{"id":4612,"date":"2017-07-05T14:07:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T21:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fightfast.com\/blog\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2017-07-05T14:07:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T21:07:07","slug":"bushcraft-bs-making-grommets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/05\/bushcraft-bs-making-grommets\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushcraft or BS:  Making Your Own Grommets"},"content":{"rendered":"Yes, it's ANOTHER trash bag survival tip.\u00a0 You can't go wrong packing a few of these babies in your bug-out bag.\u00a0 This tip is all about making grommets on the fly and it's especially useful if you are using a trash bag as a make-shift tarp, WITHOUT RIPPING HOLES.\n<!--more-->\n<div class=\"flex-video\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RmXYG_4s95o?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\nTarps usually come with metal grommets (the metal rings for tying off ropes) but some don't and they often times they rip through or are otherwise destroyed. If you don't carry extra grommets in your bug-out bag (which would just take up life-saving space anyways) a ripped grommet can render an important piece of equipment much less useful.\n\nJust puncturing a hole in your tarp to tie it down is NOT going to work.\u00a0 Under any stress, the rope will rip though the tarp, and then you're right back where you started, except now you have a giant gash in your tarp.\n\nThe simple solution is to use the environment and the cord that you would already have in order to tether your tarp in the first place. Instead of pulling on the edge of your tarp or garbage bag, this type of grommet pulls on a larger surface area, making it a considerably stronger hold.\n\nThe best part is that you can use almost ANYTHING you have readily available in your environment, as long as it's small enough without being so small that the knot slips off at the first tug. We found this rock after just a few second of searching.\n\nTry it out and tell us about your experience in the comments below. Also, if you have any survival hacks that you want to see us put to the test, you can add those to the comments as well and then find out if they are worth your time.\n\nHere's the link to learn the midshipman's hitch: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animatedknots.com\/midshipmans\/index.php\">http:\/\/www.animatedknots.com\/midshipmans\/index.php<\/a>\n\nThanks for watching!\n<div class=\"small-10 medium-4 large-4 columns\">\n<h4><strong>Click the button below to subscribe to our new channel:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/platform.js\"><\/script>\n<div class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channelid=\"UCzRcRKV6mRwLfkg9WmB84Eg\" data-layout=\"full\" data-count=\"default\"><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s ANOTHER trash bag survival tip.\u00a0 You can&#8217;t go wrong packing a few of these babies in your bug-out bag.\u00a0 This tip is all about making grommets on the fly and it&#8217;s especially useful if you are using a trash bag as a make-shift tarp, WITHOUT RIPPING HOLES.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[63,65,66,124,125,235,236,238,239,257,260,262],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}