Rope making

**owl_girl** · 02-25-2008, 01:57 PM

its only about a foot though the thiner one was longer, i could have made it 2 feet long but it was just a test to see how strong the bark was so i didnt bother

**owl_girl** · 02-25-2008, 01:58 PM

thanks guys

**Beo** · 02-25-2008, 02:03 PM

Nice, and good to see you back

**nell67** · 02-25-2008, 03:38 PM

Nice job Owl-Girl!

**omiboo22** · 06-18-2008, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by survivalhike

Hemp is a very strong and durable material that in many ways is far supirior to cotton as both a fabric and a rope material. It has a higher strength to weight ratio, and is more cost effective to produce. Plus, if you run out of your stash on a long trip you can always smoke your rope! LOL

ha ha ha.
i guess you are trying to be funny....but you cant smoke hemp. it's comments like that that keeps hemp illegal and under-utilized.

**crashdive123** · 06-19-2008, 06:25 AM

Not quite sure how you figure that. Maybe I’ll be able to figure it out if you head on over to the Introduction section and tell us a bit about yourself.

**Ole WV Coot** · 06-19-2008, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by survivalhike

What do you use for the bleeding after weaving a rope out of stinging nettle?

That's where the hemp rope you made earlier comes in.

**Gray Wolf** · 06-19-2008, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by omiboo22

it's comments like that that keeps hemp illegal and under-utilized.

Not quite sure what you mean? I own hemp rope, shirts (short and long sleeve), shorts, long pants, key chains etc. I maybe wrong, but I think the only restriction is that the products be made out of the male plant. My hemp clothes I have get so much better with age and washings. They're are hemp festivals yearly that sell everything made of hemp.

**Pict** · 06-19-2008, 10:41 AM

(Start Chuck Berry music) Come on Baby...Let's do the Twist...

Cordage making is sort of a nervous habit of mine. I find it very relaxing. I'm always picking out lttle bits of stuff and twisting. It embrasses my daughter to no end when I stop downtown to pull some plant apart and then make cord in the waiting room or something.

The materials I use are all South American but the twist for two ply cordage is the same.

...It goes like this...

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Buriti Palm. The larger/thicker coil is actually a doubled up 4 strand rope I use for my overhead tarp long line when hammock camping. The inner coil is set up as a large animal snare but I've never used it for that. The others are tarp corner ties or general purpose cord.

The Skookum Bush Tool is added for size reference/coolness factor.

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Detail of the loop on the animal snare. This loop is woven back into the rope and then whipped with smaller cord to resist abrasion and hold the woven loop in tight.

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Eucalyptus Bark, outer coil. Imbira Bark, inner coil. The Imbira is much stronger cord used for things like bowstrings and traps. The Eucalyptus is weaker but works for shelters or lashings.

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Sisal/Yucca - The fine line makes excellent fishing line or general purpose string. The other is a sewing kit made from a Yucca thorn. I then divided the tail and twisted it up into cord with its own needle. Mac

(now just try to get "The Twist" out of your head for the rest of the day)

**Rick** · 06-19-2008, 01:40 PM

(humming tune) Nice work, Mac. I would imagine that hand made cordage is pretty common down there. Would that be true?

**Gray Wolf** · 06-19-2008, 02:22 PM

Mac, that Rod Garcia bush knife is one helluva tool! They're getting very expensive these days. Which steel did you choose for yours?

**Pict** · 06-19-2008, 03:13 PM

Rick,

Yes, you can buy it but it's relatively expensive, about $1 a meter. I can buy the raw fibers for dirt cheap. I have a big bag of the Buriti and Sisal to practice with. I use that stuff for teaching cordage making. I was given a roll of high quality handmade 3-ply coradge made by the Krikati indians up north. That is about 100 meters long, the stuff is an inspiration.

Grey Wolf,

The SBT is awesome. Mine is in A2. One sharp knife. Mac

**Ryleyboy** · 08-14-2008, 07:39 PM

Take a knife and slice the bark off a willow tree and use that to tie your shelter works well. And you can make it whatever distance you want.

**your_comforting_company** · 09-01-2009, 02:22 AM

odd thing, I stumbled upon mimosa (silktree) bark while looking for a spring stick for a snare. I was gonna peel a little bark off the end and when i started pulling it peeled off like skinning a snake and I was left with a piece of bark 5 feet long and about 3 inches wide. I divvied that up, scraped the papery layer and the green layer (much like yucca has) and just started twisting. pretty durable so far, but not tried any massive weight on it yet. anyone else tried it out? these things grow thick in the edges of fields down here. where there's 1 theres 20 right beside it. It is considered an invasive species so I dont mind trying more.

**Airbus340** · 09-01-2009, 03:34 AM

Pict,
Would you be so kind as to show a photo step by step pictorial on how you make that exactly, that is truly great craftsmanship. also well done owl girl.I recently went camping and used pine roots took three pieces of lodge pine about 6ft long, wrapped the root x2 , pushed it under the second wrap, wrapped it 1 last time, then pulled it tight through the centre of the 3 poles. I set it up as a fire tripod and attached a pot to the end hanging down in the center. When I was done for the night, covered it up with dirt using 2.4.8 rule, through a tarp around the tripod, created a tepee and the ground I covered with pine boughs and a layer of sphagnum moss and then clover, then a ground sheet and pad. It was a very comfortable throw together I must say. it rained abit but I stayed warm and dry. Thanks to the previous fire pit

Rob L

**crashdive123** · 09-01-2009, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by your_comforting_company

odd thing, I stumbled upon mimosa (silktree) bark while looking for a spring stick for a snare. I was gonna peel a little bark off the end and when i started pulling it peeled off like skinning a snake and I was left with a piece of bark 5 feet long and about 3 inches wide. I divvied that up, scraped the papery layer and the green layer (much like yucca has) and just started twisting. pretty durable so far, but not tried any massive weight on it yet. anyone else tried it out? these things grow thick in the edges of fields down here. where there's 1 theres 20 right beside it. It is considered an invasive species so I dont mind trying more.

How about twisting your way on over to the Introduction section and tell us a bit about yourself. Thanks. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...splay.php?f=14

**snakeman** · 09-01-2009, 07:44 AM

tulip poplar bark is pretty strong but kind of hard to twist because it is flat. how do you use dogwood for cordage?

**hellaya** · 10-07-2025, 03:53 PM

Hola, estaba leyendo tu publicación sobre cómo hacer cuerdas con espadañas y otras plantas, y me recordó que debía tomarme un pequeño descanso con algo divertido. Probé spinogambino y empecé con pequeñas apuestas. Al principio perdí algunas rondas, pero luego una apuesta más atrevida cambió completamente las cosas. Para los jugadores de España, los bonos hacen que cada sesión sea aún más emocionante. Ahora es mi forma favorita de relajarme después de experimentar con diferentes fibras y técnicas de tejido.