About us
My name is Julian, and I am a proud U.S. Navy Veteran.
I have had the honor of serving alongside U.S. Marines as a combat medic (Hospital Corpsman). Back in 2009, I deployed to the Afghanistan campaign during “Operation Enduring Freedom”. While at our camp, I noticed that my Marines were tying up gear and other stuff with cord. I got interested because they made all kinds of knots and braids while tying down things like tents, and just anything you can think of. I mean, these guys used paracord to tie down and fix everything (sort of like duct tape) . Later on, I also noticed they were making bracelets, belts, riffle slings, among other things; I was mind blown by their creativity. I discovered that this cord turned out to be Paracord, AKA 550 Cord, due to its tensile strength that can withstand up to 550 lbs of weight. When I finished my tour, life got busy, and forgot about Paracord for a while.
Later on, in 2015, I suddenly got curious and creative, and made a custom paracord band for my Apple Watch 1st generation. My friends, among other people at work, kept asking about my paracord watch band, and also suggested that I should start selling them as it was a very unique item; I was on the fence about launching my own business for about two years.
Fast forward to 2017, I finally had the courage to open my own shop. My wife Blanca (and business partner) and I, were brainstorming on the name of our shop.
Since we craft custom-handmade paracord wearables with styles and colors “According to You”, my wife suggested to shorten our slogan and use it to name our shop “Cording2U”.
We are thankful for all the love and support our customers have given us throughout our journey, as we live our dream of entrepreneurship.
We are committed to excellence, while also providing you with a lasting, positive experience.
We craft each band with lots of love and care, and work very hard to ensure each band is beautiful and with the highest of quality.