Preparing sweet chestnut to make cordage

Cordage is an incredibly important resource in a bushcraft or wilderness living scenario.
This video shows how to ret sweet chestnut bark to produce fibres for cordage.
The retting took 7 weeks, longer than I'd anticipated based on previous experience using lime, but I suspect the time difference is due to the high tannin levels in sweet chestnut.

[@Soggz7785]

Brilliant. Time consuming,but brilliant.
Thank you.
All the best.👍🏾🇬🇧

[@bernardhorlock7751]

Excellent instructional video. Any chance of seeing the prcess of making the cordage?

[@JackRavenBushcraft]

The process for making a 2 ply cord from sweet chestnut fibres is the same as for any other fibre. Here's a video from last year showing how to make a 2 ply reverse twist cord from lime. ua-cam.com/video/A0Mv_60ppD4/v-deo.html

[@ddoherty5956]

Windows wound down on the way home 🤣

[@JackRavenBushcraft]

Even after a wash it has a certain odour!