1800s Hardanger boat - building process

Our small boat workshop is building an 8-oared rowing boat, using the techniques and processes they used in the 1800s.
The front garboards are made by splitting and hewing the boards into the right shape, making them strong and durable.
We are building this boat with your help - visit the GoFundMe campaign here: www.gofundme.c...

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@PowerOfOne-u4h]

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

[@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!

[@Tidericus-1350]

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

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

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

[@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

[@marinabrennecke5495]

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

[@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

[@bosse641]

Utrolig kunnskap og flott jobb. Vakre båter.

[@BonesyTucson]

Excellent work. The whole front part of the video I am almost rising from my chair "But the wood is twisted! How will you make use of it?" only to be happily surprised.

[@Hardangermaritime]

great to hear! :D

[@hallowelt2673]

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

[@marlobreding7402]

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

[@JohnViinalass-lc1ow]

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

[@andreystepanov7597]

Наивысшее счастье строить лодку. Счастливые люди.❤

[@tadwicks2709]

A true master at work, very impressive

[@joequillun7790]

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

[@Shrugboatt]

Beautiful video, thanks for making it!

[@footonearthchris8028]

Double edged curve, beautiful, thank you

[@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.

[@nothinghere1996]

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

[@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.

[@itsmightydusty1996]

Can watch this all day

[@ryskatt]

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

[@Hardangermaritime]

Kjekt å høre!

[@михаилроманов-ф7ч]

Эта лодка прекрасна, как мечта! ❤

[@joka9823]

Helt fantastisk 👍🤎

[@davep3768]

Absolutely amazing

[@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.

[@arturasstatkus8613]

Thank You,Great Video👍

[@kempaswe4022]

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

[@КонстантинКлимкин-э6у]

Любимая Норвегия. Обожаю тебя. ❤🙏🙏🙏

[@GianniIandolo]

Grande lavoro... Grande video 😊

[@larrycurrier290]

Well that's a new twist on building a boat

[@joecanales4004]

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

[@АлександрПыхтин-е7ц]

❤Золотые руки,удачи вам❤

[@brancosilva8346]

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

[@dougalexander7204]

Well done. Respect.

[@OTOss8]

Pretty damned impressive.

[@Roma_Wild]

🤍 beautiful story and video ❤

[@butchbinion1560]

Thanks, amazing. ✌🏻👊🏼

[@mrMacGoover]

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

[@tonyalways7174]

Beautiful 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@mkogrady6078]

Very impressive.

[@ВасилийКрюков-м7ч]

Лайк, скромный. За труд его огромный!

[@TomLeg]

beautiful!

[@aetherseraph]

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

[@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.

[@MaxFarAway]

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

[@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.

[@Goldfinger140]

The value of a boat must have been massive.

[@adamiam7556]

Wow. Just wow

[@googiegress]

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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@mattzaske]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@scottcates]

Excellent

[@zapfanzapfan]

Like a little viking long ship.

[@richardroyles1423]

Sweet. God bless.

[@nerome619]

No adz used traditionally?

[@jerriwebb8031]

remarkable

[@hrafnagu9243]

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

[@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

[@carlosrobertodePACHO]

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

[@PWOL35]

Impressionnant

[@williammaxwell1919]

Nice!

[@ThienNhien4k]

video tuyệt vời. cảm ơn bạn

[@lệnDanh-z4p]

❤❤❤❤❤❤hiHello Hello Wishing you a new day full of health and luck❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@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

[@hawkinatorgamer9725]

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

[@maikwisbeck1161]

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

[@parcomolo256]

Is there a name for that hewn, warped board?

[@MarineVeteran0351]

Wooden a hewing axe work better for this?

[@ЕвгенийАлександрович-с9г]

Вдоль волокна отделяя серцевину, винтом и все для прочности и водонепронецаемости!

[@madadhliath]

Magnifique

[@saeidkharrat4397]

What country is this ?

[@Hardangermaritime]

Norway :)

[@marktate4466]

Neat! What variety of wood is this

[@perpeder4370]

Pine, pinus sylvestris

[@hallowelt2673]

Ist es von einer Kiefer(Pinus)?

[@perpeder4370]

Correct

[@amilcarcarvalho7214]

Gratidão !

[@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

[@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 !!

[@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.

[@serhiykyzym7185]

👍👍👍

[@DustyR-bn2ci]

That man needs a broad axe to make those boards.

[@slobodapohybu]

It certainly helps but you can do it without a broad axe too.

[@MrBillgiles]

The older man is using one in the workshop.

[@ВасилийПопов-в9т]

Вот это я понимаю люди!!

[@gregh4284]

Is that green ash that was split in the beginning?

[@Hardangermaritime]

It's pine!

[@perpeder4370]

Ash has leaves, pine has needles

[@chris2790]

Whats up with the gas chainsaw??

[@timtaler2826]

👍♥️

[@antongoncharsky2827]

Мда... сколько квалифицированного труда нужно, чтобы сделать маленькое судно...

[@mongobongo91]

What species of wood?

[@perpeder4370]

Pine, pinus sylvestris

[@mongobongo91]

@perpeder4370 thank you!

[@takuan650]

Interesting but disappointing to watch. Less than 6 minutes ?

[@Baddy3shoez]

The first 3 minutes is actual footage from Home Depot's sawmill