SUPER EASY PROJECT SOFT SHACKLES
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- a super easy project to build in just a few minutes, but it has so many uses. Soft shackles are a quick easy project to make and find a ton of uses in the woodland camp. to attach a canteen to a belt , a knife to a haversack. a bed roll to a roll bar of a atv.. with almost any kind of rope or cord you can make these soft shackles in just a few minutes. in this video i talk about how the soft shackle design is used in offroading for getting cars out of the mud. in boating / sailing as a ship method of securing gear. next i will show you how to make a soft shackle yourself with easy to follow instructions. anyone can do this project. it is also a good project for beginners. children can do this project.
fast , easy , anyone can do this project , how to tie , a 550 cord, bushcraft knots,
Just wanted to thank you again for this video... loved it when I watched it and have put it into use, especially today when I had someone come to me with a problem to solve. She recently had hip surgery and using a walker, and the basket they gave her for the walker is extremely loose and kept coming off. She asked if I could secure it to the walker better but in a way that would allow it to be removed when needed. Ties... zip ties... SOFT SHACKLES!! I grabbed six feet of white 550, made up 4 soft shackles as you demonstrated in the video, and it works perfectly!! Just another reminder that the bushcraft skills we learn and practice are NOT JUST for the outdoors/wilderness, but can be used all the time. Bravo to you, sir, for all your videos; I have learned so much from them and look forward to more.
Good stuff, Blackje! I’ve been Scouting and bush rafting for years, and I haven’t encountered that reverse locking knot. I love it! Also, don’t forget to mention that the soft shackle loop is also a ready-made Priscilla knot.
Well demonstrated and clear to see.
These cordage videos are excellent Blackie, they are up there with your outdoor cooking videos. Thanks for making them.
i got more cooking comeing soon as well
Awesome! Thanks for this!
Loved your video and then saw the larks head instead of whip and thought you might like that
I enjoy your videos and I really like your take on the soft shackle. Have you considered using a larks head to jam against the Knot? This would not be be as quick ,but it would be a little more secure and eliminate the need of the bead/whipping. This would just be another option.
that would work..the design lends it self to many options
Thanks a lot for your wonderful video!!
You are welcome! and thank you sir for your video..it open new ideas for me..
I'm from Brazil and I watch all videos of you both guys! Thanks a lot 💪
AWESOME! Thank You very much Sir. Greetings from France ^_^
Made up some while watching.... nice to hear how many ways these can be used. Great instructions!
once you learn how..you will find endless uses
You do an excellent job with your demonstration and explanations!
Mr. Thomas- you are on fire these days. Lots of great videos and information combined. RESPECT! Thanks so much for all the guidance. I just keep watching all your work. It’s impressive.
thank you very much
👁👁 Thanks, Blackie. Followed along and made my first soft shackle. I'm trying to learn.
Great video! Thanks
👍👍👍 whatched again... very instructional demo. Worth thd second watch. Alan 🇨🇱
Excellent !! Thank You H.
The best Knot video I have seen. Easy to understand, uses explained, and good step by step video. Thanks a bunch and I going to make one right now. Enjoy your straightforward style.
I'm possum mentally too. Thanks for another tool!
Awesome!
I learned something new, made it while you showed it to us!!
Really like your Soft Shackles. Was playing with the idea but the bead had a tendency to slip off the end of the loop opposite the knot. What I came up with is placing a very small loop of 'Ranger Band' (Inner tube) in the center loop of the Soft Shackle. {put it on before you create the knot} Prevents the bead from coming off and gives the bead something to snug up against.
If you want to fancy it up just a little bit, make your knot end into a Diamond Knot. A good way to practice one more knot in your arsenal. I use left over bits of tiny cordage to make zipper pulls, using a diamond knot. To fancy it up a little bit more I'll take heat shrink tubing for the tag ends. Love the soft shackles, nice to know how to make them from something other than hollow braided line now.
Thanks!
Going to make me some this weekend thanks Mr.
Great video
thanks
Like the latest version of the soft carabinier / soft shackel.
Imler, Felix Imler..... he is a great guy! Thanks Blackie!
Sorry to correct you but he is calles Felix Immler with two M 🤷🏼♂
Great content. I have added a toggle after the first bowling on my quick deployment ridge line. Works a treat👍
great video, Blackie.
thank you
Great information like all the videos for knowledge that you share 👍🏽
nice...
I have a request, How do you put the bowline on the same line as the prussic on your short ridge line? Hope i'm making my question clear. I have to make a prussic knot and with another line tie the bowline to the prussic???
Thumbs up!!!
I'm an old far- and easily confused, Clark
.. Really enjoyed this video ,, can only say how many times sitting at a desk ,thinking about any one of many projects that use some kind of attachment of which might not want to be permanent,, generally always have a piece of para cord nearby and start creating a connection of sorts ...much like these shackle loops .. as you mentioned ,, might be out there somewhere or maybe just came up with something new...
Well Done
thanks
Perfect for my cup mounted on my water bota
Do you have a link to that haversack? It looks quite the part
At 23:20. Noticed a coil of bankline with a fishing line swivel attached to it laying on the work table. Curious about the what and why of that piece of gear. Thanks for the instruction on short shackels.
What size pony bead for paracord?
Wonderful lesson ! Thank you very much.👍
hi blackie, why do you prefer the lock on the knot's end instead of the loop's end?
I use a Diamond Knot and a bead made with a Button Knot.
that would work well
+1 on the diamond knot. I’ve been using this basic design for the “core” of my buckleless paracord bracelets for years. Absolutely love the southern pronunciation of carabiner. 1/4 inch plumbing collet makes a great bead, although it may slip a little easy for some applications.
As much as I like your variation, I don't love it as I have already come up with a much better solution. I have not yet seen my variation on the internet yet, but yours is the closest so far.
In fact I don't call mine a "Soft shackle. I call it a "Paracord ziptie" because it does everything your variation does, and more.
Intrigued???
Damon Finken's variation is... instead of a bead...
Tightly tie a ranger knot. Which is a friction knot. You will be amazed that it easily does everything your soft shackle does, but is more often used as a zip tie by wrapping (fill in blank) with a larkshead and sliding the ranger knot to hold. This removes the slack when a tighter hold will keep your water bottle from flopping on a backpack. But when a soft shackle is what you need... it is also that too... more options are better than fewer.
Bonus: the ranger knot is less likely to fall off the bite end.
thanks for watching
The other really great thing about these is there is no annoying rattle as there would be with a carabiner. Perhaps I'm the only one but I can't stand it when, for example, people have items dangling off their pack and its rattling with each movement.
Try an Ashley stopper knot for a larger knot. Then it can be used with a simple loop for noncritical applications.
i will look into that thanks for the tip
i have a question about the locking one (24 1/2 minutes or so).... i may have missed it but why is the locking part on the knot side? the loop can still potentially slide through and then loosen enough to slide over the knot. if the lock is on the loop side the loop cannot become wider without the slider moving and therefor the knot cannot come out of the loop.
By loosening tension on the loop, and if the wrap was on the loop end, it would pull through and that tells you that it was NOT locking the cord in place. By placing it near the knot and then tightening it AFTER the loop goes under the knot and then over the knot AND THEN tighten the wrap if keeps the loop from working its way loose and slipping. He had it right. Try it.
Blackie since its double is it 1100 lbs breaking strength
No. The knot is the week point
i am not sure of its load limit..but having said that i am sure from personal exp its at least as strong as the cord to begin with
A great knot to use for a soft shackle is the Ashley stopper knot. It takes a bit more cordage, but is symmetrical and secure. See:th-cam.com/video/C8Txxs2hyRo/w-d-xo.html
Terminology error... you called a larkshead, "Prusik".
Difference is a prusik goes around minimum twice. Ideally three times. But may extend to 4 times depending on thickness of cordage.
A single wrap is not a prusik but a larkshead or a cow's hitch... also a half hitch.
thanks for keeping me honest
Beads would be quicker and easier to use and lose...
If I do a simple splice on one end of two short pieces of cord, melt, thread bead on opposite end, then do double overhand and melt, the bead won't come off.
Need precise placement of both knots...
Where is my bag of scrap paracord?
Make good gun sling attachment. No clickety clanking
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Oh man you got my brain going nuts thinking of all the stuff I can use this for. Looks like I know what I’m making today and a fresh 100’ roll of paracord ready to go Thx again for the excellent tips 🍁
A couple of commenters mentioned the whipping coming off the loop end. To prevent the whipping from coming off, before you pull the end of the long cord underneath, take a couple of loose turns around your whipping (it's called frapping). Then pull your long cord underneath. The frapping prevents the whipping from coming off. You may have to tie it a couple of times to determine how loose/tight to do the frapping.
Awesome tips ! I've been making loops with leftover paracord that I use to stake my tarps and such down with ... now I've got a million more uses for those loops as well.
Stupidly useful !
Great overview of soft shackles👍🏼👍🏼 I really like that whipped slide lock idea. Ive used beads before but end up loosing them. I like the idea of whipped keeper because it can be made in the field as you said with what you have on you.
I love videos like this. I have seen videos about soft shackles but they were like the Clif Notes versions, general explanations. This was the full length book, a detailed lesson, filling in the blanks. I have a hank of bright paracord and a roll of #12 bank line on my work table and am in the process of making a half dozen 6" soft shackles right now. Thank you for another great video. Oh, and thanks, in passing, to Felix Immler.
You can also just make a larks head on the loop end, then put the knot through the middle. When you put some pressure on it the larks head locks down and holds securely.
Blackie, this was one of your best videos so far! This technique has so many applications. I won't have to buy Grimlocs anymore to attach gear to my pack. Thank you! Great job of explaining the whipping technique. I wouldn't have known to finish with a reef knot.
Thanks for the up close & detailed instructions for us slow kids. I can usually tie any knot with proper instructions, remembering how 15 minutes later is the problem. Repetition & using the knots is the only way I seem to retain the command of knot tying I do have.
Thanks for watching!
Glad to know I’m not alone on that.
Nice ! can shave some weight by getting rid of the carabiners also they alot quieter for us wanting noise disipline . Nice tip. Thankyou.
If you lightly melt the cover of the para cord before you cut it it is less prone to fraying and easier to keep clean ends
Thank you for this. I see many uses for this and even making a few of larger rope for off reading. There are soft shackles on the market but making one yourself is very cool…. Also adding the lock bead or sliding knot is perfect.. no cost if you have rope on hand …. I recently used a pull rope to ATTEMPTED to pull a tree log 20 feet log. Maybe 4000’ the darn slide loops just came apart. I tied a loop knot on each end and lashed over some bank line…. Was strong enough to raise my Tahoe completely off the ground around a tree a attached to my 12000’ winch…. RECYCLE is great way to reuse ont through away…. Keep the info coming Brother.
Excellent idea as well as the teaching. Very well explained. Thanks my friend. May I make a suggestion? I really like the Ashley stopper knot. It works better as a stopper knot than the overhand knot as it "bulges" out away from the cord all the way around the cord better than the overhand knot. Hope that made sense.
Thanks, I love these. I hate carabiners. They rattle and make to much noise, plus their to dam shinie.
Super 👍👍👍. Thank you very much.
I've been mulling over having to buy some Shackles. Now, as a Pensioner, you've saved me quite a couple of bucks .. much appreciated 😊.
Take care ..
Thank you for this! I've now learned 2 awesome things, the soft shackle and locking larkshead knot, which I didn't even know was a thing. Now I can see this turning into lots and lots of other ideas
best of luck to you
I use a larks head onto the main line of my soft shackles. This forms a great high tension zip tie that unties easier than the jam knot and also works on a straight piece of line with stopper knots on both ends.
I also use a larks head over the knot. For the knot I tie a false Turks head.
@@williamdroom5789 using a straight line but coming through the larks head from opposite directions makes a constricting zip tie.
Would a paracord soft shackle be strong enough to replace a carabiner on hammock suspension? You know when you put your hammock strap around a tree and snap the line into a carabiner use a soft shackle instead.
Military specification Type-III Paracord (sometimes known as “550 cord”) conforming to original technical standard MIL-C-5040H (disc.) and consisting of between 7 - 9 inner 3-fiber nylon strands and surrounded in a 32-fiber nylon sheath is rated for a minimum breaking strength of 550 pounds, hence the nickname of 550 cord.
So I would imagine that providing you invest in quailty cord and don't exceed a 500lbs load (50lbs safety margin or fudge factor) you should be sound. Bud you would be better off using Amsteel or dyneama cord
I use a carabiner with my hammock strap. I tried one of Dutches connector,elephant trunk I think and I must have used it wrong as it tore the strap.. I was just wondering if His soft shackle would work. Thanks for the reply I appreciate it.
I do my soft shackles with a lark's head, I use it for a lot of things (on a sail boat) but sometimes it's hard to undo if it's had a lot of weight on it. I hadn't thought of your method! it looks good I'm gonna try it!
Hi Blackie
So glad you've made this film for us.
Soft shackles are definitely going to become part of my kit from now on. Been looking for a quick and simple way to attach things to my rucksack for ages.
Great film, thanks for sharing 👍.
This was a great tutorial. I made a couple with the oddball pieces of cord.
My Grandpa, my Dad, myself and now my son have used this for as long as I can remember, BUT I never knew what they were called. They are hanging all over the barn holding stuff off the ground.
Excellent explanation. I never understood the practical use of soft shackles, nor how to make one. So Thank you! I also like the whipping demo…I tried using gutted paracord and made a simple scaffold knot and it works well and remains tight but slides on the shackle.
I cant believe how much I just enjoyed watching you tie knots! I have a question though - what is a square knot?
FYI- Soft shackles have been used on ships for centuries. It's a sailing knot made with rope for multipurpose functions like wrapping a sail to prevent the wind from catching, tying up the ship to a dock... etc. Etc. Etc. And etc.
Blackie Thomas - Nice video. I can think of at least two other uses for Paracord soft shackles. They can hold MOLLE items together and they can work as add on Prussic sliders. They also have the advantage of being quiet, 'biners tend to jingle and click.
I will certainly make a few as the need arises. Mine will be without beads or whipping. I can always tie the shackle closed with a Becket hitch, or even a double Becket, if I need it locked solid.
FYI Your hand was in the way for half of your whipping demonstration.
Excellent video ; thank you for your time to do this video: Can you if you. Make them long enough use the soft shackles to form a Prusic knot on your ridge line and use the sliding part to secure the prusic knot on 550 para cord : Now you have 2 uses: can this be done-
Muchly appreciative Thank you
If you like this. Y’all should check out what you can do with Amsteel. Much stronger than paracord.
Blackie - do you have a video that shows how to make the adjustable guy line with the prusik loop running through itself? That looks VERY useful, but I am struggling to make one!
Use it up
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or do without.
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Just found your channel. I enjoy your instructions on using simple items. You gotta subscriber.
Excellent! I could use these on the otherwise useless daisy chain straps on my backpack.
In my cord storage I have several bits that are too short to keep bit too long to throw away... I'm sure lots of your viewers not what I mean..
Soft shackles may be the solution to make them more useful.
say it with me really slow and careful like CAR_A_BINER.
I am a young woodsman and i want to earn my stripes with the older boys and i want a good haversack loadout and i want to know yours
Outstanding video. Hey LOL. You can use your pace counter as a soft shackles
This is great Blackie -- just an idea -- use cable tie for slider
Blackie, what about a small loop above the knot for hanging things up
I learned something new today.ty
You’re awesome, thanks for the instruction!
Really been enjoying the past few videos. You are always enjoyable to watch and I learn something everytime. Keep up the great work.
Awesome, thank you!
Cabeener. LMAO!!! It's called a carabiner
I use old socks cut into bands as ties, you do better.
We called it frapping in boy scouts
Very useful information.
0:41 - What the internet was invented for.
The name you were trying to say is
FELIX IMMLER,,, one of the best TH-cam channels out there,, especially if you are interested in the Swiss Army Knife,,
yep he and i talk on fb now at the time of the video i had not met him so to speak
More good stuff Blackie 🤠
Great instructional video.
What are you using to make the whip?
The swiss scissors always suck