Traditional ski making movie from Norway 1975!

[Tjurved]

This is a very good movie where you can see a great ski maker making a nice pair of traditional wooden skis the old way . I'm a swede understand the language too bad there are no subtitles for you english speaking people. Hope you enjoy anyway! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_A_ZF4tWo

 

[Fraxinus]

I watched this just before going to work this morning (turned out to be a very short day but hey I did put the effort in!)
Thanks for posting this up, I found it interesting and while I get the odd word or two the film actually does not need sound, the skill of that chap and his method of working through the build is exemplary.
If only I could get as skilled with an axe as he.
I have one question, if you could answer it, what did he use to make the bindings?
I am not sure if it was young Hazel saplings or Willow, probably neither of those two.

Rob.

 

[bobnewboy]

Wonderful to watch. Pretty sure that the bindings are from birch, as i think the narrator was talking about "björk" which is the same in Swedish....

 

[Gary Elson]

Thanks for posting
Really fantastic set of functional tools
Wouldn't it be great if someone had carried those skills on in the same way
Cheers
Gaz