Cord Wrapped Necker

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SkunkWerX

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Just a little something to pass a few minutes...

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grease-man said:
Nice! Looks comfortable in the hand! -Matt-
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Much improved feel in the hand.
Handle would defintely "dig in" if you did any hard work with it.
And I believe it is capable of some pretty heavy work, for it's size...but your palm and fingers wuold pay the price after a while.

made the lanyard just long enough to go around hand, not wrist. Skull acts as the slider on the "no snag" lanyard.
When not in use, slid it toward the knife so the loop is less likely to cacth on anything by accident.
 
Looks nice. By the way About how much chord is it. would it be enough to be useful in a survival situation? just curious as i am planning to purchase a necker soon
 
Emsrescue I'm not sure as I am not the one that wrapped it but I would say it's no more then 2-3 feet. There are ways to wrap it with more cordage if you go down to the Becker Modifaction or whatever it was called theres a link posted that would get a lot more cordage on your handle.
 
I just wrapped mine in the same manner and there is almost exactly 3 feet of paracord there, including the lanyard tails.
 
I would guess about 4 feet with the tails? That what I was able to get with skeletonized wrap with paracord, just like Skunkwerx has it now. On a strider wrap I got approx 6 feet. Then I switched from paracord to 2mm spectra accessory cord and got about 10 feet with the strider wrap (single wrap, no underwrapping.

I chose Kelty Triptease and snapped a glow in the dark REI zipper pull to the lanyard. It has scotchlite yarns braided in so lites up like a christmas tree when you shine a light on it (even a small white photon light). Good for finding your knife, good for making your shelter even more visible and has devent breaking strength of 188lbs. I haven't tried breaking it down into its components yet, but it looks like the core is unbraided spectra. So I prewrapped a section of the handle with 50ft of 35lb spiderwire braided fishing line.

Skunk, I love the wrap, that skull is the icing on the cake!
 
Yup, about 3 feet. No more. Now, what do you consider usable?
3 feet is usable in my book. You could lash an extra braided bit at the tail, or do a double wrap around.

I tend to wrap a lot of things, so I have "handy lengths" all over the place.
Kydex sheaths are great for winding extra cordage around, start lacing the holes, then weaving the cordage in and out of the lacing.

I have at least 20 feet of cordage on my BK1s kydex sheath.

You might be able to get a good 10 feet on the Necker's sheath, wrap tight and wind it on.

If you plan on hanging the knife around your neck, make a 10 or 15 foot tied bundle and hang it with the knife. No weight, doesn't take much room.

That's all I have on the wrapping topic at the moment.
 
Have any of you tried wetting the paracord before wrapping? I've heard that it will shrink and tighten when it dries. I personally have never tried it. Does this mean that a handle wrapped dry will begome all soggy and baggy if it gets wet?
 
3 feet sounds use able to me

I love the scull too. these are real popular for bracelts for my patients here. :D
 
Hell yeah, 3 feet is useful. The back bottom corner of one of my toolboxes has a baggie full of odd ends like that. I rummage through there once in a while and I'm always glad I have it.

What's the thinking on actually hanging the knife from your neck? I've read para-cord for strength and durability, and I've heard to use flimsy ball-chain so it snaps easily and doesn't strangle you if it gets caught on something. I'm torn between the two, ho ho.

BTW Skunk, that looks like a dang smart way to wrap that puppy. Let us know how it holds up... if it comes loose with use, etc. That's my big concern about cordwraps.
I do like the low profile of it though, since I'm hoping to wear mine under my shirt. So it doesn't get caught on something and strangle me.
 
GibsonFan said:
What's the thinking on actually hanging the knife from your neck? I've read para-cord for strength and durability, and I've heard to use flimsy ball-chain so it snaps easily and doesn't strangle you if it gets caught on something. I'm torn between the two, ho ho.
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I don't like the idea of anything around my neck that won't break away. I experimented with melting the ends of cord together (instead of tying it). It took a surprisingly hard tug to get it to break so I'm going with that.
 
EmsRescueGuy said:
I love the scull too.
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Yes, but of what use is the skull in a survival situation? :eek:

I'm going to wrap my necker too, but I'm going with blaze-orange paracord for the obvious reasons (although neon green has caught my eye... hmm....). I've read that paracord will shrink when it gets wet but apparently you can pre-shrink it and then all will be well. More experimentation will have to wait until after Christmas though. :mad:
 
The skull is to remind you of how you may end up if your not careful. Or, it could be a small portable Wilson substitute in a long term survival situation. Saves you the trouble of looking for a volleyball and having to cut yourself to paint a face on it. :D
 
have any of you becker necker users, had any problems with the factory sheath..... :confused: the one that came with my knife was horrible.... it felt like wrestling with a bear, just to get the knife out.... i ended up sending it to sharpshooter and getting a new kydex sheath made....:) it came out great, o.d. kydex and tek-lok compatible.....:thumbup:
 
The sheath on my second bk11 was a bit tight, but i used the trusty heatgun on it it made a huge difference. What did the sheath end up costing you with the tek-lok? and what was the approx turn around time?
 
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