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Cobra pattern paracord wrap
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Hokus Grey
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I'm interested in doing something like this as well.
the_klenzer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Vancouver, BC
Nice, did a custom wrap on a knife handle once, didn't come out nearly as sweet as that.
Ok here it is my attempt at a how to tie your own paracord Cobra weave for your cz/vz or any other object you may choose to do this to.
1. buy your paracord choose your colour my technique only shows how to do a single colour but it is possible to do 2 colours by melting the ends of the 2 different coulour ropes together. but that is another tutorial.
2. Cut your length of cord I have found about 14 feet to be a good length for this length of stock they say about a foot of cord per inch of coverage. A little more never hurt you can always trim it but you cant add to it.
3. Begin your tying at the hing end of the stock. there is a little bit of a spot there on the right side that is like a groove it is a nice place to start.
4. Find the center of your rope by lining up the 2 cut ends then work your way back to the middle you can mark it with a felt if you like then tie your first knot.
5.Pull it really tight then begin your first of the weave knots. make an s shape with the rope on the right side. then weave your left rope as shown in the photos ( i hate trying to describe this crap lol)
6. Ok it is easiest not to work with the ends of the rope since there is 7 feet of it on each side so start your weave by grabbing the rope like i do in the pics (just double it over and feed it through the pattern then pull the lengths thru.) you can get into a rhythm.
pull it very tight by working it pull out away from each other and pulling the left side up and down and then the right side keeping tension on both it's hard on the hands but will make a difference in the tightness. you will see the bottom line is get it tight. once you have a few knots in a row you will see a ridge forming on both sides you can control where this ridge sits by watching your knots as you tie them. my first time doing this i had it started at the top next one i did i made the ridge in the middle of the I beam arm of the stock. it's a matter of personal preference but you can control it and maybe make a design with it ie: undulating pattern. in this example i went down the middle of the I beam. my original posted pics were the top and slowly working to the middle by the end of the stock. ok now a bit more detail on the sequence of knots.
7. when weaving it is easy to lose track of which side you need to make the s shape and which one gets fed thru. an easy way to remember is to look at the rope after you have it tightend one side of rope should be kinda pulled down and the other end sticks up you want to S the side that is down.
as you see in this pic the left side of rope is what you want to S next.
feed the right hand side rope thru and then pull the length right thru as always... and then tighten it hard! ( my hands are so sore when im done)
8. Ok that is the pattern now just repeat over and over and over and over lol now i will show you something i just did. i took a piece of 1/2 inch rope about 4 inches long and wrapped it with the same camo coulour rope i do the weave with then lashed it to the stock to give it a better cheek weld.
9. Keep weaving come on you can do it.... it was hard to ease the transition where i added the padding something to experiment with. maybe different ways to pad it out.
originally i ended my weave at the shoulder plate.
you can see in one of these the damn yellow 1/2 inch rope i used for the pad sticks out like a sore thumb. if i could i would have used black rope for that instead.
this time i did a wrap around part of the shoulder plate as well. when you run out of rope simply pull it very tight cut of the ends with about 1/4 inch of rope left sticking out and melt it with a lighter i use the side of the lighter to smooth/squish the melted rope down. locks it in pretty good.
10. go out and shoot the damn thing!
Well that's it my first tutorial i hope it makes sense there are lots of youtube videos on doing the cobra weave so if i havent shown that well enough go check them out.
1. buy your paracord choose your colour my technique only shows how to do a single colour but it is possible to do 2 colours by melting the ends of the 2 different coulour ropes together. but that is another tutorial.
2. Cut your length of cord I have found about 14 feet to be a good length for this length of stock they say about a foot of cord per inch of coverage. A little more never hurt you can always trim it but you cant add to it.
3. Begin your tying at the hing end of the stock. there is a little bit of a spot there on the right side that is like a groove it is a nice place to start.
4. Find the center of your rope by lining up the 2 cut ends then work your way back to the middle you can mark it with a felt if you like then tie your first knot.
5.Pull it really tight then begin your first of the weave knots. make an s shape with the rope on the right side. then weave your left rope as shown in the photos ( i hate trying to describe this crap lol)
6. Ok it is easiest not to work with the ends of the rope since there is 7 feet of it on each side so start your weave by grabbing the rope like i do in the pics (just double it over and feed it through the pattern then pull the lengths thru.) you can get into a rhythm.
pull it very tight by working it pull out away from each other and pulling the left side up and down and then the right side keeping tension on both it's hard on the hands but will make a difference in the tightness. you will see the bottom line is get it tight. once you have a few knots in a row you will see a ridge forming on both sides you can control where this ridge sits by watching your knots as you tie them. my first time doing this i had it started at the top next one i did i made the ridge in the middle of the I beam arm of the stock. it's a matter of personal preference but you can control it and maybe make a design with it ie: undulating pattern. in this example i went down the middle of the I beam. my original posted pics were the top and slowly working to the middle by the end of the stock. ok now a bit more detail on the sequence of knots.
7. when weaving it is easy to lose track of which side you need to make the s shape and which one gets fed thru. an easy way to remember is to look at the rope after you have it tightend one side of rope should be kinda pulled down and the other end sticks up you want to S the side that is down.
as you see in this pic the left side of rope is what you want to S next.
feed the right hand side rope thru and then pull the length right thru as always... and then tighten it hard! ( my hands are so sore when im done)
8. Ok that is the pattern now just repeat over and over and over and over lol now i will show you something i just did. i took a piece of 1/2 inch rope about 4 inches long and wrapped it with the same camo coulour rope i do the weave with then lashed it to the stock to give it a better cheek weld.
9. Keep weaving come on you can do it.... it was hard to ease the transition where i added the padding something to experiment with. maybe different ways to pad it out.
originally i ended my weave at the shoulder plate.
you can see in one of these the damn yellow 1/2 inch rope i used for the pad sticks out like a sore thumb. if i could i would have used black rope for that instead.
this time i did a wrap around part of the shoulder plate as well. when you run out of rope simply pull it very tight cut of the ends with about 1/4 inch of rope left sticking out and melt it with a lighter i use the side of the lighter to smooth/squish the melted rope down. locks it in pretty good.
10. go out and shoot the damn thing!
Well that's it my first tutorial i hope it makes sense there are lots of youtube videos on doing the cobra weave so if i havent shown that well enough go check them out.
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Jwirecom109
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Rural Alberta
cool thanks!!
it was kind of fun to do this tutorial i hope you guys have fun with it. it's so cheap to do and easy to change if you decide to do something different. i can unwrap it in about 5 minutes so in a survival situation if you have your rifle you have 14 feet of cord. when i make the rifle sling mine will hold a lot more than that maybe 100 feet. i was thinking about doing the barrel too but if you shoot a lot then you will melt it so i decided against it. knowing how to tie knots is a great skill to have from rigging and tying down loads on trucks and trailers i know the value of a good knot. there are some good websites to teach knots a few i think everyone should know are the bowline knot, the slip knot, the trucker knot, the sheep shank, and the clove hitch and timber hitches. you can do lots with these knots
