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.

[@kevinpaquette1629]

What a skilled joe !

[@NomadicWoodsman]

thanks man !!!! :)

[@mushercdn]

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.

[@denislosieroutdoors]

This is awesome I'm going to try this thanks for sharing...

[@NatureAliveAdventures]

Whoop Whoop Whoop Whoop awesome

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Thank you ! Glad you enjoyed that ! Steve

[@TeacherSBD]

C'est tellement beau et fait avec dextérité, tous les motifs sont magnifiques!

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Merci Suzanne !

[@tobiasolausson8085]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I wonder, do you seperate the bark? Or is that straight off the tree?

[@NomadicWoodsman]

That is straight off the tree. No bark separating ? I,m not sure what you mean by seperating ? But this is basicly the whole layer of bark. I have a couple in depth videos on bark harvesting for birch bark canoe making just google that with nomadic woodsman and you will see my bark collecting process. The thing is, you need to verify the bark thickness prior to collecting it. All trees are not created equal and some trees have thin bark that de-laminates in thin layers, and some barks are nice and thick and stay together in 1 single thick layer that doesn't separate. Cheers, hope this helps, Steve

[@winstonhackett7807]

How do you find land to harvest birch bark?

[@NomadicWoodsman]

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

[@winstonhackett7807]

@@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.

[@NomadicWoodsman]

@@winstonhackett7807 Maine and New Hampshire have some beautiful white birch...

[@winstonhackett7807]

@@NomadicWoodsman Might make that work... any thoughts on storing bark for later use?

[@charlesleblanc6638]

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.

[@NomadicWoodsman]

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

[@charlesleblanc6638]

@@NomadicWoodsman Your welcome .. Yes we all need more room ! Got my tamarack thwarts and cedar gunwales all fitted and assembled yesterday. What a job ..

[@schnauzpig]

Awesome, you deserve way more subscribers!

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Wow, thanks!