550 paracord wrapped sheath

[Kong Soo Do]

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I re-wrapped my Mora knife tonight. Thought I'd share it

 

[arnisador]

Looks good!

 

[Carol]

Nice work :asian:

So, the sheath for your fixed blade is wrapped in paracord, to facilitate carrying a length of paracord with you? Or is there another purpose?

 

[Kong Soo Do]

Nice work :asian:

So, the sheath for your fixed blade is wrapped in paracord, to facilitate carrying a length of paracord with you? Or is there another purpose?

Thank you. Yes, one of the elements I continually see recommended is having cordage with you. For example, Cody recommends 50-100 feet of 550. Dave Canterbury, Les Stroud and others also stress the importance of having cordage with you. Thought this was a nice way to wrap the sheath to meet this suggestion, in part and also protect the plastic sheath that Mora knifes usually come in (great knife btw). I didn't measure what I used for the sheath and neck-tie, but I'd figure around 15 feet or so. I think I'll make my own paracord bracelet and perhaps a longer fob to attach to the EDC and/or BOB just to keep it neatly in one place rather than just tossed in. And it gave me something fun and constructive to do as well this evening.

Found a great youtube resource for it, "Tying It All Together"

Looks like he's wrapping a staff, and I love the background music. I'll maybe tackle the bracelet tomorrow after I find one on his channel I like.

 

[Big Don]

That is awesome! How long did it take you? How many false starts? Are you generally good with the artsy craftsy stuff?

 

[Kong Soo Do]

Thanks Don. Not a craft guy at all. I found this YT channel while doing a search for something else and thought 'cool'. It took me two shots, the first time the cord wasn't quite long enough so I took it off and got a longer piece. I'd say maybe 30 minutes only because I kept pausing the video to make sure I was doing it right. I did the belt loop separately afterwards and didn't have to look at the video, it became easy.

 

[rlobrecht]

That looks really nice. I've done a few paracord bracelets, but nothing this elaborate. Great job.

I like to follow the stuff of a guy named Stormdrane. He does projects like this one all the time, and occasionally posts a how to video.

 

[Kong Soo Do]

Using one of the videos on this guys YT channel, I've made several paracord bracelets today for the family. Lot of fun and they look great. I ordered some different colors off ebay so I can play around a bit.