+BUSY BAYMEN KRIS RUMBOLT We're getting one here to. Of course I spent 1 hr on Sat switching out my Winter tires for summers. I think I jinxed myself! LOL.
I figured Id learn how to make snowshoes to pass some time so I looked up how to make them on youtube. Clicked on a random video and never expected to see you buddy. Good video
Nice snowshoes Kris, like the knifes and handles too. My first couple of shade knifes had moose antler handles, dad also use to make moose antler belt-buckles... They never hung antlers on the wall, as the antlers were cut-up to make tools, handles, needles, etc...
Very interesting vid Kris. Like the snowshoes......very similar to the ones I got cept mine has a rubber "boot holder" made from a skidder tire inner tube..... to ya!
Hey Kris…good intro but do you have a video on filling the snowshoes? Would like to see that. Got a pair that need filling and can’t find anyone in my area….
Hey Kris well done. I make these too but I have noticed William Larkham the trapper wearing a pair with the toe laced as well. Just wondering if you make them with the toe part laced. I have tried it a dozen times and can never seem to get it right for some reason. I have no problem with tying the same ones as yours but would like to learn how to lace them with a laced toe like the traditional ones. If you know how maybe you could make a vid lacing a toe. Thanks man love your vids.
nice snowshoes. how much would a pair of round ones for a 230 pounder be ? i'm heading up that way the first 2 weeks of sept. and I could pick them up. love your videos. just started following them . my wife may want a pair too but she's only 110 lbs drippin wet. cheers from maine !
Wow, great ingenuity on those shoes! That makes me want to try to make a pair. LOVE the knives too! If anyone in my family made some of the stuff you made I would fight to keep those things IN THE FAMILY. I'm sure they will outlast you and I, and that makes them worth a lot more :) Cool video brother.
Dad made a bunch of snowshoes that are similar to the ones you use but the ones i have here are starting to wear where the twine wraps around the rubber covered steel (from ice and stuff over the years) I am wondering if it would be good to wrap rubber over the twine on the steel once it is weaved. I seen some like it at a craft fair but don't know if there is a down side to doing that. I guess there would be extra weight from two layers of rubber but i don't know how noticeable it would be. I guess I can just redo the twine and stop whining about it haha.
+Jonathan Strickland the twine is on the rubber to stop it from slipping and keep it tight, if you don't know the pattern cut one out and use the other as a guide to refill them would be best, take her easy jonathan
Once again another great video, thanks for sharing. I have built traditional wooden snowshoes (both Algonquin and Ojibwa styles) and used a white tubular nylon for lacing. Where could I order some of the cord you used? And also how did you join the steel cable (or was it aluminum) for the frames. Newfoundlanders sure are self sufficient, is there anything you folks cannot do? Thanks and have a great day!
+Out o' the house with Paul I get mine at Mercers Marine in Clanenville NL its six strand steel cable I bend it and cut three at the bend on both sides and over lap them the rubber and lacing holds them together. Hope this helps man take care
The Q.C. Tech Shop . The twine is a poly twine, you need a 4 mil poly twine for the fill , hollow core is best for joining. I have made thousands of pairs of those for all ages. If you have any more questions feel free to contact me.
