Paracord For The Paratroopers

[NePaSmoKer]

Had some good time with my son this past weekend. Took him to the Schnitzel shack where he had some good German bier and some schnitzel.




He was feeling no pain when eating the schnitzel fingers. I was stuffed and only had 1 bier cuz i was the DD.




He has to get in formation at 7pm and the plane leaves at 10. Good thing is their deployment got pushed from 15 months to 9 and then to 5 months.


Had to break out the paracord jig to start making survival bracelets for the company.

[Sam3]

Praying for a safe return Rick.

[sparky1]

come back safe partner.  from one vet to another.   8)

[SiFumar]

God Bless and keep him SAFE!  Awesome survival bracelets too!

[Keymaster]

Brave Man you have there Rick, My prayers to have his company come home complete along with the rest of our Military Men and Women!!!

[NePaSmoKer]

Thanks everyone.

Going to make some support our troops with yellow paracord ribbon in the middle and breast cancer ones for some of the folks my wife works with.

[SiFumar]

I swear.....you can do everything!  Must be nice to be soooo talented.  Sure do admire that!

[Quarlow]

Good luck to those boys. Ok now what are these survival braclets? Those look cool but do they have a purpose? Can I buy these some where in support of the boys?

[Tiny Tim]

Was wondering the same things as Q.

[Shasta bob]

We need more info on the braclets Rick.

[NePaSmoKer]

Paracord is MIL SPEC utility line. 7 strand inner core with a breaking point of 550 lbs. Was used starting WWII as suspension lines for paratroopers. Now the general public can get the cord and dyed it many colors and patterns.

The bracelet if needed can be unraveled and used in tying down items, lifting and in case of emergency to tie a turniquet, secure a broken arm and so on.

hey have also been made into supporting awareness bracelets, Breast Cancer, Support the troops, EMS and so on. Been a growing number of people with medical problems wearing these, Diabetes, Autism, Heart Problems and EMS people are being trained to spot these. I'm a TypeII diabetic and recently started a low dose injection and working on a bracelet with a metal tag and my info on it.

The basic weave is called a cobra stitch. There is also one called king cobra. There are many knot types.

Here you see the difference in the 2 cobra weaves.

Standard on the top king on bottom. King has close to 25' of cord.



These i made when i worked at Cabelas and for some folks there.

Called half hitch. One is with the side release buckle the other with a chrome plated clevis. Close to 40' of cord.





This is a key fob. Its called a monkeys fist and has a 1" wooden ball for the core. It hurts if ya smack someone on the head with it. I made a 12" one with a 1" ball bearing in it for a guy at Cabelas, what he used it for?


So there ya have it  ;D

[muebe]

Rick give your son a big hug from my family and tell him thanks for keeping us safe ;)

[NePaSmoKer]

Rick give your son a big hug from my family and tell him thanks for keeping us safe ;)

I will when he gets back. This is his last deployment.


How bout one for the Breast Cancer Awareness.

[Quarlow]

Cool on the monkeys fist. I made one also which hangs on the mirror of my car. Unfortunately the uv rays are eating the outer cover of the cord.