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    Paracord Outdoor Gear Projects: Simple Instructions for Survival Bracelets and Other DIY Projects
    Paracord Outdoor Gear Projects: Simple Instructions for Survival Bracelets and Other DIY Projects
    Paracord Outdoor Gear Projects: Simple Instructions for Survival Bracelets and Other DIY Projects
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    Paracord Outdoor Gear Projects: Simple Instructions for Survival Bracelets and Other DIY Projects

    By Pepperell Braiding Company and Joel Hooks

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    Discover how to use versatile paracord to create attractive and useful survival bracelets, lanyards, straps, wraps, keychains, and more. Perfect for the beginning paracordist, this book takes you step by step through all the knots and wraps you need to know.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFox Chapel Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2017
    ISBN9781607654698
    Paracord Outdoor Gear Projects: Simple Instructions for Survival Bracelets and Other DIY Projects
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    Pepperell Braiding Company

    Pepperell Braiding Company is a leading manufacturer of craft cord products, including macrame cord and paracord.

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      Paracord Outdoor Gear Projects - Pepperell Braiding Company

      INTRODUCTION

      In its current form, parachute cord is a product of the Second World War. Historically, silk was used in various lifesaving military applications due to its strength-to-weight ratio. Notable uses were webbed straps, parachute cloth, and shroud lines. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, however, trade with Japan ended, causing a shortage of silk and the need to find a replacement.

      Nylon had been invented about six years earlier by Wallace Carothers at DuPont. The strong, lightweight, and consistent synthetic material actually proved superior to silk when utilized properly. The invention of nylon coupled with the military need for a silk replacement resulted in parachute cord (or paracord).

      The military specifications for minimum standards of paracord are outlined by MIL-C-5040H in six types. The most common is Type III (type 3) or 550 parachute cord. The 550 is in reference to the minimum tensile strength specified by the US government. Initially, paracord was only available in olive drab and natural, an off-white color. Until recently it was a surplus item.

      Due to its very high tensile strength, soldiers and sailors found many uses for paracord other than shroud lines, and it became a staple utility item for all branches of the military. It is believed that soldiers stationed in the Middle East are the catalyst of the recent popularity of this great cord. As a sort of modern trench art, paracord is tied into various useful items and accessories. The most common items are bracelets, given as gifts or sent home to loved ones.

      Civilians wear these gift bracelets to show support for their friends and family in the military. They soon began to be marketed and worn as survival bracelets and advertised as a way to keep a necessary survival item at hand. These bracelets (as you will learn) are not only handy but also easy and fun to make.

      The popularity of these bracelets encouraged manufacturers to develop and market commercial versions of paracord in many bright colors, color combinations, and sizes for the civilian market.

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      GETTING STARTED

      Working with paracord is easy and fun. You only need a handful of items and several lengths of cord to get started making tons of handy projects. This section introduces you to the tools you will need to make the projects in this book. You will also find some great tips and tricks to make working with paracord as simple as possible.

      The Anatomy of Parachute Cord

      Paracord consists of an outer jacket of nylon strands braided over inner strands of twisted nylon (called filler). The number of strands used for the jacket and the filler varies by the size of the cord. In 550 cord (the most common type), there are thirty-two strands in the jacket and seven or eight strands of filler.

      Paracord is manufactured using technology that dates to the late nineteenth century. The nylon yarn is wound onto bobbins and then braided on a machine called a Maypole Braider. The largest builder of these braiding machines was the New England Butt Company of Providence, Rhode Island. Though they are no longer in business, the machines they built continue to braid cord around the clock.

      Even though nylon is a synthetic fiber, it is still subject to variations in size and color with each batch. This means that cord braided on the same machines from different lots of yarn may vary in color, size, feel, and shine.

      Illustration

      Figure 1. These illustrations are from an 1888 patent for improvements to braiding machines that were commonly used during that time.

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