I had a couple of feet of leftover leather lace, and used them to tie these single pass, five lead four bight(5L4B) turks head knots, tightened over wooden beads, which can slide along the loop for adjustment.
The wrist lanyards were made with about 30 inches of foliage green paracord, forming a wrist loop, tying a lanyard knot, running one strand around the swivel snap hook, then working it back into the lanyard knot, so no ends are visible.
And a few more made with some various colors of suede cord/lace from wallyworld...
Stormdrane, hi. Great work as usual.
ReplyDeleteI placed an order with Comlax on Monday and nothing has been shipped and I cant get a hold of anyone. Do you know if they are still in business? Are they usually this slow, or is this unusual. I'm sorry to bug you with this. I'd seen on the khww site that you have used them before.
Thanks for any info you might have.
Colin
@Colin, Their website is up and running, so you might try calling them during business hours to check on your order. I've not ordered anything recently, but when I did order, everything was fine...
ReplyDeleteYou are the best Stormdrane. ;-)
ReplyDeleteManny.
Your work is inspirational and your tutorials are great. Thanks for posting them
ReplyDeleteWhat size beads did you use for the sliding turks heads and where did you get them? Also do you have a source for the other beads that you use for your projects?
Thx
Wally
@Wally, The wooden beads came from Walmart, in the craft section. I've found similar ones at Michaels craft stores. They're about 1/2" tall and 7/16" wide, and the holes vary in size, but I look for about a 1/4" hole to be able to pull a loop of ungutted paracord through them. The ones with smaller holes will usually fit a loop of gutted paracord or smaller diameter cord.
ReplyDeleteI also use a round file to smooth out/ream the bead holes, so there's not splinters to snag the cord.
If the lanyards are to be used in a constantly wet environment, you might first give the beads a coat of polyurethane or other protectant before using them.
Finding beads with a hole large enough for paracord is a challenge, so I like to see them in person before buying, at places like Michaels and Hobby Lobby, unless you find some online that give the bead hole's measurement to know it should fit the cord you're using for a lanyard... YMMV
@Denear, Yep, a little Krazy glue/Loctite/super glue(brush-on type) where I trimmed the ends and where the leather meets the bead around the hole edge. I've also used the glue to coat the knot work of the nylon cord knotted beads.
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ReplyDeleteI came across this link, thought you might enjoy it:
http://www.marlinespike.com/necklaces.html
Thanks for all the knotwork.
Very cool. We are planning some travels this summer and I recently purchased a spool of paracord, now I have some ideas with ways to pass the time AND have something useful,too. Thanks for the tips.
ReplyDeleteHi Stormdrane. i just thought i would let you know i came up with a way to make a lacing needle with the paracord itself. i guess it doesn't apply to this project but i guess for paracord projects. what i did was i took a lighter and melted about three inches of the running end until it was stiff. just run the lighter under it back and forth on all sides and it gets stiff and you can use it instead of the permalock needle if you don't have one like me. by the way i love your projects. they are really fun.
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Gabe Oleinik
What Inner diameter bead do you use that will fit 2 pieces of 550 cord? Thanks man and awesome blog!
ReplyDeleteThe bead's hole diameter is around 1/4", to fit 2 strands on ungutted paracord.
ReplyDeleteHI!
ReplyDeleteI don't know where to ask this..
Would you create a sort of necklace for holding a guitar pick?
Thanks!!
@adrianis, I have made a paracord guitar pick holder, and just have to put up a blog post for it...
ReplyDeleteExcellent! thanks!!!
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