Get some!

Great stuff. I’d even consider using a mule tape for hanging your meat - much easier in the hands and can be had for free if talk to some local contractors.

Melt the ends of the twisted line or simply cut it with your lighter.

Nice! I bet you’ve got some great memories with your Grandpa!

@@STOKERMATIC Is bank line similar to sailcloth thread? Sailcloth thread is good stuff too. It's very tough and also waxed. Great episode, just subscribed!

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Me too , I'm hitting my mid 60s and I've seen it before, my dad and I used it and called it tarline. Mostly for trotlines for catfish. Used to find it in army surplus store. Sometimes at hardware stores. I've always bought it when I found it. It's got tons of different uses.

@@charlesmurphy7712 aha!! Tar line! I never knew that’s what bankline was. Huh. I think I may need to invest in some!

My grandfather is 84 and he knew about it before paracord

No. 36 love it.

Right on brother!

Where might the "Ratchet Knot" be found?

Interesting ! Glad our paths crossed. All the best to ya!!

Awesome! Yeah it’s tough to find stuff in local big shops.

Awesome stuff brother!

I use 75kg dacron 2-ply twist to make bowstrings. Amazing stuff.

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True. True.

Gimlets are awesome!

Dwayne awesome tips, don't stop ranting. I'm a more nomadic hiker/stealth camper and combination Lt Dan/Mad Max/MacGuyver/Jack Reacher type meaning not settled down. Nevertheless, my interests are so vast, I I carry way more than today's knapsacker lightweight hikers. Cooking, writing, sewing and staying warm are among the things I do. I have done a fair bit of gear repair and shoe repair that required extra tough cordage and sometimes even a spike to create sewing holes. I ended up making what I needed from small cheap dollar store screwdrivers either the eyeglass repair kit kind or the slightly bigger tool set kind. It's a simple process using file or stone to turn a phillips or flat head into a point. Now always part of my sewing kit which is now larger than my first aid kit (or part of it if you include stitching up wounds which I can do neater than a hurried ER doctor)

@@treebeardtheent2200 right on man!! Listen - watch the Bearded Green Beret's video on field first aid, specifically on NOT stitching wounds n the field. Again, bankline usage is a huge assist for this method, but you also need duct tape. On one edge of the tape you roll the bankline so it's secured down the full length (of both strips of duct tape); one strip on each side of the wound to be stitched. DO NOT STITCH INTO YOUR/SOMEONE ELSE'S TISSUE (arm, leg, skin...etc). Burn or shave off excess hair so the duct tape grips real well. Keep the tape back from the wound about 1&1/2 or 2 inches back on both sides of the wound. Run your stitching beneath the bankline rolled in the duct tape, bring it out beneath the bankline rolled in the duct tape on the other side of the wound and pull the wound shut, stitch by stitch. BOOM. ZERO tissue damage made by your needle. You only stitch the bankline reinforced duct tape, not the flesh/tissue/skin. Thanks for the reply man!! Seriously, check the beret's video. Maybe you are doing it using the same method - but if not? An exceptional tool to have in our proverbial toolbox. Peace budd!!

@@dwaynerobertson383 Tips appreciated really really but FOR ME PERSONALLY, I saw that video and disagreed with it on so many levels. He presumes skills and gear (like those big ass needles that you're unlikely to find out in the woods) that people really don't take out there. It isn't realistic imo even though it is clever. I have sewed up my own wounds. I was reluctant at first, but the care and quality of MY stitching is far superior to a rushed ER surgeon. Infection control is not rocket science which I have not done, but working infection control in a hospital I have done. In a realistic wilderness situation, medevac helicopters are called, so that's one thing, but self-reliant manskills (my passion) is a different level. I am accustomed to acting on most situations with respect to their uniqueness. I once acted as first responder when I heard a car skid and crash off a windey mountain road I had crossed late one hiking day. Hiker saves two in-shock twenty somethings from overnight hypothermia is not a typical headline. The only SOP would have been to call 911 (not an option), and so on. I was operating almost on instinct and got those two up to the road and into a car I flagged down so fast they were still in mild shock. I realize I'm an odd duck however as most folks nowadays need step by step instructions. Probably the biggest thing that amazes me is the entitlement mentality that so many outdoor recreation people hold like a vise grip even out in the woods these days. No campfires, no cooking (hot water rehydration isn't cooking), no maps/compasses or bushcraft of any kind it often seems among the new style crowd. Sewing up their own gear or even washing a cook pot is so far from how they think that it's kinda disturbing. Infection control measures from that kind? Ouch! The best you'll get from them is a Garmin Inreach, seriously. I like the older folks who know stuff, but tbh they don't get out a whole lot or they tend to not go far. Those in between are usually trapped in the economics grind waiting to hit 65. I'm glad there are some exceptions, but they really seem few and far between. Freedom!!

Good stuff!

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Hey GruntProof, back in 1962 we used WWII T-10 parachutes. The webbing leg straps coming under the butt to the front where it clipped in a snap with a twist and a clip. These were old and often not flat webbing, folded over, not nice in the groin area. 😒 Nomenclature is important, the risers are webbing rising up the shoulder of the jumper's harness, suspension lines are the paracord connected to four rings on four risers, two front two back, thus two different parts of the parachute. Even at 80 years old I miss those days. Next, we talk about Ranger school, nine weeks of living hell. At the end of the nine weeks less than 30% of the beginning number in class were awarded the Ranger tab, I have mine.

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So glad out paths crossed brother!

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Thanks for the info

I've always heard it called trotline that regular fisherman use to set fishlines with across rivers and streams.

Bankline is GREAT for shelters.

Right on, thanks for sharing!

Awesome!

Glad you found a supply!

Indeed!!

Good stuff amigo!

Right their with ya brother. Ft Sherman! Also carried Bank Live over 550 Cord through SEAR school.

Good stuff amigo!

Appreciate you and your thoughts Bill. I bet you’ve got more than a few stories to tell. 🇺🇸🥃

So true

Appreciate ya brother.

Another great one!

@TimothyShaw. Hi, don't know if you now this but bank line and mason line is the same thing different name.Also you can get it at 1000 lbs test strength and over I get it online from Walmart since I'm an in house contractor for a building owner.All the best.

I love both too!

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Great stuff right there!

@@STOKERMATIC Thank you. I have to admit, I'm something of a Preacher when it comes to ropes and lines, having grown up an Acolyte of Robinson Crusoe and the Ashley Book of Knots. While I can appreciate the modern stuff for its durability and light weight, I always think back on the dozens of times I've found it in the woods and fields. An English gent I know has made a small business out of combing the beaches for plastic ropes and nets that wash up on the shores. He turns them into door mats, coasters, and the like. Sells them pretty well, too! Know what never washes up on shore? The cotton and hemp ropes used even 50 years ago! If I built a tripod like you did, when I was done with it... I could have simply walked away. Using untreated cotton twine is more than good enough for a weekend's use, and it will rot to nothing just like the wood it's joining. With plastic bank line, though, you have to undo it and then hope you can find a use for that length of plastic rope somewhere in the future... if you don't lose it in the mean time. While bank line and parachute cord are strong, the same diameter in manila or hemp, appropriately tarred, weighs a bit more.... but you're not losing any realistic strength. According to the R&W Rope website, 3/16" Manila rope has a tensile strength of 406lbs and only costs 8¢ per foot How can you beat that price? Sure, you have to tar it yourself, but that's half the fun of being an woodsman. If you go up to 1/4" Hemp, which only costs 30¢ a foot on the R&W website, you get 627lbs of tensile strength. Again, you have to tar it yourself, but that's both easy and fun. In all the years I've been out and about, I cannot recall a single instance where I've needed that kind of strength... and I've camped in some blustery conditions. One thing I really like about three-ply twisted cordage is just the tradition of it. I like taking the time to add a whipping to the ends of the line to prevent them from unlaying. I would much rather do a back splice in my ridge line than simply melt it like some urbanite. One speaks of knowledge and tradition, of respect and pride, the other..... not so much. When the rope's worn out and just can't be used as a ridge line any more, you can use it to make coasters for around the house and every time you use one.... it will remind you of the many days spent camping under the tarp it once held. I like the heft that natural rope has, and the way the Stockholm Tar smells. I like stopping and thinking about all the people who've come before me, who would recognize the rope for exactly what it is - a valuable tool that can be used in a thousand ways if you'll only take care of it. Maybe it's all psychological, sure, but I think there's something to it. We go out in nature to experience nature, but then we surround ourselves with plastics like an umbilical cord stretching back to modernity. If you don't have a copy of the Ashley Book of Knots, I highly recommend it. Pricey, sure, but chock full of very interesting things you can do with rope. We've forgotten so much since the advent of glues and whatnot, and it really hasn't been that long.

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Awesome. Thanks for sharing!

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I'll have to check out their wire selection next time I'm in there!

@@STOKERMATIC look for a blue soda can sized container.

Check ebay I buy it 1000 ft. at a time like to stock up

@@AOSChrisMiller its a .041 1lb spool called safety wire. I use it instead of zipties to secure saftey latches on shipping container chassis.

Always good to test stuff out!!

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There you go.

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Lots of options and considerations!

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I still use paracord for some projects but love my bankline

There you go!

Right on John!

Gotta love it!

@@STOKERMATIC he did a pirouette airborne, luckily saw it coming and avoided a broken neck dog, wife would have killed me! Great channel, thanks!

@@ed5042 It is a good go-to choice, but who knows the real rating. I think the last stuff I got was 330#, but it might be less. Plenty good for most things. I also remember getting 50' for my $1 a few years ago. You got 40' Recently I got more and it was only 25' Still not a bad deal, but imo a good kit needs at least one continuous line of around 50' that's at least good for 500# That means most likely overpaying just a bit to get it, and I like to think that it means something when a bargain hunter like me suggests spending a bit more.

Always be ready! And STOKED too! 🏴‍☠️🤣🇺🇸😂

Both are great!

Right on Michael! 🇺🇸👊

Nice!

Awesome stuff! Keep grinding!!

Nice!

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Heck yeah!

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Awesome!

So true!

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Ha! Your work has just begun!! 😂🤣😂

Gotta double total finished length plus a little bit. I think for my 25’ I used 60’ And so true about scavenging!!

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Both are awesome!

Be prepared!

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Good high quality rope - at least 10mm in diameter. Check out amzn.to/3BA7C21

It's definitely multiple use many times over, but the braided variety is preferred over the twisted partly for that reason. If it were just one time use, then any cheap building line from the local hardware store would work. There is a type of multi-layer cordage (like miniature paracord) that you can find at high end outdoor shops, but that stuff is insanely expensive for really short lengths.

This spool is twisted. To use again - leave a small overhand knot, whip, or melt tip if your concerned about it unraveling. The good thing about twisted is that it can be unraveled - turn into seeing line, smaller snare wire, multiple bank lines, etc.

Wait till you see the cordage I use next week! 👊💥🥃🇺🇸

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Hey Carl! I suppose waxed cordage isn’t technically bank line - though it Is going to work and feel a lot like it.

@@STOKERMATIC probably so. If you've watched any if my lashing videos, you'll see I love the tarred bank line. Because of my involvement in Amateur radio. I have discovered another rope that is rot proof, weather resistant, UV resistant, and low stretch. Has great knot retention and It has similar cost and strength to 550 cord. Depending on thickness and length. I'm going to try some 3/16 dia. Cord with a 750lbs tensile strength at $45 For 500'. I have some rotten lines I need to replace in my video camp. This stuff should, from what I've been told and heard about, last for years. Stay tuned. LOL Everything I've lashed together with tarred bank like is still tight and that's been that way for 1-2 years.

Great stuff!

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Wow!

I met an unexpected number of unrelated hikers from the Czech Republic when I hiked the PCTs in 2019. If I meet any more in the future, I'll try to remember to suggest that they get some to take back home with them.