VIKING Backpack from Gokstad | Viking Tutorial | Viking Bushcraft - Viking Crafts (Ep. 3)
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See full description for information on the Gokstad Backpack, my tools and gear. Feel free to ask questions in comments and I will answer. And please let me know what you think of this video.
This video is my interpretation of a viking age backpack based on two wooden boards found in the Gokstad Viking Burial. The 2 boards are oval in shape (aprox. 46cm long and 19cm wide) and contains several simple carvings. One depicting a dog and a horse resembling a hunting scene suggesting it was a backpack used for hunting. This is discussed further in the link below.
The lower board has a series of parallel small holes around the edge at around an inch apart indicating that something was attached to it. But both boards has bigger
elongated holes in matching position suggesting a strap system. Only the boards were preserved for present time so everything in between is my interpretation. The relatively wide spacing of the smaller holes suggests birch bark or thin wooden panels because too many holes will weaken the bark unlike leather or fabric. I have added a hazel twig reinforcement along with spruce root bindings for structural support. My trees didn't provide bark in decent quality but luckily I had a small stash put aside.
I drill the holes by starting the holes with se sizes of awls and then proceed to use my drill device. I make all the holes before shaping the boards with my axe. The carving is made by first cutting along the line in a slight angle from one direction. Then carving the same line in the opposite angle from the other direction resulting in a tiny V shaped cut.
Its tricky to sew in birch bark. Pull too tight or have too many holes next to each other and it will crack or split. Therefor I use long stitches in a zig zag pattern or in two levels. I use 2 layers for the main structure and reinforce the edges and seams with strips of bark as well.
The strap system runs on both inside and outside of the backpack to make sure that all pull wear and tear is on the wooden boards and not the more fragile birch bark. The backpack is surprisingly sturdy and really lightweight.
The split spruce roots are soaked in water for at least one day and become very pliable and rope like. Perfect for bindings. The hazel twigs are heated over fire to soften the fibres and slowly bended into shape and set to dry on the lower boards fixing them in the right oval shape. They are left to dry for a few days.
Tools used:
Viking carving axe (made by Kim Holm Andreasen The Dragon Smith. Handle by me.
Several different carving knives (not made by me).
The auger drill for birch sap is of modern make (sorry).
Awls and my interpretation/guess of a viking age drill device.
Something similar is found in iron from Staraya Ladoga - this is very speculative though.
Small set of forges pliers, a bone hair pin for extending holdes (and munching sausage)
Small drill bit for hand use.
linen thread and beeswax and linseed oil.
Small antler (and wood) clamps from Haithabu.
Piece of red deer antler for digging for roots.
The plane is not based on viking age - only the plane iron. The sole/block is merely my imagination and does not resemble found wooden plane parts from viking age.
Materials:
Wooden boards from oak and beech (originals in oak)
Birch bark and sap harvested from my own trees.
Spruce roots and hazel twigs and straps of leather.
Personal gear:
Shoes from Haithabu.
Nail bound socks, hat and wrist warmers.
Woolen Thorsberg pants dyed with walnut.
Linen tunic.
Woolen Skjoldehamm Tunic dyed with reeds for green and onion peels for yellow.
Everything handmade, hand stitched, dyed and crafted by me unless otherwise stated.
Music: Gjallar by Alexander Nakarade - Open Source
A PDF article discussing the Gokstad possible backpack is availible on this link (in Norwegian only) www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/3...
This is amazing 🤩
Your video is remarkably educational and instructive. We have recently discovered that my husband and I have Scandinavian DNA and our teenage son has a keen interest. Thanks again ☺️❤
Cheers
Please keep doing what ur doing and pass the knowledge of the old was along to keep them burning bright.
Absolutely beautifully made basket.
And thank you for the wee song too.
Hail og sael. Hail Ravnen.
Hello:) thank you so much. And you are most welcome. Skål:) år og fred
I love everything about this!! The sounds, the craftmanship, the tools, the weather, the gathering of materials and more and more and more!
Thank you so much:) watching your channel was part of inspiring me to start making my own Videos. Seems to me that craftmanship is like sparks that can start New fires.
@@RAMUNI-Viking What?! I'm honored! And yes, I believe that too!
😊excellent. Thanks for preserving the old ways.
Thank you:) your welcome. Im glad to hear you liked it
Great viedo man. Ur knowledge of ancient skills are inspiring..
Thank you so much:) appreciate it':)
Excellent, well done my friend.
I just love spring for its ramsons and tapping birch and here you have it all😁
Stay safe.
thank you my friend. Indeed a season of plenty:)
Thank you so much I enjoyed your video very much.
And thank you for the song
thank you. and you are most welcome:) glad you liked it
Well done!
Thank you. Was a big project and im happy about how it turned out. Thank you for taking the time to comment
Excellent video! You certainly have talent! I throughly enjoyed watching it! Look forward for more of your videos! Thank you
Thank you Ian:) im very happy to hear you emjoyed it. I appreciate you took the time to comment
Beautiful vidéo and beautiful craft ! Bravo 👏
Thank you Maitre:)
Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Nice work!👍
Welcome to my channel Osrics. Im happy you found it and decided to subscribe. All the best:)
Beautiful, absolutely highest craftsmanship! I'm excited. It's like being in a time machine, you can only marvel. greet Ragnar
Thank you Ragnar. Im happy you enjoyed the trip in the time machine:)
The mini hand plain is really cool. Maybe i will make me one like that . We have wild Garlic here to. Its smells up the whole forest.
There is wooden parts of viking planes found for a truer reconstruction. I was not aware when i made mine. Its a nice piece in the tool Kit. Not handy often but when it is I dont want to be without it. For me that Garlic smell in the Woods (and my garden) is heralding springtime
🎩Hi. You make that look so easy, but I bet it’s not. A beautiful video. Thanks.
Thank you for your comment. Its not easy but yes edited together it looks that way. I spend many Hours planning, researching and preparing. Part 2 was 6 Hours in the wild and part 3 was 9 Hours. But Lovely time well spend:) thank you for your comment Robert.
I like your interpretation much better then the once using williow weaving that goes through the bottom holes. The holes on the original boards was much to small for that kind of willow weaving. More likely interpretation would be as you have done here where you stitch a basket on the boards the basket could be bark or a basket made of bast fibers as the basket from oseberg. Well done
Thank you for your comment. That was also my conclusion with the small holes. I have also seen reconstructions with leather instead of bark. A willow basket could have been sewn on like i do here, but not woven through the bottom holes.
Hej Mate!! well done great job... I am really impressed! Keep it going and see you soon!!
Thank you my friend. That means alot to me. Look forward to seeing you and you family again:)
Great Work !
Thank you:)
Subscriber nr 600:)
Great video, thats some real craftsmanship in that backpack and good use of materials, I love all your tools too and enjoyed seeing you make that simple carving, often times people do realy complicated carvings, simple carvings give me hope that I could do it too haha. Realy tasty looking food also, it all makes me anxious for when our last bit of winter goes away and spring truly starts so we can go outside and do some stuff😀 P.S We like your gloves, Mum is currently making pair almost just like them using some icelandic wool though she is crocheting.
Thank you very much. Im sure you can do great carving. And remember that practise (and learning from CZcams) makes perfect. Im sure she Will make a great pair of gloves of that great wool:) stay safe and again thanks for taking your time to write me:)
@@RAMUNI-Viking Your very welcome, and thanks to you for taking the time to make these great inspirational videos👍😊
Parabéns pelo vídeo e secessso sempre
thank you so much:)
awesome job - I made one out of leather, it's a lot of work. Thank you for posting !!
Thank you. Im sure your leather version is amazing:) i Considered that option also but didnt have enough lying around
@@RAMUNI-Viking I see no problem patching leather together. It was probably done back then as well, I don't think anyone would cut into a precious hide just to make a backpack
Very nice job! Interesting how you used various parts of the Birch and the roots to make the pack parts and sinew. Is this from a Traditional way or your own? Thank You, Skal
Thank you. Its simply my interpretation of how the backpac2 could have been made. Only the two wooden boards were found so i opted for bark and just used the materials around and my own logic i how to work it. So not following a specific style or tradition here. I want to thank you for your interest in my videos:) all the best
thank you for your comment:) I will
@@RAMUNI-Viking Thank you very mutch... have a nice day.... see you….
wow excellent job. How long does one of these pack's last? Pretty amazing.
Thank you Sandy. I dont know yet. The wear and tear I will expose it to is going to be pretty limited compared to what I imagine the original would have been. But I suppose it will have a pretty long life if taken care of, not overloaded or banged against trees or unlucky falls or anything. Damages should be repaired when they appear. Lets see:)
Great video, showing alot oc different skills. What do you think about the posibility of the side being made of wicker?
Thank you for the comment. I think wicker is a good possibillity. One of the small carvings on the original wood board from the top/bottom shows what looks like wicker weaving.
How tall is yours around 50cm im guessing?
Yes the Birchbark sheets were 60cm tall and I cut a bit off in each end so roughly 50 plus the boards
That's awesome! May the Lord JESUS bless your soul!!! HE, this very day led me to a big, dead birch tree, now I know why!! It's also tapping season. Do you know when is the best season to harvest chaga? Amadou??
Hello Levis:) im happy to hear you stumbled upon a great rescource. i am not aware of a better or not so good season for Amadou. I collect when i find and mostly it works well for catching a spark. For the chaga drink maybe its different? all the best:)
@@RAMUNI-Viking thanks for the reply, i haven't looked, im assuming youare in scandinavia somewhere?
That cloth you have butter in, what is it put in with?? Beeswax???
Yes it its Linen fabric treated the with melted wax. It can be wrapped and folded and keeps its form relatively. No Sources or Proof from Viking age but very use full for modern natural bushcraft.
Okay. Thanks for your reply and thanks for sharing the video...
You made a vegetarian backpack!
Very cool, what advantages do you think this has over a leather backpack?
Thanks have a great day,
Also your green shirt with the yellow stripe, absolutely wonderful. Whoever made that gets a 10/10 for style
@@ozodari6160 thank you. I made. I plantdyed the wool fabrics with things i collected in my local nature and handstitched it after a found from skjoldemamn in Norway from the viking age.
Thank you for your comment. Im not sure it has many advantages, but these materials are cheap and ready at hand (if you have the right trees and plants nearby). Leather was a more expensive rescource as the animal needed to die, the skin tanned and processed and it would have taken a lot of time and energy. And I think leather has greater uses elsewhere. Ex. for shoes and things that needs to be more flexible like a small pouch or belt bag. Here its a rigid form where bark and tree are just fine. Great day to you too:)
what are the dimensions of the bark you useed for the body of the backpack?
Do you need the exact dimensions for the final backpack or the sheets of bark i started out with? The sheets were 60x60 cm and 1 to 2 mm thick.
what is that paper you are using to hold your food?
Linen fabric impregnated with beeswax. My wife made these for me. I do not have archaeological evidence for it though
@@RAMUNI-Viking
Ah, the plastic wrap of medieval times.