I have a couple questions for those of you who have purchased paracord bracelets from survivalstraps.com.

I make my own bracelets from authentic mil-spec paracord and I notice (from pictures) two distinct differences between the bracelets I make and those made by survival straps.

First, looking at pictures on their website (see below) of the bracelets made by survival straps, it appears their paracord lays very flat (especially on the loops that form the outside edge of the bracelet). I would like to understand how they get their paracord to lay so flat. It almost looks like they remove some (or all) of the internal nylon cord, but I would doubt that’s the case (perhaps they iron the paracord?). Can anyone who makes bracelets themselves or has purchased a bracelet from survival straps shed any light on this?

http://www.survivalstraps.com/v/vspfiles/photos/SB-Survival Bracelet-14.jpg
http://www.survivalstraps.com/v/vspfiles/photos/SB-Survival Bracelet-10.jpg
http://www.survivalstraps.com/v/vspfiles/photos/SB-Survival Bracelet-2.jpg

Second, my own bracelets average about 1′ of paracord for every inch of bracelet (i.e., approx. 8′ of paracord for an 8″ bracelet), whereas survival straps indicates their bracelets average 1.75′ of paracord for every inch of bracelet (again, this seems more plausible if they remove some or all of the internal nylon cords). I would like to understand how they get that extra length and if I can adopt their same technique when I make my own bracelets (so I can nearly double the length of paracord in my own bracelets). Again, can anyone shed any light on this?

Thanks!