WILDAIR 6 Pack Silver Marlin Spike Paracord FID Set

Great piece of gear. The marlin spike is made of a sturdy aluminum. The ends seems to screw on without problems. It is light weight, but still sturdy enough to pull on ropes and strings when lashing. The tip on the marlin spike makes it easy to remove knots in rope, without worrying about breaking strands.The fids are well made and paracord easily threads into them. The set comes 3 fids; a flat and needle shaped one for 550 paracord and a smaller one for micro paracord. They are study enough to push through canvas without bending. They also include a sail needle.The paracord smoother worked perfectly for smoothing off the cut ends of paracord and melting the tie off end of bracelets. The pointed part of the smoothing tool works great for straightening tangled cord when making bracelets.

Perfect for paracord projects. Great quality for good price

While I like the variety and the apparent sturdiness of the pieces, I am at a lost to find a purpose for the black tube "case". The angled needles definitely do not fit. The longer pieces definitely do not fit. And of what's left, maybe two or three pieces fit. The case itself doesn't serve a purpose, so... why? The bag is definitely useful. All of the needles are definitely useful and I really like the size variety. I wish there were a couple more for smaller cords. I just don't like when sellers add random, useless, stuff to a "kit", and charge me for it. The scissors... seriously? Not even. They should drop the useless stuff, and either lower the price, or add a few more needles or tools. How about a lighter or heat source to seal the ends of the 550 cords? Maybe more sizes for the flat needle? Maybe one or two more varieties of the double-sided tool?

This spike is perfect. Sturdy enough to use outdoors and the fact that you can store the needles inside the spike is awesome. I checked to make sure that the cord would stay in the needles and it was such a strong connection I could hardly pull it out. All was exactly as advertised and arrived on time.

This is a high quality art that I am using on 7/64 amsteel. I still need a wire for long buries but the rest of the tools work well.

I was not expecting much from this purchase, but I have found myself using the various fids and the needle quite a bit in the last several weeks. My kids tore a hole in the safety net around their trampoline so I used the needle and an inner strand of paracord to sew it up. These work great. I have also enjoyed no longer burning my fingers with molten nylon just to finish an end on a cord. Now I use the tip of the spike and my ends are much more uniform. Also using the marlin spike and a clove hitch to pull cordage very tight has been very useful in lashings.

Used this for my Paracord projects, the spike is awesome and easy to work with and truly makes working with tight areas a breeze. The fids work great as well an are very durable. My only complaint is that even though I cut my paracord at an angle it was still hard to thread onto the fids. It took several attempts to get the right cut to thread. This isn’t the case with my other fids I have. Not sure if the threads are messed up or what. But like I said I have other fids that work, and the main reason I bought this was for the Marlin spike.

I use the main tool frequently when tying complicated decorative knots. It's also very helpful when trying to untie a stubborn knot.The pointed fids, however, have stubby points; meaning they taper to the point at a very steep angle. This makes them frustrating to use. I ended up buying a "normal" fid that tapers to the point at a long, shallow, angle.The snippers/scissors are useless for cutting paracord. However, they're very good for snipping thread when I'm sewing. I keep them in my sewing kit now.