Perfect explanation Simple enough for beginners like myself and Perfect presentation
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
I'm glad you liked it
@garysapper8716Ай бұрын
Clay, I watched your video where you beat snake plant and scraped it for fibers to make a bowstring. I did that and my neighbor was not happy with my beating the leaves for 2 hours. I've used yucca for years, but this retting process is the way to go. Thanks!
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
Oh yeah, it's way easier.
@mojorising1Ай бұрын
Invite the neighbor over next time to help it's good stress relief 😊
@ZoonCrypticonАй бұрын
@@mojorising1 You mean, that the neighbor gets whipped ?
@taitsmith8521Ай бұрын
@@ZoonCrypticon😂😂 I think he meant the neighbor is a butt because he has a lot of pent up stress. But either way, sure. 😂
@UniversalSovereignCitizenАй бұрын
@@taitsmith8521rat trap in the letter box... with a piece of paper over top.
@Serenity_CraftАй бұрын
It is amazing how many skills were normal survival in the past, that we have forgotten today. Learning these skills is important, and I have also learned that Yukka was used to make sandles/shoes in the past. I belive it was the Navajo who traditionally made the shoes with yukka, but I may be remember the incorrect tribe. I don't know if that is something you would like to learn and teach, but it is cool and interesting.
@joshjames253Ай бұрын
Making cordage feels like you are experiencing something that you’re hands were made for. It’s like a muscle memory from your ancestors. It’s a thing that lets you know you ARE from Earth.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
absolutely!
@superfuntoyz123Ай бұрын
Earth = Heart
@Xizario28 күн бұрын
I doubt it. It is hundered time faster to make it with 3 people. All these videos in KZbin are like you are playing single player. In reality people never lived alone.
@ivancrews4361Ай бұрын
Nothing to do with cordage but the ucca plantis cordage, soap, food and a hunting tool for small game... Root used for soap... The dry ucca stalk can be hollowed out easily using a skinny sapling having the end cut similar to a chisel which makes a blowgun... The leaves you cut about 8" long and let them dry... As the dry they roll up on themselves creating a long needle so you chew or hammer the bit end to fray it and you have very sharp darts for your blowgun... The white flower petals can be boiled and a little honey added to make a pudding... There is also a needle and thread in the leaves...
@jt_astamirАй бұрын
Clay, you are a wonderful person. There are very few people like you left among us, humanity. A big greeting to you from the other side of our Planet.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
Thanks
@user-pq4il4xo9s22 күн бұрын
AMONG US
@knightteblar2777Ай бұрын
Greetings from Greece!!!The best video I ever seen!!!Go on!!!
@VADIMHARDRADAАй бұрын
Man two week ago I made my second bow(first I broke) its made out of 2 pieces of elm, and conected with 3rd little piece of elm too, its 67 inches long, pulls around 50lb at 29 draw length, today I made 6 arrow and tried it, man its just a pleasure to shoot it even tho I am bad at it. Just wanted to thank you, because of you I found out that Nature is the only one and true God in the whole Universe, thanks for all the videos you made, thanks for all the work you have done. You are just fucking amazing man! And you made 17 year old boy's life from Ukraine way better!
@taylorsealy5091Ай бұрын
The real God of the Bible made nature and you too. I pray he blesses and makes himself real to you in Jesus' name.
@woodsy3495Ай бұрын
Besides fire making, this has got to be one of the most useful skills for someone to know in an extended survival situation, or just for fun! Thanks Clay. Been hoping you would show how to do this.
@uncletelloАй бұрын
Do you wax the cordage to extend its life or does wax adversely affect it? Also, since you compared it to sinew, could these fibers be used for backing a bow? More for safety versus improving performance? Great video!
@dragonsage6909Ай бұрын
Awesome, I've been thinking about string making a lot lately. Thanks :)
@davidbailey991Ай бұрын
Great video I’ve been wanting to try this myself. Yucca grows all through our cow pasture where I live, my papa always called it “bear grass”.
@sunriseshowdown4580Ай бұрын
I always wondered how to get the smaller materials to connect without breaking. Awesome info! Thanks!
@lisamcqueen8509Ай бұрын
I remember reading in Bowyers bible, Tim Baker wrote of laying his materials out on the lawn, yard and letting the Dew, do, the retting! Thanks for sharing, Clay! Have a great day, Steve
@robertfleming3878 күн бұрын
Retting is a lengthy process but worth the work when you have time and need alot of cordage,,, i alao found soaking said cordage when finished, in ash water, keeps it pliable and lengthens the life of cordage...ty
@MonicaLopez-ze3ddАй бұрын
❤❤Awesome video, Clay! Clear and informative. Love learning from you!
@waderemington817Ай бұрын
Definitely one of the most useful videos I’ve ever seen on YT. Thank you, Clay!
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@timothylongmore7325Ай бұрын
Another great video Clay. I've always been fascinated with cordage. I don't know why , but it is the modern thing that's taken most for granted. I've got a ton of sinew to do before the mice eat it all. I had beef cattle that I butchered and saved the backstrap sinew and about a half dozen deer. This is a skill every kid should be taught.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
That'll make some great cordage!
@timothylongmore7325Ай бұрын
@@clayhayeshunter Cool. Hey Clay I heard somewhere that sinew from large animals wasn't as strong , pound for pound as say whitetail deer. I know you've used both , have you ever heard that? Sound like bs to me.
@dylanhixenbaugh4575Ай бұрын
@@timothylongmore7325 I Believe it’s not the size of the animal , but the lifestyle. Cattle stand and graze while deer and elk run jump and climb , growing stronger muscles and tendons pound per pound . It’s the inactivity that makes bovine back strap so tender
@MrTrixerАй бұрын
..Yeah no, im impressed, nuff said. I didnt think it would be as easy as to let it rot naturally in the water like that, and the end result of the fibers, just wow.
@whiteraven886Ай бұрын
Great video, such a good job showing EXACTLY what to do. That stuff comes out nice enough to use for jewelry applications! Many uses come to mind. Beautiful work. Totally following you now! Lol. Come to Maine and teach a workshop!
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
Thank ya!
@akasutton29 күн бұрын
when i saw you swishing it in the water, i thought of musky or pike fishing - you could probably make a unique bucktail spinner bait with it too!
@julesprice5805Ай бұрын
Absolutely interesting, extremely useful and just awesome. God literally gave us everything we needed on earth to survive
@bradlaffertyАй бұрын
This retting is like the process done with processing flax, if I recall correctly. Great video. Thanks.
@debsalady2Ай бұрын
Yucca!! Very strong! Ive made some, after i tried mowing over some yucca plants lol it wouldn't mow down
@kevinwild_Ай бұрын
i learn with every single video :D thanks and greets from Germany
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
Glad you like them!
@sweetchariotenglandАй бұрын
All about Stinging Nettles for cords I hear, I should probably take a whack at doing a bowstring Great content squire
@kolo890Ай бұрын
Horsehair works great too
@Ou8124u29 күн бұрын
Amazing
@MMountain82Ай бұрын
Good tutorial, my grandpa was a lariat maker , although they used the mescal, this made me think of my grandpa. Good stuff
@Coltbreath26 күн бұрын
Badassery! 🙏
@ozgrozrn8194Ай бұрын
Clay i m your fan in Turkia (Turkey), i learned to much stuff thanks to you. Turkish subtitles pls.
@jimstewart5739Ай бұрын
As always - excellent! Thankee!
@Makete100Ай бұрын
That was great and very understandable. Thank you.
@ordulf7193Ай бұрын
Hope your place is safe from the fire this week!
@CR055130WАй бұрын
GREAT Video, Thank you!!
@Clark42EoCАй бұрын
Thank you Clay
@wildhoserАй бұрын
Another excellent video, thanks Clay
@markbrandliАй бұрын
You don't have to Rhett the yucca, it can be scraped with a bone or antler scraper. It works very well and quicker if you need cordage in a hurry. I have used it many times.
@williamsdesigning1949Ай бұрын
Amazing man
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
Glad you liked it
@LtDarkShadow14Ай бұрын
I've never made my own string before, but that looks like a normal modern-day rope I'm not sure what i have around me to be able to practice something like this... I'll look and find out as always, being an amazing teacher 👏 knowledge is something that can always be given and is not finite, teach the younger generation (such as myself) give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. teach a man to fish and he'll eat for he'll get good eats : keyword being "teach":
@user-hz5nk9kk5dАй бұрын
Wow that is amazing !!
@adamhoffman996527 күн бұрын
Fair warning. If you do this in a bucket, it will stink to high heaven!
@Antler_addictАй бұрын
All my favorite channels that I am subbed to, I never ger notifications to even tho I clicked "all". The vids do pop up at random in the standard recomended vids but not always. KZbin sucks. I wish there was somewhere else that was better & just as popular & used by the channels I follow.😮💨
@bobkin611Ай бұрын
Idk what you mean by that intro. This is absolutely an interesting topic. Helps that you’re entertaining tho 😂
@TheoriginalPhilGoodАй бұрын
Thanks for the video, excellent.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
You are welcome!
@romeur8709Ай бұрын
Muito bom o video. Obrigado por compartilhar
@briantaulbee6452Ай бұрын
Yucca fiber bowstring. Interesting. I knew yucca had fibers but i would not have thought about using it for this. Just learned something. I did have a thought though, if you had some soft wax you could add as you twist the strands together, would it hurt the fibers
@teejay3510Ай бұрын
Nice one. Making cordage is a good way to pass the time at camp. It would be cool to see you make one of your fish landing nets with a netting needle using natural cordage. A whole heap of work I know but it would be interesting to see how it compares to using bankline with the needle, and just give people an idea of how much time it takes for a project that doesn't seem all that significant when you do it with modern cord. My first landing net took me 6 hours to weave the net, not including the time it took to make the needle. I reckon it would be days if I had to make my own cordage (fibers ready to go). What's your guess as to the time it would take for you?
@jack1d1XB8 күн бұрын
Q, can wax be used to keep cordage from being brittle?🤔
@ndiyiliitsohАй бұрын
thanks
@wildnesssurvivalАй бұрын
Awesome video!
@pkgoldopalhuntingАй бұрын
great work mate
@Backyard.ArcheryАй бұрын
Good stuff…thanks
@FunnyBone-TV4 күн бұрын
I soaked my yucca fibers in water and then hung a weight from one end of the finished string to stretch it. Does it matter wet or dry? Can't wait to try the retting method. :)
@RandomActsOfRandom10 күн бұрын
Waiting two months to go fishing is wild.
@ivandejanovic4963Ай бұрын
Fantastic video Clay. Very clear instructions on how to do it. Will give it try in my Hadza bow build I am trying currently. If I may be bold and suggest that you maybe try to build a Hadza like bow. Hadza are people living in Tanzania and from sources online seems to build bows from a bigger branch or a small tree. They do not harvest a big tree and split it lenght wise into quarters. Reason I am asking is there is no way for me to legally harvest a big tree in Serbia for a bow builds you do. That is why I am trying Hadza build. It will help me a lot if somebody who actually knows how to build a good bow try it and make a video about it since you could probably give me some tips I will not get anywhere else. I know it is a big ask. If you can do it thanks. If you are not interested thank you anyway for all the great resources you are giving to us. Many thanks from Serbia.
@shannondavis1106Ай бұрын
Ive made with yucca before but never heard of this method, thank you for information. What do you do about the severe hand cramps after about an hour of cord making? It really makes you respect cordage and keep plenty of it on hand
@eduardocanales3483Ай бұрын
B-e-a-utiful
@kentonward97Ай бұрын
Would waxing the string help to make it stronger and quieter?
@ZoonCrypticonАй бұрын
An excellent method, thank you ! With these white fibres you could even make a wig for the supreme court judge.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
haha
@OsborneExplorationАй бұрын
Thanks for this! I never knew that when adding fibers you twist once then fold back down the excess.. I've always seen people just lay it in and cut the excess off later.. Does this weaken the rope by not laying it back down? Great video Clay! Been following since you were on ALONE. ATB ✊
@JuliaJulia007Ай бұрын
Cool
@ApeMtbАй бұрын
Amazing, ill have to find out what plantsare best in my country
@Dirk_McgurkАй бұрын
excellent video
@KnifeCrazzzzyАй бұрын
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@forendetta8164Ай бұрын
Je connaissais se processus, il y a pas une technique plus rapide? Cette technique est bien mais hyper longue, en cas d'urgence
@123ostereiАй бұрын
👍
@ddoherty5956Ай бұрын
Heave you tried doing this with a mild acid or Alkaline solution Clay? Wondered if it might be faster/ more hygenic? 👍🇬🇧
@CrossRootedForgeАй бұрын
How many shots have you taken with it/how many it take until it broke if it has happened to break? I've made a few yucca strings. Never seemed to get more than 120 shots.(I will acknowledge some amount of makers error)
@user-ui2jb6sf4k5 күн бұрын
this technique should work just as well with palmleaves, shouldnt it?
@sfg_night4th74524 күн бұрын
Hey, I live in sweden what is something to recommend to begin with using as a material for a beginner?
@whistlingbadgerАй бұрын
Clay, have you ever messed with fibers for bow backing? I've been working on making a bow backed with dogbane, but haven't gotten a shooter yet.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
Not yet
@aaronhall5367Ай бұрын
I heard those fibers cut themselves? How many shots do you think they have in them? Greetings from Missouri!
@WetaMantisАй бұрын
How long should the string be for your size? what should your brace height be? It must be instinctive to you but could you demystify it and give examples of correct and incorrect sized bow strings?
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
I usually make my strings a few inches longer than the bow and wrap the extra around the lower nock. That way I have extra to splice the string back together if it breaks. My brace height is usually somewhere around 6.5 inches.
@WetaMantisАй бұрын
@@clayhayeshunter Thank you for taking the time to answer.
@guadalupeskitchen3734Ай бұрын
I'm tellin' you what, the next time I order paracord I'm gettin' 5000 yds of 12 strand !!!
@jimf1964Ай бұрын
So I may just be stupid, or it may be the kids distracting me (probably the kids🙂), but I couldn’t quite get what was going on with the folding over when you added more fibres. So you ended up folding over on itself in half and used he same piece for both strands, or just for the one?
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
The lower section of the added piece is laid alongside the bundle nearest me. I make one reverse twist which then takes the top bundle and puts it on bottom of nearest me. Then the extra piece of the added bundle is folded back on top of that. That's probably even more confusing!
@roylesterjr7052Ай бұрын
I haw a question?? Can you BACK a bow with yucca fibers?? I'm from the southwest united states & that's all I have that's available, I live on the Navajo Reservation.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
Probably
@aaronhall5367Ай бұрын
You can literally back a bow with an old tshirt. Try it out or ask the bowyers on your res
@mojorising1Ай бұрын
❤
@Uncle_RedАй бұрын
How do you make the loop on the other end?
@aaronhall5367Ай бұрын
He showed the bowyers knot. But if you want a loop on both ends...untie th hitch but maintain the loop.then untwist the chord maintaining two strands to the point where the loop you made meets the main line. Then untwist where those meet and put one strand through the front and one strand through the back. Go down one more and continue the process. Untwist the main line put one strand through the front and the other strand through the back. Tighten and Repeat at least 1.5 inches. Good luck!
@aaronhall5367Ай бұрын
When you untwist the main line I mean open a hole in between the two twisted strands
@barettisawesomeАй бұрын
Hello sir I've got a question about your book, is it instructional enough to be carried as a survival guide? I've borrowed and read les Stroud's book and that's the idea of his book is it can be carried as a survival guide. I also have the us military survival guide in my go bag. I'm looking for reading material for the bush but I'd like it to be worth its weight in useful information if that makes sense. Otherwise id bring a novel which I don't care for.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
It’s not a guide
@barettisawesomeАй бұрын
@@clayhayeshunter thankyou sir
@dougroll8139Ай бұрын
Can you do this with nettle or dog bane by soaking it?
@timothylongmore7325Ай бұрын
pretty sure it does.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
I think it should work but I've only ever done it with Yucca.
@SolutionsWithin28 күн бұрын
Home Depot and all the other stores better darn well be shuttered before I'd ever do that much work and have to wait 2 months+ to make cordage.
@sober8423 күн бұрын
Think the concept here is to teach a skill, not patience. 🤣#sarcasm
@Mr850manАй бұрын
wen boots?
@billg7101Ай бұрын
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@chad856616 күн бұрын
Cast all your care on him: for he careth for you." 1 Peter 5:7, and remember these words, "Be sober, and watch: for your adversary the devil as roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." 1Peter 5:9 The time is near, so REPENT of sins and your old ways. For through the blood of Jesus Christ your sins are paid for, come to the Lord, he loves you so much.
@ScottRauberАй бұрын
Oh hell no, after soaking, checking back, beating, then.....I'm tired, and I thought it was gonna be easy.
@clayhayeshunterАй бұрын
Easy doesn’t necessarily equal quick 😉
@coldhandjacinth9069Ай бұрын
Clay makes Martha Stewart look very ignorant in comparison studies.
@weapons_ofmassdistraction_9550Ай бұрын
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
@chrism383929 күн бұрын
BAD ROCK! NO!
@simplefieldcraftАй бұрын
Ok, Interesting subject about making primitive cordage from natural fibrous material. But did you really need to click bate the title with NEED, SURVIVAL SKILL. If I had to wait two weeks to create the cord to make a bow drill set, which is not a survival skill, to light my fire in a SURVIVAL situation I would die. I know you need to create content and get views to raise money but with something that could be serious that is just irresponsible.