Paracord Collars - slip off tag collar added to OP
So, here are the paracord collars I made. One for each dog, plus a cat collar. The dog collars have their boomerang collar tags built in and whistle buckles, and the cat collar has a break-away buckle. The O-rings on the dog collars are salvaged from other collars and harnesses that got chewed up. Sosuke's collar used the "cobra stitch", Hester's was the "see-saw knot", and Rakka's was woven. The paracord has a reflective strip in it.
Close-up showing the three different styles:
Modeled:
I was thinking, "I bet Juno would look good in the purple one..." So here's Sosuke 'in drag' proving me right! Yeah, the wall behind was painted by the kids, but it looks nice with the purple.
Reflective!
Here's a very simply, thin tag collar. It's tied in such a way that it will pull loose if the dog is stuck on something, although it requires quite a bit of pressure to loosen it, so you could use it to grab onto them. This would be good for owners of show dogs whose fur they don't want flattened by a regular collar, or for owners who worry about dogs getting their collars caught on a crate or a fence. Also good for a litter of puppies.
Close-up showing the three different styles:
Modeled:
I was thinking, "I bet Juno would look good in the purple one..." So here's Sosuke 'in drag' proving me right! Yeah, the wall behind was painted by the kids, but it looks nice with the purple.
Reflective!
Here's a very simply, thin tag collar. It's tied in such a way that it will pull loose if the dog is stuck on something, although it requires quite a bit of pressure to loosen it, so you could use it to grab onto them. This would be good for owners of show dogs whose fur they don't want flattened by a regular collar, or for owners who worry about dogs getting their collars caught on a crate or a fence. Also good for a litter of puppies.
Comments
@kaikenone - sure, you could make martingale:
You could also just use another paracord section instead of the chain.
@Sangmort - Oh yeah, they're very strong - paracord is short for parachute cord, so it is meant to hold up the weight of a person parachuting. The "550" in the "550 paracord" means that the breaking point is 550 lbs - and that's just one strand. These are several strands strong. I think the weakest point on the collar is the plastic buckle, although that's the same as any dog collar with a plastic buckle. There are also metal side-release buckles. Or you could use one of those locking metal quick links instead of a buckle, or any other metal hardware, like this:
Or, you could use a regular metal buckle and use a different weave, like this:
As for selling them... well, I don't have enough reflective paracord left to make any more collars (unless they're really little, like a cat collar), but I do have enough of the pink camo (what Hester's collar is made of) for about two dog collars, and I have some orange/black flecked stuff. I'm happy to take orders, though! I can order more of other colours if people want them, but it would take a while. Email me. heidi.bialik@live.ca
Yeah, I would go with metal buckles. I don't trust plastic buckles at all. [ unless they're just for tags ] The dogs are walked on harnesses, but for the instances when I need to grab a collar, I want something secure.
How do you guys like the "feel" of them compared to leather or fabric or nylon? ~
Did you have to special order your cord or were you able to find those great colors around where you live?
It's highlighter orange (like on traffic cones/hunting vests) and digital woodland.
I kind of got addicted and now have 9 different colors, each in 100ft lengths, of paracord hahaha. I've had a bartender buy two bracelets for $10 a piece and now have had a friend want to commission two 4-6ft leashes for $20/per in her favorite sport team colors, so I'm 1/2 way to recouping my costs from people just offering to throw money at me. Really cool hobby and they make great personalized gifts
I'm really digging that halter collar's weave style and colors! Until now I'd never heard of boomerang tags either, they really add that extra something to your collars.
@CarabooA Yes, I ordered all the cord online. I only found one place that sold it locally and they only had olive drab and it cost twice as much as online.
@cezieg Looks good! I'm glad you were inspired. I, too, have collected quite a lot of paracord colours and am making all sorts of stuff. More than what is shown in this thread for sure.
This reminds me, I actually took apart Rakka's collar and made it different and then made a new one for Sosuke (his neck grew). I should post pictures of those. They have steel bow shackles instead of plastic buckles.
http://thedailytoki.com/2011/05/09/paracord-leash-review-and-daily-toki-giveaway/
We tie 1 or 2 knots on our paracord leashes so when we have to pull the dogs away from something (or just for comfort) we just grab the knots. It gives us more grip and it doesn't strain our wrists. We still slip our hands through the handle for security.