Making a Skin Coracle from start to finish.

This is a video on how to make an ancient boat from hazel sticks and a large skin from a water buffalo.
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[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

And like a true outdoorsman, you made all that then also still had the strength, vitality & coordination in your arms, hands, shoulders, back & soul to row this awesome thing! Very heartening & joyous indeed! You, sir, are also a history teacher. Blessings to you in all you do.

[@P4id]

Amazing job :-) Another reason cows were so important to us, they have big old skins :-)

[@davethefunkdaw962]

You are my favourite bloke Will Lord, looking so much to 1 day meeting you. Thank you so much. Davidian bowman

[@johngrenfell7171]

Great stuff will Another great video to watch like every thing you do it's skills you show us and we need to keep from disappearing

[@BiancaMynssen]

heard people used this kind of boat till 1920, thanks bring the art to us

[@alexblosser4224]

Good info! Thanks for the video. My wife says in the sun it looks like a nut sack. Keep up the good work!

[@justjames4471]

The coracle was certainly a vessel of opening opportunity.. moreso than say a space shuttle? I know which one has taken us further! We are still those hunger-gatherers from before agricultural times. It's in our spirit. It is our spirit. Not an agri-cultured existence that is measured out. Great to see a bunch of uploads in the last couple of months. I'm hitting 'play all' and chilling out in my narrowboat. Ahhh... brill. Cheers to you

[@BuckMckawtheotherone]

Excellent job! I must admit, you gave me the willies, Willy, when you mounted the frame at the start while holding your knife towards you, but, you managed to not hurt yourself. ha ha. What a beautiful vessel that is.

[@evalynchuran8684]

Wow, that is so cool.

[@JesseP.Watson]

Thank you.

[@edalmeida1218]

Well done Will! That vessel would make any Mandan proud!

[@PeterSmithwoodsmith]

Fantastic. Thank you for Sharing. Im a Subscriber now.

[@randal1470]

Awesome 😎 Your joy in the doing is infectious. 😄

[@raymondbailey1970]

I am Welsh we used them for poaching salmon and sea trout,If you go by McDonalds Aberavon there is a steel girder across the top of the falls we also put to stop them going through the Valleys it needs to be removed and the Salmon/Sewin will run as promised.

[@x-rayzulu5643]

Been catching up on your videos, , only just stumbled on you,, I find you very interesting to watch. I'm fascinated with how our ancient brothers lived day to day, and the evolution of there tool making . I was never convinced that what we call cavemen where the lumbering buffoon club wielding troglodyte as once portrayed, but more extremely intelligent with absolute knowledge of there surroundings and how to use them, the ultimate survival skill set in anyone's book. Simply amazing. Atb.

[@HalfQ]

Nice job, bit bigger than ones we still use and fish with in Wales but it looks great. One of our lads years ago did the English Channel in one.

[@timschroeder1637]

ROFL You got a thumbs up for the buffalo joke LOL LOVED it!

[@BlisterHiker]

16:23 - looked as you almost poked a hole in the skin. Sorry, couldn't resist it :-) Good job!

[@paddypete1]

where the hell do you get a bison skin,ebay,amazon,great video

[@TalRohan]

Not only does it float it has Will power...and kids in there too ..very cool. How do you treat the hide after its stretched and going to dry out? I have to look for the video where you treat the hide in the first place..if you did one Thanks for sharing this one ..

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers mate I didn’t treat it with anything but I guess it was a water buffalo so it seemed to know the territory 😂 any way it was a few years ago now and it’s demise was being eaten by a rat 🐀 🤬🙄😂

[@TalRohan]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival awe Rattus rattus with the amazing ability to put an end to anything deamed tasty...thats a shame fascinating stuff

[@larryswindcatcher]

Great job, caveman.

[@rickshaw1971]

Useful. I can think of several people whose skins I'd like to use to make a coracle.

[@281covfefe5]

Awesome job. !! 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@tonymontana3949]

well done

[@robbydaniels1776]

One of these as a roof for a hut would be great

[@whitepage8018]

nice little craft that can dubble down as a temporary shelther from the rain and maybe even used to smoke meat if you dig down the fire

[@jimmorgan8688]

Think how big you could make it with a Mammoth skin!

[@ferguscosgrave7510]

Great

[@lumberjaxe8910]

Good Work, healthy Life Style,

[@MabiuszWielki]

Good video. I have a question. What settings do you have in the camera? It looks very nice. How many fps, shutter etc.

[@Strange-Viking]

Hahaha lovely!

[@ferguscosgrave7510]

Nice

[@ElectricalExistence]

You got a permit to have a loicense for that knife and ancient boat?

[@christopherellis2663]

Also be a good shelter. Russian word for a small boat is《korabl'》then there is a crib.

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

I see this very randomly tonight after wondering where the word "crib" came from & what all it really means. Spending time with my beloved Dad yesterday, he told a very interesting story of when he worked in manufacturing in 1960s, and the supply area was called the "crib". My life is like that. Thank you :)

[@diogenesegarden5152]

If you had a waxed or waterproofed, hooded fabric cloak, which I’m betting was an item that any coracleer would have, you could peg the hems around the gunnels. This would lessen the chances of shipping rain or spray, keeping yourself and any cargo dry and keep your arms free at the front, if you flip it over you have a shelter and a cloak to sleep in. Imagine what that would look like as you came up to the shore, stood up and got out of the boat? But also if you had regular stop off points you could build a low wall to flip your coracle onto to give an instant roof. This also got me thinking that if it was a fishing coracle, then you could use the hull as the roof for a fish smoker, this would help dry out the hide after each outing, maybe curing and tarring the insides on a regular basis. This was a great video to watch, certainly got my mind working as to how people’s mind set might be when you have to get multiple and maximum benefit for any given item, obviously I am only speculating.

[@alexnkogin]

Hay will im a knapper too and im curious if you have ever worked with slabs before and if so how do you clear te faces of a a wide slab

[@CostaBushcraftandSurvival]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@44szaman]

Hej! Gdyby była dłoższa - byłaby bardziej żeglowna. Ale i tak jest super!

[@haywire4212]

Is there a part 1? You say from start to finish but skip over making the frame

[@Uncle_Chuck]

Shouldn’t u smoke the hide before going in the water??

[@x-rayzulu5643]

He's probably smoking what mother nature has given us ,☺😊😀😁😂

[@luminousnutria3555]

What type of cordage is he using?

[@andersalmstrom77]

so your weaveing the brances in at the bottom ?

[@stuv1996]

Won't this rot away since it's not cured?

[@ElectricalExistence]

Needs a prehistoric keel

[@jillatherton4660]

I'm guessing the cordage is hemp.

[@johnlamb95]

Great work but it looks disgusting i’m glad I can’t smell it!

[@phonotical]

That had to stink