Your pack frames are beautiful Vahid. I am going to try making one for myself. I previously made one inspired by Otzi but it was not even slightly comfortable. and hello from Australia :-)
Thank you for the video! You seem to do a lot of unnecessary work, though. Not counting the work you could do with better tools, wouldn't it save a lot of work to 1. Cut the sheath to size before making the groove for the knife, and 2. Sanding the pieces flat before doing the groove? When you do it like this you do a ton of work you don't need to.
Good effort but long working hours, very cold but I think the result did not do you justice. Perhaps the inner hollow part of the horns did not allow you to escape the tubular shape of the handle. Of course, I express my personal taste.
You should collect birch bark in may. So you save time and the bark separates easier from tree. Do not take those thick dark parts. Then clean those sheats with sandpaper. Then let those dry some weeks. Clip the sheats in suitable small pieces. make holes. But every second piece should sit in 90 grades with the latter. Those small black lines are all over the round handle, not only on sides. When you make the handle don`t use glue. Press those pieces every 5 - 6 tight with a hammer ( softly ). When ready, in the oven 80 - 90 grades warm for half an hour. The bark has barktar and that acts as glue, but the handle is not hard and cold in winter. And with the time the handle will dry more and srinks. If not glued you can press the handle a bit more and put some bar pieces on. It will shrink, believe me.
Deceptively simple and beautiful design for the sheath. The craftsmanship and skill show up in the final piece. Thanks for sharing your skills with us!
I totally agree with you! Clearly the difference in your video is that you are presenting the fact of the proper use of the system vs. the video of a guy who improperly used and is uninformed of the system therefore finding unjust fault with it when it is he who was at fault. (I did watch his video!)
I just found your video by searching for "Outdoorgearreview Trangia response" because the original video also showed a lack of understanding about combustion, specifically how it works with the Trangia system. Even if he had no access to the internet to see how it should be set up, he should know about the fire triangle. Or even the point of the upside down base in his setup - it seems an awfully expensive way to find the centre of the windshield, which is all it achieves.. I'm somewhat impressed that he managed to get the flame to stay lit at all. And actually, I'd guess that being in the snow is a better chance for his setup than if it was on bare rock, because at least there might be a bit more air space
Beautiful sheath! A lot of work that paid off in a great result. I dont think it is likely to crack - how often do you drop the sheath? I think it will give you many years of faithful service.
