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Nomadic Woodsman
Canada
Приєднався 12 гру 2011
This channel is dedicated to sharing my passion for the outdoors ! My videos are mostly about my adventures and experiments on bushcraft techniques such as fire lighting, shelters, foraging wild foods, fishing, observing wildlife, winter camping, canoe camping, etc. I am passionate about constructing and crafting with bark and traditional skills such as bark canoe construction and baskets. Learn, Explore, Share.
Cette chaine est dédié au partage de ma passion pour le plein air ! Mes vidéos traitent principalement de mes aventures et expérimentations sur des techniques de ''bushcraft''ou de ''survie en forêt'' tel que les techniques d'allumage du feu, les abris, la récolte de plantes comestibles, la pêche, l'observation de la faune, le camping d'hiver, le canot camping, etc. Je suis passionné des techniques traditionnelles et la confection d'item en écorce tels les canots d'écorce et les paniers en écorce. Apprend, Explore, Partage.
Email: primitivewoodsman@gmail.com
Cette chaine est dédié au partage de ma passion pour le plein air ! Mes vidéos traitent principalement de mes aventures et expérimentations sur des techniques de ''bushcraft''ou de ''survie en forêt'' tel que les techniques d'allumage du feu, les abris, la récolte de plantes comestibles, la pêche, l'observation de la faune, le camping d'hiver, le canot camping, etc. Je suis passionné des techniques traditionnelles et la confection d'item en écorce tels les canots d'écorce et les paniers en écorce. Apprend, Explore, Partage.
Email: primitivewoodsman@gmail.com
Winter Bark designs on a Birchbark Canoe
Scraping off a grouse on a birchbark canoe. Winter bark. Bark craft. I show some different work i've done on moose call and baskets. Then show you how I scrape off the grouse shape on my birchbark canoe. Huge thanks and shout to my friend Francois R. for sharing with me these skills and knowledge.
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Sewing Gunwale Lashings on a Birchbark Canoe
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Birchbark canoe making, how to lash gunwales with spruce roots. This would be episode 4.5 between (4 and 5) of my other videos in this 15 footer bark canoe series. I had lost this footage from July 2022 ... I finally recovered it, and managed to edit it. If this works, it will be my first successful upload in 4K format... which is pretty cool. I go into excessive detail on how I lash my gunwale...
Spruce bark watertight basket / container
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Filmed in May 2018, testing out a different way to fold bark to create a watertight container. The shape idea comes from Mors Kochanski's book bushcraft, page 61. The author mentions this container can be made with fresh ''green barks'' of spruce, aspen and pine. Water can be boiled in a larger container similar as this one, by adding hot rocks.
Spruce roots
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Collecting spruce roots, and then boiling and splitting them. This is how I prepare my roots for birchbark canoe building or birchbark basketry. Filmed in mid-May 2023, I did not get around to posting this until now.... Spruce roots ! Always need more spruce roots !
Ruffed Grouse
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Ruffed Grouse crossing road. Old footage from October 2017, filmed in Cold Lake provincial park, Alberta.
Thimbleberry, Foraging Wild Edibles
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A video on a new plant I learned. Thimbleberry found in British Columbia near Mount Robson. I filmed this in August 2022 and didn't have time to post it yet. Here it is ! Let me know if you know this plant and can confirm Id please !
Saskatoon berry shrub / tree (Amelanchier sp.)
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A quick close up shot of a saskatoon tree with berries. Filmed in August 2022, near Mount Robson, British Columbia, Canada. Berries are edible and go from green to red to purple once ripe.
Récolte d'écorce d'hiver pour la fabrication de canot d'écorce de bouleau
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Grosse ramasse d'écorce. Je vais fabriqué un canot de 20 pieds de style traite des fourrures. Si je trouve une assez belle feuille d'écorce d'été en juin / juillet je pourrez commencer ma construction de canot d'écorce. Version anglophone aussi disponible de cette vidéo. English version of this video is also available on my youtube channel.
Winter birchbark gathering method, best season, characteristics & found Chaga
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I go out early May before the leaves are out, and gather a nice roll of winter bark for making a birchbark canoe.
Rabaska Birchbark Canoe Stempiece shaping
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Curving the wood to give it the shape it needs for a large 20 foot fur trade style canoe (rabaska). Fabrication et forme de étraves pour un canot traite des fourrure style rabaska d'environs 20 pieds.
Costa Rica trip 2023, Diamante Eco Resort visit & Playa del coco
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Costa Rica, Riu Guanacaste trip.
Canvas Tarp Shelter with Woodstove, Snowshoes, Family, Winter Bushcraft
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Trying a different shelter configuration with a tarp and woodstove in snow. Day out enjoying the snow with the family. Shelter idea from Paul Provencher book ''vivre en foret'' 1970s book.
Snowshoes, Mocassins, Fire, Stew, back to basics Winter Bushcraft
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Day out in the woods.Tea, food, winter and good company ! Belle journée en forêt l'hiver thé, ragout, et bon amis !
Rester / Sleeper full Body Mallard decoys, Final approach unboxing
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Quick look at this new decoy from Final Approach, Live rester sleeper, full body ducks. Mallards. Greenheads.
Honker hunt, late season Goose hunting
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Targeting some big canada geese later in October. We set up decoys before sunrise and then wait for geese to fly in.
Bigfoot Sleeper shell vs Higdon Sleeper shell, Canada goose decoy overview comparison
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Bigfoot Sleeper shell vs Higdon Sleeper shell, Canada goose decoy overview comparison
Field Goose Hunting 2022, Layout Blinds, 17 birds down.
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Field Goose Hunting 2022, Layout Blinds, 17 birds down.
Tough Canada Goose hunt, Field Hunting in layout blinds
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Tough Canada Goose hunt, Field Hunting in layout blinds
Black Bear Sow and Cubs searching for food
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Black Bear Sow and Cubs searching for food
Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 6 - Gumming and Inserting some Ribs
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Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 6 - Gumming and Inserting some Ribs
Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 5 - Shaping ribs and decorative stem lashings - Algonquin old model
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Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 5 - Shaping ribs and decorative stem lashings - Algonquin old model
Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 4 - Stem base lashing - Algonquin old model
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Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 4 - Stem base lashing - Algonquin old model
Stitching a bark panel with spruce root
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Stitching a bark panel with spruce root
Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 3 - Shaping the Stems - Algonquin old model
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Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 3 - Shaping the Stems - Algonquin old model
Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 2 - Establishing sheer of gunwales - Algonquin old model
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Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 2 - Establishing sheer of gunwales - Algonquin old model
Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 1 - Shaping bark cover - Algonquin old model
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Birchbark Canoe Build - Part 1 - Shaping bark cover - Algonquin old model
SX Specklebelly Goose Decoys & Canada Goose Fully Flocked Overview and Comparison
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SX Specklebelly Goose Decoys & Canada Goose Fully Flocked Overview and Comparison
How to flock Canada Goose decoy tails
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How to flock Canada Goose decoy tails
Man that's odd .. I thought I had watched all your videos, but somehow missed this one, which is perfect timing for my next step. You did real well with your very first canoe. Now that you have more experience do you believe the stringers would of been needed while just setting the ribs in place ?
…what does the fox say…?
Fox is a cat dog hybrid😂
The same noise I heard , now I will sleep
Get on line and find a well made crooked knife. They are made for this work.
I realize this video was posted 7 years ago, but you just confirmed the animal I guessed I was hearing, thanks 😊
You bet! I was lucky to capture this footage back then ! thanks for your comment. Have a good day, Steve
No criticism, just a point. The word gunwale is properly pronounced "gunnel" Great video !
Great looking work and Canoe Steve .. I can appreciate your work much more now that I'm making my own !! Can you try to explain how the decorative lashing on the Bow end is started and finished ? I seen how you tucked in your root tip under the lashing.
Anyone know if pine or other tree sap works just as well?
If you can find big clumps of it and gather a coffee can of pine sap, i would give it a try ! It will likely work well.
This is my next step Steve .. Setting my stem pieces in place, which is a bit intimidating !! Wish me luck ! You can be quite proud of that work .. Only when you try making any BB Canoe can you appreciate the effort that went into it.
Small steps, one at a time ! Keep that progress going. It is the coolest thing to see your canoe take shape !
@@NomadicWoodsman Your exactly right .. Small steps, and one at a time. It is quite something to see something made from all Natural materials come to life. I could send you a few photos of what I came up with, if your interested ? Just get François to send me your email contact, I'd be happy to send some.
"He's just standing there...MENACINGLY!"
14:35 Il y a jamais assez de sirop d'érable lol
Exactement !!
Hello!! You're camping in the place in my head I go to when I chill out!! I'm so envious
Ótimo trabalho 🇧🇷
Dehydration speed run
Awesome, you deserve way more subscribers!
Wow, thanks!
Man you were a young lad there Steve !! At this time last year I was still looking for suitable Bark .. Two of my BB Canoe guides in the same Canoe !!
I heard this on patrol duty in a German Military base and I was scared
This can be possible what i hear middle of the night (right now) im so confused but the sound in my yard wasnt like this sound, it was way scarier and demonic and deeper
Foxes barking: WOAGH
thats very adorable but also scary
Arf! Arf! Arrrrfaaaarffafafaaf...
Love that Butterfly Stitch .. I'm definitely going to add some of that look !
I've been corresponding with your friend François, which has been great help answering my questions, just like you have done for me, and this is the style of lashing he must of been talking about when he was saying that you don't need to insert the root end in between the inwale/outwale.
That would be correct. This is how Francois has shown me ... and how i believe he does them. Works very well. That is awesome, Francois is a great guy, definitely a true mentor in every sense of the word. Being i'm in Alberta, I miss chatting with him and spending time with him ! Cheers, Steve
@@NomadicWoodsman I tried it out today, but found it hard working from the inside of the Canoe towards the outside .. Can't see what I'm doing. I'm going to try using a nail knot to lock my roots, and see how that works. Yes François has been very helpful and so have you Steve. Thanks
On dirais mes omelettes ! loolll ! Merci beaucoup pour la video !! une bonne et belle video a la quebecoise
Merci ! Ca fait la job comme omelette ! haha bonne journee et bonne saison de cueillette ! Steve
Very beautiful and perfect moose
Nicely done. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
could of skipped the first 20 seconds fr
Hadn't seen this video Steve .. Did you ever try rubbing a candle on the roots ... I just tried that for practice and it worked quite well. This is my next step sewing in the side panels.
You would use the wax to help the root slide through the tighter hole ? That is a good idea, i had not thought of that ! Cheers, Steve
@@NomadicWoodsman Yes exactly Steve .. You just rub a bit on, which seems to help when the root start drying up. I had read this somewhere in my research. Another little tip that helped me with pushing the root tip through the same hole twice, was to leave my awl tip visible, then kind of push the root tip against the awl tip while backing it out of the hole and the root would fallow the awl. Hope this helps my friend.
Merci pour ce partage, quel travail ! Pourriez-vous préciser pourquoi on ne peut pas faire de dessin avec l'écorce d'été svp ? Quelles sont les différences entre les 2 ? Merci et bravo.
L'ecorce d'ete n'a pas cette couche mince rougeatre qu'on peut gratter pour donner les 2 differentes couleurs. Desoler pour le manque d'accent mon clavier est anglophone. L'ecorce d'ete a une couleur plus jaunatre et celle d'hiver est comme plus rougeatre. Vous pouvez regarder ma derniere video ou je gratte l'ecorce sur le canot. Voyez le morceau d'ecorce d'ete en dessous de celui d'hiver. C'est difficile a expliquer ! En esperant que cela repondre, bonne journee, Steve
@@NomadicWoodsman Merci c'est très clair !
would be nice if you said what you used to bind basket and how to prepare it. Also what tree branch you are using for the rim.
The binding material is spruce roots, I have a full video called "spruce roots" on that subject, search youtube : Nomadic woodsman spruce roots. You must harvest them from the soil, clean them, boil them, strip them of bark, and split them. Use them as binding while they are wet. The tree branch is a simple willow straight branch with no knots. Used boiling water to help bend without breaking. Hope that helps ! Steve
Whoop Whoop Whoop Whoop awesome
Thank you ! Glad you enjoyed that ! Steve
What kind of tool is that curved one?
It is called a crooked knife or mocotaugan. Traditional tool made and used by first nations in Northeastern America.
@@NomadicWoodsman Thank you! I'm just learning about this. Are you only supposed to collect bark in the spring?
@@OpalDragon24 Spring and summer, it is easier to peel when the weather is warm (more than 20C and the sap is flowing between bark and wood). If earlier spring while leaves are coming out, we call it winter bark. And you can scrape off those designs on it, geese and stars, etc. if you collect in warmer weather it is easier to peel but you won't be able to scrape off the designs on it. Will still make a beauty basket though !
@@NomadicWoodsman Maybe if you put it in the freezer. 😂
This canoe building is not for impatient people! I enjoyed the "why" of the grouse and laughed at the "eat" part. Beautiful work. Thanks for the video.
Great work... and well done on explaining and sharing how to do it... I will try this think it's just something hands on to learn it by doing it... thanks for sharing there eh!
Cool video thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for all the information... it's late April. I'm in New Brunswick I'm a mikma my generation has lost all knowledge of this art... now that I'm getting older for some reason, I'm craving to learn this... going to get some winter birch bark soon. How long, and how can I store it? Also is it like cedar bark if I cut the tree down and leave it for some time on the ground, maybe cover it with a tarp before peeling to hold moisture may peel easier? Thanks for sharing there eh! going to watch all ur vids on this
I have only peeled trees that I had freshly cut or that I climbed in and peeled the live tree, so I do not know if cutting it in advance would make it easier to peel, I prefer peeling it fresh / live as much as possible. Once you peeled it, and rolled it (must be rolled while still wet or fresh harvested). You can leave your bark roll stored in a shed or a garage out of the elements (sun UV rays and rain) and you can store it pretty much indefinetly. No problem leaving it a year or two while you prepare your other building materials such as roots, lumber, etc. It is alot of work getting the winter bark as it is really glued on to the wood, but if you want to scrape off designs like my last video, you need that. Much easier to harvest summer bark in late june or july though ! But no artistic designs to be scraped off that one. good luck, Steve
Me here in 2024 BUT WHEN I WENT DOWNSTAIRS SOME LIL ANIMAL BARKED AT ME THROUGH MY GLASS DOOR and I finally know what it is
IM SO GLAD THAT IM NOT THE ONLY ONE IT SCARED ME SO BAD BUT ITS JUST A LOVLEY FOX
This is awesome I'm going to try this thanks for sharing...
How do you find land to harvest birch bark?
Depends where you are ... the best is if you know someone who has private land and you can go harvest bark. Or if you know areas where people are planning to cut birch down for firewood and you can go harvest some bark before they cut them down for firewood. If you are going on public lands, make sure you are allowed to harvest bark or firewood and get the appropriate licenses from the forestry department and make sur you are in the right area (they usually have maps where you are allowed to go and maps where you are not allowed to go). Hopefully that helps, it may be challenging if you are in a urban setting and no one will allow you to cut anything ... Sometimes I have to walk many kilometres and cut trees deep in the boreal forests where almost no one goes, and then I need to haul it out on my back once it's rolled.... lots of work ! cheers and good luck and stay safe, Steve
@@NomadicWoodsman Thanks I see, not a ton of birch here in Washington State. thinking about heading up to BC. Other problem is figuring out if western red cedar would work for sheathing and ribs, and if our local spruce root works as well. At this point it kind of seems like the best bet is finding a few weeks to go up to quebec or the northeast states.
@@winstonhackett7807 Maine and New Hampshire have some beautiful white birch...
@@NomadicWoodsman Might make that work... any thoughts on storing bark for later use?
Love it Steve .. You've got the swing with your drawings. All the objects you etched look great. Canoe looks really nice, that would be the one you sold ? It would be hard for me to part with something you've put so much passion and work into.
Thank you so much 😀 yes it's always toring to let a beauty canoe like this go. Although this is how i can make room and learn how to make more of them ! Cheers ! Steve
@@NomadicWoodsman Your welcome .. Yes we all need more room ! Got my tamarack thwarts and cedar gunwales all fitted and assembled yesterday. What a job ..
C'est tellement beau et fait avec dextérité, tous les motifs sont magnifiques!
Merci Suzanne !
What a skilled joe !
thanks man !!!! :)
I was always taught that it was a made by the Abernathy Indian that they were tour guides and Southern Canada over in the East Coast and New York That was I was always brought up that that is who made the first Birch nut birchwood canoes Maybe I'm wrong but that's I used to have information that tells about it the last name of the couple of the members that tribe was Sabattus
I have a fox that is buddies with my cat. It is weird. I thought he was going to eat my cat but I guess they don’t. I have seen them nose to nose like six times now!
Approximately how big are the drilled holes in your thwarts Steve .. 1/4 " or so ?
Yes probably 1/8 to 1/4 inch or so. It just needs to be the right size so you can pass the root through it 2 or 3 times. So make a smaller hole and see if you can pass your root that many times, if not, go a little bit bigger. You don't want a huge hole that will jeopardize the solidity of the thwart, just big enough to do your lashing with the root.
@@NomadicWoodsman Thanks .. That's great. Speaking of thwarts, I'm in the process of making my first mortises into the gunwales and shaving down the thwarts ends to fit, and I have to say this has been the most intimidating part of all the different type of work for me until now.
So Steve this method of lashing you don't insert the root tip in between the inner/outer gunwales, so its just a different way of doing it ? Never seen it done this way, but its nice & neat.
It's just a different way of tucking in the end. You could also insert it between the inner and outer gunwales but I just learnt it and do it this way. Both would work very well. Important thing is that it's nice and tug and tight. this way if the pressure of the ribs wants to separate the inner and outer gunwale, the root lashings will keep everything in place. Here is a video on spruce root gathering and processing : ua-cam.com/video/rq7pOWD9ZY0/v-deo.html
@@NomadicWoodsman OK thanks ... Good to know. The spruce roots I have already collected and processed last year, and now there soaking in a batch of root bark like you suggested to Brown them up. I've watched everything you've put out on BB Canoes. Thanks again.
@@charlesleblanc6638 Awesome ! Don't let them too long maybe 1 or 2 days. And then hang them and dry them good if you are going to store them. One time, I had boiled roots and then split them all. I did a big error and that was leaving them in a plastic bin(no lid) in a basement. They all rotted and turned black within two days. About 12 hours of work all for nothing. Now I know better ! Make sure they dry good in an open area before storing. thanks for all your support ! cheers, Steve
@@NomadicWoodsman I know what you mean about hanging them for storage. But I have some now that have been soaking for a few weeks and are still OK .. Maybe the mixture and being outside doesn't effect them the same way. I wondered if they could weaken if left in the water or this solution to long. Thank you for all the great advice.
It's okay to show us how to do baskets but you never said what you used for the rim and your technigue for bending them. A little naritive might have helped us. I apoligize for the spelling, English was not my strongest point. Us natives use saskatoon branches for the rim, When fresh easy to bent. I use heat from stove or camp fire to bend my birch. Will have to give the water thing a try. Never told us what you used to sew basket with and how to prepare. It is beautiful work , love the designs on basket.
hi thank you for the comment. The rim here is a split piece of white spruce. It also works well with eastern cedar. The idea is to shave it down and keep it along the grain of the wood... The lashing used are split spruce roots, I have multiple other videos on collecting, boiling and preparing spruce roots. The process for my roots is the same for a basket or a canoe. I would encourage you to check out those videos. I had also done some videos on the spruce bark canoe rib splitting with spruce and also with eastern cedar splitting some thin planks. I use these planks for basket rims. Saskatoon branches and willow works very well for sure. I use some boiling water to make the wood more flexible. It is the same method as when bending ribs for a birchbark canoe, you soak your wood for a few days, then steam it or pour boiling water on it, and then slowling bend it to required shape. Then fix it in place with a clamp or root lashing. Hope this helps ! thanks again for checking out my video, respectfully, Steve
early morning came across you i was taken back by how much you looked familiar to my son i make birch items very nice video
Thank you ! I am glad you enjoyed the video. Birch items and work is so satisfying. Have a nice day ! Steve