I have written in previous posts about how I like to always
carry a few survival items on my person.
Unless you are trying to board an airplane or go into a government
building, it is no trouble to add a pocket-knife and a cigarette lighter to the
other items in your pocket or purse. I
go a little farther than that by carrying a little card with some fish-hooks,
fishing line, and snare wire in my wallet.
All of these items would be very useful in a survival situation. There is one more item that most people
include in survival kits, but that they usually don't carry with them on a
daily basis. That item is some form of
cordage. Other than shoe laces (if you
happen to wear lace-up shoes), most people don't carry cordage around with
them. Let's face it, people would
probably avoid you on the subway if you walked on with a fifty foot roll of para-cord hanging from your belt. But, there is a way that you can carry some
cordage with you and not look like too much of a weirdo. You can wear a survival bracelet.
I first got the idea for survival bracelets when I noticed
some of the bracelets that my students at school were wearing. One popular bracelet is called a Cobra
Bracelet. The Cobra Bracelet is made by
taking about eight or nine feet of 550 para-cord and tying it in a series of
knots called cobra knots. The two pieces
of a little plastic snap buckle are attached to each end of the bracelet so
that it can be clipped on and off of the wrist. Pictured below: Two views of a Cobra Bracelet
When you unravel the knots you will have about eight feet of
good cordage to use as is, or you can slip the woven outer sheath off of the
para-cord and you will have 7 eight foot long pieces of 50 pound test nylon
twine that can be used for making snares and other items. Pictured below: Para-cord with sheath pulled back to reveal strands of nylon twine.
Not bad; over 50 feet of
cordage worn around your wrist. You can
do an inter-net search for "make a cobra bracelet" and you will find
several sites with instructions on how to make them, or you can buy them ready
made. You can buy them off of the
inter-net or you can pick them up at gun shows, craft stores, arts and crafts
fairs and many other places. Prices
range from $4.00 to $10.00 US. The
cheapest ones I've found are at a craft store called Hobby Lobby where they
sell for $4.00 US. That's almost cheaper
than you can buy the materials to make one.
In my next post, I am going to show you how to make a
compact, multipurpose survival bracelet that will let you carry fire-starting
tinder, snare wire, fishing line, and multipurpose cordage all in one neat
package that snaps around your wrist.
2 comments:
I've been seeing a lot of people with these bracelets on and have been wondering why it seemed like a trend. Thank you for sharing this information. I now realize how helpful these could be. I'll definitely check out your other post on how to make one. Thanks for sharing!
-Gertrude
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