HOW TO: Make an Adirondack Pack Basket

One of the oldest surviving traditions inside the Adirondack Park. These baskets were used to carry the heavy loads needed for hunting, fishing, trapping and other pursuits in the mountain wilderness. Most early Adirondack pack baskets were made using hand pounded Black ash wood splints split to satin like the one pictured here...

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