Bringing one of my hobbies to my blog: Hand-made strings using Primitive Technologies!

in #nature6 years ago (edited)

Yeeeeeeeey my Steemit friends!!! How are you today? I hope you are great! I'm fine, thanks! haha.

Today I bring you a cool way to make a cool string by your own, save money, and even make some money as well using it for different purposes.

But... how?

Well, here you have a way to make strings from scratching, all you need is a bark from a fallen tree, your hands and a little bit of patient.

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I need to tell you I didn't discover this technique, I just took it from a Primitive technology youtube channel, I studied the technique and I decided to try it, finally it became one of my hobbies

Here's a video that shows better the technique: Bow and Arrow

It is not good for trees and environment, is it?

Well, In my case I just upcycle, I just take some fallen tree bark , and if I can, i plant another in advance. Moreover, this is a natural technique, you don't need to pollute or use chemicals, or destroy forests.

So here you finally have the steps about how to make a hand-made string

Process

Here you have the entire process and my Video about the technique.

First off select a stick from a fallen tree or cut one from a tree to gather some fibers, in this case I used a stick from the undergrowth

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You need to "peel" the stick to get them.

Then you just braid the fibers to get a string

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Here you have my string collection :)

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Are they strong enough?
Well, it depends on the string width of course, but these natural fibers are strong. Here you have a proof:

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Thanks!

Thank u very much my preciate friend for reading my post, I really appreciate your action and I'm working to improve your experiences in my blog, as a matter of fact, I'm working on a project that you'll maybe see soon!! Have a great week, see u soon!

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That was really interesting article and technique I never knew before, and since I have a lot of spare bark from wood cutting manufactory on our wood-stone base, I think I'll be able to make kilometers of such strings. The way you do your posts is very good and I constantly enjoy reading them. You put everything straight and use perfect pictures. Keep it up my friend! I will be around.

Here's my friend hehehe, thank you very much @johnstone, I'll be waiting for your results, those kilometers could be awesome to watch o.o see u soon!

no no no))) It will take me hundreds of years to make those kilometers of strings)))). Let me just show you the barks and let me free)))) Before your post I used that bark only for decoration of the ground in our garden, now I now some bigger potential of that bark. May be in winter time (when I am not that busy with my stone work) I will sit and make some strings to try the technique you discovered in your post here. Anyway I really like following you, as you are producing so positive and quality posts. Your success here on steemit is inevitable. Keep it up my friend and have a good day!

Very interesting topic indeed, I'll be waiting your next post of primitive technologies they are really cool, I live in the city so i don't have nature around me, but would love to try a hobby like that

I'll try to keep up this techniques my friend, thanks a lot for your support.

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