If you are stringing up a fence of sticks on your property or are simply tying off an ax yard in your campsite, a square lashing is going to be your best friend. If you can master this lashing, building structures with little but sticks and string is going to become a very easy task for you.

Watch the video below to add this skill to your survival arsenal of knowledge.

This lashing can be applied to a lot of projects, and incidentally, it is the one lashing that almost every Boy Scout is willing to memorize. If they recognize its use and survival potential, then you should certainly see the inherent use in learning this particular lashing, as well.

Whether you need to build a shelter or a raft, knowing this lashing is certainly going to help you out big time in many circumstances down the road.

Keep adding to your arsenal of survival knowledge!