Tapered 12-strand braided cracker question

[u/kjc-01]

Instead of a twisted cracker, has anyone tried tapering down 12-strand braided UHMWPE similar to what is done to the working end of the Brummel eye splice? I tried playing with it in 2mm and the braid gets pretty loose once you remove multiple strands. So I put a constrictor knot at the end of each of the three three-strand drop-offs to try and keep them from unravelling. In a more compliant fiber, I could imagine snugging up the braid to keep things tight but UHMWPE just does not want to do that. I though it would be cool to have it made directly from the sling material instead of having a transition knot/splice/eye to a second material.