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[Stormdrane]

A single strand paracord star knot...

[pmek5]

[phillipsted]

Was visiting in-laws this past weekend and had some time to tie while sitting out on the back porch. Beautiful weather, 70s, low humidity. Had a coil of orange 550 cord as well as a small amount of orange 3mm utility cord with a reflective thread running through it (got this at the camping store - it is used for tent guy lines). Also had an assortment of clips, swivels and beads. What I didn't have was internet access, so I couldn't look up any new knots to try out...

So what you see here uses only two basic knots - the diamond knot and the rattlesnake fob. The beads are inexpensive pewter beads from FireMountain.

Cheers!
TedP

[Stormdrane]

My Spyderco Bug with a single strand star knot(1.4mm cord)...

[C.L.L 97]

My Spyderco Bug with a single strand star knot(1.4mm cord)...

Really cool knot!! It looks cool on the bug! Where do you get that 1.4mm cord from??

[Stormdrane]

Really cool knot!! It looks cool on the bug! Where do you get that 1.4mm cord from??

Most of that sized cordage that I've used comes from ebay, but it's also available online from mini blind suppliers, GPJ Rope, R&W Rope Warehouse, etc...

[Rwb1500]

That star knot is really cool. Hard to do?

[Stormdrane]

That star knot is really cool. Hard to do?

It's not too hard to tie. Here's a link for a photo tutorial by Fred Creativ'Knots, and I uploaded a video for those that have trouble following the photo instructions. Between the two, it shouldn't be difficult to tie your own.

[Rwb1500]

It's not too hard to tie. Here's a link for a photo tutorial by Fred Creativ'Knots, and I uploaded a video for those that have trouble following the photo instructions. Between the two, it shouldn't be difficult to tie your own.

Awesome, thanks! I'll have to get out the spare shoelaces...

[Evil D]

Possibly the most simple lanyard i've ever made, yet it was a real head scratcher to figure out how to do. It's basically a hangman's knot with a loop on both ends instead of just one. It was a lot to hold onto all at one time and not have it unravel.

[Mocean]

@EvilD....that looks great! Will have to try to figure it out myself.

[Evil D]

@EvilD....that looks great! Will have to try to figure it out myself.

It's not hard...just take the main cord that comes out of the bottom (that you pull when tightening the loop) and loop it back up through all the wraps to make a second loop on the other end. Then i just adjusted them to how big i wanted them, then cut and burned the ends.

[Jazz]

I have to figure that out, Dave. That looks great.

- best wishes, Jazz.

[KardinalSyn]

@Evil D

Is that a modified Chris Reeve lanyard knot?

[Evil D]

@Evil D

Is that a modified Chris Reeve lanyard knot?

I'm honestly not even sure what a Chris Reeve knot is. As far as i know i made this up, but i'm sure over the course of history someone somewhere has done this before. I may try to make a quick video later and show how i did it. Once you see it, it's really really simple. If you can make a hangman's knot then you can make that.

[KardinalSyn]

Thanks for the reply. I like that knot and look forward to a demo.

[sharpguitarist]

Hey guys,
Here's my version of this knot.


It's not hard to make at all.
Just back and forth passes to create the two loops on the ends, and one other loop to secure the end after making the coil.
Good luck in your attempts.
Later,
Don

[willydigger]

Villain with Persistence.


Villain with Bone Collector and mini Cu Villain with my Maratac AAA Cu.

[dj moonbat]

The Air lacks a lanyard hole, but the open back is wide enough for a rawhide boot lace to go around the rearmost post.

[Evil D]

Hey guys sorry it took so long to get back around to this. I decided to just take pics instead of video, hope they help.

I didn't measure, but i believe i started with about 2 feet of cord for this, and ended up with two pieces of scrap about 4 inches long each.

First thing you do is make an S to establish the loops on each end. Decide how long you want the knot to be, and this is how long your S needs to be. Later you'll have to decide how many wraps around the noose you want, and the length you decide now will have an effect on how many loops you want later, so if you want a really long version of this with a lot of wraps, make your S longer than this.


Then pick that up and make a "triangle" out of the 3 pieces of cord you end up with. If you're right handed, you'll want the long end you'll be working with to be off to the right, and leave a few inches to the left.


Then start with the right end and start wrapping your loops just as you would when making a hangman's noose. The way this works is, the more loops you make, the stronger it will be, and the tighter the "noose" will be and harder they'll be to tighten/open since each loop adds friction on the loose end of cord that pulls through to tighten the noose loops.


Make the wraps/loops a little loose so you have some slack to pull the end of cord underneath them. For something small like this, i like 6 wraps/loops.


For this part it really makes things easier if you own a pair of hemostats (and if you play with paracord, you really should). Slip them under the loops and grab the end of cord and pull them under. Otherwise, just melt an extra bit of the end of cord and make it hard enough to thread under the loops. You'll cut this part off later so don't worry about making it ugly.


Once you have the end of cord under the loops, you've made the basic knot.


Now you need to start at the side you STARTED making the loops from (it helps if you hold this in one hand and don't flip it around while working on it) and start twisting the loops around one at a time going all the way around to the last loop. This will tighten the wraps one at a time and eventually create slack at the very last loop that you then pull through with the loose cord on the other side. You'll do this over and over as many times as you can manage. It gets pretty hard on your fingers once it starts to get tight. Since i use these for keys, i like it to be as tight as possible. Tight = strong.


At this point, it's good to pull and adjust the sides to even out the sides of your loops and make them the same size. On one side you'll pull the loop itself to make the other loop smaller, and then you'll pull the loose cord on the other side to make that loop smaller. I like to keep the loops a little small for something like this. Once you get it where you want it, cut the cords almost flush to the loop/knot and burn them. Most of the time when i'm making paracord stuff, i like to leave them with the option to unravel them so i could use the cord for something (like with a survival bracelet) but for this, since it's for my keys i don't mind if it melts into the rest of the cord a little bit..that just keeps it from coming undone.


Here's the front side after tightening up


Here's the back side after tightening up, you can see the cut/burned ends here


Once i'm done i put it on my key ring/S biner and pull both ends as hard as i can to make sure it's tight. If you're wondering how strong this is and you're worried about losing your keys, i pulled so hard I stretched my keyring out. I'd say that's plenty strong enough.