LED Lantern & SAK knot work...

I'm still gradually using up the spool of orange tether cord that County Comm sent me a couple of years back, sparingly, choosing occasional projects to use it on, like this 7 lead 6 bight doubled Turk's head knot, tied around the switch/battery cap of a UCO Clarus LED collapsible lantern/flashlight.

 
I thought I'd use some gutted orange paracord for the knot work at first, but the small size of the cap didn't really have enough room, so the 3/32" tether cord worked out alright, with the bights just barely coming up over the edge of the cap, but still letting the lantern collapse down for flashlight mode.

 

A simple paracord wrist loop with extended two-strand Matthew Walker knot, is ring hitched onto the Victorinox Waiter Swiss Army Knife (SAK), with a gaucho knot over a wooden lanyard bead (1.4mm cord). 

 

I bought a few of the used TSA confiscated Swiss Army Knives last year, to add a bit of knot work to each and give them to my pa to hand out to some of the volunteers at the church food pantry/homeless ministry that may not have an edc pocket knife.

 

A friend sent me a knot book that's been on my wish list for a long time, 'Introduction to Turk's-Head Knots' by Tom Hall, and a couple of paracord lanyards that he tied for me.  Thanks, Gary!

 

And after posting the pic of the book Gary sent me, the JigProShop sent me 'Turk's-Head Workbook' by Tom Hall, a companion book to the first volume.  Thanks, Russell! 

Vertical Crown Knot Cross

William "Mr Bill" Johnson recently uploaded a video tutorial to YouTube showing how to tie a paracord cross using the 'Vertical Crown Knot'.

He provides good instruction that's easy to follow on tying a cross with this method.  I gave it a try with some 1.4mm cord, to make the smaller version shown, trimming the ends and melting them in place with my wood burning tool to finish.  This one is for my pa to put on an edc keyring or wear with his dog tags.

Although not necessary, I may add a light coat of brush on krazy glue to stiffen the cross up a bit, as it is flexible as tied.

With the thinner diameter cord, I probably only used two feet or so in the finished cross, with just a short attachment loop instead of necklace length.  I'd started with four 18" strands which was overkill, so the leftover strands will get tied into some simple zipper pulls to give away...

Nitecore Tube LED Flashlight Wrap

I added a gaucho knot to my Nitecore Tube LED keychain micro usb rechargeable flashlight, using some Atwood Rope Micro Cord.  The knot started as a 5 lead 4 bight Turk's head, expanded to a 7 lead 6 bight knot, then the gaucho pattern was worked in.
 
It's a firm round version of their 1.18mm micro cord, instead of the usual flat soft version they most likely will send out if someone's looking for the same I used here.
 
Atwood has different manufacturing plants and evidently, I'm guessing, one produced this version instead of what all the other colors/camo choices that the 1.18mm micro cords look and feel like, which is unfortunate because I like this one better, except for it being a bit 'shiny'.   

This is a smaller version of the 1/16" Atwood utility cord that ended up being used with the VENOM mochi by Stormdrane, limited editions of the Mochibrand mochibags drawstring backpacks.
 

The cord I bought came directly from Atwood, so don't expect to get this particular version of the micro cord if you order from them.  From experience, they'll just say they don't know what you're talking about, even if comparison photos of the cord on the spools are sent to them, showing the same labels but slightly different cord, lol.
 
The Tube makes for a nice edc (everyday carry) keychain light, running up to 48 hours on low, or one hour on high, and you can use the variable adjust for something in-between with the light output as needed.  

For some reason Nitecore doesn't provide a micro usb charging cable(charge from your computer), so you have to obtain your own (lots of cell phones use 'em), or get one bundled with the light like some are offered on amazon. ;)



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