Fascinating. There once were log cabins all over North America and it was men from the North who taught this skill that was quickly adopted here in the new world. Thank you so much for teaching my ancestors how to live well and live comfortably. If it weren't for you, they'd still be building hot and uncomfortable stick and daub homes like their British craftsmen taught them.
@-____- To share information. Maybe this isn't what they had in mind. But I'm also pretty sure splitting hairs wasn't the purpose either!! Why do people have to such douchebags
Though it’s very time consuming, the traditional way is the most satisfying way of doing this work. Just the sound of tools on wood. No machines buzzing. Great work guys! 🙌👏
I know this video is several months old but, gotta say it. This IS the best style of home building. This puts today's standards to shame and this is what "traditional" truly means. Been a fan of the channel for quite some time now, the videos just get better and better. Thank you. Cheers :)
I love these videos. They are so calming and educational, demonstrating a unique series of traditional skills normally unseen and unappreciated in these modern times. I can’t wait for more videos like these demonstrating other the notches.
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down?? Simply to be negative, I guess. Nice tools, nice job. Would love to see what the completed work looks like. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks lads , for preserving that which is real and bountiful.Hard work, simple sharp tools, patience and knowledge of this labours result.We can live with or within our beautiful forests.Less machinery more skills, we all need to slow down and reflect, production and nurture off soul.Perfect.
Watching the operator stop...and wait... for the boardsman to clear the receiving end of the mill shows maturity of job site safety. Bravo for watching out for your friend and or co worker \0/
Tell me how so many can dislike this? What is there to dislike? Imagine the first night sitting in that cabin with a fire roaring, all nice and warm, knowing that you put such incredible effort into making it. And having a fine woman there to make dinner, and to make sweet love to. That’s living! Such precision in making every log into a home. That’s inherited talent. Speaks volumes without a word said. A very satisfying video to watch.
The dislikes are from people that have had the life and adventure sucked out of them and cannot conceive doing something of this magnitude as it would require effort and commitment to finish the job ! So use to hitting reset or respawning on their Playstation! Truly no life ! That's who !
This video is so therapeutic and relaxing. Stress relieve. The sound are amazing and I love each image. I can sleep or simply rest and meditate with this video. Excellent work.
If you have never done this before, you should really give it a go. Its very therapeutic, not to mention the feeling you have after accomplishing it. I can work a draw knife all day, and even though it is exhausting, its very satisfying as well. Enjoyed the video.
I've seen 4 of your videos, but this earned the subscribe! I was thoroughly impressed. I watched a few cabin builds, from other builders, but this one was on the money. Every step was simple and with great purpose. Your cabin is an engineering masterpiece that will stand the test of time!
Dear Sirs, It's an absolute delight watching the creation of a log home built with so much passion & care. I look forward to seeing the continuation of this endeavour. Very well done. Kind regards.
Noticed you abandoned that spud peeler in favor of a draw knife. They work much better. Great vid. Brings back fond memories of my wife and I cabin building in Canada.
Nothing to do with measuring, it's a fast way to make a straight line. Bricklayers' use a similar tool called a plumb line, for the vertical a string with weight on the end is used. For the horizontal string and a spirit level is used.
These are the things that should be taught more , one day who knows if we get hit by a solar flare say knocks out all our equipment , these guys will style be able to create what most con only dream off or if your lucky pay for..... Great video no ruff required 👍
My Great Grandfather Blixt built a log home that is still standing strong and looks great. All the modern houses start falling apart after just a few years!
The logs shouldn't be touching the entire length just the corners. The miss will certainly help with encouraging holding moisture and rotting the logs as well. Good work
There craftsman ship is great, to be able to do this by hand i have no words to say how great it is. The guy building must be building it for there grandson and he is not even married yet. The time it takes to do one log and there must be a hundred logs in a house. This is truly labor of love. The time it took just to straighten both sides of the log and make the top concave and the bottom convex make the two notches for it to sit on the bottom log and have a log on top drill the pegs and pull the bark off the log and cut the finished to size. Just to watch this video with out cringing I had to run it at 2x speed. The first guy to build one of these house by him self must have really loved the girl he was trying to attract. I would say it would take a couple of years for a guy to do it him self. I just hope when she seen it she did not say it a little small, i would have like the kitchen on the other side.
This is the kind of cabin l want to attempt to build. When l was a child my Grandparents lived across the street from a antique log cabin. The really cool thing about it was it had a secret entrance to the stairs that lead to the second floor. Which had an old spinning wheel and a bed. Down stairs it was like the people had left for the day. There was an antique parlor organ and a Victorla record player. We kids had a blast in there. I just want to go back in time and live in such a place.
Wow fantastic craftsmanship, i was wondering could it be possible to get the measurements.of how you layout lap notches.and the thickness of the logs cause i am planning on building a hunting lodge.but i am not sure of the measurements of depth of the notches and the width for sure and size of the logs.thanks Dan
Excellent work guys and it is nice to hear a quiet work site ( without machinery) it is interesting the different way you can scribe in and mate logs, The Outsider does it differently on his build and also so does My Self Reliance (Shawn) on his channel maybe between the 3 of your channels you might be able to combine some part of each others way of doing things and end up with either a better or a more efficient way of doing things? Done for the right reasons progress can be beneficial It is just a thought anyway Thanks for the new postings I am enjoying them very much Tony From Western Australia
Northmen's style is much more labor intensive and harder than My Self Reliance or Outsider. MSR or Outsider cut the corners for their purposes. MSR for the saved time and because he is working alone. Outsider due to his available logs (he has a video on why he will need to use chinking). With the chinking method that they both are using it is easier to "hide" the mistakes from notching and scribing. With Northemen technique you will immediately see every mistake and hole from not 100% matching the logs. Turning the logs from round to square is also really demanding and time consuming but it comes with benefits if you don't want to cut corners and have know-how. Probably the best and highest level craftmanship video on log cabin building is the "traditional finnish log cabin building process" video.
@@thecurrentmoment It breaks the long fibers in the wall and it becomes more resistant to the wind and rain. I don't know more in detail why it works like it works. Also it's more house-y like and you can use walls easier inside to hang stuff and nowadays being able to do this kind of handmade straight edges has become show-off for the carpenters talent.
@@TheEasyRail that's interesting. I was also reflecting on it and came to the conclusion that it would be a lot easier to notch them together if the sides were straight instead of having a big bulge on the side of the join. I don't know if that's an issue or not
Does anyone know about how many days it would take to build a simple one room log home with all hand tools like these men are doing. Lot of hard work to pull this off but it was a reality in Europe and America before modern tools and machinery came along.?
What type of tree is being used, it does not look familiar to me, the wood appears to be very soft? I know their tools are very sharp but the wood still appears quite soft. I live in north east Montana and have cut firewood for over 40 years, mostly Douglass Fir, Lodge Pole Pine, Green Ash and Cottonwood. P.S. Excellent work and great hand tools!
the first method is a lot easier on the back. I have a draw knife and i still sometimes go get a pipe that i beat flat on one end and angled a bit so it's like a scraper just so i can stand up and work. Gets tedious straddling a log or pulling. sometimes i like to stand and push. maybe it's instinctual muscle balancing.
Watching wood working is akin to staring at a fire. Can't get enough. Thank you for your work.
Hard skilled work with old fashioned tools, no power tools. Respect.
great video, loved to hear the actual sounds of the work and not music or pointless banter
BFjordsman Exactly!!
Ce sont intéressante 🤔
Friend 'You are right and also no fancy camera angles
In Estonia that's all you ever hear.
Fascinating. There once were log cabins all over North America and it was men from the North who taught this skill that was quickly adopted here in the new world. Thank you so much for teaching my ancestors how to live well and live comfortably. If it weren't for you, they'd still be building hot and uncomfortable stick and daub homes like their British craftsmen taught them.
Being able to share things like this is why the internet was invented.
Because internet people don't do stuff in real life
@@flat-earther English isn't your first language is it? Because I don't know what in the holy hell you are talking about. What is an internet person?
@-____- To share information. Maybe this isn't what they had in mind. But I'm also pretty sure splitting hairs wasn't the purpose either!! Why do people have to such douchebags
This is definitely the best side of technology isn't it. Being able too see people doing amazing things. Such craftsmanship.
@-____- Fort Apache was made out of logs
Though it’s very time consuming, the traditional way is the most satisfying way of doing this work. Just the sound of tools on wood. No machines buzzing.
Great work guys! 🙌👏
I know this video is several months old but, gotta say it. This IS the best style of home building. This puts today's standards to shame and this is what "traditional" truly means. Been a fan of the channel for quite some time now, the videos just get better and better. Thank you. Cheers :)
I love these videos. They are so calming and educational, demonstrating a unique series of traditional skills normally unseen and unappreciated in these modern times. I can’t wait for more videos like these demonstrating other the notches.
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down?? Simply to be negative, I guess. Nice tools, nice job. Would love to see what the completed work looks like. Thanks for sharing.
Love the visual with normal action sounds. No silly music. Thank you for sharing.
I love the sound of the bark being scraped off
Almost like a crackling fire!
Just as comforting too!
Enjoyed that too, and the sound of the axes hewing.
And the lack of human voices...
Cam Myers kkk
Thanks lads , for preserving that which is real and bountiful.Hard work, simple sharp tools, patience and knowledge of this labours result.We can live with or within our beautiful forests.Less machinery more skills, we all need to slow down and reflect, production and nurture off soul.Perfect.
These guys obviously know how to put an edge on a tool! Very good work.
The best production you've released in a while. What a pleasure to see sharp tools in skilled hands.
I'm so glad this channel exists!!
yes indeed, awesome stuff, absolutely love it!
It’s a return to more simple times, a time without industry and the hellish racket that goes with it.
This was a great tutorial and a very pleasant and quiet construction site . Thank you for not putting some noisy music in the background .
Watching the operator stop...and wait... for the boardsman to clear the receiving end of the mill shows maturity of job site safety. Bravo for watching out for your friend and or co worker \0/
Tell me how so many can dislike this? What is there to dislike? Imagine the first night sitting in that cabin with a fire roaring, all nice and warm, knowing that you put such incredible effort into making it. And having a fine woman there to make dinner, and to make sweet love to. That’s living! Such precision in making every log into a home. That’s inherited talent. Speaks volumes without a word said. A very satisfying video to watch.
All of those people that disliked this are all cops. Cops are NOTHING but SHIT.
The dislikes are from people that have had the life and adventure sucked out of them and cannot conceive doing something of this magnitude as it would require effort and commitment to finish the job ! So use to hitting reset or respawning on their Playstation! Truly no life ! That's who !
They are Joe Biden supporter’s. Typical democrats that don’t believe in hard work
The sound of chopping wood...... So peaceful. Like sitting by a fire or the waves of the sea crashing by the beach.
Stop caring about dislikes and such
Men who have learned this skill, can learn and overcome everything what life puts in front of them, you are truly blessed. Glory to the God.
This video is so therapeutic and relaxing. Stress relieve. The sound are amazing and I love each image. I can sleep or simply rest and meditate with this video. Excellent work.
That draw knife work is so incredibly satisfying to watch
Best video I've ever seen very simple, hard work but very worth it hope to see more videos like this from you guys God bless
If you have never done this before, you should really give it a go. Its very therapeutic, not to mention the feeling you have after accomplishing it. I can work a draw knife all day, and even though it is exhausting, its very satisfying as well. Enjoyed the video.
I've seen 4 of your videos, but this earned the subscribe! I was thoroughly impressed. I watched a few cabin builds, from other builders, but this one was on the money. Every step was simple and with great purpose. Your cabin is an engineering masterpiece that will stand the test of time!
Thank you a lot! Love that "building log cabins" videos, pray for more! 😊
Dear Sirs,
It's an absolute delight watching the creation of a log home built with so much passion & care. I look forward to seeing the continuation of this endeavour. Very well done. Kind regards.
Hello igazi szakemberek nagyon nagyon ügyesek!!!🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠💯💯💯💯
Love to see a chisel at work. Beautiful build
Ok. First off this video was amazing. Second, who watched this and was like “giving this one a thumbs down” haha just crazy
No silly music or endless yapping, nothing but action thank you for sharing
Wow!! that looks to be a superior method to do logs ....a true art as well.
Noticed you abandoned that spud peeler in favor of a draw knife. They work much better.
Great vid. Brings back fond memories of my wife and I cabin building in Canada.
It's been a while. We love your style; thank you for this.
I LOVE that measuring technique you did with the nails and the string it’s GENIUS!!!!!!
It's called a chalk mark.
Nothing to do with measuring, it's a fast way to make a straight line. Bricklayers' use a similar tool called a plumb line, for the vertical a string with weight on the end is used. For the horizontal string and a spirit level is used.
Thank you !!! Enery video of you,is an essential lesson !!!
Best way to build. Thanks for sharing
Great work! 👍😎 Alway good to see, that there are still some people left who are able to do this work the old way, without power tools!
Last picture, blue sky, white fluffy clouds, wood logs, crazy beautiful!!!
These are the things that should be taught more , one day who knows if we get hit by a solar flare say knocks out all our equipment , these guys will style be able to create what most con only dream off or if your lucky pay for..... Great video no ruff required 👍
My Great Grandfather Blixt built a log home that is still standing strong and looks great. All the modern houses start falling apart after just a few years!
These guys are highly skilled and those axes are very good and sharp.
these gents know what they're doing, GREAT WORK.
Surely one of the best channels on TH-cam.
Thanks for sharing!
Very workintensive way of building a logcabin but beautifull craftmanship.
I remember as a good waking up ever morning smelling my gramma making bread and the smelling of wood burning on a windy winter snow day 🙂
You guys need to write a book, great video!
Beautiful craftsmanship
Far out, thanks so much for this video ! So educational. I've never had the experience to use hand tools like this before, and now I am inspired.
Very impressive and educational.
Love the pulling knife. Such an amazing tool.
The logs shouldn't be touching the entire length just the corners. The miss will certainly help with encouraging holding moisture and rotting the logs as well. Good work
How much relaxing is it...?!
Молодцы мужики! Спасибо за труд👍💪
There craftsman ship is great, to be able to do this by hand i have no words to say how great it is. The guy building must be building it for there grandson and he is not even married yet. The time it takes to do one log and there must be a hundred logs in a house. This is truly labor of love. The time it took just to straighten both sides of the log and make the top concave and the bottom convex make the two notches for it to sit on the bottom log and have a log on top drill the pegs and pull the bark off the log and cut the finished to size. Just to watch this video with out cringing I had to run it at 2x speed. The first guy to build one of these house by him self must have really loved the girl he was trying to attract. I would say it would take a couple of years for a guy to do it him self. I just hope when she seen it she did not say it a little small, i would have like the kitchen on the other side.
This is the kind of cabin l want to attempt to build. When l was a child my Grandparents lived across the street from a antique log cabin. The really cool thing about it was it had a secret entrance to the stairs that lead to the second floor. Which had an old spinning wheel and a bed. Down stairs it was like the people had left for the day. There was an antique parlor organ and a Victorla record player. We kids had a blast in there. I just want to go back in time and live in such a place.
Wow a lot of work tremendously satisfying to watch. I wish it was me I know how it feels to utilize something I’ve built by my own hands I’m jealous.
Their tools are so sharp!
Good job you have my respect I love seeing people do everything by hand...
At the end of the day you take pride in that s***
How could there be so many dislikes? I love this stuff, it's soothing to me
Good job guys, that's really hard work!
Truly talented craftsmen..
these videos are so therapeutic
Thank you for these videos, just outstanding
That is unreal! Very skillfull!
Awesomely amazing. More and more will come if you show them how to build it!
Beautiful Work guys! 👌
This is the video I needed in my life
Очень хорошее видео!-приятно было посмотреть.
Def appreciate no voice-over and/or background music; it basically makes this a meditation video!
That was very satisfying to watch, but holy hell was the sound perfect. I felt like the work was being done right in front of me.
Fantastic. You are masters. 👍👍
Wow fantastic craftsmanship, i was wondering could it be possible to get the measurements.of how you layout lap notches.and the thickness of the logs cause i am planning on building a hunting lodge.but i am not sure of the measurements of depth of the notches and the width for sure and size of the logs.thanks Dan
Excellent work guys
and it is nice to hear a quiet work site ( without machinery)
it is interesting the different way you can scribe in and mate logs, The Outsider does it differently on his build and also so does My Self Reliance (Shawn) on his channel maybe between the 3 of your channels you might be able to combine some part of each others way of doing things and end up with either a better or a more efficient way of doing things?
Done for the right reasons progress can be beneficial
It is just a thought anyway
Thanks for the new postings I am enjoying them very much
Tony From Western Australia
Northmen's style is much more labor intensive and harder than My Self Reliance or Outsider.
MSR or Outsider cut the corners for their purposes. MSR for the saved time and because he is working alone. Outsider due to his available logs (he has a video on why he will need to use chinking).
With the chinking method that they both are using it is easier to "hide" the mistakes from notching and scribing. With Northemen technique you will immediately see every mistake and hole from not 100% matching the logs. Turning the logs from round to square is also really demanding and time consuming but it comes with benefits if you don't want to cut corners and have know-how.
Probably the best and highest level craftmanship video on log cabin building is the "traditional finnish log cabin building process" video.
@@TheEasyRail can you please enlighten me as to what the benefits are from making straight edges?
@@thecurrentmoment It breaks the long fibers in the wall and it becomes more resistant to the wind and rain. I don't know more in detail why it works like it works.
Also it's more house-y like and you can use walls easier inside to hang stuff and nowadays being able to do this kind of handmade straight edges has become show-off for the carpenters talent.
@@TheEasyRail that's interesting.
I was also reflecting on it and came to the conclusion that it would be a lot easier to notch them together if the sides were straight instead of having a big bulge on the side of the join. I don't know if that's an issue or not
A sharp ax and and a good eye and doing it many time over,,tis a real art
Hard work, respect from Czech republic
Does anyone know about how many days it would take to build a simple one room log home with all hand tools like these men are doing. Lot of hard work to pull this off but it was a reality in Europe and America before modern tools and machinery came along.?
Craftsmanship at it's ultimate.
More videos like this one
Beautifully done.
Very enjoyable video thank you for sharing.
Nice rhythm. Nice log tones...
Satisfaction level 10 achieved.
Great skill... And hard work! Not a single power tool but fantastic results. Thanks for the share!
Thoes tools are definitely kept as sharp as your skills. Masterful stuff
What type of tree is being used, it does not look familiar to me, the wood appears to be very soft? I know their tools are very sharp but the wood still appears quite soft. I live in north east Montana and have cut firewood for over 40 years, mostly Douglass Fir, Lodge Pole Pine, Green Ash and Cottonwood.
P.S. Excellent work and great hand tools!
I think it is "Pinus Sylvestris"
I like that bark peeling tool instead of a draw knife
Thank you! Excellent video! 👍
The drawknife removes the bark much faster than the first method.
the first method is a lot easier on the back. I have a draw knife and i still sometimes go get a pipe that i beat flat on one end and angled a bit so it's like a scraper just so i can stand up and work. Gets tedious straddling a log or pulling. sometimes i like to stand and push. maybe it's instinctual muscle balancing.
Wonderful, I could almost smell the wood and moss and earth.
Moss as an insulator. Pure genius.
We’ve been duped into believing that progress is good. It’s not.
This, what these men did with their hands and minds and simple tools, is good.
Absolutely incredible
Very well done.
Question: is wood ash cement a good long gap filler?
Old School....Love It
AWESOME JOB GUYS
Beautiful work!
Hey guys awesome video , does anyone knows were can I get a set of chisels like those ?
Gotta love the sounds of working wood! 🙂
Is there a practical reason to hew the outer faces of the logs flat or is it just to make a more attractive appearance?
Hi how are you? Very nice work what is the best scribe to use thanks