Blackie, Great Video and Outstanding Information on thinking outside of the box . Also Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge and wisdom and passing on the craft. Yes You Are The Master Woodsman and Buschcrafter Thanks Again. Tim L.
Way cool video Blackie and thanks for mentioning the cordage shrinking when exposed to heat . Thanks for using the term "woodscraft" and not bushcraft. Thanks again and have a great weekend and coming week. Lefty
Blackie just a suggestion so that you don’t have to hold the bottle when you pull to cut cordage. You may make a lengthwise saw cut on that horizontal piece of wood then you slip the bottle into the cut. That way the piece of wood is holding the bottle steady while you pull on the strip that you initially made. Now how deep you put the bottle into that cut will determine the width of the cordage you are making.
the zipper on your haversack needs a little beeswax rubbed on it, I do that whenever I have to deal with a sticky zipper. Nice upcycle, trash to cordage (and shrink wrap if you need that)
Hey blackie! As I was watching this video I thought to myself that that would be a fantastic idea for my tripod I want to make. Guess you beet me to it lol. Thanks for the fantastic info as always
Saw a video of a guy in Switzerland rigging that bottle up with his Swiss army knife to so that he could just pull the strip of plastic and walk away and pull off 10 foot strips smooth as silk. He then braided three pieces for a bow string. He took the bottle and some sticks and made a bow, bow string and an arrow with plastic fletching and shot a chocolate bunny from 20 feet away showing what could be done with the swiss army knife. He took two pieces of stick and wrapped them with the plastic string and heat shrinked it down tight to make a bow from two pieces of wood.
Thank you, Mr. Thomas! The "zip ties" may be the greatest single thing you've ever done! BTW, where I'm at I have a devil of a time finding paracord. I was at wallyworld today & I almost bought some "14 strand" paracord, 50' for ~$9. But I didn't because I just don't know about it. If you would, *PLEASE!* consider a video on 'normal' cordage. I've got a hank of Harbor Freight "paracord" but it don't have 'strands' in it. Since I bought that junk I've been ascared to buy any more, you know, once burnt, twice shy. So consider it another episode of "Blackie's Bushcraft Basics" & tell us all about it. Thank you in advance for your kind assistance, I sincerely appreciate it. Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
There's an Oriental RUclips channel that used a utility blade tapped into the edge of a table with a spacing nail. He then fed the plastic into the blade, grabbed the end with pliers and pulled it through. Does the same thing with tires, etc. to make sandals.
There are videos of guys building a "jig" using utility knife blades, framing and a drill to make this stuff very quickly out of 2 liter bottles. They cut it almost as thin as fishing line and this stuff is stout.
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God I hope you never run out of knowledge or videos, you're a gem Blackie.
Blackie, Great Video and Outstanding Information on thinking outside of the box . Also Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge and wisdom and passing on the craft. Yes You Are The Master Woodsman and Buschcrafter Thanks Again. Tim L.
Great idea blackie...a bottle stripper love it 😉!
Way cool video Blackie and thanks for mentioning the cordage shrinking when exposed to heat . Thanks for using the term "woodscraft" and not bushcraft.
Thanks again and have a great weekend and coming week. Lefty
Good tip Blackie , thanks for sharing , God bless !
Another tool for the toolbox. Thanks for sharing.
Good information, thank you Blackie.
Great way to improvise! You can find the tool to strip bottles into cordage on the internet. The bottles can be found almost everywhere as trash.
Grim Workshop makes a couple of different sizes of pocket plastic bottle cord-cutters.
Great information Blackie, didn't know you can heat up the plastic to make it shrink. Guess you just have to make sure you don't melt it. Thanks! 👍
Awesome video my friend
Hi Blackie! Talk about something that could get a feller out of a bind in a number of situations. Thanks for sharing this technique.
I'm a big fan of you＋👍🔔
Thank you for another great video! God bless
Good information thanks Blackie.
Thank you the cordage tip that was great!
Blackie just a suggestion so that you don’t have to hold the bottle when you pull to cut cordage. You may make a lengthwise saw cut on that horizontal piece of wood then you slip the bottle into the cut. That way the piece of wood is holding the bottle steady while you pull on the strip that you initially made. Now how deep you put the bottle into that cut will determine the width of the cordage you are making.
the zipper on your haversack needs a little beeswax rubbed on it, I do that whenever I have to deal with a sticky zipper.
Nice upcycle, trash to cordage (and shrink wrap if you need that)
Hey blackie! As I was watching this video I thought to myself that that would be a fantastic idea for my tripod I want to make. Guess you beet me to it lol. Thanks for the fantastic info as always
Demonstration on shrinkage please. Bless you.
Great video
That's good information thank you 👍
nice...thanks
Saw a video of a guy in Switzerland rigging that bottle up with his Swiss army knife to so that he could just pull the strip of plastic and walk away and pull off 10 foot strips smooth as silk. He then braided three pieces for a bow string. He took the bottle and some sticks and made a bow, bow string and an arrow with plastic fletching and shot a chocolate bunny from 20 feet away showing what could be done with the swiss army knife. He took two pieces of stick and wrapped them with the plastic string and heat shrinked it down tight to make a bow from two pieces of wood.
Thank you, Mr. Thomas!
The "zip ties" may be the greatest single thing you've ever done!
BTW, where I'm at I have a devil of a time finding paracord.
I was at wallyworld today & I almost bought some "14 strand" paracord, 50' for ~$9.
But I didn't because I just don't know about it.
If you would, *PLEASE!* consider a video on 'normal' cordage.
I've got a hank of Harbor Freight "paracord" but it don't have 'strands' in it.
Since I bought that junk I've been ascared to buy any more, you know, once burnt, twice shy.
So consider it another episode of "Blackie's Bushcraft Basics" & tell us all about it.
Thank you in advance for your kind assistance, I sincerely appreciate it.
Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
Thanks Blackie
There's an Oriental RUclips channel that used a utility blade tapped into the edge of a table with a spacing nail. He then fed the plastic into the blade, grabbed the end with pliers and pulled it through. Does the same thing with tires, etc. to make sandals.
I’ve gotta try this!
Hey blackie they make pocket clips for the swiss army knife its on Amazon. just a thought
Check out the pocket sized plastic bottle cord-cutters over at Grim Workshop.
Thanks for another great video. Which model Silky saw are you using
In Oregon those bottles are 10 cents each. When you are in need though, 10 cents isn't much.
Looks like the zipper on your haversack needs a good coating of car wax or Chapstick, bubba. Metal zippers are of the devil!
Forever cordage.
I have watch a number of your videos, but i have not seen any on "hygiene" when you going o do one ?
There are videos of guys building a "jig" using utility knife blades, framing and a drill to make this stuff very quickly out of 2 liter bottles. They cut it almost as thin as fishing line and this stuff is stout.
Great video