Don’t go with a saddlehunter saddle they are designed for sitting for extended periods, not easy to climb in. They are similar to the older arborist saddles, butt straps instead of leg loops, hip crushers.
Well, after looking at pictures more, the buried cover looks to have stitching for a double braid, and one site calls it a double braid, might want to contact them.
Phil, those were easier instructions than Samsons to do a covered eye for a bury only, or tuck-bury splice.
I saw two methods from search, first have cover on the side, which would indicate a class 2 splice, and others are buried.
That Samson method is an overly complicated way of doing it.
Extract core at mark 2, reinsert at 2, leaving a bight fill the eye and come out at mark 1. Measure the core bury length and mark and align with mark 1. Milk slack out of eye and make second mark on core at the cover’s mark 2...
The core has some aramid strands that would survive a total meltdown.
Beeline has a 75/25% Technora and polyester cover, unless it’s the 50/50% of the older 10mm. HRC has a technora, polyester and Nomax cover. Technora, Kevlar, and Twaron are aramids, Kevlar and Twaron, found in Sterlings RIT...