Kentucky Armory Club

You will need 9 to 12 feet of Cord in 3 equal pieces



The twist braid has been used for hundreds of years as the preferred method to make rope by hand.
It allows you to increase the strength of your cord by increasing the amount of fibers in each inch of length.
This is a critical step in making natural cordage, think of it as the first step.


So first off gather your 3 equal lengths of cord and tie a knot in the end to hold them together. You can Whip the cord together if you know how to do that, if not we can cover that later.


Now you can start your braid, it is very simple. You twist each strand the opposite direction that you twist all the strands together. So, twist the right most strand to the right, while passing the whole strand to the left over the other 2. Continue doing this for the whole length of cord. I made a picture showing the twist and the lay over .

here are a few other pictures of the simple 3 strand twist



550 cord become 1650, you can keep building up the cord to increase the strength. Below are some pictured of the process repeated to make 9 total strands 4950 pounds.





So the challenge is to make a 3 foot length of 3 strand twist.

I did the first set braided 30 ft of cord or so.... May do the bigger braid another day..

Sweet!

Your Indian name is rope maker.

ok so if 3 stings of 550 together is 1650 and you put 3 of those together it makes 4950 then 4 of them together should make 6600lbs:

You actually up the strength some when you wrap them due to wrap actually adding strength. I don't have the means to measure the strength so I cant say how much.

First part done... I'll cut it and make the big boy tomorrow maybe.

You don't have to make the big boy I just showed it so people would get the idea. I would not cut that nice length of rope you made there.

First attempt not to bad

Thanks for the cord BigC!

i have a metric shit ton of 550 cord i am unraveling right now and will be making some of these

3 Strands of 12 ft each made a 10 ft long cord

Look for a new challenge tonight using this skill, or a variant thereof, okay?

- Keith