Hopefully they're new ropes - used rope can be really difficult to splice. I learned and practiced with used rope, so new rope seemed easy after that. Class 1 double braid tight eye splices are actually pretty easy once u get the hang of it. My first one took a couple hours, but i can do them in about 10 minutes now. I think bigger eyes are a little bit trickier because u need a way longer fid to get the cover back into the core all the way, but i use a snare to pull it thru now.