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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 00:14:12 -0400
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: "Craig O'Donnell" <dadadata@friend.ly.net>
Subject: Re: baidarka bamboo
I doubt it on the dung. Vietnamese boats use a pitch or resinous goo. Far
as I know the Vietnamese are the only ones to have made extensive use of
woven hulls, at least within historical times. (Trust me, I research this
stuff in my Ample Spare Time). The Japanese have a similar tradition but
not quite the same and of course in the UK there are currachs and coracles.
But the woven bamboo is unique.
He might have been thinking of 'chunam' in one of its many variations -
lime, tung oil, maybe something else, and bamboo fiber or old nets or
whatever (dung?) - which is a common caulking in Asia. Or was.
This is more like cement than anything else.
>He told me they used dung to fill the weave! I believe its origins are in
>the far east.
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>>Corey's got one of those basket weave hulls up at his place. Left it out
>in the field, and it filled up with rainwater. Interesting comment on how
>watertight it can be. Not sure where it came from.
Craig O'Donnell
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