Ran into this really nice video of a Norwegian timmerman hewing a log, for (I think) a church restoration. Hewn in the slinthuggning/sprattaljning hewing style. Impressive axe skills.
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My bad, I should have googled the caption. I was really happy to see this video though, it is the best one I've seen of sprattaljning, which I've been trying to understand.He's a Swede actually, not Norwegian. Nice video!
"Hantverkslaboratoriet" have a couple of very nice videos about hewing and the making of planks, all done with elbow grease and hand tools. Also, the videos are high def which makes it even more delightful to watch them!My bad, I should have googled the caption. I was really happy to see this video though, it is the best one I've seen of sprattaljning, which I've been trying to understand.
The man with the beard was in very good physical condition, and interesting to see he did not run his hand up and down the axe handle when chopping. He just held on to the end of the handle and went to work.
Here is a close look at the axes used in the OP video.
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Anyone know who made them?
Bob