Try your hand at it by selecting dead, dry softwoods like cedar, paw paw, or willow for your drill and board. If you find yourself stuck in a survival emergency and you need to acquire food, consider hunting by bow and arrow. You can build your archery equipment with a sharp fixed-blade knife, some paracord, a flexible sapling, a few tree shoots for arrows, and a few feathers. Select a dead, dry hardwood stave for your bow, and pick some shoots or sucker growth for the arrow shafts.
Remove some of the seven-strand core from a cut piece of cord to fletch the arrows. String your bow, see how it bends, unstring it, and do some tiller work—the process of carving the belly of the bow to make the bending limbs match.
The next skill set down from hunting with primitive archery tools is trapping. Setting traps can be a useful backup strategy for nourishment in a survival situation, and it frees up your time to accomplish other tasks. You can use a solid cord strand on snare nooses and triggers. While a thick, white fishing line will rarely hook a crafty fish in clear water, you may have a chance in murky water using one of the strands in the seven-strand core of paracord.
You can fish this setup as a hand line, but tangles are inevitable. Short bits of paracord may seem like trash, but they can become surprisingly nice fishing lures with just a little bit of work, and a sharp hook.
Cut off a small piece of paracord and slide part of the outer jacket down and cut it off so more of the white core strands are exposed. Slide the shank of a fish hook up through those strands until the eye emerges, then melt the end of the cord around the hook eye with a lighter.
Shred the exposed white strands and your lure is ready for the water. A bola with three, four, or five weights is most commonly associated with hunting large birds like geese since their hollow bones are particularly vulnerable to strikes and their wings are susceptible to entanglement. To make a hard-hitting bola, use an overhand knot or a figure-eight knot to join three to five cords together. Each section of cord should be between two and three feet long.
Next, collect stones for your weights. They should weigh about six to eight ounces each. Round stones are best because they are less likely to cut through the covering.
Wrap your stones in leather or wet rawhide. Did your laces snap? Replace them with a high quality alternative. Cut them to whatever length you need! Replace factory pulls with colors of your choosing. We've got a blog post and a video about this. Wicker and rattan furniture look amazing, but they rarely hold up to consistent use. Use paracord to reupholster a wicker stool to give it a clean modern look.
Paracord is perfect for weaving your own pet leash. It has just enough stretch to not pull your shoulder out of joint when fido decides to chase a squirrel.
A tutorial for the pictured one can be found here: Double Sided Leash. Give your pooch stylish upgrade with a paracord collar. Not only are there practically unlimited color options, you also get to design it youself.
Does your pet absolutely destroy most chew toys? Make them a paracord toy. The durable nylon fibers hold up well to abuse. If you are out and forget a hair bungee, you don't have to live with hair in the face. Just undo your paracord bracelet and use a portion to tie back your hair.
Tie an overhand knot or two around your paracord and push it through to clean those oh-so-hard-to-get places in your waterbottle. A strap for your waterbottle makes it easier to always keep water with you when on the go or at the beach.
Easily measure circumfrence using paracord and a ruler. Great for sizing paracord bracelets accurately. These make a great handmade gift item. I've had one on my office desk for a few months now. Learn how to make one with a photo tutorial or video tutorial. Can't get that gasket free? Fashion a DIY strap wrench for a quick fix. I'll vouch for this one. I've used it myself. Hang pictures with a web of colorful nylon string. It's a beautiful Pinterest-y solution that won't damage photos.
A Google search for "rope room dividers" brings up all kinds of DIY privacy screens, from the ornate to the minimalistic. Use paracord for the most color options. Want to make a reference board or show off your knotting knowledge? Make a display board to demonstrate basic knot tying—with a paracord twist. Paracord can be used to make some pretty cool party streamers or garland. Either tie a bunch of paracord sections onto a line, or use a spiral DNA weave for a traditional macrame look.
This art form has many awesome variations. Use bright colored paracord to make your string art stand out. Many others have done similar installations. Paracord is a colorful and durable art medium that is suitable for indoor and outdoor use, so why not? Warren Shoedel from Arizona made a life sized woolly mammoth out of paracord.
He says he wants to make a polar bear next. Of course, if you like the idea of an actual belt made from paracord, there are a number of brands out there that craft woven paracord belts, as well. You can also use paracord to secure a tarp over your firewood stores, bind a bundle of gear for storage, and more. You could even use it to hold together carpentry work while the glue dries.
In this day and age, most folks are content to dry their clothes in a dryer and take their more delicate garments to the dry cleaner. Since the tensile strength of paracord is so high, you could probably hang your entire wardrobe on a single strand without incident.
One of the big reasons paracord is so popular with survivalists is that it can actually serve a number of handy medical functions — specifically when it comes to bracing and binding wounds or, in a worst-case scenario, as a last-resort tourniquet. Perhaps obviously, this translates directly to non-wilderness first-aid, as well.
There might be tools better suited to its purposes — actual slings or bandages — but, in a pinch, paracord is one of the best substitutes around. One of the most beneficial, however, can be found when wrapped around a knife handle. The nature of paracord, its pliability and naturally grippy attributes, make it exceptional for adding grip. And while you can find production knives with pre-wrapped paracord handles, you can also use your own paracord in a similar fashion.
Simply weave the paracord around any kind of handle and it will help increase the grip and give you better torque. This is exceptionally useful when applied to hand tools that require twisting or wrenching as a part of their operation. An exceedingly underrated hobby and skill, knot-tying can be remarkably useful when properly applied.
In fact, it can even work in conjunction with many of the other paracord uses on this list — including but not limited to putting up a clothesline, using paracord as a tie-down, weaving paracord onto a knife handle , and more.
As mentioned, paracord is named for its high tensile strength of pounds. That also means paracord is a good deal stronger than most other similar strands of fabric, like shoelaces.
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