Sewing Gunwale Lashings on a Birchbark Canoe
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- 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 gunwales with spruce root. I also try to show different angles and explain what I am doing.
This is my first ever video in 4K format ! It is technically episode 4.5 of the Building an 15 footer Algonquin canoe series. I wasn't able to edit and post this until now. Hope you enjoy !
You videos are inspiring… too much so… I’m starting to think I could build a birchbark kayak!
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
Footage is nice and clear Steve .. Like that idea of continuing with the root. Sometimes I see root lashings that are like a dark brown which I really like, have you ever herd or read somewhere how you might dye them dark ? This is the Canoe you sold already correct. Turn out real nice.
Yes this one is sold I will finalize a couple things on it and deliver it shortly. The easiest way I've seen to dye them dark brown, is, leave them in the water that you boiled them in. When you boil them to remove the bark on them. You keep some of that water cooled and leave them soaking in that 2 days or so, they will be a darker brown colour and very natural looking. My first canoe I had a mix of darker brown and more white coloured roots as I had accidentally left them in the water and they quickly dyed. Looks awesome though. Make sure you wash them and get rid of as much dirt as possible before boiling them, if you leave too much dirt, then they will dye almost black.
Make sure you remove the bark before they cool down though. If you leave them soaking after boiling and the water cools, the bark on the roots will stick back on the root. I would clean, boil, strip bark off root, split some and leave them soaking in the cooled down water used to boil overnight, or until you like the darker colour, then split them, roll them. Dry them out. Store them dried in rolls until needed.
@@NomadicWoodsman Thanks .. Good idea. I had done something similar to this using alder bark, and did get them a little bit darker. My roots are all prepped up and ready to go, but it would be worth getting some more and trying that, leaving them in that root bark juice. I was going to try coffee to see how that would work. I've dyed sinew/hide glue to make bows with coffee which got it real dark brown.