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found this video the other day in a search for something else, it is really a very cool video.

i think it is swedish, but i could easily be wrong. there are all kinds of projects shown from making a swing out of branches to carving an axe handle from a board to making little candy boxes from wood.

it was filmed in the late 1930s and there is no sound and it is black and white, but it is a fun video and i know i learned at least half a dozen things from it.

also, i think the only two tools used in the video are an axe and a puukko (well, i did see a claw hammer make an appearance briefly)

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it is ridiculously large, it took me about 45 minutes to download on probably the fastest computer i have used (don't know how to say fast in computer lingo) but i think it is worth it. it is also in WMV format, so if you have a mac you will have to find a converter for quicktime and download it (i found and downloaded one in about 5 minutes)

just thought i would share with you guys...
 
Video is 424 MB, not too terrible in today's world. I got it in ~10 minutes, but haven't watched it yet. Will take a look this weekend and see if I can glean any good info off it.
 
siguy said:
it is ridiculously large, it took me about 45 minutes to download on probably the fastest computer i have used (don't know how to say fast in computer lingo) but i think it is worth it...
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Blame the internet connection and the provided bandwith... The computer specs have very little to do with downloading times. I am trying to download it here at work and seems like it is going to take like 20minutes or so (360KB/s)

Thanks for sharing Siguy!
Mike
 
hmm i guess my connection speed isn't nearly as good as i thought...

anyways, enjoy!
 
siguy said:
i think it is swedish, but i could easily be wrong.
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Its from finland, so your pretty close;)

The old guy knows how to make a fuzz stick:thumbup:
Did you notice that at the beginning of the video his knife is not missing the tip, but it is missing at the end.

I wonder how much it cost to make the film back then, I can't imagine that a camera was a common household item at the time.

They must have been some what well off, to be able to make a video of a guy doing normal everyday stuff.

The little girl at the start must be an old lady by now, if she have not passed on from old age already.

I enjoyed the video, the old guy knows how to use a knife
 
hawkings, i did notice the broken knife, but when i looked closer it actually appears to be a different knife.

i'm going to have my friend try to translate some of the opening writing bits to see if it tells exactly what's going on. i'm thinking it was some sort of "preserve the heritage" project...

my guess is that they are not well off, based on the guy making the axe handle. his shirt was more holes than solid!
 
The foreword in the very beginning of the film is by a man called Sakari Pälsi.

"The national scientific film department went to Tammela, Tuusula, Renko and Tyrvää during the summer to film the old folks work methods and time passing ways. Six trips were made and 13 different subjects were filmed of mostly old, already disappearing folk culture areas - Sakari Pälsi: Christmas at home 1938"

Sakari Pälsi is somewhat of an legend in Finland. He has made "the national Puukko Epic" book called "Puukko". First edition came out in 1955? It's very provoking yet ingenious and he has high respect for tradition and history in the book. No translation of the "Puukko" in English is available unfortunately. Still, it is highly recommended.

That video is a great find, I have the whole series on DVD.
 
The old craftsman in the video is called Iivari Mattila "Old man of Rauhaniemi", 80 years old at the time (respectfully), he's from Muurila area of Renko municipal.
 
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patriot dan, do you happen to have a possible source where i could look up the whole series? i'm going to go check amazon now...

i didn't realize it was a whole series of videos, i figured it was just one of those odd videos that pops up every now and then that someone recorded.
 
Guys, it's a project by the Finnish National Film Archives. You will not like this: all finnish people can order the series in DVD for free. No shipping charges, no nothing :)

However I seriously doubt orders "across the pond" will go so well. I think the best way to get the films is by someone owning the series ripping or copying them and send or put them up for download. Unfortunately I don't think I have the time due to my work.

Link to order page: http://www.kansatieteellisetfilmit.fi/tilaus.htm
 
PatriotDan said:
Guys, it's a project by the Finnish National Film Archives. You will not like this: all finnish people can order the series in DVD for free. No shipping charges, no nothing :)

However I seriously doubt orders "across the pond" will go so well. I think the best way to get the films is by someone owning the series ripping or copying them and send or put them up for download. Unfortunately I don't think I have the time due to my work.

Link to order page: http://www.kansatieteellisetfilmit.fi/tilaus.htm
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Do they have sound?
 
That man has hands made of gold. Its amazing what a person can do with some realy basic tools and lots of knowledge.. I would love to watch some more of the videos on the net if someone ever finds more... I dont care for the sound just watching him is a pleasure.. Siguy thats a great find you got there.

Sasha
 
naked said:
Do they have sound?
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The actual short films do not. The film crew director later regretted they didn't take equipment to record audio. But there are some episodes on the three DVDs that have commentary.

For the purpose of woodcraft, the best example is this episode that is linked in this thread. The other 12 films have more common subjects such as butchering of a pig in a way it was done in the middle ages, making goat cheese, sports and games, making a boat, field work, sewing, fishing in the winter, fishing in the summer, old village life and so on. All though it is all fascinating and already dissapearing in the 1930s.
 
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PatriotDan said:
Guys, it's a project by the Finnish National Film Archives. You will not like this: all finnish people can order the series in DVD for free. No shipping charges, no nothing :)

However I seriously doubt orders "across the pond" will go so well. I think the best way to get the films is by someone owning the series ripping or copying them and send or put them up for download. Unfortunately I don't think I have the time due to my work.

Link to order page: http://www.kansatieteellisetfilmit.fi/tilaus.htm
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If you'd be willing to send them to me, I'd be willing to rip them and host them for people to download. PM me if you are interested.
 
Well, guess what I got in the mail today! I submitted my address to the website above, and I got 3 videos from Finland today! All free! I haven't had a chance to check them out yet though, I'll try to figure out how to post them.
 
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