Paracord handle wraps are useful for adding an extra bit of grip to a tool handle such as a knife, tomahawk, walking stick, or even a water bottle. They also look cool and can be unwound for a bit of survival or utility line. It's very simple to do although rougher textures are easier to get a good wrap on. Whatever it is you're wrapping, it needs to be good and tight to keep it from slipping off or unraveling.
Step-by-Step
1. Before you really begin, go ahead and melt the ends of your paracord, because not doing that is just annoying. Ok, now make a simple loop running the length of your item. This loop should be approximately the size of the grip you are looking to create. The longer the grip, the harder the final steps will be, so maybe start with just a couple inches until you have the process figured out.
2. Take end "B" and wrap it around the object and around the mouth of the loop you have made.
3. Continue to wrap end "B" tightly around the object and around your loop moving up the length of the object towards the closed end of your loop. Keep repeating this step. Repeating this creates the "wrap" that will constitute the grip on your item.
4. When you have reached the grip length you want, take end "B" and run it through the loop you still have left. If you've covered up your loop, you'll need to either make a shorter grip by unwinding a couple of wraps or start over with step 1 making your original loop bigger.
5. While holding end "B" firmly in place, grasp end "A" and pull. Pulling end "A" will close your loop and tighten around end "B."
6. Trim off both ends "A" and "B" with a sharp blade and melt them closed.
I would suggest that you leave a little longer tail when you start, so you have something to grab onto. I made mine too short and had to pull it with pliers.
That's true. And the tighter you keep the wrap as you go the harder that tail is going to be to pull through, but the better it is going to stay especially on a smooth surface like the blowgun I was wrapping in the pictures. If you leave the tail too short, you can clamp onto it with needle nose pliers, wrap it around the nose a time or two and get a lot of leverage that way.
Awesome Idea, great storage place for the extra paracord. I am gong to wrap every handle that I can think of that goes into my survival gear. spoons and all!
This is the same as a common whipping! That is also why it is harder to finish a longer wrap; it is more difficult to bury the loop in the wraps if the wrapping is longer.
I would suggest that you leave a little longer tail when you start, so you have something to grab onto.
ReplyDeleteI made mine too short and had to pull it with pliers.
That's true. And the tighter you keep the wrap as you go the harder that tail is going to be to pull through, but the better it is going to stay especially on a smooth surface like the blowgun I was wrapping in the pictures.
ReplyDeleteIf you leave the tail too short, you can clamp onto it with needle nose pliers, wrap it around the nose a time or two and get a lot of leverage that way.
I agree with leaving enough length tail...I tied a knot to make a loop at the end, anchor it on something then pull it in place.
ReplyDeleteAwesome Idea, great storage place for the extra paracord. I am gong to wrap every handle that I can think of that goes into my survival gear. spoons and all!
ReplyDeleteWhat Ideas are out there for Items to wrap?
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This is the same as a common whipping! That is also why it is harder to finish a longer wrap; it is more difficult to bury the loop in the wraps if the wrapping is longer.
ReplyDeletethanks for the great tutorial, very helpful to me.
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