New Bracelets... I know that is all I do..

Well I was up late with the Baby again on my days off and decided to put some new cordage that I got over Christmas to good use.  I made a Bonobo bracelet with navy blue and a coyote tan I believe..  It looks really nice.  Ten I took some 1/8 inch braided cord that I bought and made a Solomon bar bracelet but I used 4 strands for the core and then the working ends.  It is a lot thinner than the paracord bracelets and is really tight. I love the look, but the cord is not as strong as paracord.  Still though I know it is at least 100 lb test and will be great material for survival.  there is almost 10 ft in this one little bracelet.  Well here they are.  Headed to the Sand Dunes in 2 days so I hope to post pictures and even Videos of that.

Lanyard for my sister

Well my sister wanted a neck lanyard for some reason so I made her one out of a crown sinnet and a long cobra knot.

Chilean Corvo

Well I just wanted to split up the two last posts because the last one was about the fid.  This one is about what I did with the fid.  This is a picture of a Chilean Corvo.  I forgot to take a before picture of mine that I received as a gift before leaving one of my favorite areas, so here is a random on from the web.

Now I wanted to wrap the handle in paracord and make it more of my own so I decided to put a long turks head knot on the handle.  It is a tedious process when you are still learning...  Also a little trial and error occurred, but I finally got it.  It took 3 strands of paracord wrapped around.  If you have not seen the many variations of the Turks head knot google it, it is amazing what you can do, if you have the patience.  Here are the pictures.

Fid... No lie

Well,  it has been a little bit since I posted..  I haven't been doing nothing, just not posting.  I decided that I wanted to try to tie some Turks head knots.  They are complicated and look sweet.  I watched a few videos and found that I would need a needle or "fid" to help in this task.  So I made one out of a .17 cal gun cleaning rod in my cleaning kit that I don't use because I don't own a .17 cal gun...  The Gun Rod was ideal because the paracord screws into the end and that way it remains secure in the fid.  Here are the pics.  I have taken it back to the grinder and cleaned it up a little more after using it now..  But it works great.