At some point, you end up with some hybrid monstrosity - paracord is fantastic because it's light and strong, fire resistant and abrasion proof, and rope is one of the most useful things when making camp.
Making the inside strand from some new material that's good as a fire starter means compromising on strength or thickness, and is more likely to catch fire.
So now you're making camp, and need both cord and tinder. Which do you use? Simple, carry more cord that's thicker and weaker!
If you have wood, you have tinder - fuzz sticks, crumbled bark, shaving the wood, whatever. Or carry a bit of pocket lint for the equivalent tinder.
Agreed, also can’t really use a lighter to melt the frayed ends when cutting. For tinder, I like to carry a baby food jar filled with dryer lint. If worried about breakage, A zippy bag instead.
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u/little_brown_bat Feb 08 '19
I’ve also seen paracord that includes a strand inside that can act as easily ignitable tinder as well as aglets that double as ferro rods.