I made this paracord cross pendant/fob using a few wall knots and four Titanium Cord Clutchs. The Clutchs came as three in a pack, with two having three grooves with one flat end and the other side being semi-conical, which reminded me of Civil War type minie balls, and the other had two grooves and are flat on each end.
I used some 0.9mm black cord to tie a couple of one pass three lead turk's head knots inside the grooves of one Clutch, and just coiled up a couple of feet of glow-in-the-dark sewing thread in each of the grooves of the other Clutch, with simple paracord wrist loop lanyards shown with my Spyderco Salt and Wenger Evogrip 18.
It was a lot quicker/simpler trying the thread than mixing up some glow epoxy to apply with them, since I may try some other mods with them later on, making other lanyards, fobs, zipper pull set-ups, and maybe giving them a go over with my industrial butane torch to see what colors might come out with the titanium...The neat little slide top Delrin Pocket Box makes a good pill container, but I may fill it with breath mints, which come in handy after a loaded chili cheese slaw dog with extra onions and relish... :P
Looks good....I've got some of those on the way as well! Going to try my hand at changing the titanium colors...thx for the link to the GITD thread.
ReplyDeleteYou have a couple nice projects there SD! I think the GITD cord wrapped into the grooves of those fobs is a pretty killer idea. Harmless enough to remove the cord after. I saw a YT video where someone painted part of their titanium sebenza with nail polish and removed excess w/ a little acetone. Might be an alternative to the thread if you can find GITD polish - and it's still removable. Anyhow man, it's always interesting to see what you got cooking. Take care.
ReplyDeleteHey Stormdrane, I know this is off topic but have you ever fooled around with kydex... I think you'd really enjoy it... It is just as addicting as Paracord.
ReplyDelete-Nick, War Eagle from B'ham AL
@Nick, Kydex is on the 'one of these days' list of things to try.
ReplyDeleteI've seen a few tutorials on different forums for working with it, and I know I could use it for making sheaths with knives/tools/flashlights/gadgets that I have. One of these days... ;)
Just wanted to let you know that I happened to stumble across your site and that I'm now following it.
ReplyDeleteOUTSTANDING site and work! Wish I had found it long ago.
It'll keep an old down and out Marine on the skids, busy for awhile.
Keep it incoming!
Semper Fi.
The Titanium beads, do you have an inexpensive site to purchase them? I could only find them in a 3 pack for around $15. I was thinking about going to a local C&C shop and getting a quote on a large number of them.
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Brian
@Brian P., I've not seen titanium beads for less anywhere, other sellers charge quite bit more for similar beads.
ReplyDeleteStormdrane, great work as always. Where do you get your .09 mm cord. Thanks, Jeremy.
ReplyDelete@Jeremy, The 0.9mm cord came from ebay, seller mowfugger, but it's also sold as mini blind string, so it can be found from shops like 'Fix My Blinds'. Both are in my links list.
ReplyDeleteI love the cross pendant... do you have a tutorial or can offer some more details on how it was made, with or without the beads?
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@Anonymous, The wall knot cross is tied just like the snake knot cross(snake knots start off as wall knots), with top and bottom vertical tied sections coming together to tie the horizontal arm sections.
ReplyDeleteI've picked up the titanium beads and thread for a lanyard for a Grayman Satu. How did you finish off the thread to keep it tight and not unravel?
ReplyDelete@Ohno, The thread can be run underneath some of the already coiled work, and pulled tight, then a tiny amount of super glue can be applied to further secure the end.
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