And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I too replace the laces in my boots with paracord because they tend to last longer than the standard one. But not so that I can us it for other purposes later on. Who wants to wear unlaced boots that are flopping around? In all of my life I have never needed to do that nor have I known anyone that did. If I am on the trail or in the woods I always have at least a small pack and a 100' hank of paracord is in it. Lastly, ever taken paracord back out of a pair of boots that has been in there for several months or more? It's all zig zaggy and worn thin at the eyelets and barely useable. On knife/hawk/hatchet/axe handles it moves around all over the place and is difficult to deal with. It's the mark of a novice.
Or the workmanship is that of a novice- 1000 years of Japanese combat history shows knotted silk braid around a tsuka (hilt) has excellent grip when bloody. Done well and tight, paracord would likely do just as well- although it would be useless due to kinkyness for anything else. I don't think the paracord itself is the problem, it is the idea that somehow it is a "backup" source of cord that is unlikely.
Well, once and only once in thirty years, I stripped the laces off the boots to repair a broken tent pole. But the way things are going the sudden need for a garrote might come up.
I read that the The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife had the 7" blade so it would get through all the quilted winter clothes in China. I wonder how long the blade is on this one? Shorter than the handle....
Apparently, you're under the misimpression that you remove the paracord for other uses.
In the words of Dwight Schrute from The Office:FALSE.
You remove the inner strands from the paracord lacing, then you put the outer tubing right back where it was. So that you don't end up with a bare-handled poignard, or boots flopping around laceless.
The seven inner strands of actual .Gov-issue paracord are rated at 50# apiece, and useful for constructing netting, fishing lines, and countless other survival uses.
The outer sheathing is worth about 200# strength, which is why even stripped empty it's superior to ordinary laces.
This is why paracord is "550 cord". 550# strength.
And you get 84' (7 strands x 2 boots x 72" laces) of the inner strands in your boots for a negligible weight and bulk penalty.
If you missed that lecture in the survival briefing, allow me to complete the lesson, to your potential future benefit.
I can't believe that the kind of people that visit the site missed the fact that that would make an great spearhead and comes with the appropriate cording to attach it. Not to mention the wound from that shaped blade can not be easily stitched. Monday morning quarterbacks.
The problem comes with the depth any such wound would achieve, which would require major surgery just to get to each level of the wound. The wound isn't the problem, so much as all the important bits of anatomy between any puncture and where the tip stops, and the number of anatomical layers involved. For any critter under 300#, the likely lethality would be rather severe, sooner or later. It's a lot like the D-Day spike knives issued at the time. ;)
That is a pointy rib tickler right there ...
ReplyDeleteDon't care for the paracord phenom. Looks cheap and ineffective.
ReplyDeleteYou wrap with paracord so you have paracord at hand if needed, same reason I replace the bootlaces with paracord. That and the paracord won't break.
DeleteI too replace the laces in my boots with paracord because they tend to last longer than the standard one. But not so that I can us it for other purposes later on. Who wants to wear unlaced boots that are flopping around? In all of my life I have never needed to do that nor have I known anyone that did. If I am on the trail or in the woods I always have at least a small pack and a 100' hank of paracord is in it. Lastly, ever taken paracord back out of a pair of boots that has been in there for several months or more? It's all zig zaggy and worn thin at the eyelets and barely useable. On knife/hawk/hatchet/axe handles it moves around all over the place and is difficult to deal with. It's the mark of a novice.
DeleteOr the workmanship is that of a novice- 1000 years of Japanese combat history shows knotted silk braid around a tsuka (hilt) has excellent grip when bloody.
DeleteDone well and tight, paracord would likely do just as well- although it would be useless due to kinkyness for anything else. I don't think the paracord itself is the problem, it is the idea that somehow it is a "backup" source of cord that is unlikely.
Well, once and only once in thirty years, I stripped the laces off the boots to repair a broken tent pole.
DeleteBut the way things are going the sudden need for a garrote might come up.
Nice pig stickers there.
ReplyDeleteKnitting needles? Don't mess with granny.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to buy a couple of them, just for sharpening pencils you understand.......
ReplyDeleteI read that the The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife had the 7" blade so it would get through all the quilted winter clothes in China.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how long the blade is on this one? Shorter than the handle....
ghostsniper,
ReplyDeleteApparently, you're under the misimpression that you remove the paracord for other uses.
In the words of Dwight Schrute from The Office:FALSE.
You remove the inner strands from the paracord lacing, then you put the outer tubing right back where it was.
So that you don't end up with a bare-handled poignard, or boots flopping around laceless.
The seven inner strands of actual .Gov-issue paracord are rated at 50# apiece, and useful for constructing netting, fishing lines, and countless other survival uses.
The outer sheathing is worth about 200# strength, which is why even stripped empty it's superior to ordinary laces.
This is why paracord is "550 cord". 550# strength.
And you get 84' (7 strands x 2 boots x 72" laces) of the inner strands in your boots for a negligible weight and bulk penalty.
If you missed that lecture in the survival briefing, allow me to complete the lesson, to your potential future benefit.
And btw, the handle on those stickers isn't paracord.
DeleteI can't believe that the kind of people that visit the site missed the fact that that would make an great spearhead and comes with the appropriate cording to attach it. Not to mention the wound from that shaped blade can not be easily stitched. Monday morning quarterbacks.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes you think anybody missed that?
DeleteBut the wound could be easily stitched.
The problem comes with the depth any such wound would achieve, which would require major surgery just to get to each level of the wound.
The wound isn't the problem, so much as all the important bits of anatomy between any puncture and where the tip stops, and the number of anatomical layers involved. For any critter under 300#, the likely lethality would be rather severe, sooner or later. It's a lot like the D-Day spike knives issued at the time. ;)
So, when can you get them?
ReplyDelete