Paraclaw Knife Buckle or Paracord & Paraclaw Tactical Knife Bracelet
The
Para-Claw Knife is made from 8Cr13MoV Stainless Steel (which means it's
really good). It's blade is 1½ inches long and shaped like a hawkbill.
The knifes grip is about 5/8 X 3/4 inches at it's two longest points.
The grip has a ribbed top for you thumb and a rectangular slot. This
knife was designed specifically to be worn on a paracord bracelet. A
paracord bracelet is started through the slot in the knife handle and
woven to the length needed. The blade fits perfectly into a molded nylon
guard/sheath with a latch to secure the knife. Also molded into the
guard/sheath at the back end is a smooth metal T which is used to attach
the paracord bracelet. This is done by making a loop at the end of the
bracelet and slipping it over the metal T. You put on and remove the
bracelet with this loop. The knife is designed to stay in the
guard/sheath until needed. The bracelet itself is the knife handle. You
remove the knife by holding the guard/sheath down with a finger and
pulling up on the bracelet attached to the back of the grip with the
ribbed thumb position. Insert the knife back into the guard before
wearing the bracelet. Do not attach or reattach the bracelet using the
knife blade and guard/sheath as the connector. Always attach the
bracelet by using the loop and T.
The
knife was designed small for a paracord bracelet. This way you can
always have a knife with you that is discrete and secure. What was
Gib's rule on NCIS? Something to the effect of never go anywhere without
a knife (I'm not sure of the rule #). I think most people will look at
this knife as a self defense item. Wearing the bracelet with the knife
on the palm side of your wrist makes it less visible if you don't want
to show it off. It's small, lightweight, discrete and you can always
have it with you. Of course, we won't overlook the other uses or reasons
to have a knife on hand like survival, rescue, camping, hunting, all
things outdoors and everyday uses like opening a box.
This is
really an improvement for the paracord bracelet. The whole point of the
paracord bracelet started from the idea of always having about ten feet
of the 550 paracord with you in case of an emergency. Now you can add a
high quality knife to it. You can choose any color or pattern of the
550 cord to make the bracelet. You can make it a
fashion statement if you want to. However, the
fish & fire or the
parapocalypse cord used with the paraclaw buckle will make the best survival bracelet.
You can go to our tutorial pages on
how to make a paracord bracelet for
paracord bracelet instructions.
Many different paracord weaves, different paracord braids, paracord
bracelet patterns and ideas can be found there. How to tie paracord
depends on what you are doing. Different paracord knots or weaves will
produce a larger or smaller bracelet. For this bracelet I would choose
one of the larger thicker weaves because the bracelet is used as the
knife handle. The
fish & fire or the
parapocalypse cord used with the paraclaw buckle will make the best survival bracelet.
A
paracord keychain
is another great way to have paracord with you. However, adding a knife
to your keychain may get a little bulky. I think the survivalist or
every day carry (EDC) folks would like a survival bracelet like the
Paraclaw tactical knife bracelet much more.
If
you really wanted to get clever you could make this a paracord watch
band as well. Weave the parachute cord from the knife to the watch and
then from the watch to the loop end of the bracelet which attaches to
the T on the guard/sheath. Watch on top of the wrist and paraclaw knife
on the bottom or underside.
You could also make a paracord belt
using the paraclaw Knife. You would do it the same way as the bracelet.
The practical side of getting to the knife quickly for use would be
gone. The belt would have to be removed so the knife could be used and
the handle of the knife is now the whole length of the belt. It would
not be convenient, but you would have a knife.
The manufactures print materials call it a Para-Claw knife buckle and a
ParaClaw knife buckle, but I've also seen it spelled para claw. I guess you can spell it any of three ways.
The knife and guard/sheath weights about a 1/2 ounce by itself. Add the bracelet and your all the way up to 1½ ounces.
M. Shane Sullivan, Owner/Manager of Paracordgalaxy.com
