1800s Hardanger boat - building process

[@klayvonisme]

Why don’t they clean up all of the shavings off the floor instead of sweeping them under the boat they’re building? Curious here.

[@Hardangermaritime]

Great question! Several reasons, we'll pour water on the shavings - it helps keep the boat from drying out during the building process. Another thing: a lot of work goes on kneeling - today we have work clothes with knee pads, but traditionally it was a nice padding with shavings on the floor.

[@stevenlovell3300]

If it was me it would be because I enjoy the smell

[@klayvonisme]

@@Hardangermaritime Thank you!

[@mongobongo91]

@@Hardangermaritime I also like it for when I drop my chisel I'm less likely to nick it on the nail or small stone my boot tracked in. Everytime I drop a tool it seems like it fins the one hard thing to nick on in the whole area.

[@D.R.Price1993]

Silly question. It’s the same reason a hairdresser doesn’t clean up until they have finished the cut. Work smarter not harder 🤦‍♂️🙏😂

[@justdoingitjim7095]

About 10 years ago I built a small fishing skiff from scratch, just to see if I could. I'm a retired master carpenter and already had the tools I needed, so I just looked at a lot of pictures and decided on what I wanted. I used that boat for fishing for several years until my health took a dive and then it just sat, unused. I finally decided to sell it last month and let someone else get some pleasure out of it. The guy that bought it loved the way I built it and was a big wooden boat fan, so I think it has a good home now!

[@TommiNummelin]

I feel like saying sorry for your loss, but I guess you feel at least part relieved now that your skiff gets to be used again. Hoping your health takes a turn for the better!

[@cjmc123]

That's the beauty of carpentry, you're work lives on, and others admire and are inspired in the future.

[@tbpjmr2869]

@@cjmc123Amen.

[@tbpjmr2869]

SOLID GOLD, Sir.

[@Roma_Wild]

Dear Human Being! Namaste for your love 🤍

[@ryanunruh2683]

25 yrs of carpentry related trades, watching this makes me feel pretty freshmanlike

[@plantme777]

agreed.

[@PowerOfOne-u4h]

Keeping the skills of yesteryear alive. Great to see. She looks splendid.

[@tanksouth]

In the old days they used flint…

[@1AlexanderCole]

Absolutely stunning! Thank you so much for filming and sharing this with the world!

[@alfonseca9284]

This is true boatbuilding history brought to life. Fascinating process!

[@peketee2278]

As a Finn, the only thing I can criticize is that you talk too much...😂

[@garyhakala5168]

Spoken as a true Finn😂

[@Hyperactivman2]

😂😂😂😂

[@connorhart7597]

The original bushcrafters. I love kuksas so much. A) fun to make. B) great little heirloom that can get spread across the family. And on top of that, in the meantime you get a great little coffee mug that nobody else is gonna have!

[@mliittsc63]

hmm

[@ShinyAnvil]

Glad to see that the descendants of Vikings are still alive and keeping tradition alive. The natural grain and fiber orientation and less stress in the wood are golden.

[@ЮрийМусатаев]

Был комментарий одного шведа, тот на полном серьёзе говорил, что они тоже тюрки, только морские. Эти по земле а теперь по воде ; резонно

[@davecoil4962]

​@@ЮрийМусатаев the English translation of this comment is incoherent

[@marinabrennecke5495]

Last week i visit this factory. It's amazing.

[@hallowelt2673]

I nearly can smell the wood, so real it is. Greetings from Germany.

[@georgewhitehead8185]

Oh my, what a beautiful boat. And I bet it smelled just wonderful, with all of that sealer and caulking. A real old time boat. Doctor George Whitehead

[@surfbouy]

It was driving me crazy that they were cutting the log so twisted. Then there was that "oh" moment. Absolutely amazing craftsmen.

[@threefeetofair758]

I can cut a twisty warped plank from a log easy peasy. Cutting a precisely warped plank however takes great skill.

[@lostpony4885]

Chopchopchopchop

[@Thom4ES]

Insanity takes many forms...I was appalled, ...retreat

[@whatiswritten1579]

I was having the exact same reaction! why would they intentionally cut along with a twist in it? then I remember they're building a boat very clever

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Beautiful work!! Please make more videos, and longer videos too. This is great content!!

[@JohnViinalass-lc1ow]

an ambitious project...stunningly successful finish...time after time...be well, all

[@Tidericus-1350]

Härligt att se detta och vilket hantverk! Bra jobbat av er! 👍👍

[@bosse641]

Utrolig kunnskap og flott jobb. Vakre båter.

[@tadwicks2709]

A true master at work, very impressive

[@marlobreding7402]

Hello from Crow Oregon in the Great Pacific Northwest🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻

[@adamsons2890]

I would imagine the cost of a hand built boat,in the 1800’s,would have been very expensive based on the number of labour hours to build it. Great video.

[@publicdomain3378]

As with everything.

[@lennartkatz952]

I don't think so, to be honest, because time was worth as much as it is today. So you didnt pay per hour but per object. An on top of that, the people doing those things were masters at their jobs with a lot more pracitice. For example, ive seen a video recently of three master carpenters doing a simple wooden beam an it took them round about 4h hours to rough out the shape, they mentioned that in formers times the workers needed 6 mins per side so roughly 20 min per beam. So the experience and muscle memory can chance your work hours drastically;) Nether the less it must have always been a very difficult job, so very nice vid 👍🏻

[@adamsons2890]

@@lennartkatz952 That’s a very insightful analogy,of course their skills would have been incredible at that time.

[@Hardangermaritime]

Thanks! It's quite the opposite - the cost of time/labour has become the largest expense of most production, making hand made things super expensive to produce, at least in our country. The material cost used to be substantial, now its a small piece of the total. It used to be a profitable side business for farmers and forest owners. We are only able to still produce these professionally thanks to museum funding.

[@Norwaywildlife]

Grr ! I am a Norwegian and have no clue how to this ! :-). Very impressive and hat off ! :-)

[@FredricElias-oh2sn]

What l like about this, is splitting the log along the grain. The shape of the plank then becomes the shape of the boat.

[@peterallen3105]

I built a skulling boat out of wood and aircraft Dacron. It was fast in smooth water and I caught lots of fish. Good luck with your boat.

[@joequillun7790]

Waiting impatiently for the finished product. Well done. (So far)

[@nothinghere1996]

how wonderful to have such skills and to use them to make such excellent boats. astounding.

[@Shrugboatt]

Beautiful video, thanks for making it!

[@footonearthchris8028]

Double edged curve, beautiful, thank you

[@BushDog777]

Can watch this all day

[@andreystepanov7597]

Наивысшее счастье строить лодку. Счастливые люди.❤

[@tanksouth]

I’ve made all kinds of stuff, including houses. Now in my old age I just like watching others do it. If you are able, do it now.

[@miguelguerreiro5280]

I checked out the other day some boat designs and my uncle is an historian trying to figure out the design of Portuguese caravels of the late 1500's beginning of 1600's. We have seen some parts of boats and mostly the 'skeleton' of them (thing you do not have on this small boat). I was wandering how the carpenter used to get the outside plates of the ships, but now I see that you have to cut it green and lay it in water (which I thought it had to be done), to keep it flexible. Also, you have to do some special cuts (that I did not think). Great stuff.

[@михаилроманов-ф7ч]

Эта лодка прекрасна, как мечта! ❤

[@Goldfinger140]

The value of a boat must have been massive.

[@КонстантинКлимкин-э6у]

Любимая Норвегия. Обожаю тебя. ❤🙏🙏🙏

[@kempaswe4022]

Kul att se detta hantverk idag. Skulle gärna lärt mig det.

[@mrMacGoover]

Tar bitumen from oil refineries are ideal for sealing hulls but you have to heat it uo to use it.

[@davep3768]

Absolutely amazing

[@MaxFarAway]

This video could have been 3 hours long and I would have watched it all

[@АлександрПыхтин-е7ц]

❤Золотые руки,удачи вам❤

[@ВасилийКрюков-м7ч]

Лайк, скромный. За труд его огромный!

[@brancosilva8346]

Fantástico! nunca imaginei que iriam fazer um barco com aquele tronco.parabens lindo trabalho .

[@arturasstatkus8613]

Thank You,Great Video👍

[@joecanales4004]

I would have never known Stihl Chainsaws were out in the 1800's

[@joka9823]

Helt fantastisk 👍🤎

[@ryskatt]

Fantastisk! Har lenge lurt på koss de fekk te sånne fjøler. 😃👍

[@Hardangermaritime]

Kjekt å høre!

[@larrycurrier290]

Well that's a new twist on building a boat

[@dougalexander7204]

Well done. Respect.

[@OTOss8]

Pretty damned impressive.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Fantastic cleaving! Did you choose the tree with a specific twist to the grain or bark pattern? Or is the twist purely from the placement of the wedges?

[@Hardangermaritime]

We chose a tree that was twisted the right direction. We're usually looking for one right twisted and one left twisted, when building these boats.

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@Hardangermaritime Cool, thank you!

[@mkogrady6078]

Very impressive.

[@Legman688]

When your boat absolutely, positively has to be made from wood, but also absolutely, positively need the highest possible strength-to-weight ratio: Continuous grain.

[@christaylor2574]

Now I know🤯🪵🪓 “how much wood a woodchuck would chuck when a woodchuck would chuck wood” something I’ve wondered all my life‼️

[@hallowelt2673]

Nice tongebreaker

[@butchbinion1560]

Thanks, amazing. ✌🏻👊🏼

[@carlosrobertodePACHO]

En el norte de España la s tablas de madera se les da calor para que tuerzan. Vuestro método es muy interesante

[@Roma_Wild]

🤍 beautiful story and video ❤

[@Couponuser16]

Did you split the lumber in that way in order to fit that piece of the ship? Or do you split it in the semi "warped" manor to follow the natural grain, and then found where it would fit naturally? Awesome video!

[@GianniIandolo]

Grande lavoro... Grande video 😊

[@christophergoodwin-qo7tg]

This is very fascinating, j have to many questions to ask😂 1. what species of wood is used to make the wedges? 2.What species of wood are you using to carve the planks? 3.How do you control cracking after cutting green planks? Thank you

[@projectprobe4460]

Amazing skills 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tonyalways7174]

Beautiful 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@whatiswritten1579]

what happened to those really thick boards from the beginning?

[@Hardangermaritime]

It's shown very briefly at 4:09, they're hewn into thin boards. Same rotation, just thinner.

[@homayounshirazi9550]

Now, if you had said that you had climbed Mt. Everest towing this thing behind, that would have been more believable. But just between you and I, the trip down would have been more exciting.

[@mattzaske]

Bro, prob got her from Lou's tips from a shipwright+algorithm Bad ass, thanks for video!

[@dmpn2994]

That is wonderful concept to make a propeller type planks for the boat !! as most of the people know that most of the planks in store are propellers… and it is hard to find a flat and straight one… But, for making a boat planks need to be oriented left and right respectfully! So, they need to be brought from deferent pols: north and south! Question: are you going to south(opposite) pole forest to get opposite orientation timber? Or what?

[@rudeboyme]

Ha, I don't think that's quite the way it works, but finding a mirror-matched pair is gonna be a challenge.

[@TomLeg]

beautiful!

[@maikwisbeck1161]

Die Wasserung fehlt.man sieht nicht wie das Boot im Wasser liegt und sich bewegt. Aber das Stück Holz sieht schonmal gut aus.

[@googiegress]

What are the benefits of chopping the board in that twist instead of steaming and bending?

[@aetherseraph]

The warp and weft of the log grain seems illogically suited to the purpose. Was it selected for the twist of the grain??

[@adamiam7556]

Wow. Just wow

[@zapfanzapfan]

Like a little viking long ship.

[@melvindenny8962]

Negative comments should be kept to one's self

[@joequillun7790]

They usually end up at the bottom. When there are a few hundred comments, they basically disappear. Unless you have the time or patience to vew them.

[@energizerwolf5574]

Nancy , Then please😂 delete your comment.

[@hawkinatorgamer9725]

This is the same process Lowes uses to prepare 2x4s.

[@Nivenvids]

What specific type of wood? Etc etc.. I enjoyed seeing the build but you could be a little more descriptive ,for the newbies. :D

[@perpeder4370]

This is a pine (scotch pine in english, I think?) pinus sylvestris

[@hallowelt2673]

Ist es von einer Kiefer(Pinus)?

[@perpeder4370]

Correct

[@scottcates]

Excellent

[@jerriwebb8031]

remarkable

[@lệnDanh-z4p]

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[@richardroyles1423]

Sweet. God bless.

[@nerome619]

No adz used traditionally?

[@KamuStoku]

Bizde de ahşap tekneler, takalar halen üretiliyor. Bir gemi inşaa mühendisi olarak keyifle izledim. Bir şeyi merak ettim açıkçası. Tekne formu veya kesitler olmadan mı yapıyorsunuz? Tamamen doğaçlama mı yani?

[@gabsrants]

3:47 - well, that explains everything

[@daniildanzig2842]

Why soak the wood? Amazing work!

[@Uruz2012]

So it will be pre swelled before building.

[@daniildanzig2842]

genius! And how long does it stay in the water?

[@perpeder4370]

@@daniildanzig2842from the video it looked like half a year

[@Andre-pe3jt]

Can you see the twist in the wood grain from the naked trunk? Is that why they debark it before felling? Also, does anyone know the species of tree?

[@saeidkharrat4397]

What country is this ?

[@Hardangermaritime]

Norway :)

[@hrafnagu9243]

How do you figure for the curve of the plank you need and how do you lay it out on the log?

[@PWOL35]

Impressionnant

[@madadhliath]

Magnifique

[@grtm123]

Doesn't the wood dries out and so shrinks and splinters and moves? Don't understand how is this possible?

[@marktate4466]

Neat! What variety of wood is this

[@perpeder4370]

Pine, pinus sylvestris

[@ThienNhien4k]

video tuyệt vời. cảm ơn bạn

[@williammaxwell1919]

Nice!

[@MarineVeteran0351]

Wooden a hewing axe work better for this?

[@amilcarcarvalho7214]

Gratidão !

[@rickschuman2926]

So splitting the log in a spiral was intentional?

[@xperiencerecordz]

Amazing. 12000 hours of labor and 80% loss of raw material. Forget doing this without passion.

[@HauntedSheppard]

I imagine, especially back in the day, the shavings make for good fire wood, so not truly lost.

[@xperiencerecordz]

@HauntedSheppard it's not lost in that manner and probably will be used in a wood stove, I imagine. It's still very contemporary. Nevertheless, it's shavings, they don't burn for long unless you compact them into a log.

[@georgekoury6509]

Anybody know the traditional name for the wooden sled in the video’s beginning?

[@JuhaLiukkonen]

Not sure if there is specific traditional name for it, but "Sámi pulk" is quite close.

[@georgekoury6509]

@@JuhaLiukkonen thank you !!

[@gregh4284]

Is that green ash that was split in the beginning?

[@Hardangermaritime]

It's pine!

[@perpeder4370]

Ash has leaves, pine has needles

[@parcomolo256]

Is there a name for that hewn, warped board?

[@ivanolivieri1924]

Super❤

[@mongobongo91]

What species of wood?

[@perpeder4370]

Pine, pinus sylvestris

[@mongobongo91]

@perpeder4370 thank you!

[@paulbarthol8372]

That's a lot of work for some twisted boards. Just go to homedepot.

[@perpeder4370]

The interesting thing here is not necessarily the product, but preservin the techniques and our culture.