Dugout canoe craftsmanship!

Ran across this great 20 minute video.

 

Have seen this one before. Incredible craftsmanship.

 

This guy is awesome. The video kept buffering for me when he was coating/scorching it. What was he putting on the outside of it?

 

Great video. I enjoyed the craftsmanship. That is work that would bring a calm to a man.

 

Looks like a tar of some sort.

 

Based on him doing everything by hand/traditionally it was probably pitch tar.

 

Amazing video thanks for sharing, in the beginning I was wondering what purpose do the little dowel rods serve? Does it serve as a guide to maintain even thickness or is it apart of the process to prevent splitting? What a skill Im glad these skill sets are still being preserved today.

It reminds me of an old Ray Mears episode where he visited a tribe and they had forgotten the art of a hand drill friction fire. I have noticed that some of the simplest of arts are being lost today such as how to chop wood with an axe or starting a fire without a modern accelerant.