Slush Day Bow Drill with Frustrating Natural Cordage Experiments

The snow was melting when I headed out with the pup for some more bow drill practice. I have had good results using cedar withies (branches) for bow drill cordage in the past, and wanted to try a variation on that using small saplings.

Rather than braid them, I was hoping that I could use them individually, which led to quite a bit of frustration and the sun went down as I was struggling to produce an ember.

I made several mistakes and poor choices, but it’s only a failed attempt if you give up!

Questions, comments, and suggestions are always welcome.

More details on this set here… https://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/friction-fire-tuesday.44962/page-137#post-3564763