This series is fascinating. Although craftsmanship like this is lost to modernity, these videos will help preserve the history. Thank you for sharing this with the world.
I have chronic migraine and these videos are soothing to my head and soul, as well as beautiful and educational. I have begun sharing them with my children.
When in Norway visiting family, we got to see barrels still being made like this at the Tønnegarden in Holmefjord. They also make yummy food like rauddravle. Worth a visit.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. I wish there were still shop trades like this around instead of all this modern plastic junk that just falls to shit after a short amount of time..
That's the way things goes when other products become available & popular. Still you'll find whiners angry at IKEA and whathavewe. Guess what there surrounding is filled with...
You forgot to capitalize the L at the beginning of your sentence. I wasn't speaking, I was typing. I'm guessing I have a better grasp of English than you do just by look at your profile.
Because of the shape of the staves and the hoops holding them together in place. That's why it's important the cooper gets the right angle on the joints of the staves.
On dirait qu'à cette époque les artisans travaillaient à l'oeil et sortait du très bon travail. Le seul instrument de mesure c'est un compas! et encore c'est pour tracer.
Probably not. Haugesund as a town is relatively young, though the name is older. The name, from haugr+sund, means "hill strait" (or sound). The etymology of hogshead is uncertain, but it's possibly a corruption of "ox head", since various Germanic and Scandinavian languages have a word like that.
