Thinner Alternative to 550 Cord?

A google search for "commercial fishing twine" will get you to net making twines and other cords used by commercial fishermen, who need reliable strong material for their nets and fish lines. Tony
 
See if you can find Mule/Bull tape. It is a flat, woven nylon webbing used by power/utility companies for all sorts of tasks. Also used by the local SAR team as its breaking strength is vastly superior to pcord.
 
I keep about 5, 10 ft sections of 550 cord in my bag, but I usually use the braided masons line. I can wrap 50ft of it around a mora #1 sheath and still fit it in my pocket (my preferred carry method) and it comes in white, neon pink and neon green...and its cheap, but get braided, or it gets tangled around EVERYTHING. It's also great if you have to tie something up and leave it, paracord is too expensive to just leave out in the woods if I dont have to :)
 
I just got some 1/8" shock/bungee cord, and am using it instead of 550 cord for a lot of things, I like that it is thinner and can stretch. I don't need the 550# tensile strength for anything I am using rope/cordage for. 100' ran me about $10 on the flea lagoon.
 
I used mason’s line and barge boards to lay out the foundations of a new building. The next morning it had all vanished. What the hell?

That afternoon a kid came by. “Hey mister! Have you got any more of that kite string?”

That kite was never going to get away from him.
 
Definatly check out teather cord from countycomm. I like it better than 550 for lanyards
 
I buy 2mm and 3mm climbing utility cord from Campmor or Eastern Mountain Sports.

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
bigghoss said:
Have you looked at the thinner Type I paracord? It's about 100lb test with inner stands. ~$7 for 50ft.
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+1. This. 1/16" in diameter yet has a tensile strength of 100 lbs. I would caution to only buy the real MILSPEC stuff. If you just look for 550 or 1A cordage, there is lots of consumer-grade stuff out there passing as MILSPEC, and maybe it doesn't matter to you. But I wouldn't buy anything but real MILSPEC, which is surprisingly hard to find. Most of what you'll buy is commercial grade stuff, even if it's made by a "military contractor" (they use two different standards: 1 for the gov't, and 1 for consumers), but you have to look on the packaging to know (see pic below). PM me and I'll tell you where to get the real stuff.


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