My first boat's (31ft 10,000lb wooden sloop) standing rigging used those nicopress fittings, with 1x19 wire BENT around a regular sized thimble. That boat had 2 sleeves on each end "for good measure".
There was a lot about that boat that was just plain wrong, including how the keel was supported which resulted in me cracking the hull. It's amazing it held up as well as it did considering all that was not right with it.....
MedSailor
