Make Natural Cordage in Minutes

[@user-gh8wt2zi2n]

This is one of the most important primitive survival technologies even more important than a bow drill. After all you can't make a bow drill for fire without cordage

[@Usere-mo2xi]

You don’t need a bow drill for fire

[@humangiraffe2113]

@MikeyMagz Have you? Theres more primitive ways to make fire than a bowdrill; considering a bow drill has no archeological proof of even being used by primitive man.

[@DEADxSAINT]

I feel like the bamboo fire saw is underrated fire method.

[@Hi-Fitxt]

@VANTABLACK pal, all you need for a fire is sticks/logs of various sizes obviously, gather some tinder such as horses hoof fungus, coal fungus, birch bark curls or dust(firemakers choice though dust is better) etc. Gather some dry grass, get some flint, quartz, chert, obsidian, agate or Jasper and a rock such as iron pyrite or marcasite. Get a nice ember nest going out of the dry grass, Make a delve in it for the tinder, grab your iron pyrite or marcasite and flint(or variation there upon) and hit the flint with the iron impregnated rock a few times over the nest shaving off flint which then oxidizes mid-air becoming a spark. The tinder will catch, you blow on it softly but not to softly until the nest starts to smoke. Once you see flame, shot it in your pile of kindling and build up the fire as per usual. That is fire made exactly how we did it when we were running around naked hurling spears at deer.

[@qaiserkhan4465]

@VANTABLACK way to be unnecessarily condenscending, lol.

[@shanesmith4530]

I couldn’t sleep because I randomly panicked that I didn’t know how to make cordage. Now I know peace

[@rubycrown3891]

Broooooo this was me today...

[@Cha-Cha-Chaudhry]

Relatable

[@axolotladventurer41]

Literally me rn

[@Hardwork_Only]

Are you all serious in this thread because I had the same thought while watching TV and it was causing me anxiety like what if I get stuck somewhere and I need rope. Lol.

[@jonathanp.9633]

all of sudden colective survival craving

[@Zarthalad]

You've demonstrated this better than anyone else I have seen!

[@haitex6296]

Thanks 😊

[@JMHauntedAdventures]

​@@haitex6296bro thinks he's him 💀

[@dwstrange334]

These were easily the most valuable 4+ minutes of my day. Thank you!

[@codyjohnson8603]

Same dude he walked it through very nicely

[@hubertsalgado7553]

cody johnson very nicely and hastily

[@fulltangbushcraft6382]

Heck yea , coalcracker is top teir channel highly recommeded

[@Welther47]

Not really; unless you know how and what to collect it will be useless.

[@lilybug1108]

Agreed

[@thirdeyesurvivor3886]

The splicing technique is actually so clever, I was wondering how to extend the length for so long.

[@ThisReckless]

Same.

[@theprancingprussian]

From what I see the only skill dependant aspects on making cordage is keeping both sides even and to prepare the perfect fibres

[@Luna-ej4mi]

I have a friend who I think is into cottagecore (She mentions it from time to time) and I crochet. So I'm planning to crochet her a sun hat out of grass to help things out. This video helps! Thanks sir!

[@CuteLittleKittyGrassy]

Nice

[@couchcaptain9379]

I've watched probably 30 or so videos on making cordage and this is the only one that I've been able to clearly see the process of the twist. Thank you sir!

[@dragonomicon622]

I watched two previous videos, one had just a guy rambling with his kids, and another one was a guy rambling with his friend. They barely showed what to do, and the videos were really long. This video was straight to the point AND covered adding more length. Thank you!

[@codyjohnson8603]

Theres a reason your the at the top of the search results, by far the best instruction I've seen on making cordage thanks a lot coalcracker

[@edwardanthony195]

How can this be so simple, productive, and I have never seen this is my 75 years on the planet? ACES! my friend, Aces for you!

[@WIZ-IN-PA]

Waving a hand from down here in Harrisburg. Excellent cordage instructional. Love ALL your videos Dan! My wife and I camp at Locust Lake from time to time. Stay in the woods!

[@brandondaniel47]

Straight to thr point, well explained, easy to follow and remember.... if you ever doubt yourself just know that you're 100% doing your part for Humanity. So thank you

[@anniebalthazar6648]

Finally a video that shows making cordage slowly and easily!! Thank you!!

[@thelonedoctor]

Recently made cordage from a purple tower plant and turned it into a little corsage using this method, for my daughter.. she loved it 🥰🥰

[@cruzvandewark]

This was so helpful. I made a 1 foot length of plant fiber cordage capable of holding 40lbs without breaking. The technique is great for identifying what material makes for good cordage as well. Thank you for this video.

[@luketomaiuolo4754]

I've watched 4 vids of this technique and this has been the best explanation and demonstration. Thank you!

[@janebrown3587]

This is by far, the best instruction I've seen for doing this. Thank you soooo much! :)

[@mackaity]

This is the best and easiest splice method I’ve seen so far. Just made cord from banana skins using this method - it worked really well with the shorter pieces. Thanks!

[@66bigbuds]

Much better instruction than the other people's videos.

[@CrystalAge]

5 years go by and some guy from Hawaii wants to say thank you. Can’t wait to check out your other videos. Mahalo & aloha

[@jasonb2775]

Very good explanation on how to wrap it correctly. Thank you no one else has explained it in that kind of detail, which is needed in order to make it work properly.

[@danielcharbonneau222]

Thanks Dan. As a instructor / teacher the cordage making with the splicing techniques was very well demonstration. I just enjoy your videos.

[@HairyGoldbean]

Best cordage making video I have seen so far

[@sammichai805]

Very nice splice better than adding to just one side this way creates a much smoother transition I'm really enjoying these quick snippets of information works perfect for me

[@backwoodstrails]

Excellent demo. I have been teaching this for years and have found the ladies pick this up much faster than the guys do. Possibly because they are used to doing similar things with their hair, not sure, but they really do pick it up quickly!

[@450Xer]

Somehow you make learning easy. Great tutorial! Thanks Dan

[@JonCarlson]

I love your videos because they are pertinent and short. 3-4 minutes is ideal for an ADD person like myself.

[@thedoubleboiler6971]

Thank you so much for sharing. The first things that kept popping up for me were video game channels, for some reason. Thank you for teaching a real life example. It truly is very much appreciated 👍.

[@jeffgrumley8230]

Dan, thanks for explaining and demostrating this. I was in a class taught by a guy in my area and for some reason it was A LOT more difficult the way he was trying to explain the process. As Canterbury says K.I.S.S. is the best way!!

[@jeffgrumley8230]

Also... Its Wednesday aren't you missing something??? LOL

[@learn2shoot]

This is perfect - I have used this in the past many times when I have run out of rope that I brought with me when camping.

[@mattbrooke7619]

I used a headlice comb to process the original leaf into fibres, worked a treat

[@sarahlangdon1965]

Excellent. You’ve explained it much better than anyone else has to me. I’m set now thanks.

[@kidbach]

your videos always manage to rope me in. thanks, Prof.

[@southpark1you0]

oh wow, so simple. crazy how materials can be basically transformed into something so sturdy and useful with a little cleverness. I placed my first snares today after watching many videos on it, and am still learning more. cordage can be used in the scissor snare, im hoping to try it out soon!

[@jordanashworth2747]

Nice! I knew the 1st technique but now it's going to be double the speed with the 2nd technique! Thank you!

[@JBarbarosa]

Brilliant. Best demo I've seen on cordage making

[@loadapish]

Might be livin in the woods soon

[@thirdeyesurvivor3886]

Same.

[@siwaycy]

It's my dream, leave the civilization.

[@justanormalinvestigator2640]

Pathetic people will leave a city just to live in a place with diseases and other harmful stuff if you don’t know how to survive. And when y’all get hurt and badly injured you will crawl back to the city for the hospital

[@xugabugala5683]

@@justanormalinvestigator2640 I mean, I don't live in the hospital, I live on Earth, a place full of diseases and harmfull things everywhere, I will go crawling to the hospital either way.

[@bigbird4481]

it would be more pathetic to rely only on the things in the city@@justanormalinvestigator2640

[@celtgunn9775]

Awesome cordage Coalcracker! Love learning how to do these things. 😍

[@sunnyt334]

Thank you! You've brought back a half forgotten skill for me. I'm off to practice :)

[@ashleybyrd2015]

I would probably have turned out to be a very different person if I learned how to do this as a kid, extremely useful.

[@strangebird64]

Thank you sir. I learned what I needed to know. Cordage is so very important and your tecniques are mentally noted. Thank you again as you are greatly appreciated. 👍

[@DerangedSurvival]

Excellent demonstration. By far the best video I’ve found on this subject. Thanks for sharing. Now to make a bow drill with natural cordage!

[@zeeleo6115]

Thank-you! Great video! It was very well explained and easy to follow directions.

[@JulesTools23]

Ty for sharing this here. Could be done on car trips to, and in waiting rooms for, Drs appts, the only time I’m able to leave my home recently. Much easier than bringing my drop spindle and creating two separate plies to be plied together eventually 😂🌻

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

This has to be the best things to learn by far beyond firemaking....and always good to learn it on multiple tree types. With a saw and cordage can build a whole log cabin in 1 day without needing to notch logs, and then just tie 1 vertical stabilizier log in each corner to all the wall logs, then tie pine boughs(or any thick veg covered limbs) all against the inside and outside vertically. Then later on you can fill the walls with mud to insulate and fill the gaps further by untying the boughs on the outside and then put em right back to help even more

[@geoffmiller3468]

I forgot how to do all this and in 4 minutes you just showed me how to make all the cordage I will ever need. Thank you!

[@arunsargeant8931]

Ive never thought of of setting it thats a life saver thanks man

[@loganwhalen5560]

Your tutorial was the only one that explained it clearly enough for me. Thanks.

[@yankeejedi2575]

Your splicing method looks stronger than other methods that I've researched. Other methods but the new piece just on one side. One guy recommended wetting the material to make it easier to work with. You do a nice job giving a good visual and being clear and going at a good pace. Basically a good teacher. Keep em coming.

[@pablobartelotte4553]

It's so easy, it's so easy of course it's easy with some jute or similar ready cordage but this is also a good lesson on combining 2 or more cordage for longer pieces. Vines are great ready made cordage, vine like roots work pretty good too just be careful with any vines that are hairy (possible poison ivy). Practice, practice, practice

[@BCJerbs]

Excellent demonstration Mr.Dan most awesome indeed my friend thanks for sharing your knowledge with everyone! Watching from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island in Canada! Cheers, Jerbs 👍🏼🇺🇸🔥🔪🔥🇨🇦👍🏼

[@AnimeShinigami13]

In an urban setting for lower weight applications, try dead daylilly leaves. if they're small layer several together. I've also done this with dogbane but because I'm a crafter more than I am a bush crafter I prefer to save that for making yarn. since there's only a couple patches I can reach and only one i can reach on foot, its special.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Great demonstration of the technique, you are an excellent teacher, thank you!

[@flyingdutchman3935]

Your dirty hands proof that you earn clean money. Great video as well. I will check this out next time in the woods

[@arctodussimus6198]

This is (imho) an essential skill that everyone who spends time in the wilds should know. I use this technique with jute twine to make lanyards and neck cords. It’s just another way to carry my fire tinder.

[@vicsar]

Extremely useful.

[@tedsamuels3203]

That is awesome and it is something A person needs to learn to get good at...Now ,That could come in handy to save A life ? Thanks for your videos...WHAT ,WE LEARN ....IS ,WHAT WE KNOW ?

[@cheftashasawyer7361]

Thanks for showing the splicing so clearly! That's the part that's been tripping me up.

[@Jaden48108]

Just got through making 14 feet of 2 ply reverse wrap cordage. Did four splices to get there. It's kind of like knitting, something cool to do during down time.

[@beggsnachin]

Came here to learn the basic of cordage making so I can figure out how to use.natural fibers on my spinning wheel. Was hoping the spinning wheel would spare the abuse on my hands, but looks like I get to just deal. Lol. But adding a new piece in was the part I was struggling with and found that here. Thank you.

[@nathantilton1438]

Appreciate the schooling on the technique 👍🏻. Probably the best I've seen, now I can create cordage when before from other examples I was stumped bc of speed and poor camera angle. Love all your post's. Good work. Thank you.

[@alant391]

I am really loving your videos. Very logical

[@XopheAdethri]

When I was young, I used to take the hair from my brush and slowly over a couple years i twisted and spliced myself up a nice meter long twine of mostly decent strength.

[@soulstealy781]

This was super helpful! I new how to do the twist, but I was really confused on how to add more material, but you cleared that right up.

[@cillaloves2fish688]

I've heard of this but never understood exactly how it was done... I do now! Thx Dan!

[@DrShoesMcGee]

Succinct and incredibly informative even with variety of technique. One of the best informative youtube videos I've ever seen! Bravo! Subscribed.

[@redmorningglory1821]

I tryed this with inner bark from a popler tree it workd really well

[@HarleyWatt-zu2ft]

Thank you for the information it was very helpful

[@kalcrow5194]

You're an excellent teacher!

[@VOLKANCA]

İt is absolutely what I have been looking for. Thank you very much. Clear and simple,easy to understand. The next step is to try it. Liked,subbed 👍😇

[@glennscott562]

Dan, thank you. In NZ we have flax which yeilds fibres up to 4' long. I cannot wait to try this!

[@Dtrain-kq8kd]

great..i will try this..this is good to know..thanks

[@Suzuki_Hiakura]

This is the first time I saw that splice. Usually, I see people feeding it in on one side and I have struggled to do the same. The method you showed appears and should be far easier for me (^-^)

[@williamjhunter5714]

Thanks I'm doing this with sawgrass now. I boil the grass to remove tannins and treat it with natural relaxing oil like jojoba to cancel the brittle nature.

[@heretical_cuttlefish]

I always wondered how to splice extra length in and couldn’t figure it out. I also wasn’t sure how to keep the ends from fraying. Now that I see it, it makes sense

[@littlemissyjo8550]

Thank you so much for this video!! LoL I need to tell you what I did with it. So last summer I cut three cattails because I had heard that the "jelly" inside the leaves was a pain killer and I wanted to see how well it worked (very, very long story for another time). that left me with cattail leaves, split outside from inside surface and with their slimy insides scraped off with my thumbnail. What a pile and how not to waste it!? I remembered a video about making twine out of cattails so I went digging and reviewed your instructions again and started twining. Three cattails made a LOT of string! It didn't look terribly strong but when tested we (my husband, his sister and I) were very surprised at how sturdy it was! What if we double up the length and twist it some more? We wound up with triple twist cattail rope about as thick as one of my thumbs (so almost an inch thick. I have small hands.) and strong enough to use for straps for a makeshift backpack @ around 30 pounds. Woohoo! wait, wait there's more! I left the rope and pack (basket weaving...another long story) with my SIL's family because they liked it so much. Repeated the process with my parents and gifted the results there and spent the winter wishing I had more cattails...still aren't growing here in central IL yet this spring and my fingers want to twiiine! Wait...what about Plarn? Plarn is made from cut plastic walmart bags and is most frequently crocheted although knitting would work...what about twining? Ok, so I'm twining plarn and my MoMasks what I'm doing and I show her and then I wonder...what about twist ties? You know the kind that you get on bread bags? So I raided my MoM's stash (ahem... I mean !!!STAAASH!!!) of twist ties she hasn't used or thrown away for 25 or 30 years and has moved from one home to another across six countries and at least three continents. With a little modification they work great MoM is less than pleased about my raid but interested in my process. (another long story full of dementia peppered with a tendency to hoard). So there ya go! Better late to the party than never I guess but thank you so much for the video that started it all!

[@Thraakull]

fantastic demonstration and explanation mister, video quality is superb and I think that I can now memorize the moves and try it without watching the video (where there is no signal) just have to find a suitable material, thanks and greeting from Czech Republic :)

[@cantsay]

THANK YOU! I wanted more hand close ups for this technique after your video with Townsends. Brilliant.

[@seamus6387]

Great video, I tend to splice mine a bit different but hey, it still works. I've used this technique to show some how cordage was made and how it can be made out of materials you wouldn't expect to be useful at all. (Such as a few types of dried grass.) It's funny how we tend to take cordage and rope for granted these days.

[@kalex1050]

This is pretty cool ,I am a stylist and we use a similar technique ( rope twist) to create a style in our hair .

[@DanielBouchez]

Very nice process ... Have a Nice day. Daniel South of France

[@rubenmundaca5405]

Cordage and pottery are the most underlooked skills in survival.

[@zitaocarroll4925]

Great instructions - thank you. Brisbane Australia 🦘🦘

[@mip2442]

Excellent video!! Thanks for the simple and best explanation, stay safe!

[@garybraches9936]

This is the best explanation I've seen on this technique so far. Great job showing the detail, explaining how to start and how to splice. Most other videos I've seen show them doing it from a distance. The closeup video really helps.Thank you.

[@darkbulb367]

Sweet splice! Thanks for sharing.

[@tgx123mgjack8]

I can tell you a bold drill does work and it's definitely easier than using any other primitive method and I've used a lot of primitive methods

[@thebuilder3594]

25,000 viewer AND 100th comment. Great skill to learn, especially if you need it, btw.

[@pk-fb2yr]

Your awesome! I'm so happy to have learned this ,thanks to your up close ,and easy to follow instructions. THANK YOU.

[@calliarcale]

Clever approach to spin and ply in one go.

[@DEADxSAINT]

Here in australia alot of our plant's leaves are strappy and fiberes. You can dry them for half a day and make chord thats as strong as metel wire.

[@timmynormand4818]

Best examination up close. Thanks friend

[@fallerpilot]

Short, clear, and concise. Thank you.

[@victorzaidan6493]

tip: try doing it with the rope standing up (the hand that holds it at the top, and the one that wraps it at the bottom), for me it's faster and more comfortable, and in every video I've seen, people do it horizontally instead of vertically

[@schildegart8732]

Thank you ^^ Now I can finally make myself some Strings :D (you won't believe how Happy i am right now)

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Thanks, you are a very good teacher Dan. Take care.

[@zappababe8577]

You explained this so well, cheers

[@cheyennebrunner7757]

Amazing, thank you. I'll have my kids start practicing this

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

Very nicely demonstrated . Much appreciated and all the best .

[@ronaldbutler4480]

Awesome job on that! Very easy to follow and learn, great job and thanks very much !! Have a Happy New Year!