Cordage

Articles & Photos about cordage

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

Other cordage topics

• Fast Bowdrill Strings

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