Traditional Swedish Woodworking: Clogs, Spoons and Chairs

This is a video shot in 1923 for Swedish television, or at least featured there, which films several people working on different woodworking projects with simple hand operated tools.

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• Woodworking
• bushcraft
• wood trekker
• swedish
• hand tools

[AhnkoCheeOutdoors]

Awesome handiwork, the accuracy of repeat hits is amazing. I wonder if they even make some of these cool hand tools anymore.

Technically video cameras nor television existed in 1923. Educational movies I'm sure.

Thanks for sharing.

[rg598]

@AhnkoCheeOutdoors :) good point. It is good they had the forethought to document it.

[JLHewey]

google translate:...Forest village west of Boras carried on wooden handicrafts in many parishes...has specialized on the production of chairs...a special carpentry cottage....Bollebygds parish in Alvsborgs County has long been the seat of the one in which general pursuit woodwork...products are simpler furniture, casks, also minor handicraft products...farm typical of the area...carpenter's cottage.such is found at the fiesta farms in the parish...goods driven past the suburbs to [place of sale]

[69penetrator69]

@ugkcdrock that's a spoon drill

[AdventureFreak86]

Thanks for uploading this.Wonderfull!

[chapiit08]

This footage is a monument to skills that once where quite common among folk. It's a good thing that someone back then realized that the then new art of moviemaking could be put to good use to create this real forlk ar heirloom.

[ugkcdrock]

What is the name of the tool used at 2:55?

[dartman1965]

Wow.We got nothing on these guys with our power tools and all.Thanks for sharing.

[renter6]

@AhnkoCheeOutdoors Agreed - this is straight up ethnology. Probably a nationalistic film (in the good sense), already nostalgic for this craft in the 1920s!

[superdav721721]

Very nice and thank you for finding and sharing this

[fjellelv]

That was really cool.  Thank you for sharing.