Incredible Traditional Skills - Lumber Milling the traditional way using an axe

When you look up at the old beams on Kominkas (traditional folk houses), one will see the beautiful marks left by the carpenters of the past. I had always been curious as to what tools they used and how they achieved those marks. We were fortunate to have a master of traditional hand tools, Amemiya-san demonstrate how the carpenters of the past milled the logs.

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[ZGGordan]

No safety shoes were injured in this video haha. Crazy good skills!

[JayCWhiteCloud]

I never get tired of this...The only way to work wood and build...Blessing for sharing this...

[paulcarboneau]

Imma need the 4 hour version of this to fall asleep to

[haqvor]

As someone who recently thought I knew what I was doing with an axe and missed horribly this made my skin crawl. My advise to myself is to never ever put any body parts in front of a sharp edge again. It doesn't matter how sure I am that I won't miss, I hit perfectly ten times in a row and missed the eleventh. I'm lucky that the hand surgeons are so good that I will probably make a more or less full recovery with time.

[kinleywangdi]

Beautiful old ways... Here in my country we do the like that just small difference

[tolbaszy]

Nice axe! I am too old (and too clumsy) to bend over and control a heavy axe, so I stand on the ground and top hew logs. I use two types of axes: a longer, straight edged scoring and a slightly curved and dished hewing, after scoring the log. Because I chop on the top of the log, I can use the weight of the axe to raise a chip, much like cross grain chopping with a chisel. Then I swing the hewing axe (or the scoring axe) in a horizontal arc and the blade acts like a plane to release the chips or shave the surface smooth. It is easy to rest the axe on the log, and it avoids striking the ground. I am impressed with the chopper's skill, but never will attempt that technique. Thanks for sharing the video!

[Philasaurus]

This is cool. I am thankful for industrialization.

[Tomekkkk]

Japanese hewing by Yoshida Nineto ;) On a serious note - really awesome video! It was worth subscribing.

[smolboyi]

if there is a big tree knot would you use a different axe on that?

[rickschuman]

Using the shape of his body with the shape of the tool to control the outcome of the shape of the timber.

[Myrkskog]

Having all his toes shows you how good he is. I wonder, though, is it actually really difficult to hit your feet? Where one holds down the shaft of the axe will determine where the axe head strikes the wood. The arc of the swing, if you miss, will also pass your feet, as you stand inside the arc.

[Jonas_Z]

In Germany we have an institution called the "Berufsgenossenschaft". They control occupational safety in the companies. Barefoot in the danger zone of an ax... there you can lock the shop directly. 🤣

[adamtheownerofyourpassiona]

"..this is done by a trained professional that knows what he's doing"... ..of course also attested by the complete set of toes haha

[David_Camerwrongun]

Always great content but using an axe barefoot, you'll only get it wrong once not worth the risk

[giacomozorzi]

Aaghhhh... skill without toes. I prefere to keep my toes.

[robertbruce]

The traditional way...no health and safety clipboard girls....