Cordage

Articles & Photos about cordage

• Cordage Plants - Joseph Longshore II

• Pictures of Finished Cordage - finished cordage made from various natural materials

• Bows Bindings, Part I - Allan "Bow" Beauchamp

• Bows Bindings, Part II - Allan "Bow" Beauchamp

• Making Natural Cordage - by Tom Brown Jr. - from Mother Earth News, Issue #79

• Natural Cordage Materials, Part 1 - by Steve Lee, from The Tracker magazine, Nov 1981

• Natural Cordage Materials, Part 2 - by Steve Lee, from The Tracker magazine, February 1982

Cordage from specific plants

• Agave - Shows the raw fibers, a movie of making the cordage, and finished cordage

• Basswood - Cordage from this common tree's bark

• Dogbane - How to collect the fibers from this cordage plant. Also pictures of the plant.

• Grass - Some photos of cordage made from grasses

• Leatherwood - The bark of this shrub is incredibly tough

• Swamp Milkweed - The fibers from this plant make superior quality cordage!

• Nettles - A guide to identifying this plant. Nettles can also be eaten.

• Roots - How to collect and use these for cordage

• Yucca - Processing Yucca Fibers - by Storm (now only on the Stone Age Skills website)

Other cordage topics

• Fast Bowdrill Strings