anyone mess with paracord?

[Destinydog 9]

just started playing with it made these:

 

 

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[Krdshrk 3,877]

Lol reminds me of those Gimp Bracelets!

[mipafox 438]

Yes. But I used it for its intended purpose. Then proceed to cut away about a third of it and stuff it in my pockets

[Shug 4]

Nice key chain. Where did you get the cord and how hard isit to do that design?

[DirtyDigz 1,811]

Nice work DD, farther than I've gotten. I'm trying to get into "TAC-ra-me" but haven't made the time to really finish anything yet.

 

Shug - One good place to get paracord from is:

 

http://www.supplycaptain.com/index.cfm

 

If you don't know about it already, Stormdrane's blog has a lot of design examples and inspiration:

 

http://stormdrane.blogspot.com/

[Wojo 98]

Nice work. I used to play around with line and do mid-level 'fancy work' on the brand spanking new Coast Guard Cutter. When you are the 'Plankowner' you get to do all the 'traditional' nautical touches...the 'how to' part is long gone. Anyway before I digressed, I've done some paracord wraps on key bug out small hand tools and want to take it up a few notches. I was thinking about it this morning and was wondering if there were any books on the para-projects and this post pops-up, nice timing.

 

So, how long did the second or third ones take to do and how much cord is in each one? Did you use the full cord or just the skin on some parts?

[Cylinder Head 22]

That looks a lot like the stuff House of Paracord does. I have a few of their bracelets.

[JonF 79]

I always thought it was for wrapping stocks, making slings and pulling out stuck bikes in the woods. Never thought it would be for jewelry, athough, thats gotta be the strongest keychain in the world braided up like that!

[Cylinder Head 22]

I always thought it was for wrapping stocks, making slings and pulling out stuck bikes in the woods. Never thought it would be for jewelry, athough, thats gotta be the strongest keychain in the world braided up like that!

 

I think the idea is that you wear it until you need it. Rather than take a length of paracord with me when I go hiking, I just put a bracelet on and I have a lanyard for my knife. That way it's always with me in a very easily accessible place.

 

Carrying rope always makes me think Boondock Saints.

[JonF 79]

That's actually a clever idea. Incorporate a useful material into something that can be re-purposed on the fly.

[bbk 188]

Nice, reminds me a lot of Survival Straps.

[MrP 81]

 

Carrying rope always makes me think Boondock Saints.

 

"ya know what we need man? some rooope."

[Shug 4]

Nice work DD, farther than I've gotten. I'm trying to get into "TAC-ra-me" but haven't made the time to really finish anything yet.

 

Shug - One good place to get paracord from is:

 

http://www.supplycaptain.com/index.cfm

 

If you don't know about it already, Stormdrane's blog has a lot of design examples and inspiration:

 

http://stormdrane.blogspot.com/

 

Gracias. I didn't realize paracord was so popular.

[alowerlevel 77]

"ya know what we need man? some rooope."

"Absolutely. What are ya, insane?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVs9Tuapoqw

 

Lol, great movie.

[MarkWVU02 47]

I've made a bunch of survival bracelets with it for my friends and even sold a couple. They were pretty sweet...I found a place that had buckles with rescue whistles built in. I've made a few dog collars for friends too. When I get my shotty (hopefully this weekend) I want to make a sling for it out of paracord.

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Looks good Dog, that's the cord that's hollow isn't it.

 

If so we used to use that to make loops. On a length of cord we would feed one end of it into the other overlapping them, I forgot the distance into one another but when you pull them they would not slip and you would have a loop with no knots in in. It was very strong, it was strong enough to hold you up if you wanted but we used them as a harness to attach a pilot and Hang Glider to a tow rope from an ultralight A/C. That is how we tow up Hang Gliders in places like Florida and other flat areas of the country. We also tow up behind Tuck's with a feed out winch and use a similar setup.

 

Nice Idea on what you made, that would be great to have for an emergency situation, small and while it might take you some time to unravel it, it would still fit the bill.

 

Harry

[docwalt 1]

Harry's has them on sale. And with instructions on how to make things....

[Regulator72 80]

Here's a few thing I made this morning. Couple bracelets and a collar for my dog. The monkeys fist was made around a golf ball, just for shits and grins.. its fun..

 

[dave545 15]

i want some