Nice to listen to a craftsman explain his technique using proper English. No wasted words, stall tactics, just pleasant well spoken English. I admire the talent!

I've learned a lot from watching Ray. In our country you are presented with a picture of a rough tuff guy who can and should kick ass to proved his manhood. With Ray you have an extremely polite well mannered man that is truly amazing at what he has chosen to do. Young men from around the world could learn much from watching him. I like his style..

When I finally cut down my old Birch tree for firewood (don't worry, guys, I'm a tree-planter too! What's been felled has been replaced in kind over the course of every Autumn/Winter planting season) - I know exactly what I'm going to do with the best bits of the Birch bark. What a great way to both disguise the odd assortment of glass jam jars on my shelves - and - protect the contents from the light. (I keep them in rather less attractive paper bags atm, but these birch boxes are much better, and have the advantage of being a lovely way to present jams and jellies as gifts too). I'll also buy a few more species of Birch for future projects too!

:-) Ray, not only you made a practical thing, but also you you created a real object of art, a piece of beauty. Thank you very much for the video. Actually, thank you very much for all your videos and especially for this one.

Just so amazing, to listen and watch. 👍 He's so entertaining, and a joy to watch. The way he teaches is amazing! If we had teaches like him at school, ld never would of wanted to leave! hahaha l left school, awhile ago now😉 But ld go back, at any time just to have the privilege, to learn from this guy👍👏 All the best to you Sir.

I'm no flake and certainly not the touchy-feely type, but here's a certain grace to what Ray does. A man of great "poise"!

Ray could make a laptop out of mud, love him.

as a fellow craftsman ( i made a knife from a toothbrush in jail) i must say u did a great job

Ray, you are an excellent craftsman! I have been a huge fan for a lot of years now and always look forward for something new! You are well admired here in Canada!!

Hi Ray Very nice work and craftmanship. You are a fine ambassador for the art of scandinavian craftmanship. Yours truly Roar

So glad to see new content from you Ray.

for those of you who are whining about there not being glue in nature so this isnt really bushcraft, anything that puts out white sap, the white sap is a form of latex its about as strong as elmers glue when dried. make pine pitch. its basicly a really strong hot melt glue. learn how to make hide glue. just bring glue with you.

As always, a pleasure to watch, and you give us ideas to work on our own bush skills with the materials at hand. Thanks again Mr. Mears.

skills go a long way the man has more then 30 years experience and work alot to accomplish what looks so simple , its the results of his study his work his passion and that dose not take 5 minutes to master those skills , it makes me happy to see a skilled craftsman to show me , but some people are just not fortunate to be as blessed with his hands and other things , but that is a pleasure for me sir

2:50 ray mears asmr..... awww that’s the good stuff right there

This is a great video, I recently added a video to my channel on finding and extracting large pieces of birch bark in the hope to eventually make a container. I’ll also be extracting the oil from the bark in the near future. Brilliant video, Ray.

Always a joy to watch the man work, thank's ray

Nice work Ray, you certainly inspire a lot of us with your skills.

Perfect craftsmanship. How calming it is in wood working. Thanks for sharing..

learning nature , bushcraft , is therapeutic .

FANTASTIC!!! I know Jmalbran just said that, but what else can you say? Fantastic!!

The Master at work, always a pleasure to watch.

Actually the people that are saying there isnt glue in nature are wrong. Pine sap and ash mix together when heated up make an excellent survival glue.

This is like when Ray did a matchbox from birch bark but bigger, always making it look so easy, great job. /NorthSurvival.

I hope these skills are never lost.

I made one of these yesterday, it's different (not as good!) but it was still a lot of fun and a good experiene! Cheers Ray.

Beautiful work!!

New subscriber. Glad to have found this. Thanks!

Beautiful container but I would like to have seen a more detailed cutout diagram of how the cutouts are done and how they are put together.

Ray You should do more hands on stuff like this - excellent as always! - ATB

Thanks a million. Please keep them coming!

how do you harvest the bark. I can never get it in one solid sheet like you do

A beutiful yet functional item thanks for sharing.

I needed this. Thank you very much!

Simply wonderful.

Outstanding Ray!

This is so beautiful!

That's one sharp knife. Glad to see you've got a knife sharpening video here too!

Ray is such an artist! :D

Very Nice Ray !

Awesome work!!!! Really facinating :)

Beautiful, a thing of quality which could last a lifetime.

Lovely job!

Ray youve done it again outstanding

Such a beautiful thing

What a guy,so relaxing watching this

There was an old timer fishing boat builder here in Australia and he worked with jarrah (which is a particularly hard wood from Australia) and he was renowned for measuring once cutting once and was very quick.

That is a work of art.

your skills are awesome, your knowledge priceless, hope to get on one of your courses in the near future

A joy to watch

Ray Mears is such a dude.

Hi Ray. I love to watch you and learn from your extraordinary skills. One thing i miss in your videos. You have sometimes hiking sticks with you. Can you show how YOU make these ?? Thanks for the tipps and trick. Greetings from germany.

Thanks for sharing Ray

Watching a master make a masterpiece

I LOVE RAY MEARS!

100% awesome. I'm off to find some birch bark! Please upload more projects like this!! *Subscribed.

wow ray that was awesome!

a work of art

i enjoyed that, cheers ray, i think i will have a go and try and make one

The first thing you made was a birchbark zipper. How cool is that!

Wow!!! He makes it look so simple!!! Couldn't make that even if I had birch bark.

I forgot to add, the rabbit or deer pellets should be fairly dry, then crushed to a powder. Heat the pine sap (don't overheat it) then mix in the crushed pellets to the desired consistency. It thickens the sap and helps in the bonding. I imagine goat droppings would work also. They have the same kind of turd. lol Dave Canterbury has videos on YT titled "Journal of the Yurt". In one of those, he make glue with pine sap and rabbit pellets. Good stuff to know brother.

Beautiful, got a pattern or a measurement guide for the cut outs?

Great video! - Gabriel

Fantastic.

I'll take four please. Beautiful work.

He put got dang nails in it. This guy's my hero

Thank you .

Great instruction!

I want to make one of these for Christmas for my mum and dad-it is soooo cool and beautiful!! Do you have a pattern for the birch bark where you weave the ends together? I would really appreciate it !!! (so would my mum and da!) :)

Just like they make them here in Norway. I got one with a deviding piece of wood in the middle, and a cover in each end. That makes it perfect for cofee and sugar.

That looks great... i hope to be like Ray, he's so skillful... Of course i'm practicing...

I can't find a resource showing how to lay out the triangles on the ends. could you explain this process?

That's really cool.

this guy can make anything

Fantastic! thanks

very interesting process. I wish there had been a good shot of the bark slab with all the cutouts made before it was assembled.

Really interesting, i. Wish i lived back in the woods .i was at more peace with myself,thanks to steve king, love doris,tracy.x

Marc cotedas, you can use tree resin/ sap miked with charcoal melted on a fire to make natural glue

that realty cool are there any books out on working with birch bark

Agreed. Also if you make it with the white bark side out it is much more weatherproof. Wouldn't need a liner either. But his craftsmanship is good.

Very nice

Haha, he's really good at it!

Does anyone know what flick knife Ray is using? Looks really nice

watching ray makes things is like meditating for me. how did you make those wooden nails? what type of wood did you use?

wow. that was great

thank you.

nice, thanks!

Also you should show how to make containers that you can use and carry on your survival journey and how you would use them

How did the join fit together? What measurements are needed?

i hav a question i am so in need of answering i have a couple scandi ground kifes and im not used to sharpening that style of grind do u sharpen along the whole bevel when u sharpen on a stone or at a angle like on a sabre or hollow ground blade

original series / episode ?

Does anyone know what season of 'Ray Mears Bushcraft survival' this episode on birch bark container is from? Is it Season 1 or Season 2?

Indeed, Pine Sap and Charcoal heated up together on a rock near a fire.. check out the vid showing this called "Primitive Pine Glue!", this glue makes an air tight and water proof glue!

How soon must birch bark be used after harvested?

How would you make strong glue with things you can find in nature?

Ray, tell, your knife is made of what steel? thanks!

Cool! thanks

THE MASTER!

Is there any nautral materials that can be found in the woods that would suffice as glue? Like sap or something?