Fake--- Notice it's called 520 cord and there is no description of the construction. True paracord is 7 strand which further unravels into smaller threads. There are actually a few decent commercial versions, but always insist on the 7 inner strands. Most of the cheap copies have at best 3 strands and at worse a fuzzy inner core. The cheap stuff is only good for throttling the unscrupulous sellers <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />