Making a Knife Sheath from Birch Bark - Finnish Folk

The process of making sheath for my puukko using oak, birch bark and sinew. This Autumn I took a little project of redoing the sheath of my Puukko. I managed to film the process of how I currently craft knife sheaths. THE WOOD WORK I fell a standing dead oak tree with a small diameter with a straight cut. By big roads the forests are often left alone and forgotten, meaning it is a great source of fire wood. At times, I process firewood and store it for later, discreetly in different places in the forests. I process wood slowly and store it on location to prevent me from caring heavier weights in once or overworking my wrist later. I guess it’s a squirrel approach to wood processing. The day of the filming I bring with me one piece of oak with a pretty knot to deal later. From this piece of wood I carve a wooden inlay for the knife sheath. Please note carving is not a craft of mine; I only carve when I need something. It is usually fun but I lack on skills and efficient strikes w