How to carry a length of para cord?

[Mike Painter]

I stuck about a 25 foot length of cord in my pocket and decided I would keep it there. Last night I started wondering about the best way to carry it. If you form loops and wrap them there are a lot of tangles when you try to open it. I ended up with a piece of velcro wrapping it but wonder what others have done?

 

[MicroE]

I keep about 25 feet wrapped around a piece of duct tape in my personal survival kit. The paracord is the most used item after the Aleve and Tums.

 

[NeonLights]

You could wind it into a neat bundle and put in a small, slender zip-loc bag. Another creative way I've found to carry paracord is to make a custom lanyard that takes a lot of paracord for a short lanyard.

-Keith

 

[Muppet]

http://www.slatts.fsworld.co.uk/slatts-knot.htm

If you make a really small one - like 3 inches by 1 inch it takes about 10 feet of cord and makes a nice lanyard.

 

[Ophiuchus]

More food for thought: http://bns-code.org/?view=pages&id=4 I have saved this info but never attempted making any as yet.

 

[Mike Painter]

I tried the slatts knot and will do something with it after I preactice a bit more.
I did take a 100 foot length,double it, and do an electricians knot where you form a loop, then pull a loop through and repeat.
I ended up with about a seven foot length that you can get a good grip on and may be of value. I then gathered that up and put it throught a keychain carabiner which I suspect I'll replace with a real one.
Not pocketable but storeable an I can quickly get 7, 50 or 100 feet of un twisted cord.

 

[JimM]

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MicroE said:
I keep about 25 feet wrapped around a piece of duct tape in my personal survival kit. The paracord is the most used item after the Aleve and Tums.

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Similar setup here. I wrap the paracord around my hand a number of times, leaving enough to wrap around the folded loops after I remove my hand. After wrapping the length, I tuck the end under the last couple of loops and pull it tight. I can unwrap a small length of cord without undoing the entire length.
I carry duct tape wrapped around a piece of cardboard cut to the size of a credit card so it is flat, as well as a shorter length wrapped around a bic lighter.
Jim

 

[Cmoore]

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MicroE said:
I keep about 25 feet wrapped around a piece of duct tape in my personal survival kit. The paracord is the most used item after the Aleve and Tums.

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What are some of the uses you have for the paracord?

 

[jtice]

made one of these today, http://bns-code.org/?view=pages&id=4
thanks for that link ! BTW

turned out nice, imagine a necklace, that would be about 20 feet of cord ! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
I used 550 test paracord, I would like to find some thinner meltable nylon to try it with.

 

[Ophiuchus]

I have been wanting to post this link http://www.realknots.com/knots/index.htm I guess this thread may be appropriate. It is a excellent wrapping and knot tying,weaving reference. For anyone who wishes to create wraps,etc. with paracord or other.

 

[Nom]

Here's a few uses of 550/paracord I've put into practice:
Belt, shoelaces, sewing (inner strands), shelter (tarps and wooden frames), sling for an arm, sling for chucking rocks, handcuffs, dog leash, securing gear in my jeep, tying up a muffler.

Additional uses:
Traps, fishing line(5 ft separated is 35'+), fire starter (nylon burns good once it's started), cloths line.

Easily one of the most handy things I carry, second only to a knife probably.

 

[PANZERWOLF]

i carry 2m of paracord in my jeans back pocket, it never tangled
for a longer piece, i would roll/bundle it up and fix it with a rubber band
if you put a short rubberband (a piece of bike tire works best) around the middle, then pull one side of it through the cord loop, and over the loop again, the cord doesn't mix up and tangle in the middle
uhh, could someone follow that w/o picture?

 

[Cmoore]

Thanks for the reply to my question on paracord uses Nom. I could well understand including paracord as part of a survival kit or within a bug-out-bag; but, I was curious as to why folks would want to tote a length of paracord as an EDC type item. Some of your listed uses clarify things for me.