Make a Survival Zip Pull from Paracord (Tutorial)

Description

I show you how to make a survival zip tie using 550 paracord. There are many uses for paracord, and one of the most useful things to do with left over pieces of paracord is to make a zip tie for your bug out bag or bushcraft backpack. Using the cobra weave method, you can turn 3-4 feet lengths of paracord into tiny 3 or 4 inch zip ties. Just add them to the zip on your backpack using a split ring. Hope you enjoy the project and if you end up making one yourself be sure to tag me on instagram and facebook (links are below).

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this little thing here might be able to get you out of a survival situation it utilizes 550 paracord it's dead simple to make and you can make it as long or as short as you want the only items you're going to need is a keyring or a split ring some 550 paracord some scissors and a lighter let me show you how I do it I'm just going to use a split ring for this one just pop it in a vise to begin with here's my paracord you don't need loads about they say about a foot for every inch that you want length of your kind of key chain or paracord Cobra weave about two three feet may be better to be safe and sorry I can always use the excess stuff so to begin with want to make sure that the length of the paracord is even so I've just looped it over like this and these ends need to be pretty even like that over the first stage just I just passed the loop through like that and basically it's like a cow hitch really just pull the rig their remaining two tag ends through the loop that you've just made cinch it down nice and tight which stage you your not should look like this so there's my key ring with my little I'm going to call that cows hitch now I need to decide how long I want my zip cord or paracord weave whichever you want to call it I'm gonna go for because I've cut off about three and a half four feet I'm gonna go for three and a half to four inches right there and turn out this way just so you can see nice and clear there's my two ends just so you can see them I'm going to wrap one end over like so pinch it in wrap the other end over the first one the first leap and back through that first leap so it's kind of like a pretzel shape like that and I'm going to pull this slowly tight now you can see where the first leap is just there so I'm going to carry on the loop of that side this is all pretty much ready and tight that goes that side so loop over the two pieces of paracord with this one loop over this side and then back up through that first leap put it through make sure you try and put evenly you can see they're not pulling tight there pull it tight this one you could lock off pretty tight because that's going to give you your shape there so that's the first part now there's a I can see where I I need to do the loop now because I started this side I'm going opposites but if you get confused of which side you've done look for this loop this one that comes over the top and it eventually snakes down like this so you come over this side form the loop over this one underneath and back through the first leap put it all through and now you can put even D try if you can pull tight by pulling tight you're just stopping everything slipping keeps it all nice and neat loop needs to go this side the first loop now and eventually you'll get the hang of it and you should see if you keep putting tight each time you could see that Cobra weave pattern starting to form and you'll know you've gone wrong when this pattern here starts to look a bit out of shape so previously if I started this side I could see the loops there which means that's the people I need to start so I'm coming over there pinching it tight over and back three pull it all nice and tight try and pull even D pull tight and there we go we're getting there now I'm just gonna carry on going until I get towards the end here now you'll get to the end here and you'll start to see the space starting to run out pull that tight and you'll get an extra couple of millimeters even better if you pinch here and pull you can see that pulling tight now I've gained another about five six mil keep pulling tight and that's slide all your Cobra weave up nice and tight it gives you even more space here so just do that when you're sort of nearing the end now I'm going to finish up back down here and then we should be done and there we go that's all really stiff now didn't waste too much have probably got maybe three or four inches I still won't waste that cordage but there's still at least a foot and a half two foot of paracord so it's all good survival cordage it you can use what we need to do now is sort out these tag ins so first we're going to snip them but not too close to the end we need to leave a little bit of space here probably about there leave a few millimeters I'd say there we go so I've left two tag ends a couple of millimeters each side like that what we're going to do now with the lighter is to melt the ends of these that's why we've left some space there we'll blob it down as the lighter and that will stop this tag in slipping through and your whole paracord well I'm winding really just melt it like that it's gonna smoke blob it down to make it a bit more flat and square use the side of the lighter not your finger cuz that's going to be hot and there you go you can see that's completely sealed it so it shouldn't slip back through do the same to the other side keep the keyring out the way a bit bite it till it melts a bit goes black push it nice and hard quite quickly because it does dry fast and that should do it has completely covered up it's not going to slip through the tag ins going to stay there obviously if I need the cordage I will just be able to loosen it from up here pull down loosen it and then take that cordage tag in through that's what I wanted usually about the length of my finger is all that's needed for a zip to go on the end of a zip now we need to get the backpack and put it on [Music]

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so got my backpack here with my ta outdoors patch their back and stuck now guys ta outdoors no convoys a shop this is a zip on the back of the top lid just as simple zip now it can be quite tricky to get to these just in general you know because they've got flaps rain flaps on a lot of backpacks which falls over the zips just to keep all the rain out and you can see that that zips now tucks up there so it can be quite fiddly you have to get to your zip all the time enter paracord keychain grab said zip pass that through just like you would do normally with any keychain it's been it right round and there you go that's now an extension to your zip but this is no ordinary zip now you've got the addition of a foot and a half to two feet of 550 paracord another benefit of having this extra three to three and half inches on your zip is that it's really easy now to get in and out of your bag still fold the rein flaps down and have access to your zip which makes life so much easier I tend to put this on most of the zips on my backpack because you can get them in different colors doesn't have to be green it can be blue yellow purple black if you want tuck the tactical look it's completely up to you have a go guys trust me this makes a big difference by putting it on your zips on the backpack another use is obviously what it's made for really is a keychain but on your house keys or your car keys and that way you'll always have cordage on you wherever you go so that is it for this week's red Sunday a simple paracord keychain I've been your host Mike you've been watching ta outdoors and I see in the next red Sunday [Music]