Bone Carving by Louie the Fish (learn how video)

Louie the Fish is a Master Bone Carver, working over the years in Hawaii, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, and other exotic locales. He was willing to share some secrets with Kettlebottom Outdoor Pursuits and teaches you how to get into this awesome craft... take a peep. See the full version at www.kettlebottom.com.

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• Hawaii
• art

[cipm66]

Thank you for sharing.

I wonder how long it would take for carving without modern tools...

[KettlebottomCrew]

@cipm66 I wonder myself-- they used stingray spines for files, shark skin for sandpaper, and other natural materials for carving and shaping. It must have been EXTREMELY time-consuming!

Interestingly, they also used Human bone in pre-contact days! It was actually an act of honor for the deceased to make hooks from their remains...

[cipm66]

@KettlebottomCrew

"time-consuming"

In this new time, we forgot to be patient, we became very addicted to techonologie and forgot the old knowledge. We should learn from these small communities that are still having "old school"... anyway this is a personal opinion.

In fact this is the nice face of YT you share us your knowledge even we didn't know each other.

Thank you again.

[KettlebottomCrew]

@cipm66 No problem! Louie is a master craftsman and, unlike most other artists with a speciallized niche, is happy to share his knowledge. I, too, would love to see how the ancient Hawaiians did their hooks...

[applespelonker]

if you want to dye these different colors such as brown, black and so forth what would you recommend?

[KettlebottomCrew]

@applespelonker There are a variety of materials other than bone-- such as bull horn (which can come in black or brown,) pearl shell, which can be golden or silver in color, or other materials like that.

[SkinGripz]

Very nice. Simple but beautiful.

[johnraffaghello]

your the man Louie

[rubykiss555]

Thank you for this video! Bone carving is fascinating! I, like a few others I'm sure, wish we could go back to the days before machines and back to hand-carving and living off the land. I crave that actually, and I am always looking for ways to revert back to ancient techniques. Seems nowadays it's actually MORE expensive to do it that way than with machine help! :( Nothing is more satisfying than making your own clothing/food/shelter. :)

[TokoKotoKins]

Shouldn't he be wearing a mask?

[poleofficer]

I am impressed! Please make a hook in the traditional way too...that would be amazing too