I do like me some good cord. Some people have a passion for tents, backpacks, stoves, or maybe even a running/hiking shoe fetish. I like some of those too, but cord and knot tying has been a part of my outdoor activities even as a kid. I’ve been testing a sample of a custom made [..Read More..]
Lawson Glowire | High-Viz Cordage
Lawson Glowire in natural lighting. I love cord. Most of you already know this. It’s good that I do because I seem to have accumulated an awful lot of it over the years. Luckily, there are literally thousands of clever uses for the stuff as any good paracord addict knows. I don’t want to go [..Read More..]
2mm Dyneema Guyline – Rated 1,000lbs
In a previous post I compared the weight, cost, and strength of various types of popular cordage in an effort to provide as much information as I could about the types of cord I own and have used. I’d like to update that article now to include a new cord that I have recently purchased, [..Read More..]
Do You Use a Knife Lanyard?
I’ve never felt the need to attach a lanyard or short length of cord to any of the pocket knives that I carry. I’ve been carrying a small EDC (every day carry) blade on my person for well over 15 years now and don’t plan to change that habit any time soon. But one thing [..Read More..]
Turk’s Head Knot Paracord Woggle
Ok, so this is not strictly backpacking related, but it involves 550 paracord, knot tying, some creative use of wood glue, and the final result is pretty darn cool, so I thought I’d share it anyway. A woggle, for those of you that have never heard the term, is a device used to fasten the [..Read More..]
Cord Weight/Strength/Cost Comparisons
Over the last few months I’ve been slowly pulling together a spreadsheet of specifications about different types of cordage that are commonly use by backpackers and hikers with the intent of being able to slice and dice the information in several different ways, by weight, strength, diameter, etc. I’ve recently completed the comparison table using [..Read More..]
