Natural Fiber Sisal Rope

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ErikRasmussen
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Re: Natural Fiber Sisal Rope

Post by ErikRasmussen » Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:09 am

agentcrabby wrote:So, I weaved this from a palm frond.
It's about 18 inches long and I will loop over my driftwood catwalk, as a kind of ladder. It's stronger than it looks.

What do you think?
http://imgur.com/a/5x92z

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Nice! If you scrape off the pulp of the frond (you can use a clam shell) until the only the long fibrous strands are left you can turn it into rope, i forgot about palms because there aren't many in Utah lol


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Re: Natural Fiber Sisal Rope

Post by agentcrabby » Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:41 am

ErikRasmussen wrote:
agentcrabby wrote:So, I weaved this from a palm frond.
It's about 18 inches long and I will loop over my driftwood catwalk, as a kind of ladder. It's stronger than it looks.

What do you think?
http://imgur.com/a/5x92z

Sent from The South Florida Kingdom of Hermies
Nice! If you scrape off the pulp of the frond (you can use a clam shell) until the only the long fibrous strands are left you can turn it into rope, i forgot about palms because there aren't many in Utah lol
Thanks for the advice. Papi seems to enjoy this."rope" for both climbing and eating!!

I thinks it going to dry out nicely, and I am going to make more!

Sent from The South Florida Kingdom of Hermies

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Re: Natural Fiber Sisal Rope

Post by GotButterflies » Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:32 am

Very cool! What are you using the "rope' for? We have lots of those here in Florida!

Very interesting @LadyJinglyJones! I have had the wasps occur and emerge from a caterpillar. It was disgusting.
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Re: Natural Fiber Sisal Rope

Post by agentcrabby » Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:55 am

GotButterflies wrote:Very cool! What are you using the "rope' for? We have lots of those here in Florida!

Very interesting @LadyJinglyJones! I have had the wasps occur and emerge from a caterpillar. It was disgusting.
I used this rope so the hermies can climb up to a high piece of driftwood. I really was just curious how to make a natural rope, so this was my Guinea pig...

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