Spruce roots

[@ArielleViking]

Very interesting to see you forage and process these roots for use. 👍🏻

[@jayceewedmak9524]

Busy busy! 👍 👍 😊

[@denislosieroutdoors]

Cool video thanks for sharing

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Thanks for watching!

[@mushercdn]

Lucky the flies weren't out yet. I wonder how the Natives were able to boil the roots to remove the bark. That pot must have needed a good cleaning before the corn roast! Thanks for the video.

[@NomadicWoodsman]

This pot is for spruce roots only haha no corn ! :) There is a period when the fresh buds are just coming off that the roots are easier to peel. They may have boiled them somehow without metal pots, maybe clay pots ? Or another method ? I'm not sure !

[@martinlariviere8703]

hé tu te fais de la bière d'épinette hahaha salut long time no see .

[@Ivan-hj1kd]

@Noradic Woodsman What you do if some spots on roots are very sticky? Thanks!

[@charlesleblanc6638]

So Steve there's no snow where your at right now ? Did you put out a video of the finished 16 ft or not yet. And your going to make a big fur trade BB Canoe ?

[@NomadicWoodsman]

This video was filmed last May, I hadn't yet posted it. I have a ambitious project of eventually building a big 20 foot fur trade canoe ... I just need some more time and resources and it's hard to find some of the parts for it where I am right now. Eventually ! I am probaby going to build another smaller canoe before that big one. Yes there is still snow where I am right now but it is melting right now quickly.

[@charlesleblanc6638]

@@NomadicWoodsman OK that's why I wasn't seeing snow .. I would say a 20 ft is an ambitious project ! What are the parts you have a hard time finding ?

[@NomadicWoodsman]

One long roll of bark for the hull, ideally a 21 foot roll, one piece. And also some 20 footer long spruce or eastern cedar boards for the gunwales, without too many knots.

[@charlesleblanc6638]

@@NomadicWoodsman That's a long piece of Bark .. Maybe easier to go 15/3/3 or something like that. Just saying. I actually was able to splice my gunwales which worked good enough. Only had 12 ft cedar logs.

[@orange3too]

thanks for sharing. finger tip to finger tip is equal to your height.

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Yes, correct, that's why I try to get about wrist to wrist / hand to hand gives me about 5 feet. I'm 5'10''. With a 5 foot root, it is long enough to do a gunwale lashing which is about 2 inches wide (the lashings that the ribs go in between).

[@rgr798]

Let's goooooo! I was just out today looking at the birch trees I've selected!

[@TheHighway420n]

Birch?This video is about Spruce, you know that right?

[@charlesleblanc6638]

So @rgr798 .. are you maybe planning on starting a BB Canoe this spring ?

[@rgr798]

@TheHighway420n yes obviously. I was just saying that I happened to be doing canoe related stuff yesterday, the same day he released a spruce root video for a birch bark canoe. Maybe a little less 420 for you... hahaha

[@NomadicWoodsman]

The search for the perfect materials never stops ... it is part of the pleasure of crafting with what mother nature has to provide. The variety of quality in these materials is quite fascinating as a specific spruce can yield terrible roots, yet another in the same exact species, in a different location will yield super long and perfect roots. Same thing with the birch bark, some birches will give excellent canoe and basket bark, while other may only be good for burning in the woodstove. Cheers ! :)

[@KeemoSabe_Dude_72]

Is there another option if spruce or birch bark isnt available or plentiful in my area for a canoe build? Are there alternatives that can be used? Thanks