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Birch Bark Canoe
DanaM:
Took these pictures at the fair last week. It was the only sane and normal feeling place at the fair so I hung out
and shot the bull with these two guys. One of them makes baskets and such from ash strips and the other guy makes birch bark conoes.
He uses birch bark, spruce root, pine pitch and northern white cedar thats it entirely natural materials, he does use a steel knife :)
All I had was my phone so the pics may not be the best.
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El Destructo:
Pictures look good Dana......brings back a lot of Memories for Me....We had a Birch Bark Canoe when I was a Boy....We used to paddle around on the Dead River Basin and Carp River with it.....and when I was a Tot..we used to play with small ones at the Beach that My Grandfather used to build for Us
cracker:
Very cool Dana can't blame a guy for hanging out there. Thanks for sharing.R.C.
Pat B:
Thats where I'd be hanging! 8) Cool canoe!...and baskets.
cowboy:
Cool canoe! I've been thinking I might need to build one, but kinda had cedar strips in the back of my mind.
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