Thank you for the kind words.

Thank you for your kind words.

You have a great perspective. Thank you for sharing this

Same as Native American tribes. You MAY NOT sell Native American Arts and Crafts unless you are a REGISTERED ethnic member of a tribe.

Thank you Steven. I am glad that it is of some use to you. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. I will try it.

Thank you.

Thank you Viv. Coco works well also.

Or even cynnamon

My pleasure. Glad you liked it.

Thank you very much.

@@tombrown879 I am going to kolrose a kuksa I have just carved as a christmas present, well I will as soon as my hands recover from carving the damn thing seasoned sugar maple is not the most forgiving to work entirely by hand :)

Arden. I have been studying traditional patterns from the Sami cultures for a few years now. Have always thought they were the most beautiful displays of any of the scrimshaw arts. Almost every pattern has a meaning to the culture. I only have a little Sami blood in my heritage, so don't have a large contact support system. Lucky to be a part of a group that is made up of mostly Sami folks teaching me. But back on track. You tend to like most arts to find your own style after doing it awhile. Traditional kolrosing tends to be more floral in nature. But I truly enjoy the more geometric designs of the Sami. Hope this helps. I will be making more of these videos in the future but probably not until late spring.

Hopefully I will be making the antler video soon. Aug. Or Sept.

Hopefully I will be making the antler video soon. Either in August or September. I was hoping to get it done earlier this summer but just did not happen

@@tombrown879 Hey Tom, That would be great! I hope to do a little experimenting with some of my bone carvings, as well as a couple of birch boxes and panels that I have on-hand. I think it will work at least as well as the inks, but because it is just oil holding the pigment in the grooves, and you can't burnish the bone in the same way you can wood to close up the grooves, it may not hold as well (or I need to make deeper grooves?).

Thanks. I have been forging and making knifes for over 40 years. Have always loved the Sami Knifes and carving. have been learning from many great carvers over the last 3-4 years. try getting on The "Art of Sami carving" this sight is " only for carving" on Facebook. Many great folks on there. I still have plans to make sore antler carving vids in the future. just busy .

Philip. Traditionally the inner bark from a silver birch tree was scraped out and turned into a powder to make pigment it is a reddish orange Hue. It can be used dry but is normally process with either linseed oil or sometimes it is boiled down in water or oil until it becomes a slimy paste. When it dries it will stay in there pretty well. I have had pretty good luck with doing the same thing with find charcoal powder. I have seen folks use acrylic paints which can take up to a week or better to dry but leave a very nice finish and will almost completely fill in the carving marks. A lot of the ones that I do are black or other colored 100% India permanent ink.

​@@tombrown879 very helpful, thank you for the good description.

Yes. i have used cinnamon. cloves. nutmet. and other spices. they work great. and each has their own color. Thanks Scott.

all sami I know are fairly well off but so are 99.9% of people in Scandinavia.... they are not struggling herdsman any more.

@@leprosysucks typically that is because they have 3 or more jobs to put food on the table. Expropriation of indigenous art for personal profit has an impact on the economy of these people. Sapmi Crafts are licensed and sold under duodji and bear an authentication tag.

@@redcanoe14 I live in northern Norway one of my neighbors is sami he lives in a pretty substantial house has multiple cars and boats spends half his year working in forestry and the other half doing the traditional reindeer herding thing and he is the norm these days its a very very very small minority that still live a traditionalist life through choice and even they are not living hand to mouth because that not how things work in scandanavian countries no one here is working 3 jobs to put food on the table because this isnt America and like you pointed out Duodji is trademarked anyone selling anything that isnt marked Duodji isnt authentic sami craft and most that emulate the style do it in homage and are not trying to copy to steal from there pockets !!

@@leprosysucks I was born and spent 50 years living in England. The City of Sheffield has a centuries old tradition of producing steel and making fine cutlery. "Sheffield Steel" is etched on some of the Worlds finest blades. Not too many years ago Chinese manufacturers started to churn out 'Sheffield' branded knives that are very poor quality, this has had two detrimental impacts on the genuine 'Sheffield Steel' knives made by the various Master Cutlers of the Guild. People have bought the cheap 'knock offs' and because they are poor quality now believe that Sheffield Steel' Knives are hyped up garbage. The second impact has been a major reduction in sales and closure of some of the generations old artisans knife shops....this is not 'paying homage' is it? Yes, I am sure there are many Sami who no longer live as 'herders' and live successful lives as integrated assimilated citizens. Assimilation has been a deliberated process to manage populations of diverse peoples (across the World) and has been a key factor in expropriating lands and resources. This is very widely documented in scholarly articles. As to my heritage, I am English. My Great Grandmother on my father's side of the family was Inari Sami who fled to England late in the 19th Century. I currently have lived in Canada for 16 years.

@@leprosysucks Very true. I've lived for many years in a Sami area in Norway, and most reindeer herders are pretty well off economically.

any tight grained wood will look good. loose grain will soak in pigment and your lines may not seem as clear. this will also go for dark woods. unless you can come up with a light colored pigment. if it is a very hard/brittle wood, maybe such as a brittle ebony, then you may have better luck with the prosses that is normally used on the antler. i will hopefully be making a vid about this soon. but the lines are cut in both directions at an angle to make a " V " groove for each line. hope this helps. good luck.