Uses of Cordage?

[Mentalpatient]

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

 

[Trev]

Hi Will and welcome ,
Surely you must have need of a lassoo
Sorry , I'm sure more serious replies will be along soon .
Cheers , Trev .

 

[Mentalpatient]

Hi Will and welcome ,
Surely you must have need of a lassoo
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)

 

[Retired Member southey]

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]

It can be used for making a fire bow.

 

[John Fenna]

Nets, lashings on various projects, lanyards, woven belts and hatbands ....and lots more!

 

[Ogri the trog]

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

 

[pango]

/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]

Can you expand on that please, Ogri? Bill.

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Ogri the trog

 

[pango]

Cheers mate!

 

[Mentalpatient]

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