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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: cowboy on October 24, 2008, 03:32:45 pm

Title: Bored at work
Post by: cowboy on October 24, 2008, 03:32:45 pm

Found some kind of plant at jobsite, it's all dead and the skin is naturally retted. Just snap the limb, slide it through your fingers to peel the skin and start twisting :). I don't know what this stuff is but the cordage is around 1/8" to 3/16" dia. For the most part I can't break it, sometime's it'll break at a weak splice. Thought I might twist up enough to maybe make a quiver or some such. Any suggestion's on a good knot tying book or basket weaving maybe?

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Title: Re: Bored at work
Post by: D. Tiller on October 24, 2008, 05:20:31 pm

Dogbane?

Title: Re: Bored at work
Post by: JackCrafty on October 24, 2008, 05:27:09 pm

Dang, you collected quite a bit.  You must be REALLY bored. ;D

Whenever I need info on basketweaving, I always search the net.  There's a ton of sites and free info on basketweaving.  I wish there was the same amount of info on how to not get bored at work.....

(I'm bored too.)

Title: Re: Bored at work
Post by: cowboy on October 24, 2008, 05:47:05 pm

Yup, boredom is the word :(. I started this out while sitting in a crane for the first four days, now in my down time - it's what I do ;D.
 Don't think it's dogbane D, but I could be wrong. Don't have a clue what dogbane looks like. Allright, I'm headed to enature.com.

Title: Re: Bored at work
Post by: Hillbilly on October 24, 2008, 07:43:46 pm

Paul, dunno what that is, never seen it here that I know of. The seedpods look kind of like some kind of Baptisia or something else in the Fabacaea/legume family. Definitely not dogbane, though. If it makes good cordage, call it good cordage weed. :)

Title: Re: Bored at work
Post by: leapingbare on October 24, 2008, 07:49:16 pm

maby a wild sun flower, i think i remember seeing a photo of that plant in L.D Olson's book. dont remember the name.

Title: Re: Bored at work
Post by: DanaM on October 24, 2008, 09:28:10 pm

Well at least ya didn't get someones cash crop :o ;) :D

Title: Re: Bored at work
Post by: Keenan on October 26, 2008, 08:11:28 pm

  Nice looking stuff Cowboy. How strong is it? Also you said you were sitting in a crane, are you an operator?  I have about 5000, plus hrs. on cranes. Sold my crane about 8 years ago so don't do as much now.

Title: Re: Bored at work
Post by: cowboy on October 27, 2008, 10:05:39 am

Thanks Keenan, it's too strong for me to break by hand generally - I'm putting it on the scale if I ever get home. Yes, I am an operator on occasion. usually small RT's, nothing larger than 75T, been at about fifteen years. I thought you were a doctor that did a little welding on the side ;D.