I always keep some paracord floating around in my hunting bag. I went into my hunting spot early one morning this past season and somehow misplaced the spikes for my pop up blind. I positioned my blind between two trees. I tied two opposite corners to the treesusing a standard overhand knot, and then placed sticks in the ground and tied the other two corners to them using slip knots. Wasn't pretty, but kept me from getting rained on that morning. Didn't kill anything that day, but I wasn't going to let inconveniences stop me from enjoying myself!

 

I have several feet of it wrapped around the barrel of my M6 Scout rifle. For one, this rifle has no handguards so a lot of shooting will equal really warm hands.
Also, if I am ever out somewhere and need to create a snare trap or shelter, it's there. And I can keep my boot laces....or make some if necessary.

 

Made this last week. The outer part is about 48' of chord, one piece. The tippet holder is a separate piece. I transitioned from a spiral braid to a flat weave for the neck. More comfortable. It's blue camo so it even looks fishy. Which is a plus for a fly fishing lanyard.

 

I use it to tie the wife to the bed

 

I use it to tie the wife to the bed

pics or it didn't happen

 

I use it to secure the awning of our camper. I also use it as boot laces (gutted). It's much more comfortable than those round laces.

 

I don't have a picture since it is long gone now, but I used to have a dog collar made out of it for my lab.

The dog tag was actually an engraved bottle opener.

It was cool and it was tough, and the bottle opener around her neck made my dog veeeery popular on camping trips.

The weak spot was the clasp. At some point it must have gotten caught on something and the clasp must have broken. Looked for it forever but never found it again.

Would love to have another one of those.

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This isn't mine but it was similar to this one. A matching leash would have been badass. I actually made a leash from rappel rope for it, but it didn't match color wise.

 

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I don't have a picture since it is long gone now, but I used to have a dog collar made out of it for my lab.

The dog tag was actually an engraved bottle opener.

It was cool and it was tough, and the bottle opener around her neck made my dog veeeery popular on camping trips.

The weak spot was the clasp. At some point it must have gotten caught on something and the clasp must have broken. Looked for it forever but never found it again.

Would love to have another one of those.

*****Edit****

This isn't mine but it was similar to this one. A matching leash would have been badass. I actually made a leash from rappel rope for it, but it didn't match color wise.

We make collars a lot like that along with a matching color leash....our collars are adjustable as well, your dream can be realized again...LOL

 

My son is an officer in a small town SE of CHT. He carries a length of paracord when checking local business doors late at night. If (when, actually) he finds one unlocked, he opens the door, slips a loop of cord around one ear of the lock handle, closes the door, and yanks on the cord. Voila...locked door without calling the owner for the key.

Don't know where he learned that trick, but his LT didn't even know it.

 

I used some to make a laneyard to hold my range membership badge and range key. I also have used it as impromptu tie down straps on the boat and in the truck.

 

JT, sir.. What is the status of this?

 

The status is that it slipped my mind...and I forgot. Will add it to "the list" for this week.

 

Yep