Building a Spruce Bark Canoe - E4 - Stem Pieces

Finishing up the lashings and lashing the stem pieces. The front and rear end of the canoe are now lashed and finished.
Next step will be to make spruce gum pitch glue to seal all the holes. And then prepare the sheathing and ribs to go inside the canoe.
Finition des étraves du canot. Prochaine étape sera de faire de la colle de gomme d'épinette pour boucher tout les trous.
Artist: audionautix.com/

[@AFamilyOutdoors]

Man I'm not sure if any of us watching this really grasp the time and energy required to take on a project like this. Absolutely amazing. I tip my hat to you good sir! So my question would be when your done let us know how many man hours you put into it. Cheers from Canada Shawn

[@OctMEAG]

I have been watching your work for this canoe and the birchbark canoe. I really appreciate the opportunity to learn how to build these. Thanks for teaching! I think I am going to try it this year.

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Thank you. I appreciate that ! Looking forward to the spring to finish my 15 footer canoe i started last summer. Will be adding some more videos on that canoe when I try it out in the lake too.

[@dianevillemaire8286]

Wow what an amazing job your doing

[@TeacherSBD]

Un travail remarquable, bien pensé, bien exécuté. Fascinant!

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Merci !

[@billmeldrum2509]

What’s the approximate weight of the canoe? Thanks.

[@manon6361]

Hyper instructif!! Et très intéressant de suivre la construction par étapes. J'attends ma livraison de livres d'Edwin Tappan Adney et maintenant que je vois tes réalisations en sachant que tu t'es instruit de ces livres je suis d'autant plus contente de les avoir commandés ! Merci

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Merci, ce son de livres très complet ! Énormément d'information. Ce canot d'écorce d'épinette j'ai fais en été 2019. Je vous recommande d'écouter aussi ma série de cette été 2020, ou j'ai construis un canot en écorce de bouleau, technique plus commune avec écorce de bouleau. Plus d'étape et résultat finale un peu plus ''artistique'' que celui en écorce d'épinette qui est plus un canot temporaire et rudimentaire à mon avis. Merci encore ! (Steve / NW).

[@TheSereiaM]

So much work! I wonder if all this work makes your hands sore 👏👋

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Yes quite sore ! But happy to accomplish something nice :) Thanks Sereia !

[@mushercdn]

I wonder if passing a straw through both holes, at the wide parts, and passing the root through the straw would have made that part of the lashing easier. Your fingers must be fairly calloused. Thanks for taking the time to film.

[@NomadicWoodsman]

That is such a smart idea ! I never thought of that. I could use a small copper pipe of come sort that would be just small enough. I will try that next time ! :) thanks for the idea man and commenting.

[@mushercdn]

@@NomadicWoodsman Brake tubing is fairly small.

[@timothylongmore7325]

I wanted to say that too. I've used similar trick for snaking wires. Pex and pen tubes work good also.

[@natureboreale4709]

Très intéressant de suivre chacune des étapes dans tes vidéos et de voir la progression de ce magnifique projet. Très bien expliqué, instructif.

[@isadelavilla4458]

Are going to try this canoe in the water ? What is the length and is it for 2 or for 1 person? Thank you !

[@timothylongmore7325]

Epic project! and the canoe looks challenging too. What's harder (not funner) making the video or the canoe ?

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Both are hard haha depends on the shots and which steps etc. It is alot easier to concentrate on building and faster too without filming. What is fun and rewarding with the videos is reading all the comments :)

[@timothylongmore7325]

@@NomadicWoodsman I think it's a good investment in your future. These skills will be in great demand in the future. There are a lot of anthropolagist that know how it was done. Some try for experiments etc. , But people who have actually done it will be the best teachers. Keep learning my friend and keep filming.