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.The Shipwright used hammers and wedges to split the wood.Although this was the only way of cutting the wood at the time, it actually made the wood stronger than cutting with a saw because the wood retained more of its structure with axe chopping.(Siddorn, Williamson) The keel was built first and the shipwright worked his way out to the hull instead of starting at the hull and working in.The ribs of the ship were fastened by fiber.This was done to help absorb the stress on the ship from the waves.Using nails to fasten the ribs would have made the vessel too rigid and more apt to crack and sink.(Siddorn, Williamson)The Viking shipwright would no doubt have one of the most demanding jobs of the Viking Age but I am sure he did not go unrewarded for his patience and fine craftsmanship.In our modern day of improved weaponry, we should look back at the Viking triumphs and mastery of battle.We could see how an underdeveloped, paganistic, group of people could end up thriving with the proper utilization of weapons and technological breakthroughs, as was the case with the longship.Vikings were able to use their weapons and tactics to become one of the most powerful groups of people of their time [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.The Shipwright used hammers and wedges to split the wood.Although this was the only way of cutting the wood at the time, it actually made the wood stronger than cutting with a saw because the wood retained more of its structure with axe chopping.(Siddorn, Williamson) The keel was built first and the shipwright worked his way out to the hull instead of starting at the hull and working in.The ribs of the ship were fastened by fiber.This was done to help absorb the stress on the ship from the waves.Using nails to fasten the ribs would have made the vessel too rigid and more apt to crack and sink.(Siddorn, Williamson)The Viking shipwright would no doubt have one of the most demanding jobs of the Viking Age but I am sure he did not go unrewarded for his patience and fine craftsmanship.In our modern day of improved weaponry, we should look back at the Viking triumphs and mastery of battle.We could see how an underdeveloped, paganistic, group of people could end up thriving with the proper utilization of weapons and technological breakthroughs, as was the case with the longship.Vikings were able to use their weapons and tactics to become one of the most powerful groups of people of their time [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]