00:00Long before nylon or plastic raincoats, this was how you survived the frozen north.
00:06He is building the original waterproof jacket, but he doesn't go to a fabric store.
00:12He goes to the river.
00:14It takes 50 large fish to make a single coat.
00:50Raw fish skin dries as hard as plywood.
00:54You can't wear it.
00:55So, he uses a genius ancient trick.
00:59He buries the skins in dry corn flour.
01:03The flour sucks out the fish oil, removing the smell and the grease, while he crushes the fibers with a
01:10wooden break.
01:11Watch this.
01:12After thousands of crunches, the stiff hide transforms.
01:17It becomes soft, white, and pliable, like cotton.
01:21But unlike cotton, this material is tougher than leather and completely impervious to wind and snow.
01:29Let's get dressed.
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02:00He pieces it together like a mosaic.
02:03He uses a waterproof overcast stitch.
02:06In the old days, they didn't even use thread.
02:09They used sinew from the fish's back.
02:12Every stitch must be perfect to seal out the cold.
02:16The finished coat is a masterpiece of survival engineering.
02:20It breathes, it repels water, and it connects him to a thousand years of ancestors who lived off this river.
02:29This art is nearly extinct.
02:31There are only a handful of people left on Earth who can do this.
02:35If you believe we should keep these lost skills alive for the future, please subscribe.
02:41Let's protect our history together.
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