How to make Char Cord / Char Rope

This video describes how I make Char Cord - something I came up with to overcome the shortfalls of char cloth.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• char cord
• char rope
• Char cloth
• fire steel
• fire piston
• primitive
• fire making
• fire

[jimzyjames]

Thanks helped a lot haha. I didn't wanna buy the stuff seems kinda worthless when you have to buy it but like this I made it myself.

[xexorz]

Glad you found it useful

[M0LONLABE]

wonder if you could use cotton from the cotton fields after harvest? you know all the left over stuff flying all over the roads in and aroound the fields ...

[xexorz]

Cotton balls work but denser material works better - thus the cordage. You could spin cotton into thread and then into rope... then make char rope with it :-) Lots of work, though.

[TomAlegar]

Great video and a science lesson as well. 

[MrBushLife]

Well done Mr X. I like the cord better, find it to not fall apart as easy as CharCloth. Works great in a FirePiston too. Thanks for the post. Will sub, and share with Youtubers. Cheers

[1963Derrick]

Brilliant!!!!

Thanks.

[SteveB357]

The core of the cord makes good wings for fishing flies

[algentry1]

Burn the paint off the can... sorry... typo

[algentry1]

If you use a "Kiwi" shoe polish can, it won't pop open. Bur the paint off the can, before you char.

[mindischwab]

The cheapest and most abundant source of 100% cotton "strings" which I have found was Dollar Tree. I got a mop with 100% cotton fat strings about 2 foot long lengths if you dissassemble the plastic mophead string holder or simply pull a few strings through one end and eventually pull out all the strings and for an "Altoids" type tin box I got a little tin box at Dollar Tree as well, it was actually rectangular and was made to hold a gift card (was in the gift wrap & card section) $2=LOTS of it!

[garlikas]

@COURTCHLOE I didn't say I'm negative about it, I just shared my taughts

[COURTCHLOE]

@garlikas so why did you wach this and then be negativ about it, knowlege is power,

[hpd707]

@garlikas If you've ever tried to light a camp fire in the wind after a winter snow or rainstorm, you'll know why something like this is invaluable. Fatwood, jute fibers, magnesium and char cloth/cord make starting a fire in these situations much more time and calorie effective. These things could literally save your life.