Hi all! You can check the subtitles and description for more detail. Thanks for watching, and many thanks to Herknungr for the music “Spekð"! If you like what I do and want to support me further, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/gesithasgewissa/
I'll bet you have a ton of footage you've got to edit with each project you undertake. You are awesome at recreating all of the things you do. I love watching your videos because of the attention to detail you provide plus the subtitles. I'm hard of hearing so I miss some things when trying to listen to people talk in videos. With your subtitles, I can learn while watching and know I won't miss anything.
@@chrisfallis5851 from my understanding hovels were medieval domiciles. Not something you would see nomads having. If this is a case of me not getting the reference, my bad🤷🏻♂️
What patience, what skill and fortitude our ancestors must've had to make something like this. Thank you for *your* skill and patience in recreating it.
I have completely immersed myself in the mid 1700's for the last number of years, however, watching your videos and your commitment to authenticity , is really tempting me to move the clock back a few centuries ! [- ]
What a difference a lick of paint makes! I always used to imagine the murky past in black and white. But of course our ancestors lived in bright sunshine and experienced a full colour 4-D existence just like we do today.
This must be my favourite channel in this genre. The thorough dedication, the commitment, the quality of your work- I'm in awe. Every time one of your videos pops up it's an event in our house. Thank you so much for this priceless window into our past. I am glad to think you'll be much warmer this winter! 💕
@@gesithasgewissa Regarding Thermal expansion, does it crack easily after the first firing if its still wet ? I mean, is it better to let is fully dry before the first firing ?
Quick tip: At 2:13 you use the hoe to mix the dob. The hoe will get stuck through suction, the thing is not to jerk it free, like you did, but break the air-seal first with a more gentle pull that you hold until the mud breaks off the back of the hoe. Then apply force. This saves energy (and your lower back if you do it again in 692...). Now I'm going to enjoy the rest of the video. Thanks for making these excellent series!
As soon as I see a new video by you in my feed, I watch it. As a student of European and American history, and as a person whose ancestry comes almost completely from Northern and Western Europe to include the British Isles, this is fascinating to me.
This is one you dont usually see. Super used to seeing bloom irom vids but the old anglo saxon skill set has yet more to reveal to me. Here in pennsylvania usa we are just covered in enormous amounts of iron rich red clay, i think im gonma make one of these. Cheers my man, thanks for sharing your journey. The souls of the men of the seax surely smile down on you.
Glad you enjoyed a more niche aspect of Anglo-Saxon history, ahh rich red clay sounds perfect! There some red iron earth near me I have been thinking of painting decoration on the walls
I really like the way how that oven looks, with this cone-like upper part. Also, i am glad that you've put some lime over those walls, so they would stay longer in better condition without any "plants" growing on them.
Excellent!! You did a nice job on the oven. Can't wait to see you cook something in it. It should add some coziness this winter as well. Thanks for showing us the build!!
Ah yes. A time when humans ate human food, before we began stealing food from rabbits and cows. Lol. A lovely time before chronic disease and tooth decay was known.
I didn't skip, but I was SO eager throughout the video to see the fire being lit. haha. And it looks so cozy, as expected. Once the outer layer is dry I'm sure the heat will radiate well and create a nice feeling when cooking
Your channel for me is like video meditation. I love watching it and I zone out and just relax. I am amazed at the level of work and time everything took back in the past. You could not just go to the store and buy things. I wondered how you got into experimental archaeology and anthropology? What led you into recreating the past in such detail as you are doing now? I think this is just wonderful. I appreciate all the work you do and the fact you video it for us to watch. I have a lot of questions because I only have an overview of the time, I do not know details. Like were they Christians in this region? You spoke about a bell tolling in a video being from the local church. I thought it was more Pagan worshiping than Christians, although I know Christians were there. I will not make you tell me all about it, I will do the research myself and find out. I always wondered how people went to the bathroom, what they wear for underwear, how they deal with a cold or the flu. So I got some work to do. Thanks for inspiring me. And I am a new member and joined Patreon. You are awesome! Thanks again.
That's great to hear! Thank you for so generously becoming a patron. I'm always happy to answer questions! I have always been fascinated by history and loved crafting things. I got interested in the Vendel period while living in Sweden and then turned to the Early Anglo-Saxons on returning to Britain. I studied nature conservation but ended up reading more about archaeology. This project means I can do both; engage with the natural landscape, and explore history and heritage crafts! In late 7th-century Somerset, Christianity was spreading rapidly from neighbouring Saxon kingdoms, as well as from the native Romano-British culture. But this was mostly among the elite and even the Gewissan kings danced between paganism and Christianity. Paganism was still widespread amongst the general population. So there was both influences! The first Anglo-Saxon stone church was built at Glastonbury around 680-700 A.D. although there was an earlier wooden church there too, of Celtic origins.
That looks like a lot of work, but it must be very rewarding as well. I find all the different historical furnace designs quite interesting and the one you show in the video I have not seen before. Great work again, cheers
True, although whether reduced is the right word, I am not sure. With the massive population decrease after Roman withdrawal and various plagues and instability (keep in mind, a lot of this infrastructure, particularly the hypocausts, were kept running on cheap slave labour), there simply wasn't the population to warrant the inhabitation of cities and large and complicated infrastructures, such as public baths, plumbing, aqueducts, the mass production of brick and stone and so on. This doesn't necessarily need these people to be more primitive in their way of thinking, only that, for a smaller population with a much smaller slave workforce, it simply wasn't viable, and the populations became much more self-reliant, insular farming communities. I imagine the same could happen today if the world's population saw a drastic decrease for some reason.
Theres so many skills that most people these days would never realise existed. I have been learning traditional woodworking, using only hand tools, and I can utilise tools that a lot of chippies have never heard of even in theyre 50s. I would recomend expanding on your chisels, as they are such fantastic tools, but also maybe check out if the Saxons used planes, as I know the Romans had versions. Great videos and I really enjoy watching.
This is brilliant it starts off beautifully with two deers and a hare and then a legless man begins the task of processing mud and straw and building something. Bit by bit, very much like play doh, it takes shape. Experimentation archaeology is great and so rewarding. You probably know know how they should have done it but not precisely, as the mysteries of this construction will have been lost to time as this would not have been preserved for future generations. Brilliant work as always. Thanks again for sharing.
about ten years ago, now, I found the plans for a Pompeii style wood burning oven. I printed them off, gave them to my handyman son and told him, "I want this on the patio." I'm still waiting, as things have been rough for him health-wise, but looks like I may get it this year. It amazes me, though, how much efficient design transcends cultures around the world, and how much we lose with "modern technology." Can't wait for my wood burning oven; I have a lot of bread to make...lol
What an amazing labour of lov. The time, Technic, patience and love you are putting in the clay oven is on full display. Thank you for sharing and taking on on this journey
@@gesithasgewissa I live in a wattle/daub home in Costa Rica, and I’m building all of my furniture, bed frames, cupboard carcasses etc from the same materials!
Top handmaking. I actually came here to note that bread ovens and furnaces were kept AWAY thatched homes, because of reasons 🔥, but a quick read of the description clarifies things: "These updraft kilns were primarily used for pottery, and there is no evidence that they were used indoors or for cooking. ".
Bread ovens have actually been found inside houses, although there were also larger ovens made outside in separate shelters. The reason for this is more to provide a larger, more efficient oven for communal use of a farmstead or village, rather than the risk posed from fire!
I would absolutely love a version of this channel with voice overlay. As you do this experimental archeology I am absolutely sure that you would have very much to share about the projects.
Wow, fantastic job as usual! You're truly a jack of all trades - it's one thing to be able to build something like this (already impressive as hell) but then to present it in such an engaging way! I'm so glad I found your channel, I look forward to every video you post :)
Very similar to what me and my family made to heat with this year. I did modernize it by using black stove pipe, and a wood stove cast iron door. It works better than a lot of modern wood stoves. It not only gives off heat while it’s burning, but, with all the thermal mass, also holds heat for several hours afterwards.
Howdy 🤠 I appreciate how you really prove the point of pre-industrial life. So many forget that fair some steps was reduced by manufacturing things, such as bricks to make said furnace. I love the living history thing, and you’re encouraging me to get back into the US 19th century. (Fortunately there’s a community here that is fair bit into it, lol.) Also, I enjoy seeing progression on the house you’ve built, it’s really coming along :D
Ah! It's getting so cozy in there! And even though you make it look easy, I'm 99% certain that if I tried to smooth a mud mixture into a symmetrical shape like that, it would end up looking like the clay pots they had us making in art class at school - which is to say an uneven, kinda smooshy mess 😂 Also, 9:05 was one of the most picturesque spiderwebs I've ever seen, and THERE WAS A CUTE BUNNY IN THE BEGINNING ❤
It is! I'm actually replying to this comment while sitting in front of the oven, the fire going as it cures and dries! It's great. Haha, thank you, but it is easier than you might think, just keep smoothing it until it becomes smooth, if you mess up just keep smoothing! Glad you enjoyed the scenic shots too, I'm so blessed to have such wildlife nearby!
@@gesithasgewissa It's a pretty amusing picture imagining you sitting there with legitimately everything around you being Anglo Saxon, except you're sitting there scrolling RUclips on a phone 😂
@@gesithasgewissa I use it for so many things. People need to learn the ways of old. Your videos are very important. I'm very impressed with your knowledge. You are of great value to this failing society.
The hazel branches are like basting stitches in sewing. Once the clay is hardened, a fire can be lit and they would probably burn and disintegrate. Basting stitches are used to keep the material in place until the permanent stitches are sewn. Then they are taken out. Very cool idea.
❤ super film instruktażowy ,w tamtych czasach wiedza i umiejętności decydowały o rozwoju i życiu ,dziękuję że pokazujesz jak to kiedyś było ,nasi przodkowie nie byli zacofani mieli technologie odpowiednią do czasów.dzis chcą opanować wszechświat a nie ogarniają zwykłych zachowań ludzkich np. miłość totalny brak.dzieki za te filmy nagrywaj dalej,powodzenia pozdrawiam.
Beautiful and peaceful to watch. I can’t explain how much this tickles my brain. Lovely. Can’t wait to see what happens to the property next, what new upgrade you will make with your hands. 😊
Thanks, but this is an accurate knife for the 7th century. Small knives like this were used for daily tasks and would have been carried alongside the seax by a warrior, but the Anglo-Saxon seaxes in the late 7th century had a blade shape more like an elongated version of my knife and they were long; over 8 inches, or over 20 inches for the longseax! And so these were most likely specifically used for warfare, with small knives being much more practical for daily use. If by true Seax, you're thinking of the broken-back seax with the angled back, this didn't appear until the 9th and 10th centuries as a shorter version of longseax with the exaggerated angled spine.
I'm probably a bit late in commenting, but I'm slightly surprised you didn't paint the interior of the oven white! It'll get sooted up but generally helps cook food more evenly. Great video btw!
Fabulous video. Thankyou for uploading. I built a cob rocket stove in my cob house and know just how much work you put into your superior model! However , after nearly five years its still doing its job albeit a bit cracked. i tried doing the hole in the wall but the wind in a certain direction blew smoke back.....be interesting to know how you combat that at a later date so i can learn from the expert. 😊
Oh wow! Great to hear from another cob rocket stove maker and owner! Any advice on maintenance? I'm going to keep daubing the cracks as they appear. I put the oven on the most sheltered wall, from rain and wind. The outside of this wall almost never gets wet because it's completely out of the wind, but I'll keep you updated!
@@gesithasgewissaI cover entire burner in a thin layer of cob each summer so it has time to cure for winter. I figure the cracks will be bigger on the inside so the walls will be thinning out? But yes I maintain my wee cob hut by in filling hairline cracks with fine clay and oiling them. Hanging on the side of a mountain so wind is everywhere...😮
Very cool! Looks great. Once dry the outside of it looks like it will also provide space for storing some small items. I'm a little curious how the interior will behave as it dries. That's a lot of cob, and it won't dry all at once, but will dry from the outside in - I would expect to see some cracking both on the surface (both exterior and interior) and deep inside the walls.
seriously, one of my favorite channels... I always enjoy seeing a new video... If I may ask a few questions: Why only clay/cob? Does stone play any role here? With the shape, it kind of reminds me of a Rumsford design maybe? Does the heat project out from the opening of the fireplace or does the whole cob heat up and radiate from there? From a safety perspective, any "fire" risk? excellent video as always! thanks so much!
That's great to hear! The lack of stone is a specific choice to match the archaeology in Southern Britain. Only one Anglo-Saxon stone oven has been found and that in Northumbria. Yes it's perhaps similar, though more similar to a rocket stove. It's based on Anglo-Saxon and Romano-British updraft kilns used for firing pottery. Heat does project out of the opening, but the whole cob mass will heat up over time and radiate for a long time as thermal mass. This feels quite safe, as the flue is lower than the top of the dome, sparks do not fly out of the opening but get caught in the 'crown'. I made sure to remove sticks from the wattle wall well away from the flue, so it is completely surrounded in cob.
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Hi all! You can check the subtitles and description for more detail. Thanks for watching, and many thanks to Herknungr for the music “Spekð"!
If you like what I do and want to support me further, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/gesithasgewissa/
Finally another top quality video
You need an Anglo Saxon JCB 🤣 great stuff👍😉
@@rickywhite7578 A PERFECT 👍🏻 WARM HOUSE 🏠 🌼🍀✨
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@@ddoherty5956 I am the JCB 😆
Bringing back the lost knowledge is a honorable path
Kind words, thank you!
Totally!
Isn't practical experimental archeology just fun? And so much more teachable than just reading about it or seeing an exhibit in a museum.
Absolutely! It's such an engaging way to think about the past
Seeing you place the clay piece by piece really makes me think that the difference between claywork and bricklaying actually is fluid.
Very much so! It's a great way to build with a drier cob mix for extra structure
If you think about it brick work is just pre fired clay work really. ❤
Like your videos because you show by example not Blather on and on. Quiet is good
Thank you!
Great comment!! My feelings exactly.
Couldn't agree more. This guy and the Primitive Technology guy from Australia are very relaxing to watch.
Show, don't tell!
That lime wash really brightens the interior!
It does!
And helps keep the wee beasties at bay.
Amazing work! Expanding on the facilities a Saxon household or village would've had is just what I was hoping to see. So glad you're doing this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'll bet you have a ton of footage you've got to edit with each project you undertake. You are awesome at recreating all of the things you do. I love watching your videos because of the attention to detail you provide plus the subtitles. I'm hard of hearing so I miss some things when trying to listen to people talk in videos. With your subtitles, I can learn while watching and know I won't miss anything.
I'm glad to hear to love the videos, thank you for watching!
I have hearing problems too and agree with your comment.
@gesithasgewissa thanks for the interesting and informative content!
Top-notch hovel. White washing the walls really makes the inside look cozy.
Thank you! 😃
This is the Georges Cinq, Madame, not some backpackers hovel.
@@chrisfallis5851 from my understanding hovels were medieval domiciles. Not something you would see nomads having.
If this is a case of me not getting the reference, my bad🤷🏻♂️
What patience, what skill and fortitude our ancestors must've had to make something like this. Thank you for *your* skill and patience in recreating it.
Thank you for the kind words!
The best cob oven I ever saw!
Thank you!
I have completely immersed myself in the mid 1700's for the last number of years, however, watching your videos and your commitment to authenticity , is really tempting me to move the clock back a few centuries ! [- ]
That's great to hear! I follow ' The Woodland Escape' and often see many similarities in the way people lived
@@gesithasgewissa Wow ! Small world. Peter [ Woodland Escape] is a good friend of mine, and I have participated in a number of his videos .
What a difference a lick of paint makes! I always used to imagine the murky past in black and white. But of course our ancestors lived in bright sunshine and experienced a full colour 4-D existence just like we do today.
Absolutely! I'm thinking of doing some decoration too!
Not sure how this came up in my feed....but, I'm glad it did....so interesting...love the history of medieval and early modern ages..
Welcome! Glad to share it with you
Brutally underrated channel. Love the videos bro!
Thank you!
This must be my favourite channel in this genre. The thorough dedication, the commitment, the quality of your work- I'm in awe. Every time one of your videos pops up it's an event in our house. Thank you so much for this priceless window into our past. I am glad to think you'll be much warmer this winter! 💕
Thank you so much for the support!
Fantastic, it reminds me of the 'Rocket stoves' we see being built on YT over the last few years, it shows nothings new under the sun.
It is essentially a rocket stove, or updraft furnace!
@@gesithasgewissa Regarding Thermal expansion, does it crack easily after the first firing if its still wet ? I mean, is it better to let is fully dry before the first firing ?
@@jasonhildebrand1574 I use small fires to help dry it out, but don't let it burn heavily until it's dry
Love to see all the technology our ancestors utilised, we truly stand on the shoulders of giants!
Indeed!
You've never looked more like one of the anarchist Monty Python mud farmers than in this specific video, lol
Hahahaha!
I kept thinking of the line: "There's some lovely filth down here!"
@@marcusaurelius9736 SAME!
“My name’s DENNIS!”
@@renpixieI’m not old! I’m 37!
The only problem with these videos is that they're too short! I love these ideas, it's probably has better insulation than modern homes
Thank you!
I really love this content. I would like to see some weaving, both cloths n baskets, and pot making too!
Both are things I'd like to try at some point!
@@gesithasgewissa yes! ❤️
Quick tip: At 2:13 you use the hoe to mix the dob. The hoe will get stuck through suction, the thing is not to jerk it free, like you did, but break the air-seal first with a more gentle pull that you hold until the mud breaks off the back of the hoe. Then apply force. This saves energy (and your lower back if you do it again in 692...).
Now I'm going to enjoy the rest of the video. Thanks for making these excellent series!
Thanks!
As soon as I see a new video by you in my feed, I watch it. As a student of European and American history, and as a person whose ancestry comes almost completely from Northern and Western Europe to include the British Isles, this is fascinating to me.
Thank you very much!
This is one you dont usually see. Super used to seeing bloom irom vids but the old anglo saxon skill set has yet more to reveal to me. Here in pennsylvania usa we are just covered in enormous amounts of iron rich red clay, i think im gonma make one of these. Cheers my man, thanks for sharing your journey. The souls of the men of the seax surely smile down on you.
Glad you enjoyed a more niche aspect of Anglo-Saxon history, ahh rich red clay sounds perfect! There some red iron earth near me I have been thinking of painting decoration on the walls
I really like the way how that oven looks, with this cone-like upper part. Also, i am glad that you've put some lime over those walls, so they would stay longer in better condition without any "plants" growing on them.
Glad you like it!
Excellent!! You did a nice job on the oven. Can't wait to see you cook something in it. It should add some coziness this winter as well. Thanks for showing us the build!!
Can't wait to show you all cooking and baking!
Watching the oven take shape, I thought of the beginning of the Epic of Gilgamesh - “before there the first ovens were lit, before there was bread…”
Ooh that's a good line. I like it!
Ah yes. A time when humans ate human food, before we began stealing food from rabbits and cows. Lol. A lovely time before chronic disease and tooth decay was known.
My hands would be so sore after working all of that clay! Especially the mud with the gravel in it.
It is pretty rough!
Compliments to you!!
That is some absolutely wonderful work and art you made!!
All your techniques are so appropriate!!
Thank you, I appreciate it!
I didn't skip, but I was SO eager throughout the video to see the fire being lit. haha. And it looks so cozy, as expected. Once the outer layer is dry I'm sure the heat will radiate well and create a nice feeling when cooking
Glad you liked it!! Yeah I really like the bed too
Your channel for me is like video meditation. I love watching it and I zone out and just relax. I am amazed at the level of work and time everything took back in the past. You could not just go to the store and buy things. I wondered how you got into experimental archaeology and anthropology? What led you into recreating the past in such detail as you are doing now? I think this is just wonderful. I appreciate all the work you do and the fact you video it for us to watch. I have a lot of questions because I only have an overview of the time, I do not know details. Like were they Christians in this region? You spoke about a bell tolling in a video being from the local church. I thought it was more Pagan worshiping than Christians, although I know Christians were there. I will not make you tell me all about it, I will do the research myself and find out. I always wondered how people went to the bathroom, what they wear for underwear, how they deal with a cold or the flu. So I got some work to do. Thanks for inspiring me. And I am a new member and joined Patreon. You are awesome! Thanks again.
That's great to hear! Thank you for so generously becoming a patron. I'm always happy to answer questions!
I have always been fascinated by history and loved crafting things. I got interested in the Vendel period while living in Sweden and then turned to the Early Anglo-Saxons on returning to Britain. I studied nature conservation but ended up reading more about archaeology. This project means I can do both; engage with the natural landscape, and explore history and heritage crafts!
In late 7th-century Somerset, Christianity was spreading rapidly from neighbouring Saxon kingdoms, as well as from the native Romano-British culture. But this was mostly among the elite and even the Gewissan kings danced between paganism and Christianity. Paganism was still widespread amongst the general population. So there was both influences! The first Anglo-Saxon stone church was built at Glastonbury around 680-700 A.D. although there was an earlier wooden church there too, of Celtic origins.
Outstanding! Your craftsmanship is beyond reproach.
Thank you very much!
That looks like a lot of work, but it must be very rewarding as well. I find all the different historical furnace designs quite interesting and the one you show in the video I have not seen before. Great work again, cheers
Thank you! I've yet to test it out fully with cooking and baking, but I think it will be well worth the effort!
love the longer videos!
Good to know!
Incredible..... Reduced to this level of Primitive ......after the concrete... central heating, indoor plumbing , hot baths of the previous Roman era.
True, although whether reduced is the right word, I am not sure. With the massive population decrease after Roman withdrawal and various plagues and instability (keep in mind, a lot of this infrastructure, particularly the hypocausts, were kept running on cheap slave labour), there simply wasn't the population to warrant the inhabitation of cities and large and complicated infrastructures, such as public baths, plumbing, aqueducts, the mass production of brick and stone and so on. This doesn't necessarily need these people to be more primitive in their way of thinking, only that, for a smaller population with a much smaller slave workforce, it simply wasn't viable, and the populations became much more self-reliant, insular farming communities.
I imagine the same could happen today if the world's population saw a drastic decrease for some reason.
I'm so glad I found this channel. Being of Celtic and Anglo Saxon decent, I've always been drawn to the history and culture of my ancestors ☺
Welcome!
It fascinates me how so many of the things you make revolve around some kind of weaving. It is such a universal skill to the world you are showing us.
It's such a great skill to have!
It's always impressive how much a whitewash brightens up the interior.
Absolutely, it makes such a difference!
Love your videos. Calming and without blah blah. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Theres so many skills that most people these days would never realise existed.
I have been learning traditional woodworking, using only hand tools, and I can utilise tools that a lot of chippies have never heard of even in theyre 50s.
I would recomend expanding on your chisels, as they are such fantastic tools, but also maybe check out if the Saxons used planes, as I know the Romans had versions.
Great videos and I really enjoy watching.
Thank you! There is one example of an Anglo-Saxon plane, a very sweet little one probably for making lyres
@@gesithasgewissa now thats cool. You will probably find they used it more than you think.
A small plane is great for finnishing and smoothing.
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
very interesting!.....I love learning through your expert craftsmanship!.....thank you!
Glad you find it interesting!
There seems no end to your talents. I'm really enjoying your videos.
Thank you!
Never thought you would make it from wattle-and-daube or cob as folk seem to call it.
I love the deep wet earth you have there
Yeah, it's a great material! And I am blessed with the earth on this land
This is brilliant it starts off beautifully with two deers and a hare and then a legless man begins the task of processing mud and straw and building something. Bit by bit, very much like play doh, it takes shape. Experimentation archaeology is great and so rewarding. You probably know know how they should have done it but not precisely, as the mysteries of this construction will have been lost to time as this would not have been preserved for future generations. Brilliant work as always. Thanks again for sharing.
I think you meant pant less not legless.lol
Legless 😆 thanks for watching!
amazing what can be done with simple natural materials
Indeed!
My goodness, masterful work. I wanna go back to these old days and build my own house and not pay rent or mortgage. Ahhh the simpler life 😌
It's pretty good!
It’s lovely until you starve or freeze in a hard winter. Then I imagine it’s less nice haha.
@ our ancestors survived! 🙌
And paid taxes to the lord and king.
Thanks Alec! I'm now going to wear my night shirt in the garden, pantless, doing chores. Love the inspiration 😊
It's great, glad you're joining me 😆
Love the energy, dude 😂
È sempre un piacere vederti all' opera
Thank you!
about ten years ago, now, I found the plans for a Pompeii style wood burning oven. I printed them off, gave them to my handyman son and told him, "I want this on the patio." I'm still waiting, as things have been rough for him health-wise, but looks like I may get it this year. It amazes me, though, how much efficient design transcends cultures around the world, and how much we lose with "modern technology."
Can't wait for my wood burning oven; I have a lot of bread to make...lol
That's so cool! I hope your oven works out for you, best of luck with it ☺
Fascinating!! Absolutely fascining!!!
Thank you!
What an amazing labour of lov. The time, Technic, patience and love you are putting in the clay oven is on full display.
Thank you for sharing and taking on on this journey
Thank you! It was such a fun project and I can't wait to share some baking
Look forward to it
Can you please can make a longer version of this video in whitch you show us how you start a first fire in this oven? Please, do not rush.
I will, in the next oven video, show some authentic fire lighting!
Can't wait to see you cooking in this oven man!!@@gesithasgewissa
I was sad that the scenes of the burning stove were so short 😢
@@ewigesgermanien4174 I'll be making a separate video once the oven is dry, showing detailed burning and baking!
Stunning work; great craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
@@gesithasgewissa You are so very welcome. It's wonderful to watch your work!
Glad to see I’m not the only one pokes lil holes in between layers to act as Velcro for the next! Love working with cob W/D so much! Great project!
I'm falling in love with cob too haha!
@@gesithasgewissa I live in a wattle/daub home in Costa Rica, and I’m building all of my furniture, bed frames, cupboard carcasses etc from the same materials!
@@PEAKCENTURY Fantastic! Best of luck with your home
This channel has so much Potential! 😊
Im really looking forward to see many more awesome videos how your little kingdom evolves ❤
Thank you, I'm so looking forward to sharing it with you!
Top handmaking.
I actually came here to note that bread ovens and furnaces were kept AWAY thatched homes, because of reasons 🔥, but a quick read of the description clarifies things: "These updraft kilns were primarily used for pottery, and there is no evidence that they were used indoors or for cooking. ".
Why build in a house then
And why would anything catch on fire inside the clay?
Was it prone to bursting and then fire would be shooting up & out?
Bread ovens have actually been found inside houses, although there were also larger ovens made outside in separate shelters. The reason for this is more to provide a larger, more efficient oven for communal use of a farmstead or village, rather than the risk posed from fire!
The olden ways can bring forth the nolage needed for the future , the importance of detail , hard work , focus and creativity.
I agree!
I would absolutely love a version of this channel with voice overlay. As you do this experimental archeology I am absolutely sure that you would have very much to share about the projects.
I'm thinking of doing exactly that at some point in the coming months ☺
@gesithasgewissa please!
Wow, fantastic job as usual! You're truly a jack of all trades - it's one thing to be able to build something like this (already impressive as hell) but then to present it in such an engaging way! I'm so glad I found your channel, I look forward to every video you post :)
Thank you so much, I'm glad you appreciate the craft and the presenation of it!
Very similar to what me and my family made to heat with this year. I did modernize it by using black stove pipe, and a wood stove cast iron door. It works better than a lot of modern wood stoves. It not only gives off heat while it’s burning, but, with all the thermal mass, also holds heat for several hours afterwards.
Very cool!
That’s amazing bro.. so much work. My feet would be destroyed 🇺🇸
Thanks! I'm surprised how well they fared haha
Excellent video. Can't wait to see the oven in action.
I can't wait to share it with you!
Very interesting. I suddenly know how dabbing is done. If the world goes Medieval, I'm ready.
Hell yeah 😄
That is the coolest little house.Thanks for sharing this .
Thanks for watching!
Howdy 🤠
I appreciate how you really prove the point of pre-industrial life. So many forget that fair some steps was reduced by manufacturing things, such as bricks to make said furnace.
I love the living history thing, and you’re encouraging me to get back into the US 19th century. (Fortunately there’s a community here that is fair bit into it, lol.)
Also, I enjoy seeing progression on the house you’ve built, it’s really coming along :D
Thank you, I'm glad the videos have inspired you!
Ah! It's getting so cozy in there! And even though you make it look easy, I'm 99% certain that if I tried to smooth a mud mixture into a symmetrical shape like that, it would end up looking like the clay pots they had us making in art class at school - which is to say an uneven, kinda smooshy mess 😂
Also, 9:05 was one of the most picturesque spiderwebs I've ever seen, and THERE WAS A CUTE BUNNY IN THE BEGINNING ❤
It is! I'm actually replying to this comment while sitting in front of the oven, the fire going as it cures and dries! It's great.
Haha, thank you, but it is easier than you might think, just keep smoothing it until it becomes smooth, if you mess up just keep smoothing!
Glad you enjoyed the scenic shots too, I'm so blessed to have such wildlife nearby!
@@gesithasgewissa It's a pretty amusing picture imagining you sitting there with legitimately everything around you being Anglo Saxon, except you're sitting there scrolling RUclips on a phone 😂
@@fallonfireblade4404 Indeed 😆
Lovely slaked lime.... good for so many things
Indeed!
@@gesithasgewissa I use it for so many things. People need to learn the ways of old. Your videos are very important. I'm very impressed with your knowledge. You are of great value to this failing society.
splendid cant wait for p 2
Neither can I!
The deer and hare at the start.. marvellous!
An incredible sight!
The hazel branches are like basting stitches in sewing. Once the clay is hardened, a fire can be lit and they would probably burn and disintegrate. Basting stitches are used to keep the material in place until the permanent stitches are sewn. Then they are taken out. Very cool idea.
Exactly right!
❤ super film instruktażowy ,w tamtych czasach wiedza i umiejętności decydowały o rozwoju i życiu ,dziękuję że pokazujesz jak to kiedyś było ,nasi przodkowie nie byli zacofani mieli technologie odpowiednią do czasów.dzis chcą opanować wszechświat a nie ogarniają zwykłych zachowań ludzkich np. miłość totalny brak.dzieki za te filmy nagrywaj dalej,powodzenia pozdrawiam.
Thanks for watching!
Great content, playing with mud is always on top.
Thank you! It is great fun
Awww trusty bucket!!
They are real troopers!
Beautiful and peaceful to watch. I can’t explain how much this tickles my brain. Lovely. Can’t wait to see what happens to the property next, what new upgrade you will make with your hands. 😊
Thank you for your kind words!
I thought the bucket repair was rather wonderful. Good work.
Thank you! My first time making a bucket hoop
Danke!
Thank you so much!
Your build looks so nice
Thanks!
never seen clay made this way i like it, although i imagine this would be more for building then art, but you sir made both
Thank you! And yes, it can be used for all sorts of large sculptural work
Nice work 👍! Always good video
Thank you!
This is fantastic for a fantasy I am working on, thank you.
Great to hear!
just discovered your channel and binged through this build! keep it up man, amazing stuff
Thank you!
Wow you are building incredible and enviable skill sets, while making wonderful videos. My hat off to you and thank you for the great videos.
Thank you so much!
Loving every minute of these vids, well worth the patronage! I’d love to do this myself when I’m a land owner.
Glad to hear it, and thank you as always for your generous patronage! Wishing you luck with your land search
Amazing and so wonderful to preserve this knowledge.
Thank you!
As a knife maker and knife hobbyist I would have love to seen you use a true Seax in your presentation. Great vid none the less.
Thanks, but this is an accurate knife for the 7th century. Small knives like this were used for daily tasks and would have been carried alongside the seax by a warrior, but the Anglo-Saxon seaxes in the late 7th century had a blade shape more like an elongated version of my knife and they were long; over 8 inches, or over 20 inches for the longseax! And so these were most likely specifically used for warfare, with small knives being much more practical for daily use.
If by true Seax, you're thinking of the broken-back seax with the angled back, this didn't appear until the 9th and 10th centuries as a shorter version of longseax with the exaggerated angled spine.
@@gesithasgewissa Yes I was thinking of the broken back seax. Thanks for the reply and I love the channel.
That's one hot looking oven!
Indeed!
I'm probably a bit late in commenting, but I'm slightly surprised you didn't paint the interior of the oven white! It'll get sooted up but generally helps cook food more evenly. Great video btw!
Interesting idea, I haven't seen that done before, but it's definitely something to try!
Incredible work my guy!!!
Thank you!
Beautifull and aesthetic construction, love it
Thank you!
Love your videos! ☺ The oven looks great! The house is starting to look nice and cozy.
Thanks so much! 😊
Fabulous video. Thankyou for uploading.
I built a cob rocket stove in my cob house and know just how much work you put into your superior model! However , after nearly five years its still doing its job albeit a bit cracked.
i tried doing the hole in the wall but the wind in a certain direction blew smoke back.....be interesting to know how you combat that at a later date so i can learn from the expert. 😊
Oh wow! Great to hear from another cob rocket stove maker and owner! Any advice on maintenance? I'm going to keep daubing the cracks as they appear. I put the oven on the most sheltered wall, from rain and wind. The outside of this wall almost never gets wet because it's completely out of the wind, but I'll keep you updated!
@@gesithasgewissaI cover entire burner in a thin layer of cob each summer so it has time to cure for winter. I figure the cracks will be bigger on the inside so the walls will be thinning out? But yes I maintain my wee cob hut by in filling hairline cracks with fine clay and oiling them. Hanging on the side of a mountain so wind is everywhere...😮
@@maggietaylor9713 Thanks, I'll do the same! A cob house on the side of a mountain?! Sounds wild and windy but picturesque 🌲
absolutely fantastic. i love watching your videos and cant wait for the next
Thank you very much!
Very cool! Looks great. Once dry the outside of it looks like it will also provide space for storing some small items.
I'm a little curious how the interior will behave as it dries. That's a lot of cob, and it won't dry all at once, but will dry from the outside in - I would expect to see some cracking both on the surface (both exterior and interior) and deep inside the walls.
Thank you! Yes, I am expecting some cracking, but the great part about cob is you can just keep daubing the cracks!
Beautiful piece of work! I hope it works well for you.
Thank you!
Quality content, as always. Wonderful work. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Además de técnica tiene gran sentido de estetica❤❤❤
Thank you!
The strap you made for the bucket was clever. If you rounded off those sharp corners, I bet it would last longer.
Thanks!
古い日本家屋と同じ壁の作り方です。
とても興味深い。
木桶もほぼ同じ構造です😊
That's great, I was actually inspired by those old Japanese ovens!
seriously, one of my favorite channels... I always enjoy seeing a new video...
If I may ask a few questions:
Why only clay/cob? Does stone play any role here?
With the shape, it kind of reminds me of a Rumsford design maybe?
Does the heat project out from the opening of the fireplace or does the whole cob heat up and radiate from there?
From a safety perspective, any "fire" risk?
excellent video as always! thanks so much!
That's great to hear! The lack of stone is a specific choice to match the archaeology in Southern Britain. Only one Anglo-Saxon stone oven has been found and that in Northumbria.
Yes it's perhaps similar, though more similar to a rocket stove. It's based on Anglo-Saxon and Romano-British updraft kilns used for firing pottery.
Heat does project out of the opening, but the whole cob mass will heat up over time and radiate for a long time as thermal mass. This feels quite safe, as the flue is lower than the top of the dome, sparks do not fly out of the opening but get caught in the 'crown'. I made sure to remove sticks from the wattle wall well away from the flue, so it is completely surrounded in cob.