On an island in Sweden the Swedish navy planted oak in a spruce forest in 1500 someting. The oak grew straight towards the sky. The plantation would be used for masts. In 1970 ish it would be delivered but then it was not needed..
About nails, you probably already know, but they have started using copper nails in Roskilde, because the original iron nails will break down the wood in 20 - 40 years. They have already had to retire one ship replica for that reason.
Hello Leif, thank you and a very good point. We are aware of the reaction that the iron will have on the oak and have debated using copper instead but as this is an experimental archaeology project we need to be authentic so we have decided to stick with iron knowing that it will limit the number of years that the ship will be on the water. This of course comes with all sorts of other 21st century issues such as the noise the clinking creates so we are in the throws of working out how to mitigate the noise level and restrict the amount of time our volunteers are exposed to that many decibels. We went to Roskilde in 2019 and made some good friends who have been helping and advising us along the way. We hope to return next year and also visit the Nydam ship which is about as close as we can get to the Sutton Hoo Ship. Thank you for your interest.
I have watched the Sampson Boat Company videos from the beginning and one of the common things mentioned is the problem with oak and iron. I would like to see it last and knowing it won't make 40 years is a little sad, but in 40 years I'll be 112 so for me it's a bit of a moot point.
Thank you, Your so clever .... So Clever infact that you probably still think Russia "invaded" Ukraine for World Domination !.. Nothing to do with the UK or USA expanding NATO eh 🤔
Wonderful tour. With respect to iron nails, I can see people grudgingly accepting a 20 to 40 year life for the ship, especially since the workers and the commissioning king would probably be gone by then. But I also suspect that some of the shipwrights and craftsmen would have been bothered by it, as the deterioration progressed.
Very interesting!, nice that you are going with how the Sutton Hoo ship was actually built, especially the Iron rivets, you naturally called this ship the Anglo Saxon Sutton Hoo Ship? but I am sure that you would really know better? an Anglo Saxon Ship (clinker built) would have Trenails - Wooden pegs (plank atttach) but the SH ship had Iron rivets! which is not Anglo Saxon technique but A British/Welsh Technique, therefore the Saxon Hoo ship was probably British far more than Anglo Saxon as is thought.
Very informative; deals well with the concept of experimental archaeology. On the subject of rowing position/thwarts and tholes, how are you going to deal with contemporary humans being larger (on average) than the original rowers?
Thanks a great video and I can't wait to visit; is anyone documenting this project with a view to publishing a coffee-table type book for the general reader? The sort of thing that Lodestar books produce?
Hi, we are documenting the project in numerous ways, including photography, videography, time-lapse, photogrammetry, technical drawings, 3D models and numerous written documents. Our intention is to make all of this available to the public once we have launched the ship. We would like a number of books created for different audiences if the budget can be found!
Brilliant piece-to-camera Tim
Great video. I visited the ship June 2022 work well underway now. MAC
Thanks for dropping in Alex, we hope you can return again to check on our progress
On an island in Sweden the Swedish navy planted oak in a spruce forest in 1500 someting. The oak grew straight towards the sky. The plantation would be used for masts. In 1970 ish it would be delivered but then it was not needed..
Wonderful to see such work being done but please can someone tell me why nobody is using an adze?
They may not have developed those yet. I was pondering that too.
About nails, you probably already know, but they have started using copper nails in Roskilde, because the original iron nails will break down the wood in 20 - 40 years. They have already had to retire one ship replica for that reason.
Hello Leif, thank you and a very good point. We are aware of the reaction that the iron will have on the oak and have debated using copper instead but as this is an experimental archaeology project we need to be authentic so we have decided to stick with iron knowing that it will limit the number of years that the ship will be on the water. This of course comes with all sorts of other 21st century issues such as the noise the clinking creates so we are in the throws of working out how to mitigate the noise level and restrict the amount of time our volunteers are exposed to that many decibels. We went to Roskilde in 2019 and made some good friends who have been helping and advising us along the way. We hope to return next year and also visit the Nydam ship which is about as close as we can get to the Sutton Hoo Ship. Thank you for your interest.
@@TheSuttonHooShipsCompany I was thinking abut the Nydam ship too. Pity the larger Nydam ship wasn't preserved.
Best of luck!!
I have watched the Sampson Boat Company videos from the beginning and one of the common things mentioned is the problem with oak and iron. I would like to see it last and knowing it won't make 40 years is a little sad, but in 40 years I'll be 112 so for me it's a bit of a moot point.
Thank you, Your so clever ....
So Clever infact that you probably still think Russia "invaded" Ukraine for World Domination !.. Nothing to do with the UK or USA expanding NATO eh 🤔
Wonderful tour. With respect to iron nails, I can see people grudgingly accepting a 20 to 40 year life for the ship, especially since the workers and the commissioning king would probably be gone by then. But I also suspect that some of the shipwrights and craftsmen would have been bothered by it, as the deterioration progressed.
Very interesting!, nice that you are going with how the Sutton Hoo ship was actually built, especially the Iron rivets, you naturally called this ship the Anglo Saxon Sutton Hoo Ship? but I am sure that you would really know better? an Anglo Saxon Ship (clinker built) would have Trenails - Wooden pegs (plank atttach) but the SH ship had Iron rivets! which is not Anglo Saxon technique but A British/Welsh Technique, therefore the Saxon Hoo ship was probably British far more than Anglo Saxon as is thought.
Thank you for this very nicely done video. I was very hesitant to click on it because the quality of these videos has been so erratic.
Very informative; deals well with the concept of experimental archaeology. On the subject of rowing position/thwarts and tholes, how are you going to deal with contemporary humans being larger (on average) than the original rowers?
Thanks a great video and I can't wait to visit; is anyone documenting this project with a view to publishing a coffee-table type book for the general reader? The sort of thing that Lodestar books produce?
Hi, we are documenting the project in numerous ways, including photography, videography, time-lapse, photogrammetry, technical drawings, 3D models and numerous written documents. Our intention is to make all of this available to the public once we have launched the ship. We would like a number of books created for different audiences if the budget can be found!