if you have any suggestions im definitely open to learning. these are my first gourd containers and hopefully not my last. i have some growing in my garden this year and hope to use those
My great-grandparents used to dry the gourds, cut a 1 to 2 inch hole in the big part at the bottom, and hang them on trees for small birds to nest in. They even made a lovely wind chime with some little ones!
Put the guard shell in water for some days (muddy water is good) .And then clean it, dry it and make what ever you please. It will increase guard's strength and it will last long. It is a natural way to make containers, plates etc to prevent the excessive use of plastic.
That shallow dish might be useful in pottery as a small puki bowl. A puki is a shallow dish that is used to support the bottom of a pot while hand-building it from clay. I believe Andy Ward has a few videos about this pottery tool.
Showed this vid to a friend. He smokes interesting stuff. Showed him the vid icon, and mentioned that that huge gourd (looking like a pipe) could be a community bong. Anybody taking those to (and selling them at) a hippie convention could make millions. He immediately reached into his pants counting his money, wanting to buy some seeds! He wondered if you would sell that gourd's seeds to him ... ! If you have a gem polishing unit, it is possible with sand and small pebbles to rotate clean and super polish inside and out the gourd bowl, cup, ... the little saucers (incense or potpourri holders, and the bong gourd. I have a feeling that I would be able to enamel those gourds, like my style of blue-black enameling cast iron pots inside and out (with gray coals heat and gooey vegetable oil). Just like Japanese making wooden bowls, then using the shellac tree oil (where they get the word shellacing from) and coat their bowls with super smooth enamel-shellac. These gourds then have the ability to be set near the fire/coals, and heated up with the black surface, without burning the gourd. You could make shepherd's pie in the bowl, cook an egg in the little saucers, hot soup in bowl and cup, by putting the gourd into a indirect heat HOT! dirt hole near the coals. Not sure of the strength of the gourd ring you have, but if it holds up like a (Dave Canterbury) 3" metal O ring, then you could use these for setting up wood leg tripods/quadpods. Most especially for a cooking tripod (as this would not overflex the gourd ring) and hang a trammel chain down from it, for the cooking pot. If as strong as an O ring, then you could use for making other tripods for a double tripod hammock hang or a tent tarp set up. Making some of the same tureen style gourds with their caps, you could have a tureen and cover, and put into a low heat oven and bake up any soup, stew, chili, slow and low heat meals, pasta and cream sauces. You could use Indian-style hot rocks from the fire (like hot rocking water or soups, in the gourds for water purification-boiling. Or make your own hot meal, placing the gourd on/in between fire heated rocks (not burning rocks), and cooking up your indirect heated meal. And then there is always cutting holes and using them for swallows and purple martin bird nest containers ....
Just an awesome video man, I'm playing catch up on your channel! I love how you get the whole family together and do these things, it's just great! Can't wait to see ya man!
hey travis i have a thought, you could possibly crush the seeds for the oils to seal them with, just a thought.. crushing flax seeds or just buying cold press flax oil that is eatable makes great oils for sealing ..great projects . or maybe firing the inside like barrels to char the inside,,,,maybe. ..bill
Pretty dang cool there Travis! Out here a lot of the old timers make birds nests out of gourds and hang them in the fields. There is a particular kind of bird that chases crows away but leaves crops alone so the farmers encourage them to live in their gardens. It's pretty neat to see.
my ppl used to pitch it inside very thinly and I watched one being made any the old elder just used a sanding rock to smooth it out hope this helps Travis .....tom
i really am hoping to not actually seal it if i dont have to but if i do i guess i will. thank you very much for the input. im going for the sanding rock method at the moment
I wonder if you could use beeswax and propolis. I know I use that on my hives and the wood actually breathes albeit very slowly. I would use a very thin coat
I heard you are supposed to boil them to make them hard , is that true ? I have the first ones appearing on my vine now and keen to know how to do it properly.
WELL, it's a bit more then 9:59, BUUUT I will suffer thru it LOL Actually, Good work Travis!I would like to see making one of these from the beginning. (oh there it is, I guess at 23:54, I should have expected it lol) Why Plug it, monster size pipe for Larry Roberts! Well done the cups and bowls were pretty dang cool!
My great-grandparents used to dry the gourds, cut a 1 to 2 inch hole in the big part at the bottom, and hang them on trees for small birds to nest in. They even made a lovely wind chime with some little ones!
Put the guard shell in water for some days (muddy water is good) .And then clean it, dry it and make what ever you please. It will increase guard's strength and it will last long. It is a natural way to make containers, plates etc to prevent the excessive use of plastic.
the gourd itself, beforehand, do you just dry it?
@@0yodelingpickle526 yes
Good to know thanks
That shallow dish might be useful in pottery as a small puki bowl. A puki is a shallow dish that is used to support the bottom of a pot while hand-building it from clay. I believe Andy Ward has a few videos about this pottery tool.
Hi! 1:25 That shallow dish is for sauce when you eat sushi! :)
hmm i was thinking for chopping your weed into...
Showed this vid to a friend. He smokes interesting stuff. Showed him the vid icon, and mentioned that that huge gourd (looking like a pipe) could be a community bong. Anybody taking those to (and selling them at) a hippie convention could make millions. He immediately reached into his pants counting his money, wanting to buy some seeds! He wondered if you would sell that gourd's seeds to him ... !
If you have a gem polishing unit, it is possible with sand and small pebbles to rotate clean and super polish inside and out the gourd bowl, cup, ... the little saucers (incense or potpourri holders, and the bong gourd.
I have a feeling that I would be able to enamel those gourds, like my style of blue-black enameling cast iron pots inside and out (with gray coals heat and gooey vegetable oil). Just like Japanese making wooden bowls, then using the shellac tree oil (where they get the word shellacing from) and coat their bowls with super smooth enamel-shellac. These gourds then have the ability to be set near the fire/coals, and heated up with the black surface, without burning the gourd.
You could make shepherd's pie in the bowl, cook an egg in the little saucers, hot soup in bowl and cup, by putting the gourd into a indirect heat HOT! dirt hole near the coals.
Not sure of the strength of the gourd ring you have, but if it holds up like a (Dave Canterbury) 3" metal O ring, then you could use these for setting up wood leg tripods/quadpods. Most especially for a cooking tripod (as this would not overflex the gourd ring) and hang a trammel chain down from it, for the cooking pot. If as strong as an O ring, then you could use for making other tripods for a double tripod hammock hang or a tent tarp set up.
Making some of the same tureen style gourds with their caps, you could have a tureen and cover, and put into a low heat oven and bake up any soup, stew, chili, slow and low heat meals, pasta and cream sauces.
You could use Indian-style hot rocks from the fire (like hot rocking water or soups, in the gourds for water purification-boiling. Or make your own hot meal, placing the gourd on/in between fire heated rocks (not burning rocks), and cooking up your indirect heated meal.
And then there is always cutting holes and using them for swallows and purple martin bird nest containers ....
That's really cool Travis! Cleaning that gourd with stones is a smart idea! Cheers, Marc
Just an awesome video man, I'm playing catch up on your channel! I love how you get the whole family together and do these things, it's just great!
Can't wait to see ya man!
I believe there is a food grade epoxy. That may help fill that gourd handle dipper. And keep it from molding.
hey travis i have a thought, you could possibly crush the seeds for the oils to seal them with, just a thought.. crushing flax seeds or just buying cold press flax oil that is eatable makes great oils for sealing ..great projects .
or maybe firing the inside like barrels to char the inside,,,,maybe.
..bill
Interesting video! I look forward to seeing an update on the finished product and how well they end up working for you.
Pretty dang cool there Travis! Out here a lot of the old timers make birds nests out of gourds and hang them in the fields. There is a particular kind of bird that chases crows away but leaves crops alone so the farmers encourage them to live in their gardens. It's pretty neat to see.
my ppl used to pitch it inside very thinly and I watched one being made any the old elder just used a sanding rock to smooth it out hope this helps Travis .....tom
i really am hoping to not actually seal it if i dont have to but if i do i guess i will. thank you very much for the input. im going for the sanding rock method at the moment
Tom Ritter
Tom, what tribe are you a member of?
Tom Ritter
I wonder if you could use beeswax and propolis. I know I use that on my hives and the wood actually breathes albeit very slowly. I would use a very thin coat
Beautiful. I am doing this with mine this spring
This is a fun project with the kids. They loved it as much as I did
Do you sell any of your seeds. I would be interested in buying some. Love how you do things naturally.
Well done!
Thank you! I am excited to make my first gourd bowl !
I heard you are supposed to boil them to make them hard , is that true ? I have the first ones appearing on my vine now and keen to know how to do it properly.
The dipper
Coconut oil.
WELL, it's a bit more then 9:59, BUUUT I will suffer thru it LOL
Actually, Good work Travis!I would like to see making one of these from the beginning. (oh there it is, I guess at 23:54, I should have expected it lol)
Why Plug it, monster size pipe for Larry Roberts!
Well done the cups and bowls were pretty dang cool!
you freaking goofball. lol. i love the containers. they are just neat to me
LOL
Yes they are!! Some good bushcrafting!!
A Japanese pullsaw might be a better choice for cutting gourds.
Wonder how the Indians did it and how they sealed them?
You could possibly wood burn a design into the side.
if i make a canteen then it will impart a bitter flavor?
Do they go hard naturally or do u dry them out ?
They naturally dry out and get hard
Nice a program
use those small ones as lids...............
boil them
No