Make a Viking Saw with Viking Tools - Viking Crafts (Ep. 24)

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello Friends. Hope you are enjoying the video. Thanks for joining me in the workshop. I hurt my thumb a week ago by hammering a logdog into a log with the back of an axe and I was not careful. So it was not the saw:) and it is healing good. Merry Christmas, Good Yule and happy holidays.

[@joaquimrasi6822]

God Jul hils fra Norge 😊

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

God jul:) dejligt at høre fra Norge

[@gerbenvanderveen-yw9mi]

Good Yule from the Netherlands

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

@gerbenvanderveen-yw9mi good Yule to you:)

[@eileenprior6999]

i wish you a speedy recovery lad. much love to you and yours this yule.

[@wenwren]

I love your channel and very much appreciate the time it takes for you to create and share these videos with us. I have a suggestion to help preserve the cutting capabilities of your files and saws and that is to not drag the teeth back over the work as you cut. They only cut on the push stroke.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thank you so much - that is really nice to hear. thank you for the tip - i will definately try that out:)

[@connorsummers8987]

I absolutely love the archeological experimentation that you do on your channel! It’s the best way we have to understand how people long ago actually accomplished things. In history we have an abundance of the theoretical knowledge but a significant lack of practical knowledge on these subjects. It’s always a pleasure seeing what you get up to.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thank you for this positive feedback. Im really happy to hear we share some of the same reflections on the past. Thanks for watching and taking the time to write

[@ArielleViking]

Great work, so interesting to watch you recreating our history. 👍🏻

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thanks alot Arielle:) im glad you wanted to join

[@HieiUA]

Merry Christmas! I came across this video this evening, those 40 minutes were amazing. It was like sitting in the company of old good friends

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello:) i am very happy you found the video and took the time write. And im glad you felt good watching video. Thanks alot:)and Merry christmas

[@eileenprior6999]

i love your films more and more. thank you for sharing all your knowledge and passion with us. and thank you for singing. that was so beautiful.❤

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

hello Eileen. Thank you so much. I am so hapy to hear that and I am glad you like the song:)

[@eileenprior6999]

@@RAMUNI-Viking your singing is absolutely beautiful.

[@RavensOfAsgard]

Great video as always. I assume that the teeth of the saw were chiseled out during the forging, much more easier then filing it all the way. So happy they find that chest full of tools for us to enjoy in crafting😁

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thanks my friend. I tend to agree. I Saw Gustav Thane chisel out teeth like that. I need to try it next. Just think how many more toolchests we havent discovered yet:)

[@paddythefly]

@@RAMUNI-Viking But a little is enough. If you extend the teeth, the saw will definitely jam less and clear the sawdust better.

[@FerdinandAugustinus-j6t]

I think that chiseling is for very rough cut, and filing is for fine teethed sawblade

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

@FerdinandAugustinus-j6t that sounds plausible:)

[@shanekearney8160]

I love this book. It's inspired me to get into blacksmithing so I can build my own replica box with tools and more. I'm working to learn how to forge nails and the hinges right now.

[@kevinroche3334]

Happy yuletide Ramuni and family!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

thank you Kevin:) and the same to you and yours

[@iwdavey]

Merry Christmas to you and your family and loved ones. I really like your KZbin posts. Thank you for all your efforts. I was sent here a while ago from Cimbre. My great grandfather came to America early 1900’s trained as a blacksmith, wagon wright and wheel wright. My cousin and uncle still have his farm in Minnesota, USA. Happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to you.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thank you so much. Im happy you found your way to my channel. Tom is a great Guy. Fantastic to hear your family is srixning to it and there is root and tradition there. Thanks alot

[@josephwarra5043]

Love the "Ole Timey" Zydaco music!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

thank you Joseph:)

[@TheBottegaChannel]

I recommend a wooden scabbard with bone or antler sides that's waxed on the inside. You could bind it together with pine pitch or hide glue to make it more authentic.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thats a good idea:) thank you:)

[@charlesdavis9937]

Love it, experimental archeology.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

excactly - thank you

[@gerbenvanderveen-yw9mi]

Hello Rasmus, I enjoyed the whole process of making your saw and your explanation of it and then the extra bonus of your singing and that you still pour some beer for the Nisse, I think is great. A sheath for your saw, would be nice in wood, just like you have a sheath for a skate.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

thanks alot my friend:) im glad you enjoyed the singing and the small rituals. Wooden sheath is noted down:) thank you

[@simonfreeman6790]

Love the content Ramuni, the tooling looks great and well functional. Happy Yule my friend 🍺👍

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello Simon. Thanks alot for writing. Im happy you took the time to watch and spend some time with me in the workshop. Merry yule

[@darklakeforge3300]

Hat's off to you friend, great work! loved seeing your shop and all the cool things you've made and collected!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thank you. Yes it is a good little man cave:)

[@davidreed2135]

This was a awesome video,thank you for taking the time to show us this,i will save this video and attempt to make a saw myself,thanks again

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

I am happy to hear that:) i appreciate your interest in th video and I Hope it can be helpfull at some point.

[@Ingvar.Ragnarson]

What an absolute pleasure it was to watch this! And I loved the song at the end, that was fantastic! 😁 You did a great job of demonstrating the process, it looks time consuming but actually fairly straightforward. And that idea of rolling the triangular file over to measure out the distances between the teeth was perfect! Well, I think you have inspired me to make my own replica of a Mästermyr saw after I get home from the Christmas holidays. I have some hardenable steel that would do nicely, so I might experiment and see if hardening it alters the performance? I don't own that book though, it looks like it contains the exact dimensions of the original saw? As to what kind of sheath, I think a wooden one feels most appropriate to me. A simple piece of wood with a groove cut into it to protect the teeth of the saw, and a string or strap to secure it. Or something more complex like a wooden sword scabbard perhaps? Thank you so much for sharing. Wishing you and the family a safe and happy Christmas! PS: that's a nice choice of beer! 🍻

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

thank you so much:) I am happy to hear you liked it. If the video can inspire you to make a saw - then the video succeded:) the book caontains the excact details and I will make a video about the saws in general in the beginning of the new year. Wooden sheath is noted down - thanks for letting me know:) I am leaning towards that myself as well. Thanks again for watching and for taking the time engage and write. its highly appreciated my friend. Happy Christmas to you and yours. Skål

[@davidfrancis9050]

Really enjoyed this video it was just like being there,cosy and intimate. I think a bone protector would be quite high status whereas a simple wooden one would be much more workmanlike. Merry Christmas

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello David:) thanks alot for writing and watching. Im happy you had a good time watching the video. And thanks for your input about the sheath:) i tend to Lean to workman. Merry Christmas

[@SirFrederick]

I just finished a viking hood Yesterday. Might make a saw before replacing my toggles on my viking shoes. Also just bought the book.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

thats great to hear. awesome to hear you have good projects going:)

[@armedpatriot8611]

Yes I am making one thank you!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

You Are most welcome

[@armedpatriot8611]

Antler edge protector would be awesome and thank you for the song my friend. Merry Christmas.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

@armedpatriot8611 you are most welcome:) Merry christmas

[@johnwolf4023]

Very nice workshop! Good for you, laying out the teeth - interesting and effective method. I just guessed, as you can probably tell. As someone suggested, rough teeth could be punched or chiseled out - but for 1 saw, wouldn't save a lot of time. The cold blue is a good choice, another is to warm the metal over a sooty flame until it will melt bee's wax, it's an attractive and durable finish. Iron will not harden, saws from the last couple of hundred years were some form of spring steel, usually hardened to a "spring temper". Unless they were polished after tempering, this left the blade a lovely blue color. The Mastermyr saw showed no signs of hardening. Interestingly, the large saw had teeth in groups of 4, with no teeth between groups. I have wondered if that had something to do with the way the smith laid out the teeth to get them even. If you think of your clamp as being a meter long, with the longer side a post set in the ground, you would have a vise. That shows up in other cultures. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

hello John my friend. the teeth you made are very fine and equal:) I know of the warming up and applying beeswax but i was afraid to make the teeth even softer by heating the saw up. maybe i am wrong? The large saw is very interesting and I have been wondering too. But the way I read the book there is 4 teeth filed to one side, and then 4 to the next etc. Merry christmas to you John:)

[@johnwolf4023]

@@RAMUNI-Viking You're right about the groups of 4. There are enough teeth missing that it just looked like gaps between 4 teeth when I looked at the picture, so that's how I interpreted the text. You would not soften your large saw any more should you want to run wax onto it.

[@raymondmorehead9650]

Ramuni, I would like to know if you could show me how to make those little wood vices you showed, Best wood to use and diagram of the wood pieces, thank You Raymond from Washington State.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello. I Will definately do that. It has been on my to do list for a while. And it would also be a good project to use the saw:)

[@marcdewilde518]

Very inspiring video and a beautiful song at the end too, incited by the Belgian beer perhaps? Greetings from Flanders!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello Marc. Thanks alot:) there is always a song in my head and the. Beer might have unlocked it. Good to hear from Flannders. Best greetings

[@BillHale-p9d]

Happy holidays to you. My friend. The sun will soon return 😊

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Indeed it Will. Thanks for watching and Merry christmas to you

[@gustavusjohansson8688]

Once again, an amazing video! Glad to see in a comment down below that your thumb is healing just fine (typical carpenter injury if you ask me) ;) I am always so mesmerized when I see your tools, such a nice craftmanship, and I would lie if I didn't say I would love to have some tools one day! I hope your christmas will be amazing with the family, God Jul from Sweden!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello Gustavus:) that thumb sure is exposed often haha. I hope you get a chance to get or make some tools some day:) there always has to be a first tool to start it. Best christmas greetings to you and yours in Sweden:)

[@jim7217]

Absolutely loving your builds of tools and your explanations and research into this. I have now added this to my tasks to do this winter in my own shop in the basement. Vikingeforskning og udvikling - keep up your methodology of builds and sharing a drink with us in the process - Skål (or however you'd say that). Also love your interest and playing of music as well, although I do not know the song - it sounds very much like a lot of the Irish Traditional stuff I listen to- well done sir! As far as a blade protector- I would (and will) go with a leather sheath for it, but I would be interested in your working in antler to do a nice protector for this particular saw.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello Jim. Thanks alot for this positive comment. Im happy to hear you find the video inspiring:) the song is a traditional irish song called The Rocks of Bawn - and Im pleased to know you like it. If you want try and search my band Almost Irish and you will find more irish folk music:) Thanks for taking the time to watch and write. Skål:)

[@gozer87]

That's cool!

[@feraltweed]

Thanks for this video. The saws and the song. I subbed

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

You are most welcome:) thanks for subscribing

[@Goblin_Forge]

nice work man! that's a beautiful tool.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thank you so much

[@normalrings5659]

I dont know if this is period accurate, but in Finland, a very traditional way to make a puukko (dagger) sheath is to make a wooden holster for the blade to fit in and then wrap that and a bit of the handle in leather to keep it secure! Might be very useful to prevent the teeth from tearing the leather, in case you go with that

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Its a good solid design. I do not know if we have Viking period and geographical evidence of it but on the other hand there is No evidence for Saw sheaths so it might be a fair bid afterall:) thanks for the feedback

[@edwinmason123]

Well done! Simple and effective. I think a wood sheath would be easy to make and more protective than leather, plus less prone to rust. I've use gunblue, it's useful but has lots of chemicals. A great way to colour and protect metal is just to soak it a few hours in cider vinegar, then oil it. Also heat treating those teeth would be quite simple but then you wouldn't be able to file them so easily. It's all swings and roundabouts! Yup! Take care, Eddie.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thanks Edwin. Wood sheath is noted down. I Will try the vinegar method at some point. I did not think of that. Swings and roundabouts! I love that expression. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to write

[@astorniit7524]

Interestingly, saws were generally not hardened when you look back at history. It is mostly with modern disposable saws that the teeth are hardened so the saw cuts good for a bit longer, but you cannot sharpen it yourself, so you'll have to buy a new saw again. Before disposable saws, saws were generally left unhardened so that the craftsman could both set the teeth and resharpen them, giving the saw a much longer lifespan.

[@diebronzewerkstatt1327]

Not true. They were not tip hardened. But they were not made out of soft steel. It was hardened steel but a bit softer then file steel.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

thats very interesting. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing that info.

[@flaviopaulopereira2731]

Belo estilo, amigo, estamos juntos

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Muchas gracias:) thanks for watching and taking the time to write

[@davidvaughn7752]

_Thank You_ kind Viking! I just love your videos, truly - always informative, beautifully edited with cinematic skill, passion and knowledge! Best Holiday Seasons to you and your lovely family! Looking forward to more of your works!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thanks alot for this kind and positive feedback David. The best to you and yours as well:) Rasmus

[@paddythefly]

As a blade guard for the saw, I would fold a piece of rawhide of the appropriate length and leave it to dry with staples. Then you have a good, not too bulky blade guard for the teeth, which clamps itself onto the saw blade well.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

that is an interesting idea. I have not thought of this. It could work but I worry that it wont be sturdy enough to protect the blade from unwanted bending like a wooden one would? but definately worth some thinking:) thank you

[@paddythefly]

@@RAMUNI-Viking Well, I wouldn't have worried about bending it, as the blade is made of non-hardened steel and is pretty easy to straighten. For me, with the saw stored in a box, that would be enough, I think. And if the saw jams and you bend it while using it, you can always get the blade guard back on. But try it out as you like. Thanks for your well made videos, by the way!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

@paddythefly that makes good sense. Thanks for the advice:) highly appreciate it

[@elricthebald]

Since it's roughly the same size, you could make leather sheath and hang it from your belt as you would with a seax.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello Elric:) thats a cool idea. I will note it down. thanks for watching

[@scarymonsterguy]

Fantastic video! You are a great craftsman and artist! Always look forward to work and and videos

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thanks alot for these kind and encouragin words:) stay safe

[@langwolfendaniel]

but you should pass the scythe over the teeth to bend them a little to the right on one row and to the left on the other alternate row, so you would give it what is technically called a straight edge! so the cut is much more fluid!

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

I have thought of this and it is a good advice you give here. I wanted to do it on the first saw but it cut so well after initial filing that i never got around to it. But I Will keep in mind if i need to improve the saw at some point

[@kristian4098]

Love it! Gotta try it

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Go for it:)

[@jamesmiddleton6464]

Really like your video. I love experimental archaeology. Can you tell me if the original viking era saws were thinner at the back than near the teeth. I am thinking that if they hammered the back to be thinner, then that would account for the shape of the back and it would be more functional. The blade would be less likely to stick in the wood even with a smaller or zero set to the teeth.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello James. thank you. I do not actually know - but I will take a look in the book again as I have not payed attention to this detail before. I will let you know:)

[@iwdavey]

Wood would last longer than leather for a sheath. Bone should hold less moisture to protect the steel.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Good points. Thank:)

[@worm_vaquero]

Maybe the iron piece was just held in a split in wood?

[@FerdinandAugustinus-j6t]

What l know, those antler clamps were used when making bone combs. There should Be better options for clamping saw blade, like pulling it with couple ropes with your feet, on a log.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

@@FerdinandAugustinus-j6t i have used them for that too. But they Are good for many small jobs. I saw Gustav Thane pinch it into a stump with great sucess:) but the rope is a good idea too:) thank you

[@BubuH-cq6km]

I'm curious if you did anything to the handle to keep it from working loose with using such as put some epoxy or glue in the handle hole or drilled small holes thru the side of the handle and blade and installed small pins or did you leave it natural?

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Hello. the only thing i did was to heat up the iron and then push and pound the antler on to it. There is alot of friction force and the tang is a tiny bit wider than the area of the soft tissue so its pinned also against the harder outer part of the antler. I think it will stay in place. And also there is not a lot of force to the handle as the blade works its own way through the material it saws. If it comes loose I will use some pine resin glue. thanks for asking and watching

[@Heilansodger7536]

I would make the edge protector out of wood , I would be concerned the bone may dull it quickly……well done

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thanks for your input:) i havent thought of that. Thanks alot:)

[@garrenosborne9623]

Hmmmmm i wonder how a saw can be made without another saw...or even a file, ie how to cut teeth, water stamp out or forge weld extra teeth on???

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

That is a good question. I have seen a Guy make a hammer with a stone, then use that to forge a chisel, the a file and then chisel and file out a saw

[@bswprojects2]

about the saw teeth, they in fact would NOT get hardened. If they were, it would be imposible to sharpen them(also they would de really brittle). Generally hardened saw teeth were a product of cheap steel manufacturing, saws became cheap enough to not need to be sharpened by a person with skill

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

ah this makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing this with me. Its good to hear from people who knows about this:)

[@raymondmorehead9650]

Romuni, May I have your email address as I would like to share an Idea on that vise to be able to use it as a no hands vertical vise. Thanks Ray

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

That sounds interesting. At the moment i still do not have an email for this channel. I Will fix that in the New year. In the mean time if its possible for for you to reach out to me in messenger or via instagram?

[@seamus6387]

Good video but everything but your voice is at a good volume.

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thank you Seamus. Do you mean the voice is too low in general or i relation to the rest of the sounds?

[@Fenris99988]

Sup

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thank you Fenris:)

[@Fenris99988]

@@RAMUNI-VikingI’m here almost every video ❤😊

[@RAMUNI-Viking]

Thats fantastic:) highly appreciate it. Good to have you onboard:)