Plank by Plank - How Viking Longships Were Crafted to Conquer the Sea Without Modern Tools

Описание: Plank by Plank - How Viking Longships Were Crafted to Conquer the Sea Without Modern Tools

Step back in time to the Viking Age circa 893 AD and witness the extraordinary craftsmanship behind the legendary Norse longships that ruled the northern seas and struck fear into the hearts of kingdoms across Europe.

Follow master shipwright Erik Ironhand as he transforms raw oak timber into a majestic sea vessel using only traditional hand tools and ancient techniques passed down through generations. From the sacred felling of the great oak to the final dragon head mounting this 300 scene visual journey captures every painstaking detail of Viking ship construction.

Watch as massive keel timbers are hewn with broadaxes and shaped with adzes. See the revolutionary clinker planking technique that made Viking ships both flexible and watertight. Witness the steam bending of curved stems the forging of iron rivets and the intricate joinery that held these vessels together through North Atlantic storms.

Discover how Viking shipwrights selected trees by reading their grain built without written plans or modern measurements and created vessels so advanced they could cross oceans sail up shallow rivers and be carried overland between waterways.

This is the story of wood and iron of skill and tradition of men who built ships worthy of conquering the open seas using nothing but their hands their tools and knowledge passed from father to son across generations.

No modern tools. No machines. Only ancient craft and timeless mastery.
Experience the birth of a Viking longship plank by plank.

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