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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #15 - May 26^th, 2019 at 2:02pm Yeah, looks like it.
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 743 france Gender:	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #16 - May 27^th, 2019 at 8:53am Hi Walter, It's the first time I see this nettle. I have learned something. In France, it grows in the South, and I live in north. My camera is good today, so a photo of my sling. Nothing very spectacular but it is made with nettles.
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Sarosh Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1141	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #17 - May 27^th, 2019 at 2:16pm @ TOMBELAINE how long are the fibres you get from a nettle plant? I tried and it seems they get cut at the nodes of the plant
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 743 france Gender:	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #18 - May 28^th, 2019 at 8:12am Hello Sarosh, To have 80 cm of fibres, I cut a nettle of more 1 meter. To take off the fibres, it's necessary 1) to crush the node, 2) to crack the stem. A photo is better than my English.
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 743 france Gender:	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #19 - May 28^th, 2019 at 8:26am At right, this is the fibres. I wait 1 month to the fibres are dry. I twist 2 meters of string, and I re-twist this string to have about 0.70/0.80 meter of rope with a diameter of 4 mm. It is easy.
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Reply #20 - Apr 7^th, 2020 at 4:54pm

I've watched instructions on how to properly get the fibers out of this plant and will definitely give this a try the coming months. Nettles are very prominent here.

I still want to be able to make a sling if I had no synthetic cordage available and this super common and useful plant seems to be the best for it, regarding where I live.

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Reply #21 - May 30^th, 2020 at 4:39pm

I got to collecting some nettles today and extracted a little fibre.
I used the little fibre for quickly tying some feathers to an arrow in progress . That worked like a charm.
I am a little busy at the moment but I think in the coming weeks I will be able to collect a lot more of this wonderful useful stuff.

First I will use it for more fletchings, then I will make a sling out of it, and eventually a bow string.

Making cordage from natural material is probably one of the best bushcraft skills one can have.

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #22 - May 30^th, 2020 at 5:15pm My experience with nettle was that it’s very strong but all the fibers break at the nodes. Maybe you guys are using a different species. Milkweed produces fantastic fibers that were super fine and great for spinning.
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 743 france Gender:	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #23 - May 31^st, 2020 at 3:17am Hello, Morphy, it's necessary to crush the nodes before take off the fibers. If you don't do that, the fibers break when you take off them. But maybe, there are different species ? I don't know.
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #24 - May 31^st, 2020 at 6:00am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQHvqWCN5Eo Ray Mears has a good video on nettle fibres.
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Reply #25 - May 31^st, 2020 at 6:43am

TOMBELAINE wrote on May 31^st, 2020 at 3:17am:

Hello,
Morphy, it's necessary to crush the nodes before take off the fibers. If you don't do that, the fibers break when you take off them.
But maybe, there are different species ? I don't know.

Thanks for the advice. I could’ve sworn I crushed the nodes (carefully) but no luck. Unfortunately I don’t know of any nettles around here because I would really like to give it another shot. Seems like great fiber.

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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #26 - May 31^st, 2020 at 11:48am My fibres dont break at the nodes. Dont crush the stem too hard, just tap slightly so it crushes but the pit stays somewhat intact. You can then simply pull the pit out and you will be left with the fibres.
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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #27 - Jun 9^th, 2020 at 10:39am First beginning of a nettle twine. it is already very strong. Goodbye store bought cord
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 743 france Gender:	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #28 - Jun 9^th, 2020 at 12:24pm Hello Jauke, Easy or difficult ? For encourage if members want to try.
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Tejo Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 44 Chile Gender:	Re: Nettle sling? Reply #29 - Jun 9^th, 2020 at 2:57pm Perhaps this would be of interest: http://www.omnia.ie/index.php?navigation_function=2&navigation_item=%2F91619%2FS... I once made something similar and seems like it would be a good design, also I have seen a few of these on the internet
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