Fantastic! I enjoy seeing the skills our ancestors used to help us get here. Its sad and unfortunate that we are forgetting them but I'm grateful for the few that keep these skills alive and available for we who also want to help keep them alive. Thank you.
Hello Marcus, Its a real treat to see these older skills. I am based in the UK, I grow up on a farm in the late fifties and by the seventies most if not all of the field skills had been replaced by machines. Interesting, there is a growing passion to restore them or at lest hold on to the ones we can find. In the mind seventies, I went to Canada three times, living for a short time in the Boreal Forest, with the Ojibwa and Cree. These people have held on to their forest skills. I feel there's a great need to try and keep some of these techniques alive. Take care and enjoy what you have.
Farming is the reason there are no forests compared to the pre farming days. That's why lots of skills, flora and fauna, plus culture, plus native people....... have dwindled if not totally gone. Things aren't as they should be.
Hi Marcus, where have you disappeared, I often go to review your old videos and wait for new ones to appear. Maybe you have a Facebook or Instagram account or somewhere else where you share your knowledge?
Kul! Hittade några saker du skrivit också, om pilbågar - Ska bli intressant att läsa! Vigu känner jag till, jag gick Outdoor Academy i Kronoby för något år sedan.
I'm following along with thin corrugated cardboard from a box of wine, cut so the corrugations approximate the grain of bark. It makes a serviceable sheath, but I doubt it would be as durable as birch bark
Good work Marcus, I have not seen this style of weaving before. I have one leuku with a plaited/ braided sheath. This one you demonstrated appears more difficult. Can the bark be soaked before weaving?
Will wetting the bark soften it during the braiding process as with rawhide? It may make the process of braiding easier. With rawhide we work it while wet, let it dry then add a “dressing” (could be oil based) that gives it a suppleness and prevents water absorbing to a degree. Nice work.
Man i wish you were still making videos. Very good.
Fantastic! I enjoy seeing the skills our ancestors used to help us get here. Its sad and unfortunate that we are forgetting them but I'm grateful for the few that keep these skills alive and available for we who also want to help keep them alive. Thank you.
Kiitos Marcus, greetings from the "Finnish Triangle", NE Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula Michigan USA. Respect.
Cool to see those old "Maasepän puukko" style pukkos on UA-cam. And also to learn more about birch bark sheaths! Cool video !
Hello Marcus, Its a real treat to see these older skills. I am based in the UK, I grow up on a farm in the late fifties and by the seventies most if not all of the field skills had been replaced by machines. Interesting, there is a growing passion to restore them or at lest hold on to the ones we can find. In the mind seventies, I went to Canada three times, living for a short time in the Boreal Forest, with the Ojibwa and Cree. These people have held on to their forest skills. I feel there's a great need to try and keep some of these techniques alive. Take care and enjoy what you have.
Farming is the reason there are no forests compared to the pre farming days. That's why lots of skills, flora and fauna, plus culture, plus native people....... have dwindled if not totally gone. Things aren't as they should be.
Excellent vids on this channel! Would like to see more of them!
This is excellent! thank you for sharing this.
Just now found your page and I wish you were still doing videos as the knowledge you share with us is priceless!
Grymma videos! Jag lär mig så mycket från dina filmer och blir väldigt inspirerad också! Jag hoppas du gör fler! :)
This so nice to watch. I am very happy to see that Nordic traditions and especially craftsmanship is preserved. Please do more videos.
Excellent craftmanship! Excellent video. Kiitos Marcus.
Thx for sharing a true classic
Outstanding! I see some excellent Sami bows in your videos, when you do some bow vids?
The music at the was beautiful! Where can I find more of it?
I enjoy the skills your sharing with us
Thanks. Jim Bell (Australia)
Love the history behind these!! Thanks for sharing!
This video was really great and informative
Very cool. You did an awesome job. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Hi Marcus, where have you disappeared, I often go to review your old videos and wait for new ones to appear. Maybe you have a Facebook or Instagram account or somewhere else where you share your knowledge?
This is amazing Marcus. I know what I'll do for my next sheath! Good work!
Helt rätt. Jag vill lära mig så mycket som möjligt och du gör det riktigt pedagogiskt och bra.
Kul! Hittade några saker du skrivit också, om pilbågar - Ska bli intressant att läsa! Vigu känner jag till, jag gick Outdoor Academy i Kronoby för något år sedan.
Thanks for doing this video. I am going to try this but using strips of leather instead of bark (not a lot of available birch around here!)
I'm following along with thin corrugated cardboard from a box of wine, cut so the corrugations approximate the grain of bark. It makes a serviceable sheath, but I doubt it would be as durable as birch bark
Very nicely done!
Hieno on. I have to try this one day.
Wow, that's nice. I like it.
excellent...thank you
HEJ! ZNAKOMITE! EXCELLANCE! SUPER! thanks!
enjoyed the video. thanks
hieno, i really liked that Thank you for showing
I wished to see how to sew the tail end of that sheath...
Just came across this video! I really enjoyed watching it! How did you finish the bottom of the sheath?
The music was beautiful also! I love it!
Can you recommend a good book on how to do the different weaving patterns for this knife sheath?
Absolutly amazing... Great work Marcus. Greetings from Poland.
Good work Marcus, I have not seen this style of weaving before. I have one leuku with a plaited/ braided sheath. This one you demonstrated appears more difficult. Can the bark be soaked before weaving?
Will wetting the bark soften it during the braiding process as with rawhide? It may make the process of braiding easier. With rawhide we work it while wet, let it dry then add a “dressing” (could be oil based) that gives it a suppleness and prevents water absorbing to a degree. Nice work.
Yes it'll make it a little more flexible
" SKÄRI " is still used in/ near archipelago, Finland .............
I think something got lost in the narrative but the end product is amazing keep the vids coming - ATB
Красота! Молодец!
Epic job
Very Kool!
So, the wood sheath part is just one side?
Не слова не понял, но принцип понятен. Спасибо за видео
Doesn't it help if you soak it in warm water?
Great
I love it
моё тебе уважение мужик
Спасибо за комплимент.
Can you please tell me the name of the song at the very start?
Bluesummers I'm interested in the name of the song too.
Now to let it age for 100 years so it can have the nice antique finish to it.
Klass 👍🇷🇺
Klass 🇷🇺👍
Clear as mud.
На лапоть похоже)) приветствую из Украины!
Very Kool!