Natural Cordage

Natural Cordage
Thriving not Surviving, get your cordage skills under your wing and this will become one of your best friends in the wild, for want of a better way of saying it, add another string to your bow.

[@arkham67]

I’ve seen this done many times but I’ve never seen it explained so well and simply. Thank you my friend.

[@kayris.]

The sound from splitting the stems is beautiful!

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

I totally agree

[@mark.guitar]

As usual, a really great explanation of one of the processes that made humanity so adaptable. Cheers Will.

[@EJS1968]

Excellent Information and Videos! Much appreciated!

[@kamikaze2613]

The filming, info, and passion is just tremendous in this video! Keep it up or i will fly to the uk and help you myself😂

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

😂👍cheers

[@WhatsleftofTom]

I've been looking for an explanation of how to do this for ages! Interesting and accessable as always. Thanks!

[@dpo1713]

It makes you realise how much patience our ancestors had compared to us. We need to find that again in modern life.

[@davidvaughn7752]

Wonderful resource! We have the same plant here so, Im anxious to at least start harvesting enough of it just to try out the process. Your knowledge base is impressive and I'm grateful that you carefully pass on all these wonderful things to us from the ancient ones! ❤ 👍

[@2gpowell]

Hi Will, great job with explaining and showing the process. Take care !

[@ianthrower8744]

I have ALWAYS wanted to know this. For YEARS. This is amazing knowledge, well explained. Thank you!

[@kirkwalker8396]

Nice, will try this with New Zealand flax. Thanks

[@AKFan-pw3ks]

Thank you so much for answering my question from the other day. Your teachings are so amazing! I watch and listen to your lessons for hours on end. Your a born educator. Thanks again!

[@insertnamehere8121]

What becomes clear is just how much problem solving and engineering is involved in all of this, it really gives you a greater appreciation for the work and accomplishments of our ancestors.

[@dingolightfoot8823]

I just did this using 30 stalks of nettle a week ago! Awesome! I love your videos

[@blackdotkiller1]

A great skill to know the way the world is going we will probably need to learn these skills great video mate 👍

[@coolmike8143]

Great video Will. I suggest that next time you make nettle cords you try making some nettle soup and nettle tea. It's delicious and easy.

[@dannalbob]

Brilliant. Now I know what to do with the nettle patch.

[@drsimonrobinson]

Just discovered your channel. Love it. ❤

[@dennishill4098]

Just subscribed absolutely amazing if there was a world wide disaster it wouldn't be the iner city rich man that survives it will be people like your self .I wonder why they don't teach kids in school about things like this

[@srg1642]

Thankyou for another great video.

[@intelligenttinkering]

Really interesting to be honest it looks really peaceful and relaxing away from the Hustle bustle and technology of today a Lost Art

[@anthnymalclmrberts3847]

Quality 👍🔥

[@kelvinsparks4651]

You make it so clear to do Will , thank you . Just wondering what are good ways of preservation once your cord is made ?

[@senkuu_ishigamii]

You can boil and eat the leaves like spinach too

[@jameskolar9655]

I did enjoy the journey as I knew I would. A great vid, showing those fantastic experiments that our predecessors carried out too, because they didn’t get it right first time? Once again, thank you Will.

[@enry898]

If the apocalypse comes I'm taking my family to find Will!!

[@joshcline8764]

Those leaves are delicious boiled. I ate loads of them when I lived in the woods for a bit. Never considered making cordage out of them. That would have been fun. Great content.

[@joshcline8764]

@Looney Bin A few months.

[@kenteno822]

Name of plant please.

[@joshcline8764]

@@kenteno822 I do not mean to tease...but that was legitimately answered with the first few words in the video man. If you watch it again though it will probably give you a good laugh. Haha. Take care.

[@oakiesmokie5991]

You should email phill from time team. Watching you two collaborate and talking about and making tools would be an epic bit of footage

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

He is actually a friend of the family

[@oakiesmokie5991]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival then you have no excuse my Lord. A letter on your fastest mammoth must be sent asking if he can attend. . . It would be amazing to see you and phill going head to head making stone tools. Or some kind of comp

[@MrDuranis]

I started getting into doing stuff with nettle and bramble fibres late last year so missed the peak season for collecting. Nettles near me aren't quite ready yet but should be really soon. Looking forward to getting a good amount this year to keep me busy through winter.

[@w8m4n]

Brilliant!

[@BryanKoenig379]

Excellent video I've never seen this process done thank you

[@the-nomad]

I make nettle cord (strangely, this year the nettle has been replaced by dead nettle and is ground hugging rather than the normal tall stalks - I wonder if it will still mae a decent nettle beer?). I'm going to have a go at waxingand seeing if I can use it for my leatherwork....can't beat free materials 🙂Thanks for the video!

[@shadowcrusader2283]

Did you know that stinging nettle will alleviate Arthritis, just take some with a piece of leather then pat the affected area of the joint, I like to immerse my affected area cold water after, and there you have it it takes down he inflammation. I have a bad knee it helps allot while I'm hiking.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

I’ve tried it but my crystal dagger works better 👍

[@BoarhideGaming]

Beautiful video, thank you Will

[@FireomanGaming]

Just realized you look like Shaggy from Scooby-do quit the gang and took up survival skills.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

😂😂😂

[@__--JY-Moe--__]

👍

[@rickpuhl805]

Thanks Will- that’s some good shit

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers Rick

[@darrenadams13]

Nice tutorial.. but how long (or how soon) do you need to wait for the nettle to dry before can you make cordage ?

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@darrenadams13 you can use it the following day but over time it browns off and then it’s stronger

[@Rick-ve5lx]

Very interesting. Would it be possible to make a bowstring from nettles?

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Yes but it would need to be quite thick to cope in my experience

[@nickscavenger]

Can you tell us about the grass clothes of the ancestors?

[@jacobmalan961]

How long do you need to let it dry out. How long and when to soak it? Basically the idea is to break up the fibers so it blends together? So once it starting to split of each other you know its done right soaking wise yeah?

[@grimdawn9843]

Looks pretty easy .

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Some people take a while to get it but once you can do it it’s with you for life

[@grimdawn9843]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival thank you

[@grifixed]

What are your thoughts on how this process was discovered. The drying rewetting etc?

[@warchildodin]

If we were hanging out together people would ask me if you were my uncle from the UK and if that's where I learned primative skills from. You don't know what I look like but there are enough similarities we could be family 😅

[@richardjones2151]

woah!

[@ihadtochangename2658]

👍✌🤙

[@kriztov265]

Will , can you treat the raw cordage after twisting with any natural substances to improve its longevity ?

[@MrDuranis]

bee's wax is the first one that springs to mind. can give it a good coating to help it shed water and stop it rotting while still being flexible. If you have used it to bind something then melted resin pitch will seal it like its been dipped in plastic.

[@kriztov265]

@Karl with a K Nylon isnt just hanging around :) Cheers for the reply.

[@stevenkeithley4336]

👊😎🤙🍻🇺🇸

[@fnsk1397]

Lemmy Kilmister 2.0

[@richpurslow3283]

Would it work for a bowstring?

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@richpurslow3283 that’s debatable depending how well it’s made in the first place but not my first choice

[@richpurslow3283]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival what would be your first choice of natural occuring material for a bowstring out of interest. Love the vid btw.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@richpurslow3283 sinew probably I’m currently making a bow string from my own hair 😂 each time I brush my hair I add the fallen hair in I’ve got about 18 inches done so far 😂

[@richpurslow3283]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival sounds like a laugh. Be interested to hear how that goes! It's all really interesting stuff.

[@kenteno822]

Stinging nettle. Missed first words.

[@micugly5391]

Brennnessel sind eine gute und vielseitige Pflanze 👍🏼

[@AlanProkes]

great survival skills man.