Paracord Bracelet

[Hawk Hawkins]

I recently bought some 550 paracord... I have seen guys wearing bracelets made out of them. Some people call them Survival bracelets.
Does anybody know how to make these ? Or does anybody have a link that shows how to make these?
Hawk

 

[ESpy]

Haven't seen them, but how about a large Turk's Head knot or variant?

 

[stevec]

hawk, do a search on equiped.com, there used to be a link to how to make them on there, it might not be so easy to find as it was on there a couple of years ago at least.
i can still remember how to make them but its not easy to explain!! saying that i'll have a go.

take a rod, tie off the free end. make a series of loops round the rod(as many as you like). with the rod away from you having the free part towards you pass a bight through the loops. now pull new loops out of the bight through the original loops, and pass a bight through those, and so on till you've finished.

i'll email you a drawing if possible
sc


hawk, just uploaded a crude drawing of how to make it into the diy gallery. hope that helps
sc

 

[harlequin]

I've once seen a link (somewhere, I know not where!!!) that let's you make a belt from paracord. The link also told you how the author had once seen someone drown and if anyone had had a line the person would have been saved. His mission was then to make sure he always had a line on him at all times. You can pull the pin out of the buckle and it is still in one length, easily deploed. It would be a cool (?) thing to have on you at all times. Hope someone here posts the link 'cos I was convinced I'd saved it to my computer. Any help, anyone?

 

[maverix]

Not clever enough to hide the link behind anything but think this could be what you mean:
http://www.slatts.fsworld.co.uk/slatts-knot2.htm

 

[harlequin]

Almost my friend, but the actual one I was thinking of was this one http://www.slatts.fsworld.co.uk/slatts-knot.htm
Good shout,diamond,mate
Thanks for the link.

 

[harlequin]

Definitely saved to my hard drive, now!

 

[Hawk Hawkins]

Hey thanks

That rope belt looks awesome...looks like it may take some time to make.
I did some digging after I posted this and found my answer on the how-to.
Heres the link for you all. Its gonna take some rope and knotwork practice to get the confidence to do a belt of that caliber.
Hawk

http://bns-code.org/?view=pages&id=4

 

[spamel]

I started making one of theose belts and gave up in the end. Distracting kids and the fact that it seemed to be taking forever, I lost patience and binned the whole idea!! Good idea, but just too much work for me I'm afraid!!

 

[happy camper]

there are a few fairly quick and easy ones you can do.
here is a link to a u.s. supplier of the kind of thing i think you're after..
http://unionsquaretrading.com/Paracord.htm
and here's a couple of links on how to do it yourself.
look under "beginners", 'scoubidou" and "knots used" here, (the square knot is good and you can easily make it flat or in a spiral)...
http://home.versatel.nl/willeke_igkt/frames/homepage_frame_eng.html
and there's quite a few variations here..
http://home.versatel.nl/willeke_igkt/frames/homepage_frame_eng.html
hope that helps

 

[lou1661]

Hi,
I like the key fob with krab anyone know if there is a link on how its made?
cheers louis

 

[happy camper]

hi, if it's the one i think you mean, its the same as this but with a carabiner at the end...http://home.versatel.nl/willeke_igkt/tables/fob_table-2.html

 

[Goose]

Loads of ideas on here, they all work the same with paracord or accessory cord as well as scoobies.
http://www.boondoggleman.com/prj_starting_square.htm

 

[Stew]

This isn't by me but you may find it useful.

I could tell you what braid it is but I think with the links above, you should be able to work out what it is.

 

[Hawk Hawkins]

Thanks
I found the link for the name of the braid...its called the Cobra braid.
It takes a little while to learn but once mastered things go quite smoothly.
Hawk

 

[Zodiak]

Sorry if this is bad nettiquete but there is a similar thread with Pictures on another forum, have a look at http://forums.outdoors-magazine.com/viewtopic.php?t=8860 for pictures of a rather nice paracord watchstrap

 

[Stew]

Sorry if this is bad nettiquete......

It's not bad at all.

I wonder if I got my pictures from one of the guys over there?

 

[RGRBOX]

If I could just say, thanks to everyone who posted links with pics... I used to make these braclettes and key holders back when I was a Paratrooper.. with time I'd forgotten, and have been looking for this info for some time now..

Thanks again,

Mike B.

:You_Rock_

 

[Bardster]

If anyone wants some of those side release locks, to make some of these, i have quite a few spare - just drop me a pm

 

[RGRBOX]

Has anyone had a look at some of the other syles of bracletes they have on that sit.. some of those are kool. I like the idea, that you can use the 550 cord in an emergency if need be..