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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe
By:Graham Wheeler
Date: 9/15/2009, 9:42 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe *LINK* (John F Monroe)

: I don't know what category to put this in, but if you have an hour and high
: speed to watch a French Canadian native I think he is, built a canoe out
: of a tree he cuts down with an ax, sew it together with roots, shapes two
: ribs at a time in 45 seconds on his knee, and all on the dirt ground and
: never put any metal into it then you will be as spellbound as I was
: watching this. I thought we were craftsmen but this guy is the real thing.
: His craft must have been passed down from father to son over hundreds of
: years or more.

: Enjoy,
: John Monroe

Thanks for that John ,that is the best doco i have seen for years, very inspirational and the guy still has 10 fingers,
what a work of art.
we dont get to see much of your native Canadians this side of the world
Cheers
Graham

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe *LINK*
John F Monroe -- 9/13/2009, 1:23 pm
what material simulates Birch Bark
mike allen -- 9/17/2009, 2:06 pm
Re: what material simulates Birch Bark
Bill Hamm -- 9/20/2009, 1:40 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe
Jerry S -- 9/17/2009, 10:13 am
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Glen Smith -- 9/17/2009, 10:21 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe
Robert N Pruden -- 9/16/2009, 10:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe
Graham Wheeler -- 9/15/2009, 9:42 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe
Steve Rasmussen -- 9/14/2009, 12:20 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe
Bob Beaullieu -- 9/14/2009, 8:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe
Foster -- 9/13/2009, 6:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building a Birch Bark Canoe
Sean -- 9/14/2009, 9:18 pm