1mm cotton cord over paracord

I took about a foot of gutted black 550 paracord, and made a loop with a lanyard knot. I then used a couple of feet of light green 1mm cotton cord to make a cobra stitch(Solomon's bar/Portuguese sinnet) over the paracord. I used a couple of drops of super glue to secure the cotton cord. I made sure I had enough room to loop the fob thru the knife's lanyard hole.

Carry 50 feet of cord on your hat

Here's another way to carry 50 feet of cord around with you. I used a three peg knitting spool to loosely knit 50 feet of this 1/16 inch diameter utility cord to go around my boonie hat.

After knitting the cord, I worked it around the webbing on the hat, starting at the back center, and finished off the last foot of cord, with the single start and end strands, using the snake knot.

I purchased the cord last year at an Army/Navy store and haven't seen it anywhere since. It's 1/16" polypropylene utility cord made by Atwood Rope Mfg. You'll have to google it and see if you can find a source for it, or use Type I paracord, or other 1/16" sized cord to get 50 feet of it around a boonie hat like I've done here. Of course this is a 7 3/4 sized hat to fit my large noggin, but I believe it'd still work on a smaller hat.

Paracord wrist lanyard made with the snake knot

I've made a tutorial for the snake knot paracord lanyard and put it up on the instructables website.

Hopefully the tutorial will help those that have had trouble with the snake knot.

USNSCC Wyoming Battalion and the 5th Annual Cody SOCOM Roundup

Earlier this year, LTJG Cutter, USNSCC Commanding Officer, had asked for my assistance in a paracord project for the Wyoming Battalion of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps.

I gave a rough idea of the monkey fist with a cobra stitch/Solomon bar/Portuguese sinnet, and as you can see, they did a great job on the project. The guys made over a hundred of them and provided their creations to the Special Forces attendees of the 5th Annual SOCOM Roundup in Cody, Wyoming.

They also distributed copies of 'The Year in Special Operations' with a bag of gear and gadgets to each SF member in attendance. They were also able to distribute $15,000 worth of knives, watches, boots, navigation electronics, packs, etc... that went (quietly) home with the SF personnel.

Thanks to Mark at the Supply Captain for assisting with the paracord for the project. And special 'Thanks!' to the cadets for their hard work and support for our troops.