Take the dead leaves at the bottom and soak fully submerged in water for a week. Take it out then let it dry then work out the chaff from the remaining fibers and then make your yarn, cordage or rope or baskets.
well jeff ,you have a interesting way of splicing with bending the fibers. I'm going to try your way,it looked like a much better way of splicing. thanks for the info. ..bill
Hey Jeff, great vid. Can't wait to try it. I live up here in Canada so I have to wait for the snow to melt before I can harvest some yucca from the garden. Question: how long is a coil of yucca rope going to last before it ends up brittle or rots? I imagine soaking it periodically will help, but from your experience can I expect a couple weeks? Months?
I did this yesterday in the superstition wilderness AZ and made about 5 ft out if two leafs. I brought it home and let it dry. Today I put a figure8 knot in one end and attached it to a beam I use to practice rappelling. I was able to apply my whole body weight to it with no cracking. That is 235 lbs on this tiny natural fiber rope! Minus the drying time. It took me about an hour from cutting it to having it triple braided and a knot on the end. Good skill to know. Even in the desert I was near a stream. Using the water I was able to get about 90% of the pulp and green stuff off the fibers.
to be fair, he did kinda repeat the same steps when he didnt need to. the video didnt need to be 20 mins long. the last bit was also pretty stupid. "look I can use this rope...to break a branch off a tree...." I mean, the fuck was that.
Quite labor-intensive... But as one wag put it, it would give you something to do while you waited to die from dehydration, heat prostration or stavation.
Would have been cool if i knew what a Yucca Was. You couldn't show the plant? I know I can look it up on google in 2 seconds but then thats all the time you would have to show it in your video too.
So youre saying its a better idea to spend hours making inferior natural cord than using a few ounces of pack space to bring p-cord, heavy mono or braid? Lets just disagree there. Useful skill but id rather, and do, bring manufactured cordage. Why put yourself immediately into a last resort situation?
would there be a way you could send me around ten (10) yucca plant leaves with the needle points on them? if so just drop me a line, ad I will give yo my address, and email. thanks
Really, you don't bother with bring other cordage out because you have plenty around you can make. I appreciate your vid, and knowledge, but you made. a couple of feet in 2-3 hours? Nice to know but you always bring cordage. Gives you time to find water and edibles in your situation. Practically saying.
You know, you don't need to talk that much. We can see what you're bloody doing. Maybe watch Primitive Technologies to get an idea of all that is needed for an educational video. I'm not saying you have to never talk, but there's no need to stop what you're doing to point at everything and repeat yourself for the eighth time.
i find it much easier and faster to roll the strands on my thigh. i could have an entire foot of cord made in the time it takes to make a couple inches by your finger twisting method. jus saying.
👋question...we all know after awhile the raw fibers get dry and brittle, I boil my fibers in wood ash water to keep them pliable..do you know any other natural methods? TY. Much appreciated.
i think that folding them when you begin to twist them up with the goal of having uneven ends makes it easier to splice without making huge lumps where the splices were, it also allows you to splice one in at a time rather than having to do both sides at the same time.
I'm only here to know how do I create lashings out of Yucca trees just like in Stranded Deep. Now, I know and I will be doing it. I just need to find 4 fibrous leaves.
there are many ways to skin a cat,... this is what i do i take a 1 1/8 diameter stick and hold it like handlebars on a bike and i apply pressure to it and push away. see this don't break the fibers! first i gather material then i work the material to the width i want and then begin to twist, i put the material in a pitcher of water and grab material as i need it, water makes cordage plyable
ok Tietaja, some people might prefer to beat their rope material between two rocks, i use a stick kind of like a rolling pin on a flat surface to squash the fleshy material away leaving the (long unbroken fibers) i prefer to work with long fibers, when twisting line or rope it will keep the diameter of the rope a uniform size, their are other plants with the same shape leaf structures as yucca they also have long fibers in them, I'm sure they will also work, i think there are some types of flowers with the same leaf structure, i believe their called flags, when you mom aint looking make you some rope, i am always experimenting with different rope and line materials weather its leaf or a stem or inner bark fiber to see what makes a reasonably strong and pliable cord line or rope. this is my favorite material to make fishing line. it's a tall grass called slender rush its around 4-5 feet tall about 1/8 of an inch in diameter, i apply pressure with a stick and pull the stem between the stick and a flat surface, flattening the stem, i have a piece of bees wax i pull the stem through it then i twist it into line, its strong and pliable. i hope that answered your question Tietaja
+IngeniousOutdoors I don't see why you can't use the spine, but I still think the rock is better because with a knife your pressure is applied on the handle away from the yucca. With a rock your pressure can be applied directly ontop of the leaf.
shouldn't you dry it out until it's a light beige before working with it? After making the cord out of it, it will dry out and shrink, making it weaker.
Hello, I live in a similar environment to yours (Chaparral). That flint you used caught my eye. Can you suggest where to look for them and how to identify them?
Nice work. nice details. ty for sharing really kingpin i saw it but i know what they look like if you need help look at the ends of drive ways and in flower beds around your area you can see things that look rally close to try that with - How ever i do not think it is the desert type but i could be wrong but they work just the same. Thank you again Jeff
Obviously you are not very skilled with a saw. Pounding is a very slow way to process yucca leaves for cordage. Further, it burns a lot more calories and makes a ton more noise than the method we use. Up here in SE WI we break up the leaves with a pedaling motion with our hands. Then we scrape with the spine of a knife or saw. A metal comb works excellently to further separate the fibers, speeding up the process, but is not necessary. We find that cordages made in this manner are very strong. We've found no degradation of its strength so I believe your concern about damaging the fibers is unwarranted. Cordage is not really as near to hand as your intro to this vid asserted. More of a camp chore as a meal is cooking or whatever. You burned a lot of time, made a ton of noise and should be near a water source while making it. (Working with wet fibers makes tighter cordage.) Besides, yucca sap is sticky and turns everything green. Sure it's a great skill to have, but how was all the time, calories, hydration expended (and noise made) a better use of resources than carrying cordage??
Skilled with the saw? Haha I use the saw every single day! It does not take a high skill level to use a saw; but I do not want to confuse you so I will talk slow... itttt dooeess nottt taaakkke a hiiigghhhh skilll leeevveeel tooo ussseee a saawww. Understand? Ok Thats great you can expose the fiber using your hands. Most likely you have a different type of Yucca. Good luck with Mojave Yucca..
Why take a 12" piece and fold it in half, when instead you could braid 2 - 12" pieces? What about treating the cordage afterwards with something like animal fat, to make the cordage more flexible and preserve it against rot?
33o6sew u can preserve it w all sorts of things like pine pitch or a dense oil like coconut oil. also, at the beginning, to make it longer u need to make the lengths different bc then u can add more and incorporate it w the longer bit and add more when the longer bit gets shorter. idk if u understood that or if u rlly care considering u commented 8 months ago
33o6sew u can preserve it w all sorts of things like pine pitch or a dense oil like coconut oil. also, at the beginning, to make it longer u need to make the lengths different bc then u can add more and incorporate it w the longer bit and add more when the longer bit gets shorter. idk if u understood that or if u rlly care considering u commented 8 months ago
I do actually. I don't use this account very often, but I have a permanent interest in primitive tools and weapons. I made some cordage from a yucca plant that washed down the drainage ditch a few months ago. I've made a bow from hackberry and and wondering about making a yucca cordage bow string.
This isn’t as primitive as you think he should do what primitive technology does Go with nothing in some shorts or pants and shirt that’s it nothing else then it’s primitive but still a good video
Do you have any videos on how to make a needle out of the tips? This video was great, my partner dug a Yucca out of his mom's front yard and gave me all the leaves to play with :D
At the Arizona state museum, their needle artifacts are made from the tips. They cut the yucca stalk a ways down, so that there are fibers hanging from the yucca tip. They braid the fibers hanging from the needle. Not a long braid maybe 1-2 inches! Hope that helps
Very informative video, thanks....However all of that work and all of those calories burned for a few feet of cordage when 100ft of paracord takes up hardly any room in your pack and doesn't weigh much. If you were showing us how to make cordage because you found yourself in a survival situation with out it that's one thing, but to say you don't think cordage is a necessity is WAY wrong. Even if you have the skill set to make cordage and the natural resources at hand, man made cordage is a must..... Bad info can get people killed fast.....
Also there is no sense using resources you don't have to use...having the KNOWLEDGE n skills 👍, using resources needlessly👎, bring cordage with you.....be kind to the environment.....ty
Hey, I just found your channel. They are easy to understand, well demonstrated and I can tell you have love for the land and it's Native people. Thank you! Quick question: The dye from acorns is called ocher, no?
I thought the same thing, that is why I clicked the video. I guess there is two type of yucca plants. Maybe there is some misspelling beacuse in the video he pronounce yucca as yiacca.
Take the dead leaves at the bottom and soak fully submerged in water for a week. Take it out then let it dry then work out the chaff from the remaining fibers and then make your yarn, cordage or rope or baskets.
Ty...👍
No Stranded Deep Reference? Just Me? Oh..
Haha yeah, Stranded Deep seems a lot more unrealistic now.
well jeff ,you have a interesting way of splicing with bending the fibers. I'm going to try your way,it looked like a much better way of splicing.
thanks for the info.
..bill
Its the only way to splice ..
Hey Jeff, great vid. Can't wait to try it. I live up here in Canada so I have to wait for the snow to melt before I can harvest some yucca from the garden.
Question: how long is a coil of yucca rope going to last before it ends up brittle or rots? I imagine soaking it periodically will help, but from your experience can I expect a couple weeks? Months?
if ya pound your yucca in water ya get rid of more of the green pulp and make better cordage
I did this yesterday in the superstition wilderness AZ and made about 5 ft out if two leafs. I brought it home and let it dry. Today I put a figure8 knot in one end and attached it to a beam I use to practice rappelling. I was able to apply my whole body weight to it with no cracking. That is 235 lbs on this tiny natural fiber rope! Minus the drying time. It took me about an hour from cutting it to having it triple braided and a knot on the end. Good skill to know. Even in the desert I was near a stream. Using the water I was able to get about 90% of the pulp and green stuff off the fibers.
So cool. Thanks for that video.
I like these videos mate! You are a good bushman.
NagalandHeadHunter are you from kohima
This is an amazing video
Excellent video brotha, thank you for sharing. I'm in Winslow, we should hook up sometime. Thumbs up from me!
JIUJITSU2000 another arizona resident found online
Great video!
Now I need to find out how to tie a noose, then I'm done! :D
No go to the mountains then live like a native American
that's pretty darn cool
cool
OMG get ON with it already ...
SavannahNight he’s getting his recourses and explaining how to do it and how to survive that’s the point of this video
OMG shut up already
to be fair, he did kinda repeat the same steps when he didnt need to. the video didnt need to be 20 mins long. the last bit was also pretty stupid. "look I can use this rope...to break a branch off a tree...." I mean, the fuck was that.
a very informative channel.awesome :)
Thank you much, glad you enjoy our videos.
- Jeff
how long will the rope last for?
+Savannah Angelici well we still find archaeological examples from hundreds on years ago
+Primitive Lifeways Okay so a pretty long time. Thank you so much, I can't wait to try it out! You explained it so well!
depends on the lengh ;D yes i just made a dad joke
You put out really good content. How do you have time for this, what's your day job?
He said he had a piece of oak. I didn't see any oak trees out there
stranded deep real life
Quite labor-intensive...
But as one wag put it, it would give you something to do while you waited to die from dehydration, heat prostration or stavation.
this is why I play Fallout.
How would you end the rope so it wouldn't unravel.
+Mercades Hansley
probably just tie a knot
7:17 you know, it would probably look really weird if someone walked in on me watching this part.
+Not infected works even better at x2 speed
Could you use this as a bow string for a bow and arrow?
Mike21 11 you'd have to twist it right proper, but yes, it's possible
Can you use Red Yucca?
Would have been cool if i knew what a Yucca Was. You couldn't show the plant? I know I can look it up on google in 2 seconds but then thats all the time you would have to show it in your video too.
Its obvious you did NOT watch the video. I showed what a Yucca plant is, nice try though.
+K162KingPin It's the first thing that he showed.
L O L
So youre saying its a better idea to spend hours making inferior natural cord than using a few ounces of pack space to bring p-cord, heavy mono or braid? Lets just disagree there. Useful skill but id rather, and do, bring manufactured cordage. Why put yourself immediately into a last resort situation?
would there be a way you could send me around ten (10) yucca plant leaves with the needle points on them? if so just drop me a line, ad I will give yo my address, and email. thanks
5:35 "Primitive Fire"... lol
Ww
Really, you don't bother with bring other cordage out because you have plenty around you can make. I appreciate your vid, and knowledge, but you made. a couple of feet in 2-3 hours? Nice to know but you always bring cordage. Gives you time to find water and edibles in your situation. Practically saying.
You know, you don't need to talk that much. We can see what you're bloody doing. Maybe watch Primitive Technologies to get an idea of all that is needed for an educational video. I'm not saying you have to never talk, but there's no need to stop what you're doing to point at everything and repeat yourself for the eighth time.
i find it much easier and faster to roll the strands on my thigh. i could have an entire foot of cord made in the time it takes to make a couple inches by your finger twisting method. jus saying.
Yes, but it isnt as strong because you cant get the twists as tight as twisting it with your fingers
Pro tip: Put cordage in your container to save resources like time and energy!
This was really helpful ... loved the video ... especially since im front so-cal ... lots of yucca out here
you kinda look like danny mcbride haha
👋question...we all know after awhile the raw fibers get dry and brittle, I boil my fibers in wood ash water to keep them pliable..do you know any other natural methods? TY. Much appreciated.
i think that folding them when you begin to twist them up with the goal of having uneven ends makes it easier to splice without making huge lumps where the splices were, it also allows you to splice one in at a time rather than having to do both sides at the same time.
I'm only here to know how do I create lashings out of Yucca trees just like in Stranded Deep. Now, I know and I will be doing it. I just need to find 4 fibrous leaves.
thank you for the lesson and props for using "on the backs of angels" as a montage theme song
where's your axe?
Corporals Corner love your vid on Roman concrete
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes U wish for a nuclear winter
Just press c
Hi Jeff. As always, this is another excellent video. Enjoyable to watch with content worth knowing. Thanks for the upload, my friend!
could i use a rubber mallet to beat it and the dull side of a blade to scrape it?
Any advice for city person going firstime to isolated desert
there are many ways to skin a cat,... this is what i do i take a 1 1/8 diameter stick and hold it like handlebars on a bike and i apply pressure to it and push away. see this don't break the fibers! first i gather material then i work the material to the width i want and then begin to twist, i put the material in a pitcher of water and grab material as i need it, water makes cordage plyable
dafuq
ok Tietaja, some people might prefer to beat their rope material between two rocks, i use a stick kind of like a rolling pin on a flat surface to squash the fleshy material away leaving the (long unbroken fibers) i prefer to work with long fibers, when twisting line or rope it will keep the diameter of the rope a uniform size, their are other plants with the same shape leaf structures as yucca they also have long fibers in them, I'm sure they will also work, i think there are some types of flowers with the same leaf structure, i believe their called flags, when you mom aint looking make you some rope, i am always experimenting with different rope and line materials weather its leaf or a stem or inner bark fiber to see what makes a reasonably strong and pliable cord line or rope.
this is my favorite material to make fishing line. it's a tall grass called slender rush its around 4-5 feet tall about 1/8 of an inch in diameter, i apply pressure with a stick and pull the stem between the stick and a flat surface, flattening the stem, i have a piece of bees wax i pull the stem through it then i twist it into line, its strong and pliable.
i hope that answered your question Tietaja
you can also take a air tank and a foot ball needle under the cats / deer's skin and air it up like a football , no meat on the skin
I think some in the comments do not understand the desert nor the plants.
THANKS!!! THIS TECHNIQUE WORKS WITH PALM TREE LEAFS (PALM TREE ROPE) GOD BLESS.
i understand the blade of a knife being too sharp, but why cant you use the spine?
+IngeniousOutdoors I don't see why you can't use the spine, but I still think the rock is better because with a knife your pressure is applied on the handle away from the yucca. With a rock your pressure can be applied directly ontop of the leaf.
i love the woodpecker timewarp xD
What knife do you have in this video?
shouldn't you dry it out until it's a light beige before working with it? After making the cord out of it, it will dry out and shrink, making it weaker.
Hello, I live in a similar environment to yours (Chaparral). That flint you used caught my eye. Can you suggest where to look for them and how to identify them?
Very informative but video work not as good with one still camera, close-ups on the strands within the Yucca leaf would have been helpful.
Nice work. nice details. ty for sharing really kingpin i saw it but i know what they look like if you need help look at the ends of drive ways and in flower beds around your area you can see things that look rally close to try that with - How ever i do not think it is the desert type but i could be wrong but they work just the same. Thank you again Jeff
How long did this take you?
You can lead a horse to water...
Obviously you are not very skilled with a saw. Pounding is a very slow way to process yucca leaves for cordage. Further, it burns a lot more calories and makes a ton more noise than the method we use. Up here in SE WI we break up the leaves with a pedaling motion with our hands. Then we scrape with the spine of a knife or saw. A metal comb works excellently to further separate the fibers, speeding up the process, but is not necessary. We find that cordages made in this manner are very strong. We've found no degradation of its strength so I believe your concern about damaging the fibers is unwarranted.
Cordage is not really as near to hand as your intro to this vid asserted. More of a camp chore as a meal is cooking or whatever.
You burned a lot of time, made a ton of noise and should be near a water source while making it. (Working with wet fibers makes tighter cordage.) Besides, yucca sap is sticky and turns everything green. Sure it's a great skill to have, but how was all the time, calories, hydration expended (and noise made) a better use of resources than carrying cordage??
Do you have a video showing the SE WI way of doing this? It sounds like you are an experienced professional and I would like to learn more......
Skilled with the saw? Haha I use the saw every single day! It does not take a high skill level to use a saw; but I do not want to confuse you so I will talk slow... itttt dooeess nottt taaakkke a hiiigghhhh skilll leeevveeel tooo ussseee a saawww. Understand? Ok Thats great you can expose the fiber using your hands. Most likely you have a different type of Yucca. Good luck with Mojave Yucca..
If you think you already know the proper way to do something, why look up or even just watch a video on the subject matter?
You produce very high quality videos, Jeff; what type of camera do you use to film?
Takes forever.....I'd rather pack some ready made rope, unless in an emergency of course.
Why take a 12" piece and fold it in half, when instead you could braid 2 - 12" pieces?
What about treating the cordage afterwards with something like animal fat, to make the cordage more flexible and preserve it against rot?
33o6sew u can preserve it w all sorts of things like pine pitch or a dense oil like coconut oil. also, at the beginning, to make it longer u need to make the lengths different bc then u can add more and incorporate it w the longer bit and add more when the longer bit gets shorter. idk if u understood that or if u rlly care considering u commented 8 months ago
33o6sew u can preserve it w all sorts of things like pine pitch or a dense oil like coconut oil. also, at the beginning, to make it longer u need to make the lengths different bc then u can add more and incorporate it w the longer bit and add more when the longer bit gets shorter. idk if u understood that or if u rlly care considering u commented 8 months ago
I do actually. I don't use this account very often, but I have a permanent interest in primitive tools and weapons. I made some cordage from a yucca plant that washed down the drainage ditch a few months ago. I've made a bow from hackberry and and wondering about making a yucca cordage bow string.
Very well explained! It's a beautiful landscape with the Joshua trees in the background.
im going to try and make some we have them all over here in the Antelope valley
The Hills Got Eyes 4 LOL
Good job brother. Thanks.
I splice mine in end to end. It's longer and more even. Once the fibers are twisted in it's strong. I also spin it on the thigh.
Glad this will not die out
Is all yucka edible?
Yucca root also makes a great soap for personal use for body and hair, processed in a similar manner and add a little water.
Excellent video on basic information. Regards,
elm tree bark works really well too, also willow. you just have to use the inner bark from the smaller branches.
I like this guy!!!!
Excellent video Martin, for this subscribe! Keep em coming
you mention using it as dye. what type of mordant would you use?
you combined to pieces yucca do you do the same with sinew
Gabriel Roldan you can, but the sinew by itself works pretty alright
This isn’t as primitive as you think he should do what primitive technology does
Go with nothing in some shorts or pants and shirt that’s it nothing else then it’s primitive but still a good video
Great instructional. Thanks and subbed.
Do you have any videos on how to make a needle out of the tips? This video was great, my partner dug a Yucca out of his mom's front yard and gave me all the leaves to play with :D
At the Arizona state museum, their needle artifacts are made from the tips. They cut the yucca stalk a ways down, so that there are fibers hanging from the yucca tip. They braid the fibers hanging from the needle. Not a long braid maybe 1-2 inches! Hope that helps
What a great video! Thank you!
Probably no one will read this but you perfectly dyed the log with you processed the yucca on, a nice shade of green.
I thought it was nice too
Here in Arizona,the yucca plant is protected by the state.I wish I can find out which states that doesn't have the yucca plant protection.
Great lesson, thank you for sharing.
instead of a rock use a 90° spine
a spoon works great for the scraping
Eyyy, Dream Theater. Nice choice.
So, the time it takes to make 1 foot length of yucca rope, from start to finish?
365 days
Are u a dream theater fan?
Good video Thank you
I love how you are so calm next to the Death Stars
Dream Theater!!!
bushcrafttoSurvive sent me. cool video, subbed!
Very informative video, thanks....However all of that work and all of those calories burned for a few feet of cordage when 100ft of paracord takes up hardly any room in your pack and doesn't weigh much.
If you were showing us how to make cordage because you found yourself in a survival situation with out it that's one thing, but to say you don't think cordage is a necessity is WAY wrong.
Even if you have the skill set to make cordage and the natural resources at hand, man made cordage is a must..... Bad info can get people killed fast.....
Also there is no sense using resources you don't have to use...having the KNOWLEDGE n skills 👍, using resources needlessly👎, bring cordage with you.....be kind to the environment.....ty
This video works at x2 speed fyi
+Kryptonian42042 Worked great!
Great video! Been looking for videos like these in the desert... because i live in the desert :P
Love it Jeff
Nice work friend :-)
Its not yu-ka its Yoo-ka
your wrong
awsm your wrong
It's pronounced yu-ka
Hector Solis yucca
oo as in moo
Am I the only one who thinks of minecraft while watching this video?
Hey, I just found your channel. They are easy to understand, well demonstrated and I can tell you have love for the land and it's Native people. Thank you! Quick question: The dye from acorns is called ocher, no?
the natives... of California....😂😂😂😂
you think there aren't people indigenous to the mojave?
i thought yucca was rote something like sweet potato from central america. that looks like alive leaf. or catices
I thought the same thing, that is why I clicked the video. I guess there is two type of yucca plants. Maybe there is some misspelling beacuse in the video he pronounce yucca as yiacca.