Enjoy the new video from the workshop, and sorry for the late post! Don't forget to like and share if you enjoyed and comment some feedback down below! It helps keep these videos possible. Thanks for watching! - Nicholas
New (older) subscriber here. Found your channel when checking out hewing hatchet restorations so thought i would say hello from the Ottawa Valley. Nice to see lampwick bindings being used. Simple, effective and easy to remove. Used many times in my younger days in north saskatchewan bush. Still have my modified bearpaws i bought in 1970. Great content Nicholas!
There are a few books and a couple videos on youtube. I hope to make some one day. I have half a dozen of varying sizes and got almost all at our local flea market. They usually sit there for while. Kids want the fancy new type. Like I used yesterday. I break them out for almost no snow or hard snow conditions. For the crampon mostly. Adirondack lite conditions.
WOW 😲 that was a short fer sur !!!! But glad to see ya 🤠 . I like steel wool pads rather than sand paper but that me. Most important is as long as the job gets done 👍🏽. So you can get out and enjoy the countryside 🤠😀. And Nicholas sure lives in a beautiful area !!!!! Good 2 c the doggy again !!!! Sadly I 4got her name.... If I remember right it's definitely the name of a girl (or woman)( Naomi maybe ??) 😂 whatever. So how did ur last set break?? Just alot of mileage ??? ATB amigo 👍🏽👍🏽
Steel wool would've helped, the sandpaper was a pain in the ass to work with but that's all I had. You are correct, the dogs name is Naomi! My old pair was just too far gone by the time I got them. Most of the rawhide was almost worn through and super brittle. I tried to save them but the varnish I put on them wasn't much better, ended up blowing the webbing out on the last video I used them on. Sucks because they are definitely my favourite style of shoe
I've got an old pair that need re-varnishing before use and This is the second video that recomended marine spar varnish. I also have a pair that I ruined by using them in wet snow without enough varnish. Lucky I had some paracord for an emergency repair. It made me wonder what the native inventors used for waterproofing. I'm pretty sure they used rawhide and they must have used them in wet snow. The universal solvent , bear fat , wouldn't work. If anyone knows, please respond.
That is actually a really good question. Even with the spar varnish, I can't even use these snowshoes anymore. It lasts maybe 2-3 days then will soak through the rawhide, already destroyed a pair myself. There has to be a better solution than spar varnish
@@wituikbws The hellmans I bought today didn't say "MARINE" on it anywhere. And it was the waterbased variety. I'd probably be doing it indoors on a snowday so I didn't want the stinky. I really do believe that the old fashioned stinky stuff penetrates better.
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Enjoy the new video from the workshop, and sorry for the late post! Don't forget to like and share if you enjoyed and comment some feedback down below! It helps keep these videos possible.
Thanks for watching!
- Nicholas
New (older) subscriber here. Found your channel when checking out hewing hatchet restorations so thought i would say hello from the Ottawa Valley. Nice to see lampwick bindings being used. Simple, effective and easy to remove. Used many times in my younger days in north saskatchewan bush. Still have my modified bearpaws i bought in 1970. Great content Nicholas!
Thanks for sharing , God Bless
I always enjoy whatever you are doing. Thanks for all the good content. Cheers
Glad to hear it! More coming soon
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Thanx, I have snowshoe canoe chair to varnish.
That marine spar varnish isn’t cheap!
Your snowshoes look in great condition! Do you know how old they are?
No idea how old they are, but I have little faith they'll last the season 😆 Some of the rawhide was birttle enough I could snap it when I got them
Looks great wished I knew how to make one from scratch be perfect for the winter here
I see lots of them on eBay if you're looking for a pair
There are a few books and a couple videos on youtube. I hope to make some one day. I have half a dozen of varying sizes and got almost all at our local flea market. They usually sit there for while. Kids want the fancy new type. Like I used yesterday. I break them out for almost no snow or hard snow conditions. For the crampon mostly. Adirondack lite conditions.
WOW 😲 that was a short fer sur !!!! But glad to see ya 🤠 .
I like steel wool pads rather than sand paper but that me. Most important is as long as the job gets done 👍🏽. So you can get out and enjoy the countryside 🤠😀.
And Nicholas sure lives in a beautiful area !!!!!
Good 2 c the doggy again !!!! Sadly I 4got her name.... If I remember right it's definitely the name of a girl (or woman)( Naomi maybe ??) 😂 whatever. So how did ur last set break?? Just alot of mileage ???
ATB amigo 👍🏽👍🏽
Steel wool would've helped, the sandpaper was a pain in the ass to work with but that's all I had. You are correct, the dogs name is Naomi! My old pair was just too far gone by the time I got them. Most of the rawhide was almost worn through and super brittle. I tried to save them but the varnish I put on them wasn't much better, ended up blowing the webbing out on the last video I used them on. Sucks because they are definitely my favourite style of shoe
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I've got an old pair that need re-varnishing before use and This is the second video that recomended marine spar varnish. I also have a pair that I ruined by using them in wet snow without enough varnish. Lucky I had some paracord for an emergency repair. It made me wonder what the native inventors used for waterproofing. I'm pretty sure they used rawhide and they must have used them in wet snow. The universal solvent , bear fat , wouldn't work. If anyone knows, please respond.
That is actually a really good question. Even with the spar varnish, I can't even use these snowshoes anymore. It lasts maybe 2-3 days then will soak through the rawhide, already destroyed a pair myself. There has to be a better solution than spar varnish
@@wituikbws do you use water based? I saw regular varnish at my hardware store also but it specified indoor use.
I think I used regular varnish, maybe water works better? Whatever it was, it's the same stuff I use on canoes
@@wituikbws The hellmans I bought today didn't say "MARINE" on it anywhere. And it was the waterbased variety. I'd probably be doing it indoors on a snowday so I didn't want the stinky. I really do believe that the old fashioned stinky stuff penetrates better.
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