Hootchie cord

sven '2' · Post by **sven '2'** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:20 pm

...is available at anaconda for $13 / 100m

seems criminal how much the ADF would go thru...still, had too buy a roll for old times sake.

now that's off topic!

sven

Subyroo · Post by **Subyroo** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:57 am

Haven't heard the term "hootchie" and "hootchie chord" used for a long, long time now sven '2', thanks for the memories mate ........... good & bad.

It's good stuff and very versatile.

chubby37 · Post by **chubby37** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:08 am

instantly reminded me of my time as a grunt

dwayneb · Post by **dwayneb** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:31 pm

Sorry for the ignorance, but what is Hootchie Cord?

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:48 pm

The green string type stuff you use to tie your shelter individual x1 (hootchie) to a tree or something. Amazingly strong and useful for other things too.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:59 pm

Ahh, 'VB Cord' :P

Subyroo · Post by **Subyroo** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:09 am

Sounds like we have a few Ex-Grunts on the Forum.

So when did serve and what unit/s did serve with?

I'll go 1st

1968 - 1974 2nd Bn RAR

chubby37 · Post by **chubby37** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:13 am

i was 17...did my 3 years with R.A.E.M.E and a fare while with 5/11th field reg heavy artilary

Subyroo · Post by **Subyroo** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:17 am

dwayneb wrote:Sorry for the ignorance, but what is Hootchie Cord?

This is a "hootchie" and "hootchie chord" is the dark green chord - string (guy ropes) to tie it to the trees or DIY poles and can be used for a multitude of things in the field, when I was in the Army they were all a dark green in color not like the one in the link.

dwayneb · Post by **dwayneb** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:11 am

OK, thanks for that:p

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:06 am

Subyroo wrote:Sounds like we have a few Ex-Grunts on the Forum.

So when did serve and what unit/s did serve with?

I'll go 1st

1968 - 1974 2nd Bn RAR

No grunting here. Just know a little about alot from various life experiances

Post by **Captain Obvious** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:29 pm

yes wilbur thats coz your 20odd and have the wisdom of a 100year old

CPOCSM · Post by **CPOCSM** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:53 am

Hootchie cord is even well known in the Navy - we use it for lashing down odds and sods(mainly the gunnery types!!) and weaving our gun belts(similar to a carpenters tool belt but for our marlin spikes, boom knives and minesweep pliers).

Hootchie cord was also good for converting the SLR(FAL) to full rock and roll instead of only semi-auto(it was easy to remove before the company CSM arrived to see who had done it...

)

I jumped the fence and went to the RAN from 25RQR in Toowoomba(just before they became 25/49RQR!!). All my family was ARA and were just glad I became a skimmer vice a "Chappie":twisted:

Hooroo

Soobeit · Post by **Soobeit** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:08 pm

Or for those of us still serving, Hootchie cord is available at any local Q-store, for Free! (work related of course)!

sven '2' · Post by **sven '2'** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:45 pm

CPOCSM wrote:).

Hootchie cord was also good for converting the SLR(FAL) to full rock and roll instead of only semi-auto(it was easy to remove before the company CSM arrived to see who had done it...)

Hooroo

How so? I knew (and used) the old-matchstick-under-the trigger-spring (least that I think it was called) to gain full auto capability

sven