episode24 - HOWTO: Make a paracord lanyard handle

[HrafnNordhri]

One option you could do is lark head your second color to the center of the main color. Then go and do your knotting. There's many knots you could use here.. the half-knot you are using with its spiral characteristic may feel awkward in the hand depending on the weight involved.

[matthewcntwll]

How long of paracord do u need to do this?

[theasdfghjkl11]

Wrap the melted joint in 4 pound test fishing line, melt it, then dip it in melted wax. Works great

[cougarbahia]

55 yr old lady stroke survivor. love watching these videos. any ideas making lanyard using 1 hand? only use of 1 hand. i go in woods alot take backpack. thx 4 the video....cougar

[wowwatcher55]

hey wishbone1138 what is the difference between the cobra twist and stich?

[wishbone1138]

@wowwatcher55 see magicster comment below. It's the same but you just don't alternate. You always stick with the same side and it automatically twists. =)

[magicster123]

So it's cobra stich without alternating.

[madman4049]

Awesome video. I just realized that you are on the USN as well. I am fairly new there still. Anyway I did this to my Maxpedition Fatboy and it works quite well. I made mine 3 layers thick so it is quite thick. Thanks for the vid.

[Peterthegmtb]

Great tutorial dude, going to put this idea to good use and put a load of these on my PLCE gear so as not to use up useful pocket space.

[muddieair]

great video..wow watch out for that meth speed ehehe

[wishbone1138]

hah, anything that makes me tie faster knots!

[Izhmash47]

Thank you for posting this, now i just got to decide what i want to put it on ;p

[icychap]

Great video.  You present this useful information extremely well, explaining and demonstrating every step clearly. I may use this technique on my knives and gear. Thanks!!

[RC62]

Another great video...  Very cool.

thx

[wishbone1138]

thanks!

[superstud42]

your videos are very good, I enjoy them very much. Where do you get your paracord at.

[wishbone1138]

there are several places. tad gear, county comm, cabelas, etc. Thanks for the compliments!

[UrbanEDC]

Very cool video. Thanks for sharing this!

How did you join the two different colored strands in the beginning? Did you just melt 2 ends of paracord together?

[wishbone1138]

I should probably make a video of that. Basically you pull 2-3 inches of the inner out and cut it. That should make an outer cord that's hollow. You then melt the end of the other cord slightly so it's a bit pointed and can fit into the hollow area of the cord you just "de-cored" a bit. Push it in there and melt the exposed edge to the other. Hopefully that makes sense, this is the best way I've found to do this.