Uses of the Basswood Tree
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- čas přidán 30. 09. 2009
- Part one of a three part series on the uses of the basswood tree. In this video, we will be discussing the uses of the bark. However, we lost some footage of the final scene. We promise that nothing important was lost, just Caleb rambling about nets.
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Incorporating a net into the building of a debris shelter is a really interesting concept that is new to me. Thanks for sharing.
I made my first bowdrill fire with basswood. Still one of my favourites, and no other woodsmoke smells as good to me.
Nice lol. I remember making my first bow drill fire out of cedar wood and the smell has never left my mind.
Great information in a nice presentation style. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of your videos. 5/5
Damn dude very knowledgeable I can’t believe this is 9 years old
I love basswood. I carve and this is one of the best carving woods there is.
Excellent information thanks. I live in the UK ...we dont have Basswood common in wild as far as i know but we do havea relative ... Tillia cordata ... Small-Leaved Lime. I am wondering if the bark of our native Lime trees will also make good fibres for braid.
I'm in Rawdon, Quebec, and I think I'm a bit too north for these guys - plenty around Montreal though. Thanks for a very interesting vid.
Its' a long process of pecking and grinding, which we may show in a future video. Glad you liked her!
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Often the piece of wood was split open, and carved out with chert flake knives, and in some instanced beaver incisors and they believe even polished basalt gouge-adzes. A chamber and then a thin barrel were bored out. Afterwards natural glues and either a rawhide wrap or cord bindings sealed the pieces together again, making a chambered and highly accurate blowgun.
Other variations have been made by using rivercane, hollowed out with sticks. However these did not last as long.
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Often they used a very small amount of glue. Another thing, is they often sanded everything inside with coarse and finely ground sand. My guess is if they wanted to clean the barrel is they perhaps took green sticks, peeled them and drove sand into the wood. Now they had a ramrod for their blowgun that could scrape the barrel clean.
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The soaking of the fibers I do is "retting", which is when bacteria in a slow moving creek help break down the sap glues. After that I air-dry the fibers, and from then on work them mostly when dry. Only time I let them get wet is when I am leg-rolling a cord.
As for the woodsmen that won't share information, there is a theory about that. Some guys have this feeling that if they tell you everything you won't consider them the masters of knowledge. It's like a God Complex. Sad huh?
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Strands? Depends on how wide you make the strands. Cordage with hand-processed natural fibres aren't as cut-n-dry as modern synthetics or even storebought fibre. I would suggest making a three strand cord that has very long splices involved. The cord isn't often needed to be stretched, as this will lessen the elasticity of the cord (which is already not very elastic). They are often not wetted either, as wetting a natural fibre will swell the fibres, which will at first be tight...
It grows primarily is Eastern North America.
However, there are countless wild plants and trees in BC that offer similar uses.
@5tonyvvvv But upon drying it will be loose and not very strong. Three strands, keep it tightly twisted, with many twists per roll.
Will you explain twining? I wasn't able to discern what meant. A three string braid is faster than a reverse twist cord although the reverse or double reverse twist is fun and has a really nice finished look but good enough is just that.
We have an entire video on making cordage. Braids are faster but not stronger
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Sounds like you have a pretty good idea on how this works bud!
I would like to see some demonstrations.
Interesting, I am wondering if you had a thermostat on you, it would probably read over 10 degress , just by listening to the Honor song, (chirping) of the birds, you can figure out the Temp around you. Works better with the Crickets though. Cheers , and good vid. Thanks for posting. '-))
Hi. I would like to meet and throw some ideas around. I am impressed with your knowledge. I am in Niagara Falls.
What type of rock did you make that stone axe out of? I want to know since I am having trouble finding knappable rocks in southern Ontario.
Basalt is a groundstone lithic. Not knappable but you can grind and polish it into a god chopping tool. Niagara to Missisauga Ontario you can find a vein of Onondaga chert, and up in Collingwood there a decent deposit of Fossil Hill Formation Chert. Where abouts are you located?
@@CanadianBushcraftChannel Golden Horsehoe/greenbelt area.
@@entity6609Oh you definitely have chert nearby. Look into Onondaga Chert deposits.
@@CanadianBushcraftChannel Thanks a lot for th info. Where is the best place to find them? I have tried shorelines, streams, and lakeshores. No luck, what is the trick?
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I heard that basswood trees are also known as linden or lyme trees. Is this true, do you think?
Indeed, the American Linden/Basswood is Tilia spp. Not too disimilar to the European Linden/Lime Tree.
Great for my pokémon game. That's for the information
We have these in northeast Ohio
great info, poor video quality but great info
We agree! Video was shot 11 years ago, and we are actually planning to reshoot this entire series!