Making a Traditional Besom or Appalachian Broom

[@wyattoneable]

Learning the old skills from you has been very enjoyable.

[@SteeringSteel]

Dave, I know it can't be easy to make these videos especially in single-digit weather but we truly appreciate your dedication to the channel and to your fans. Thank you and God bless.

[@markhulette6987]

Interesting videos of late, Dave--- the pot scrubber can be modified a bit to be a woodworking tool used for finishing called a pollissior. Just continue the wrap the entire length down to about a quarter inch from the end and charge with beeswax. Great for giving a Shaker piece a final finish that's difficult to keep your hands off of. Thanks again for the great inspiration!

[@anthonyjacobs6790]

I love these craft videos. Primitive technology made real. Thank you.

[@deepsea5348]

Excellent tutorial! Very straightforward and comprehensive 👍

[@davidlawrence3272]

As usual the best videos on KZbin, thank you for sharing

[@mjallenuk]

I've always wanted to learn to do that! Now to find some Broom Sedge! Thank you very much for sharing ... Big thumbs up given!

[@carolinares-q4205]

Thanks Dave, always good stuff that we can use, thanks for doing the video in the cold, and Luv seeing Rufus with you, he does a great job, great manners.

[@MindfullyMindy]

This was fantastic! Thank you so much. I really never thought of using the bundled grass as a pot scrubber.

[@JesseAdams]

Another great video, I'm always excited when I get an alert from @wildernessoutfitters

[@frederickletch5679]

I love the little pot scrubber that is brilliant and replaceable really quickly. Will definitely make one of those. keep making the videos. Always useful.

[@czredhead8286]

Great video, Dave. Between you and Wranglerstar, I've learned and tried many things. It seems I always have a project to keep me busy and they're all useful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@jeffgunn8393]

Perfect video for my purpose. I just harvested lots of broom sage down South in October and I want to make make a besom for my daughter's Halloween costume and a cobweb broom like my great grandmother had. This will help immensely. Thank you!

[@mercoid]

Very nice tutorial. I'm going to try this using baling wire instead of cordage. A few twists with a pliers should tighten it up well. Another straightforward, practial video. Thanks Dave.

[@TheLanWoo]

Thanks for sharing Dave. Huge fan and so thankful you take the time to make these videos. I have learned so much from you. God bless.

[@Shannon_Lacey]

Thanks Dave. I enjoy these skill videos very much.

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

very simple but cool at the same time. i really like the pot scrubber. Thanks Dave.

[@413xanderb5]

Reading your Advanced bushcraft book currently Mr. Canterbury Now I see the full story. Excellent use of the foot toggle... And the point mounting technique... I might use these skills for other crafts as well.

[@LShapedAmbush]

Very cool, thanks. If someone looked at a picture of a besom or a pot scrubber they might say "Yeah, I could make that." But when you actually try to replicate some of these old techniques or devices it turns out that there is more to it than you thought. I appreciate the dedication, research, creativity, skill, time and elbow grease that you invest in each of these projects in order to teach others how to do it.

[@RedDogBushCraft]

I think it's cool that Rufus is out there with you all the time. I love taking my dog to, he makes a good woods partner.

[@theladyamalthea16]

didnt skip thru a minute awesome video, you're a great teacher

[@fatshadow2062]

Thanks for the knowledge, Dave. I love watching these videos.

[@SurvivalSherpa]

Enjoyed the tutorial! I picked up a small pot scrubber last year from the Foxfire Museum here in Georgia. I'll make my next one. The crafts-lady makes her brooms from broom sedge she plants in FL.

[@LiveFreeAndBushcraft]

I truly enjoy seeing pioneer every day tools being made.

[@congamike1]

Dave, you never cease to amaze

[@dylanreilly6888]

Looking forward to doing this project in the next couple of weeks. Thank you Dave for another great video

[@scottsmith8546]

Nice video Dave with excellent information, thanks brother.

[@jmpriester]

Thank you so much for your videos Dave. I'm requesting that you make more videos that appeal to your suburban/urban audience.

[@kerryirwin5581]

Excellent really love this type of video ..just can't learn enough .👍👍

[@kylereese968]

you make the best videos

[@DavidCanterbury]

***** Thank you

[@bladeops]

Cool video. Might need to make one for the shop

[@bushcraftchip]

another awesome vid and something else to make. I just looked around my garage and wow I have a lot of bushcraft items that I have made throughout last year....alrighty then, Hi Rufus...good boy!!!

[@joycejudd5109]

thank you for this video. I love the pot scrubber!

[@kevinwulf123]

your dog is the cutest thing in the friking world :D!!!

[@kullcraven]

Nice how to on making a broom, i have tried this once many years ago, playing around. Tho its good to see how it was actually done. I have used many make shift brooms for one reason or another in the bush, tho that broom would be a compliment in a cabins corner. Very nice looking and would work very well i assume as well. thanks Dave always nice to learn a tip or two,for no one knows it all and many of us do things just alil different.

[@paulsheppard5837]

Thanks for the video again dave In Britain the traditional besom is hazel handle and birch twigs Though the 'straw' method is much easier. Thank you for showing the old crafts Happy trails

[@MrMkirk23]

Good stuff as always Dave!

[@KennethKramm]

Nice demonstration.

[@beindustrious]

Thanks, Dave for another great instructional video! Man, I've looked for thosepot scrubbers in stores in Sweden. Twenty years ago they were common, but now they don't seem to be commercially available any more. Thanks to your video I can make my own "rot-tvaga" (the traditional Swedish word). Here in Scandinavia they were tradionally mady of roots.

[@joesphcorley6381]

Tools that most people take for granted. Nice to know how to craft one if needed.

[@daveken42]

Great video brother, looking forward to making one with my boy

[@pryzmcat]

Excellent as usual..thank you sir.

[@patriots1needed]

Nice job. Thanks for sharing.

[@theshadowpeople1493]

Enjoyed this very much !

[@FarEastSurvival]

Amazing skills and great lesson yet again

[@Waldhandwerk]

Great technique! Thanks for sharing.

[@linklesstennessee2078]

good project for old linkless enjoyed this video good broom

[@LostBoyKhaz]

I really like the style you have taken with your last couple of videos. Really useful and interesting things. Don't get me wrong, firemaking and all that stuff is usefull too, but there is only so much to tell about, and you take a whole new twist. I am glad I had found you some years ago :)

[@Rickugg]

Hello: That long knife at 10:26 reminds me of my corn cutter. It belonged to my grandfather born in 1894. Its square on the end no point, I guess its around 100 years old, I know its 65 for sure.

[@DaliwolfBacon]

Very cool broom. I made one after I saw this video, and it is perfect!

[@bridgettebrown6689]

Beautiful and simple

[@bobbyharper8710]

We used to make a brush broom for raking the yard using leafless brush. It was excellent for clearing a campsite to make snakes easier to spot. I suppose it would rake a leaf shelter together in a jiffy.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

dave do a video of making a mat with broom sage..can be used for sleeping insulation..or a mud rug at front of camp..also great for rufus on cold nights with daddy in the field..safe journeys brother

[@johnyeller]

Simple enough. Good video!

[@mr.unknown5845]

Good video , keep them coming.

[@Jesses001]

I made both of those when I was a kid. I never saw one before but figured it out. I guess since it is such a simple design, humans kind of just figure it out without needing help from others to teach them. On my last trip to China, the workers cleaning up outside were using young bamboo shots with the leaves on bundled together. I found it very strange since that area of town had two factories that made modern plastic fiber brooms, ha.

[@PREPFORIT]

Great.. bushcraft how to video. Thanks !

[@theoneleggedraven1940]

Gonna make one for the front porch of the ranch house. It'll look great next to the other period pieces and chairs. Great video and still inspiring in laaaate 2021! Guess tried and true never expires, eh?

[@jamiemcfly1671]

Thanks for the video. Information that resonates will be easier to pull from the mind bank later. Your video hit the mark, Thanks again.

[@JPTHEMAN1]

Dam you have been on a video making roll lately. Great to see

[@slovenskezalesactvo4289]

Wow! I got inspired to make video thanks Dave :) God Bless You , Take Care :)

[@stewmiller778]

hmmm, the way things look, Dave, folks skills are gonna be very handy soon. Probably more so than survival skills for me.

[@cem1268]

any thoughts on how to make a Shaker flat broom? much more efficient. great vid for it's quick simplicity.

[@scottishminor5911]

It also makes good bedding for dogs and such.

[@Dronston]

Interesting, the Dutch word for broom is 'bezem' so I'm wondering if the word besom is maybe derived from the Dutch word.

[@tendrax]

They're probably both derived from the same old norse or proto-germanic word, but the dutch kept using it.

[@fritzdanielzik5543]

In german it is called "Besen".

[@thejuiceweasel]

It originates from the West Germanic word "besmon", from that derived the Dutch "bezem" as well as our German "Besen". In fact, in my Ripuarian dialect, I'd call it a "Bäsem", which is even closer to the Dutch version.

[@Dronston]

***** thanks for the info!

[@raynaldtremblay1923]

In french we call it a "balai"

[@MustObeyTheRules]

Very cool, love your hair btw

[@chicinthewoods]

Very cool...thank you

[@coalscedether]

I used a strap from an old tennis racket bag and lined the handle of the broom, plus extra strap for a bulky end of the handle. A broom never felt so good in my hands, ngl, it brooms by itself!

[@jimmcdowell6000]

Great video. If you don't have that particular grass is there anything else I could use? I imagine I could use any similar grass. I want to make some of these brooms with my children. Thanks for all of your videos. They are greatly appreciated..

[@B0ltFac3]

Nice and simple. Do you think wheat straw would work as well, or any stiff grasses for that matter? I definitely want to thank you for the videos on these old world skills that are being lost to the future generations. Also, I'm in Indiana so I can sympathize with how cold it is.

[@DavidCanterbury]

B0ltFac3 Sure

[@Luciffrit]

I'm going to try it with some Australian Spear Grass. Not as thick or durable but if I pack more together it should be strong enough as a whole.

[@fulfillify]

This is a good video its helpful

[@res032xu]

Awesome, simple and useful... I have looked back in comments for the answer, but did not see it asked.. What is the big corn like knife you use in this vid ?

[@prkrngr27]

At 2:34 into the video you can see a rabbit running from the left to right in the background towards the bottom of the screen. Where's Rufus when you need him?

[@kill1]

That was Rufus

[@myNameisUsedFromAIdi]

I made one with out of willow or birch branches. Works great.

[@Ghostginthree]

Awesome video on making that witch broom. Lol Good to know how and love that large knife, what kind and who makes it? Thanks keep the videos coming.

[@hermannkateri2120]

I remember making a broom for an art project.

[@john12770]

Another awesome video! You should crochet Rufus a sweater! :-)

[@mtslyh]

Excellent!

[@pounette25]

wow this is so natural. Im pretty good in english but im not sure of what is the thing you create at 12:18 Is it another kind of broom? marvellous job ! thanks for the info

[@fritzdanielzik5543]

Dave, with your many talents it would not surprise me if you would climb the broom and fly away with it.

[@michaelcarter8209]

Outstanding

[@mealex303]

A+++++ very good to know and great vid!!

[@binnsbrian]

I think this could besom thing I could make.

[@fireguzzi.]

hehehe

[@mealex303]

Im paused at start just to say wow that's a beautiful dog!!! What breed is that please dave? Thanks Alex

[@Atkrdu]

Dave, are you going to make one of those brooms from wood splints? I remember something about doing this with wood.

[@STEVIE1959]

When I was a very young boy I remember my grand parents and older aunts using those brooms at times sweeping the dirt yards of china berries down to the hard top of the dirt

[@aprilwilson3303]

I'm getting ready to make a broom and I'm wondering why the bristles are never secured with the handle already in place as opposed to pushing it into the completed head? ?

[@lukesurvival]

Another great video Dave! I am definitely going to make one! -Luke

[@jefferydodson5294]

The Shakers invented flattened brooms, just FYI

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Well, with a Broom like that, you seem to be working up to posting a Video on "101 Uses for Eye-Of Newt and Leg-Of-Toad..." (?) ! ;-p Ciao !

[@tsmithkc]

Maybe a stupid question, but what can you tell us about that big ole chopper of a knife you used to trim the broom even? Is that another of your one-of-a-kind swap shop finds?

[@glenndutton3529]

Love this.

[@flipstyle1983]

Im sure someone has already ask this but what is the big knife you are using i really like the profile of it? Thanks for another informational video.

[@kneuromancer]

Hey Dave, I have to chuckle what your making is also a tool used in the pagan religion, Mine is around six feet tall and has a bamboo handle, I use it to sweep away negative energy in my home and on my kitchen floor as I am a hedge witch. A truly wonderful video. Bright blessings to you and your family.

[@GrandDungeonDad]

I wanted to ask also about a good cheap knife that will last me for life? I see the ones that you promote they are awesome but pretty pricey. My wife is in law school right now and were running lean. Where can I find some good steel on the cheap side?

[@Gunsmith420]

what is that like johnson grass i have a ton of that in oklahoma

[@rios4175]

Awesome

[@shootermcmillan]

Cool vid Dave, Nice to see you using the JW Bush knife, I haven't seen you use it since your intro video for it. I love mine, and honestly I find it performs as well as any of the high dollar knives that I have used. Plus it's got a "last of the Mohicans" kind of cool factor. While I don't try every trick and skill that you demonstrate, I am grateful that you continue to post your vids. One criticism I hear about you is that you've gone 200-300 yrs. retro. Well that's kind of the point right? Self reliance.......back then people were self reliant, you couldn't run to Wal-Mart to grab some pot scrubbers or paper towels. The average 21st century person would be utterly.....completely S.O.L if the system we live in were to suddenly collapse. Armed with knowledge that you take the time to share, I believe many people will owe eternal gratitude to what you are doing here. I'm not a fan boy, or sycophant, nor do I agree with every position you take. Just wanted to say thanks, thanks for helping to make available info which, while once common knowledge is now nearly lost. I used to read sailing articles authored by a traveling couple, they said "for a new idea........read an old book". Point being that modern conveniences and tech advances can rob us of important skills if we don't take the time to learn them.. Keep it up my friend!

[@davidleasure9138]

Nice

[@electrogypsy1234]

What knife do you use that you keep on your belt?