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Offline 65x55 swedis

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dandilion cord?
« on: May 11, 2010, 11:34:49 am »
hey i was woundering if it was possiable to make cord out of dandilions. i started to play with it yesterday and got some interesting results. i don't know how to splice yet so i did not get far.

Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: dandilion cord?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2010, 09:31:52 pm »
I never heard of using dandelion for cordage.  I'm interested in hearing about your findings.
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Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: dandilion cord?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2010, 04:03:51 am »
The natives made cordage out of a lot of materials but found nothing on dandelions.  They y would rot before u would get to use them for any length of time.  Try using strong grass, bark from trees or shrubs, even corn stalks.  Stuff that is less spongy and more fiborous. 

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Offline Postman

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Re: dandilion cord?
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2010, 07:52:36 pm »
Dandelions are European, so I doubt the natives in America got around to trying them for cordage, but they taste good!
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Offline sailordad

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Re: dandilion cord?
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2010, 09:07:27 pm »
just find yourself some milkweed or dogbane and ya got it made
both them makes great cordage
i usually make some in the fall from milkweed
i do this while am turky hunting,not for any real reason.i just get bored and its there so i make use of it  ;)
i actually did this the first time because i forgot to bring a piece of twine for my tag,so i needed something and thought
what the heck why not,after all need to stay legal  ;D
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i ride because i love to,not to be part of the crowd