In fact, anyone wanting a set of Samson fids, send me postage and y'all can have 'em.

I have two wands, I think they're the medium and small ones, which do for most any size of line. Every line on my trimaran is spliced, most all of my line is Amsteel: halyards, lifeline stanchions, turning block attachments, and I even have a Brummel instead of a shackle in my Salsa spinnaker sheet line.

video is "Making Your Own Eye Splices."
http://www.briontoss.com/catalog/videos.html

splicing wands
http://www.briontoss.com/catalog/tools.html

But check the onLine store here... Rick may carry Toss' equipment.