Skins
How to Cord-wrap your Knife
Skinning your HideAway with paracord takes 10 minutes to do after you gather the materials.
People order cord-wrapping for 3 reasons:
- It looks cool.
- Some people prefer the extra cush. I can not tell the difference in feeling in actual use. I like how it makes it a little snugger for utility purposes. You can wear a HideAway while opening mail, paying bills online, etc.
- Choosing cord-wrapping means that I calculate a slightly different size HideAway to fit your hand. This means that you could at some point take off the cord-wrap, and it would fit when wearing thin gloves. Some folks are interested in this because they have found a way to attach their HideAway sheath semi-permanently inside a winter coat or light summer vest.
Here's how to do it. Thanks to SWAT / LEO type Ken Brock for providing me with a picture tutorial of how he cord-wrapped his HideAway. I experimented with it some and took these pictures.
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| First Step: Get a HideAway Knife. | Decide which color paracord you'd like. For this example, I choose tan. |
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| Find these things. The glue is optional. | Decore the paracord. |
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| Cut the paracord at an angle. | Singe the ends for 1 second so they don't fray. |
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| Pull enough paracord through so that 2-3 wraps will cover it. |
Now it goes quickly. Take care to leave the holes open as you go around the curves. Keep the paracord pulled tight. |
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| Slow up as you approach the remaining cord-wrap hole. This is the tricky part. | Make the final 2 wraps loose. You could singe the other end of the paracord and cut it at an angle too. |
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| Pull through hole but keep the final 2 wraps loose. | Put it under the final 2 wraps, and pull very tightly. |
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| If you didn't singe the end, a drop of glue will keep it from fraying. | Wipe off excess glue. |
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| Snip off the excess. | Tuck any remaining cord under the third wrap. |
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| Remember to return the cuticle scissors to where you got them to promote domestic tranquility. | Check the opposite side. |
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| Et voila! | Skinned HideAway with sheath. |
Does your knife not have cord-wrap holes? Not a problem - just click here.