600+ Year Old Bushcraft Skill that is still done today

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Here is a traditional bushcraft and woosdman's skill that is over 600 year old. The art of broom making. A besom broom is a simple broom crafted from the tips of a birch tree. I hope you enjoy the episode and feel free to subscribe for more.
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@christopherinteriors6521 Год назад

You have just reminded me that I need to pick the mother-in-law up. 🤣

@davidweikle9921 Год назад

Her broom is in the shop?

@adrianul Год назад

That's a good one 🤣

@selous69 Год назад

Me wife needs a shave!

@peterott-tn6pf Год назад

HAHAHAHAHA!!

@T_B Год назад

Well played!! 🤣

@joyceb5864 Год назад

My grandmother made a similar broom (in the US) from a straw-like grass called broom sedge, using heavy twine to wrap it in a spiral pattern. It was longer and did not have a handle. The wrapped portion became the handle. This video brought back many memories of my childhood watching her make a broom. When she needed a long ""match" she would pull a straw from the broom & light the end with an ember. It would burn slowly for quite a while. She said she learned how to make the broom from her Scot-Irish ancestors.

@alecsandru8588 Год назад

in Eastern Europe, we are still using those in gardens. The wire is thicker though and we use way less. If you peel the handle it will last longer and you can reuse it. Also, the wire if it's quality steel wire. So all you have to do in a couple of years is just to replenish the branches.

@mattshaffer5935 Год назад

My wife and I made a broom like this then jumped over it on our wedding day! Thanks for sharing!

@riuphane Год назад

Really enjoying him as a guest, a lot to learn and good cinematic chemistry

@curtiscrawford9241 Год назад

That's amazing! What a great project to do with my kids. Love What you do Mike keep up the great work. By the way maybe your dad might have a old school bushcraft tip or trick for us.

@fearthehoneybadger Год назад

Keep up with the old skills.

@toyfreaks Год назад

The modern German word for broom is Besen. Not surprising that something so old would have similar English name

@outdoorsbeyondnature1980 Год назад

A besom (/ˈbiːzəm/) is a broom, a household implement used for sweeping. The term is now mostly reserved for a traditional broom constructed from a bundle of twigs tied to a stout pole. The twigs used could be broom (i.e. Genista, from which comes the modern name "broom" for the tool), heather or similar. What is broom in Germany? broom → Ginster, Besen, Besenginster.

@deborahdanhauer8525 Год назад

I love those brooms! So beautiful and organic looking. I’d love to see how a shave horse is made too.❤️🤗🐝

@chemclimber Год назад

Check out Rex Kruger he has plans for shave horse and makes one on camera. 👍

@hayleyhugo7237 Год назад

Awesome.. Very informative, thank you 👍

@MikeyMikeHq Год назад

Im not even a witch and i could fly on that

@estebangarcia7905 Год назад

The nimbus 2.000

@HebrewNomadOverlander Год назад

Yes my family have been making these since I was a child in the 60's in the southern parts of the usa. This was our normal way of life. I made one myself years ago but instead stripped bamboo and made a bamboo broom just like this one. Last much longer and I still have it and use it on my camping trips. Thanks for your video

@jerbear7952 Год назад

Your name is incredibly descriptive lol

@pennyoliver7799 Год назад

That was so so interesting, glad these woodland crafts are still being taught🙂

@orsiniproductionstudios3042 Год назад

You help keep me interested in the field with every new vid. I gotta get back to this sort of work. Another great video!

@wendynordstrom3487 Год назад

Beautiful! Lovely handiwork! ❤❤

@donnagagne3813 Год назад

Great guest and video. I enjoyed watching and learning. I want to try this in the summer. Thank you.

@edwardfletcher7790 Год назад

Who else was cringing watching this guy use the tips of his Leatherman to twist the wire instead of the base of the pliers ?? 😲😲😲

@Friedbrain11 Год назад

Heck yes bring us more of these vids. Loving them!!!

@Shroganor Год назад

More of these type please!

@kingrafa3938 Год назад

Like before watching 👍

@chiefredbird7315 Год назад

Especially if your a Democrat...after all sheep follow directions blindly.

@kingrafa3938 Год назад

@@chiefredbird7315 why you comment politics in here? This is not a political video. I'm not even an american or british. Your ignorance is second to none 😂 And also, it's "you're" not "your" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@kingrafa3938 Год назад

@@chiefredbird7315 ignorant 😂

@temarcolla2221 Год назад

Que lugar fantástico, um ar puro para se respirar, meu pai fazia muito vassoura de ramos p varrer o pátio...

@Zeppathy Год назад

I can't get mine to fly. What did I do wrong?

@armyrepelentcz4090 Год назад

Perfect 🙂

@23PNS120 Год назад

I've just been making a saw horse today. Glad this video came out as it seems a good project to do.

@marvingerrits7512 Год назад

what is the intro song called?

@Back2GoodOG Год назад

That was amazing to see how simple it can be and the tree juice is something I never even thought of...very nice episode! ❤

@RichWoods23 Год назад

If brought to a simmer, the water content in birch sap can be reduced to give a higher sugar concentration and then brewed into wine. It's not strong (perhaps more like mead) but it's very nice.

@Back2GoodOG Год назад

@@RichWoods23 That's amazing! Thanks for teaching me something new and very cool to know!

@bobjoncas2814 Год назад

...LOOKIN' GOOD, NICE WORK, KEEP WELL...{ THE ORIGINAL WITCHES BROOM..LOL..)

@thecrew777 Год назад

Awesome! I enjoyed that! So, ordering 5 brooms to send across the pond to the far side of the U.S..... just kidding! Really well explained. Appreciate that.

@ChadMorgan709 Год назад

That's a different birch broom then I'm used to, the way we make them is peel a birch sapling. Google newfoundland birch broom.

@andrewcheesman6255 Год назад

You see these used in Japan all the time, not sure what wood they use..... maybe there an Asian birch....love this vid..... Brit living in Japan

@timspoor Год назад

Bezem is Dutch for broom. Especially your first pronunciation of Besom matches it quite wel. So your calling it a broom broom hahaha

@jamespoy1 Год назад

Ótimo vídeo! TMJ. Bons ventos e inté...

@ricagallaza5613 Год назад

These natural materials are quite sturdy, effective, and beautiful. Form 💯%, function💯%. And the best part is you get to make it drinking a wonderful tea! Thank you for sharing.May your hands be always strong and artful.

@edwardstagner1021 Год назад

A haywire klamper might be used if you don’t have shaping Horse. Enjoy your channel!

@bahozcraft Год назад

Just incredible! I really enjoyed watching you work. Great skills man

@paullambert4445 Год назад

Thanks. Such a simple process for making an effective tool that everyone needs. Love your videos!

@Rose46846 11 месяцев назад

If you are selling them how much please.? And how much p&p.??

@jeanetteschulthe1andOnly Год назад

I grew broom corn in my garden and made a couple of small brooms. What I like about it is, I think that the corn has no or a negative ion charge (most chems, man made particles of plastic, cigarette smoke, pollution are positively charged.) and pulls the dirt, poly, plastic strings off, indoor/outdoor carpet is the worst thing to sweep esp. with a plastic broom. Using a natural material that has not been sprayed/grown with chems seems to "lift" things off. IMAO :) Oh and do not use curly ribbon to tie. No matter how pretty purple it is.

@paulsharpe5407 Год назад

Class video Mike. As the name suggests Totally Awesome. Keep up the great work. Don’t be cutting down all the trees in your forest to make brooms though 😂

@xpndblhero5170 Год назад

I've made about 40 or 50 of these when I was a kid so I could clean the trails of BMX dirt jumps and stuff, I've also made rakes and on one occasion I made a few tools and me and a couple of friends made jumps in the middle of nowhere.... It's not just a bushcraft thing, it's an important skill to know because you never know when it's going to come in handy. It's great for camping so you can clear leaves before setting up a tent or for cleaning an area before a cloth on the ground picnic.... It's one of the main reasons I keep a small bundle of wire in my backpack at all times. 😁

@ConnieHirsch Год назад

Oh, and if you think birch sap is sweet, you should try maple sap, which is boiled down here in New England for maple syrup (pancake topping) and maple sugar. They used to pour a ladle of the hot maple syrup onto clean snow and have an instant 'popsicle'.

@doozerakapuckfutin Год назад

I have been watching you for a long time now . I loved your viking series so imagined my surprise when I was looking on Netflix your viking build was there … does this mean your famous and not just a popular RU-vidr now if so I bow in general direction … 😮

@johnwyman5939 Год назад

Nice job on video and pretty dam interesting !!🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍👍

@lknanml Год назад

That thumbnail looks like the TA Outdoors space program hit a bit of a snag....

@levisweet979 Год назад

Watch,hos.😂

@chrishubbard1624 Год назад

Great video. Hey what song clip is that towards the end? Sounds so familiar.

@JackNewell-xf8yy Год назад

Another bush craft item from your series. Thanks for showing these old ways on how people made do from necessity. This was a great video. Please tell your friend thanks for showing us how this was done.

@watmat2956 Год назад

The thumbnail looks like more like witchcraft not bushcraft

@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 Год назад

you guys and townsends should do some collabs. imagine if you guys got enough outdoor enthusiasts together and built a whole primitive community starting. start from the stone age and work your way up.

@SoulDragonWithFlow Год назад

If you don't have a shave horse, I would just wrap and tie/anchor the wire around a tree of suitable thickness, do each wrap on the broom and when you need more wire you just need to walk around the tree to unravel it. It means standing and a bit more exercise yes, but if you want to make one for an extended camping trip who TF is traveling with a vice or shave horse?

@PaulyDTheKiwi Год назад

Just saw the thumbnail and freaked out! Thought that maybe my ex was was in the video…

@schwabrichard9829 Год назад

Very interesting. You should try some making some birch syrup or birch beer! I have seen historic sites over here that plant sorghum. They process the cane for sugar and the tops for brooms.

@bobmcelroy7289 Год назад

The way things are shaping up around the world, this may be one of the newfound skills necessary for general life shortages

@kermitthepog7063 Год назад

Good video but had to turn it off because he kept interupting you! really frustrating to listen to haha

@hyliarmetancanira Год назад

It is a beautiful and simple work! I do find it more charming than modern broom too! thanks for sharing!

@jacobkrout1627 Год назад

Sometimes this new guy sounds like Capitan Price

@ItsASuckyName Год назад

That's interesting, in dutch "bezem" means broom.

@alexandermenzies9954 Год назад

Any thoughts on modern brooms with their plastic fibres? Where does one find a horsehair or equivalent fibre broom which does not end up as an electrostatic mess of nylon and dust?

@Halfapint01 Год назад

I would love to see more on the hazel fence you made last year. Been a bad year for me, but i'd love to transplant a bunch of the hazel we have up to our property line and do what you've done. I'd love to see an update on that project from last year!

@TAOutdoors Год назад

I did do an update video on this a few months ago… next update will be later in the summer.

@Halfapint01 Год назад

@@TAOutdoors I must have totally missed it! I thought I’ve watched all your videos… well now I’m gonna have to go find what I missed! Thanks!

@adrianbew9641 Год назад

From what i remember of my childhood when these were used for sweeping leaves off lawns they were bound with split hazel pinned together with wire nails.

@freddyoutdoors Год назад

Really enjoyed watching be good for Halloween craft for sure

@admintruport1874 Год назад

Great video guys. Can I suggest you put a mark on the handle, so when you force it in you know how far it needs to go?

@petewatson9866 10 месяцев назад

That’s where the saying “ you’re going to get a birching” from when you had been bad long ago

@k9six185 Год назад

Bresh broom..as our Folks from Appalachia here in the states

@Uhnonuhmous Год назад

Witches broom, aye, there be spells upon it. Don't ride that one mate,

@NeuroProd Год назад

My wife needs one... Rapidly....time to leave soon😂😂

@patslee1394 Год назад

thank you both, for an enjoyable informative video 🖕🧹

@ghostbirdlary Год назад

once you make more money from this channel from sponsorships or whatever, are you going to buy more of the forest your property is in? since you said its part of a larger forest

@Richardjdocherty Год назад

Excellent episode - does Ben have a channel or IG Account?

@denmarboniceli Год назад

We have simillar broom like this in the Philippines and its called wallis Ting ting.

@timothywilliams8907 Год назад

Beautiful piece of work. Very nice video.

@marcomcdowell8861 Год назад

And at 49 years, it just dawned on me that a broom was made from broom.🤣

@LeeAlee95 Год назад

technology from Russia

@KoniB. Год назад

gob smacked this art still exists and is utilized.

@Pabloeskobar6680 Год назад

Mike having RU-vid channel?

@LocnavLivoc Год назад

you can still find these kind of brooms in romania.

@naturesmagik Год назад

I would love one of those brooms... I`ll have to make one!

@diamediameto3621 Год назад

Nawet nieźle ! Przerost teorii nad praktyką.

@TheFLOMAN76 Год назад

I absolutely love this! Thank you 😊

@mr.not.so.perfect.666 Год назад

My first thought was, "How does it Fly ?"

@mrt862 Год назад

Great work. You guys work well together

@alansimmonds9030 Год назад

Looks like a real Witches' broom that.

@chris.m3194 Год назад

Tarred cordage would be a good wire substitute

@Pradip_Poudel Год назад

We still make this and use in our backyard

@ArielleViking Год назад

Fascinating to see this bushcraft broom being made. Really nice. 👍

@janrobertbos Год назад

it`s a Dutch word....bezem...

@GrowingDownUnder Год назад

There is an easier way to make a broom, just use pampas grass

@visnuexe Год назад

I have made this without a work horse. It works!

@Nembula Год назад

So how are the aerodynamics?

@rongarrett1366 Год назад

Birch beer was similar to root beer.

@PhryTheBreather Год назад

Does this lad have his own channel as well?

@juanitafoster9834 Год назад

Very interesting the way it is done.

@loragunning5394 Год назад

Is there an alternative binding material to use besides wire? Hundreds of years ago wire would not have been available, right? Would a plant-based rope of some kind work? Perhaps braided grasses? Always love your content, but you almost always leave me with many questions about what would have been used before more modern technologies provided us with shortcuts.

@TAOutdoors Год назад

Yeah as Ben mentioned in the video, something like Tendon, or Sinew would have likely been used in the earliest of times. After that I guess natural cordage like lime bast, nettle, cedar etc

@heatherdeavalon Год назад

Those are beautiful ❤

@daniloteixeira9901 Год назад

witches approved

@VenkmanPhD Год назад

YESSS TA VIDEO DAY IS THE BEST

@naturesmagik Год назад

Thank you! I love to watch you guys. You do things the old ways, and I treasure that! Thank you!!!

@ericmiddelbos129 Год назад

thets handy. nice epic

@lifeoftreedom Год назад

The structures in this woodland are outstanding. The work area looks like a real labour of love - the roof structure is lovely.

@jeanetteschulthe1andOnly Год назад

Thank you, Ben, Mike. Now I want to get a birch tree. Birch trees have so many uses other than being absolutely beautiful giving the yard a peaceful feel. The only thing is they do not do well here in the bay area unless you are out watering or have sprinklers. They seem to need the moisture. Thanks again, gentlemen.