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Mentalpatient
18-07-2010, 12:46
Hi there, I'm new here and have been making cordage for a while, but haven't found many projects where I have needed it...
so I was wondering what you use cordage for
(so you can inspire me!)
so far I have made a small woven basket
(to put eggs in from our 2 'girls' in the garden so they don't make the kitchen worktop dirty)
also a cordage wrapped hatchet handle for chopping wood for barbecues and bonfires
but what do you make from cordage?
Will Rogers
Hi Will and welcome ,
Surely you must have need of a lassoo :D
Sorry , I'm sure more serious replies will be along soon .
Cheers , Trev .
Mentalpatient
18-07-2010, 13:03
Hi Will and welcome ,
Surely you must have need of a lassoo :D
Sorry , I'm sure more serious replies will be along soon .
Cheers , Trev .
actually a lassoo could come in handy... my chickens keep escaping (or EGGscaping... oh dear!)
I have also thought of trying to weave it to make a fabric to use for a folding stool (like the 3 legged stools in camping shops)
I genrally use string i've made onsite to hang up stuff that hasn't any means of hanging. carrying things about when i don't have a bag, stuff like that.
TomBartlett
18-07-2010, 13:10
It can be used for making a fire bow.
John Fenna
18-07-2010, 13:21
Nets, lashings on various projects, lanyards, woven belts and hatbands ....and lots more!
Ogri the trog
18-07-2010, 13:47
Repair & modification of clothing and equipment, creation of snares and hunting tools and for measurement whilst tracking, let alone things like clothes drying lines and camp furniture.
ATB
Ogri the trog
/creation of snares and hunting tools/ Ogri the trog
Can you expand on that please, Ogri? I have used snares made from cordage and natural fibres prepared in a bushcrafty sort of way, but never trusted them. I've also used strands from a broken bicycle brake cable I found, but have always reverted to brass wire.
It would be a feather in the cap to know which materials can be used to make a thin cord strong enough to inspire confidence.
Bill.
Ogri the trog
18-07-2010, 15:17
Can you expand on that please, Ogri? Bill.
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Mentalpatient
18-07-2010, 20:29
Thanks for the inspiration everyone. I am tempted to have go at many of these. I will try a hand at making a woven belt and bracelet first! Maybe a bag when I get adventurous!
Keep the ideas flooding in, maybe an inspirations thread could be made and stickied??
Will