At this stage, the saw had almost disappeared from the process of Viking shipbuilding, and production relied mainly on cleaving and axe hewing. Ship planks were made by opening the log along the grain and then shaping it with an axe.
Charcoal illustration by Selim Rumi Civralı.
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