A County Comm Care Package...
A bit of knot work done with some cool care package items that County Comm had sent to me a little while back.I tied a pineapple knot using black and white 0.9mm cord around a Maratac Anodized Peanut...
View ArticleBirthday flashlight mod...
I tied a 13 lead 4 bight Turk's head knot, doubled, with gutted licorice (red/black interlace pattern) paracord around the body/grip section of an iProtec 1400 LED flashlight that my Ma & Pa gave...
View ArticleTime for a Schmuckatelli Co. Giveaway!
Mike at Schmuckatelli Co. sent me a package of Made in the U.S.A. goodies (skull lanyard beads!) from his packed desk drawers, with some prototype finishes, including a cool proto totem (all one piece)...
View ArticleA Chain Sinnet Paracord Bracelet with Stairstep Stitching
At the time of this post, there are still a couple of days left to enter the Shmuckatelli Co. Giveaway.I used olive drab paracord for this chain sinnet bracelet with 3/8" side release buckle, going...
View ArticleSchmuckatelli Co. Giveaway Drawing!
Alrighty then, I printed out all the entries in the comments of the blog post for the Schmuckatelli Co. Giveaway, then trimmed them all into strips, and placed them in a bucket for the drawing.I did...
View ArticleSchmuckatelli Co. Giveaway Update...
It's been over a week now since the post with the Schmuckatelli Co. Giveaway winners listed, and the 1st and 2nd prize winners did reply/respond and were sent their prizes. I did not hear from the 3rd...
View ArticleBlack Friday...
The day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday ~ shopping/sales for those with disposable income) and I'm still recovering from eating too much. I had leftovers for supper last night, then again for...
View ArticleRevisiting old favorites...
This lanyard looks like one drawn on the cover of Peter Owen's 'The Book of Decorative Knots'.I tied this simple paracord neck lanyard with a lanyard/diamond knot, multiple overhand sliding...
View ArticleGot yer goat?
A recent care package from Schmuckatelli Co. included USN Tactical Goat Beads in a variety of finishes, along with a couple of cool t-shirts and several of my favorite Kiko Tiki lanyard beads.I'd been...
View ArticleA Celtic Cross
It's been a long while since I tried tying one of these Celtic Crosses. I used some scrap lengths of olive drab 550 paracordand black 425 paracord, with a loop of 0.9mm cord as a hanger.The last time...
View ArticleRotating the January EDC...
I've been rotating the everyday carry (EDC) recently, using a few different simple spool knit lanyards, two and three peg versions with 1.4mm and 2mm sized mini blind string and some of my SAKs (Swiss...
View ArticleRGB lanyard...
I bought a new Nato type watch band, one of those 'Bond' variant designs with a red, green, and black pattern, and wanted an EDC lanyard with similar colors to match, using what cordage I had...
View Article30 JAN 2018 EDC
Tuesday morning's edc pocket dump after a grocery store run:* Paracord bracelet with medic alert tag * XTAR Venus WK16 LED flashlight with 1.4mm cord wrist lanyard * Victorinox Tinker Swiss Army Knife...
View ArticleParacord assembly line...
Well, sort of an assembly line, but tied whenever my hands permit, and aren't aching/cramping up, meaning one done every few days.Since tax time and bills are always around the corner, I started...
View ArticleA damp Saturday afternoon...
I started to tie a few gaucho interweave knots around the grooves of my orange tactical pen this morning, using some black 0.9mm string, but the first one was giving me some grief with my eyes not...
View ArticleUpgraded wrist lanyard...
Here's an XTAR Venus WK16 LED edc pocket flashlight with a 1.4mm red mini blind string wrist lanyard loop, with a doubled diamond/lanyard knot, that I went back and upgraded with a 0.9mm black cord...
View ArticleTuesday's EDC...
Did some tying last night into the morning hours while trying to binge watch a series on Netflix (pesky wifi signal loss interruptions).I made a doubled Solomon bar/Portuguese sinnet/king cobra stich...
View ArticleEaster Nail Pendant
Easter is just around the corner and my pa gave me a small nail/spike version he got at church this past Sunday. I reckon it was for carrying in a pocket with no attachment point or hole drilled in...
View ArticleA Herringbone Knot Lanyard Bead
This project shows an EDC camp/scout knife with paracord lanyard, and wood bead covered with a leather lace 10 lead 8 bight 2 pass herringbone knot (Turk's head knot variation), shown in Tom Hall's...
View ArticleCRKT Tomahawk Leather and Paracord Handle Wrap...
One of my sisters sent me this CRKT Woods Nobo Tomahawk and a couple of 3/4" wide leather straps, from my Amazon wish list, and I received them in the week before Christmas. I've tied/untied multiple...
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