Someone is on creative mode, or just chat dropping the supplies (cheating)These manga never explain one thing... How are they building the houses, without nails? Surely they didn't bring a ton of them when they left, that would be way too heavy. Google tells me a house can easily have 12000 nails in them. A box of 1871 framing nails weigh 30lbs. That 191lbs for a single house. Ain't no way they are carrying enough nails for a whole village. Even assuming they use building methods that doesn't rely on nails, there's a limit to what they can make, especially furniture.
As a matter of fact, there is indeed a method of carpentry that uses no nails or glue. It’s a Japanese technique known as kanawa tsugi (金輪継) that shapes wooden supports so that the joints fit together like perfect little puzzle pieces. It was developed because of the very problem you mentioned; iron was hard to access, so there was a shortage of nails.These manga never explain one thing... How are they building the houses, without nails? Surely they didn't bring a ton of them when they left, that would be way too heavy. Google tells me a house can easily have 12000 nails in them. A box of 1871 framing nails weigh 30lbs. That 191lbs for a single house. Ain't no way they are carrying enough nails for a whole village. Even assuming they use building methods that doesn't rely on nails, there's a limit to what they can make, especially furniture.
You don't really need nails to build a house. Look at Stave Churches as an example. Even in terms of furniture you can make a lot of amazing stuff without nails. It is just harder. But someone hiding from the world at large like elves and beastmen would have the know how.These manga never explain one thing... How are they building the houses, without nails? Surely they didn't bring a ton of them when they left, that would be way too heavy. Google tells me a house can easily have 12000 nails in them. A box of 1871 framing nails weigh 30lbs. That 191lbs for a single house. Ain't no way they are carrying enough nails for a whole village. Even assuming they use building methods that doesn't rely on nails, there's a limit to what they can make, especially furniture.
All the stuff that's depicted can be built without a single iron nail. Besides the japanese technique mentioned above, there's also the venerable and trusty wooden dowel.These manga never explain one thing... How are they building the houses, without nails? Surely they didn't bring a ton of them when they left, that would be way too heavy. Google tells me a house can easily have 12000 nails in them. A box of 1871 framing nails weigh 30lbs. That 191lbs for a single house. Ain't no way they are carrying enough nails for a whole village. Even assuming they use building methods that doesn't rely on nails, there's a limit to what they can make, especially furniture.
Mortise and Tenon joints have existed for thousands of years.These manga never explain one thing... How are they building the houses, without nails? Surely they didn't bring a ton of them when they left, that would be way too heavy. Google tells me a house can easily have 12000 nails in them. A box of 1871 framing nails weigh 30lbs. That 191lbs for a single house. Ain't no way they are carrying enough nails for a whole village. Even assuming they use building methods that doesn't rely on nails, there's a limit to what they can make, especially furniture.
There is something more hand wavy than that... Where did they get the glass for the windows from?These manga never explain one thing... How are they building the houses, without nails? Surely they didn't bring a ton of them when they left, that would be way too heavy. Google tells me a house can easily have 12000 nails in them. A box of 1871 framing nails weigh 30lbs. That 191lbs for a single house. Ain't no way they are carrying enough nails for a whole village. Even assuming they use building methods that doesn't rely on nails, there's a limit to what they can make, especially furniture.