My friend, “Big D”, gave me a going away present when I announced that I was leav­ing for a year.  It was, what he called, a “Tac­tical Man Band”.  That is the clas­sic mac­ramé brace­lets beloved of Girl Guides, made out of super strong and manly para­cord used by sol­diers.  Not girly at all. Ser­i­ously.  You, stop laughing.

I wore this band all through my trip and even­tu­ally tried to work out how to make one myself.  Then I came across this: http://www.instructables.com/id/Woven-paracord-braceletwatchband/

On arrival back home my splen­did rub­ber watch strap broke (it had been through hell and back; chem­ic­als, salt, sand and god knows what) and so I needed another. Well, I just so happened to have 20ft of para­cord lay­ing around and there­fore got to work.  This is a trial run.  I am now going to buy some high qual­ity para­cord and make a really good one, but it worked!  (Done!)

The Chris­topher Ward King­fisher is a bril­liant watch, I have blogged at length about the qual­ity of this watch maker and you can find my opin­ion on the link in the side­bar.  I don’t just review this watch I have worn his brand for 4 years.

Check this:

Ver­sion 1:

UPDATE with Ver­sion 2!

Today, I rebuilt the strap using some higher qual­ity Para­cord and a proper clip.  Here is the result:

The Tac­tical Man Watch is born!

Regards,

Basho

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