Survival Straps

[Esmiralda33]

Thought I'd add a few more pics of my paracord creations. I just love this stuff- it's almost soothing to sit and braid/knot the cord. Now, anyone have any ideas for an adjustable collar?

[AbbyK9]

As far as adjustable parachute cord collars go, there are two options - buckle-type instead of snap-type flat collars and martingales.

If you make martingales, you braid the flat portion like you normally would make your collar, except that it will have a D-ring on each end. Then you have several options for creating the part of the martingale that will tighten. You can use knotwork for that, such as a nice braid, or you can use a nylon puppy buckle collar for that portion.

Another option are buckle-type collars that close with a metal buckle and not a snap. You should be able to fit the tongue of the buckle through most types of knots, thus fitting like a regular adjustable buckle collar. The only difference would be that the tongue goes through the knotwork rather than creating extra holes for the tongue to fit through.

Do you have http://ubraidit.com/ in your bookmarks? They are focused on making horse tack, but have a lot of interesting types of knots and braids, including ideas for making adjustable items that use buckles. And they sell a mess of different colors of parachute cord. If you've not found it already, you can also look for reflective and glow-in-the-dark cord for additional projects.

[Namara]

Originally Posted by Ucdcrush

The leash Esmiralda posted looks similar to one I got at Walmart, specifically for it's thickness (though Esmiralda's might be stronger with a known good quality cord). The walmart one was about $8, is reflective, and uses the type of clip I prefer over the standard type [not sure what it's called]. Just in case anyone else is looking for a thick leash without making one

I've seen those leashes - those are made out of 4 strips of flat nylon braided together. The one Esmiralda made is done with 8 strands of paracord. Ironically, the braids are exactly the same - that braid can be done with any even number of strands (4, 6, 8, 12...).

I was wondering about the adjustable collar thing, too. I made a collar for my dog with a one of the metal snap buckles but I don't trust them.

I was thinking something along the lines of what Abby was saying - braid a collar that looks like those leather belts that you just poke the tab of the buckle through. Actually, if you click on that link she gave there is a picture of horse tack that looks like it's made that way.

And I did end up re-making the leash for my dog using the 8-strand braid.

[Ucdcrush]

Here's one way to make a strong slip training collar:



For that I used cheap rope from Lowe's, and that collar uses 3 links of chain and one round ring to attach the leash. 2 of the chain links are used to smash together to hold the rope ends together, and one is what provides the "slip" action.

At this point I'm using that paper clamp to keep it from coming loose once it's in the right spot on the dog's neck. A stronger clip or other mechanism would be nice but this one is working OK for me since there is not much of any "force" trying to move the paper clamp down the rope other than just the light weight of the collar, and with those chain links, it's an extremely strong collar.

AbbyK9 has posted pics of slip collars "dominant dog collars" she made and they are very nice. The reason I opted for the above design was because it's adjustable, depending on where the clip is fastened, but I would like to try to make one like AbbyK9s in the future for each of my dogs.

[AbbyK9]

AbbyK9 has posted pics of slip collars "dominant dog collars" she made and they are very nice. The reason I opted for the above design was because it's adjustable, depending on where the clip is fastened, but I would like to try to make one like AbbyK9s in the future for each of my dogs.

Oh ... I almost forgot about the rope collars and leads I've done. I keep them in the car in case I ever need a spare collar and lead or in case I ever need to catch a loose dog.