Ray Mears - How to make a container from birch bark, Bushcraft Survival
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- www.raymears.com
Ray Mears manufactures a traditional container using sheets of birch bark.
This clip was taken from the DVD extras of Ray Mears Bushcraft Survival Series 2.
I've learned a lot from watching Ray. In our country you are presented with a picture of a rough tuff guy who can and should kick ass to proved his manhood. With Ray you have an extremely polite well mannered man that is truly amazing at what he has chosen to do. Young men from around the world could learn much from watching him. I like his style..
Nice to listen to a craftsman explain his technique using proper English. No wasted words, stall tactics, just pleasant well spoken English. I admire the talent!
:-) Ray, not only you made a practical thing, but also you you created a real object of art, a piece of beauty. Thank you very much for the video.
Actually, thank you very much for all your videos and especially for this one.
When I finally cut down my old Birch tree for firewood (don't worry, guys, I'm a tree-planter too! What's been felled has been replaced in kind over the course of every Autumn/Winter planting season) - I know exactly what I'm going to do with the best bits of the Birch bark.
What a great way to both disguise the odd assortment of glass jam jars on my shelves - and - protect the contents from the light. (I keep them in rather less attractive paper bags atm, but these birch boxes are much better, and have the advantage of being a lovely way to present jams and jellies as gifts too).
I'll also buy a few more species of Birch for future projects too!
as a fellow craftsman ( i made a knife from a toothbrush in jail) i must say u did a great job
You made me laugh, you go girl :-)
Not very crafty if you got nicked
I'm no flake and certainly not the touchy-feely type, but here's a certain grace to what Ray does. A man of great "poise"!
Ray could make a laptop out of mud, love him.
Hi Ray
Very nice work and craftmanship.
You are a fine ambassador for the art of scandinavian craftmanship.
Yours truly
Roar
for those of you who are whining about there not being glue in nature so this isnt really bushcraft,
anything that puts out white sap, the white sap is a form of latex its about as strong as elmers glue when dried.
make pine pitch. its basicly a really strong hot melt glue.
learn how to make hide glue.
just bring glue with you.
Just so amazing, to listen and watch. 👍
He's so entertaining, and a joy to watch. The way he teaches is amazing!
If we had teaches like him at school, ld never would of wanted to leave! hahaha
l left school, awhile ago now😉 But ld go back, at any time just to have the privilege, to learn from this guy👍👏
All the best to you Sir.
skills go a long way the man has more then 30 years experience and work alot to accomplish what looks so simple , its the results of his study his work his passion and that dose not take 5 minutes to master those skills , it makes me happy to see a skilled craftsman to show me , but some people are just not fortunate to be as blessed with his hands and other things , but that is a pleasure for me sir
learning nature , bushcraft , is therapeutic .
I hope these skills are never lost.
Ray, you are an excellent craftsman! I have been a huge fan for a lot of years now and always look forward for something new! You are well admired here in Canada!!
FANTASTIC!!! I know Jmalbran just said that, but what else can you say? Fantastic!!
A beutiful yet functional item thanks for sharing.
There was an old timer fishing boat builder here in Australia and he worked with jarrah (which is a particularly hard wood from Australia) and he was renowned for measuring once cutting once and was very quick.
I made one of these yesterday, it's different (not as good!) but it was still a lot of fun and a good experiene! Cheers Ray.
This is like when Ray did a matchbox from birch bark but bigger, always making it look so easy, great job.
/NorthSurvival.
would have been nice if he used pine pitch as glue :p
Simply wonderful.
Actually the people that are saying there isnt glue in nature are wrong. Pine sap and ash mix together when heated up make an excellent survival glue.
or honey
+Michel van Hartingsveldt you're right. It was used to glue arrow points together with their shaft, so if the enemy tries to reuse the arrows you shot at him the point will get off the shaft and stay stuck in whatever you shot it into
There's glue everywhere is nature. Collagen is the glue that holds all animal life together. Plants are full of glues, latex is present in many plants. Most conifers and many deciduous trees literally drip sap, which makes a good resin. Starch is a glue present in seeds and tubers. Egg white is a decent glue, so is blood.
And Hooves from Deer, Horses, elk, etc can be melted down and becomes a very strong glue
N0Comply When I read your comment, I skipped the words “hooves from”, so I though you talked about melting down different animals
2:50 ray mears asmr..... awww that’s the good stuff right there
So glad to see new content from you Ray.
Always a joy to watch the man work, thank's ray
Lovely job!
Beautiful container but I would like to have seen a more detailed cutout diagram of how the cutouts are done and how they are put together.
Yeah Ray , how about some details?
make your own.........
Nice work Ray, you certainly inspire a lot of us with your skills.
Hi Ray. I love to watch you and learn from your extraordinary skills. One thing i miss in your videos. You have sometimes hiking sticks with you. Can you show how YOU make these ??
Thanks for the tipps and trick.
Greetings from germany.
As always, a pleasure to watch, and you give us ideas to work on our own bush skills with the materials at hand. Thanks again Mr. Mears.
Perfect craftsmanship. How calming it is in wood working. Thanks for sharing..
how do you harvest the bark. I can never get it in one solid sheet like you do
This is a great video, I recently added a video to my channel on finding and extracting large pieces of birch bark in the hope to eventually make a container. I’ll also be extracting the oil from the bark in the near future. Brilliant video, Ray.
Ray is such an artist! :D
Beautiful work!!
Such a beautiful thing
I forgot to add, the rabbit or deer pellets should be fairly dry, then crushed to a powder. Heat the pine sap (don't overheat it) then mix in the crushed pellets to the desired consistency. It thickens the sap and helps in the bonding. I imagine goat droppings would work also. They have the same kind of turd. lol Dave Canterbury has videos on YT titled "Journal of the Yurt". In one of those, he make glue with pine sap and rabbit pellets. Good stuff to know brother.
Just like they make them here in Norway.
I got one with a deviding piece of wood in the middle, and a cover in each end.
That makes it perfect for cofee and sugar.
That's one sharp knife. Glad to see you've got a knife sharpening video here too!
Thank you .
Ray youve done it again outstanding
The Master at work, always a pleasure to watch.
I needed this. Thank you very much!
Very Nice Ray !
Beautiful, a thing of quality which could last a lifetime.
Outstanding Ray!
Ray Mears is such a dude.
The first thing you made was a birchbark zipper. How cool is that!
A joy to watch
New subscriber. Glad to have found this. Thanks!
That is a work of art.
I LOVE RAY MEARS!
What a guy,so relaxing watching this
Ray You should do more hands on stuff like this - excellent as always! - ATB
Thanks a million. Please keep them coming!
He put got dang nails in it. This guy's my hero
Awesome work!!!! Really facinating :)
Agreed. Also if you make it with the white bark side out it is much more weatherproof. Wouldn't need a liner either. But his craftsmanship is good.
your skills are awesome, your knowledge priceless, hope to get on one of your courses in the near future
Never did, did you?
I can't find a resource showing how to lay out the triangles on the ends. could you explain this process?
Thing is, when you make it a thing of beauty, you are more inclined to take care of it, than when you make it in a more sloppy sort of way.
Cheers
Also you should show how to make containers that you can use and carry on your survival journey and how you would use them
very interesting process. I wish there had been a good shot of the bark slab with all the cutouts made before it was assembled.
Watching a master make a masterpiece
Thanks for sharing Ray
This is so beautiful!
That looks great...
i hope to be like Ray, he's so skillful... Of course i'm practicing...
Wow!!! He makes it look so simple!!! Couldn't make that even if I had birch bark.
I'll take four please. Beautiful work.
I'd like to learn how to gather bark pieces like this and how to prepare them for crafting with. Does anyone here know? Love watching him make things!
Indeed, Pine Sap and Charcoal heated up together on a rock near a fire.. check out the vid showing this called "Primitive Pine Glue!", this glue makes an air tight and water proof glue!
yeah i was disappointed to see him using carpenters glue instead of pine pitch. imagine how nicely smelling the pine pitch glue would make it :)
i enjoyed that, cheers ray,
i think i will have a go and try and make one
Fantastic.
Beautiful, got a pattern or a measurement guide for the cut outs?
100% awesome. I'm off to find some birch bark! Please upload more projects like this!!
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Really interesting, i. Wish i lived back in the woods .i was at more peace with myself,thanks to steve king, love doris,tracy.x
a work of art
Marc cotedas, you can use tree resin/ sap miked with charcoal melted on a fire to make natural glue
Great video! - Gabriel
that realty cool are there any books out on working with birch bark
I made a matchbox from birch bark, and it worked exellent when it was dry. But when I went out by boat and it got wet, the lid was impossible to open and the container broke in two pieces.
wow ray that was awesome!
you can use pine sap glue for assembly, right? If you have pine trees where ever you live, you can make as much as you want. However it saddens me that we don't have a lot of birch here in Alberta and close by. The bark isn't too great either.
Very nice
this guy can make anything
certain wood saps would replace the glue. nice chestnut pouch.
some people say its not for perfection its for fun... screw it i neeeeeeeed perfection!
How god damn sharp is that knife?!?!?!
That's really cool.
Sap from a pine tree mixed with rabbit or deer pellets makes a great glue.
i hav a question i am so in need of answering i have a couple scandi ground kifes and im not used to sharpening that style of grind do u sharpen along the whole bevel when u sharpen on a stone or at a angle like on a sabre or hollow ground blade
Great instruction!
Does anyone know what flick knife Ray is using? Looks really nice
Is there any nautral materials that can be found in the woods that would suffice as glue? Like sap or something?
watching ray makes things is like meditating for me. how did you make those wooden nails? what type of wood did you use?
Fantastic! thanks
If you were to store birch syrup in one of these, would the glue contaminate it in any way?
How soon must birch bark be used after harvested?
So pine pitch or rawhide glue would work?
nice, thanks!
thank you.