A Walk in The Forest - And Making A Rough Birch Picnic Bowl
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2018
- I went for a long walk in the New Forest - just me and the dog - I spotted some nice birch logs - which I am sure will be left there to rot - I can't get them back to my workshop, so I went back with a few tools to make a rough picnic bowl right there in the woods
I've put the unfinished green wood bowl in a paper bag (this allows it to dry slowly and hopefully reduces the risk of cracking) - I aim to smooth it off inside and out, then add a food safe finish in another video soon. 
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Very nice. I grew up in New England (the other side - USA) and we had plenty of birch trees. When I hunt these days in autumn, it is so enjoyable to see Birch Trees from Connecticut to Vermont. I love the sasparilla smell of the peeled bark. In fact, two small soda companies in Connecticut are famous for White Birch Beer soda.
Anyway, great video of hallowing out a birch log. Oh, I just remembered! As a kid (12ish), I took birch logs and used my grandfather's brace-and-bit to drill abour four 3/4" holes in birch logs, insert red candles, and give them to family as "Yule Logs". My Grandfather lent me his staple gun to fix evergreen fronds to the Yule Log.
Great walkabout as usual, I love the way you talk to Eve just like a little human :) (don't cross the river)
Very enjoyable, informative and relaxing to watch these videos, I sometimes like to eat some food while watching them.
Love being in nature myself, picking mushrooms and just exploring.
I always find it amazing how much public access wooded areas you have around. I live in a rural area of the US with plenty of places like that, but they are all privately owned and you are risking the owner coming up to you with a shotgun if you walk through their woods.
Funny thing is: it's called 'The New Forest', but that name is nearly 1000 years old! - it was set aside initially as a hunting reserve by William the Conqueror. It's probably a fairly small land area by international standards, but more than enough space for my wanderings.
edgeman83 not if you ask first, the worse that could happen is they say no but just think if they say yes.
yes, Edgeman83 I am with you, I live in a small town..I can go to the rivers, but would love to have access to the wooded area and public land like he does..
I'll admit that I'm, ashamedly, far too clumsy to even attempt trying to work wood like that. I've injured myself with far safer tools.
I'd also like to point out that I like how you show people that natural materials aren't just germ factories to be afraid of, or just a cause to fetch your hand-sanitizer. More people need to realize that we've lived alongside these organisms for longer than history records and that we've been able to utilize them in a healthy way for a comparable time-span.
I thought foraging wood was forbidden. My brother was in the edge of the New Forest foraging for his log burners and a warden asked him to put the dead branches back! He has now discovered that dead rhododendron wood burns extremely well
An enjoyable watch. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely video, nice & relaxing, watched while having my lunch, it's a funny thing but I find the New forest is Instantly recognisable as soon as I see a wide view of any part of it! Although that probably stems back to the numerous day trips & camping holidays I had there with my parents when I was younger. Being at the other end of the M27 ment it only took half hour or so to get there from Portsmouth.
I've not been there for over 12 years since the parents are unfortunately no longer here & I don't drive.
The birch bowl is quite neat although I was a bit worried about your fingers while you were hacking away there!
We definitely need some nice dry weather as everywhere is still so muddy, supposed to be warming up this week.
Yeah, it's funny about the characteristic appearance of places in the New Forest - it has on some occasions led me (wrongly) assume that the path I am walking on connects with a different one that I know from a different location - it's a special case of getting lost because of *too much* familiarity.
My fingers were quite safe in this video - foreshortening in the camera always makes it look like the blade was closer than it ever actually was - also, the swing of the axe was controlled in such a way to bury itself in the timber when my fingers were below it - in any of the cuts where the blade could have glanced off, you'll see my fingers are well out of the way.
17:13 “Owww?” Poor little Eva!
should he gave her things she cant eat and make her ill?
Another very nice video to watch!
Your walk through the New Forest has inspired me to get off my lazy backside and head out into this area too!
It’s very naughty of me, as this wonderful part of England is only a few minutes drive away!
Who know, I might even bump into you on the pathways!
I have several pieces of Silver Birch, saved from a tree that fell down in my garden, after the base of the trunk split open and weakened it!
Such a shame, as the tree was probably 30+ years old.
But I will find many uses for the pieces. Coasters, Tea-light Holders, who knows?
I have already used one small piece to make a Jewellery Box to contain a Heart Pendant and matching Earrings which I crafted from the root of a Fuchsia Bush dug out of the garden! My wife loved it!
Keep on Crafting🌱🌿☘️🍀
Great video, a lot of effort to have your lunch :-) I definitely would avoid cutting onto your leg. I managed to stab myself in the leg carving wood many years ago so watching that made me wince with the memory.
Yeah - the effort was part of the fun - I went out without a plate on purpose - always mindful of where the sharp end will go if it slips off the workpiece - so always cutting toward the supporting material, toward thin air or toward the inside of the bowl - still possible to skin your knuckles if the carving gouge suddenly slips.
Loved seeing all the forest in this video, and never heard of wood ants, but what a hill of them. Its just so nice to see other parts of the world..so thanks again for this video. Also nice you got to take a piece of wood home with you, and then came back and carved a nice tray :) When that is finished up, it will be so nice..I just might have to go exploring somewhere (we live in town) and see what I can find :)
Watch out for wood ants if you see a heap of pine needles like that in the woods - they're big, and they can bite!
We don't have wood ants here in Iowa , USA...but I would watch out if we did have them..My parents that are in South Carolina, they have Fire Ants, you have to watch out for them, they bite you, and you know it, that is where they get there name from..stings like fire.
I've heard of those - fortunately we don't have them here!
yet
It looks like there are a number of State Parks in Iowa that might be interesting to visit: www.stateparks.com/iowa_parks_and_recreation_destinations.html
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17:00 lunch with music
Please could you tell me. The name of the choppy tool you used please? I'd like to get one. Thank you.
it's a small carving adze - I bought it on ebay from a guy in Hungary who makes them
Where did you get that double bladed bowl adze have been trying to find one have been unsuccessful
I got it on eBay - from this guy I think: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/mapsyst?_trksid=p2047675.l2559