Can you tell me how much the thickness of the strap is only done well? Is it possible to go straight through the lugs without removing the spring bars?
Two Cautions: This design makes great looking professional watch straps whether you use standard strap buckles or plastic paracord buckles but there are two issues to safeguard against. Watch straps invariably get dirty and perhaps a bit sweaty and need to be washed, All commercial paracord shrinks when it gets wet. The shrinkage in length is almost always between 15 - 20% if the cord is straight and not been knotted. If the cord has been knotted / woven, then the shrinkage of the weaved product is typically 6% of its unshrunk length (full military spec paracord does not shrink but costs a lot more and the color selections are limited). If you wish to avoid the problem pre-shrink the paracord by immersing it in boiling water for 30 secs. You can use a curling iron or flat iron to flatten the cords right after you take them out of the boiling water so you only add a few minutes to the project. After you cord dries it will have shrunk 15-20% but it will never shrink again no matter how often you wash it. Caution #2 is color dye run, Be careful where you purchase your paracord from. None of them are supposed to run / have water soluble color but some do. Every color that I purchased from a company called Canada Paracord ran - types 550, 95, and microcord!! The multi-corded cord ruins itself because 2 its 2 or 3 colors all run together. And they run in cold water or hot. I have purchased tons of paracord from Paracord Galaxy in Utah and its all wonderful. None of it has ever run but like all other commercia nylonl cord it will shrink. I have also purchased quality paracord from Bored Paracord and it also does not run. I am not able to comment on the other major paracord sources so you will need to check out what you are using. Thanks again Tim for the design and great video. Cheers, Murray
"Commercial" or not, those are the two best sources for paracord online. I've not seen any that offer better selection, price, and service than either Paracord Galaxy or Bored Paracord.
@@TerminusVox My not was definitely NOT meant to be commercial. I have no affiliation with the two mentioned companies. I shared the discoveries from my experience so everyone else could avoid some of the negative consequences. At this time I would also like to add one more note regarding shrinkage. The 15%-20% shrinkage is linear shrinkage which occurs on new cord, straight and unknotted. If the cord has already been woven / knotted into a design and then shrunk in boiling water, the shrinkage of the length of the knotted design is approx 6%. That is because of the way the 7 inner strands of paracord 550 twist and the constraints from the knotting especially if the knots are pulled very tight. Cheers, Murray
Thanks, Murray M! Great money & time saving advice. As a jewelry artist I never want any work that I've created to break or become defective in any way. For example, some natural gems can fade/change over time under extreme conditions. Many dyed stones (lower quality processes, etc) can bleed onto the wearer's skin & clothing. It pays to do research on any material being used, in order to provide lasting quality and keep clients happy. Thanks again!
Unfortunately paracord is kind of a niche thing u guess. Also it is relatively cheap, or least where I buy my cords 😅. Unkike some other great artisans hobbies. For me it helps me relax and find myself again. I can spend hours while the worls just passes by around me
That Hamilton "coop" is my grail watch. It looks awesome. I loved the movie "Interstellar". When my daughter graduates I want to get her the murf, and the coop for myself.
Is it possible to do a 2 piece version of this strap? For those of us who have smart watches and would like to use their biometric watch sensor. New follower here, love your work
I wish they could make some reliable bars for the apple watches! A paracord strap for my watch would be soooo awesome! But every review i see about them usually has a bunch of bad reviews on how easily they break 😔
I'd like to see a paracord design that surrounds a regular watch strap. If I'm in a situation where I need to unravel the paracord to use, then I've lost my strap and will have to pocket my watch like a caveman.
Thank you so much for making this video. As a non-weaving watch collector, it's a bit intimidating, but you explained it really clearly ! That's a really nice Casio and I LOVE your smooth background music, Cheers mate !
Just made one for my Vostok Amphibia, and had a lot of fun! It could look better, but I am proud of how I integrated my keeper by weaving the loop into the back of the band and melting into place.
dude i wished you had had your camera positioned futher so we can all see the edges of the strap as you were weaving it. i lost you on the 1st "under/over"
I made it! I have a Timex Expedition 100m watch and the band broke after two years. I liked this band bc it looks sleek and it's flat. I made it in an army green color! I had to put the video on slow speed to follow along. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. Thank you so much for the tutorial!
I've got an Expedition too, the T44921 steel model with HUGE numerals. After 3yrs of wear the fat tan leather strap on it is one of the best cheap leather straps I've every owned. Was yours a different strap to mine ?
My Casio F91-W strap broke and I've used this method to replace the strap. I had to modify the metal strap points (they weren't spring loaded) and found stitching the braiding ends with olive green thread much better than the gluing method. But a brilliant tutorial, giving new life to a cherished watch.
I was wondering if you have any tips on tying with tougher cord? I’ve got a bunch and I can’t do tight knots with it and I’d like to know if there’s a way I can soften it or make it easier to tie tight knots with
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I might give this a try. I was thinking of using an iron to flatten the whole end or maybe just at the edges to avoid the thickness of back stitching. Bad idea? I guess I could make it too long and cut it back after experimenting.
Hey! I'm making my strap from shoe laces out of which 2 are same coloured and one is a bit darker colour so how would it look if I place the darker lace in the middle and keep the other two on the sides and start weaving?
I just finished mine, did it in black, and it works great with my 20mm Maratac watch. Wish I did mine a little longer but I love it. Might have to make another and maybe mix in some other colors.
Definitly gona do this..... but in my country i have some paracord(original american paracord) but its really expensive..... and chinese is really cheap and bad
Awesome and beautiful design. For those of us who prefer using buckles on our watchbands, how would you recommend incorporating a buckle at the buckle-less end? Cheers, Murray
Thanks Murray! I think the only way to do something like that would be to loop the ends through a buckle and back stitch them into the strap to close the loops. I haven't tried it before, so I can't really describe the exact way though.
Thanks, it actually works. I used some scrap cord to weave a few inches and go through the 2nd buckle. 3 of the cords fit nicely under the cord 2 loop and the other 3 fit nicely under the cord 6 loop (with the use of a fid). Here is a link to a photo. Cheers, Murray www.mediafire.com/view/de0k3fbjobfe08u/IMG_6414_MMF.jpg/file
Wish a lot of RU-vid videos would prescribe to your style of production i.e. no narcissistic views of the narrator, stays focused on the subject matter, keeps the music volume lower than the narrator.
Would have been amazing if you didn’t gut the paracord. I would buy this for my watch if it laid flat and it still had the paracord inside of it. Great video.
Hi again thank you for your prompt reply do you have other tutorial which I can learn from i learning so thank you for your great tutorial I live in Puerto Rico and I can find a lot of stores for crafts only like Walmart but its to expensive there well again thanks for reponse
I wish this video had a version with the inner strands still in there cuz I've seen paracord flattened before with the inner strand still in there having the inner strands is kind of one of the reasons for doing a paracord wrap cuz I'm only looking to do this to make another piece for my survival kit and having those inner strands would be very helpful if I have to dismantle the watch strap
I really like this I am a beginner with paracord and for longest time I wanted to make a watch strap would this be good for beginners i have done a few paracord bracelets just the regular ones thank you for his video donyou hve of these videos to do watch straps
Definitely possible, it would depend on the adapters you're using. You would just have to make two separate pieces. You might be able to back stitch the strands onto the adapters somehow to connect them?
@@TheWeaversofEternity at the moment we are on Kickstarter as we have launched there, ....www.kickstarter.com/projects/astburyandkent/1930s-dc-3-inspired-automatic-watch?ref=6t5hnt The strap is coming within the next month or two, we have sourced some 1940's parachute strapping and also some 1940's DC3 airplane seat belt material which are with our strap makers , once we have them back and are satisfied with them then we will add to our website !
