Making Primitive Loincloth with Pocket and Belt

When in a survival situation it is only a matter of time before the comfortable cotton and polyester clothing starts to deteriorate. Plant materials can be made into clothing but it is a very time-consuming process. The simplest way is to use the skin of animals to form a loincloth. I wore my previous Tarzan loincloth for about a month and found it to be very comfortable however there was definitely some room for improvement. In this video I make a buckskin undergarment to wear under my loincloth and fasten both with belts made of Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum). I also sew a pocket into the front of the loincloth for carrying small tools such as cutting stones. The sewing was done with yucca cordage from our Lord’s candle (Hesperoyucca whipplei) I had made a long time ago. I used the sharp edge of broken obsidian stones to cut the buckskin and drill the holes for passing the cordage. The buckskin was acquired at two Indian stores.

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Camera: Nikon D7200
Sound: Zoom H4N
Editing: Final Cut Pro X on MacBook Air
Location: California, USA

Music credits:

Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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