Suppliers

There are many companies selling parachute cord and supplies, but some have consistently proven to be reliable and trustworthy. If you're not willing to spin the roulette wheel on ebay or Amazon, you can count on these folks. Most of these sites have real-time inventory systems, so you can't back-order materials. This is not to be inconvenient, but to be honest. There are only a few American cord manufacturers, and the retailers are all dependent on that supply chain. If you want a color that they don't have, they are being honest when they say they don't know when it will be in. So, without further ado:

• Supply Captain is one of the longest-lived companies and Mark (the captain) is a great source of information and material. They stock cord in many categories, including reflective and glow-in-the-dark, as well as buckles and other supplies. All cord is US-made.

• Survival Pax has been around for several years as well, and Simon is another great and responsive company owner. SP also hosts a Youtube channel and blog, to disseminate survial information. They stock cord in the same categories as Supply Captain, and all the usual and unusual supplies as well. Survival Pax sells cord from two manufacturers, EL Wood and Gladding. They also are rare in that they don't change the names of their colors from what the manufacturers call it. EL Wood Imperial Red is EL Wood Imperial Red (SC calls the same cord "Bright Red" and other sellers call it "Scarlet Red" which is especially confusing since EL Wood has a completely different color they call "Scarlet Red."). All cord is US-made.

• Robby's Sales stocks some unusual colors and patterns, including the "tweed" line that seems to be exclusively theirs. All US-made.

• Paracord Galaxy, formerly Full Belly Insurance, likely had one of the stranger names for a supply company, so they finally changed to reflect what people were really buying from them. Good prices, frequent sales, and reliable shipping.

• Mr. Paracord has both US-made and foreign-made cord, including both nylon and polyester materials. They do include all that information in the description of each item, so be sure to check if these things are important to you.

• Paracord Online has discounts for larger orders. They stock only US-made cord.

• Paracord Planet carries a good variety, and calls the mil-spec cord "titanium" just to be confusing. But, they have categories for 425 cord, 275, micro, and nano, as well as the usual 550 cord. All US-made.

• ExtremePara stocks 550, 450, and 425 cords. The owner, Bart, is active on several Facebook paracord groups. The 425, 450 and 550 they sell is all US-made with US manufactured raw materials. The primarily sell cord from E.L. Wood and Franklin Braiding. They also sell hand crafted paracording jigs and lacing needles. They also carry all sorts of tools, supplies and accessories.