Here's an idea for a situation where you have a need for a smaller-than-usual CL. The only caveat is that your CL will have a bit of heat-shrink tubing on it.
Visualize that iconic image of a snake swallowing its tail. Start with a length of hollow-core cordage, e.g. Amsteel. Slip a short piece of heat shrink tube over it. Taper one end of the cord. Now bury that tapered end straight into the "mouth" of the other end. Milk it smooth. Slide the heat-shrink tube over the exposed raw end. Shrink it.
You could add a lock stitch before placing and shrinking the tube if you're paranoid abut slippage but the tube alone should take care of that.
Strongest possible CL and can be relatively small.
This technique will also obviously work for joining two pieces of like cordage end-to-end.
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