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Titanium tent peg doing marlinspike duty... 19 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
I recently bought a couple of Vargo titanium tent pegs/stakes, with the intent to try using them as marlinspikes for knot work, and they've both worked out alright so far, without bending. Using so.....
Paracord Fusion Ties - Volume 2 12 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
I was excited to receive a signed copy of JD Lenzen's new book last month, 'Paracord Fusion Ties, Vol. 2: Survival Ties, Pouches, Bars, Snake Knots, and Sinnets', with the foreword written by Kevin G....
Paracord Bootlaces & Shoestrings 8 Aug 2013 | 03:15 am
More than 20 years ago, when I worked for AAFES at Ft. Gillem, I tore one of my bootlaces when it snagged on a pallet, and 'Sarge', a Korean and Vietnam war vet that I worked with, gave me a short len...
Shoelace lattice lacing a paracord bracelet, continued... 29 Jul 2013 | 09:41 am
Like the previous blog post on shoelacing and paracord, applying techniques from Ian Fieggen's book, 'Laces', I added some lattice lacing to another already tied bracelet, doing the same 10 eyelet lac...
Shoe-lacing paracord bracelets... 23 Jul 2013 | 04:17 am
I recently bought a good condition used copy of Ian "Professor Shoelace" Fieggen's book, 'Laces' from amazon.com, and applied one of the lacing patterns in his book to a paracord bracelet. For the ex...
Groovin' with Spanish Ring Knots... 21 Jul 2013 | 03:10 pm
Tied a few Spanish ring knots in the grooves of my Trustfire Z1 and Olight S20 Baton LED flashlights. I used 0.9mm sized cord for a couple in black on the Z1, and orange on the other. Also added a s...
Paracord and a horseshoe nail cross pendant... 12 Jul 2013 | 06:56 pm
This horseshoe nail cross pendant has gutted paracord tied in two-strand wall knots around it, with a navy blue paracord neck cord and safety break-away buckle. To start, I made the horseshoe nail pe...
Red, white & blue, and a single strand star... 4 Jul 2013 | 12:22 am
Was fiddling around with stitching in some red and white 1.4mm cord into a navy blue paracord bracelet, and added in a single strand star knot that I tied with 0.9mm cord. I had planned on tying sev....
Clove & Dagger Lanyard... 15 Jun 2013 | 09:48 pm
I tied this Clove & Dagger lanyard following the design and tutorial shared by Facebook friend Dman Mcq. Shown attached to the lanyard is the new Maratac AA Stainless Flashlight REV3. The lanyard wa...
A Solomon Ladder paracord watchband/bracelet... 20 May 2013 | 03:59 pm
I used a couple of feet of paracord to make a loop and lanyard/diamond knot for the base of the watchband/bracelet, sized to fit around my wrist. Then cut nineteen separate one foot long sections of ...
