I made my dugout canoe when I was 18 I'm 44 now so that's some time ago it didn't take me 2 weeks it was more like half a year! I did it all on my onesome I did the chopping the burning and the finishing I did, however, a step that was not featured in the video I smoked my canoe! I build scaffolding raised my boat on to that using pulleys and build a large tent covered with thick felt blankets around that I dug a fire pit underneath the canoe filled that to the brim with charcoal and lit it when the charcoal was burning white and red I covered that with the wood curls and chips that came out of the original log this would give off a thick smoke after 50 hours of smoking and no sleep the chips were gone and the work was almost done the smoke gives off a resin comparable to pine tar because its the woods original resins and because of the heat the wood soaks up the resin like a sponge the canoe was now completely dark brown inside and out and with the canoe still warm I buffed it pushing the still soft resin into the grains then I let it cool and harden now after 26 years it is still solid with no rot what so ever its not mine anymore but it is happily floating several times a year on a lake in Germany were a friend of mine uses it to go fishing during vacation times in summer
Wow that pretty cool insight. Did you burn the canoe on the top, the flip it around dug a hole fill with charcoal then smoke it afterward? Or you burn a d smoke in one step? If the canoe is burned I would figure it already hot enough to melt the resin so you dont have to smoke it again. I never make one before but very intrigued. It gotta be the most difficult small canoe also the mose expensive, and might hurt you back doing it.
very cool i bet you could use pine resin to stop the leaks melt the resin and just pour it on to the bottom of the spots where it leaks at it should soak right in and harden . the native americans used pine tree sap this way for birch bark canoes . you could really do the whole under side and it would keep the wood dry and it would make the canoe lighter cause the wood would not suck up all that water and get water logged . just a thought . good luck and nce work .
I've made a few dugouts in my day, those days are gone. It IS a lot of work, of a pleasurable type. The last dugout I made, by myself, was a 16 foot tulip tree dugout. It is still, as far as I know, in Fort Boonesborough in Kentucky. The memories will always be with me. Some of you young longhunters out there, give it a try. Boone himself, when he left Kentucky made a 60 footer and floated it down the Ohio to Missouri. This video brought back some very good memories. Thank You.
Mr Townsend I just want to let you know how much I appreciate you making these videos. You bring so much excitement and enthusiasm to the old world and I live watching your videos. Keep em coming please never stop
We have a stand of black walnut that size on the farm I grew up on. These days, I think a large maple would be the best bet though since you get the fast growth of a softwood with strength close to a true hardwood.
@@angelaabrams9108 creek / water Elm. Thats what my research has found to be the favorite tree among the natives and frontiersmen of the ohio valley. Very heavy when green , once dried out extremly light. They burnt inside And outside 2" is correct for thickness. They did all forming with fire. Using flat stones from a creek ,they rubed the char smooth inside and out. The creek Elm was desired because the fibers made for a very light and very strong canoe. Once burnt and stone polished they then using large peices of animal fat rubbed it filling the pores and created very light nice transportation. Most had a bowl shaped indentation at the front end thay packed with sand to build a fire in . For mostly hunting purposes. With a animal skin between the fire and the hunters. This shaded the hunters from the light . The prey was blinded by the light of the fire and confused by it. Making for easy pickings. I live in the Kanauga River valley a tributary of the Ohio River. Actually at the mouth were it joins the Ohio. Natives called this place TI-WIN-DA-WEE. ROUGHLY translated ,mingling of waters' home of white caps. The river is so wide here it allows the wind to form white caps , lots of them. We also have alot of seagulls as well. I have a creek Elm about 3/4 feet thick in my back yard . From a low cut stump to where the trunk splits into branches is about 12 -14 Feet. So my canoe will be 3.5 ' wide / 12 feet long, about 2.5 ' deep. I plan to do this very soon. I will take picks as i work ,once complete i will share . May do the gopro thing and uplaod a vlog . Ive done alot of research on this , nice to see this one being built. Very interesting.
I was making Oak 8X8's with my chain saw mill (a wood bug) for a project, at my house out front, and guys kept stopping and trying to buy them from me! :)
Your passion for history, love of learning, and excitement for this subject makes me so happy. Never stop being yourself! I love this video, thank you for posting it!
Jon, you looked like you and the dug & burned out canoe were perfect for each other. Those clothes are perfect for when you're out there. You looked so happy Jon. 😊
Thank you Jon, for doing this video. This makes this process so much, clearer and gives a real understanding of it, than when I've just read quickly about it. It really brings all the hard work evolved alive and real, that it won't be forgotten.
What an amazing job you guys did! It looks so good and seeing all the work that went into making just one canoe really puts things into perspective. So happy that we have this channel to watch!
Experimental archaeology in action. Amazing work, what a wonderful experience. I enjoyed every minute of these videos. I especially liked the story at the end, it made a real connection to the past and how a canoe like that may have been used. Well done!
Floating on water does that to you ! when i push my kayak into the water and jump in. it's like all the stresses of the world fall away. the First few paddles are ... i have no words for it. so peaceful and transcendent.
Watching you paddle that canoe just put on the creek side back in history. I got that feeling like I'm there watching this 100's of years ago. Fine build video loved every minute of this. Thanks guys!!!
true, sand is easily had at the waters edge and easily swept out. That was funny "u can never again use iron tools" edges are easily put back on iron and sand is easily swept up . I wonder what that canoe weighted?
@@MadGunny River clay is found all over the planet. Human's have been using it for thousands of years. Pottery... blacksmiths use it to control heat in metal they are working, as they have for centuries. I watched them doing this and clay was the first thing I thought of as well, using it to limit the burn on the sides while gaining depth.
I watched this 3 part episode. My parents and I spent most of my childhood in living history. I’m much older now... I have traveled a lot, and will be graduating college for the second time. This makes me want to get back to my roots, to what I love. Being in the “out of doors”. I have been trapped within their restraints for too long. I wasn’t meant for this flat lander city life. I need the foot hills, I need the mountains, the rocks, the wind and rain in my hair. Where are my moccasins, my leggings, my flintlock, and my blanket bundle? I need out of this concrete and people infested world I have been wading through.
Congrats on the successful endeavor! This was a really fun project to watch and what an impressive outcome! I also love the way this series was filmed and edited. Nice work.
Floating on water does this to you ! when i push my kayak into the water and jump in. it's like all the stresses of the world fall away. the First few paddles are ... i have no words for it. so peaceful and transcendent.
That’s gorgeous. That canoe is better than anything you could buy. The passion you put into any hand made item, makes it golden. I hope you have many years of adventures with your canoe.
I had never heard of Cresswell before this. Amazing! I live within a few miles of the Youghiogheny River and within 45 minutes of Fort Necessity. Our family has been here since the 1790s. A book that’s a local favorite is “Forty-Four Years of the Life of a Hunter” which is the autobiography of Meshach Browning, an early settler along the Yough.
Been following this series, and it's been great watching the progression. What an amazing experience. Very well done. Thanks for the videos. Keep up all the great work.
This has given me an idea to try out when my kids get to that age where they'll need a senior project. I'll definitely be looking back at these videos many times and practice this art so one day my children can also take part. I have many years till then though so hopefully my hands will be used to it by then!! Thank you!!
WTG!!! I rember as a child I always dreamed about making a dugout canoe! I glad I never tried as a kid, it would have been a waste of a tree, but you and your friends did a great job!
Well done, all of you! That was a real achievement. The intensive labour was obvious and must have bee frustrating at times. It was certainly worth watching!
You guys are so inspiring! I still can't believe you did this. What a remarkable journey from tree to hollow log canoe. I am so impressed- I'm ready to do it myself! Now to find that perfect tree!
You can use clay and mud on top of the areas you want to limit burning. This wont prevent combustion at high temps, but it will prevent the flame from travelling, which is what you are trying to do with water.
A small tip for working with hand tools that leave blisters on your hands: wear leather gloves. Get a pair that is bespoke or a pair that is a little small. If you get the unfitted pair, wet them with soapy water, preferably dish soap like Dawn or a soap that has glycerin in it, and then put them on your hands and stretch the softened leather by making and opening your fists for about 5 minutes, then work with them for the day so they dry and stretch to fit you hands well. Calfskin and full grain leather are the best ones for this, although you might have to wet the full grain leather multiple times to get a good fit.
Thanks ALOT!!!! for the How to on the gloves, I will be doing that with the pair I will be purchasing soon, just finished off my current pair it was tuff breaking those suckers in, it was them or my hands and I used them till I couldn't use them any more. Good patching material now.
@@terry-1 No problem. I ran across it accidentally while working in a concrete block yard. If you can find saddle soap that is what works best. It can be a bit too cold to wear them for a full day to dry on your hands in the winter, but you can do it on your day off indoors for a few hours and that will get them started.
@@SoapAcademy Saddle soap. If you use the gloves every day in rough jobs they are likely to wear holes in them before you need to condition them again.
Whats really funny, is in the latter end of the 17th century, there were designs for submersibles, with the idea being there was a drill in front of it, where it could go up to an enemy vessel in harbor, undetected and drill holes in the hull to sink it
I was just rolling over to go to sleep and looked at my phone to check the time and went "aw yes! The next part of the canoe build is up!!" my husband just turned to me and went "... You're such a dweeb." 😂 he finds it all very interesting too, but finds my enthusiasm hilarious 😂
You must be in Britain...where it would have been about 2300h when this video was uploaded? It was uploaded at about 1700h US Eastern Time, or 1600 Central. Awful early for bed unless you work a strange shift :)
My power went out for like an entire 15 minutes today. I was mad because I couldn't save my work on my computer. I didn't want to open my refrigerated food box and let in heat, so I couldn't snack. My only choice was to take a shower with my running water since it didn't require electricity. By the time I got out, the power _still_ wasn't on, so I got my iPad and read a new book. I mean, the power was out so I had no source of light other than the windows(sunlight) which was too warm, so I couldn't read any paper books. Basically, I felt just like you must have, living rough and wild. Frankly, I feel a connection with the pioneers of old, getting in touch with the harsh reality of life without modern convenience.
Great project! When I was in Belize around 1983, I visited a Garifuna village along the coast south of Punta Gorda. Many of the villagers used dugouts, and the nicest looking ones were made by local Mayan indians. Some were quite refined and of amazing quality.
It was interesting to me that from the journal, his travels started about a week after our republic was engaged in the struggle for independence and freedom from England. Does he mention in his writings, any knowledge of what was transpiring in the colonies as he explored the western frontier? You did a great job....very dicey once you get it burnt down to that level!! Patience and attention to the process resulted in a wonderfully hand built water transport historically accurate in construction and, in use. Two thumbs up!!
watching this all the way through was awesome. all of the time, effort, & dedication is to be admired. to see how a canoe was made 200 years ago was mind blowing. imagine doing all of that work, getting to 95% done & something happening? man... & people today complain if they don’t have wifi.
Seeing these episodes give's me not only the written part of history ,but all so the visual aspect. In combination witk that clothing, it gave me the taste of pioneering! wonderfull job !!!
Superb video! I love the music you use and the shots of all the guys on the canoe ; your videos make me feel like I'm in the boundary waters with my own canoe!
I must say one of the best video series on the tube! I'm mostly a car, motorcycle guy but like all types of history and the outdoors! I've always said looking at an infrastructure " imagine how they built that 200 years ago" ! Lol Alot of ball busting work is the bottom line! Nice canoe!
Wow! well done guys, superb effort. Very educational,,great that you're keeping the art alive for the next generation of history buffs, re enactors, living historians and the like.And you persevered without using modern power tools. Can't wait for you guys to go on a voyage and film it. Shinin' times indeed .
Maybe I missed it, but how would you store these over winter? If the body of water you plan to put it in will freeze solid should you store it on land? If so, will it being soaking wet and then freezing damage it, should it be pulled out and dried prior to the first freeze of the year?
From what I understand, based on conditions you will go 5 or more feet out into the lake and perhaps in an area 4 foot deep to sink the canoe. In northern Indiana it would have to be an excessively cold winter to freeze down more than about 12 to 14 inches. Their is no way it would freeze 3 or 4 foot down
I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure you never want that sort of boat to dry out. It would be very likely to crack and although the crack may swell shut when the boat re-hydrates, probably best not to count on it. Up here in Canada the most common indigenous watercraft adopted by settlor's is the birchbark canoe. My understanding is that birchbark canoes were commonly buried in bogs over the winter, they can apparently last for many years in that state.
@@brocktechnology Exactly..NEVER dry a wooden boat out ever. Even modern ones. At the worst you can store it in open air for the winter where snow can fall on it and melt, but even that is risky since the freezing winter air can get pretty dry and as water gets into the grooves and then freezes, it could also crack it. Sinking it is a brilliant solution to be honest. Or maybe a heavy pitch coating to prevent moisture from getting in or out to stabalize it.
Wood only rots when its humidity changes continuously. These canoes are store underwater to prevent damage, for the same reason that the buildings in Venice are still holding up: the logs supporting them are always underwater.
You guys are so Blessed to be able to do such a project together. I imagine it's quite a different feeling to do it from choice instead of a necessary means of survival. What a great quality video and thank you for allowing us to share in this adventure.
Part of me really yearns to live this kind of life-- you wake up every day with a clear purpose and good work to do, and you can say exactly why you're doing all your work and how it'll help you. No vague, menacing stress of feeling like you should be doing something but you don't know what. No work where you couldn't say how it helps anyone, or your end product doesn't even exist in the material world. The food you make is your community's, the house you build is your family's to live in, and you waste nothing that can possibly be used for something else because you don't have enough to waste. Then I remember that I like, you know, being vaccinated and stuff. Not starving if mice get into my crops. Gas heating. Modern education. Showering. I'd be fresh out of a job, too, seeing as I'm an electronics engineer.
No menacing stress at all... I mean they only had to worry about keeping their scalps or about being tortured first...your comment is pretty ridiculous and romanticized.
I would have been the weirdo scooping up all of that charcoal into a bucket and saving it from the water. Ha ha. Isn't that part of the first step of making lye for laundry "soap" of that era?
@@kimfleury It isn't. My Dad and some friends got together and did a bunch of it. The cracklings were great, but when the lard cooled... well, my dad had stirred it with a cedar stick...!
Well that charcoal Probaly wouldn't do no harm and might even filter the water.. Activated carbon charcoal is used to filter air and water filters... 🙌
![เปิดบ้าน นาราเครปกระเทย 1 ไร่ ขายขาดทุนหลัก10ล้าน เอามาใช้หนี้!!! l [Nickynachat]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0jz84VFWVP4/mqdefault.jpg)
I made my dugout canoe when I was 18 I'm 44 now so that's some time ago
it didn't take me 2 weeks it was more like half a year! I did it all on my onesome
I did the chopping the burning and the finishing I did, however, a step that was not featured in the video
I smoked my canoe! I build scaffolding raised my boat on to that using pulleys and build a large tent covered with thick felt blankets around that I dug a fire pit underneath the canoe filled that to the brim with charcoal and lit it when the charcoal was burning white and red I covered that with the wood curls and chips that came out of the original log this would give off a thick smoke after 50 hours of smoking and no sleep the chips were gone and the work was almost done
the smoke gives off a resin comparable to pine tar because its the woods original resins and because of the heat the wood soaks up the resin like a sponge the canoe was now completely dark brown inside and out and with the canoe still warm I buffed it pushing the still soft resin into the grains
then I let it cool and harden now after 26 years it is still solid with no rot what so ever
its not mine anymore but it is happily floating several times a year on a lake in Germany were a friend of mine uses it to go fishing during vacation times in summer
Wow that pretty cool insight. Did you burn the canoe on the top, the flip it around dug a hole fill with charcoal then smoke it afterward? Or you burn a d smoke in one step? If the canoe is burned I would figure it already hot enough to melt the resin so you dont have to smoke it again. I never make one before but very intrigued. It gotta be the most difficult small canoe also the mose expensive, and might hurt you back doing it.
I wish i could make a canoe with a tree and go fishing
Well done bro
@@shrippie-4214 bup
What a fantastic story. Thanks for sharing your time.✌️
Imagine what they could do with flextape. Endless possibilities for these champs.
That's a lot of damage. How bout a little more?
Billy Mays could have a field day with this dugout canoe
Billy Mayes here with might putty
WE SAWED THIS BOAT IN HALF !!!!!!
What about flex seal CoLorS
very cool i bet you could use pine resin to stop the leaks melt the resin and just pour it on to the bottom of the spots where it leaks at it should soak right in and harden . the native americans used pine tree sap this way for birch bark canoes . you could really do the whole under side and it would keep the wood dry and it would make the canoe lighter cause the wood would not suck up all that water and get water logged . just a thought . good luck and nce work .
I agree with you BUT....it depends which region they're at. If its a hard wood forest then there wont be any conifers around
Or just buy some epoxy.
Add some fine ground charcoal to your resin to make a bit more of an elastic glue cause the wood is going to shrink and expand thew the years
@@JoshuaJonah the good old epoxy george washington used
Joshua Jonah
I guess you _could_ buy epoxy, but that kind of defeats the point, doesn't it?
I've made a few dugouts in my day, those days are gone. It IS a lot of work, of a pleasurable type. The last dugout I made, by myself, was a 16 foot tulip tree dugout. It is still, as far as I know, in Fort Boonesborough in Kentucky. The memories will always be with me. Some of you young longhunters out there, give it a try. Boone himself, when he left Kentucky made a 60 footer and floated it down the Ohio to Missouri. This video brought back some very good memories. Thank You.
Mr Townsend I just want to let you know how much I appreciate you making these videos. You bring so much excitement and enthusiasm to the old world and I live watching your videos. Keep em coming please never stop
Wow. A Walnut tree canoe that is 30' long, and 20 inches wide! That log today would be worth thousands of dollars. Really neat project.
We have a stand of black walnut that size on the farm I grew up on. These days, I think a large maple would be the best bet though since you get the fast growth of a softwood with strength close to a true hardwood.
Ang Abrams I had one that big in my yard that was taken down ~ 20 years ago. Thing was really old.
@@angelaabrams9108 creek / water Elm. Thats what my research has found to be the favorite tree among the natives and frontiersmen of the ohio valley. Very heavy when green , once dried out extremly light. They burnt inside And outside 2" is correct for thickness. They did all forming with fire. Using flat stones from a creek ,they rubed the char smooth inside and out. The creek Elm was desired because the fibers made for a very light and very strong canoe. Once burnt and stone polished they then using large peices of animal fat rubbed it filling the pores and created very light nice transportation. Most had a bowl shaped indentation at the front end thay packed with sand to build a fire in . For mostly hunting purposes. With a animal skin between the fire and the hunters. This shaded the hunters from the light . The prey was blinded by the light of the fire and confused by it. Making for easy pickings. I live in the Kanauga River valley a tributary of the Ohio River. Actually at the mouth were it joins the Ohio. Natives called this place TI-WIN-DA-WEE. ROUGHLY translated ,mingling of waters' home of white caps. The river is so wide here it allows the wind to form white caps , lots of them. We also have alot of seagulls as well. I have a creek Elm about 3/4 feet thick in my back yard . From a low cut stump to where the trunk splits into branches is about 12 -14 Feet. So my canoe will be 3.5 ' wide / 12 feet long, about 2.5 ' deep. I plan to do this very soon. I will take picks as i work ,once complete i will share . May do the gopro thing and uplaod a vlog . Ive done alot of research on this , nice to see this one being built. Very interesting.
@@walliehart2055 coo;!!
I was making Oak 8X8's with my chain saw mill (a wood bug) for a project, at my house out front, and guys kept stopping and trying to buy them from me! :)
Congrats on finishing, and thank you so much for taking us along with on the journey!
Your passion for history, love of learning, and excitement for this subject makes me so happy. Never stop being yourself! I love this video, thank you for posting it!
I can't express how much I love this channel, thank you for the excellent detailed content that just makes my inner history nerd jump when I see it!
Imran Rizwan history is amazing
the nerdy outfits make me cringe hard, but i guess its historically accurate. @@MFRiley
Im a carpenter and I can really appreciate the time and hard work it takes to create something like this. Just beautiful guys. Thanks for the video!
Jon, you looked like you and the dug & burned out canoe were perfect for each other. Those clothes are perfect for when you're out there. You looked so happy Jon. 😊
Your boats on fire dude.
Thank you donny!
"f*ck!"
At 9:07 I asked out loud, "and how happy are you right now, my brother?"
Your smile said it all.
Congratulations on the fruits of your labor.
Spoken like someone who doesn’t work
@@suspicioustumbleweed4760 I got the opposite vibe.
this whole 3 episode set was riveting.... and I have no idea why! I was so worried about your canoe!
Thank you Jon, for doing this video.
This makes this process so much, clearer and gives a real understanding of it, than when I've just read quickly about it. It really brings all the hard work evolved alive and real, that it won't be forgotten.
What an amazing job you guys did! It looks so good and seeing all the work that went into making just one canoe really puts things into perspective. So happy that we have this channel to watch!
this is, by far, the coolest project you and the guys have done. Reignites my desire to do the same. thanks so much!
Hi, did you get around to do it?
Experimental archaeology in action. Amazing work, what a wonderful experience. I enjoyed every minute of these videos. I especially liked the story at the end, it made a real connection to the past and how a canoe like that may have been used. Well done!
You looked so content when you were paddling your canoe. :o)
Floating on water does that to you ! when i push my kayak into the water and jump in. it's like all the stresses of the world fall away. the First few paddles are ... i have no words for it. so peaceful and transcendent.
Now call up your French homies and party like it's 1775.
Maybe the Spanish, since they helped too
*1776 lol
Great video. I want to do some out of palm trees any suggestions
1799
Aww i would of said 1799. Like the song but the song goes like its 1999
This is one of the most beautiful inspiring projects I have seen on TH-cam. Well done guys!
Watching you paddle that canoe just put on the creek side back in history. I got that feeling like I'm there watching this 100's of years ago. Fine build video loved every minute of this. Thanks guys!!!
YaY!!! PART 3 Canoe looks good. Enjoy it, you all worked hard for it.
I loved watching this 3-piece adventure. The filming was very calm and almost poetic, and the process itself very interesting. A favourite!
Clay is a better choice to limit the burn. It doesn't dull tools, and can stick to vertical surfaces.
true, sand is easily had at the waters edge and easily swept out. That was funny "u can never again use iron tools" edges are easily put back on iron and sand is easily swept up . I wonder what that canoe weighted?
Clays far more compact and has a smaller grain size than sand.
@@harleyrhynes3342 Can you explain that statement, 'u can never again use iron tools with sand'?
Yeah but they are only using materials they had back then so they had to use sand
@@MadGunny River clay is found all over the planet. Human's have been using it for thousands of years. Pottery... blacksmiths use it to control heat in metal they are working, as they have for centuries. I watched them doing this and clay was the first thing I thought of as well, using it to limit the burn on the sides while gaining depth.
Very enjoyable and thank you all so much for posting this video.
Regards from the UK.
John.
Absolutely beautiful and wonderful series. You guys did an amazing job and I'm so proud! Thank you for bringing history alive for us.
I watched this 3 part episode.
My parents and I spent most of my childhood in living history.
I’m much older now...
I have traveled a lot, and will be graduating college for the second time.
This makes me want to get back to my roots, to what I love. Being in the “out of doors”. I have been trapped within their restraints for too long.
I wasn’t meant for this flat lander city life. I need the foot hills, I need the mountains, the rocks, the wind and rain in my hair.
Where are my moccasins, my leggings, my flintlock, and my blanket bundle?
I need out of this concrete and people infested world I have been wading through.
Geez, laying it on thick. We get it, you're booksmart but you like the woods.
Tinder fungus is why people give up on online dating
Not everyone i met my wife online. Married now 15 years
LOLOL!
Hipsterypunkery, I wish I had more hangs so I could give you more than 2 thumbs up.
Indeed too many tinder fungi
@@gabriel300010 indeed too many but not all.
This was a wonderful series with some great information! Thanks so much for taking this on and sharing it with others.
Congrats on the successful endeavor! This was a really fun project to watch and what an impressive outcome! I also love the way this series was filmed and edited. Nice work.
Floating on water does this to you ! when i push my kayak into the water and jump in. it's like all the stresses of the world fall away. the First few paddles are ... i have no words for it. so peaceful and transcendent.
What a cool project! Thanks for sharing!
I love all the hard work and effort you put into every video! So great to see part 3 of the canoe journey!
Looks like you're all ready for Red Dead Redemption 2!
Hello Justin! Nice to see you Here.
Get out of here fam
Plz nobody like justin y's comments, thats what makes him famous
You like townsends too? We seem to have similar interest.
wtf you're everywhere
That’s gorgeous. That canoe is better than anything you could buy. The passion you put into any hand made item, makes it golden. I hope you have many years of adventures with your canoe.
I had never heard of Cresswell before this. Amazing! I live within a few miles of the Youghiogheny River and within 45 minutes of Fort Necessity. Our family has been here since the 1790s. A book that’s a local favorite is “Forty-Four Years of the Life of a Hunter” which is the autobiography of Meshach Browning, an early settler along the Yough.
Been following this series, and it's been great watching the progression. What an amazing experience. Very well done. Thanks for the videos. Keep up all the great work.
I don't know how I came upon this 3 part series, but I'm so glad I did. Well done and so incredibly fascinating.
This has given me an idea to try out when my kids get to that age where they'll need a senior project. I'll definitely be looking back at these videos many times and practice this art so one day my children can also take part. I have many years till then though so hopefully my hands will be used to it by then!! Thank you!!
Awesome work guys! Love people who build their own stuff!
What a great project. You can really see how happy you are. 😊
WTG!!! I rember as a child I always dreamed about making a dugout canoe! I glad I never tried as a kid, it would have been a waste of a tree, but you and your friends did a great job!
Well done, all of you! That was a real achievement. The intensive labour was obvious and must have bee frustrating at times. It was certainly worth watching!
This channel provides some of the coolest content on youtube. Awesome canoe after a lot of hard work. Thanks for sharing, keep up the good work!
You guys are so inspiring! I still can't believe you did this. What a remarkable journey from tree to hollow log canoe. I am so impressed- I'm ready to do it myself! Now to find that perfect tree!
You can use clay and mud on top of the areas you want to limit burning. This wont prevent combustion at high temps, but it will prevent the flame from travelling, which is what you are trying to do with water.
Well great. Add a dugout canoe to the things I "have" to have...lol.
Enjoyed watching the process and the product.
You could also use a clay mixture to prevent the spots you don't want to burn, from burning.
Congrats on your finished canoe! Time for adventure! Love it! Thanks for sharing!
A small tip for working with hand tools that leave blisters on your hands: wear leather gloves. Get a pair that is bespoke or a pair that is a little small. If you get the unfitted pair, wet them with soapy water, preferably dish soap like Dawn or a soap that has glycerin in it, and then put them on your hands and stretch the softened leather by making and opening your fists for about 5 minutes, then work with them for the day so they dry and stretch to fit you hands well.
Calfskin and full grain leather are the best ones for this, although you might have to wet the full grain leather multiple times to get a good fit.
Thanks ALOT!!!! for the How to on the gloves, I will be doing that with the pair I will be purchasing soon, just finished off my current pair it was tuff breaking those suckers in, it was them or my hands and I used them till I couldn't use them any more. Good patching material now.
@@terry-1 No problem. I ran across it accidentally while working in a concrete block yard. If you can find saddle soap that is what works best. It can be a bit too cold to wear them for a full day to dry on your hands in the winter, but you can do it on your day off indoors for a few hours and that will get them started.
Good Point, Winter has definately hit. I will poke around here for some saddle soap, makes sence with leather gloves.
KnightsWithoutATable good advice. You have a recommendation for a leather conditioner after treatment?
@@SoapAcademy Saddle soap. If you use the gloves every day in rough jobs they are likely to wear holes in them before you need to condition them again.
Loved the set of three videos. Learned a lot about how to make a canoe. Thanks for posting this.
When you make the 18th century version of a submarine, you've got to name it the Nutmegalodon
Whats really funny, is in the latter end of the 17th century, there were designs for submersibles, with the idea being there was a drill in front of it, where it could go up to an enemy vessel in harbor, undetected and drill holes in the hull to sink it
That would be the Turtle, built in 1775.
No! The "Unsinkable II"!
@@WelshWebb Considering the titanic had two sister ships, i think Unsinkable 2 and 3 are taken.
4 maybe?
So enjoyed the 3 parts. Loved seeing the process and loved the excerpt at the end. All you guys involved are power houses. Well done.
I was just rolling over to go to sleep and looked at my phone to check the time and went "aw yes! The next part of the canoe build is up!!" my husband just turned to me and went "... You're such a dweeb." 😂 he finds it all very interesting too, but finds my enthusiasm hilarious 😂
Same
You must be in Britain...where it would have been about 2300h when this video was uploaded? It was uploaded at about 1700h US Eastern Time, or 1600 Central. Awful early for bed unless you work a strange shift :)
Same for me, just no spouse :D
aw yiss. motha f’n townsends
I love a good geek fest, don't you?
It’s amazing what one can accomplish with a little patience and determination. Beautiful canoe!
My power went out for like an entire 15 minutes today. I was mad because I couldn't save my work on my computer. I didn't want to open my refrigerated food box and let in heat, so I couldn't snack. My only choice was to take a shower with my running water since it didn't require electricity. By the time I got out, the power _still_ wasn't on, so I got my iPad and read a new book. I mean, the power was out so I had no source of light other than the windows(sunlight) which was too warm, so I couldn't read any paper books.
Basically, I felt just like you must have, living rough and wild. Frankly, I feel a connection with the pioneers of old, getting in touch with the harsh reality of life without modern convenience.
Yes, sometimes it gets real bad.
Um you have no connections to the pioneers…
A few mins without electricity isn’t anything close to the ends of living off of what you don’t have
@@aurorabarnes7494 I think you may have missed the point more than somewhat.
Joshua Barnes r/woosh
R/woooosh
Great project! When I was in Belize around 1983, I visited a Garifuna village along the coast south of Punta Gorda. Many of the villagers used dugouts, and the nicest looking ones were made by local Mayan indians. Some were quite refined and of amazing quality.
By far the best dugout canoe i've seen!
It was interesting to me that from the journal, his travels started about a week after our republic was engaged in the struggle for independence and freedom from England. Does he mention in his writings, any knowledge of what was transpiring in the colonies as he explored the western frontier? You did a great job....very dicey once you get it burnt down to that level!! Patience and attention to the process resulted in a wonderfully hand built water transport historically accurate in construction and, in use. Two thumbs up!!
Major accomplishment! Congrats
The finished canoe is looking great and the work put into making it as great as it is was worth it.
“It’s gonna float it’s a boat” 🤣🤣🤣
Incredible video. The editing and music were really stand-out in this one. Thanks for putting in the work to make all this happen.
You're the coolest guy on TH-cam.
Amazing build. Amazing experience. Thanks for y’alls hard work, research, and efforts!
Anyone else think it’s funny how he went from “let’s build a canoe” on day one and by day three he’s like “ugh let’s get this crap done”
Just like they would have said 300 years ago!
watching this all the way through was awesome. all of the time, effort, & dedication is to be admired. to see how a canoe was made 200 years ago was mind blowing. imagine doing all of that work, getting to 95% done & something happening? man... & people today complain if they don’t have wifi.
Smoke on the water.
Fire in the hull!
SOME STUPID WITH A FLARE GUN
Burned the place to the ground
0.3.5.0.3.6.5.0.3.5.3.0
Thanks for your work on these parts, much enjoyment watching. thanks for sharing.
9:50 Those are the smallest glasses i have ever seen for sure
He kooks exactly like Peter Griffin :)
great project, looks like hard work and a ton of fun. Great to have friends to share that experience with.
Erik got that fire going in no time. Continues to impress!
Seeing these episodes give's me not only the written part of history ,but all so the visual aspect. In combination witk that clothing, it gave me the taste of pioneering! wonderfull job !!!
just found this channel today and with this as the first video so wholesome and calm just a pleasure to watch. keep up the great work. New Sub here !
check out his cooking series, its the best!
It’s just great to see how with simple tools and lots of hard works things can be made to work wonderfully well. Keep doing !
Made one just like it last weekend, only took about 2 hours.
1/16 scale
Well figures.
Awesome job! Making canoes is really one of my life joys, glad to other see people share in this great experience.
I've been waiting for this
Superb video! I love the music you use and the shots of all the guys on the canoe ; your videos make me feel like I'm in the boundary waters with my own canoe!
I'm curious if anyone accidentally went for a swim? It looked cold!
I must say one of the best video series on the tube! I'm mostly a car, motorcycle guy but like all types of history and the outdoors! I've always said looking at an infrastructure " imagine how they built that 200 years ago" ! Lol Alot of ball busting work is the bottom line! Nice canoe!
@8:10 "I can tell, it's gonna float ... IT'S A BOAT ... MMHMM" XD XD XD IM DEAD!
Wow! well done guys, superb effort. Very educational,,great that you're keeping the art alive for the next generation of history buffs, re enactors, living historians and the like.And you persevered without using modern power tools. Can't wait for you guys to go on a voyage and film it. Shinin' times indeed .
Hello adventure daddy
@Nicole Marly
You and nutmeg are two best things to spice thing up on this channel. Pls never change
Thanks for all the Fun Nicole!
Never change, Consistent Topical Comment Mommy.
lol
Good ol' Nicole
Awesome job guys. Back to the roots. I want to see more of things like this.
Maybe I missed it, but how would you store these over winter? If the body of water you plan to put it in will freeze solid should you store it on land? If so, will it being soaking wet and then freezing damage it, should it be pulled out and dried prior to the first freeze of the year?
From what I understand, based on conditions you will go 5 or more feet out into the lake and perhaps in an area 4 foot deep to sink the canoe. In northern Indiana it would have to be an excessively cold winter to freeze down more than about 12 to 14 inches. Their is no way it would freeze 3 or 4 foot down
I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure you never want that sort of boat to dry out. It would be very likely to crack and although the crack may swell shut when the boat re-hydrates, probably best not to count on it. Up here in Canada the most common indigenous watercraft adopted by settlor's is the birchbark canoe. My understanding is that birchbark canoes were commonly buried in bogs over the winter, they can apparently last for many years in that state.
@@brocktechnology Exactly..NEVER dry a wooden boat out ever. Even modern ones. At the worst you can store it in open air for the winter where snow can fall on it and melt, but even that is risky since the freezing winter air can get pretty dry and as water gets into the grooves and then freezes, it could also crack it. Sinking it is a brilliant solution to be honest. Or maybe a heavy pitch coating to prevent moisture from getting in or out to stabalize it.
Wood only rots when its humidity changes continuously. These canoes are store underwater to prevent damage, for the same reason that the buildings in Venice are still holding up: the logs supporting them are always underwater.
Check out the construction of Brooklyn bridge....
You'll be surprised...lol
Awesome job on the canoe and the video documentary on the project. Congratulations on your successful outcome
Il be honest, Ive been watching these movies because WW3 is coming and not because im in love with American history..
You guys are so Blessed to be able to do such a project together.
I imagine it's quite a different feeling to do it from choice instead of a necessary means of survival.
What a great quality video and thank you for allowing us to share in this adventure.
Wow thank you for including me in your canoe Journey this is Richard I really appreciate your post into the past keep on posting Love It
Thanks for coming along!
Richard, thank you for showing everyone how reenactors learn the skills by reaching out to dedicated experts.
Thanks for sharing your skills with us
You did amazing job,
Canoe project 👌
Part of me really yearns to live this kind of life-- you wake up every day with a clear purpose and good work to do, and you can say exactly why you're doing all your work and how it'll help you. No vague, menacing stress of feeling like you should be doing something but you don't know what. No work where you couldn't say how it helps anyone, or your end product doesn't even exist in the material world. The food you make is your community's, the house you build is your family's to live in, and you waste nothing that can possibly be used for something else because you don't have enough to waste.
Then I remember that I like, you know, being vaccinated and stuff. Not starving if mice get into my crops. Gas heating. Modern education. Showering. I'd be fresh out of a job, too, seeing as I'm an electronics engineer.
No menacing stress at all... I mean they only had to worry about keeping their scalps or about being tortured first...your comment is pretty ridiculous and romanticized.
Obviously you have no clue how brutal frontier warfare was at that time...
You're a treasure man. please keep sharing history with us.
She's a beaut'! Congrats!
Really glad this channel/video series (part 1) showed up in my recommended
I would have been the weirdo scooping up all of that charcoal into a bucket and saving it from the water. Ha ha. Isn't that part of the first step of making lye for laundry "soap" of that era?
Ash + rendered lard, I think....and I've heard that rendering lard is no pleasant task!
@@kimfleury It isn't. My Dad and some friends got together and did a bunch of it. The cracklings were great, but when the lard cooled... well, my dad had stirred it with a cedar stick...!
Well that charcoal Probaly wouldn't do no harm and might even filter the water.. Activated carbon charcoal is used to filter air and water filters... 🙌
You need clean white ash, not charcoal for soap.
Really cool seeing this made from start to finish. Some serious hard work too.
Last time I was this early that tree was still a sapling.
Vlasic
What a project! I love to know how things were done. Thanks!