Sliding 'button' knot on paracord?

[Indoorsout]

Hi there. I have a great leather bush hat I love to bits - the only problem is I keep almost losing it in high winds. I'd like to put a cord on it so I don't lose it but I'm having trouble with the idea. What I'd like is a knot I can make from paracord to go around the 2 cords that I can slide along their length to adjust it when I wear it. I keep coming back to a turkshead, but as of yet I've never managed to tie a decent one!

Is a turkshead the best answer for this or is there a better (and hopefully easier) knot I could do? Anyone got a how-to I can try and follow?

 

[hoppinmad]

Hi
Have a look at Paracordist, on making pacing beads on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkY6gSA8Hl0

 

[Paracordist]

thanks hoppinmad! I'd say thats the knot you want. if you do it tight; then put in boiling water it will shrink a bit and be tighter by far than any cordlock; but still slide and be unbreakable. a stroke of paracordist genious I say LOL

 

[mcniac]

if you want something easy to tie you could use a double fisherman, not so nice but dead easy and wont come undone under any circumstances

 

[Mad Mike]

Have a look at a Tilley hat or their site. The cord system they use is simple & very effective.

 

[Indoorsout]

Paracordist, you're a genius! You must be, cause I got this right first time and trust me, that's a miracle especially since my pliers are halfway to another country so I had to improvise with a leather lacing needle from my sewing kit

Looks just the job too and is plenty tight enough even without the pliers/boiling