I'd seen a few people around and even couple of my friends have them but I hadn't even bothered to get one. Actually, I'm a little glad I didn't. After seeing a friend of mine unravel his I decided to make one. Turned out I don't like paracord, to much stretch to it, it's something like 30% at near full load. Anyway, I ended up picking up some marine cord. Great stuff, rated for up to 2300 lbs and only a 0.7% stretch at 20% load. So onto the pictures.
I only got 16' 10" on it but it's pretty good for my first shot. I'm going to try my hand at making a modified 6 strand version of it this weekend to see just how much cordage I get on my wrist.
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It's got a 1 foot outer diameter which is as close to it's actual length as I can measure because while it does come open easily I don't feel like it. I can just barely get it over my hand and onto my wrist. I used a WLL 660lb quick link as the connector because I couldn't find a keyhole or 'U' bar that I liked. I gotta look a little farther from home I guess.
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