Hey y'all,
Brand new to slinging here and I'm stoked to learn from you all. I've been making slings non stop for a few weeks now since I first read about it and see no signs of stopping lol. I just ran into a problem with my paracord though, and was wondering if any of you have had the same problem. I bought a ton of black paracord from atwood, but it's super stiff. It's great quality if I was using it as rope, but for crafting is entirely too stiff. Have you dealt with paracord like this before? Anything to do to fix it or just use it as rope and get softer cord? Thanks for reading!

Welcome from Pennsylvania!

I usually get (and recommend) paracord from Atwood because of the stiffness.  I don't braid it though.  It's just for single cord leather pouch slings.  I like paracord to be a bit more rigid to provide more twist (wrist orientation) control.

The stuff from Atwood does vary in softness by color.  I wish there was a rigidity rating for everything.  The cobalt blue I got from them was pretty soft.  I also have some from Paracord Planet that's really soft.  It almost feels like the outer sheath is cotton.  I don't know what the specific color is though.  Probably one of the tan or creme options they have: https://paracordgalaxy.com/collections/brown-paracord.  Even from the same company, the stiffness can vary unfortunately.