Paracord Tying & Untying

[Arkanian]

I ordered about 300' of various colored 550 paracord from Para-Cord.com and have a question that seems to not be answered almost anywhere...

How exactly are you supposed to untie a survival paracord bracelet in the event of an emergency? It seems with all those knots (if you needed the cord quickly) you'd be up Hershey River without a boat.

I need detailed "how-to" directions on how to untie these survival paracord bracelets to achieve the longest continuous piece of paracord salvageable as well as directions on how to store/tie up the paracord with a method that is most easily untied so you can be ready to use in seconds.

Thanks as always for reading.

 

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[NixKustoms]

I've never done it but I've seen a few that have. If I really need that much I'll just keep it on the roll it came on.

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[DerekH]

Slatt's rescue type of band. Kind of like a chain sinnet, you undo the end and pull and it all comes apart.

Here is Stormdrane's take on one for a bracelet. With helpful links to other stuff.

http://stormdrane.blogspot.com/2010/01/slatts-rescue-belt-as-paracord-bracelet.html

 

[NixKustoms]

Slatt's rescue type of band. Kind of like a chain sinnet, you undo the end and pull and it all comes apart.

Here is Stormdrane's take on one for a bracelet. With helpful links to other stuff.

http://stormdrane.blogspot.com/2010/01/slatts-rescue-belt-as-paracord-bracelet.html

Stormdrane dose some awesome work. I check out his blog every once and a while.

 

[Arkanian]

At least one of my recent purchases has arrived so far... Guess I need to get up to speed on how to do some of this tying/weaving work!

 

[paperairplane]

The donut or slatts is the fastest to untie. The average 1 color bracelet will be about 8-10' of paracord. It will take about 5 minutes to unknot the whole thing.

It would need to be an actual emergency to be worth taking one all apart. These are not meant to be quickly deployed.

 

[Bridog]

Simple. You remake your paracord bracelet by simply wrapping the entire length around your wrist. Easy and efficient. Note: I am not responsible for any damage due to lost circulation.

To be honest I always thought of them as 'Man-ewelry' and wouldn't take the knot apart because it would be a major pita.

 

[paracordist]

it is 100% dependent on the style of bracelet! a "solomon bar" or cobra stitch are very common and untie pretty readily depending on how tight there were made. a "ladder rack" knot type is even quicker. This style below is adapted TIAT's Genoese Zipper Sinnet (see youtube below) to make this bracelet. This pulls apart like knit or crochet (very fast!)

I used small buckles and used a two strand diamond knot to come out with four strands; do the zipper, then try to finish similarly.

YouTube - How to Tie a Genoese Zipper Sinnet by TIAT