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Sunday, 6 January 2013

Hemp Rope.

I have recently ordered my first length of hemp rope from overseas. At 6 cm it is probably more correct to call it "small stuff".  I like to carry a small length of rope in my pack just in case I need it for carrying or for getting game up off the ground for dressing. Even though I started skinning and butchering game on the ground so am well used to doing it this way, for smaller game than buffalo or wild boar I find it easier to field dress game on a Gambrel.  Rope is also useful for securing two people together in difficult steep terrain, which I have had to do on occasion.
One of two gambrels that I made to use at home. In the woods I just use a strong piece of wood.
Jan Josef Horemans I  ( 1682 – 1759 )
A stick is being used here too, roped to a ladder.







5 mm hemp rope.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/109119456/5-mm-4-ply-natural-hemp-rope-30ft

A rope fragment from the Mary Rose.
The old rope walk at Coalbrookdale, England.
A German rope maker about 1460-1480.
A rope maker at work, c. 1425





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4 comments:

  1. Gorges Smythe6 January 2013 at 17:02

    I don't know if it's true, but I've read that the whole reason that marijuana is illegal in the United States is because big pulp companies and rope-producing oil companies wanted to get rid of hemp to promote their own business interests.

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  2. Jenny6 January 2013 at 18:57

    VERY cool!

    I just ordered some myself - want to pick up some 18th-19th c. maritime experience. :)

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  3. Keith6 January 2013 at 22:38

    Gorges, would not surprise me at all.

    Jenny. Good one.

    Keith.

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  4. Cincinnatus9 January 2013 at 07:10

    Corporate Oligarchy? i.e. the Royal East India Company ;)
    As Solomon said, "There is nothing new under the sun."


    Thanks for the post and the artwork included!

    -Cincinnatus

    http://johannfactotum.blogspot.com/

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