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Traditional Finnish Log House Building Process. Remastered version from 16mm digital film scan. The film is filmed in Southeast Finland, in the village of Lyytikkälä in Suomenniemi in 1990.

Kristian Stensmyren (26.09.1892 - 21.12.1978) began his way of basket weaver as an apprentice in 1911 and started his own workshop in 1918. He shows the whole process, starting with the cutting the needed trees. Together with a colleague, he shows the weaving process of the basket by an old tradition.

This video shows the process of making traditional wooden skis for cross country skiing in Telemark style – with unfixed/free heel. Aasmund Kleiv is a ski maker from Morgedal in Telemark region, Norway. It is the same region where Sondre Nordheim lived who is known as the father of Telemark skiing and pioneer of modern skiing. The making of skis begins with going in the woods and choosing a proper tree, then comes the shaping of the wood and the most important and difficult part – steam bending the tips of the skis. The movie was made in 1975 and is based on a script by sports historian Jakob Vaage.

Blacksmith Johan Johansen from Fagernes in Norway is forging a new carpenters axe from an old axe head. He is giving a second life to this old axe. It was a common practice in the old days to restore worn out axes by replacing the steel inlay so the blade is like new again.

Ole Vaka is making traditional wooden barrels for storing herring. filmed in Norway, in 1966.

A 50-minute documentary about the legendary Al Pendray, together with two swordsmiths from Jordan, and their quest to produce authentic wootz Damascus steel with ores mined from a historical mine in Jordan - a mine that is known to have produced weapons for Saladin himself.

blacksmiths makes Damascus gun barrel out of iron and steel this video was filmed in 1920s in Europe

Credit goes' to ERAS GONE BULLET MOLDS Visit there website which describes there line of molds to cast historic bullets for black powder firearms. www.erasgonebullets.webstarts.com

On this video, we show how to make your own caps.

Blacksmith in Bosnia, Yugoslavia Wonderful use of water power for the hammers, furnace, hand metal work of bowls, stirrups, agricultural tools, also village scenes in Bosnia. Close up of Church bell ringing. Water wheel turning. Mechanics of the water wheel and two men work in the Blacksmith's. Mechanised Forge hammer powered by water in operation. Men working with wood fire outdoors to produce charcoal. Blacksmiths making a shovel and horseshoe. The large hammer hitting hot metal into shape. The exterior of the blacksmiths workshop, Inside a horseshoe being shaped. More triangular shaped hot metal being formed into cooking utensils or baking tins. Tool making edge of tools being dipped into water to add strength. Men outside carrying charcoal in baskets to fuel the fire in workshop. Men repairing broken water wheel replacing stay. More scenes of furnace and shaping tools. Outdoor scenes of the building and yard. Men carry out baking tins/bowls and load them onto packhorse. Horses carrying load away.

Albert Craven had retired to Bridlington after after 72 years in the industry as one of the last maker of hand-forged knife blade forger in the city. He laments the passing of his trade providing a vivid demonstration of his skill one last time.

This is a short film made by Peter Vogt in 1965 about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe factory to operate in Oakland. Oakland was once a world-famous center of quality blade-making. Transcript

Construction of a Damascus Steel Pistol. Built By Steve Culver, Meriden, KS. .45 caliber, percussion muzzle-loading pistol. Bernard pattern Damascus steel barrel, lock-plate and trigger guard.

Making Potassium Nitrate from compost

making Potassium Nitrate form compost

making your own Potassium Nitrate using compost

how to clean and maintain a Berretta 92 pistol

Full build video on the Idahoan's Universal Testing Apparatus Handgun, or UTAH.

In this video I show you how to make fast burning black powder.

This video is a high level overview of what Electrochemical Machining (ECM) is, how it works, and how the process can be applied to home gunsmithing in order to make barrels.

credit goes' to markserbu original video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtLYnqZQHCY&t=2s

credit goes' to markserbu original video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW4yuWtdVDY&t=3s

This is story of Dick Proenneke who retires in 1967 and moves to Twin Lakes, Alaska to build a log cabin to live in .

This is the National Park Service’s 1977 short film, One Man’s Alaska, which details the fascinating man Dick proenneke, the construction of his amazing log cabin on Twin Lakes, and his inspiring life alone in the Alaskan wilds.

Documentary of Dick Proenneke's solitary, daily life in remote Alaska. Based on a video he shot himself with his 16 mm Bolex camera.