Birch Bark

One of Mors Kochanski's passions has been crafting with Birch Bark. Here he talks about different crafting ideas. Filmed in 2012 at Karamat Wilderness Ways' course site.
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[@Arthurian.]

That canoe is so cool

[@alicemcpherson7961]

Thank you for your knowledge.

[@ToddEilts]

This generous man is the heart and soul of Bush craft. Many thanks to you Sir.

[@scotterspotters7273]

Yeah started working with birch bark 5 years ago I'll do until I die, it's calming and breathe taking how beautiful the art that comes out of these wonderful trees.

[@iersejounge]

Cheers mate. Very cool

[@trspriyadarshini2468]

Great video

[@lauraswan8647]

I love the canoe and alot of them baskets

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

Nice hat!

[@Wintertrekker]

Thanks Mors for sharing your knowledge and passion for the traditional skills!

[@lorrainemcwethy1830]

Wonderful! Lovely, natural and functional! Thank you for sharing your gift and talent.

[@dmiller8425]

Awesome video...thank you!

[@PrimalEdge]

fantastic work, thanks for showing us!

[@ChrisD11284]

I feel very attracted to working with birch bark. Perhaps is because I saw Ray Mears do it when I was a kid or maybe I have Nordic roots.

[@tedmears]

Brilliant work i must give them a try.Thank you for sharing

[@maxxonetwo3]

Great work, thank you for your video. Hope to see much more on the art of working with birchbark.

[@PlanetRockJesus]

Beautiful video.

[@timothylongmore7325]

Very cool. Liked & subbed. Can't wait to see some more.

[@pcnazz]

Canoe is amazing Mors!!!

[@Taromovies]

beautiful work with the birch bark, I have read in a book about the canoe made by the indian, great model you have there, thanks for showing and explaining, take care Taro

[@MiWilderness]

I wouldn't know what to think if I ever found a birch that big.

[@eaglejon1293]

Truly amazing skillset ! Great video ! Jon

[@tomritter493]

awesome mors all I can say

[@__-pl3jg]

Thats incredible. I wonder if I could make a hot tub out of bark? Then drop hot stones into the water to heat it up.

[@SgtSplatter1980]

Thank you for the videos wish i could speend a day with you even if i got to learn 1 thing from you

[@Simplemansnature]

That is fantastic work! I'm very glad I found this channel! On a similar topic, many peoples around the world use bark cloth for making clothing and fabrics for varied purposes. Does Mr. Kochanski have any knowledge or experience in making bark cloth? And I wonder what kinds of trees would be suitable in the Ohio area for making bark cloth (tulip poplar perhaps)?

[@gustavjanson9682]

I've seen these birch baskets in latvia, where people would collect mushrooms and berries in them.

[@Arthurian.]

Wild foraging was my intended purpose in researching how these are made. I'm impressed by its validity for so many things

[@narre8]

Mr. Kochanski, can you show how to make a model birch bark canoe? It's really cool and i'd love to know how to make one. Thanks

[@jacobm.w.]

Does anyone know how to make the birch bark hat? Or at least how to shield on the hat/cap is attached?

[@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941]

You could repair the old basket with pine pitch the way that one would repair a birch bark canoe, but I'm sure that you are aware of that. Thanks for the great video.

[@Arthurian.]

Pine pitch is really quite brittle. Do you think it would Crack up from use?

[@charlesleblanc6638]

@@Arthurian. you also need to add animal fat to it, so it won't be brittle.

[@alessandrofirmani700]

Love it, how is the bark treated before being worked on? Any tips?

[@Karamat]

No treatment. Harvest and carve.

[@alessandrofirmani700]

Awsome, many thanks 🙏 🙂

[@Arthurian.]

I've been wondering, do birch bark baskets require oiling to keep them supple?

[@charlesleblanc6638]

I don't believe they need any oiling.

[@joeb2524]

Beautiful work. Can you share anything about the brand of neck knife you have? Thanks.

[@loribreeuwsma45]

Hi Joe, He is wearing a skookum bush knife made by Rob Garcia in Montana

[@joeb2524]

Lori--thanks.

[@papperiposten3899]

Lmao you look like a Jojo character with that thing on Mors

[@campingintheforest_]

"The native people..." SMH