Fieldcraft Ghillie Advice

[Harris51]

Ok... I have never had such a nice base and supplies...

Thanks Tactical Concealment! By far the nicest I have ever seen!

But I think there is too much Jute....ie not sparse enough for good veg....

My question, should I take out more Jute or cut the jute shorter?

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[brutus1776]

Re: Ghillie Advice

It depends on what you are doing with it.

If you want a nice hunting kit leave it as is. Give it a good wash and distress and ratty it up.

It you need it for tactical purposes... You can pull off half of the garnish and still have an even thin full covered base after a good distressing. If the garnish is the length of your hand or under it will curl and rat up nice when it is given a good ghillie wash. This thinner coverage will give you plenty of room to add veg to disappear. If you need to be really hidden all the time and have time to prepare, take off more than half the jute, down to big bare spots on the garment and fully veg up.

 

[Ghillie Zen]

Re: Ghillie Advice

Nice ghillie

Looks like you were one of the lucky ones who was able to get ahold of the multicam mesh cobras before the backorder. Those things are slick!

Brutas is right, you probably only need half that jute, especially with the multicam pattern sitting beneath it. Try trimming some random patches down to about a third of their current length and then give that bad boy a dirt bath.

Since there's not a whole lot of mud sittin around in your area, take a 5 gallon bucket or something similar and fill it 1/4 with sand/dirt and the another 1/4 with water. Mix it up good. Wash your ghillie in the water for a good 10 mins, then let it sit, fully submerged, overnight. Pull it out the next day, drag on the ground for 15 mins and let her hang dry. Should look great after that.

 

[Harris51]

Re: Ghillie Advice

Thanks,

I was planning on washing it after I get the multicam chaps....
Couldn't resist after seeing the quality of the Cobra.

I have never had nice clean string jute, always made it by fraying burlap... so I think it got away from me.

I can see that I need a lot more room for veg. just not sure which route to take. I'll trim the length randomly and pull some more jute.

 

[Shooter21]

Re: Ghillie Advice

Harris, my suggestion is to send it to me and let me test drive it and see if it holds up

 

[Harris51]

Re: Ghillie Advice

Nice.... but I'll do the driving

I have a course coming up......

It's the only exercise I actually enjoy!

 

[Møønlight]

Re: Ghillie Advice

Looks ok to me. I wouldn't worry about the jute so much. Nature's best always brings about more justice. It takes a while to learn how to add foliage to your person <span style="font-style: italic">effectively</span>. When it comes to good camouflage I would put your focus on that more.

Just 2¢ worth,
MS

 

[Harris51]

Re: Ghillie Advice

Yes, I have always felt that way, Lots of veg is the only way to go.

I am taking off more and cutting the length.

Just couldn't decide how the build got out of control... and how best to correct.