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Yes, same stuff - it comes in braided and twisted. The twisted variety can be separated into smaller threads as well. Braided is usually stronger at the same diameters, less likely to fray or unravel at the ends or from partial thickness cuts and a
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Thank You!! That was hysterical - and "true" on a bunch of levels too! Your link made me laugh out loud very first thing this morning and I'll likely smile about it the rest of the day. Paul -
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Ran across this very funny short on alpine SAR. https://vimeo.com/371393039 Regards, Bill
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And then there are those who can write quite well and be accurte and informative to boot; https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552 Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond has always impressed me as a very fine synthesi
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Writing, speech is not always intended to explain or to provide information to the general public. My colleagues in the ER spoke in a patois of slang, abbreviation, acronym and ellipsis designed to communicate efficiently and quickly within the team,
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The bank line is a somewhat stiff to be sure. Yeah, if you tie a square knot it's not going anywhere. Paracord is easier to untie (of course that makes it aggravating when using it as shoelaces). To me the ideal is paracord as a ridgelines and ban
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I've never bought any of that bank line, but I looked it on on those Amazon links and very well may have to buy some! Just looking at the picture of it, reading about the tar, reading about the stiffness, and letting my imagination run wild - I'm as
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I use the braided stuff but the twisted will work as well.
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Originally Posted By: RussI am unfamiliar with the term “bank line”. Is Tarred Nylon Twine considered “bank line? If so, what are the advantages? That's the stuff. It's tarred which gives it a good level of mildew resistant. It's very stron
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For a proper counterbalanced hang to keep food away from bears, one can use close to 100 feet of cord if you use a doubled retrieval cord as well as the hang cord. I like 2mm cord for most things. Smaller (1mm) is harder to tie and untie. 550 cord i
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I am unfamiliar with the term “bank line”. Is Tarred Nylon Twine considered “bank line? If so, what are the advantages?
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Academics excel at this pretentious crap - The move from a structuralist account in which capital is understood to structure social relations in relatively homologous ways to a view of hegemony in which power relations are subject to repetition, con
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Originally Posted By: teacherI've seen kits with 50-100' of paracord. Nothing necessarily wrong with that. It depends on the situation and on the method for carrying it. In my daypack, I carry 25' bright orange paracord (non-mil spec), 75' of #36
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I think perhaps the reason parachute cord is popular in survival kits is because a lot of survival skills were developed for aviators who bail out, who naturally have a lot of paracord to use.
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I use micro paracord for the same uses
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Yeah, cordage good, too much cordage not necessarily bad. A few years back I got a deal on a 1000’ reel of 550 paracord and figured that’s not too much. I made up a couple 100” lengths and quite a few 20” lengths. There’s probably 600’ left on the
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I don't believe there are any Federal aws or regulations that mandate only one kind of cordage in a survival kit. Put in two or three, if you wish. Most any will get the job done.
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Check out Doug Ritter's original PSK sold through Adventure Medical Kits. Too small for paracord, and while I love the kit (and have four of five of them) it includes fairly generic cordage. I upgraded mine with bank line.
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Originally Posted By: PhaedrusThe premade kits I have seen use incredibly cheap nylon cordage, probably 1/3 the cost of even bankline. Even the better premade kits have very cheap cordage so far as I have seen. If a kit is selling for $10-$20 imagi
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Originally Posted By: Jeanette_IsabelleOriginally Posted By: PhaedrusMaybe the cost? If it is inexpensive, as you said, then how is the cost the reason bankline is not in survival kits? Jeanette Isabelle The premade kits I have seen use incredibl
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Good article. I am fortunate that many people can't write. Technical writing and editing has been my bread and butter for many long years. Writing in the language of the shop floor is a balancing act. On the one hand: if you spoon-feed a highly tec
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Bankline is the favorite of many military folks that go into remote places with minimal equipment. It is strong, UV and rot resistant. It takes most knots well and easily untied. Although the original was coated with a smelly tar substance, the last
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Excellent find and summary, Michael2 - thanks!
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There's some technical and licensing information at FCCID.io, which appears to be a non-official compilation of wireless device applications filed with the FCC. In the US, the device operates on a shared, secondary basis (on a frequency that happen
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The Single Reason Why People Can't Write, According to a Harvard Psychologist Quote:...As Richard Feynman, the Nobel prize-winning physicist, once wrote, "If you ever hear yourself saying, 'I think I understand this,' that means you don't.&
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