🔴 Hewing timber using a Norwegian method.

French traditional carpenter Mourad Manesse (www.charpenteur.fr) showing very high level skills using hewing axe while standing on the pine log. It was traditional way of hewing in Japan (although with naked feet) and in ancient France. After the rough shaping is done, the fine work to the line will be done with German style Goosewing axe or Breitbeil. This short clip is an intro for upcoming documentary about french carpentry and medieval scribing techniques using plumb bob. | Northmen

Hewing is the process of turning a round tree into a square (or any other shape) with an axe. But if a remix of this one, but I’ve had so many people ask me about it recently! It’s a traditional method that has been used for centuries, and you can see evidence of it in many medieval and later timber buildings. It’s great to find these in an old house, and many people find the tool marks from this in their renovation or conservation projects in house, barn and home. Gustav and Marlin are exceptio