Medieval rope making with bast using a reel and a stick

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  • Опубліковано 4 жов 2021
  • A short introduction to the history of rope making in the middle ages from a north western european perspective and a demonstration of a simple way to make bast ropes using a reel and a stick.
    This is a re-upload with better editing.
    Keep in mind that I'm just a novice and my tools are prototypes.
    Sources:
    General history of rope making
    Weber, W 1971: Zukunft der Seilerei, Ciba-Geigy Rundschau 1
    Medieval rope finds in Norway
    Schjølberg, E. 1988: Cordage and similar products from Bryggen in Bergen. The Bryggen Papers , Supplementary Series No. 3.
    History of this kind of rope making in Sweden in the last century with detailed instructions
    Modéer, I 1928: Öländskt tallrepslageri
    Bast ropes at a viking museum
    www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/...
    Music: Deskant / Fairy's Fear / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
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  • @michaelmoceri1118
    @michaelmoceri1118 4 місяці тому +9

    I've seen people using a reel like this to make rope, but no one ever stopped and explained what they were doing. Thanks for that.

  • @simvrod
    @simvrod Рік тому +12

    Cat needs to play with string, nothing better than to see an artisan at work with his kitten👍👍

  • @chrishestand1
    @chrishestand1 4 місяці тому +4

    I’ve got yucca plants in the yard that I can’t kill, but I’ve recently read they can make some decent rope fibers. So, I’m about to build this setup and take a stab at it. Thank you!

  • @SamAlderDesign
    @SamAlderDesign 23 дні тому

    This is great, thanks.

  • @MissGroves
    @MissGroves Рік тому +4

    I have never seen rope made like this before, only with some strange toggle things and later with a hook or crank. I have to try this way of spinning! Looks so fun and soothing

  • @tauIrrydah
    @tauIrrydah 2 роки тому +10

    Oh this is delightful I've been looking for low impact activities to demonstrate at events!

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you, yes I think this would be really nice to show at events! One of the reasons for making this video was to use as a 'sales pitch' for an event next summer.

  • @m.c.4785
    @m.c.4785 2 місяці тому

    This is so much more compact and easy to understand than some of the other videos I saw that used complicated tools and/or multiple people!

  • @pegrande6545
    @pegrande6545 10 місяців тому +2

    I have never seen this technique before, that’s simple, yet a very clever and faster than the previous form (probably) of twisting and turning by hand, thanks for sharing and love your cat XD

  • @abcstardust
    @abcstardust 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for showing and explaining how it’s Done!! Excellent video! Cute kitten!

  • @MichaelMarko
    @MichaelMarko 2 роки тому +5

    Very labor intensive. But great job!

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  2 роки тому +2

      Thank you! It sure takes a lot of time to just make a few meters this way

  • @gregsquires6201
    @gregsquires6201 Місяць тому +2

    Good call. It would have been extremely rude to make the kitten get up to get your knife.

  • @giancarloperez9508
    @giancarloperez9508 2 місяці тому

    🎉Wow anothere rooe making ideaa👍😍💕😊😊thank you for sahring.👌👌👌❤️

  • @sgg0003
    @sgg0003 2 роки тому +21

    Now I understand. In the Middle Ages rope was made by cats.

  • @anklebreaker648
    @anklebreaker648 3 місяці тому

    Thanks you for making this informative video i’d learned another technique in making rope👍🎊👍👍✌️

  • @thomasbentin2205
    @thomasbentin2205 3 місяці тому

    Thanks, was looking for information like this!

  • @astorniit7524
    @astorniit7524 2 роки тому +3

    Tack! Äntligen en bra video som demonstrerar denna tekniken i mer detalj! Mycket bra jobbat

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  2 роки тому +1

      Tack så mycket, det var roligt att höra!

    • @astorniit7524
      @astorniit7524 Рік тому

      @@BrinkmanCrafts Om jag får fråga, hur fick du tag på bastfibrerna? Jag skulle vilja bygga en vikingabåt och det vore kul att fixa riktigt bastrep.

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  Рік тому +2

      @@astorniit7524 jag har ännu inte lyckats hitta lindbast utan använder bast från palmträd som jag köper på Hornbach. Då jag jämför det med "riktig" bast så är det förhållandevis likt.

    • @astorniit7524
      @astorniit7524 Рік тому

      @@BrinkmanCrafts intressant! Verkar det jämförbart i styrka också?

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  Рік тому +1

      @@astorniit7524jag vet tyvärr inte

  • @benjifiji2019
    @benjifiji2019 2 роки тому

    very good demonstration

  • @iainrussell4478
    @iainrussell4478 10 місяців тому

    Brilliant. Thank you

  • @mrkultra1655
    @mrkultra1655 11 місяців тому

    Excellent, thank you

  • @kirielpapillon9169
    @kirielpapillon9169 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @spaideman7850
    @spaideman7850 3 місяці тому

    1:46 there's a bee singing into your microphone 🐝

  • @noivalencia
    @noivalencia 8 місяців тому +1

    Must wear also a medieval dress

  • @ShotgunLlama
    @ShotgunLlama Рік тому +2

    I don't have access to a cat. Does it work just as well if you chew on it yourself, instead?

  • @FlintStryker
    @FlintStryker Рік тому +1

    Wonderful! Can you provide dimensions of your rope making jig. I'd like to make one. Thanks!

  • @theodoretusbreen2841
    @theodoretusbreen2841 9 місяців тому +1

    This is fascinating. How long does it take you to produce, say, 5 meters?

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  9 місяців тому +5

      It's the first part, the spinning, that takes most of the time and five meters would take me at least a full work day. But I guess a professional rope twister was quicker.

  • @Yeeleaf007
    @Yeeleaf007 3 місяці тому

    I like your tunic where did you get it? Are you selling any tunics?

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  3 місяці тому

      Thank you! I sewed it and unfortunately I do not sell anything

    • @Yeeleaf007
      @Yeeleaf007 3 місяці тому

      @@BrinkmanCrafts can you make a video on how to make a tunic?

  • @kiskarakter
    @kiskarakter 2 роки тому +2

    Hello, could you give me a reference for the 1350 crank you show at 0:32 please? Thanks in advance

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  2 роки тому +1

      Sure, but this is just a textual reference and the image shows what I understand as the same kind of crank. In the article 'Zukunft der Seilerei' Weber 1971 writes about a will from a Ropemaker in Lübeck where they are listed.

    • @kiskarakter
      @kiskarakter 2 роки тому

      @@BrinkmanCrafts Thanks. Where is the image from then?

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  2 роки тому

      @@kiskarakterI'm sorry for being unclear. That image and the next was just to distinguish between nongeared and geared cranks.

    • @kiskarakter
      @kiskarakter 2 роки тому

      @@BrinkmanCrafts I see, I just thought maybe you could help me find references from the 14th century for non-geared cranks. I'd like to make one, and it would be nice to be able to verify it with some real proof of how it looked back then, but it turned out to be very difficult. I hoped that the one one the image may be a real finding from the age, or at least a close one.

    • @BrinkmanCrafts
      @BrinkmanCrafts  2 роки тому

      @@kiskarakter yes it's really hard to find these early references! I honestly do not think we know how they looked backed then. The earliest depicture is, in my knowledge, from 1420 drive.google.com/file/d/1n5KOEtVk6OpUkJ6dvfSFNp76UQWdbPea/view?usp=drivesdk

  • @cobbledong
    @cobbledong 2 роки тому

    what the..... hell?

  • @echowhiskey17
    @echowhiskey17 Рік тому +1

    Really annoying cute kitten.

  • @terryg4179
    @terryg4179 11 місяців тому

    Excellent. Thank you.