Ray Mears: Bushcraft - Birch Bark Canoe (2 of 6)

Series 2, Episode 1

Ray visits with Algonquin canoe maker Pinock Smith, one of the few people left who know how to craft birch bark canoes using traditional methods.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Ray
• Mears
• Bushcraft
• Birch
• Bark
• Canoe

[ankh428]

@vrankbartels good luck with your new board! maybe you could film and upload the process or take pictures of it to see how it turns out.

[vrankbartels]

@ankh428 Sorry for the late reply, i was on holliday for a few weeks. (Hawaii and San Francisco). I allready finished my canoe last summer. i first saw ray mears building a canoe on tv years ago. and i desided to build one myself, i've only used it a few times because the weather was'nt cooperating. I live in Holland. i'll try to send you some pictures of my canoe later. now i'am thinking about building a wooden stand up paddle board, i saw some of those in Hawaii And it looked like fun.

[ankh428]

@vrankbartels Let us know how it turn out. Best regards

[vrankbartels]

i'd watched these series several times, it even inspired me to build my own ( cedar-strip) canoe.

Thanks for the upload.