Survival How-To: Making a Needle and Cord

Dave demonstrates how to make a needle and thread out of desert plant fibers- And then there's Steve's version...

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cut part way into the letchuguilla

peel back the stalk

pull fibers apart

clean and twist the fibers

wet the fibers

twist the fibers into cord

trim the point for the needle

nature's needle and thread

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