The para-cord on my new Izula, how do I do it?

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Doogoon

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So I got my new little fixed blade today, thanks to the help of this forum, and I have to say I can't be more satisfied with a knife :)

Anyway, I bought some para-cord on my way home to wrap the handle with because I see everyone doing it and I could really use the cord. One problem though; I can't figure out a good way to finish it off. I have a gross looking knot at the end and I haven't any ideas to make it look nice or even be tight and secure.
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I'm quite the noob to knives still, so that's the best I could figure. Any help and suggestions would be really nice. :)


Also, being the noob that I am, I was wrapping the knife with the sheath on when I decided I needed to move the cord up the blade. I held the sheath and pull up on the cord.
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Seven stitches and blood all over my nice new shirt. At least I know it's really sharp :)
 
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I've just tied mine off and left it. Part of the usefulness of the paracord wrap is having it readily available if you need it. That means it needs to come off the knife handle pretty easily and I'd probably want to be able to put it back on easily as well. Fancy or difficult knots may not be attractive to me if I have to work to untie them or put them back in place.
 
Doogoon said:
Also, being the noob that I am, I was wrapping the knife with the sheath on when I decided I needed to move the cord up the blade. I held the sheath and pull up on the cord.
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Seven stitches and blood all over my nice new shirt. At least I know it's really sharp :)
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Aww, she bit you. She has claimed you as hers now. :D
 
I just finished mine off with a messy little square knot, melted the loose ends, and then tucked it away.

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Doogoon said:
Wow! I'm going to try this out!

wow I can barely even get it close.
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Ha, keep trying. It is worth it. I may be biased, but I think it's one of the better wraps out there. I definitely tried a few. On the one below, keep pushing down and tightening after every knot. You want it to be super tight. If it is loose it falls apart with use rather quickly.

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Will do then! Would you say I need more paracord to do it? I began to do it and noticed the paracord running out alot faster than on the other method.
 
I used around 5 feet of paracord, but try 5.5 then cut it down. It is a surprising amount on a thin wrap. But you definitely need to crank down on it, make the knots tight.
 
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I used around 5 feet of paracord, but try 5.5 then cut it down. It is a surprising amount on a thin wrap. But you definitely need to crank down on it, make the knots tight.
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K I followed your advice and made the knots as tight as I could.
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I could only get in 12 knots as opposed to your 14 knots. The under side looks really funny. I'm going to keep trying until I get it right, I think I get the method I should use so I'll give it another shot.

I prefer tying it like this, it's definitely easier to get the cord tight all the way up.

EDIT: I did it! It isn't perfect but it's quite satisfying!
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I think that looks good, well done! It can get a little tough to get the last few knots in, but it helps in the long run. Just stays that way a bit longer.
 
I'm not a fan of lanyards coming off the end and took a similar approach as Dorito Monk.

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Mine differs more in the start and the finish. If I had to hazard a guess, Dorito's probably has a straight line of cord running across the back, at the top of the wrap. A very mild level of OCD would not allow me to do that, so instead I began by holding down one end of the gutted paracord along the inside of the spine side of the cut-out. I then began the back and forth all the way down, being sure to encapsulate that tag end along the inside of the spine. When I felt I was about ~5 passes from the end, I slipped a loop of high-test fishing line in with the starting tag end and continued. Once I finished wrapping down, I measured off and cut the tag end to roughly the same length up as I inserted the fishing line, then melted the end, leaving it with as much grippy surface area as I could without making it impossible to complete the last step, to yank up into the wrap itself, leaving no ends exposed. Very clean looking wrap on both sides of the knife that should, if done correctly, never come apart.

Fair warning, though... that final yank will likely take a lot of force to pull off. I would not advise trying it without gloves or with use of a tool. And make sure the fishing line can handle the task as well; I used 40#, if memory serves.
 
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