Skin on Kayak
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Been rather busy with lots of things but the kayak frame is almost finished - a little trimming, sanding, oiling and steam bending the cockpit.
The arched deckbeam was once an oak whiskey barrel stave - still smells of 12 year old.
I will skin this up in June.
The arched deckbeam was once an oak whiskey barrel stave - still smells of 12 year old.
I will skin this up in June.
Not bad Patrick.....it'll do fo lads int village
Patricks pearl will be getting re skinned shortly
Hope your kin n folk are well ?
Love n kisses from yer hick backwoods in Yorkshire :thumbup:
Patricks pearl will be getting re skinned shortly
Hope your kin n folk are well ?
Love n kisses from yer hick backwoods in Yorkshire :thumbup:
It should be in the water at the end of the year Red - I will post a pic up from its launch day
Good to hear from you Chiseller, I hope you and yours are well - its good to see the Pearl is alive and kicking after all this time. I think you should donate it to the Pitt Rivers museum and build The Pearl 2 ....then we could paddle the seas looking for grog and plunder......
Take care.
Good to hear from you Chiseller, I hope you and yours are well - its good to see the Pearl is alive and kicking after all this time. I think you should donate it to the Pitt Rivers museum and build The Pearl 2 ....then we could paddle the seas looking for grog and plunder......
Take care.
It should be in the water at the end of the year Red - I will post a pic up from its launch day
Please do - alongside the bullhide coracle you will be starting a "skin boat" collection!
It always makes my own little projects seem a bit inadequate when I see your creations
. Ah well - back to the beehives!Red
Finally finished the frame - now for the hide skin.
The Selkie.....longing to return to the sea but can't find her skin...........
The Selkie.....longing to return to the sea but can't find her skin...........
Beautiful Patrick - thanks for posting the update - lovely photos on the loch side too! The woodwork is magnificent on that puppy
Busy summer working on the raw materials for a number of projects.
S
Sweet chestnut inner bark - woven containers
Lime fibre in a few weeks
Bark mix for tannin soloution
Hide soaking up the bark juice
This one is ready for finishing - some leather craft projects I think.
Scraped an partially bark tanned cow hide on the left - it will go back in the juice for a couple of weeks and then stretched over
the new coracle frame. I still have two more cow hides to scrape and thin for the kayak in a couple of weeks
SSweet chestnut inner bark - woven containers
Lime fibre in a few weeks
Bark mix for tannin soloution
Hide soaking up the bark juice
This one is ready for finishing - some leather craft projects I think.
Scraped an partially bark tanned cow hide on the left - it will go back in the juice for a couple of weeks and then stretched over
the new coracle frame. I still have two more cow hides to scrape and thin for the kayak in a couple of weeks
All looking great Patrick (except the lime bark picture which isn't showing for me)...puts my own projects to shame!
forestwalker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Great looking boat. I've spent winter making a baidarka -- the canvas needs a few coats of pant -- but I'd say your woodwork looks better then mine.
Nice idea with the hide!
Nice idea with the hide!
I have a bit of time today so I thought I should update this thread, the kayak is finished and I have been working on the various kit that it will need.
I hope my adaptations will function well on the Scottish shore.
Cow skins ready for the Selkie
It looks like 3 seams will be needed
Thhe first cut ....scary
Initial stretch over the frame and marked for cutting
Tension looks good
Seating area
Cockpit being sewn in place
Hide offcuts being cut and cured for decking
Soaked in Oak tannin
Once cured it was twisted up into rope
The rope was then soaked in a mix of beezwax, oil and birch tar and I turned some elm into deck sliders
The kayak needed to carry fishing harpoons and here is the holders
I used thes old spears as a guide for fit, new ones with antler and bone will be made up soon
I need to fish so a new hand line was created using nettle,flax, birch tar, bone, elm, pebble
The boat has been hand stitched and soaked in beezwax but it also needed a spray deck this was made from roe and soaked in a mix of oil and beezwax
I will be using a creel from the kayak so this 120ft of elm rope was made and sealed with the wax and oil mix
More to follow soon.............
I hope my adaptations will function well on the Scottish shore.
Cow skins ready for the Selkie
It looks like 3 seams will be needed
Thhe first cut ....scary
Initial stretch over the frame and marked for cutting
Tension looks good
Seating area
Cockpit being sewn in place
Hide offcuts being cut and cured for decking
Soaked in Oak tannin
Once cured it was twisted up into rope
The rope was then soaked in a mix of beezwax, oil and birch tar and I turned some elm into deck sliders
The kayak needed to carry fishing harpoons and here is the holders
I used thes old spears as a guide for fit, new ones with antler and bone will be made up soon
I need to fish so a new hand line was created using nettle,flax, birch tar, bone, elm, pebble
The boat has been hand stitched and soaked in beezwax but it also needed a spray deck this was made from roe and soaked in a mix of oil and beezwax
I will be using a creel from the kayak so this 120ft of elm rope was made and sealed with the wax and oil mix
More to follow soon.............
Patrick this has been my favourite thread for many years. The kayak is outstanding even by your impeccable standards. I am waiting for the final photos with baited breath!
Red
Red
Like everything else i've seen that you've made it's a real work of art, can't wait to see the reports from the adventures it takes you on.
Sitting here shamefully laughing at myself for complaining at myself for the work involved in deflating and inflating my Intex explorer
Sitting here shamefully laughing at myself for complaining at myself for the work involved in deflating and inflating my Intex explorer
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