Top Qulity 550/ Para Cord Parachute cord 14Meter (ParaCord 14m) - Coyote Brown

Top Qulity 550/ Para Cord Parachute cord  - Coyote Brown

Parachute Cord. CB nylon construction. Ideal for camping, boating, crabbing, indoor and outdoor clotheslines,
halyard lines, garden lines, venetian blinds, awning lines and many applications requiring strength and durability.

Condition: New

Parachute cord (also paracord or 550 cord) is a lightweight nylon kernmantle rope originally used in the suspension
lines of US parachutes during World War II. Once in the field, paratroopers found this cord useful for many other tasks.
It is now used as a general purpose utility cord by both military personnel and civilians.
This versatile cord was even used by astronauts during STS-82, the second Space Shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

The braided sheath has a high number of interwoven strands for its size, giving it a relatively smooth texture.
 The all-nylon construction makes paracord fairly elastic; depending on the application this can be either an asset or a liability.

Military usage

Despite the historic association of pararopes with Airborne units, virtually all US units have access to the cord.
It is used in almost any situation where light cordage is needed. Typical uses include attaching equipment to harnesses,
as dummy cords to avoid losing small or important items, tying rucksacks to vehicle racks, securing camouflage nets to trees
or vehicles, and so forth. When threaded with beads, paracord may be used as a pace counter to estimate ground covered by foot.
The yarns of the core (commonly referred to as "the guts") can also be removed when finer string is needed,
for instance as sewing thread to repair gear or fishing line in a survival situation. The nylon sheath is often used alone,
the yarn in the core removed, when a thinner or less elastic cord is needed. Ends of the cord are almost always melted and
crimped to prevent fraying.

A typical 550 Cord bracelet.

In addition to purely utility functions, paracord can be used to fashion knotted or braided bracelets, lanyards,
 belts, and other decorative items.