scissors\/ pocket knife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nNote: <\/strong>You need 16 inches of paracord sheath to create a holder for your ammo. Its simple to remove the cord guts from the sheath.<\/p>\nGut both ends of your small piece of paracord. Next, grab your needle nose pliers and yank out the stored cords.<\/p>\n
Set aside the sheath until finished making the initial wrist guard structure.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Step-By-Step Instructions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n- Attach paracord to clasp<\/li>\n
- Measure your wrist<\/li>\n
- Cobra weave design<\/li>\n
- Weave the sheath into the bracelet<\/li>\n
- Load your ammunition<\/li>\n
- Seal off sheath ends<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
<\/span>Step 1: Attach paracord to Clasp<\/span><\/h3>\nYou want to separate the pieces of your plastic clasp. Next, take your eight feet of paracord and fold it in half.<\/p>\n
Take the folded side of the cord and lace it through the clasp buckle. You want to send the looped end through the top of the clasp. Take the looped end and pull the loose ends through. Pull tight to secure.<\/p>\n
Note: the secured loop should be visible on the outside of the bracelet.<\/p>\n
Push the two loose ends through the other side of the clasp. Go up through the bottom and pull both ends through.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Step 2: Measure your Wrist<\/span><\/h3>\nSlide your hand through the loop created when the clasp connects. Pull the loose ends through until you get the length of paracord necessary to make the bracelet.<\/p>\n
The bracelet mustn’t be too tight on your arm. You want to make sure there is room to compensate for the bulk the cobra weave will produce. To get a proper measurement, you want to make sure you can put a couple of fingers between the paracord and your wrist.<\/p>\n
Hold onto the loose strands while you separate the pieces of the locking clasp from one another. When divided, you will have your measurement.<\/p>\n
To secure the measurement, we will begin the cobra weave.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Step 3: Cobra weave design.<\/span><\/h3>\nWe are going to begin transforming the remaining paracord into an intricately weaved bracelet. First, grab the bracelet with the unsecured clasp end. You will want to make sure that you take each loose pieces of paracord and pull the strands to opposite ends.<\/p>\n
Make sure when you are looking at the paracords you see four strands of the material. In the front, you will see two semi secured pieces of paracord. In the back, the two loose ends appear pulled to each end of the buckled clasp.<\/p>\n
You want to see the four paracord strands in this order: one loose, two semi-secured, and another loose strand.<\/p>\n
Note: the middle two strands will not move as you will weave the outside loose strands around them.<\/p>\n
After you have all the pieces where they need to be, you can begin securing the end by creating a King cobra knot.<\/p>\n
Cobra Weave Instructions<\/h4>\n
You will be making several king cobra knots as you weave your bracelet. The basic pattern becomes easier once you have finished a few of these knots.<\/p>\n
\n- Pull the right loose strand over the top of the middle two strands.<\/li>\n
- Move the left unsecured paracord straight down over the top of the right loose strand.<\/li>\n
- Take the left piece and wrap it behind the other three paracord stands and through the loop. Take each free end of the paracord piece and pull tight.<\/li>\n
- Mirror this step starting with the left paracord piece.<\/li>\n
- Continue the pattern from right to left until you reach the end of the bracelet.<\/li>\n
- To secure the bracelet, cut the ends off on each side and burn them down with a lighter. Press on the burnt edges with your pliers to flatten out the bumps.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Important<\/strong>: You usually want your cobra weave bracelet to be a tight weave; however, the ammo-carrying bracelet is easier to make when you have a slightly looser weave.<\/p>\n