My first birch bark container

[Puchal]

Hi Everyone.
About two weeks ago, during my walkabout in the forest near my neighborhood, I stumbled upon this fallen birch tree. The tree wasn’t too old, and the bark covering the trunk, looked soft and smooth.
I managed to salvage several large peaces of the birch bark with no trouble.
All the peaces are still soaking in the water. I plan to build miniature model of the Indian canoe for my son.
But in the meantime I decided to use one of the peaces to build a small tube for my smoking pipe and tobacco.
Below you can see results. Materials used for the container:
- birch bark
- whang
- peace of asp tree branch for the cover.
- wood oil for finishing.
Tools:
- drill
- sharp carpenters knife
After finishing the work, I learned that it is recommended to make holes in the bark with awl, rather then drill. Good lesson for the next work

 

[Retired Member southey]

Hey thats great stuff, you mention using your wang, could you tell me what it is please?

 

[Wayland]

Hey thats great stuff, you mention using your wang, could you tell me what it is please?

Are you sure you want to know....:yikes:

 

[Retired Member southey]

Yay, oh dear i've had to much lunch. sorry, could you enlighten me as to what material wang is.

 

[Puchal]

you mention using your wang

I meant leather slip, thong or cord (In my language same word is used for whang and leather cord) of course

 

[Puchal]

you mention using your wang

Or shall I answer: to take the measure?

 

[Retired Member southey]

HA cheers Puchal. thats some length youv'e got there.

 

[kalervo69]

Very nice,. This birch bark is also nice as knife handles. Gets a good grip.

 

[Retired Member southey]

would you use it stacked on a stick tang handle?

 

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

very nice it looks great!

 

[g4ghb]

Looks Great Puchal, I wish I could find some bark of that quality and size round here - makes my little container feel very inferior and quite jealous poor little thing...

 

[Silverhill]

That is an absolutely stunning piece of work you have there. I'm not a smoker, but I may be persuaded.............

 

[Man of Tanith]

thats lovely a very elegent pipe holder
beats the bag mine came in by a long shot.
like graham said wish the quality of bark in my area was that good

 

[Harmony]

For canoe ideas, for the boy, take a look at this site:

http://www.barkcanoe.com/home.htm

Harmony

 

[Teno]

Love it!!!