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.
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 ?
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.
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 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.
Thanks and you're welcome! Also, I know right? Not too shabby at all for the price. I think I paid about $32 CAD for it at the time, it may have gone up a little since.
I've found it on ebay for 20eur,a bargain for a great looking watch. I have a diverse collection of very affordable watches and i get a lot of joy wearing them and i am not worried about the price:) cheers!
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 wonder how I've never seen this before. I have two watch straps that I designed for my watch. Ones a king Cobra knot and the others a custom one I made up. I made it almost identical to a normal bracelet but made it so I could put a watch on, so it's not adjustable like yours. But it's my own custom design on a unique type of Paracord project so I'm happy with it.
Hi, thanks for the tutorial; I was just wondering how to make this exact one into a two-piece for my Apple Watch as well as other Smartwatches, as to not cover the optical heart rate sensor. I've seen your Conquistador version but that that's using the thinner Paracord, however due to flatness of this version and convenience of being able to use what I can get my hands on atm, I would really appreciate your help in knowing how to solve the mystery of tying the watch buckle one one end the Apple Watch adapter on the other end. Thank you in advance! 🙏🏻
Thanks for posting this. I'm using the same weave to make a two-part strap, so it needs attachments at both ends of each piece. After starting as you do in the video and weaving for a few inches, do you know how to finish the braid neatly and securely onto a bar?
My Hamilton Field Khaki desperately needs this. Strap is worn and falling apart, but I want to re-use the buckle from it, and keep the green fabric aesthetic.
@@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 !
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
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
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 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
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Hi macha.. I like you nice video...
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
@@paracordwizard Thank you! Great information!
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!
Thanks man. You're a livesaver
I can't believe this has so little views with such a high production quality
No demand for this stuff. It's sad.
Coz youtube doesn't have interest in promoting good content
It’s because people nowadays are really low on patience. And there no doubt that’s what this man does is quite amazing.
🙏🙏🙏
Exactly some seal farting on a beach is more trending these days 😂
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.
I've did a lot of paracord work, but the hair straightener was a new one. We learn every day...Good Vid, Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome thing, I've been looking for something like this. Never thought of gutting the cord to make it appear flat. Great ideas.
Keep on going
❤️🥰 you removed the inner strands.... WOW. epic. And the flat iron. Cool. Thank you. Back to the parachord board 😆
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 ?
I hope you have taken precautions against the shrinking of the paracord. It will shrink when getting too wet. Unless you used the military grade one.
Love the way it looks in that Casio ,,, that’s a fantastic piece of work
Chill and Hubba Bubba..... It came out sick ,thank you. You rock!!!!
For me - excellent! I hardly remember, in 80's, I had such similar strap for POLJOT watch...
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 !
I agree it was smooth background music!
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.
Ohhhh god!! Jesus!!! Love it! Thank you I adore your videos!!🙌🔥
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 am about to do the same for my F91W since its strap just broke. Did you use a 20mm buckle, or the original blue that came with the watch?
Looks nice AF.
Started doing one of these a while ago but never finished it. Now I'm gonna do it.
Been looking for a while for a watchstrap i could paracord. Definitely trying this one. Thank you
Nice. I am planning to do the same for my Fossil vintage watch.
I did this for my smart watch ♥️🤟🏻
Nice finish
my watch strap just ended its career and I absolutely love using paracord and learning new tricks on your channel, so this is perfect! thanks🤍
You're welcome, have fun!
Good job I like that weaving technique
Thank you!
Nice! I've made a couple in black. The method you show of back-stitching the ends is much nicer looking than what I accomplished.
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.
Cuff watch bands are a must
Despite being a very affordable watch, that Casio looks stunning! Thanks for a great video!
Thanks and you're welcome! Also, I know right? Not too shabby at all for the price. I think I paid about $32 CAD for it at the time, it may have gone up a little since.
I've found it on ebay for 20eur,a bargain for a great looking watch. I have a diverse collection of very affordable watches and i get a lot of joy wearing them and i am not worried about the price:) cheers!
Awesome man.. can't wait to try it with black . N a mechanical skeleton watch
Not only does this compliment ur channel, it's a awesome idea. Gd deal👍😉🥃cheers!
This is an awesome project! A paracord watch band that's flat. I'll choose orange, my favorite color.
Oh man, that's amazing! I could not find another like button, so you gotta do with one like.
Thanks for the like and comment!
@@TheWeaversofEternity that was my pleasure, sir
Wow just wow I just cant believe so less comments and views on such a wonderful video
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
Good you made your grandma proud.
I wonder how I've never seen this before. I have two watch straps that I designed for my watch. Ones a king Cobra knot and the others a custom one I made up. I made it almost identical to a normal bracelet but made it so I could put a watch on, so it's not adjustable like yours. But it's my own custom design on a unique type of Paracord project so I'm happy with it.
This was great thanks. Also if you don't want to wet the Paracord you can use parchment paper to not burn the cord
Lovely Watch Strap
CRAZY NICE BRAUTIFUL STRAP...
Looks great, now to decide which watch I want to make one for.
Easy. I love the away of the project
Wondrful! I need that for my Panerai Watch. Watching from California 😍
Great choice! And congrats on owning a Panerai, I've always wanted one. May I ask which ref # you have?
This is great! Like a perlon strap but much better.
How about making a necktie? Would be amazing...
Very nice, thank you for posting.
Beautiful. Thanks
Very nice! BRAVO!!!👍👏
THANKS for sharing this !
That was beautiful!
Was planning to do a mated snake knot strap for my watch, now I am going with this. Awesome video.
This was a great video. You have some serious skill. The watch looks great. I need you to do a fee straps for me!
WOW!! Just a beauty!!
You r truly genius so creative love from India
Very nice band!
GREAT IDEA!!!! Thanks for sharing this, it was very informative especially for us Paracord hobbiests!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Definitely going to try this with my Samsung galaxy watch!
Very nice, I have to try this!
Hi, thanks for the tutorial; I was just wondering how to make this exact one into a two-piece for my Apple Watch as well as other Smartwatches, as to not cover the optical heart rate sensor. I've seen your Conquistador version but that that's using the thinner Paracord, however due to flatness of this version and convenience of being able to use what I can get my hands on atm, I would really appreciate your help in knowing how to solve the mystery of tying the watch buckle one one end the Apple Watch adapter on the other end. Thank you in advance! 🙏🏻
Your teaching are awesome! Thank you!
I love the look. You did a great job with your video. Very easy to follow. Thank you. 👍🏻
This was so helpful!! Thank you. It was much easier than I thought too!
Wonderful job I like it.
excellent service 10/10 👍🏼
Great idea
Looks good! Video is really nicely done too.
Looks awesome
Excellent tutorial!! Well done. I will be making one myself.
Thanks for posting this. I'm using the same weave to make a two-part strap, so it needs attachments at both ends of each piece. After starting as you do in the video and weaving for a few inches, do you know how to finish the braid neatly and securely onto a bar?
your video is enlightening to me cös i always wanted to do this but for the cord diameter (duh..!)
thanky migo
Amazing! I want to try this for my watch collection ♥️ great job!
My Hamilton Field Khaki desperately needs this. Strap is worn and falling apart, but I want to re-use the buckle from it, and keep the green fabric aesthetic.
Awesome work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nice strap.....I am creating a strap made form 1940's vintage parachute material for my next release !
That's really cool! Where can I see it?
@@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 !
Amazing work. Love this. Will make it soon
Yeah, I definitely understood everything haha
Thank you! Gonna give this a shot!
I would like to make exact same colour as in the vid. Thank you...very nice and educational. Please do some more on other materials too.
Just getting into this. Want to try to make a band for my new watch. My wrist is large 8.5" Diam - how long should I have each strand of paracord?
Looks absolutely beautiful
Wow nice
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
Great stuff!
Casio know they make some nice watches. Love the strap
Definitely trying this out! Thanks!
Awesome 👍👍👍😎
perfect thank you so much for this tutorial i am going to do this keep doing what you are doing man keep up the good work i love your videos
wow i got a heart holy crap
good work
looks realy cool
Thanks for this design.nice
Great work!
Awesome idea thanks
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 am so doing this for my Seiko!!! Great video!
Please do! Which Seiko do you have?
@@TheWeaversofEternity Just a modest snxs79k1 😊
@@Hypnotized81 I have that exact same model too. I swapped out the stock bracelet for an oyster style bracelet and I absolutely love it!
Any way to do the same strap but in 18mm?
If you eliminate a strand with it destroy the pattern?
Well done..I have a Seiko 5 that needs a strap.Will use black
Thank you I did same way. It works perfect
Thankyoou👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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?
this is pretty cool
It amazing 😳 wow nice tutorial ❣️
Respect well done
No variation for 22mm strap? this strap is very cool 😊
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