🔴 Viking skies? Making and Decorating of Traditional Norwegian Ash-Wood Skis 

Thanks John, we have snow here, but it has been very mild this year, true.

That is fascinating, thanks for watching!

All the best Jim

Thank you!

Don't you think he has treski already? I have to keep a steady pace, I can't take the heavy falls any more.

Not much snow this year.... thanks for watching, all the best!

Thanks Dean, All the best!

The short,thin blade was what I wanted, the other knives I tried were too long, it worked out great. That Ash-wood varies in hardness a lot from summer to autumn fibres, it is just the kind of wood I would have cut myself whittling when I was a kid.

Hia from Alaska

@@docklikeable9264 hi Dock Likable! your comment has been hiding here in this thread so apologies for the delayed answer, all the best!

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These skis have never been waxed since we have only used them on cold fresh snow so far. Pine tar would be the option for longer trips but even then if the temp goes up above freezing they drink water and cease to function as skis and become heavy and unwieldy snow shoes. I suppose I would just use the swix waxes for traction wax. I have no deep knowledge of things ski, but it is the national sport here so you can't avoid picking up a bit of it.

these are made of ash

@@LucasRichardStephens I presume the trick would work also with ash

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I don't have those measurements at hand, sorry (I am about 176cm tall). Those measurements are unique to the individual skier and actual piece of wood used, since they are all different in strength. It is the amount of weight on the ski and the consequent deflection that determines how thick the ski will be. It is a craft and knowledge that I could not repeat without the aid of the teacher. The width and length are also relational to the skier, and what type of snow the skier wishes to ski on. There are not fixed answers, though there may be rules of thumb, but I don't know them, sorry. I encourage you to attend a course. My films are not instructional, they are meant to inspire rather than teach you how to do it. That is why they are not titled "How to" and are listed in the technology section, not the How To section. Thanks for watching and sorry I can't be more helpful.

Yes, I attended a maker course and the instructor supplied birch and ash rough sawn boards, as is shown during the film.

I don't know the name. It has been used for a long time, very similar if not the same as the one the Norwegian military use. Check out the facebook group, someone there knows the name.

I can't honestly say I remember if there was a specific reason, but I think my oak skis are also such. I should check my other wooden skis to see if they are the same. It was a few years now since I attended the course. Suffice to say I couldn't easily make another pair, the teacher was very knowledgable and every small aspect and detail was very particular, I remember.

Are you some kind of xenophobe? I am British, not Norwegian. I have however forged a Norwegian knife but the blade is not thin enough on it, or any of my nordic style knives, for this particular work. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pJkSY-oeNrA.html this film shows some of the nordic knives in the household, that I didn't want to use for carving skis. I do use them for other things regularly. I also share some National pride since I have lived here thirty years (maybe longer than you?).

@@LucasRichardStephens Are you? Or some kind of xenophiliac? How dare you accuse me like that...? What tosh!

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