Natural Cordage

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • 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.

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  • @arkham67
    @arkham67 Рік тому +34

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

  • @kayris.
    @kayris. Рік тому +9

    The sound from splitting the stems is beautiful!

  • @kamikaze2613
    @kamikaze2613 Рік тому +12

    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😂

  • @mark.guitar
    @mark.guitar Рік тому +11

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

  • @EJS1968
    @EJS1968 2 місяці тому +1

    Excellent Information and Videos! Much appreciated!

  • @dpo1713
    @dpo1713 Рік тому +3

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

  • @WhatsleftofTom
    @WhatsleftofTom Рік тому +9

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

  • @2gpowell
    @2gpowell Рік тому +5

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

  • @davidvaughn7752
    @davidvaughn7752 Рік тому +9

    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! ❤ 👍

  • @kirkwalker8396
    @kirkwalker8396 Рік тому +3

    Nice, will try this with New Zealand flax. Thanks

  • @blackdotkiller1
    @blackdotkiller1 Рік тому +1

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

  • @dennishill4098
    @dennishill4098 Рік тому +1

    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

  • @coolmike8143
    @coolmike8143 Рік тому

    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
    @dannalbob Рік тому +1

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

  • @dingolightfoot8823
    @dingolightfoot8823 Рік тому +1

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

  • @AKFan-pw3ks
    @AKFan-pw3ks Рік тому +1

    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!

  • @anthnymalclmrberts3847
    @anthnymalclmrberts3847 Рік тому +4

    Quality 👍🔥

  • @ianthrower8744
    @ianthrower8744 Рік тому +1

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

  • @insertnamehere8121
    @insertnamehere8121 Рік тому

    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.

  • @drsimonrobinson
    @drsimonrobinson Рік тому

    Just discovered your channel. Love it. ❤

  • @intelligenttinkering
    @intelligenttinkering Рік тому

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

  • @enry898
    @enry898 Рік тому +2

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

  • @srg1642
    @srg1642 Рік тому

    Thankyou for another great video.

  • @jameskolar9655
    @jameskolar9655 Рік тому

    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.

  • @joshcline8764
    @joshcline8764 Рік тому +2

    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
      @joshcline8764 Рік тому

      @Looney Bin A few months.

    • @kenteno822
      @kenteno822 Рік тому +1

      Name of plant please.

    • @joshcline8764
      @joshcline8764 Рік тому

      @@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
    @oakiesmokie5991 Рік тому +1

    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
      @WillLordPrehistoricSurvival  Рік тому +1

      He is actually a friend of the family

    • @oakiesmokie5991
      @oakiesmokie5991 Рік тому

      @@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

  • @senkuu_ishigamii
    @senkuu_ishigamii 3 місяці тому +2

    You can boil and eat the leaves like spinach too

  • @rickpuhl805
    @rickpuhl805 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks Will- that’s some good shit

  • @kelvinsparks4651
    @kelvinsparks4651 Рік тому +1

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

  • @MrDuranis
    @MrDuranis Рік тому

    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
    @w8m4n Рік тому

    Brilliant!

  • @BryanKoenig379
    @BryanKoenig379 Рік тому

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

  • @FireomanGaming
    @FireomanGaming 5 місяців тому +1

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

  • @the-nomad
    @the-nomad Рік тому +2

    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!

  • @BoarhideGaming
    @BoarhideGaming Рік тому

    Beautiful video, thank you Will

  • @shadowcrusader2283
    @shadowcrusader2283 Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @__--JY-Moe--__
    @__--JY-Moe--__ Рік тому +2

    👍

  • @grimdawn9843
    @grimdawn9843 Рік тому +1

    Looks pretty easy .

  • @Rick-ve5lx
    @Rick-ve5lx Рік тому +1

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

  • @darrenadams13
    @darrenadams13 Місяць тому +1

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

    • @WillLordPrehistoricSurvival
      @WillLordPrehistoricSurvival  Місяць тому

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

  • @nickscavenger
    @nickscavenger Рік тому

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

  • @warchildodin
    @warchildodin Рік тому

    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
    @richardjones2151 Рік тому

    woah!

  • @jacobmalan961
    @jacobmalan961 Рік тому

    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?

  • @grifixed
    @grifixed Рік тому +1

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

  • @ihadtochangename2658
    @ihadtochangename2658 Рік тому

    👍✌🤙

  • @fnsk1397
    @fnsk1397 Рік тому

    Lemmy Kilmister 2.0

  • @stevenkeithley4336
    @stevenkeithley4336 Рік тому

    👊😎🤙🍻🇺🇸

  • @kriztov265
    @kriztov265 Рік тому +1

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

    • @MrDuranis
      @MrDuranis Рік тому

      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
      @kriztov265 Рік тому

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

  • @richpurslow3283
    @richpurslow3283 Місяць тому +1

    Would it work for a bowstring?

    • @WillLordPrehistoricSurvival
      @WillLordPrehistoricSurvival  Місяць тому +1

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

    • @richpurslow3283
      @richpurslow3283 Місяць тому +1

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

    • @WillLordPrehistoricSurvival
      @WillLordPrehistoricSurvival  Місяць тому +2

      @@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
      @richpurslow3283 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @kenteno822
    @kenteno822 Рік тому

    Stinging nettle. Missed first words.

  • @micugly5391
    @micugly5391 Рік тому

    Brennnessel sind eine gute und vielseitige Pflanze 👍🏼

  • @user-oj8ou6gy2f
    @user-oj8ou6gy2f Рік тому

    great survival skills man.