Sewing with Dogbane: Making Needles and Thread

[@fallenangelwi25]

It would be such a better world if everyone went back or at least closer to some of the ways of my Native American ancestors.

[@asmith7876]

Waste not, want not! They would have used a bone awl to make the hole first, spare the needle.

[@FelixImmler]

Super Trick! Thanks a lot! Greetings from Switzerland Felix

[@JohnSmith-vb6jx]

Excellent! I'll say it again, fun to watch some of your goofy stuff once in a while but this is what I tune in for. Real bushcraft ingenuity. Great content, thanks.

[@geauxherd762]

And save the fluff out of the “needle” part for your tinder bundle

[@3nertia]

That "possum mentality"! :D

[@kidbach]

Prof, your Bushcraft repair tips are always "sew"good.

[@stuartb9194]

Darn it, you stich me up

[@boggersnaps5025]

@@stuartb9194 you threaded that joke nicely in there

[@MattP-BandB]

Great tips but not needed since I got my Coalcracker Repair Kit 👍

[@choppertcp1045]

You are turning out to be my favorite bushcraft teacher you have good humor and throw a good lesson in with it! Remind me a lot of my cousin when he was around... Breath of fresh air brother!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very good. Dogbane is a great plant!

[@anubispup4760]

Say I already have a set of bone/antler needles. If had to make a thread to deal with an injury. My question is this: is dogbane poisionous? Will it break down and cause a negitive reaction?

[@shoshanafox727]

Anubis Pup dogbane is poisonous. Not recommended. Maybe try spruce root for injuries.

[@davidaustin4910]

OG coalcracker here again. My wife's is seamstress and I'm sure she will enjoy seeing this. It's always amazing to learn innovative ideas that you are unaware of. Great job as usual! Nostrovia

[@BillyBob-qu1fs]

I first saw this channel when he did a cameo on Townsends. Good to see the channel is growing, quality content.

[@JackyHeijmans]

For dog lovers: Dogbane, dog-bane, dog's bane, and other variations, some of them regional and some transient, are names for certain plants that are reputed to kill or repel dogs; "bane" originally meant "slayer," and was later applied to plants to indicate that they were poisonous to particular creatures.

[@trudiswanson9855]

Cool ... thanks for the info. Learn something new each day. Now, start your own chanel. 👍You could do word of the day. Really. 👍

[@JackyHeijmans]

@@trudiswanson9855 You are welcome! And I would start my own channel, it is that I do not have a camera/microphone/smartphone, nor anything else I would need for that. Have a beautiful weekend! Hugs! 😃💖

[@boggersnaps5025]

I absolutely love an intelligent comment, it's so difficult to come by anymore

[@JackyHeijmans]

@@boggersnaps5025 Yea, I hear you, and that while we can google nowadays... Have a beautiful day! 🤗

[@boggersnaps5025]

@@JackyHeijmans you aswell

[@mooseknuckle8334]

Anyone think it said "dogbone"? I was stoked to see you sew with it lol.

[@robertcole9391]

Great vid Dan! I never thought about the dog bane. Have used cactus in desert areas.

[@garyminick1050]

This is the kind of survival stuff I like .

[@A_Meek_lake_Dweller]

Evening primrose (similar) is like Kevlar fish line when you use the double twist method.

[@debwoods6011]

Love the uniqueness of your videos

[@skeetadel]

anyone have any great survival books to get?

[@kidbach]

"Extreme Wilderness Survival" Craig Caudill.

[@jaramywarren6192]

Never thought of Dogbane I mostly use dodder

[@MrFmiller]

Wouldn’t it be easier to find a duct tape tree, rip off a chunk of bark and slap it on?

[@herewardthewatchful1014]

Very useful information. Thanks for sharing my friend 👍

[@mateusz-grochowski]

What is regular name for dogbane ? I will check is thay grow also in EU. Stay healthy in this hard time.

[@nathanvalentine8136]

Are u liking the SA Farmer?

[@appalachianoutdoorsman5721]

First, stay safe man we got our first case of covid-19 here in wv. I heard it's bad in pa.

[@richavery5431]

Go eers!

[@Hiking.Inspired]

Nice one! I enjoy all your videos!

[@MrJRW1]

Cool video!👍🏻(even though I didn’t get to see you see your mouth shut) 🤐 Lol

[@donnienewman9141]

That was cool!!

[@haunted5594]

Nice! Wish I had that here.

[@northwoodsrat6686]

True bushcraft here - nice job, Dan. Btw, pic quality looks outstanding! Thanks for sharing.

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

awesone Dan Thanks

[@CodyHoard253]

That is super useful to know. I looked it up and it is mostly found throughout North America, Southern Canada, and throughout the U.S.

[@markatkinson9963]

Could I use this technique to make shrunken heads of my enemys...? Great video, learned something today.

[@josephlegere5290]

I just saw your young fellows video where he made a fire and hot chocolate. He seems like a very smart and talented young man. Congratulations on a job well done.

[@anthonyparente7858]

Well I finally did it, started with your oldest videos and finally made it to this one; I'm all caught up! Found your channel about 6 weeks ago through the Jas Townsend & Sons, saw you on a few different videos and you quickly became my favorite KZbinr. I can honestly say that I've spent more time on KZbin watching your videos in the last 6 weeks than I have since KZbin has existed. Thank you for all your tips, Dan; I've actually started some Bushcraft groups up here in Central New York because of your channel. I hope to see you in the fall for a couple classes. Once again, Thank you!

[@trudiswanson9855]

I'm sure it's on Utube somewhere but jees, I'd rather watch you any day! " .. .sew my lips together " 🤣 Dan you are such a hoot! Learn and laugh.

[@worm_vaquero]

Im lucky to have a source of Agave, more durable "needle"and the threads are already attached. Added bonus the fibers are very strong. I repaired my granddad's tooled leather wallet when the lace became brittle and broken

[@ldsphotodude49]

You know you might be right stay in the woods might be a necessity to stay away from the virus and the panicked public.

[@reubencdebaca2408]

I don't know if we have dog bane around where I am, but we have yucca, and cactus, and you can use it pretty much the same way. Hey, I know my opinion doesn't count that much, but I have read other comments that disapprove of the new intro music, and I have to agree. Please go back to the old music or get something new. The stuff you have now makes me think I'm cruising the Boulevard in my Pimp-Mobile, it is not very bushcrafty at all.

[@pnyarrow]

Thanks once again for a brilliant new tool for the box. ATB. Nigel

[@vmwindustries]

"ANOTHER TOOL FOR THE TOOL BOX." FukN love that shit!

[@GLITCHED1]

"If we all started living in the wild again we'd rip the world's mammal count to zero!" What do you mean? Most people can not even survive 3 days in the wild. This guy right here though, would stand a great chance he would just sew animals to death and eat them with his makeshift needle >:)

[@kentcostello8099]

Man you keep out doing your self on your videos and information. Keep it up and going. 👍🏽👍🇺🇸

[@bushcraftsurvivalslovenia5241]

Great information, unfortunately, I haven't seen dogbane in my area, but can use the same principle with similar species of plants. Thanks

[@robertstricker9154]

I grew up calling it silk weed and just found out a couple years ago it's called dog bane but never the less no matter what you call it's great for a lot of things

[@3nertia]

I bet *some* people wish you would sew your mouth shut - but not me! :D Another great video; thank you!

[@yankeejedi2575]

Excellent video as usual. Do you think it would be good for fishing line and gorge hook?

[@jbashore3468]

Survivorman, on his show, once made a needle and thread by biting the end of an agave plant and pulling his head up which pulled the fibers out of the sides of the cactus paddle along with the needle in the end.

[@brendabest9086]

Absolutely amazing - Dogbane eh ? 👍

[@MattP-BandB]

This is completely and totally unrelated to the video and not coming from a place of malice but has anyone ever told you that you sound a lot like Alan Alda? Maybe it's just me...

[@SheepDogActual]

As a new fan, love your videos. Showed this one to my Boy Scouts.

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Thanks for sharing. Take care.

[@jamestaylor8905]

Can these needles be (gently) fire hardened?

[@jaramywarren6192]

You could also make wooden hook needles

[@tonysmith5924]

Awe, come on, sew the mouth shut!🤣🤣🤣

[@BrosephRussell]

That is awesome

[@Roman-lu1xn]

You make it look sew easy.

[@Psychonaut273]

Really nice trick

[@mrhalfstep]

I'm curious, do you think that, after putting your "thread" into the back of your "needle", if you took a second pointy tip and shoved it into the back of the needle, it would lock the thread into place better and maybe, as an added bonus, stiffen the needle? I live in KY and don't know if Dogbane grows here, only that I have never seen it and don't know whether this would work or not. It seems feasible, but without ever handling the plant, I won't know without your input. I learn so much from your channel, and although I have a long attention span and don't need short videos myself, I'm always impressed with how much info you convey in a short time. Thanks.

[@MattP-BandB]

That's an awesome point. I wonder if the second needle may split the first? That leads me to wonder if a bit of pine sap etc may work instead?

[@PavlovsBob]

Good stuff

[@jeffhall8692]

Kudos Dan! Sewing is an underrated guy skill. You don't have to be great at it but knowing some basics helps a lot. I personally am a terrible sewer but that doesn't stop me. It is kind of a point of pride to have sewn on your Scout patches yourself. Sloppy stiches are a sure sign of that. I have been lobbying our troop to have an evening where we show the Scouts how to do it and sew some stuff on their own uniforms and not have their moms do it.

[@asmith7876]

I got laughed at in the Army for carrying needle and thread but tear your shit up out in the field and you'll be wanting it!

[@alancoutts4990]

Dan, I had some of this growing in my backyard and I thought If I fell asleep I would wake up as one of the “pod people” (a movie). But instead I could sew up my haversack.

[@TheWarchild0469]

Thanks Dan, another great tool for the toolbox. That deserves a round of beers!!!

[@forwarddiscipline]

Can you sew yourself with these, though? Like a gash or laceration?

[@AclockworkPurple]

Araphel, Ein Sof I wouldn’t. The likelihood of getting small pieces of fibers in your body could cause unnecessary problems and you don’t want to do anything to make a problem worse. Suturing in the field is a bad idea anyway, your time would be better spent getting out of the woods and getting help. Carry a tourniquet or at the least educate yourself on how to improvise a tourniquet and when and how you should use it. Suturing wounds is hard to do, even with the right equipments it is hard to do unless you’ve had practice. A bandage and pressure on a wound would be your best bet. If you bandage a wound and it is bleeding through the bandage don’t remove it! Place another bandage over the first one,. If you take off a bandage you are undoing any clotting that’s occurring. If you haven’t already take a first aid class to learn some first aid skills. You never know when you or someone you run into may need it! Stay safe.

[@forwarddiscipline]

@@AclockworkPurple Thanks for the advice. I have had practice self suturing and it's not so bad. I'll just keep a kit handy then. Thanks again.

[@AclockworkPurple]

Araphel, Ein Sof ok....Well, good luck with that.

[@forwarddiscipline]

@@AclockworkPurple ??? Im following your advice??? Oh. The first aid kits i prefer to buy have stuff to make a pressure bandage or one already made typically. They also generally include a sewing kit with suture nylon. I can make the other from a belt and a stick.