{"id":28634,"date":"2017-04-05T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=28634"},"modified":"2017-04-03T17:20:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T00:20:27","slug":"bank-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/bank-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bank line, aka \u201ctarred twine,\u201d is a black polypropylene cord\/twine that is similar to tennis netting. It is exceptionally strong, UV resistant, and inexpensive. The name comes from trotline fishing (from the \u201cbank\u201d of a waterway, hence the name) for catfish or similar critters, where you toss out a strong main line baited with multiple hooks, and return hours later to check your line.<\/p>\n<p>Bank cord comes in a variety of diameters and strengths. It does pretty much everything paracord can do, but in a smaller diameter, so it&#8217;s a lot lighter and takes up less room. Paracord is rated to about 550 pounds. #36 bank cord has a reported breaking strength of about 320 pounds. #12 bank cord has a breaking strength of around 100 pounds, and is accordingly thinner and even lighter.<\/p>\n<p>Popular in the survivalist \/ bushcraft world, bank cord can be immensely handy around the house, garage, shop, or campsite. Think lashing most anything, tarp guy lines, clothesline, hanging a food bag, primitive shelter construction , etc.<\/p>\n<p>The bank cord I got is \u201ctarred\u201d, which is about what it sounds like. The cord has a thin layer of sticky tar-stuff. This helps knots to be more secure. It has a mild petroleum-like smell, which goes away shortly after you open the bag.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarred and braided nylon twine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28636,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28634\/revisions\/28636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}