Hey Blackie, Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us! I was thinking when you mentioned of shortening the toggle, would it maybe be better to leave it the length you originally have it 2"-3" so maybe it wouldn't undo as easily while walking through thicker brush from hitting on a limb/snag. Yes it might still twist from being longer but it will be less likely "longer length" of popping under the synch down line? Just a thought ;) Keep bringing the great video's 👍
Get that vid out there. Ive been using this method for my ridgeline. Essentially a truckers hitch with the toggle placed through the loop you make, then wrap around the toggle figure of eight or tie off. Got a permanently attached toggle at the other end for securing the loop around the other tree 👍 i hang things off my ridgeline so i like a lot of tension. Just checked the date on the vid above. Also checked out the ridgeline vid. We came to exactly the same solution independently 👍
Hey Blacky! Thank you so much for this wonderful video!! I got a lot of new subcribers from USA and i didn't know why. Now i have a explanation.. haa ha haa 😂😂. Thank you so much!
Felix Immler is an Bushcraft instructor for Swiss Army Knives and he is a wealth of knowledge about all things woodcraft. I have two of his SAK books and I refer to them all the time. His channel is focused around things he can do with a Swiss Army Knife and he can do a lot. Thanks for sharing this tip about a simple cinch buckle that seems to have a million applications.
Great video. We used this in the army (1984) and it’s still working, great! The best part of this video is the explanation about the learning and sharing part about knowledge. Like a steak, well done!
I saw Mr I'mmler use that as well,I wondered who else used that idea.this is the purpose of these videos learns new trick as often as possible! Thank Mr.. Thomas for another great video!
I watched Felix's video yesterday and made a few of theses. I tapered my toggle ends. That made the undoing easier. The toggle also works on tarp tie outs, so it could be an adjustable guildline. The toggle works on a trucker hitch too, so good for ridgelines.
Good old Felix has some very useful tricks. Like you I made a set of these toggles after seeing Felix’s video. In that video Felix gave credit to the guy who shared this idea with him. So, as you point this shared idea has traveled the world. 😀
Nice, I watched the video from Felix & wanted to give it a try, this Toggle thing just keeps getting better. So now with your cord setup you have the option to tie or toggle a tarp loop & tie everything up when carrying it. 👍👍👍
Man, you are a joy to watch. Even these simple things, I found my eyes glued to the screen, watching you work and listening to you talk. I can't really explain it.
Glad you're "friends" now, with FELIX,,, he is a wealth of knowledge, and his channel never fails to inform, and make anyone happy, with his infectious humour,,, ps.. Just subbed to your channel,,, all the best from across the pond...
I love Felix, his channel about SAK Wisdom is grade A. Mr Blackie you're take on anything is much needed, thanks for what you do. I'm gonna try this with Bamboo.
Really glad you mentioned Felix! he has a great channel and many ideas that would be helpful to everyone. THanks for everything you do and all the content you share.
@@BLACKIETHOMAS He also referenced a fantastic technic for a bow drill fire that works really well. something so you don't have to fight the drill from twisting out. I'm not sure who he got it from but he also gave credit to it. but I've changed all my Swiss Army knives to have the bearing in it because of that video. Fountain of knowledge and I'm so glad you fellas put the content out there to teach others.
What a lovely philosophy of sharing knowledge. Very enjoyable to watch: calm relaxed expert presentation of interesting content. Saw Felix's take on it a few months ago and this has reignited my desire to make and play with toggles. Just when my family thought I'd gone off the boil on toggles...
Blackie, I really enjoy your down home style of presentation. Also, your teaching is effect for learning the point of your talks. Thanks for what you do!
Thanks for the video. As I told Felix on his link when you cinch down your pack it is very tight. but all you have to do is pull on the toggle and it comes loose. You people that say that you’ve successfully done this can I have you do it again. And then pull on the toggle (simulates hitting/bumping the toggle on rocks while hiking and climbing). it comes loose. At least it does for me with military-grade 550 and 275 paracords.
Outstanding Brother, Your exactly right, We all need to share and learn from one another, we are all of Gods Children, Are Country and World is gone off the Rail's, so thank you for Sharing, we all need to DIY with less, God Bless you and you're family and God Bless America and the Republic
Sweet addition to your Built in Prussic Hank, and I will not have to look for a stick to connect it to a tarp also. Or even try a larks head to the tarp. Toggle Built in for tarps and Synching down things on my cycle. LOVE IT. A lot less work than the vid Felix posted today on a bushcraft forge. It was a Shawn Kelly type of work project. Thanks Blackie
Felix is the man and if he's new for you I'm very glad you found him and I hope you subscribed, 'cause he rocks. Combining your adjustable strap with his locking toggle is genius and I'm gonna make up a couple of them right away. Man, I love YT!!!!!
yeah was gonna comment well obviously someone knows. I too am tired of the catchy titles of youtube. Usually I have seen it and know whatever it is that they say NO one knows LOL.
On the other guy's channel he made several in his shop from a long dowel stick, then showed how he used them for a guy line, ridge line and to hold things on his pack.
I saw that. I'd buy a dowel rod and make a dozen which I can put in a pack rather then whittling one in the field. Then you know you'll have seasoned hardwood toggles.
I actually remember this from my grandfather on my father's side. Had completely forgot about it til I saw it on first Felix Immler's channel and now yours. It is a good one indeed.
Your "Bowline/Pruski" combo... I have been using something very similar for years, instead of the Prusik, I use a Tautline Hitch.... It's my go-to for tarps and tent lines! Excellent variation.
I like your lower limb signaling device. It's funny, Felix Immler's toggle video came up in my feed yesterday (I had seen it before) and I was just thinking, I wonder how can I adapt that to Blackie's tensioner....and poof! Here was your video.
Hey, Blackie. I subscribed because I really like your philosophy of guys like us sharing good information with each other! Thanks for giving Felix credit too. He's a great RUclipsr and I've learned a lot from him. One of these days I'm going to post a review. I got a really cool knife, on the cheap, that guys should know about. Your knife is interesting. I'd watch a review on that too, for sure.
Try a 3 wrap taught line hitch instead of your prussik. Much cleaner. Larger 6 foot toggle lines were used by the British commandos in WW2. The use by the common soldier of “small hemp cords, an arms breadth, with a toggle” are documented since the 18th century. Felix really rocks!
My best strategy for pouring coffee out of a coffee cup is directly into my mouf with one hand, freeing my other hands up to skin an groundhog and tie a prussik knot.
That is so darn funny brother, I just happened to see that same video last night. And yes I did try it today. Lmbo...... here is to great minds think alike. Have a great day and keep your tinder dry.
Hi Blackie I made the same comment on Felix´s channel. If you double back the line you pull through, you do not risk damaging the cloth with the toggle. You would just pull the loose end to pull it loose. Like a thieves knot. Kind regards Alain
Hey from Canada, love your stuff and devious mind, what about a heavy rubber hose in the bowline so you can pull using the hose as a handle, even better leave a slot in the hose so the cordage can create a loop coming out of the slot to attach to the toggle to create a carry handle like you showed...
That's a nice addition to the ole tool box! I imagine it would be easy to throw a half hitch or two to lock it in. (Still wouldn't interfere with the quick release)
I'm looking at thte start and thinking "oh, Blackie has his legs out" and then he says it "counts as a signalling device". thank you for making me laugh Blackie
Took a few extra steps to get there but you got there, kind of. Try a stop knot on one end after adding the toggle, bowline knot in the other end. Wrap around whatever you want to cinch up. hold bowline and pass just the toggle through the bowline loop. There should now be standing and working end coming out of the bowline loop with the toggle holding it in place. Pull on working end only to cinch down....no need for fancy single strand prussiks, handle loops (as this can easily be cinched to a pack to begin with before joining loop and toggle) and no hard failures so long as working end is on top of toggle and jammed (by toggle) against the bowline loop.
Saw Felix Immler do this about a year ago. Works great. I recommend replacing the bowline with a zeppelin loop always as there are situations where a bowline has failed and the zeppelin is one of the strongest knots you can use. Then use that for the toggle loop. Then for looks use a monkey fist on the other end.
I use it all the time hanging my work bag in my truck in the fashion of a truckers hitch. It also means I can hang my 12 litre water filter system at the exact height for the outlet pipe to sit at the top of my bottle.
RUclips is the new “tribal knowledge”…. I’ve learned so much (now in my early 50s) from RUclips that, in the past, would have had to be learned from elders (parents, grandparents, scoutmasters, etc…)
nice! another way to do it without the stick is to make a loop on one end of the cordage, wrap it around whatever you want and then just put the other end of the line throught the loop TWO TIMES and then pull and sinch it, it will have enough friction to hold. you can tie the rest of the line just above it make sure it doesn't slip but it won't. to undo it you pull the line in the opposite direction and it will undo itself easily. very good for tree to tree lines for tarps as well: tie one end to a tree then go around the other tree, make a loop somewhere on the rope, free end goes two times throught just like before and pull towards the second tree. try it out it's worth it :) have a good day!
Just discovered you !:) Felix is the man!! I guess that's why the algorithm suggested you. That adjustable guy line prusic is awsome gonna try that now thanks:)
So I just saw Dave Canterbury's video on the Delrin toggles and referrenced Blackie who gave credit to Felix just as Dave mentioned him anyway this is a way cool and totally farout video . Totally cool and tomorrow is my day off so i got a new project . Blackie Thomas is one Groovey dude , Man .
My grandpa showed me this technique years and years ago. You dont even need to drill a hole. Just cut or break a bit of stick, leave the bark on, and pop it in and cinch it down. Throw a half hitch if youre worried about it coming undone but the friction should hold it lol. I wanted to tell the original german guy who put up the video you dont have to make it all pretty for it to work, and even HE didnt drill holes. Felix started the hole drilling holes bit. Both work. Hell all versions work. ^_^
Yes, but the author of the channel for some reason does not indicate this directly, he is probably embarrassed. Who will remember some Detlef in a few months, and Thomas is handsome.
I looked on the Bushcraft & Nature youtube site Felix Immler's youtube site references and I couldn't find the original instruction however he references using it in a few of his videos... so thanx to all for sharing the innovation with something so easy to make and use
You mentioned you adapted this from another utuber. Back in the '50s my Grandfather always had a 2-3 ft piece of cotton rope loop on 1 end, stop knot on other, and a toggle sliding between. Used it to hold all kinds of things until could get twine or wire. Watched your quick ridgeline, using toggle in place of truckers hitch. Have you added a 2nd toggle next to bowline? Instead of passing whole line thru loop, just toggle. Then you could choke tight on tree, would not slide down before you get other end tight.
Hi, I just now saw your RUclips video and subscribed. I like the locking toggle idea. I haven't seen all of your videos yet but have you shown how you can do the same thing with the stick without the hole? May come in handy if you need to set up in a hurry and don't have a ready made line with the toggle on it like you have. Thank you for helping us know how to survive in the wild if we have to.
When you twist the toggle to release.... Pull it all the way up... Much easier than trying to push it through. Also if you put a slipped half hitch in it, it will never come undone even if the toggle is twisted.... It happens when it gets really windy as I found out last summer. To be fair it was only one corner but I had to get out out my hammock to reset it.
Hello Blackie, very good trick, I have a problem with it, when I pull hard on the rope to tighten, and I already have everything really tight, when I release it, the toggle returns 45 degrees and loosens slightly. I am using 550 paracord and a toggle identical to the one in your video
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hey guys i plan on adapting this idea to my quick deploy ridgeline i will post that soon thanks for watching !! safe journeys
Hi Blackie! Can u use it as a tourniquet?
@Leon Harder ⁴4b
Hey Blackie, Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us! I was thinking when you mentioned of shortening the toggle, would it maybe be better to leave it the length you originally have it 2"-3" so maybe it wouldn't undo as easily while walking through thicker brush from hitting on a limb/snag. Yes it might still twist from being longer but it will be less likely "longer length" of popping under the synch down line? Just a thought ;) Keep bringing the great video's 👍
Get that vid out there. Ive been using this method for my ridgeline. Essentially a truckers hitch with the toggle placed through the loop you make, then wrap around the toggle figure of eight or tie off. Got a permanently attached toggle at the other end for securing the loop around the other tree 👍 i hang things off my ridgeline so i like a lot of tension.
Just checked the date on the vid above. Also checked out the ridgeline vid. We came to exactly the same solution independently 👍
Hey Blacky! Thank you so much for this wonderful video!! I got a lot of new subcribers from USA and i didn't know why. Now i have a explanation.. haa ha haa 😂😂. Thank you so much!
Glad I could help! I hope to share more things with you in the future safe journeys to you
Mentioned you both in my latest video, hope you don’t mind.
Yep, I'm one of them. Greetings from California Felix.
Felix Immler is an Bushcraft instructor for Swiss Army Knives and he is a wealth of knowledge about all things woodcraft. I have two of his SAK books and I refer to them all the time. His channel is focused around things he can do with a Swiss Army Knife and he can do a lot. Thanks for sharing this tip about a simple cinch buckle that seems to have a million applications.
I AGREE the more i think of this locking toggle /adjustable line i keep finding uses
Felix did give credit to someone else. Good to see the YT community giving credit where credit due. Thanks for sharing.
i agree give credit where you can..and share the knowledge
I was going to say the same thing.
@@BLACKIETHOMAS See channel „Bushcraft and Nature“ 19.12.2020 🤪
Felix has some really great Victorinox Pocket Knife Utility demonstration videos. Glad that you mentioned his channel.
Great video.
We used this in the army (1984) and it’s still working, great!
The best part of this video is the explanation about the learning and sharing part about knowledge.
Like a steak, well done!
I am 59 years old and that trick has been around since I was a kid. We always cut it shorter. but thanks, you are always showing cool stuff.
Are you sure they had toggles 50 some years ago? LOL
@@kenuber4766 Yeah, but we called them sticks.
@@gldsmith61 hahaha
I saw Mr I'mmler use that as well,I wondered who else used that idea.this is the purpose of these videos learns new trick as often as possible! Thank Mr.. Thomas for another great video!
I’m stealing that one “we are not here to learn how to pour coffee out a coffee cup”Thanks for the tips from Germany 👍🏻
I watched Felix's video yesterday and made a few of theses. I tapered my toggle ends. That made the undoing easier. The toggle also works on tarp tie outs, so it could be an adjustable guildline. The toggle works on a trucker hitch too, so good for ridgelines.
Good old Felix has some very useful tricks. Like you I made a set of these toggles after seeing Felix’s video. In that video Felix gave credit to the guy who shared this idea with him. So, as you point this shared idea has traveled the world. 😀
I'm his subscriber also. He didn't come up with it, he also shouted out who he got from. Respect I made a few also.
Nice, I watched the video from Felix & wanted to give it a try, this Toggle thing just keeps getting better. So now with your cord setup you have the option to tie or toggle a tarp loop & tie everything up when carrying it. 👍👍👍
That was a great idea. Very handy. Suddenly a host of ideas come to mind. This deserves a test drive.
Man, you are a joy to watch. Even these simple things, I found my eyes glued to the screen, watching you work and listening to you talk. I can't really explain it.
Cool, thanks!
Glad you're "friends" now, with FELIX,,, he is a wealth of knowledge, and his channel never fails to inform, and make anyone happy, with his infectious humour,,, ps.. Just subbed to your channel,,, all the best from across the pond...
I love Felix, his channel about SAK Wisdom is grade A.
Mr Blackie you're take on anything is much needed, thanks for what you do. I'm gonna try this with Bamboo.
that sounds cool
Humble notes Blackie. That makes you a better person and so intresting to learn from.
thank you
Really glad you mentioned Felix! he has a great channel and many ideas that would be helpful to everyone. THanks for everything you do and all the content you share.
My pleasure!
@@BLACKIETHOMAS He also referenced a fantastic technic for a bow drill fire that works really well. something so you don't have to fight the drill from twisting out. I'm not sure who he got it from but he also gave credit to it. but I've changed all my Swiss Army knives to have the bearing in it because of that video. Fountain of knowledge and I'm so glad you fellas put the content out there to teach others.
@Matthew Curry I love that bow drill Felix did, it's awesome.
@@james_lessick892 I agree! so much easier than watching your drill go flying off cause it slipped. lol.
What a lovely philosophy of sharing knowledge. Very enjoyable to watch: calm relaxed expert presentation of interesting content. Saw Felix's take on it a few months ago and this has reignited my desire to make and play with toggles. Just when my family thought I'd gone off the boil on toggles...
Blackie, I really enjoy your down home style of presentation. Also, your teaching is effect for learning the point of your talks. Thanks for what you do!
Wow, thank you!
Thanks for the video. As I told Felix on his link when you cinch down your pack it is very tight. but all you have to do is pull on the toggle and it comes loose. You people that say that you’ve successfully done this can I have you do it again. And then pull on the toggle (simulates hitting/bumping the toggle on rocks while hiking and climbing). it comes loose. At least it does for me with military-grade 550 and 275 paracords.
Blackie, Another Great Video and keep passing on more knowledge. Thanks Again Tim.
You bet
That looks very good Blackie. Nice tip. Felix does good stuff with his SAK. Thanks for showing us. Take care.
Agreed, Blackie. Let's not pretend that we invented anything. We are all building on the past and moving forward. Another great video. Thank you.
Well said!
“Standing on the shoulders of giants”
Quality adaptation Blackie. I like your thinking. Very simple and very effective. Love it.
Outstanding Brother, Your exactly right, We all need to share and learn from one another, we are all of Gods Children, Are Country and World is gone off the Rail's, so thank you for Sharing, we all need to DIY with less, God Bless you and you're family and God Bless America and the Republic
That's a really great use of a toggle! I like it a lot! Felix has a really good channel as well!
It does!
I agree
Sweet addition to your Built in Prussic Hank, and I will not have to look for a stick to connect it to a tarp also. Or even try a larks head to the tarp. Toggle Built in for tarps and Synching down things on my cycle. LOVE IT. A lot less work than the vid Felix posted today on a bushcraft forge. It was a Shawn Kelly type of work project. Thanks Blackie
Thanks 👍
Sharing ideas is so primitive just like bushcraft which makes it so great to do cheers mate
Felix is the man and if he's new for you I'm very glad you found him and I hope you subscribed, 'cause he rocks. Combining your adjustable strap with his locking toggle is genius and I'm gonna make up a couple of them right away. Man, I love YT!!!!!
i did he has many good ideas
Watched Felix's Vid A Few Days Back I Like Your Take On This Gonna Make A Few Thanks Blackie. ATB T God Bless
Great trick. I missed Felix showing this. Thanks for catching me up.
Any time!
always pick up something useful from your efforts on youtube. I appreciate your teaching spirit.
Great idea, I’m glad he shared and you did too. I’ve learned so much from you! You’re a great teacher! Thank you
You are so welcome!
Immler is a badass. I'm also tired of the "nobody knows" titles, maybe "worth knowing" perhaps. Especially when someone does know. LOL
yeah was gonna comment well obviously someone knows. I too am tired of the catchy titles of youtube. Usually I have seen it and know whatever it is that they say NO one knows LOL.
Sixty thousand people know it now!!!
See channel „Bushcraft and Nature“ 19.12.2020 🤪
I've got to agree with you, like all the videos titled 'The Secrets of ....'
Wonderful idea Blackie. Just discovered your channel. Great tip. I will definitely be adding this to my repertoire of bushcraft skills.
On the other guy's channel he made several in his shop from a long dowel stick, then showed how he used them for a guy line, ridge line and to hold things on his pack.
I saw that. I'd buy a dowel rod and make a dozen which I can put in a pack rather then whittling one in the field. Then you know you'll have seasoned hardwood toggles.
I actually remember this from my grandfather on my father's side. Had completely forgot about it til I saw it on first Felix Immler's channel and now yours. It is a good one indeed.
Your "Bowline/Pruski" combo... I have been using something very similar for years, instead of the Prusik, I use a Tautline Hitch.... It's my go-to for tarps and tent lines! Excellent variation.
Very cool!
Okay. I have been watching you for awhile but that neat little trick convinced me to subscribe!
You'll be glad you did.
I like Felix Immler (M-Ler) last I heard it mentioned by him. Love his skill with teh Swiss Army knives. Man has some wicked collection
Felix has some very good tips on Swiss Army knives! This loop and toggle is a brilliant idea…whoever came up with it!!!
i just subbed he has a lot of good content
I like your lower limb signaling device. It's funny, Felix Immler's toggle video came up in my feed yesterday (I had seen it before) and I was just thinking, I wonder how can I adapt that to Blackie's tensioner....and poof! Here was your video.
Hey, Blackie. I subscribed because I really like your philosophy of guys like us sharing good information with each other! Thanks for giving Felix credit too. He's a great RUclipsr and I've learned a lot from him. One of these days I'm going to post a review. I got a really cool knife, on the cheap, that guys should know about. Your knife is interesting. I'd watch a review on that too, for sure.
Felix Immler knows a few tricks and it was nice to meet him once, very funny guy.
he seems really nice..i found him due to swiss arm knife video
Thanks for sharing learnt alot from ur channell ,think ill use this for an improvised belt.
it should work well for that
Thank you for your awesome vids! And thank you for introducing Felix, he does have some really great, and ingenious stuff in his channel :)
My pleasure!
Try a 3 wrap taught line hitch instead of your prussik. Much cleaner. Larger 6 foot toggle lines were used by the British commandos in WW2. The use by the common soldier of “small hemp cords, an arms breadth, with a toggle” are documented since the 18th century. Felix really rocks!
My best strategy for pouring coffee out of a coffee cup is directly into my mouf with one hand, freeing my other hands up to skin an groundhog and tie a prussik knot.
Now that is just plain cool. Felix has lots of good SAK tips videos.
It's funny to sit here and watch you do this I've done this five years ago and have been using this for five years
That is so darn funny brother, I just happened to see that same video last night. And yes I did try it today. Lmbo...... here is to great minds think alike. Have a great day and keep your tinder dry.
yep things do happen that way...safe journeys to you
Hi Blackie
I made the same comment on Felix´s channel. If you double back the line you pull through, you do not risk damaging the cloth with the toggle. You would just pull the loose end to pull it loose. Like a thieves knot.
Kind regards
Alain
COOL IDEA
Thank you Blackie
Just believe and have faith
God Bless you!!!
Hey from Canada, love your stuff and devious mind, what about a heavy rubber hose in the bowline so you can pull using the hose as a handle, even better leave a slot in the hose so the cordage can create a loop coming out of the slot to attach to the toggle to create a carry handle like you showed...
That's a nice addition to the ole tool box!
I imagine it would be easy to throw a half hitch or two to lock it in. (Still wouldn't interfere with the quick release)
exactly a half hitch to the toggle and it set but still easy to remove and reset
I like the sliding Prussic loop idea to give an adjustable diameter (almost like a modified farramond hitch)… will have to play with it and try it!
I'm looking at thte start and thinking "oh, Blackie has his legs out" and then he says it "counts as a signalling device".
thank you for making me laugh Blackie
hey them legs can be seen miles away !! lol
@@BLACKIETHOMAS Legs?? I thought he was riding a chicken...hahaha
Took a few extra steps to get there but you got there, kind of. Try a stop knot on one end after adding the toggle, bowline knot in the other end. Wrap around whatever you want to cinch up. hold bowline and pass just the toggle through the bowline loop. There should now be standing and working end coming out of the bowline loop with the toggle holding it in place. Pull on working end only to cinch down....no need for fancy single strand prussiks, handle loops (as this can easily be cinched to a pack to begin with before joining loop and toggle) and no hard failures so long as working end is on top of toggle and jammed (by toggle) against the bowline loop.
Saw Felix Immler do this about a year ago. Works great. I recommend replacing the bowline with a zeppelin loop always as there are situations where a bowline has failed and the zeppelin is one of the strongest knots you can use. Then use that for the toggle loop. Then for looks use a monkey fist on the other end.
I just watched that video on the tensioning system by the person you named. I was intrigued too.
I use it all the time hanging my work bag in my truck in the fashion of a truckers hitch.
It also means I can hang my 12 litre water filter system at the exact height for the outlet pipe to sit at the top of my bottle.
Right on
Brilliant idea, I will be using this all summer.
RUclips is the new “tribal knowledge”…. I’ve learned so much (now in my early 50s) from RUclips that, in the past, would have had to be learned from elders (parents, grandparents, scoutmasters, etc…)
I love Blackie Thomas one of the best woodsman on the net!
thanks for your kind word
nice! another way to do it without the stick is to make a loop on one end of the cordage, wrap it around whatever you want and then just put the other end of the line throught the loop TWO TIMES and then pull and sinch it, it will have enough friction to hold. you can tie the rest of the line just above it make sure it doesn't slip but it won't. to undo it you pull the line in the opposite direction and it will undo itself easily. very good for tree to tree lines for tarps as well: tie one end to a tree then go around the other tree, make a loop somewhere on the rope, free end goes two times throught just like before and pull towards the second tree. try it out it's worth it :) have a good day!
Learned from same source you did, but made mine from fatwood slabs (felix is awesome👍) can never have too much fatwood 😎❤️🙏
Just discovered you !:) Felix is the man!! I guess that's why the algorithm suggested you. That adjustable guy line prusic is awsome gonna try that now thanks:)
Nice!!!!!! Thank you for sharing. Could also be used as a tourniquet in a pinch.
yes it sure could
Hello: Knot skills can be amazing in it's self !!!! How many skills does this guy have. First time I have seen him. Only if that knife could talk !!!
oh yes me and that knife we got memories
That's so cool! Thanks for sharing. I would leave it the length it is now because I hate things coming loose. It sure doesn't seem hard to un-lock.
nope just twist toggle and pop its comes free
@@BLACKIETHOMAS I really hope I can do at least your Basic Survival this year. But work and other plans are messing up my schedule for now.
Outstanding video. Just a thought about soft shackles you can use your pace beads as a soft shackles
yes that might be a good idea thanks
Yes, another way doing... Great ,always learning new .
Very cool my friend 🤠
So I just saw Dave Canterbury's video on the Delrin toggles and referrenced Blackie who gave credit to Felix just as Dave mentioned him anyway this is a way cool and totally farout video . Totally cool and tomorrow is my day off so i got a new project . Blackie Thomas is one Groovey dude , Man .
Yes, I watched his video last week and it's a great idea!
Something new I learned!
Thx Blackie!
My grandpa showed me this technique years and years ago. You dont even need to drill a hole. Just cut or break a bit of stick, leave the bark on, and pop it in and cinch it down. Throw a half hitch if youre worried about it coming undone but the friction should hold it lol. I wanted to tell the original german guy who put up the video you dont have to make it all pretty for it to work, and even HE didnt drill holes. Felix started the hole drilling holes bit. Both work. Hell all versions work. ^_^
Hi Blackie, suggest you try the toggle stick with the bark on (and the rougher the bark, the better!). Think you'll find the paracord grips better.
The tensioner is from Detlef from the YT Channel Bushcraft & Nature
Yes, but the author of the channel for some reason does not indicate this directly, he is probably embarrassed. Who will remember some Detlef in a few months, and Thomas is handsome.
I looked on the Bushcraft & Nature youtube site Felix Immler's youtube site references and I couldn't find the original instruction however he references using it in a few of his videos... so thanx to all for sharing the innovation with something so easy to make and use
my pleasure
ruclips.net/video/UZY0ps8Stz0/видео.html is Felix’s video Blackie is referencing.
That's good to know blackie, thanks for the video.
That's great Blackie, thanks for the tip!👍
Any time!
Great share Blackie!!!
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!
Thanks Blackie! Great adaptation!
You mentioned you adapted this from another utuber. Back in the '50s my Grandfather always had a 2-3 ft piece of cotton rope loop on 1 end, stop knot on other, and a toggle sliding between. Used it to hold all kinds of things until could get twine or wire.
Watched your quick ridgeline, using toggle in place of truckers hitch. Have you added a 2nd toggle next to bowline? Instead of passing whole line thru loop, just toggle. Then you could choke tight on tree, would not slide down before you get other end tight.
awesome it all go to prove there is nothing new just stuff we forget and then someone finds it again
Great video Blackie!
Hahaha, first thought you had some surplus gaiters then realized they were your legs. 😳🤣🤣🤣
hey they double as a signal device lol
Hi, I just now saw your RUclips video and subscribed. I like the locking toggle idea. I haven't seen all of your videos yet but have you shown how you can do the same thing with the stick without the hole? May come in handy if you need to set up in a hurry and don't have a ready made line with the toggle on it like you have. Thank you for helping us know how to survive in the wild if we have to.
I might do this with my clothesline. Right now I'm using perfection loops and taught line hitches.
Great idea and video. Thank you!
Rougher cordage seems to work better ... Braided line is better than sheathed like like Paracord. I'd imagine bank like would be awesome.
Great little trick
Very neat trick!
When you twist the toggle to release.... Pull it all the way up... Much easier than trying to push it through.
Also if you put a slipped half hitch in it, it will never come undone even if the toggle is twisted.... It happens when it gets really windy as I found out last summer.
To be fair it was only one corner but I had to get out out my hammock to reset it.
If you had paid attention, Felix credited the source of where he saw it. Glad you did the same.
yep fleix follows me now he has comments on my videos he is a nice guy
Hello Blackie, very good trick, I have a problem with it, when I pull hard on the rope to tighten, and I already have everything really tight, when I release it, the toggle returns 45 degrees and loosens slightly. I am using 550 paracord and a toggle identical to the one in your video
the 550 cord may be too slick some are more "toothy" than others that or your loop the toggle is in is too big
Great video 👍 would be better with second toggle under end knot to get better purchase but good