Wow! This structure is taking shape! It's really cool to follow this evolution, your techniques are very ingenious and full of ancient culture, very good, thank you my friend!
fantastic watching you working with all hand tools,. it takes a lot of talent to use hand tools let alone ones from the past so you deserve credit for that alone.. your doing a fantastic job Ramuni.
Ulfr! You look very happy with the wall result! Excellent work, looks great! Pine tar smells great, bitumen not so much - and I used to keep a few sheep, that wool really dulls the knife edge quickly and the lanolin keeps your hands soft! The guy who sheared my sheep had so much lanolin on his hands it was impossible for him to hold a pen to write the cheque for the wool. (that's what he said anyway). Thanks for sharing the building experience and great to listen to your knowledge. Take care, Eddie.
Hello Edwin. thank you. Yes I am pretty happy with the work (and the little mistakes here and there). Yes the wool is hard on the blade. there is acutally theories of multiple wool layers being a good armour from cutting weapons. I need to sharpen soon:) Funny story with the lanolin and it probably has some truth to it. thanks alot for watching. I dont think I am sharing knowledge - simply passing on thoughts and reflections:) but thank you my friend.
Very nice! You'll have a lot of fun. High marks for your fluency in a foreign language! I think the open joints at the top of posts that you describe might be 'bridle joints". Looking at the pictures of them, I had to wonder if they might have been developed from earlier use of posts with tree crotches at the top to hold the beam. Older craftsmen I knew years ago would dig up a small tree, then use where the roots and trunk met as the striking part of the club. since the fibers are twisted and interwoven there, the club lasted longer. I've never tried it. It's so nice of you to keep giving me more to think about!
thanks alot john:) Ah Bridle Joints thats right. thank you. you might be on to something about the posts - there was alot of recycling of materials in the viking age so its definately possible. I need to try that thing with the club - it makes total sense. it seems we are both getting each other things to think on. thats great:) stay safe my friend
Thank you for sharing. I suspect having the boards loose fit is a good idea especially as the wood swells and shrinks with the seasons. Are you going to caulk the vertical groves with wool and tar? It reminds me of the videos of doing the decks of wooden ships at Hardanger museum.
I dit not think of this untill now - that probably good then with the not too tight fit. Thanks. I do not think i will caulk the grooves. there is still a U shaped way the wind and water will have to travel to get in. But if it becomes a problem that is something I could do afterwards. thanks for watching and for taking the time to write. I much appreciate it.
Fab content 👌 👏 regarding the sunken houses you mentioned in this vlog, they have been found over here in East Anglia pre dating the Viking settlements possibly from the early 5th C. West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village is a fine example which you can view on line. Obviously the Saxons, Angles and Jutes all settled here around that period. All hailing from your shores.
As someone who does a lot of spinning, I would have used some combs with the fleece instead of the knife, that way I could fluff it up a bit more to help insulate the cracks better. Still love the build and am enjoying each step you show!
This is an interesting idea. I did not think of this but I might try it out in the future. Thanks alot for watching and for taking the time to write this feedback;) much appreciated
Hi Rasmus, Thank you for another wonderful video about the construction of your Tiny Vikinghous and your explanation about the historical construction of buildings in the Viking period. I saw that you put tar and sheep wool on the top of the shelf. The bottom of the next shelf, did you also rub it with tar? I am curious about the further construction in the spring of last year and on your winter projects. I hope the winter gets less wet than last year and hope for a beautiful snow video .
Hello:) thanks alot for the kind words:) i did not put tar on the bottom of the next plank. I thought about and maybe that would have been the better way. I put a quite generous layer and i am hoping or counting on that the tar goes through the wool with the preassure from above and creates a seal. But maybe I am wrong. time will tell. We did get some snow last weekend just as I finnished the walls and I got the drone up. So there will be some winter shots coming at some point:) all the best.
Ah, it's looking absolutely fantastic! Really feels like it's coming along quickly! I bet the smells of the materials must be wonderful. ☺ You mentioned applying tar to the exposed surfaces before the winter weather gets to it - will you be tarring the inside walls too? Or covering the whole structure with a tarpaulin or something? Also if you're concerned about the planks being a little loose in the grooves, perhaps you could try tapping small wooden wedges into the grooves to hold the planks tight? Anyway, keep up the fantastic work, you're an inspiration to all of us! All the best my friend!
Hello Ingvar:) I am going to coat the inside of the walls as I do not want to have a tarp covering it all winter. It is a really good idea with the small wooden wedges in the grooves. i tried in one place - the one that almost split (stupid me) and It made it worse. But I will see how the grooves and planks do over winter and spring with moist and seasoning and see if in some places a wedge would tighten things nicely up. thanks alot for the kind words my friend. all the best
@@RAMUNI-Viking Oh Rasmus, no! Now I feel responsible for my idea causing the split to get worse! 😩 Can you use a modern wood glue inside the surface of the split and clamp it back together while the glue dries? Or would a modern glue feel like cheating? What would be a period-accurate fix, drill holes and glue in some wooden pegs maybe? Or iron nails?
Pinetarsol the shampoo smells great to me. I imagine the stuff you have would be similar? The word you were looking for I believe is viscous/viscosity when talking about how the tar was behaving due to the temperature. To this day the Japanese use a number of handsaw like yours ryoba etc. I believe they are designed to cut on the forwards stroke whereas American handsaws are the opposite. Personally I think they work better then pistol grip western saws. Would the wool work better and be easier to use if spun into yarn first? Not sure if they had spinning wheels though
i think so:) ah yes viscosity - thank you. I personally think it takes some getting used to not having the pistolgrip - especially with a coarser saw like this one in the video. I think spinning the wool into yarn would be unnessecary here - unless it was a really thick length of yarn. there no spinning wheel (maybe one from Oseberg though if I remember correct) but there a lot of spindle weights and it was definately possible to do. thanks alot for watching and for taking the time to write
Very nice! And pine tar smell quite good to me too. Is there an English translation of the book you're using? I wonder if a plank wall without much insulation would be comfortable in a cold climate. Also, I think you can replace some of the wool with cottongrass fluff/bog cotton (since the vicinity is marshy there must be some around you to pick by hand) or even poplar fluff. Just to keep the cost down.
Hello:) thanks alot. I do not know if there is an english translation of the book - an other viewer mentioned it but I have not been able to fint it. Viking Houses were not isolated and even the great halls were just made with board and planks. Its a good idea to replace some of the woll with plant material - i will definately consider this:) thanks for watching and for writing.
@@RAMUNI-Viking Perhaps the insulation of timber halls was straw-based or grass-based (lookup light-straw clay, about 70 straw to 30 clay) and thus left no traces. Can you please write the full title of the book in the original language (Danish? )
Thanks alot Lowell. I am planning a small path way - probable from wood from the slightly higher ground behind the house so i can get there dry footed in wet season. I have consideres stone but unless i make a really good foundation of gravel deep dug down etc I think they would just drown slowly over a few years. thanks for watching
Interesting. I’m just beneath the bottom of Lake Michigan. A different outdoor world. I enjoy watching you work. I’m impressed. Good luck with your cabin.
You really are remarkably able to find joy in the simplest things. And Yes, I do enjoy the smell of tar. and wood. and wool. remeinds me of the best things: Woodden boats^^. Although i do prefere washed wool. And are you shure, tha Holger Schmidt is a Dane? that name is more like a german umbrella term than a name ther's so many of them. Which doesn't mean he's not a Dane now. Just that his name is suspiciously german sounding to me and I can't recall to have seen any "Sch" in written danish; so naturally I am curious now.
Good to hear you are also a Tar-person:) I am not sure the author is german, but there is a lot of names here that could look german when written. We do share border and there has been a lot of cultural exchange down trough history as well as we the border has moved north and south over the time too. thanks for watching and for taking the time to write:)
@@RAMUNI-Viking I thought so, that makes total sense. thank you! (I have a bearded throwing axe, and have been collecting and fixing any axes i can get, I really love the process of making and building stuff) Great video! btw I really like your viking house its looking fantastic!
fair:) it really splits the waters. i was in a soap store in Estonia where some of the soaps were done with tar. And in that setting I could not stand it. but outside among tree and structures etc - i almost cant get enough
Looking really good, I feel the excitement you have in your construction. Nice to see your techniques and the tooling you use, gives a better sense of achievement. I will keep watching with interest. Thank you.
Absolutly a inspiring build I must say.
Hi
thanks alot my friend:) I am happy to finally be at it. Hope you are doing well
Wow! This structure is taking shape! It's really cool to follow this evolution, your techniques are very ingenious and full of ancient culture, very good, thank you my friend!
thanks alot Eduardo:) Its great to see the steps i plan in my head slowly manifest at the site. thanks for watching my friend
fantastic watching you working with all hand tools,. it takes a lot of talent to use hand tools let alone ones from the past so you deserve credit for that alone.. your doing a fantastic job Ramuni.
Thanks alot for Those kind and friendly words. Much appreciate that. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment
another extremly well done video,all the questions i had were answered,i can't wait to sse the hewing part,well done as always
Thank you very much David. Im happy you found the video informative:) i cant wait to get started with the hewing. Thanks for watching
Enjoy watching you work. How passionate you are about the age really comes out in your work. Thank you for bringing us along!
Hello:) thanks again for a kind comment:) im happy to know you are watching the videos
Skål ! Let's have a drink after the hard work !
suddenly its coming together really quick with those walls up!
Yes indeed. Alot of preparation and then wush:)
Excellent build, your cabin is coming together nicely. 👍🏻
thank you Arielle:) indeed it is:)
Really enjoying following you building this. Great work 👏
thanks alot Paul:)
Very informative and entertaining, once again you have inspired me. Skal my friend!
thanks alot Erik. I am glad it works that way:) Skål:)
Ulfr! You look very happy with the wall result! Excellent work, looks great! Pine tar smells great, bitumen not so much - and I used to keep a few sheep, that wool really dulls the knife edge quickly and the lanolin keeps your hands soft! The guy who sheared my sheep had so much lanolin on his hands it was impossible for him to hold a pen to write the cheque for the wool. (that's what he said anyway). Thanks for sharing the building experience and great to listen to your knowledge. Take care, Eddie.
Hello Edwin. thank you. Yes I am pretty happy with the work (and the little mistakes here and there). Yes the wool is hard on the blade. there is acutally theories of multiple wool layers being a good armour from cutting weapons. I need to sharpen soon:) Funny story with the lanolin and it probably has some truth to it. thanks alot for watching. I dont think I am sharing knowledge - simply passing on thoughts and reflections:) but thank you my friend.
Very nice! You'll have a lot of fun. High marks for your fluency in a foreign language! I think the open joints at the top of posts that you describe might be 'bridle joints". Looking at the pictures of them, I had to wonder if they might have been developed from earlier use of posts with tree crotches at the top to hold the beam. Older craftsmen I knew years ago would dig up a small tree, then use where the roots and trunk met as the striking part of the club. since the fibers are twisted and interwoven there, the club lasted longer. I've never tried it. It's so nice of you to keep giving me more to think about!
thanks alot john:) Ah Bridle Joints thats right. thank you. you might be on to something about the posts - there was alot of recycling of materials in the viking age so its definately possible. I need to try that thing with the club - it makes total sense. it seems we are both getting each other things to think on. thats great:) stay safe my friend
I'm excited
happy to hear that:)
Thank you for sharing. I suspect having the boards loose fit is a good idea especially as the wood swells and shrinks with the seasons.
Are you going to caulk the vertical groves with wool and tar? It reminds me of the videos of doing the decks of wooden ships at Hardanger museum.
I dit not think of this untill now - that probably good then with the not too tight fit. Thanks. I do not think i will caulk the grooves. there is still a U shaped way the wind and water will have to travel to get in. But if it becomes a problem that is something I could do afterwards. thanks for watching and for taking the time to write. I much appreciate it.
Fab content 👌 👏 regarding the sunken houses you mentioned in this vlog, they have been found over here in East Anglia pre dating the Viking settlements possibly from the early 5th C. West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village is a fine example which you can view on line. Obviously the Saxons, Angles and Jutes all settled here around that period. All hailing from your shores.
Hello:) that is really interesting to know. I guess that makes total sense. thanks alot for taking the time to watch the video and write this feedback
Another nice video. Googled for the book in English. It has a hefty price tag.
Thanks. Oh so it is availible in english? I bought mine cheap at a book sale in Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus in Denmark.
As someone who does a lot of spinning, I would have used some combs with the fleece instead of the knife, that way I could fluff it up a bit more to help insulate the cracks better. Still love the build and am enjoying each step you show!
This is an interesting idea. I did not think of this but I might try it out in the future. Thanks alot for watching and for taking the time to write this feedback;) much appreciated
Hi Rasmus,
Thank you for another wonderful video about the construction of your Tiny Vikinghous and your explanation about the historical construction of buildings in the Viking period.
I saw that you put tar and sheep wool on the top of the shelf. The bottom of the next shelf, did you also rub it with tar?
I am curious about the further construction in the spring of last year and on your winter projects. I hope the winter gets less wet than last year and hope for a beautiful snow video
.
last year must be next year
Hello:) thanks alot for the kind words:) i did not put tar on the bottom of the next plank. I thought about and maybe that would have been the better way. I put a quite generous layer and i am hoping or counting on that the tar goes through the wool with the preassure from above and creates a seal. But maybe I am wrong. time will tell. We did get some snow last weekend just as I finnished the walls and I got the drone up. So there will be some winter shots coming at some point:) all the best.
Ah, it's looking absolutely fantastic! Really feels like it's coming along quickly! I bet the smells of the materials must be wonderful. ☺
You mentioned applying tar to the exposed surfaces before the winter weather gets to it - will you be tarring the inside walls too? Or covering the whole structure with a tarpaulin or something? Also if you're concerned about the planks being a little loose in the grooves, perhaps you could try tapping small wooden wedges into the grooves to hold the planks tight?
Anyway, keep up the fantastic work, you're an inspiration to all of us! All the best my friend!
Hello Ingvar:) I am going to coat the inside of the walls as I do not want to have a tarp covering it all winter. It is a really good idea with the small wooden wedges in the grooves. i tried in one place - the one that almost split (stupid me) and It made it worse. But I will see how the grooves and planks do over winter and spring with moist and seasoning and see if in some places a wedge would tighten things nicely up. thanks alot for the kind words my friend. all the best
@@RAMUNI-Viking Oh Rasmus, no! Now I feel responsible for my idea causing the split to get worse! 😩
Can you use a modern wood glue inside the surface of the split and clamp it back together while the glue dries? Or would a modern glue feel like cheating? What would be a period-accurate fix, drill holes and glue in some wooden pegs maybe? Or iron nails?
Pinetarsol the shampoo smells great to me. I imagine the stuff you have would be similar?
The word you were looking for I believe is viscous/viscosity when talking about how the tar was behaving due to the temperature.
To this day the Japanese use a number of handsaw like yours ryoba etc. I believe they are designed to cut on the forwards stroke whereas American handsaws are the opposite. Personally I think they work better then pistol grip western saws.
Would the wool work better and be easier to use if spun into yarn first? Not sure if they had spinning wheels though
i think so:) ah yes viscosity - thank you. I personally think it takes some getting used to not having the pistolgrip - especially with a coarser saw like this one in the video. I think spinning the wool into yarn would be unnessecary here - unless it was a really thick length of yarn. there no spinning wheel (maybe one from Oseberg though if I remember correct) but there a lot of spindle weights and it was definately possible to do. thanks alot for watching and for taking the time to write
Very nice! And pine tar smell quite good to me too. Is there an English translation of the book you're using? I wonder if a plank wall without much insulation would be comfortable in a cold climate. Also, I think you can replace some of the wool with cottongrass fluff/bog cotton (since the vicinity is marshy there must be some around you to pick by hand) or even poplar fluff. Just to keep the cost down.
Hello:) thanks alot. I do not know if there is an english translation of the book - an other viewer mentioned it but I have not been able to fint it. Viking Houses were not isolated and even the great halls were just made with board and planks. Its a good idea to replace some of the woll with plant material - i will definately consider this:) thanks for watching and for writing.
@@RAMUNI-Viking Perhaps the insulation of timber halls was straw-based or grass-based (lookup light-straw clay, about 70 straw to 30 clay) and thus left no traces.
Can you please write the full title of the book in the original language (Danish? )
That construction looks great . So round post for a small building or like what you are building . are flat stones for a walk way possible ?
Thanks alot Lowell. I am planning a small path way - probable from wood from the slightly higher ground behind the house so i can get there dry footed in wet season. I have consideres stone but unless i make a really good foundation of gravel deep dug down etc I think they would just drown slowly over a few years. thanks for watching
What kind of tar are you using? Pine tar, or the kind from oil?
Birch bark tar. Mostly homemade
Interesting. I’m just beneath the bottom of Lake Michigan. A different outdoor world. I enjoy watching you work. I’m impressed. Good luck with your cabin.
You really are remarkably able to find joy in the simplest things. And Yes, I do enjoy the smell of tar. and wood. and wool. remeinds me of the best things: Woodden boats^^. Although i do prefere washed wool.
And are you shure, tha Holger Schmidt is a Dane? that name is more like a german umbrella term than a name ther's so many of them. Which doesn't mean he's not a Dane now. Just that his name is suspiciously german sounding to me and I can't recall to have seen any "Sch" in written danish; so naturally I am curious now.
Good to hear you are also a Tar-person:) I am not sure the author is german, but there is a lot of names here that could look german when written. We do share border and there has been a lot of cultural exchange down trough history as well as we the border has moved north and south over the time too. thanks for watching and for taking the time to write:)
I was wondering, is that axe a bearded axe?
Yes:) the Beard is the part that bends back towards the hand if that makes sense
@@RAMUNI-Viking I thought so, that makes total sense. thank you!
(I have a bearded throwing axe, and have been collecting and fixing any axes i can get, I really love the process of making and building stuff)
Great video! btw I really like your viking house its looking fantastic!
Why does he always get so close to the camera when he's talking😂
No, on the tar. 😂
fair:) it really splits the waters. i was in a soap store in Estonia where some of the soaps were done with tar. And in that setting I could not stand it. but outside among tree and structures etc - i almost cant get enough
Looking really good, I feel the excitement you have in your construction. Nice to see your techniques and the tooling you use, gives a better sense of achievement. I will keep watching with interest. Thank you.
Thanks alot Simon. Good words from you. I highly appreciate that. Thanks for watching