Cathy and Peter Start Building Their Log Cabin - Logs & Tools | PIONEER LIFE CIRCA1700 

I'm a Thai person. from Thailand. I like to study history. I'm very happy when I found your RU-vid channel. In Thailand there is rarely a show or simulation or lifestyle of the people of the old days. I like the stories of people living in the past. I am very lucky to have found your youtube channel. It filled me with happiness.Thank you. You have created videos and stories made through videos on your RU-vid channel. make me full of happiness

I taught history for 32 years in a public high school. The focus of most curriculum is political/economic. “Lifestyle” always interested me and I would sneak in as much of this daily lifestyle into my lessons. The life of those who came before is essential to understand where their attitudes and belief system came from. It took years before a farm was operational and so taxation was a very important issue. Making a farm profitable took a long time and it was difficult to generate cash needed to pay your taxes. So...it is understandable that the American Revolution is in part due to a conflict over taxation.

This guy reminds me a lot of the actor David Carradine. They could be brothers.

I’m so excited to have found this channel/series! I can’t wait to watch them all!

My father 's family settled in the Iroquois area and farmed for several generations until they discovered, the city life. the Industrial age changed many families. My father had kept many of the old settlement tools, no one seems interested in hand labor anymore. I enjoy your history lessons very much, thank you soooo much , for your show. John c. Brontmire

It's good to see two 'Hippies' make good!

Thank you so much for creating this series. There are not enough good quality series like this around these days. As a person whose personal heroes are Dick Proenneke and Roy Underhill, haha, to find a series such as this, that seems to be pretty time period correct and focused, this is a breathe of fresh air. Thank you for your work and can't wait to continue with the series.

22:40 that is where the saying top dog and underdog comes from. Common expressions in the UK not sure how much they are used in the US. Thanks for the videos, enjoying very much already 👍

Fun stuff , I built a log house in my 20s , 20x24 with an A fram loft . I lost it in a devorace . It was used some by others over the years , no i think its just a barn . That was 40 years ago . I made mistakes on it . One was not haveing a large enough over hang . I wish I could of kept it , I would of fixed my priblems in time . Oh well . Today I live in my modern frame 20x24 cabin . Built right , Offgrid , log houses are ok If built correctly and treated proplerly , Being in the southern US , not a good climate for log homes , moisture from humidity , bugs , I love my modern cabin .

Thank you for no advertisements in this video. Some of those tools are in my garage, draw knife, 2 axes but not broad ones, chisels, saws...

There's something very satisfying in watching the bark get stripped

Hello my friend. I'm so excited right now , to have found this channel, ready to watch the cabin go up. I envy you my friend, what I would give to be where you are and doing what you are doing, me and my wife lost everything we owned in 2016 in that 500 year flood in Louisiana, and a few months after I had an injury that ended my ability to work, now I have no way to buy some land that I was one day going to build on. Enough babbling I'm sorry, I would love to be building a small cabin, about 20×20 would be enough, I am so thankful for you videoing your adventures , I can kick back watch and dream now. Thank you my friend, thank you !!!!

The best knowledge I've received for history of our ancestors building technology. Thank you

Danny from Deep South Homestead sent us over and we are so glad he did!!

Nice piece of history, keep up Kathy and Peter good job!

This building by hand is really good, skills we all should learn !!

Well done Pete and Cathy

Love this channel. Im in southern WV and gonna be building a cabin just like this in a few weeks.

Excellent tutorial on the tools being used!! Look forward to seeing the methods of their use in construction!! Keep up the GOOD WORK!!

Very nice work Peter and Kathy.

I becomme yesterday evening a big smile because i come home from my new Farmhouse( built in 1890) I found there a lot of Tools what u use for ur Working Also i can remember that my Grandpa a old woodworker and Farmer use that Tools in the 60/ 70 full time

That fire danger from creosote is still present in masonry flues, especially in wood burning fireplace furnaces, which I have. Late one winter night I chanced to look out at a scene as bright as a sunny noon at about 10:30. The fireplace was making a bump bump and on checking outside I found a giant acetylene torch busy drying out every cloud that chanced overhead and it was issuing out of my chimney. When I saw it take out a passing airplane and two helicopters I decided something had to be done. I quickly opened the doors of the firebox and doused the fire with water and reclosed the doors to prevent any draft but but chimney was still chugging like a passing tornado. I rushed into the kitchen and grabbed a box of baking soda, reopened the doors, ripped open the box and sent the contents up the chimney and reclosed the door. I ran outside to see the results. From welding hot red the colors changed to a yellower hue, to a blue and then to a green which was followed by a sissified pop and the monster was silenced. Chimney sweep said no damage but he had never seen a cleaner chimney. But we opted for a metal pipe liner and no troubles since. No trouble with the airforce or meteorologists as the evidence had been completely wiped out.

This is how N. America was built, it wasn't easy living; things were tough and times were always hard. Nothing was a given. Today, this character of people have vanished and the criminal elements with hands out is all that's left. The USA went from being blessed to being cursed all because of lack of vision and loss of focus on The One Who put the possibilities at their forefront.

Hi from finland RU-vid recommended your channel :) I love to see this build ^^ starting from the first Ep ofc.

Thanks Peter

New subscriber from Homesteading Pastor live. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. Thanks for sharing. Blessings 🙏🏼🕊✝💖

I missed this one some how glad I found it, it was very enjoyable if you ever need another draw knife I have a drawer full.

Thanks My Friend :)

I just found your channel,and enjoy the history of that ere you tell. I'll keep up with the new videos. I;m going back to the beginning and try to catch up.

Just found this channel! Can’t wait to watch it all!

I’m loving every video..

Another informative video. Thank you!

I love wilderness takecare always

Great video, Informative and entertaining !

Thank you for doing this series, I’m a greenwood carver and I already have most of these tools so I’m exited to see how this turns out

What a lot of fun your video is. Only 1/3 of the way through (so far) and I'm compelled to affirm it. As an aside, that's nice fresh bark you're peeling. I'd use a peeling spud instead of a draw knife. In that way I wouldn't have to sit on all that sappy resin which probably does a number on your outfits.

This is going to be a very informative series.

New subscriber here! Ron ( and Justine) have a wonderful video selection! Now to try yours! 👋👋

Delightful! I came from a Townsends livestream, where someone in the live chat recommended your channel. Sure glad they did! I look forward to watching more. Subscribed!

A new subscriber here am starting at the beginning enjoying the videos have a day love from TEXAS

Thx mister pioneer! :)

Good video, thanks!

Just found your channel. Liked and subscribed. Much more interesting than going to a pioneer village recreation.

You’re my favorite channel on RU-vid. Thank you for the explanations - I take away so much knowledge from every video. I just bought a parcel of land and want to build my own cabin very similar to yours. Would you be willing to share your design? Like the dimensions of the purlins, rafters, etc?

Hello, so magical I feel like when I'm watching your shows then I'm really back in those times. Do y'all really live in the cabin?

Great video!

AMAZING,thank you.

Interesting about the months with a r in them. We have that saying about not shooting turkeys in months with r in them here in new zealand. Probably to do with not shooting them while breading and when young around.

Very inspiring, thank you

Sawyer's pits are the origin of the term underdog. The guy up on top was the "top dog" the guy in the pit was the "underdog". A really bad spot to be, no air circulation, saw dust getting in your eyes, down your shirt, sticking in the sweat and rubbing you raw. Fun times!

People have no idea the time a woodsman spends sharpening their axes ,tools 1:51 and knives, do they? That draw knives did not sharpen itself, did it? I have some of the best axes and tools that money will buy and I know how much time that I spend working on the. Not to mention my power tools which take an inordinate amount of time to keep them in good working order. I have always figured it takes an hour of work for each hour that I use one of my Stihl saws and they are a lot easier to maintain than a crosscut saw.

Love your vdo. Iam building a 45 cal flintlock. Why do so many people think this is to lite of a caliber for deer.

so many men want a simple life in the wild, but we are too cowardly to leave "modern life" and choose to follow our dreams, we have become slaves of society with our good will ... a happy life to have 🍀🍀🍀💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀

What do you have planned for the spring and summer?

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Horses were very common for people on the frontier. Otherwise, explain how you got all of your tools and supplies out 50 miles from anyone?

he drools too much for me !!!

That's actually called a Hewing axe,

Did you forge the tools or buy them someplace? Be interested in where to purchase some.

Mind if I ask who made your moccasins? If you did do you have a pattern for them?

Her style of hat she beginning, actual name for it or just frontier style hat? Been wanting one for a while. Even better if I’d be able to get the material myself.

She should have leather chaps on when skinning the logs

I'm Curious as to what state you live in and did you have to get a permit to build?

Roughly how many logs did you cut for your cabin?

Love your Channel, I want to watch these episodes in order, but I do not know how to do that. I am subscribed,.. but there seems to be no rhyme or reason on which episode comes up next. Can anyone explain how I can do this? I will keep coming back to see if I get any takers. Thanks for any advice, Jeff in Maine

Do you reccomend any books for 18th century cabin building

Your using green trees? What about shrinkage in ALL your materials, ie., floors, roof, walls, ect.?

Would it be possible to build one large enough for a family of seven?

Does peter and his wife live in this cabin and When will he start to build fort tom

What species of tree are you using?

Living Historians. Reading about the first settlers in the New World is just not the same as Utube. 🇮🇪🇪🇺🙄

Love your channel - what part of the world are you located in?

Please to have the size of your wonderful cabin? Mine I am building is 12x16 feet.

What are the gun laws in Canada are there any restrictions on black powder

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