Making Survival Cordage With Milkweed: Reverse-Wrap and “Tension Doubling” Methods - Easy To Learn

These 2 methods of making survival cordage with milkweed. I’ve used this and yucca quite often and even though this is a short piece of cordage, this video will give you the concepts behind these 2 methods - check it out!
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[@bozzskaggs112]

Great video and straight to the point.
Evidently Monarch butterflies have fallen on hard times. Let that milkweed grow. It's room and board
for flutterbies, different parts at different times are edible and cordage can be made from the fibers.

[@ronaldrose7593]

Hello Tim, great pointer my friend. Thank you for sharing. 🤗

[@MasterK9Trainer]

Cool. I've seen people do it, but it looks like they are twisting back and forth, twisting and then untwisting it. Now you've made it more clear.

[@EverydayTacticalVids]

Yeah - it's kind of hard to explain. I'll do another video in the future with even more close-up footage.

[@sugod6452]

I have tons of milkweed near my house so this can be useful in a way

[@daniels.1504]

Nice! Best reverse rap vid. I've seen thank you.

[@EverydayTacticalVids]

Glad to do it.

[@DanielKezar]

good to know that there is an actually useful thing that milkweed can do besides being an egg laying spot for monarch butterflies.

[@docv73]

Is edible too. The buds, flowers, and pods are all edible, and quite delicious, if you like vegetables.

[@DanielKezar]

@@docv73 I thought the sap was poisonous, making it inedible?

[@barrybueler3356]

Hmm chocolate milk and weed 🤤.I have to admit I would just buy cord it’s a tougher rope takes much less work and time to make and most string and rope are cheap I suggest paracord or lightly tard banknline. I do get people like to practice Bush skills so if that’s part of your hobby good for u maybe u can make me some plant derived string/rope one day. Great video like GI JOE says knowing is half the battle 😁.

[@EverydayTacticalVids]

YO JOE!

[@timdahl8912]

Does it work with fresh milkweed, or must it be dead/dry?

[@EverydayTacticalVids]

It’ll work with both.

[@jayciethompson2290]

Fresh works. Its best to harvest late in the season because monarchs and there offspring. What I do is Ill harvest from areas that the milkweed will be ripped out.

[@jamesmontgomery2795]

How do you join smaller pieces together

[@EverydayTacticalVids]

James Montgomery good question. I will explain in a future video.

[@colourfullyhorrific6575]

So sorry if this is a silly question BUT what is it useful for?

[@EverydayTacticalVids]

What is cordage useful for?

[@colourfullyhorrific6575]

EverydayTacticalVids yes! At first I thought that was edible because my teacher once offered us something to eat while hiking and plus the name of the bark..I’m clearly not an expert on this area 🧐
But yes what is cordage useful for

[@anitaschultz5573]

Longer piece of cordage(rope) for tying a tarp to a tree to make shelter.

[@MrMigido]

@@colourfullyhorrific6575 tying up space on the internet with irreversible dual purpose conundrums that help bundle up bandwidth so that it does not lag. ( that's _not_ not knot). Hold your working end in your hand at all times..don't over twist it.

[@colourfullyhorrific6575]

MrMigido 😂🤨

[@Surago]

Not very common by me but nice to know.

[@ajw007white4]

🍻🍻👍🏻

[@docv73]

I really hate to be that guy, but that was not a great demo. I love the fact that you showed you can get cordage from the plant even after it's dead and dry, but that reverse twist, to get it to fold over on itself was terrible. You made that WAY too complicated. Just grab the piece in two places, about 3 or 4 inches apart, and twist in opposite directions. Keep twisting until it naturally buckles and folds over in itself. Once it does that, pinch the spot where it folded and continue with a counter twist cordage wrap. The other part, the counter twist wrap, I got just fine, but only because I've done it before. A new person coming here to learn that for the first time has a 50/50 chance of which direction to take the bottom piece after twisting the top piece, and you're video didn't improve their odds much. If they go the wrong way, the cordage twist won't hold. A little clearer explanation, or a different view so it can be seen better world help a lot.
Either way, thanks for taking the time to do the video, and thanks for the tip.