The Importance Of Stonemasons & Blacksmiths | Secrets of the Castle (4/5) | Absolute History

[@Tykozuro]

This whole series reminded me of a time when the documentary channels were once filled with documentaries and not reality shows

[@xXSirKRXx]

its amazing. i love old history/dicovery channel

[@TitaniumKitty]

It was a glorious time to grow up. 90s and early 00's Discovery and History had stuff like this all the time. Then suddenly History became world war 1 and 2 only, and eventually just reality television. Even early 00's TLC was okay, but it was the first to go to exclusively reality television. Sad times indeed. At least now we have channels like this.

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

Anyone have any favorite miniseries? The History of Britain was fifteen episodes, I think. My favorite series ever. I lost one disc and I just about cried. I also loved The Men Who Built America, America: The Story of Us, and the series Engineering an Empire. Some episodes of Modern Marvels are amazing too. I'm into Curiosity Stream because it has a ton of stuff like this, but since the app is wigging out on me, I came back to KZbin, lol. I have a playlist for all kinds of historical stuff, called Historical. I'm so creative. 😅 If anyone has any fave documentaries, I'd love suggestions. I binge history at least once a week. I really love Rome and England, but I'm also fond of Russia, Japan, and what was the Mongol Empire. I'm branching out to France as well. Also! Ruth Goodman's (yep, the Ruth from the show!) book How to Live Like a Tudor is amazing. I happen to be rereading it, and even in the reread, it's so good. Densely packed but not at all boring. Some of the stuff about marriage and sex was difficult to listen to, but overall it's a really good read. The audiobook is awesome as well. 😁

[@sabatino1977]

Heavens to Betsy! A documentary channel that shows documentaries?! Unheard of!

[@gigiis526]

@@TitaniumKitty 60s and 70s were better. Ha!

[@Slugger1990]

I absolutely love watching these three people together. It's like watching a bunch of siblings that actually get along and enjoy every minute of it.

[@MoonwalkerWorshiper]

This is the kind of documentary you can watch over and over not just once.

[@fleebell1]

yep, I've probably watched it at least ten times now and I still pick up things I didn't notice before.

[@sjtherese4078]

@@fleebell1I’ve watched it maybe 3-4 times now and same. SUCH a good documentary, so involved and a rare glimpse back in time

[@Akrub1979]

Pig fat seems to be the medieval WD-40 Your hands are dry after working with lime? Apply pig fat The wheels don't want to turn? Apply pig fat

[@MrFiddleedee]

It's a common misconception that WD-40 is a lubricant; in fact it is a solvent designed to remove lubricants. Although it will lubricate for a sparse moment it fairly quickly loses this trait and will leave whatever it was touching worse off. *Ask any bike mechanic this and they will tell you to use a house hold vegetable/olive oil over WD-40 if you are in a pinch.*

[@mmjf674]

@@MrFiddleedee yeah i was gonna say...Using WD-40 on your hands is about the most cruel thing you could do to them

[@chriszag702]

when i was a kid i loved working on bikes, even as a 9 year old i figured out that cleaning my chain with wd40 worked bun then id have to use what ever oil i could get my hands on from there.

[@joshschneider9766]

Put fat was used in machine shop tools up until the nineteen forties and the rise of petrochemical lubricants.

[@worklion50]

@Ironclaw XII It would seem, there is a method to your madness

[@AndrejGobec]

I've been eating up this series ... honestly, this is one of the best documentaries I've seen in a long time.

[@Sierralovescharles]

Agreed 🙌

[@visheshsux]

10/10

[@angelwhispers2060]

It's originally made by BBC and then the old licenses are sold to channels like this

[@AndrejGobec]

@@angelwhispers2060 Yeah, it is obvious this is a TV production on a serious budget, but good to know how licensing of them works, thanks!

[@lindaflinton8967]

The coordination of the two blacksmiths is just fabulous.

[@CAxFlightful]

All of this helps show why being fat was a sign of power. Everything in these times required just so much work and effort to do, it was quite easy to burn calories. To be fat usually meant you never had to do physical tasks, ever, you could afford to have it all done for you.

[@bigusdicus73]

I would have been the most powerful man on the planet then.

[@muradm7748]

Yeah, and now it is same just reversed: being fat means - you eat fast food and don't spend hours for yourself (exercising), and being pale means you are work in office all the time and don't have time/money to travel.

[@wormhole5679]

The sound is messed up on this one, it's kind of echoing. Still super cool episode :)

[@gregmunro1137]

Really? It’s echoing , damn the ringing in my ears has gotten worse , I seriously can’t hear the echo

[@Vexindra]

Just pretend you're back in middle school and this is being played on the roll-out TV.

[@madmanmapper]

@@gregmunro1137 Some parts are worse than others.

[@guy_in_ashopping_cart-sfs967]

i didn't even notice until your comment, good job picking it up but unfortunately this sound issue was probably in the original episode which aired on the 9th of december 2014

[@vnixned2]

@@guy_in_ashopping_cart-sfs967 ìt sure wasn't seen other versions where the sound was absolutely on fleek

[@robynw6307]

As fascinating as this series is, it's the shots of the owls, baby birds, and other creatures that make my heart melt.

[@peterjamesfoote3964]

I bet you like the robins best.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

fully agree. As someone who has grown up in the countryside, surrounded by hens, goats, sheep, ducks, geese, and other fauna and who has been staying glued to the computer screen 15 hours a day - EVERY DAY, including on my birthday, on christmas, and on new year - for the last 20-22 years you have no idea how much I miss life outdoors and fauna. I am genuinely taking the shots of the fauna in this series in like a drowning man grasping for a mouth of fresh air

[@kachi2782]

Same. I absolutely love this cameraman and the editors !

[@ashleelarsen5002]

Jackie the Eagle is sitting on an egg in Mount Wilson, Ca. They are streaming it live, if you are super bored :)

[@RealityHijacked]

Wow dude...I honestly love the change. That must have took you forever to change all of those thumbnails but they all look great, legitimately. I like the new teal color and the thumbnail backgrounds look really nice - much better than the orange. I hope the changes help your videos gain a lot more traction because you post great stuff and I like your channel a lot.

[@drewrosenberg9200]

definitely an improvement

[@LucidaStellar]

I love watching these before bed, puts me in a different time, it’s so weird watching them during the day just because of how much technology is around but seeing all 4 of them in all these different episodes is amazing with their hard efforts and trail and error. Wish they were ordered or had links to the next episode after it

[@michaeld4861]

What do you do for a living? -I do construction. Oh, really. What are you building? -A Castle.

[@bigusdicus73]

I like the master mason, he really tries hard to speak English. Respect!

[@adamiotime]

I love how crazy the woman interviewing everyone is. So excited about everything.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

If you mean Ruth, she’s like that in all the series they have. Their “War Time in Britain” is excellent.

[@lijohnyoutube101]

Aren’t most people like her? I think its odd you think her behavior is ‘crazy’.

[@theconqueringram5295]

There is something almost 'fantasy' like watching blacksmiths at work. They truly were like magicians to the medieval people.

[@jasonanders4944]

I'd like Peter Ginn to be the face of every blacksmith NPC in every game I play. He also needs his own picture uploaded to IMDB.

[@Elizabeth-vk4si]

Wonderful series and one of the best I have ever seen. Boy I really want to see a segment when this project is complete! The people who worked on this project are true artisans with very impressive skills. It's amazing what was created from the earth.

[@Ratkill]

36:13 "Flour Power" Oh what an underrated jest

[@GleeChan]

That woman who built the mill and help place the roof beam in place at the end is freaking epic.

[@peterjamesfoote3964]

Yesssss. Sigh.

[@CheisYang]

Yup i wish more todays woman was Like her. Pride,hard working and not bitching about her needs or unfair work she Has to do.

[@Koooles]

@@CheisYang said a person who is bitching in KZbin comments sector about something nobody even brought up, lmao.

[@Delicious_J]

@@CheisYang That applies to pretty much everyone today tbh, me included so I think back to times like this and you realise how utterly spoilt we are.

[@CheisYang]

@@Delicious_J youre right. Im having trouble right finding job. Not because there isn't plenty of offers,its because im too lazy to drive 20 minutes to work ,or be forced to meet other people and take their shit they want to talk to me.

[@Day-et3fm]

I’m watching them build and all I can think is “imagine all the splinters! They could really use some sandpaper”

[@daveoatway6126]

Now I know what the "daily grind" means! Great video

[@KaiyaCorrbin]

The feats of engineering are amazing! I forget how much rock ended up in the flour from those things, though....

[@ssl3546]

not much, millstones were quite hard and would grind 50-100 tons before requiring resharpening. the bits of rock would be as fine as flour anyhow.

[@corablue5569]

But excellent fiber 🤣😂🤣😂

[@woodenkat8971]

Extra minerals at least!

[@paden1865able]

And now we know the most important reason that sieves were invented; to separate the sand/stone from the flour and save your teeth from encountering it! But, the millers would charge you extra for that step.😊

[@KaiyaCorrbin]

@@paden1865able So true!

[@friedrichwilhelmvonsteuben7952]

"we held onto the feet, yards and inches while everyone else left it behind" America has entered the game

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

The number 12 has some very distinct advantages to the number 10 when it comes to construction, architecture, and any other building tasks. You can divide a foot easily into halves 6", or quarters, 3". But not only that, you can easily divide 12 into thirds 4". Whereas with the number ten, sure you can easily divide into halves of 5" no problem, but to divide it into quarters you are already having to start using fractions or decimal points 2.5 and it is actually impossible to divide 10 into thirds 3.333333333 (keep going). Division is crucial to all building practices such as carpentry, masonry, plumbing, landscaping etc. That's not so say it can't be done using the metric system, only that the foot system makes a whole lot more sense.

[@HellStr82]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 the whole world uses the metric sistem. just the stupid ones do not

[@CkDutchess]

@@HellStr82 At least we can spell "system".

[@HellStr82]

@@CkDutchess really? English is my third language out of the five I speak . In my language it's sistem . You have a problem with that? Why is it allways dumb people who can barely speak one language are the spelling police

[@CkDutchess]

@@HellStr82 I just don't appreciate xenophobia. Using the Imperial system doesn't make us stupid. Why is it always the biggest assholes that need to throw out useless information to make themselves seem better than others?

[@wilymcgee]

those ducks in that pail tho... they're the real stars!

[@KatherineHugs]

🙌💓💓

[@naiaddore1797]

Those are actually Toulouse geese😁. I had two, one buff & one gray, when I was a kid & they were called Alcatraz and Houdini lol.

[@mukkaar]

Man, these guys had awesome job for 6 months, while it's work it's honestly more of an experience. And they probably got some actual money from documentary.

[@podboq2]

'you can free up people from the daily grind (grinding grain - is that where this turn of phrase came from?) to do other things... it's amazing.'

[@corablue5569]

Crazy huh? I love it!

[@MediaSock]

This reminds me of my community in my old country back in the 70's, where almost all food was cooked under a fire on a plate of iron or steel, not everybody could afford a stove, the food tastes better when cooked the old way, specially warm bread straight from the stone oven.

[@Flatwaters]

Under a fire?

[@MediaSock]

@@Flatwaters oops, I meant over a fire 😂

[@Flatwaters]

@@MediaSock I was thinking you had some magical wizard's fire or something 😂

[@MediaSock]

@@Flatwaters 😂😂🤪🤪

[@mdh6977]

Love every show Ruth is in, this is no exception

[@Desi365]

I can't wait to see the interior decoration, the inner walls lime washed, the furniture, everything. Should be fascinating, i'm sure they'll have good ideas. The final banquet in the dining room of the castle will be quite something, for them.

[@randomargument972]

Think about it: fire warms up castle during night, but by dawnbreak bread is baked and ready for other workers. (Here in this documentary they were baking bread in middle of the day, which doesn't seem right) I think fire was lit during night, while fire slowly faded and heat started cooling a little, around 4 AM or 5 AM when dawn breaks, bread is placed to be baked (and not burned like they ended up with). That's probably something left even to this day where bakers are the earliest workers in castle.

[@Flanneryshanedward]

Brilliant, we have truely forgotten just what real hard work and reward/satisfaction of work is.

[@jrapocalypse]

In respect yes we have! people have lost their way to technologies that were copied and pasted from the ancient times yet our versions of tech are only for entertainment and not an actual way of life. I think i was born into the wrong time as this looks more REAL to me then the fake life lives we live today with a money system that is nothing but a SCAM LOOP!

[@rightweaponry908]

Ruth is always soo intense it's adorable, her love of history is like a gun to your head, she is going to take you with her.

[@smrankus]

The gallery being transportable, assembled and reassembled somewhere else is now the modern-day Big Lots and Walmart preassembled furniture, except they didn't have leftover screws.

[@kikkerdriel]

yes!!! was just watching the other part, it's all so interesting. love it!

[@Catastropheshe]

You can watch all 6 on timeline site "secrets of the castle"

[@naui_diver9290]

This is amazing,I cant wait to see it completed..the roof framing of the great hall is just beautiful

[@VampireSquirrel]

I like to imagine androids in the far future RPing living in the 20th century

[@kingsempire4270]

I bet it'll be like roleplaying cheesy tv shows

[@marcl.1346]

But we already do? Games like Mafia? Grand Theft Auto? Bioshock? Fallout?

[@AlexanderGee]

You don't need to imagine startrek did this kzbin.info/www/bejne/aabdapijfbGYga8

[@jeffmorin5867]

Good thing you can only breed so many times...Hopefully not at all. Preferably rather.

[@alalalala57]

@@kingsempire4270 Android: "Honey, I'm home~"

[@BertGrink]

Interesting: it was mentioned that the French word for 'thumb' is the same as the word for 'inch'... In Danish the same thing applies: we call the thumb 'Tommelfinger' or just 'Tommel' and our word for inch is 'Tomme'. In German, on the other hand, an inch is called 'zoll' while the thumb is called 'daumen' so that's a thing they share with English, in a manner of speaking - having entirely different words for the measurement and the body-part from which it's derived, I mean.

[@maartenblaauboer865]

In Dutch, a thumb is called a 'duim', same as an inch is called a duim, which we don't use anymore. It's like Ruth says in this episode, it was used far more widely, the British are just among the last to adopt metric

[@monkeyrevolution9189]

"Flour power" was a good joke.

[@Jezidka]

I laughed, glad I wasn't the only one who got the joke.

[@makaan1932]

15 ad breaks in an hour - 1 ad break every 4 minutes - that's a lot!

[@KaiyaCorrbin]

That's why I use an adblocker lol.

[@guffaw1711]

@@KaiyaCorrbin Yeah, using an ad blocker these days is a must. An act of self-defense lol. They work flawlessly on YT, haven't seen an ad in years. Use ublock origin together with ghostery.

[@mareikelohbrandt4990]

I need an adblocker too. It's difficult to understand anything with so many breaks.

[@andrewpast1959]

Less than what tv used to be. 45 min episode with 15 min of ads through out

[@topshonuff]

Those ads are helping to pay for the Castle.

[@whatzittooya9012]

The audio sounds like it was played through a megaphone and then re-recorded.

[@Doc-Holliday1851]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. This channel seems to have a very serious problem with audio mixing. I don't know what's wrong with their approval process that they allow this kind of idiotic mistake past.

[@MegaSkrow]

never have I used my PCs audio software more than for this episode, in the end its ~alright~

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

@@Doc-Holliday1851 and the resolution is absolutely shit after episode 1 as well

[@ranthony5825]

Everything is historically accurate. Except for the shoes. We're not wearing no damn medieval shoes.

[@breadpilled2587]

probably a safety issue. it is a building site, after all

[@sander7165]

Neither are some of the tools and the helmets (British ww2 helmets)

[@sylviatamieanan4088]

Neither there were pencils in the 13th century

[@kimmorris6001]

@@sylviatamieanan4088 My guess is, like the bolts in the wood scaffolding, and the safety shoes, they can't use the same thing they would have used in 1286. Lead is dangerous. pencils.com/pages/the-history-of-the-pencil

[@AsbestosMuffins]

its interesting they managed to get away without bearings in mills till they were invented in the 1700s. its also quite interesting to see how similar those mideval mills were to more modern mills , all the components are there they just got maybe more precise as time went on

[@zak-a-roo264]

It's an observation I've had as an artist tradesman that all we have done in 4000+ yrs of modern "making" is to come up with better materials to work the 20 basic ideas we've always had.

[@topshonuff]

So once the castle is done, whoever successfully invaded it, gets to keep it.

[@dodgeplow]

that'll be the French IRS

[@Tjalve70]

Well, they need to repair it first, from the damage they inflicted into it. And they need to hope they can find a copy of the inch used to build it, or nothing will fit.

[@lucasharvey8990]

For the two minute intro, many clips were used in previous episodes. That they are only now echoing, means it's a problem with this particular episode and how it was uploaded, not the recording equipment.

[@michiganjack1337]

Ruth? How could you let that bread get so dogged? lol

[@MrFiddleedee]

Agreed, and she even blamed it on poor ol' Tommo who was out flattening planks like a good laborer! She literally just needed to take a peek behind the door every 10 or so minutes. British people and cooking is beyond a meme!

[@Jezidka]

You Had One Job Ruth!

[@omaversteher1]

@@Jezidka Yeah rlly... And with this oven it is not impossible to have a look or two.

[@MoonwalkerWorshiper]

That lady talks more than she works.

[@isabellagreen3046]

My boyfriend is a German carpenter (Zimmerer) and they still work with similar traditional techniques, marking on the wood and so on. He would love to be a part of this project 😂

[@NinaHansen2008]

It’s wonderful that the skills learned here are being used in the reconstruction of Norte Dame!

[@evankimori]

57:13 - Watching how his hands are shaking. Signs of muscle fatigue like WHOA after all that work!

[@morenofranco9235]

Brilliant. Ruth Peter and Tom. I love Ruth's infectious Joy.

[@brandil5688]

It's pretty cool to see things build I've watched on time team. I understood what time team was teaching me but to actually watch it being built is pretty awesome.

[@victoriouswreath494]

I personally am not experiencing many sound problems that others seem to be experiencing. I think the best way to watch this is not to use headphones and watch on a tablet or computer. Other than three or four time over the course of the episode I didn't notice any difference between this episode and the others.

[@rezaka116]

I personally am experiencing many sound problems.

[@gigiis526]

I didnt notice any sound issues either . People just enjoy complaining. Its the sign of the times .

[@Epic501]

@@gigiis526 the audio channels were out of phase very noticeably the entire episode. everything has a hollow, resonant ringing sound to it along with a very short doubling. Your hardness of hearing doesn't make the objectively incorrectly processed video any less incorrectly processed, buddy. It's a sign of you needing a hearing test.

[@cherylT321]

I really didn’t hear anything worth complaining about sound-wise. I just found all the adverts really annoying!

[@s_nunyabiznez]

On a tablet and experiencing the echo or whatever. It’s mildly annoying at most, and only in the interviews.

[@Delicious_J]

Those sluice gates are essentially a direct ancestor of the Victorian steam gauge controlled by a valve, which would eventually become a PLC controlled automatic self regulating water valve. the same principles are at work in every iteration.

[@tempestvideos9834]

Carpentry a form of genius. They're enthusiastic.

[@chad1755]

With the water mill, I would have been very skeptical if it worked on the first try. As a programmer, I know nothing works on the first try!

[@haggis525]

Working with metals is probably one of the most satisfying things that I've ever done!

[@Grib73]

You may see in this very short video how far the construction of the castle has advanced since the filming of this report : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZu5l56JgZ2HitE

[@gaiuscaligula3497]

I have so much respect for these French masters.

[@YoutubeCensorsYou]

I grew up in a small village on a farm, and we all shared a water mill to grind our own flour.

[@cindybogart6062]

I only hope I can get to see this project even if it’s not finished. Thanks you for this endearing series!!💫✨😊

[@eleveneleven572]

I live in Brittany now and its common to find communal bread ovens to serve a small hamlet. They would be fired up for the inhabitants to make all their bread on baking day and more efficiently produce the bread. Also still common to have wells, I have one. The style if house in the castle is also a common Breton manoir style.

[@christiandoucette8561]

What a brilliant series. I have been binging it since I discovered it earlier today.

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

This is the most satisfying documentary ever

[@-NGC-6302-]

A renaissance festival at that castle would be the coolest one in the world

[@cmdrTremyss]

It would be quite futuristic for that time.

[@wolf1066]

Surely you mean "Medieval Festival". I think you've been confused by the fact that the Silly Clothing Association calls its gatherings "Renaissance Fairs".

[@kachi2782]

The "flour power" joke was really good !

[@Oli_Olberius]

I missed who Ruth is or why she's here but she's such good value.

[@ladazimina]

She’s the historian, and I think Thomas and Peter are archeologists. I love her too :)

[@ZombieYul]

Meanwhile here I am having troubles assembling ikea furnitures...

[@HellStr82]

wel its ikea... its a crime agains humanity

[@muradm7748]

that sucks

[@o.mcneely4424]

I really appreciate when they show the hosts messing up. Even highly educated and practiced historians, archaeologists and reenactors make mistakes; we burn the food, we bungle the clothing pattern, we miss the strike with the axe. But it’s all part of the learning process, you just have to laugh it off and start over.

[@bigurn3808]

4:50 the way the camera shook on the way down was so trippy

[@Fainthen]

If they did it right, then the food would be really good, just lack a bit of salt for most of the fresh stuff.

[@Frurin]

This series was by far one of the most informative and entertaining I have seen on Medieval topics since the old Time Team series with Tony Robinson. But, for pitty sake, KZbin, a commercial every 2 minutes? And sometimes two commercials in a row? Is this greed for advertisers money, or is this greed for mine, to force me into purchasing your premium? If you are reading this...keep them adds comming. Not only I will skip them the second I can, but i plegde to never buy anything from the advertisers. Your move. Meanwhile, Absolute History...nice meeting you and thank you for the content you are putting up there.

[@kaylapaulsen7367]

ublock origin my friend, the best addon for any web browser

[@s_nunyabiznez]

What if you’re not watching in a browser? Is there anything for the app?

[@bbs2183]

During medieval, building castle was a tough and risky work, many workers use to die due to safety overlooked. Here building this castle, they did right to use modern techniques to save lives.

[@anndefauw1161]

Absolutely love this my favorite time.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you again.

[@sjonkers96]

what a great series

[@phenodfirefoots7720]

this would be enjoyable but the ads on google are getting to be worse then cable...

[@Crux161]

Ruth: *”It’s a really violent process!”* 🤣

[@johnmartlew5897]

At 1:37 British Proof testing a castle. Pass! When I retired I took up stone masonry and welding. Love it, but I didn’t feel all that important....lol....but I see the point. West coast Canada is mostly granite. Really hard stuff to work. I envy the ones who have limestone/sandstone types to quarry!

[@TheVojvoda]

That ending is so nice

[@Rule-of-Threes-Survival]

As a mason and a history buff, this all makes sense!

[@christopherkucia1071]

lol! For some reason, seeing the blacksmith have an earring just felt right to me.

[@freewilliam93]

Being a mason on the outs with my lodge causes some vids to stabb my heart..

[@RealityHijacked]

Why are you on the outs with your lodge....what happened?...

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

Why?

[@RealityHijacked]

@@aruvielevenstar3944 I think he means because of Covid-19....lol who knows?...

[@pinkyvdt]

My husband is a traveling man also, I hope thing are better at ur lodge.

[@letty8057]

Peter looks like a Hobbit❤❤❤❤

[@Kerbezena]

Half an hour into the documentary and I'm sure I've seen over a dozen commercials. This is hilarious. (The content is grandious of course.)

[@baladar1353]

Try one of the advertisement blockers, I almost forgot what a nagging ad looks and sounds like.

[@Kerbezena]

@@baladar1353 I conciously choose to deactivate AdBlock on certain websites - YT bring one of them. I just steer clear of channels that overdo it.

[@kingklabe]

The sound on this episode is slightly phase distorted

[@eartecathy7378]

I never noticed any music or sound problems. I wish they had shown the use of the porous clay pot the Brits call a cooking brick. You can bake bread in it or pot roast or . ..

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

That's what the germans call a "Römer Topf". (Plural RömerTöpfe). As in Roman Clay Pot. Good for bread baking, poultry roasting, fish cooking.... You need one for each use. Or your chicken might taste of fish ! 😆

[@La.máquina.de.los.sueños]

Very good and informative serie, but very VERY agressive when it comes to commercials. 1 every 3-5 minutes... that's quite intense.

[@lacyhart2043]

I wish there was more of this

[@Flatwaters]

Me too

[@polydynamix7521]

This might be a stupid question but... how did a towns blacksmith keep their items straight? I mean, now you would fill out a work order and put a tag on the item so you know who dropped it off and what you were supposed to do- but they weren't even literate so they had to remember who brought in which tool, what work they needed done, any orders they might have for X amount of nails, not to mention keeping track of incoming orders and debts owed. How does one do that in an age before proper bookkeeping?

[@Dizinii]

Love your new logo

[@1697511981012332]

I suppose having a forest nearby and iron rich soil all around worked both in favor of and against the castle dwellers and defenders during a siege as your besieging enemies could cut you off from these resources and use them to manufacture and repair their own catapults bows and other weapons.

[@BigAl11-12i]

When he burned the bread and Ruth was like “you mean BURNED?” 😂😂😂

[@guffaw1711]

42:54 carpenters still use that technique today

[@EverDownward]

"The Story of how to build a Medieval castle" reads far more interesting than "the importance of stonemasons"

[@nobilesnovushomo58]

But it doesn’t explain every step that’s needed and the underlying finer logic, it only shows and explains many. This is actually a fairly precise title, as the importance and many nuances of Stone masons are explained, but explicit step by step manufacturing and derivation of simplistic geometric skills is still left alone somewhat. Still a very well done and very in-depth documentary. For example: how to make that continuous air pump (The giant double bellows) made from leather... because I doubt many people can manufacture that today or would have the incentive too. Also that was a fairly specific piece of machinery, that might’ve needed repair frequently or infrequently, each carrying their own challenges. Even if frequently it’s still would’ve been merely one very specific job done by a custom artisan tool manufacturer, if infrequently well that just adds to the problem because there’s no incentive to remain knowledgeable by a secondary tool craftsman to retain the knowledge. You could hand them the plans and let them keep them for cataloging purposes The next time a repair is requested for reference by the secondary forger/leather craftsman. There is a high probability that that was actually developed and made by the Forge master or apprentice of the forge themselves, therefore it’s a detail that’s critical to the continued operation of the forge and is critical to efficiency.

[@cordelia8803]

it’s a series about medieval castles they can’t just name every episode “the story of how to build a medieval castle.” they have to title it with what this episode focuses on.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

EverDownward oh, thanks! I’ve been wondering how I ended up here!

[@halakadira]

Ah my specialty, the "dark bread"

[@Mugquaf]

I would like to see how they make the file that's used to sharpen the chisel.

[@brettvv7475]

Tom has actual skill for all of this.

[@nancyM1313]

Thanks 👏❤

[@Ritska-sh2hu]

That was absolutely beautyfull

[@MemeDonkey69]

imagine eating all those grinded stones and barley together , yum !

[@Delicious_J]

@ Archaologists have long been finding skeletons all over the world with very worn teeth, they believe that this is due to a lifetime of consuming gritty flour from millstones or querns.

[@JohnAllenRoyce]

Tom is always a great sport!