Hard graft apart, I bet everyone had a jolly good time. It's very unlikely that the greater number will get back to good old fashioned tried-and-true techniques, but for those who took the trouble it must be terribly rewarding. By the way, this method favours stability and trueness. By very gradually liberating the strong tensions in the log, there's much less warping and splitting. Modern machines are very harsh on the timber, and cut far too fast. I'm glad to see some people getting themselves out and chopping into the stuff. Thanks for posting.

I think there was a lady in this film too

Men were men in those days.Playing with your mouse is never going to make a tuff guy out of anyone !!!

Very hard boring work and all free labor at the time. Most people lived under the feudal system which meant for the privilege of more back breaking farm work you got to spend a few weeks working for the lord. You did of course owe the lord an amount of farm produce regardless if the remainder was enough to feed your family. The "noble" knights were the enforcers. Those were the good old days- NOT

So? Man, this is a video about chopping a fucking log and making it square for fuck sake.

Note the name–Early Medieval timber work

i didnt know the onion knight was a carpenter

For a book with projects that's free, Woody Hyezmar's Bible is basically good…, this project reminded me of his book somehow, search for it on the web!

That chubby chap at 3.34 was c hopping in a very dangerous manner. Firstly he was wearing SHORTS and secondly he was very likely to finish up with the facing axe buried in his leg/s. This is very bad practice and should not be shown to the general public. Ashamed of yourself ?

Thanks for the video. I'm assuming the log was green when you started. And if so, do you have to let it "sit" before you use it?