Faster way to process agave fibres

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...The scraping technique with a spoon for extracting fibres was a great discovery for me but it can be rather time consuming to produce large amounts. Luckily my buddy Malachi over @rocky_instincts sent me some great links to processing agave leaves in central America.
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...The leaves are first lightly baked in hot ashes to help break down the fleshy material & this process also helps neutralise the itchiness from the sap Next the leaves are hung over a flat board traped up against your waist & scraped with a right angled piece of hard wood in a downward motion with both hands.
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...This greatly speeds up the process & ultimately the amount of cordage you can produce. Going to have to practice my thigh rolling too to speed things up a little as I'm gonna need quite a lot of cordage for some projects I've got in mind.
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... I'll catch ya soon guys !

[@elizabethinilapli7181]

Love the work

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

Thank you 😊 👍

[@kaiirossbaird7623]

love your Work!

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

Thanks 😊 👍👊

[@bahouchyoussef1468]

We are looking for suppliers of sisal fiber plaster for import to Morocco, please give me recommendations with contacts

[@kaiirossbaird7623]

@@bahouchyoussef1468 lol

[@marcilioteixeira4522]

Great job...i love the knives from your videos...

[@wahkiowenhomewindprayer2492]

Good show bro way to go .

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

Thanks 👍

[@nwprimate6416]

Man that's slick. Awesome finished product too!

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

Cheers buddy. Yeh these processed fibres are really nice to work with & make nice looking cordage as well as being super strong 👊👍

[@gailland8681]

@@wurthazsmoke8597 I want to learn this so I can use fiber to make baskets..

[@bahouchyoussef1468]

@@wurthazsmoke8597 We are looking for suppliers of sisal fiber plaster for import to Morocco, please give me recommendations with contacts

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

@@bahouchyoussef1468 I'm sorry I only process enough for my personal use. 🙂👍

[@bahouchyoussef1468]

@@wurthazsmoke8597 oky thanks

[@ac7177]

Nice!

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

😊👍

[@robertlombardo8437]

You think I could do this just tossing the agave in the oven for a bit? I have a whole bunch of plants right outside my house!

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

Absolutely 👍You can actually just bash & scrape the leaves but the fresh juice from them can cause skin irritation. The cooking process apparently neutralises the irritating juices but it also softens the leaves too making them easier to scrape 😀👍👍

[@robertlombardo8437]

@@wurthazsmoke8597 Thanks. I put them on the stove and boiled them twice in different batches of water. Now they're ready for mashing and stripping. Now I just need to wash them and figure out an efficient way to spin them into thread.

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

@@robertlombardo8437 Nice job. You end up with some great fibres that make super strong cordage

[@bodo9387]

Great vid. What type of agave is it?

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

Thanks, I was told it's the same agave that they make tequila from but this technique will work with any type of agave 😀👍

[@AlliumLoverMX]

How do you keep it from burning your skin, ive tried extracting the fibers a few times and it leaves me with nasty blisters and itching skin

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

@@AlliumLoverMX The cooking process neutralises the irritating components as well as softening it making it easier to extract the fibres 👍

[@AlliumLoverMX]

@@wurthazsmoke8597 thank you!

[@abegunderson5941]

Do you happen to know if this process also works with yucca?

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

@@abegunderson5941 you don't need to cook the yucca like this just crush the leaves & scrape away the plant matter to reveal the fibres 👍

[@wahkiowenhomewindprayer2492]

Do you think it could be strong enough to string a 50lb bow ?

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

Absolutely ! I was using some on my 45lb bamboo bow without a problem 💪👍

[@wahkiowenhomewindprayer2492]

Cool man thanks ...

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

Mo problem👍

[@HeathcliffeMcHarris]

How did the juice not burn your skin?

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

It's in the write up 😀👍

[@junevvaldez5959]

ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE FASTEST WAY???????

[@wurthazsmoke8597]

I didn't say it was the fastest way ! The title says "faster way" but maybe you could share the fastest way with us please. 😀👍