Medieval rope making with bast using a reel and a stick

A short introduction to the history of rope making in the middle ages from a north western european perspective and a demonstration of a simple way to make bast ropes using a reel and a stick.
This is a re-upload with better editing.
Keep in mind that I'm just a novice and my tools are prototypes.
Sources:
General history of rope making
Weber, W 1971: Zukunft der Seilerei, Ciba-Geigy Rundschau 1
Medieval rope finds in Norway
Schjølberg, E. 1988: Cordage and similar products from Bryggen in Bergen. The Bryggen Papers , Supplementary Series No. 3.
History of this kind of rope making in Sweden in the last century with detailed instructions
Modéer, I 1928: Öländskt tallrepslageri
Bast ropes at a viking museum
www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/...
Music: Deskant / Fairy's Fear / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

[@michaelmoceri1118]

I've seen people using a reel like this to make rope, but no one ever stopped and explained what they were doing. Thanks for that.

[@simvrod]

Cat needs to play with string, nothing better than to see an artisan at work with his kitten👍👍

[@chrishestand1]

I’ve got yucca plants in the yard that I can’t kill, but I’ve recently read they can make some decent rope fibers. So, I’m about to build this setup and take a stab at it. Thank you!

[@giancarloperez9508]

🎉Wow anothere rooe making ideaa👍😍💕😊😊thank you for sahring.👌👌👌❤️

[@tauIrrydah]

Oh this is delightful I've been looking for low impact activities to demonstrate at events!

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

Thank you, yes I think this would be really nice to show at events! One of the reasons for making this video was to use as a 'sales pitch' for an event next summer.

[@m.c.4785]

This is so much more compact and easy to understand than some of the other videos I saw that used complicated tools and/or multiple people!

[@MissGroves]

I have never seen rope made like this before, only with some strange toggle things and later with a hook or crank. I have to try this way of spinning! Looks so fun and soothing

[@anklebreaker648]

Thanks you for making this informative video i’d learned another technique in making rope👍🎊👍👍✌️

[@thomasbentin2205]

Thanks, was looking for information like this!

[@pegrande6545]

I have never seen this technique before, that’s simple, yet a very clever and faster than the previous form (probably) of twisting and turning by hand, thanks for sharing and love your cat XD

[@abcstardust]

Thank you for showing and explaining how it’s Done!! Excellent video! Cute kitten!

[@MichaelMarko]

Very labor intensive. But great job!

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

Thank you! It sure takes a lot of time to just make a few meters this way

[@astorniit7524]

Tack! Äntligen en bra video som demonstrerar denna tekniken i mer detalj! Mycket bra jobbat

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

Tack så mycket, det var roligt att höra!

[@astorniit7524]

@@BrinkmanCrafts Om jag får fråga, hur fick du tag på bastfibrerna? Jag skulle vilja bygga en vikingabåt och det vore kul att fixa riktigt bastrep.

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

@@astorniit7524 jag har ännu inte lyckats hitta lindbast utan använder bast från palmträd som jag köper på Hornbach. Då jag jämför det med "riktig" bast så är det förhållandevis likt.

[@astorniit7524]

@@BrinkmanCrafts intressant! Verkar det jämförbart i styrka också?

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

@@astorniit7524jag vet tyvärr inte

[@sgg0003]

Now I understand. In the Middle Ages rope was made by cats.

[@abcstardust]

🤣😂🤣

[@noivalencia]

Must wear also a medieval dress

[@ShotgunLlama]

I don't have access to a cat. Does it work just as well if you chew on it yourself, instead?

[@iainrussell4478]

Brilliant. Thank you

[@spaideman7850]

1:46 there's a bee singing into your microphone 🐝

[@mrkultra1655]

Excellent, thank you

[@benjifiji2019]

very good demonstration

[@kirielpapillon9169]

Thanks!

[@FlintStryker]

Wonderful! Can you provide dimensions of your rope making jig. I'd like to make one. Thanks!

[@gregsquires6201]

Good call. It would have been extremely rude to make the kitten get up to get your knife.

[@theodoretusbreen2841]

This is fascinating. How long does it take you to produce, say, 5 meters?

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

It's the first part, the spinning, that takes most of the time and five meters would take me at least a full work day. But I guess a professional rope twister was quicker.

[@Yeeleaf007]

I like your tunic where did you get it? Are you selling any tunics?

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

Thank you! I sewed it and unfortunately I do not sell anything

[@Yeeleaf007]

@@BrinkmanCrafts can you make a video on how to make a tunic?

[@kiskarakter]

Hello, could you give me a reference for the 1350 crank you show at 0:32 please? Thanks in advance

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

Sure, but this is just a textual reference and the image shows what I understand as the same kind of crank. In the article 'Zukunft der Seilerei' Weber 1971 writes about a will from a Ropemaker in Lübeck where they are listed.

[@kiskarakter]

@@BrinkmanCrafts Thanks. Where is the image from then?

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

@@kiskarakterI'm sorry for being unclear. That image and the next was just to distinguish between nongeared and geared cranks.

[@kiskarakter]

@@BrinkmanCrafts I see, I just thought maybe you could help me find references from the 14th century for non-geared cranks. I'd like to make one, and it would be nice to be able to verify it with some real proof of how it looked back then, but it turned out to be very difficult. I hoped that the one one the image may be a real finding from the age, or at least a close one.

[@BrinkmanCrafts]

@@kiskarakter yes it's really hard to find these early references! I honestly do not think we know how they looked backed then. The earliest depicture is, in my knowledge, from 1420 drive.google.com/file/d/1n5KOEtVk6OpUkJ6dvfSFNp76UQWdbPea/view?usp=drivesdk

[@cobbledong]

what the..... hell?

[@echowhiskey17]

Really annoying cute kitten.

[@terryg4179]

Excellent. Thank you.