Posted in Fire craft, Natural Materials, Trees, tagged Ash, bark, Birch, fire, firesteel on 02/12/2009 | 7 Comments »
We are all familiar with the method of scraping the surface of Birch bark and igniting the scrapings with a firesteel due to the high content of natural oils in the bark.
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but you can use this scraping method on most dead woods to achieve either a [...]
Posted in Crafts, Lapland, Natural Materials, Trees, tagged bark, basket making, Birch, cabin, knife on 22/06/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunny today, with a maximum temperature of 17 degrees.
1 Blue Tit around the cabin this morning, 2 Black-throated Divers on the lake, an Osprey flying around over the lake, 2 Hooded Crows flew over, 1 male Reed Bunting and 1 Common Lizard.
4 Perch in the fish trap this morning.
I washed my clothes this morning and [...]
Posted in Fishing and Hunting, Lapland, Natural Materials, Nature, Travel and navigation, Trees, Wildlife, tagged bark, Birch, birds, cabin, mammals, snow, trap on 09/06/2008 | 2 Comments »
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A pair of Pied Flycatchers had appeared over-night and the male was singing from a nearby Black Spruce and they were soon busy collecting nest material and building in one of the many bird boxes available to them. Other birds singing around the [...]
Posted in Crafts, Fire craft, Meetups and gatherings, Trees, tagged bark, Birch, Fire by friction, green woodworking on 14/05/2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is one of the most beautiful Birch bark containers that I have ever seen. Birch bark has even been used to stitch it together.
Unfortunately I never did find out who had made it or where the Birch bark had been sourced from.
Here Dave Watson from Woodland Survival Crafts is demonstrating making fire using [...]
Posted in Crafts, Equipment, Natural Materials, Trees, tagged bark, Birch, Bone on 18/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
You can also make some really nice Birch bark containers as well. Here are a couple I have made recently.
This picture also features a Birch cup I made and a bone sewing kit I made for stitching the bark containers.
Posted in Crafts, Natural Materials, Trees, tagged bark, basket making, Birch on 16/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Birch bark is an amazing material to work with. Unfortunately the quality of bark in the UK is not good so I collect mine from either Canada or Lapland. I have used it to make some really nice baskets and knife sheaths. If you do not have Birch bark available, [...]
