What folder to build a dugout canoe ?

C Ben Susrool

C Ben Susrool

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Tongue in cheek here :D

I just read where DoctaD would not use a Military to build a dugout canoe, kinda got me to thinking.

What if you needed to and a folder was all you had:eek:

My apologies if this has been asked before. :o



Tom
 
Whichever one throws the best spark from my ferro rod, so I can build a fire to hollow out the log.:D
 
"I just read where DoctaD would not use a Military to build a dugout canoe, kinda got me to thinking."
Wow!! I don't think I've ever stimulated a new thread....or gotten someone to think (or admit it). :-)
I guess you could use even a Military to do such a thing, but for a folder, I'd rather a thicker, stubby blade with a strong lock. Maybe a Rick Hinderer XM-18.
 
If I found myself in a position of needing to build a dugout canoe, I'd be using whatever tools I had, including fire and most likely, a Military. I say this because due to its light weight and long blade, it is one of the knives most likely to be in my pocket when this situation arises.

But, since trees big enough to make a canoe out of are almost as rare here as rivers than run above ground, I don't think it will happen anytime soon. ;)
 
Does this count as a Folder.:D

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I'd pull out the Pinsky file and start reading the folder on 'how to build a dugout canoe'.

P.S. 555....? that's a very cool looking hatchet you have there. Is that yours? What does it say on the handle. Mal...es? Majl...es? Never seen one of those guards before either.
 
dulleddown said:
that's a very cool looking hatchet you have there. Is that yours? What does it say on the handle. Mal...es? Majl...es? Never seen one of those guards before either.
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Thats a Marbles Safety Axe #6. Marbles used to be an axe company, now they sell a fine line of cutlery. I have many Marbles knives in my collection, and the companys out of MI, my home state. Sorry to get off of subject, I agree with Blue Sky ~~~ Whichever one throws the best spark from my ferro rod, so I can build a fire to hollow out the log. At least, thats how I understand they used to do it
 
Were these Dugout Canoe Project guys trying to be funny? “At the beginning of the project, conventional wisdom suggested that in precontact times the Native people would burn and chop trees down…We tried to burn and chop a white pine tree down for 6 hours and learned a few facts. First, it was difficult at best to burn the tree and chop at the same time.” Since they are scholars they clarified the matter, explaining, “The fire was too hot.”

Then their tone of innocent surprise: “…we decided to switch to chopping exclusively to fell the tree. It took us 30 hours to chop the 36” white pine down with stone axes.”

After that they switched to some modern tools including steel adzes and a chain saw. It still took them ten days to produce a dugout canoe. Their conclusion? “It is quite probable that Native craftsmen were more knowledgeable about and adept at canoe construction than us.”
 
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