Make a Paracord Pouch for Your Altoids Pocket Survival Tin
Paracord Pouch for Survival Tin Throughout this tutorial, I will be showing you how to make a pouch out of paracord. This particular pouch is made to fit an Altoids tin. For many outdoorsman or survivalists, Altoid tins are the perfect containers for a small, pocket survival tin. I like using the pouch for my survival tin so I can pack more stuff into the tin and not worry about it popping open.
***Please Notice: The numbers and/or symbols in the images throughout this Instructable correspond to the numbers/symbols in the descriptions of each step. |
What You Will Need -------------------------------------------------------------------
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Step 1: Measuring For Border of Pouch-------------------------------------------
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Step 2: Starting Your Cobra Braid-------------------------------------------------
Body cords: The body cords are the cords below the marker line in part 1. They act as one and shouldnt be separated.
Left working cord: The left working cord is simply the cord that is currently to the left of your body cords. Right working cord: The right working cord is simply the cord that is currently to the right of your body cords.
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Step 3: Completing Second Braid and Tightening Things up-----------------
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Step 4: Finishing the Border ---------------------------------------------------
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Step 5: Starting Your Horizontal Weave -------------------------------------
needle through. This is shown in the center diagram using an "A" and "B". Besides this step you will ALWAYS thread through the A (OUTSIDE) slot. For this step it helps hide the knot better on the inside of the pouch.
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Step 6: Continuing Your Horizontal Weave--------------------------------
Step 7: Transferring Cord To Opposite Side-------------------------------
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Step 8: Side Two Horizontal Weaves -----------------------------------------
Step 9: Starting Your Vertical Weaves -----------------------------------
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Step 10: Continuing Your Vertical Weaves --------------------------------
Step 12: Transferring Cord To Opposite Side Smoothly ---------------------
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Step 13: Starting Your Vertical Weaves on Other Side -----------------------
Step 14: Finalizing Your Pouch --------------------------------------------
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