Jute vs. Hemp cordage. - Bushcraft USA Forums
2019年8月3日 · Location. NE Georgia. Aug 8, 2019. #16. Hemp is an awesome and amazing plant, a true friend to man, unfairly demonized. But, nothing wrong with jute cord — available everywhere — both as cordage and fire starter. Far superior to sisal or binding twine as a fire starter, and comfortable/wholesome to work with.
indian hemp, aka hemp dogbane, for cordage making
2019年11月26日 · GREAT THREAD. SOMETHING ELSE TO LOOK FOR. "Hemp dogbane is a native of North America. Currently, its range extends throughout the continental U.S. including all of the [88] counties in Ohio. Hemp dogbane is a weed of roadsides, thickets, open woods, wastelands, pastures, old fields, and cultivated fields.
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2019年8月3日 · Jute vs. Hemp cordage. Thread starter Ghostshaman33; Start date Aug 3, 2019; Jute/hemp Jute Votes: ...
Quality hemp / jute cordage: Under-rated Piece of Kit?
2019年5月7日 · Hemp cordage does everything I need, to be honest. I've never needed anywhere near the 550lbs of strength that paracord offers. But moreover, hemp has a few -- both large and small, advantages over paracord. I'll start from least to greatest: 1. Aesthetics / Crafts To be honest, I don't like working with paracord or using it in crafts.
Jute vs Sisal vs Hemp vs whatever? | Bushcraft USA Forums
Sep 28, 2023. #4. in my experience, Hemp is superior cordage and does OK as tinder - it's stiffer and you may get "splinters" from it. Sisal is OK cordage and decent tinder, Jute is very weak cordage and pretty decent tinder. All 3 work for dredging through epoxy and wrapping a …
Primitive Cordage - Bushcraft USA Forums
1,320. Jul 16, 2013. #9. Another important natural cordage is from the husk of the coconut. "Afa" (Samoan name) is made by taking fibers from the husk of the mature coconut, twisting them together, then braiding them into a cord. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Western Samoa, I often sat with the men of the family rolling coconut fibers together ...
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2023年9月22日 · I used my SAK to cut some hemp cordage to make some reverse wrapped cordage for the neck piece... View attachment 1781601 The cordage finished... View attachment 1781602 Used a dremel to make the hole...when I do the actual stone, I'll use a flint drill, but here's the cordage attached to the stone... View attachment 1781605 View attachment 1781606
Quality cheap twine, cordage, etc? | Bushcraft USA Forums
2023年4月13日 · Some examples of the twine and cordage I use for various bushcraft tasks. Jute and Sisal twine, load rated between 3 and 7 lbs. Polypropylene and poly / nylon blends, which includes the cheap mason line, load rated between 15 to 60 lbs. The good nylon mason line, poly blend paracord, real paracord, and bank line, rated between 100 and 550 lbs.
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2024年5月31日 · Then I thought, I have small beads, what about making a small set of pace beads. Started by 3-ply reverse wrapping some hemp cordage... To make the button loop, tied off another piece of hemp cordage and began weaving an eye. I've never woven an eye on something so small, and found that the toothpick from my small SAK made a great marlin spike...
indian hemp, aka hemp dogbane, for cordage making
2019年11月26日 · Getting ready to move, I've been trying to get my dogbane stash broken down and processed-which was a perfect opportunity to take a video of my hand spinning. This is a quick example of how I have been spinning singles from dogbane rolags. I'm not the best at spinning, hence the "park and...