Thursday, November 12, 2009

Paracord bracelet


Post four of today, and probably the last one!! (but no promises)

Have you ever been in a tricky situation, where you think, "hmmm what I need to get me out of this is about 3 metres of strong cord"?

no?

oh well you are obviously not a 10 year old boy then!!

As soon as I saw these bracelets on Calvin's blog I immediatly knew I would have to make one for my eldest son. The idea is that in an emergency situation (such as the finding the perfect tree from which to hang a rope swing) you can unravel the bracelet and use the parachute cord.

I immediatly got onto ebay and ordered 100ft of desert camo parachute cord, and 10 10mm curved buckles.

I got the instructions from here
I ordered my cord from here
and my buckles from here

I thoroughly recommend these sellers. They both provided excellent service.

I liked these bracelets so much that the one shown is actually one I made for myself. so next time I am in that survival situation, I'll be just fine!!

11 comments:

Paula said...

well, this is a new one me lol interesting though!

humel said...

Ooh, I *heart* this bracelet!! I definitely need one myself - for all those survival situations I regularly get myself into rather than fashion purposes, naturally! ;-)

Claireabelle said...

Wow, never seen these before but lovin' yours Joanne!
x

Hels said...

Blimey, you have been busy hun, loving all your latest creations x

alcoholinky said...

i think these are brilliant - gonna have to have a go!

Marie-Jolie said...

We happen to have this same leftover cord laying around. I'm so happy to have a use for it!

Lynn Stevens said...

very cool! who would have thought that it came from a piece of string!

Lana said...

Brilliant!

Minxy said...

What a cool fun.. and well practical project.. top notch!
hugs minxy

Lottie said...

I saw this on Calvin's blog too but couldn't get the links to work. Was it difficult to make? I fancy having a go for my grandchildren

The word verification I have to type in is 'uncoping' LOL - obviously it needs one of these parachute cord bracelets!

prashant said...

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