Traditional axe making video and construction of wooden lodge, presenting the traditional technics. The video is provided by the Swedish Local Heritage Federation for the CULT-RURAL EC co-funded project. cultrural.net
I have seen many log cabins in my life. All the best ones were either built by German or Swedish craftsmen. Since my heritage is both, I have always been proud of the work in steel and wood that men from the old country have done. Thank you for sharing your incredible talent in both wood and steel. The joints in the logs and the axe that cut them are the very best representations of your talent.
I had to watch this twice to try and understand the level of skill involved, not only in the forging but, just as importantly, in the woodwork. I enjoy seeing demonstrations given by anyone who really know their craft, so I loved this. Thank you for posting it.
I love how they show him setting the bit in place after fluxing, and then jump straight to welding without showing him bringing it back to critical. That all being said, watching this man let the colors run in the same heat as the quench is awe-inspiring- that takes quite a bit of practice to get right.
That is an awesome ax! And some fine ax work too, the guy goes out and makes an entire wooden lodge with an ax and like 2 other tools. That dude know what he's doing.
And the traditional gas forge, and the traditional automatic hammer, and the traditional iron mine, and traditional borax for metal bonding, and the traditional chainsaw for nice perfectly cut logs. . Its a traditional skill, accomplished with modern tools. Like writing traditional poems with a modern pen. Its the spirit that counts.
I wanna see more of the lodge construction. Like what was the traditional way to get the logs stacked over peoples heads, like with that 2 story building?
hur coolt som helst! det vore en dröm att en dag bo i sverige någonstans ute på landet och arbeta i smedja eller bygga traditionella hus! --amerikan med alldeles för stora drömmar
***** Började på yrkespraktik där när jag var yngre och blev kvar där en tid sedan. Dock är just den smedjan inte längre kvar för yxtillverkning vad jag vet, men tror huset och inredningen fortfarande är kvar där. (Jag har egen smedja idag och Lasse har inte tid med den längre på grund av annat arbete (han håller på att hjälpa till med att starta upp en annan gammal anrik yx fabrik hos G-B ), men vore kul om den kom i bruk igen tycker jag.).
That's a girl at the start who's hitting the hammer/cutter or whatever, right? Much props to her for not only doing the labour intensive job, but it seems like childs play to her and like ehs'a pro, rather than some noob apprentice who's 'struggling' or tired after a few swings. of course, this is recorded and with cuts, so not gonna make any judgments on how long she could sustain that level of smashing for, but just the very fact that she can do what we saw on film and at such speed/power, already makes me respect her a hell of a lot more than most 'city' girls these days, who don't wanna get their hands dirty or do any 'heavy'(not even that heavy, probably would 10-15kg max, or however heavy a single slab with 24 cans of soft drink/soda..
ex0duzz she's just for the video. this whole video is for educational. manufacturing is offshored to countries like china india. do you really expect people in sweden wasting 8 hours to make a 50$ axe.
Man! I'd love to have this axe..I like the bearded axes they are awesome looking and my favorite shape..Everytime I see an axe I really like there is never a link in the video of where to buy one and who makes it..I'm gonna have to find me a Blacksmith nearby where I live and get them to make me some axes..Axes are the most awesome cutting tool mankind has!! I'm an Axe Freak!!
Wow, those are some awesome techniques! Here we are in the modern age of computer technology, while some people still work the traditional ways! I'm glad the good old craftmanships still are being used to this day!
one of the most inspirational things i have seen in a long time well done we need the artisan crafts brought back especially in the uk thankyou for the video
What is the traditional part about this method? Is it just the shape of the axe? Because I'm seeing power hammers, steel inserts, high speed grinding wheels. I mean, forging as much as possible is always cool, just not really sure about what makes this traditional.
Modern axes are made from one solid piece of steel. Traditional axes are made with a steel insert. Power hammers and grinders have been around since the middle ages. All thats different here is that they are run on electrical power instead of water power. Modern axes are drop forged and the skill is understanding the machine, this axe is all controlled by the smith not the machine and the skill is all in the forging itself.
He did a good job! That's the basics you so often see in the Nordic countries. Take the time to do it well and you'll save lots of time later on by "not having to fix the mistakes".
weterlings axes... he is the one thats does all custom and new axs typs... and teach in the axe making classes... one of the true axe masters of the World.
Thanks for a top video. So people other than Wettlings and Granfors Brucks make axes and with the inlaid high carbon steel edge. I did not realise that was still done. I have some leather tools (pricking irons from the 1880's) that have hard steel cutting edges and soft steel sharfts you can see the line where they meet. I also did not know the joints were so complex on the wooden lodges. Thanks for showing this on utube and for keeping these skills alive. All the best to you all.
I spent the last three hours watching from Poker tournaments, to battery scams, to pranks, to top best and worst commercials, to blacksmithing competitions, to forging swords and katanas, to this. LOL
It works the same as the pedal propelled one, technology used for centuries in many crafting fields such as sewing machines, blacksmithing, and other repetitive motion required crafts.
There really should. My childhood neighbor used to let me and his son do some blacksmithing, great times. (Especially for two young boys obsessed with swords and bows etc.)
