Making Reverse Wrap Natural Cordage
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Natural cordage is one of the most valuable skills off the landscape. Granted fire and shelter are more important, but cordage facilitates both of these and is much quicker to learn. In my opinion, this should be the first primitive skill learned by anyone.
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Thanks for the close up of the technique. A lot of people describe things but don’t show the detailed view or do it too fast. I love how you teach and explain things. I also like the advice on doing this while walking once you get the hang of it.
Another homerun of a lesson. The basic skills are the most necessary, and your teaching methods make it so simple to understand. Good luck on your PCS. #trollpatrol
Gray Bearded machine! As the Corporal would say, "Outstanding"!
Without a doubt the best cordage tutorial I have seen. I watched a lot, and still had questions. this one leaves me with none. Thanks Buddy..
Awesome, glad to hear the message got across
By far the best taught method of creating cordage I have seen. Thank you.
I think the ability to make natural cordage is right up there with fire, awesome vid!
Nice video. Twist,twist,twist,flip,punch. Time to make some cordage.
Great video. Really provided the detail and closeup angles I was hoping for. Thanks!
Thank you for another informative video. You are an awesome instructor on line and I bet even better in person. Thanks again.
Love cordage and all the possibilities! Thank you for another great video.
A survivalist fidget spinner. Great video! Very concise as always.
Much better instruction than other videos I’ve seen on this. It’s the small details you give that help us. Thank you. This is a good skill to know in a pinch. No pun intended.
Pinch. Excellent, still laughing.
👍 like the camera angles. Getting a up close look really help seeing exactly what’s going on with the twisting. Cordage and knowing knots are so important. Great video!
Again, another concise explanation.
This is the best skill I've learned since lighting a fire without matches. Thanks again man. Haha I'm officially going to binge watch the rest of your videos. Keep them coming. People need to know this stuff. The old men I learned from as a kid are all dying off or dead and these kids nowadays couldn't care less about the old primitive ways of surviving. They all think their gadgets are going to save them. The best thing is simplicity like you teach in your videos. This cordage video is the one tho man. I just told my buddy I'm ready to go out and find some hickory bark right now at midnight and start pumping this stuff out. 😁
Yay! Go do it for real! Amazing difference in skill ability! Just watching ain't gonna save your life! Grins!!
I've always been confused about this. Thanks for clearing it up for me!
Thanks for the video, making cordage is a skill that I am weak at.
Thank you for the lesson and your service, well done, well done indeed !
Great easy to follow video, look forward to seeing more 🐻👍🏼
Great video on this technique. Very well produced.
Twist, flip, pinch, repeat. This would make a great t-shirt! Funny but at tha same time extremely important and possibly life saving. Thank you, very easy to remember.
Thank you for the clear explantion.
Thank you for this video and the others. I always learn something!!
Very cool. Great skill that I need to begin learning... and I think my next time out I’ll begin my cordage training.
( by the way: cutting to grey tone for your ‘extra comments’ was a very nice touch.. just sayin’.)
Thanks Mike! I like to make them black and white to highlight that I am either joking or it was meant to be an out take but I left it in for humor or to highlight Murphy’s Law happening during filming
Great detail and technique once again.
Nice concise demo
Very, very cool and useful. Love this stuff!
Yeahhhhh, my primitive skills are nonexistent so this will indeed be a good place to start. Very thorough and simple instruction even I can follow thanks Josh! #trollpatrol
Great video! I like what a previous commenter said, now the trick will be to identify sources of fiber for cordage. I'm thinking that I might collect some Dogbane (or other fibrous plant) on my way in, like collecting tinder using the Opossum Mentality. A survival knowledge system continues to build in my mind through your videos...Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Having a system is the key, otherwise it’s just a bunch of random skills that don’t work together as well as they could if they were developed with each one supporting the others in mind
Excellent block of instruction.... Good training!!!! Your instruction method is great....
Thanks! I appreciate that
Your welcome. I'm a former paratrooper. 19D2P. very rare at Bragg. Pleasure to see someone who is so at ease being out in the field. I look forward from now on to seeing your videos... BTW I'm in NYC so yes I do miss being out in the field....@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret
Just started following your channel, bro. Great stuff, and invaluable information. I appreciate you imparting you're knowledge
Very cool and interesting I am glad I know how to do this now
As usual, good stuff, GBGB👍
Great video. Love the content on your channel. Keep up the good work!
More solid info. Thanks
I remember years ago watching Dave Canterbury teaching me this on UA-cam. Got really good at it. If you can make cordage you can make rope or a bowstring. I mainly used yucca since it is abundant in the area. I need to try the other materials for making it. No paracord, no problem. Just use this for your lashings. I've been binge watching your vids now that I'm retired and getting back into it. And younguns love watching me do this. And they learn. 👍 Thanks for what you do. LD
Thank you for the lesson. This is something I need to teach my daughters.
This is definitely a must know. Great vid!
Processing natural cordage is a skill I haven't worked on in awhile. Like fire, it is one which can involve so many variables. Certain types of cordage are only viable options at a certain time of year, depending on your zone and region...But, knowing when and where to apply a skill is half the battle, right?
I'll be headed into the wooded hills of southern IN soon for a couple of weeks, as soon as deer season is over. The property I will be steading on has one odd ridge covered in Yucca smalliana in need of thinning anyway. I can check for Dogsbane around the edges of clearings too. 👍
I hope you and LRB had a great Christmas and plans for a solid NYE. I can't wait to see what 2019 holds for ya, man!
another great video. Gonna have to try this one myself.
Great video. Really appreciate all your doing here on your channel! There’s a good reason your channel is growing so quickly your content is outstanding!
Excellent teaching and demonstrating. Thanks for sharing, keep up the good work!
Joshua, thanks for sharing, I hope your relocation goes without any snags , atb !
How amazing I would never have thought about using this or others!!! Thank you brother!!God Bless I will show my children so we can do this as a project!
Yet another great video from you, as always be safe have a blessed day.
Awesome video my friend! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill!
Stay blessed
thank you. nice and simple. for extended use, maybe running the cordage through sap/similar substance would bind the fibers better and add some level of water resistance.
Absolutely crystal clear!! Thank you sdo much!!!
Made it look simple. Need to find fibers to try this.
The first time I tried this, it was a WTF moment. Took like 10 mins for whatever reason to "get it". After that, it was gravy. My problem now is not making the cordage, but determining alternative usable resources (stuff other than tulip poplar) in my area.
Great video GBGB.
*I like this method, for me it's so peaceful to climb a to the highest point around and look out over the mountain as I set and make my cordage... I have sat for hours making more than I need, enjoying my surroundings. I took the para cord off my Cold Steel and made my own natural cordage. In a pinch as long as I have my knife, I have a options for fire. (bow drill and tinder). Used it once as lashing for a quick shelter when I was hunting and got caught in an unexpected rain. Thanks bro!*
Good stuff!
Always pushing out great content, keep it coming!
Sweet, so looking forward to practicing this. Thank you 😁
good job...!!
Excellent!!! As usual another great video...
Thumbs up!!!
Clark
have you attended any of Tom Brown Jr.'s courses?
this reminds me of 1980 when he taught some here in washington
had a book out called "The Tracker", had an old Apache teacher in the 60's
cordage = surviving and thriving
I haven’t attended any of his courses, no.
Twist,flip,pinch😉💪
Awesome!!
Another great video. I'm so far behind in these skills. Look forward to more great videos. Did your family make it up North yet?
It was just me for this trip, I moved the garage, survival school training aids, and outdoor rec equipment. Flying back to NC tonight to pack the rest of the house
One of the best videos I’ve ever seen. Great break down on the best use for each cordage type. What do recommend for us Florida people to use to make cordage?
You have dogbane available, another good one is the stalk of the saw palmetto if you give it a beating with a baton to speedster the fibers. You should also be able to find some yucca.
The Gray Bearded Green Beret thank you , I knew about the palmetto , our tree down here suck. The palmetto or cat tail is very versatile , from getting tinder, cordage , to eating.... might be a video in there do ya.
Could you do a video on how to get the fibers and or what plants make the best fiber
I can add that to the list, it would be a great couple of videos.
It's a gateway drug! LoL! I've been using black locust inner bark (because I have a bunch from skinning poles) its damn strong, makes nice cordage and nettle which I cultivate mostly under my windows, food, cordage and an irritant for intruders, what more can you ask for?
I finally made my fixin wax. Found myself using on random stuff around the house. Put the majority of it chapstick containers. Super easy to carry and dispense. Give me an address and I'll send you a few. Thanks for all you do. #trollpatrol
Very interesting!!! Appreciate the information. Btw, how did your punky dope work?
Works great, about to make a second batch for next year.
The inner bark from elm trees make strong cordage if you can find a live one .
Robert White too bad the emerald ash borer is killing them all off. Especially around me, in SSW PA
@@rotgut14 ...yep, I live in NE Ohio and the ash and elm trees are pretty much wiped out .
Great video as always. In HK there is not much nature around unless taking a long trip out but I did pick up dead vine branch and plat it nicely during a break from office (one of your videos gave me the inspiration to do it). Made around 3 inch piece that sits on my desk...
quick question please - how much time (weeks/months) before the cordage you made decomposes or breaks since it’s natural? Thanks!
A lot of variables in that question, depends on the material used, state if that material at the time the cordage was made, and weather conditions. Remember that at one time, all rope was made out of natural material: jute, hemp, sisal, etc. it can be done in a way that it can last a very long time
Do any of your Critical Skills or Pathfinder courses take place up here in Ontario, Canada?
Just finished my first two pieces of natural cordage, using the reverse wrap. I had some left over willow switches from the branch I made a try stick out of. The first few feet of each switch are tough and fine enough to make some reasonably strong lengths. When it comes to making natural cordage, I am as green as you can get (yeah, there's a joke in there somewhere, it's camouflaged). So I'm really pleased with how easy it was to learn, practice and retain this technique.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Gray Beard!
Flint and Steel Critical Skills Group doesn’t exist any longer and I haven’t worked for PF since October of 2020
if you don't have enough material to make enough cordage, are you able to integrate another material?
Might be some issue with the consistency but I don’t see why you couldn’t for a simple application
Are you twisting towards yourself? Twisting was away from yourself and then reach under to grab the second line to pull under the twisted then around and towards your body..which one do you twist next? I'll go back and follow some more...can you do 3 or 4 strands? in this fashion. Ugh, I remember using 4 strands and am quite fuzzy.
I got it I think I might have thought pulling the second sting up and towards yourself was your twisting...I got it later on and for doing 2 strands this is amazingly strong!!