You could take two pieces of leather, loop paracord back and forth inside the leather, sew it up and have a belt of any color.

If the need arises, you only have to cut open one edge of the belt to remove the paracord, and you still have a functional belt.

This would also allow belts of any size, design and color to be quickly and easily constructed.

What are the advantages of paracord over nylon? Working strength for 1/8" nylon is 28 lbs. and for paracord it is 26 lbs. That being the case, breaking strength can't be much different, and nylon is about half the price.

Bountyhunter

Paracord (3/16") is rated to 550 lbs breaking strength (that why it is also known as 550 cord). The inner (7?) strands are rated 25-30 lbs IIRC.

The greater breaking strength, plus the fact that you can pull out and use the smaller inner strands for other purposes are some of the advantages.

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