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Paracord Survival Bracelets The Best The OriginalNewsflash - there is a new seller that has blatantyl ripped-off my design and claims theirs is the best design. Trouble is, it's my design. Anyway, please do take note how they conceal the buckle ends from your view in their pics. That is because they use inferior buckles (you can see they are nto itw/fastex by looking at the previous auctions he's won.
Shows the buckles there. ) and inferior finishing on the buckles. Please check my feedback. I was the first to make them this way and ym design and the attention to detail is far superior to the imposters. I still have several bracelets to catch up on due to my unexpected mission earlier this month - this will take a few days, once i return. If you would like to go ahead and purchase now, this will lock you itno the list for when i get back. If this is nto ok, please do not purchase. Thanks to hte majority of you folks that have been understanding and patient while i've been on mission. I very much appreciate your thoughts and prayers. Picture is provided just as na example. You may select any combination of colors (up to three different colors) for your bracelet to usit your tastes! This listing is for one (1) paracord bracelet of my own original design! I was the first to make them this way and i've been making them a lot longer than these other people - these other people claiming to be veterans bought one of mine to copy and then tsarted selling their knock-offs here. Mine is the best quality available anywhere and if you are in doubt, please check out my feedback! Note i will include a free gift with the purchase of eahc bracelet. I cannot show it here because i've had one seller in particular trying (unsuccessfully) to rip off my design.
I am a us soldier - ebay will not allow me to tell you the reason i am selling these. Please email me if you want to know what i do with this money and i will be happy to elaborate. I also enjoy making them and hope that folks will be impressed with the quality and enjoy wearing them. sA well, i have been selling these on ebay longer than anyone else on here - they came along later and completely ripped off my unique design. Folks, please - if you're going to buy a bracelet, please buy them from those of us that are currently serving. We aer the ones out there, proudly defending our country. Other sellers on here have flat-out resorted to lies and deceipt in order to get you to uby their inferior bracelets and using the money to buy junk. If you already know you'd like to order now and skip all of this inane drama, please scroll down to the list of paracord colors. The ordering instructions begni there.It is truly my honor to serve people like the kind folks that have ordered so far! Check out my about me page! There, you will read the truth about the others. I have an established presence on ebay and i am the only one on here that makes my bracelet this way. If you look at the other auctions and the seller goes to great lengths to not show you the ends where it fastens, you would be wise to be suspicious. Please read on to see why. I have received a very high volume of praise on my craftsmanship.
A us navy sailor (a cpo) that bought my bracelets said i could've made an outstanding boatswain's mate! (those are the sailors that, among other duties, tie knots and mangae rigging on the ship. ) you will not be disappointed - i make mine differently than everyone else on here (some have ripped off ym design, but i make them better, still) and the difference in quality will be very clear when you receive it. Please check my feedback and then hceck theirs. I didn't just start making these and i have a very long line of happy folks there.
I've even made them for vietnam vets and will include a picture of it below in the next fwe days. It is olive drab, red, and yellow to reflect the colors fo the vietnam service medal. Only genuine military-specification, us-manufactured materials are used.
Buy mine the first time so you won't be disappointed with the others! I have had buyers tell me they have bought the others and then mine and that mine absolutely blows the others' away in quality and workmanship. I only use mil-spec, non-commercial, us-manufactured 550 cord! Check my feedback! Mine are absolutely the ebst quality on ebay!
Please read on to see why mine are better than the cheapie ones here. Remember - you get what you pay for. If you pay for junk, you'll get junk. I go above and beyond to make sure you get the absolute best and then some. Some other people on here will tell you that all paracord survival crod bracelets you see on ebay are the same. This is simply a lie. If they're using a loop and button (either butotn knot or bdu button) to fasten the bracelet, you are getting around three feet less cord than with my bracelet. Period. Also, bdu buttons break down in uv (sunlight). That's why extra buttons are included in the military sewing kit. Fastex buckles are uv-resistant and will not break down in sunlight. In an emergency, you'll also have an extra fastex buckle to repair your gear. I take pride in making these the best way with the most cord (over twice as much cord as the others currently listed on ebay) and providing a superior product.Check my feedback. You will nto be disappointed. Many soldiers wear these in order to carry a length of paracord iwth them easily for use in emergency/survival situations - they were originally worn by socom soldiers (seals, delta force, etc. ) before desert storm. All parts are military specification and manufactured in the united states. The 550 cord has actual strands inside instead of fibers so that you can use both the inner strands and the casing for different uses. The buckles and the cord are mil-spec and made in the united states - not improted from china like the others you may have seen from someone else with a bin of $8.00. The contoured black buckles shown by another seller are, in fact, made ni china. If i compromised my principles and bought chinese cord and buckles, i could sell them that cheap too but i will not do that. Byu american! And just so you know, true military-specification 550 parachute cord does not shrink! Therefore, if it si truly mil-spec, it need not be pre-shrunk because it doesn't shrink to begin with. Price will be $19.99 + $4.00 shipping via usps with insurance and delivery confirmation for any number of bracelets up to a pound (around 11 bracelets) within the us (including alaska and hawaii) or to apo/fpo addresses. If you would like two or more bracelets, i can make a special listing for you here on ebay with a discounted price. Please email me to let me know and i will take care of you. I will only ship within the us, apo/fpo, canada, uk, and australia. Shipping outside of the us will be $12.00 to canada, $15.00 to uk, and $16.00 to australia via usps international first class (registered) as this is trackable and much safer than usps priority mail international. You may choose single color, two-tone, or three tone. Please let me know which colors to use for the central woven part, the edges, and the inner (core) strands, as well as which color buckle you prefer.No extra charge for multi-colored. These are heavy duty. I saw some on here that were cheaply-made with a price to match. Here si how mine are different. Please read the following so you'll know why imne are better. Mine are the ones real soldiers wear. 1. I have only used and will only ever sue us-manufactured parts for these bracelets.My bukcles are us-manufactured fastex/nexus/itw and not cheap, imported, chinese crap. Period. 2. I do not use ayn button knots, bdu buttons, or some other such non-sense fastening method on my bracelets. Mine use genuine us-manufactured fastex buckles - the coyote tan and foliage green are the low ir-signature buckles, as used by the su military and have a very professional appearance. (i only have a few more coyote tan buckles available so if you want one of those, better get one quick. I cannot source them anymore and do not have foliage bcukles available at all. ). Show up to formation with a bracelet fastened with a button knot and get laughed at. Show up with one of mine and your commander will want to know where you ogt it so he can get one. It's as simple as that. Also, ohter people say you get more cord with their method, but this is simply incorrect. The room required to fasten the bracelet is the same, regardless of fastening method. Please see #3 about how much extra cord you'll get over theirs. 3. Mine have 6 strands of non-gutted 550 cord inside the braid instead of 2 (like the others on ebay), so it is much more substantial and has a very tight weave. It takes a little more time (around 45 minutes longer) to do them this way as well. If you want one of the cheapie ones with only two strands, i can do that for $15.00, but it will not be as nice as the six strand one and will slip around on the fastex buckle at the ends. Check the other ones - if you only see two strands (or less) around one or both ends where the buckle is, they made it the fast, cheap way. Mine have four starnds around the buckle at both ends. The way mine is made will yield 18-36 inches of extra paracord for you over theirs, depending on your wrist size. You'll get over twice as much cord as oen of the other seller's i just saw. The difference in length of cord from theirs depends on what each individual seller is claiming - that's why i show varying differences in length.4. Some of the other ones i have seen around have monkey's fists on the ends to secure them. They are also only made with two inner strands as stated above and feel very cheesy compared to mine. The ones with the little balls and buttons for fasteners on the end may be cute and all, but the ones the real soldiers wear are not made like that. Neither do they wear ones secured by ball chains and they do not have the cute little metal beads woven in. And.iMne are custom fit! Made to order! No need to be sized down. If the person states they have them in stock, they are not custom fit. The others are closer to jewelry with all the extra stuff stuck on them.5. Others charge extra for shippign if you buy more bracelets. I do not - i will combine shipping if you'd like more than one bracelet. If you would like more than one bracelet, please email me ahead of time so i can set up a special listing for you here on eaby at a discounted price. All of the colors of cord listed here are colosr i have here right now that i can use to make your bracelet. No waiting, no backorders. The colors of us-manufactured, military specification 550 cord i currently have available areauc camouflage (arpat)foliage green (lighter, current us army spec)coyote brown (very dark tan)desert tan (light tan)multicamod green (olive drab)desert camo (marpat)redwhiteblackroyal blueyellownavy bluesafety orangeturquoisetealneon greenneon pinksilver (dark white). Buckles are available ni black or tan. I can source many other cloors of paracord, but it takes a few days to get it shipped to me. Jsut let me know what you'd like after you've completed your purchase. If you would like one, please let me know what size you would like it. This will not be your wrist size. A good rule of thumb is to add 1.5 2.0 inches to your actual snug wrist measurement (as measured with a tailor's tape or paper). When i make them for myself, i add 1.5 and that's about right.
2.0 will be fairly loose. I will make it to the size you specify, so please measure twice! Please click on an image below to see a larger versino of that pic. Again, these are just examples. You may choose whatever color combintaion you'd like! Desert tan edges and core - coyote weave (goes well with desert camo, desert marpat or crye precision multicam)desert tan edges and core - acu weaveblack edges and core - red weavewhite edges and core - maroon (burgundy) weaveod green edges, yellow weave, red core - vietnam service medal colorsusmc yellow edges and core, red weavedesert tan edges and core - foliage green weaveblack edges, red weave, white coreyellow edges, royal blue weave, red corefoliage green (old shade, no longer available) edges and core - acu weaveus army colors - black and golden yellowblack edges, white weave, safety orange corered edges, royal blue weave, light pink coreneon pink edges, turquoise weave, navy blue coresafety orange edges, yellow core and weave (sar/search and rescue)single color (acu camo)single color desert (marpat) camotwo-tone option coyote brown edges and core.
Foliage green (old shade, no longer available) weavesolid foliage green (this is the new, current mil-spec foliage green)od green edges adn core. Desert tan weavesolid blackblack edges. Royal blue weave and coreyou are viewing multiple views of several different items above, however, you are only bidding on one (1) bracelet.
Ayn questions, please ask before bidding. These and all my items come from a smoke-free and pet-free home. Payment by paypal only. You must have a confirmed address and i will only ship to that address. I will try my best to ship it out the same day i receive payment barring any pending military commitments. If i am up for deployment rotation or training courses, i will note this at the very bottom of the listing text. I have begun offering these to folks ni the uk and australia. If you are outside of the us (to the countries listed only), shipipng will be $15.00 for uk and $16.00 for australia via usps international first class (registered). I have had some problems with global priority mail, so can only ship this way internationally now. Also, i can only hsip international shipments once a week as that is the only time i can dedicate enough time to stand in line at the post office.
I do not mind doing this, btu cannot take off of work to do so. I can olny go on saturdays.
Shipping/handling within the us (only) is $4.00 and includes delivery confirmationandinsurance. Ask the other sellers if theirs covers that for their $1.47. Payment must be received within seven (7) days.
Instructions to buyeronce you have paid, i will need the following information to make your bracelet(s). I will begin making your bracelet as soon sa i receive this info1. Please lte me know what size you need. This will be your wrist size as measured snugly (no gap at all, but not super tight) with a fiberglass tailor's tape or a piece of paper (mark where it overlaps and measure with a ruler). Then, add 1.25 inches for a snug but comfortable fit or 1.5 inches ofr a looser fit. When you send the size, please specifically state the snug measurement and also how much you have added.
I. E. Snug measurement = 7.5 + 1.25 for snug fit. fI you do not follow these instructions and simply guess at the size, it won't fit and they cannot be resized once completed. If something in these instructions is not clear, please do not simply guess at the size. Please email me and i'll see if i can clear up any confusion. 2.
If ordering a multi-color bracelet, please indicate what color you would like for the edges, for the central woven part, and for the inner (core) strands and please state the colors using thoes terms, edges, weave, and core. Please do not use terms like inner, outer, etc.
Becasue i won't know what you're talking about. 3. Finally, please let me know what color buckle you woudl like. And that's it! Check out my feedback from folks that have purchased my bracelets and bid with confidence! I guess you know you provide a great product when everyone else wants to come along and copy you.
-. aLst thing. Contrary to what other sellers would have you believe, sending bracelets to soldiers/marines will not save their lives. The items i am purchasing from the sale of my bracelets will. The other seller is buying junk with your money and may or may not be actually sending any bracelets to others. Please know that when you buy my bracelets, you are helping a soldier to be able to purchase gear to augment their standard issue with things that will increase survivability in a combat environment. I am not purchasing random junk or other unnecessary garbage with this money. The others are not buying things like armro plate carriers, first aid kits, asherman chest seals, quikclot, training books, pressure dressings, map cases, etc. I have a message for you others selling your substandard, inferior copies of my product on here.
I am not a servicemember's spouse. I didn't used to be ni the military.
My father was not ni the military. I am the military. I am a soldier. I don't ride on the coat tails of someone else's affiliation. I don't hvae to. End of messgae to them. I truly appreciate the kind words from everyone! Thanks! Note as of may 14, 2007, usps has increased the cost to mail these packages by a full dollar. It actually costs em more than $4.00 in postage to ship them now, but i eat the difference. I don't even cahrge for my shipping materials.
I will be away beginning right now until at least september 15th due to an emergency. I apologize for that and if it were under my control, i wouldn't be going anywhere but i must. Thanks for your patience during this time.
If this is a problem and you need your bracelet quickly, please do not order at this time. As much as i really would like to accomodate you, i cannot due ot the mission requirements here. God bless. On oct-05-08 at 185928 pdt, seller added the following informationincidentally, the free gifts i give you are more substantial, better looking, more creative, and more useful than the zipper pulls that other seller tries to get you to buy off on.
You'll see wehn you get mine. Everything i send you is all really cool stuff and very different! On oct-08-08 at 190430 pdt, seller added the following informationi am out of black cord! More is on the way, but don't order if you need a bracelet with black in it and need ti immediately. I apologize for teh inconvenience.
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