Making a survival CANOE with a pocket knife - Hazelnut, string, DIY store tarp

Video Description

In this video I build a simple survival canoe from hazelnut branches, jute cord and a cheap tarp from the DIY store. Everything is cut and carved with a pocket knife. Unlike in the other videos, the canoe is not made in my workshop, but in the forest. The canoe has a length of 360cm and a width of 80cm. The weight is 25kg. The cost of the tarp and cord is about 30 dollars. I made a similar canoe a few years ago during a survival exercise lasting several days. We used it to navigate a river. It took 2-3 hours to build it back then. But it certainly didn't have the stability of the canoe shown in this video. Filming: The construction time (including harvesting the hazelnuts) took about 6-7 hours. I filmed the construction in three consecutive days, as the filming etc. took more time than I thought at the beginning. A big thank goes to: Privatwaldkoorperation in my local community for the hazelnut branches. Oli and Daniela for accompanying me on my test drive. Please do not imitate. It could be dangerous!! The clock in the video is from https://www.istockphoto.com 0:00 Intro 0:23 hazelnut / cross-bracing 1:54 Fire drilling 4:00 Heating and bending 7:05 Longitudinal bracing 9:43 Paddle 10:51 Outer shell 13:46 Test drive