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First attempt at making cordage

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Onebowonder:
Nice cordage Kyle!  About how long are the original fibers bundles you harvested out of the Yucca leaves?  I saw that you are splicing a small-ish clump every 6 inches or so, ...does that mean your original fibers were about 12 inches long???

Onebow

lebhuntfish:
Looks good! I've messed with the type of yucca you got there several times. It makes a fine cordage. The first one I done was about bow string size. We tested it at work, it took over 600lbs before it broke. If you wanted to see brain tan you can use the needle on the end of the leaves. When you join your splices during your reverse twist, make sure to offset the splice from the other side. Looks good though!
Patrick

Pappy:
Nice job, good looking cordage for sure. :)
 Pappy

Mo_coon-catcher:
I'd say the fibers were about 15" long or so. These were younger plants and I didn't pick the largest leaves. They had a thick butt end compared to the main length of the fiber so I left that out and woked in a new bundle the last 4" -6" when the fiber diameter starts to drop down. Thanks for all the good words everybody. Thursday night when I have some more free time in gonna try to twist up some more a little smaller diameter. I wasn't theilled with the looks of the thicker stuff on certain parts of the quiveri stitched together with it. It worked awesome for the main body though.

Kyle

Zuma:
Looking good 8),
I wish I had the patience.
Zuma

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