Letter Re: Parachute Cord Bracelets

Hi Jim,  
After I saw Liam Neeson with a parachute cord bracelet at the beginning of the movie The A-Team, I thought “Okay, I got to get one.”   After waiting around for the vendor who makes those to show up at one of the local gun shows, I finally went on YouTube, and guess what? I learned how to make them myself. They’re not difficult to make. As a matter of fact, the company you linked-to yesterday (SportBraceletStore.com) makes a simple two-piece Cobra Weave. I crank those out like candy, using a simple jig I made using a carabiner, a C-clamp, and a plastic clothes hanger.  

Knowing how to make those will not only be a good post-collapse hands-on skill for barter, but also a moneymaker in the present. They cost me next to nothing in materials or time, as I now make them right there at my gun show table, between sales. At one show, I even custom made three of them for a family, while they waited. At $12 each, they move pretty well.   On the other hand, if your making watchbands, three-cord weaves, or “monkey fists,” those require some extra skill.   Cheers. – Jerry E.