paracord cobra bracelet

7/30/2019 Paracord Cobra Bracelet

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One color cobra

Heres what you'll need

1. Paracord ( around 3 m )

2. Lighter

3. Tape Measure/Ruler

4. Side release buckle

5. Scissors



Step 1: Measureing your wrist.

1. Wrap a string or rope around your wrist and make sure it's niceand snug.

2. With a marker, make a line directly across the strings/ropes. Seenext image below for example.

3. I’ve darkened the lines in a photo editing software so you can seean example in part 3 of the diagram.

4. Now straighten out your string/rope and measure from mark tomark. I drew lines on the piece of paper underneath to help show mymarks. My wrist is an 20.32 cm wrist as shown below.



Step 2: Cutting and Melting the ends.

• If the internal string, or the “guts” of the cord is exposed a bit,simply cut about a centimeter of the cord off at the end to enable aclean burn.

1. With your lighter, apply the flame for about 3-4 seconds rotatingthe cord to get an even burn. 2. Once the end is beginning to melt with your fingertips or somepliers squeeze down so it becomes somewhat flat. This will help youwhen threading your cord through your buckles.



Step 3: Sliding your buckles on correctly.

1. Fold your 3m piece of paracord in half so you're working with bothends together. Get the buckle the has 2 slits in it and place it next tothe two ends.

2. With the buckle arced inward like in part 2 of the diagram, threadthe cords through the lower slit of the buckle. This is shown in part 2of the diagram.

3. Part 3 of the diagram is an example of how the buckle should lookfrom a top view. Notice how it arcs inward to the right with the loosecords on the left of it.

4. Pull the loose ends of the cord through the loop created on the

other side and pull it all the way until the knot forms and locks ontothe buckle. The arrows in part 4 of the diagram show you that youare coming from underneath and up through/over the loop on theother side.

5. This is what it should look like when the knot is forms, and stopstight against the buckle.



Step 4: Measuring your bracelet so it fits correctly once done.

• When measuring, make sure to measure from the middle point of the male part of the buckle, to the end part of the female part of thebuckle. I have drawn lines to show you exactly where to measure.

• When measuring I like to add 2.54cm to the total measurement yougot when measuring your wrist size.

• For the example in this diagram, my wrist measured in at 16.51cm, so I’m measuring the cord to be 19.05 m long.



Step 5: Completing your first Cobra Braid.

Every step 1-6 corresponds to the numbered parts in the diagramabove. If you have trouble please correspond to the part which itpertains to.

1. Position your bracelet like shown in part one of the diagram. 2. Take your left cord and thread it under the bracelet cords.3. Take the right cord and thread it under the left cord. 4. Take the right cord and continue threading it over the braceletcords. 5. Continue the right cord through the loop you created with the leftcord.6. Pull tight and create the knot like shown in part 6 of the diagram.



Step 6: Completing your second Cobra Braid.

In this step you're simply going to repeat the previous step, exceptyour'e going to start with the right cord instead of the left cord.

1. Take the right cord and thread it underneath the bracelet cords.2. Take the left cord and thread it under the right cord.3. Continue the left cord over the bracelet cords. 4. Continue the left cord through the loop you created in part 1 of thediagram.

Remember, each number above corresponds to the numbers in thediagram.



Step 7: Optional step. Crucial if you want the most cordage.

Alternate steps 6 and 7 until you reach the buckle at the bottom.Don't make your knots too tight or unraveling your bracelet in a timeof need will be that much more difficult.

1. This is what it should look like when you braid all the way to thebuckle.-Notice the left over slack.

2. Hold on to the male buckle (the bottom buckle in part 1 of thediagram) and pull on your braids towards the female buckle. This isshown in part 2 of the diagram.

3. After you pull for slack you should have more room to braid. Like

shown here in part 3 of the diagram.



Step 8: Pulling excess cord through the "second slit".

-In this step we will be beginning the final steps towards finishing upthe bracelet.-Once you find the last diagonal braid, pull it up to form a loop like

you see in part 3 of the diagram.

1. Take your lose cords and thread them through the remaining "Slit"of the male buckle. The cords should be thread from the outside of the bracelet to the inside of the bracelet. This is demonstrated in part1 of the diagram with the arrows that are pointing from right to left.

- Also in part one, You want to find the last "Diagonal Braid" on the"Inside" of the bracelet. In part 1 of the diagram it shows you whatthe diagonal braids look like and where they are. (notice in part 1 it's

on the outside, we want to find the last braid on the inside)

- When the last braid is found, pull it out a little, pull your cordloosening the braid forming a loop like shown in part 3 of thediagram.

2. In part 2 of the diagram it's simply showing you the "Inside" and"Outside" of the bracelet. Notice which way the buckles are arcing.The bottom of the bracelet, or "Inside" is the one where the bucklesare arcing downward.

3. After forming the loop with the "Last diagonal braid" pull yourloose cords through the loops that you formed.

4. This is what it should look like when done.



Step 9: Finalizing your bracelet. Easy access when you need todeploy.

1. Part 1 of the diagram demonstrates what it should look like onceyour done with step 9.

Now it's time to tighten up all the loose cords.

2. With your thumb holding the "Last diagonal braid" pull the loosecords like shown in part 2 of the diagram. This should tighteneverything up making it ready to cut and melt.

I like to pull one cord at a time, I find that easier to do.



Step 10: Final cut. Final Melt.

Final touches

1. Cut the remaining cord off of the bracelet. Leave about an 3.17

mm – 6.35 mm of cord.

2. Melt the ends of the cord so they do not fray. Make sure yousqueeze them with your fingers or pliers to flatten them. This willmake the deployment a lot easier when and if the time comes.

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