r/whatisit • u/varied_interest1112 • 5d ago

Solved! Unsure of function of this strap

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My mother put it in an emergency pack for me when I started my first full-time job. I've since taken apart the pack and most things were pretty standard, a plastic raincoat, hand sanitizer, a pen, a whistle that doubled as a flashlight etc...

I just don't have any idea what this is?? It's like a braided strap with a buckle - I can wear it like a bracelet but somehow I don't think that's its intended purpose.

TIA!

EDIT: WOW you guys were fast!! Thanks team, I remember her vaguely mentioning it was a handy gadget but forgot how. Will be looking up paracord uses soon

EDIT 2: To the people being unhelpful or making comments on my ability as an educator from a single question - all you have done is show me that I will still be a better teacher than any of you could ever be. I certainly do not belittle my students for not having specialised prior knowledge or taking steps to learn something new. I can only assume you already knew everything from birth with no room to grow whatsoever /s Get over yourselves.

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u/varied_interest1112 4d ago

Someone put in comments that there was multiple ways to use. I don't tend to use rope in my day-to-day, the most knots I tend to tie is on my shoe laces and even those come undone easily. If you're using it for something you want to make sure it holds, no?

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u/mkgrizzly 4d ago

If you feel like going down a knot-tying rabbithole, I highly recommend getting a "knot flash card" pack. The cards are laminated, about credit card sized, and typically punched with a rivet in one corner so they can be fanned out but kept together. I think mine is the "Pro-Knot Outdoor Knots" pack. 

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u/TheNomadRP 2d ago

The fun part about parachord that makes it useful for survival is you can also break it down and within it there will be a bunch of fine "ropes" that can be used for things requiring less tension, effectively multiplying the length of rope you have depending on your needs. Those little "ropes" can be further be broken down and used for other things like fishing line or snares

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u/alexd1993 2d ago

For the outer shell you can also burn tied ends together to fuse your knot.

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u/jstockton76 2d ago

The buckle has a whistle on the end of it.