Building a Bark Wigwam
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- A Bark Wigwam is an amazing shelter. It takes a lot of work and planning, along with understanding how to work with natural materials from the woods. In today's episode we look at building a bark wigwam using Poplar Bark, Birch and some muscle. This is a perfect bushcraft survival wilderness living craft.
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Dan
I am 72 now but you reminded me of when I was a kid. My parents moved to California when I was 12 from Toronto Canada, so this happened before I was 12. Me and my friends wanted to build a “fort” so we got some sticks and bent them over into the ground. There were some tree rounds so we stripped off the bark and put it on our fort. No plans, we just did it. We made a door and played in it all summer. We also caught hell for stripping the tree rounds. What stays in my mind after all these years is we went back in the winter time. There was snow everywhere and in the field was a small hill of snow. We dug around and found the door. Went inside and it was dry and warm. Just one spot of snow were a piece of bark came off the roof. I guess we did ok. Bruce from the city of Orange in Orange County Calif.
Our fort was a bit different. We had a big drop-off behind our back fence, so we dug a large trench into the hill, covered it with a log ceiling, bark, and dirt. Our own little homemade cave.
All was well, until I stopped maintaining it as I got older. The top eventually started to collapse, and dirt started spilling back into the hole. I caught MY hell when the day lilies and a fence post started disappearing into this mysterious sink hole that was forming on the slope out back
Greetings from the GTA
I did kind of the same thing in Kansas when I was 6. My cousins and I used logs we found, put them side by side in a circle and together at the top like a teepee. My dad supervised. When it was complete, my 3 cousins and I crawled in. I stuck my head out the door and asked my dad if he was coming in. He got the strangest look on his face and said he'd wait outside. 10 years later I went back and found it, still stacked there in the woods. I immediately knew why my father got the strange look on his face. The thing was MAYBE 4 feet tall in the center and barely fit four 6-year-olds sitting down. To us it was HUGE. Dad wouldn't gave made it through the door. Don't know how he kept a straight face back then. On my return I laughed my ass off. I'm 68 & just north of you in LA. (It's insane...I've got to get out of the Republic of California)
This guy runs up to me and says, "I'm a teepee, I'm a wigwam, I'm a teepee, I'm a wigwam!"
I said, "Relax guy, you're two tents!"
Considering how much the bark shrunk, _and_ since he said he used a ton of cordage to tie those pieces to the frame and to each other, you _could_ say.... His 'bark' is much worse than his 'bight'! 😎
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@Maddux Donald Flixportal :)
@Jett Dorian Thank you, I went there and it seems to work :) Appreciate it!
@Maddux Donald glad I could help :D
God Bless everyone!!!! Jesus Loves you all very much!!!!
A shelter one couldn't forget it brings the sixteenth century back to life.
love the hammer - creative - don't even need to make a mud kiln
Wigwam...it's one of those words that the more you say it the funnier it sounds. Wigwam, wigwam, wigwam....
Wigwam. Lol. Another great vid, Dan. Thanks!
How many wigs would a wigwam wam if a wigwam could wam wigs?!
How do you keep a wigwam?
Wear a hat.
Thanks for the explanation of the build as well as your bark harvesting process. I concur on the awl statement, it is a very important but probably underrated survival and bushcraft tool.
Great instruction about the use of tulip poplar and about the wigwam construction. Few show anything like this.
Did a great job in replacing the panel, looks like you had a blast doing the Wigwam
Great job, when you are out there you are winning. Keep up the great work.
Thanks!
Love your teachings man. I thought I've been subscribed but I guess I wasn't. I am now!
Have not binged the entire channel yet. But I like what you are doing so far.
Such a cool video! Thanks!
There is a place in the White Moutins of NH. There is over 150 square miles of White Birch in the National Forest . in Canadian Natives they make Birch Bark Canoe but they now use modern adhesives some 36 foot losing ocean Canoe Newfoundland !
Thanks for the video, very informative and interesting piece of history.
Thanks for sharing this video. You are always motivatung me to go out and get something done!
One man's Wigan is an other man's barkshanty!
Omg you do classes? I would love to take a class from you. I grew up in the woods with my dad and spent time training in the woods with a few Marine friends. I took a "survival class" locally to try and learn a little more do a refresher etc. The "teacher" never looked for a water source or for widow makers while setting up camp, took him 4 trys to make a basic shelter and he ended up using a tent. O.o it was horrible
Man I just love that Wigwam that thing is beautiful it looks like the door is a bit large but I still love it
Excellent video 😃👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You said it's as good as new... It's better!
When it was new, all panels were shrinking.
Now only a couple are.
Or, am I just a positive thinker?😇👍thx bro!
I'm retired now, but was a mechanic for most of my life. If I found something that was to hard to get to or manage I would take things off really fkn fast to get them out of the way so I could easily do the repair. Put that log up on other logs or cut it...really fkn fast, that way you don't split your sht :)
Thanks! Great build.
Awesome shelter Dan. Great demonstration of how it was built.
Yet, another great video.
Thanks for the skills! Neat wigwam.
The native Americans sure did know how to survive on minimal materials
they even thrived with a minimalist life.
What can you say, we’re efficient.
"If you can get one, all the better".
Great video. Early longhunter's used peeled bark for shelters.
Very nicely done, thanks for the video and inspiration......
Now this is sweet. Have to try this out
nice, looks great. I made one for a nature center but we used purchased reed landscape fence to cover to save time and money.. great video explanation.
Thanks for this great video. I subscribed your channel.
Thanks once again for an interesting and informative video. ATB. Nigel
awesome construction, and fantastic walk through. thanks for the video! ATB ~Eates
And that’s “Awl”...lol Nice. Longest video you’ve done in a while. Keep up the good work.
I wonder if one could improvise it with tarps or really anything else. I bet they would work fine. Leave the frame up take the canvas home with you and do it over and over again
12:57. "If you don't have a three-sided awl, don't worry about it. If you do have one AWL the better." I think he meant to do that.
Nice barkwam
"If you can't get one, awl the better..."
* Facepalms *
Awlsome!
13:00
Love it,,,
When you tie your panels together, go through both panels with both holes, (put the two holes in vertically instead of horizontally) and you will have twice the holding power on your joints.
Good to know. Fun too.
thanks for sharing
Nice video.greetings from germany
I imagine barking the trees would have made a place to plant the 3 sisters back in the day.
Big Ups to ya Bro.
Now go Krack one off.
What a cool shelter.
Haha. Good oldie Eh. Thx
What else does the bark tell you, Dan? DON'T LISTEN TO IT!!! THE BARK IS WORSE THAN IT'S BITE.
Did you just admit that log was to heavy for you to lift?? Come ooon I was waiting for you to just toss it over your shoulder brother.
Thanks for sharing I love the wig wam
Cheers!
*_AWL THE BETTER_*
I've never tried it, but I remember reading several years ago that some Native American tribes, as well as the colonists would fell large Elm trees and strip off the bark in large sheets, submerge the sheets in a stream to make them more pliable, and then flatten them out and allow them to dry. They would then use the dried, flattened sheets almost the same way we now use plywood for walls or roofing.
M. Eric ,
Like so many places we have lost all our large Elms due to disease here,sadly. I wonder what other type trees would work ?
@@victorcastle1840 No soaking is neccessary. The fresh bark needs to be used quickly before it dries and hardens. In this instance, the bark will actually mold itself to the shape of the frame, creating shingle like coverage. The very best bark is Elm and Ash which was abundant way back. We've tried using Maple... it's not nearly as good and Oak becomes brittle and splits.
Thanks, Jackie Campbell,
Are Elm starting dying about 5 or 6 years ago and now we are losing our nice big Ash to the Emerald Ash borer, in South,East , central IL. . I am just past where the last glacier stopped . If you know where Abraham Lincolns father's last house was and he and his wife is buried.
@@victorcastle1840 Yeah, Michigan has the same problem. We barely have any of them left. It's very sad.
What if you treated the poplar bark with linseed oil or turpentine, linseed, and beeswax. Maybe it wouldn't curl and shrink so much and it would also repel water. I thought of that while staying at a Hilton Hotel.
WigWam
Super cool :)
Camping is fun when you can make your own contraption...
Just found your channel and watched the episode where you camped in this wigwam. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Haven't you been on Townsends and Sons channel as well showing how to make cordage and different survival skills that they would have used in the 18th century?
Great video mate, subbed
Very cool! Subscribed! ✌️
"So if you can get one, awl the better". Zing!
When removing the bark off the tree could u have put one end of the tree on a large rock or on a large cut log to get the tree off the ground a little?Or was the tree to heavy to lift up on one end?
Is it still the same and all good?
Is mold an issue inside the wigwam?
If you cut near a water source then roll the timber in for a few days. It’ll peel like a banana...
"Awl the better", no pun intended.
My take away from this was to use the tree bark as sheets of shingles for a roof.
How many bodies could you get in there to sleep. Thanks for sharing.
Anyone else catch the pun of all the better/awl the better? Lol
Damn man how many trees have to be felled down so that the Wickedwam remains in good condition ?
Nice. Is poplar the best bark or can other species be used?
Birch
Do mold or mildew present an issue with the bark on the inside?
No issues yet
A wigwam requires "smoking out" consistently at least twice a month to cure the wood and keep it free from critters and mold.
Great video. Just a quick question, would the Native Americans have used bark or would they have used animals hides?
For wigwam is mostly made from bark.
Bark was always used in woodland areas unless it was at a rice camp or fishing camp where they would have enclosed it with cat tail mats that could be easily transported. The bark covered wigwams were the ones in the "permanent " villages where they resided. The wigwam would have to withstand heavy winter conditions like we get here in Michigan. Animal skins won't do that and would be an extravagant waste of many animals.
I put the comment to soon it was at the start of the video so Darn you had to fell the trees therefore how many did you have to kill for that wigwam
Would it make sense to make a new layer on top of the old layer covering the gaps?
The old layer can't shed rain to anything above it.
He's asking about patching, not building a wigwam over a wigwam. Any patches have to go under, like replacing individual shingles.
Which temporary shelters are best for below zero weather?
One you can make with heat.
"Awl the better" ha I see what you did there
first timer ..you are handsome ….I will be looking on
Hey Dan, what are your thoughts on putting a second skin on one? Dual layer skin style? My brother in law built one and insisted that it needed a second layer to stuff with straw or grass for insulation. He was in Maine. I’ve been in a tipi, busting a sweat in some hellacious cold and it only had the inner liner up, without any insulation. Just wondering what you think.
Historically speaking, cat tail mats were what was used for insulation. Double layers of bark, not only excessively kill trees, but gives perfect harvest conditions for mold and inhabitants. One layer was the rule.
Is pine tar and linseed oil an option? It would last 4-EVER!
and also catch fire if you had chilli breath lol
what is the tree type (species)you got the bark off ? and did the trees died ?
Watch video again hani karam, he tells and #2 are you a Troll or stupid ?
Yes it kills the tree. The common barks are Elm, Ash, Birch etc.
Hani,
PHD ? The tree is laying on the ground, take a guess !
vg liked
Use the metric system.
Excuse me what was the name of the tree?
He used poplar tree bark for the panels and birch tree saplings for the frame.
how many types of trees can you peel this well?
Usually Elm and Ash are best.
Birch
Do you teach how to tan hides at your school? Or how to extract anthrax from the hide? 😂 I'm serious about the hide tanning though.
haha hide tanning yes
Brain tanning is a FASCINATING process!! Very gory.... but fascinating!
Seems like the door is way oversized.
The opening is usually very small. You would have to squat and go in shoulder, head and other shoulder. This kept the heat in and predators would not easily get in without you knowing.
Ha ha, I get it AWL the better!
But can it play crisis?
If you can get one, "awl" the better
say Wigwam one more time...
If my Mora is a part of me then mistakes were definitely made.
666 likes now ... I'm gonna be the 667 just after the demon's like.
I sure hope the Government quits helping us out soon ! Who knows what they might bring us next ? Hard to remember what all they have brought in to help us out, of coarse who can for get Kudzu, multifore rose , Asian honeysuckle and Autumn Olive for starters.
Indians definitely didn’t use cord to tie the sticks together
Why not? They had cordage, they made it from plant fibers.
I MIGHT just scroll on down and find an individual expressing "outrage" about you harvesting an " OH MY GAWD! A LIVIINGGG TREEEEE!".
But nah.
thats the most swedish forehead ive ever seen! AWSOME!
My soul cringed just a little when he said the line didn't have to be straight. 😦 Sorry, I have issues.
I just don't get why you're using plastic cordage. Natural cordage can be gotten so cheaply and easily. Just irresponsible for something that will stay in the forrest and might be forgotten and then you have all that stuff that won't rot for thousands of years and that animals can get tangled up in. I don't get it...
The word is wigwAm not wigwOm
Right you are!