I Took Over Alec Steeles Workshop

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[@WillStelterbladesmith]

Hey everyone, the "bees" were actually Yellowjacket Wasps.

[@j0hnn13K]

Good recovery there Will ;) Wasps are evil, bees our our friends :D Can't wait for your first projects, kind of hoping you'll figure out a wasp Damascus just for the fun of it hehehe

[@arkonwolves7192]

Nice clarification, but now I have another question. Has Alec stopped making stuff for his company? Seems as though this was the facility they were working out of but now you reside in it so I am left wondering where did all his production move. If it even did at all seeing as he doesn’t even sell his grinders on his website anymore. Just curious.

[@Volt64bolt]

@@arkonwolves7192yes, he stopped when he moved back to the uk

[@joachimfuchs7061]

Youre luck dude

[@GaisaSanktejo]

@@Volt64bolt Yeah, a combination of him and his wife wanting to visit their roots and the covid fiasco, which resulted in their settling down. I'm sure I am missing a LOT of factors we don't know about, but those are two I am aware of.

[@AlecSteele]

Good luck guys! The shop looks beautiful all cleaned up! Can’t wait to see what you make 🎉💪🏻

[@TheDevilWAH]

I do hope you will be visiting in person soon audit and insure the tennets are looking after it ;)

[@allinghamremovals4868]

I miss th barker st days. And will and alec together

[@peterschoettler3501]

What happened to Sam?

[@markoconnell804]

Keep having fun with your England shop. Thank for birthing my interest in blacksmithing. Can’t wait to see what you all make. Both channels.

[@cocodojo]

@@peterschoettler3501 Sam's got his own business as a farrier (he's done a few videos on his own channel re-shoeing horses from his truck), but yeah, I miss the Alec and Sam days back on barker st.

[@ruiter939]

Just be carefull with moving powerhammers please, some are prone to fall over...

[@bartolomeumalfeitor965]

*flash back intensifies

[@Volt64bolt]

Don’t worry, he’s forklift certified now. No more pallet jacks in sight

[@GD-rh2sn]

Too soon bro, too soon 😢

[@PenguinSharkHybrid]

​@@GD-rh2sn It has been years :D

[@jaredreid2661]

@@PenguinSharkHybrid still too soon.

[@zacharyhamley4024]

If anybody should get Alec's old workshop, it's definitely Will. Looking forward to new projects!

[@joshschneider9766]

When Alec chose you among all the other applicants to work with him on his channel he chose incredibly well. Proud of you Will. Youre an inspiration young man.

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

I miss the old shop... really glad to see Will moving in. It just feels right.

[@cocodojo]

It does feel like they're passing the torch around doesn't it?

[@alecrabedeau4788]

Couldn't agree more!

[@MatthewBlackwell1015]

Don't forget to check the snack compartment on the Bridgeport!

[@bigernbladesmith]

I forgot about that!!!

[@wikuscombrinck512]

Hahahaha!!!

[@zachary4706]

Miss the videos from this shop. Loved the two of you together

[@damedusa5107]

Best content from both of them was back then

[@XBullitt16X]

I'll be frank, Alec fell of completely after the split and the departure from the US. The content is hardly about actual blacksmithing anymore.

[@stubby_nub]

@@XBullitt16X If it was not for his personality, I would have stopped watching Alec's stuff completely.

[@inderik8064]

It's a pleasure see you coming back where I discovered you....best luck man!!!

[@drinkmorecocacola]

Remember when he dropped the p- Nevermind

[@Metaz]

Hear hear!

[@isaacangelo435]

You have no idea how happy I am to see that shop put back to work

[@agulag]

Can't wait to see Matt's own spinoff channel and company in a few months/years :D

[@cocodojo]

Matt a few years later : Hi everyone, my name is Matt and I'm now back in the new, old, old shop that used to be Alec and Will's where I've taken over ownership from Will so he can go back to his other Montana shop, while Alec sets up a new one in Australia... because he's taken a fancy to damascus steel boomerangs.

[@Robot.Prophet]

It's the ol' Steele/Stelter workshop! I can't handle the emotional roller coaster. Great to see it bring brought back into the KZbin world again. Will, I can't wait to see what you do with it (and make in it).

[@arkonwolves7192]

Who hoooo the shop’s been revived. Im so happy to see all that brilliant tooling being used again.

[@ryeguy556]

Will, please use this shop to make videos like you and Alec did in the old days. I miss that so much. Make unique stuff in 14 part series again. I always looked forward to each new episode. If you did that I have no doubt your channel would grow tremendously. That's what attracted me to Alex Steele in the first place.

[@WillStelterbladesmith]

Give a follow to the Stelter MFG co. Instagram 🔥 instagram.com/stelter_mfg?igsh=MTJvZWw0YWRwNW53eA==

[@Arkie80]

Nice to see the old place again. Glad you're going to be putting it to use again. I definitely miss the Alec Steele/Will Stelter Era. You guys were one of my favorite teams on all of KZbin. I hope you guys can get together again once in a while. It'd be nice to you tag team something once more.

[@GhostSenshi]

This is honestly really nice. The content I enjoyed most from Alec’s channel was when it was you two. You taking over this shop is nostalgic and truly pays an homage to the good days. Glad to see you taking it over.

[@VODZ]

Nice to see you back in the old shop, keep up the great work!

[@Guywhomakesthings]

This is the best thing I have ever seen opening youtube. Insane! So amazing to see you where I first found out about you

[@ccconsulting]

So happy seeing that apple product go in the bin

[@BrandonRideout135]

It's so nice to see the Chambersberg back in videos always loved that thing.

[@robert.brokaw3829]

Glad to see that space not go to waste since Alec had to close down the operations. I will be looking forward seeing what the company produces. Stay safe.

[@jlbknives5722]

Man this is a sad era to see ending lots of great content created here I remember back when you first visited Alec In Europe for the sword collab what a great many years it’s been to see you two develop. I’m sure the new adventures to begin here will be excellent. You two are largely part of what got me started making custom knives.

[@donaldneill4419]

Great to see you back in the old shop, Will! Good luck with the new endeavor.

[@sarchlalaith8836]

Helpful thought. Put the office upstairs And all the tolls on the ground floor, heavy cutting and grinding one room for the mess But the other room is also a contained unit. Fabrication area for fume extraction

[@XBullitt16X]

Good to see the old shop and equipment not going to waste.

[@marcclapton]

Can’t wait to see more vids. So stoked the Alec Steele workshop back up and running!! I knew you weren’t done in that shop Will.

[@opendstudio7141]

Congratulations on your acquisition of STEELCO. Maybe Alec can ask his wife if he can come visit in the near future. 😉

[@cocodojo]

But only if Alec goes in through the back because "Steel(e) always goes in the rear" 🤣

[@-Kreger-]

@@cocodojonice. Wasn’t that in his last vid? Funny stuff.

[@cocodojo]

@@-Kreger- Yes it was and it was funny when he caught what he just said a moment later on camera 🤣

[@gtray7]

Wasn’t the foundation reinforced where the power hammers are?

[@stylin40s]

Yeah 4 foot thick if I recall

[@tippytailmckitty2658]

I remember that. Hope Will pays attention to that.

[@t8erlove]

Yes

[@deanhughes3179]

Yep

[@Zogg1281]

Apparently, the whole floor was meant to be that thick as it was specified in the contract...... so the landlord had to pay for the concrete 😂

[@agrt5689]

We are not huge fans of europe here... Few minutes later....the Netherlands, where that may be🙈 .....And guess what!! The netherlands here😂

[@DustAndGraceASMR]

Yeeeees!!! I haven't watched Alec's channel in years but it was so much fun seeing the shop still set up mostly how I remember it. But also refreshing to see it being rearranged in a practical way 😂 praying the business endeavours go well for you guys!

[@MiGWar82]

Yay!!! Back in the old shop!!!

[@Rouverius]

1:54 Will calls on his inner Ron Swanson in 3.. 2.. 1... Seriously, glad to see you in this space. Great memories we all have of watching you and Alec together. Last but not least: Hey, Matt. Welcome to the channel.

[@xPlayfulSuicidex]

Glad someone else got the reference but it still hit to see him throw away a computer.

[@imherkhan]

Good to see the Apple product properly stored

[@BecksArmory]

so proud of you. Welcome to the MFG family. :)

[@sudo_nym]

Who misses Alec & Will videos? 👍🏻 or 👎🏻

[@charliebecker9391]

🎉

[@codybrooks8519]

Little "build a knife" kits might be a cool easy revenue stream for you guys. It would be cool to be able to have a high quality knife that we assemble. Everything looks awesome guys, keep it up.

[@bludhaven86]

MAN!! The pre-covid nostalgia I'm getting seeing this shop again. It hits hard. I remember watching every week excited to see this place get built up when y'all moved in. I'm so glad to see it again! Keep up the awesomeness Will and Alec!!

[@justinbanks2380]

6:20 love how you guys have a whole hardware shop upstairs (at least for anything your shop could need) I strive to have an area for all parts for projects, but currently space is too tight, so I'm forced to run to a big box store several times every project, lol

[@erikcourtney1834]

I must say you both are pretty smart business men while staying friends along your different journeys.

[@charliebecker9391]

Congratulations Will. Great to see the New Old Shop back in operation. Looking forward to future videos of the items you choose to create and manufacture, in the New Old Shop. I enjoy the Knife Making videos, however; looking forward to a variety of steel projects in the future as well. Best wishes and "Good Fortune" with your new business. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@s1gne]

Steak knive, pairing knife, i like that.. And when you said someone from the Netherlands had won i was a bit hoping it was me but congrats Reusink.. gefeliciteerd! Netherlands is between U.K. and Germany by the way. We have a lot of American history too.. Harlem, Brooklyn, Wall Street.. New York used to be New Amsterdam. If we hadn't traded it with the English for Surinam you'd be using Metric and would speak Dutch 😆

[@Roninx1980]

Glad to see Matt! I was wondering what happened to him. He is from my home town!

[@TylerBellMakes]

Stoked for your new endeavor here! Rooting for ya

[@WillStelterbladesmith]

Thanks Tyler!

[@scsi_wuzzy]

An Osama Bin Laden, Dr. Steve Brule, AND a Borat reference all in the same video. Genius at work!

[@xeode]

oooo exciting times, good to see the old place going again and left wondering about the commercial reasons behind it lol

[@sixdegrees6434]

Hey Will, I bought that Hedley & Bennett cheap chef’s knife you recommended a while back. I bought it as a gift for my step father who cooks a lot for my dear old mum and he absolutely loves it. We live on struggle st so I have no chance of ever getting a great knife but I wanted something that you would recommend and I’m shocked at just how good it is. Thank you for the great tip and awesome content.

[@codybates2419]

Glad to see you take over the old shop. It’s very fitting. Looking forward to see what your company produces

[@MrCrispinEnterprises]

Not keen on Europe? Don't let your landlord hear that!

[@Freeman-Dl70]

Alec should understand that his country is currently under siege by completely evil morons.

[@Chris-ux6up]

it is absolutely incredible to see the old workshop. lot of good memorys in that time

[@gratmccall]

Dang man... I miss the Steele/Stelter or Stelter/Steele under one roof times!

[@emb647]

This gives me such warm feelings of nostalgia. Oh how i miss the Will and Alec days. Its sad to see this once busy and vibrant shop, collecting dust.

[@Joe-fi4hv]

Always great to see young guys working hard and succeeding from it. Always cheering you on!!!

[@samuelmartin865]

NAILED the music and vibe on the clean out montage

[@mine6312]

That’s awesome to see this space get back in action

[@justinbanks2380]

14:46 that knife could be modified a bit to be a marking knife for woodworkers. So could probably also sell those to other makers. Just an idea. Excited to follow along with your new venture!

[@eastoforion]

glad to see the old shop back in action, can't wait for production updates!

[@VinceW187]

Happy to see you knew exactly what to do with the apple hardware

[@sanctusre4l]

Excited to see where this is headed guys! Best of luck in the new workshop.

[@jandastroy]

I want two! One for steak and marking wood, and one for marking wood and steak. I wish you guys all the luck with this because this is a really cool and ambitious plan

[@michaelleduc9469]

So glad to see you back in the old shop.

[@Bayle_Bune]

I'm super stoked to see the old Steele shop getting used, again. I hope it turns out to be a profitable endeavor for you, Will! Managing two shops should be interesting

[@Rhana404]

The 80's called. They want their music back.

[@MaximumNewbage]

This workshop is so much more spacious and brighter than your other workshop. I wish you would make more videos here. The best era of both your and Alec's content was when you were in this workshop together imo. The videos also just looked better due to the brighter footage. Same goes when comparing the videos made in this workshop to those Alec's making now in his current workshop.

[@tekkno.logist]

This is such a beautiful evolution in the narrative!

[@nicgurkweitz389]

I'm actually excited to see this and what comes next because I've been missing the crazy damascus builds from this shop.

[@freew67]

Simply loved the view from that shop. Glad to see its still in the family. Granted, Im sure Will gets PTSD anytime he tries to move something there. :)

[@ACKY_JR]

😂

[@garychaiken808]

Great job guys. Thank you 😊

[@axelleaxl.5315]

My gosh soooo many good memories in that place !!! So nice to see it again !

[@BalticBlades]

Hell yeah, just makes sense with the MKC tour video, from where else they gonna get their damascus. Love to see montana business growing!

[@Nolster1999]

Can’t wait to see the MKC knives made out of Stelter Damascus

[@jackkuehneman9300]

It's very nice to see this workshop in videos again

[@dcallan812]

dont forget the first aid kit. 🤣 Its nice to see the old-new shop back in bussiness. 2x👍

[@keiphillips7648]

Yes Guys! I’m well excited for this.. this is gonna be so sick to follow along. Can’t wait for the vids

[@HartFio]

The glove asmr and the art was a realy nice stelter touch on the whole production progress

[@Michaela_Ish]

Oh man, its so good to see the workshop again!

[@markfergerson2145]

This is great news, and I remember Matt- welcome back man. I smell more good things in the future there.

[@FhangMedia]

best part of the entire video is the iMac being the very first thing to get thrown in the trash lmao

[@nickrusso8612]

Stoked for you guys! Looking forward to checking out the new old shop!!

[@hartwigblacksmithing480]

Thanks man!

[@Bill_Hartnett]

Gefeliciteerd Reusink!

[@hound83]

Seriously?! "were-ever that is!?" Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@tomkearns1463]

The linkage between you and Alec is always enjoyable to see

[@buckwildblades5476]

NOT THE BEES!!!!! Looking good, excited to see some more content in the new place!

[@scottwigham]

@6:41 that Kukri hanging on the wall looks 1) amazing and 2) so very unloved and neglected. you should 100% send it to me so I can cherish it.

[@mattlaneblue]

can't wait to see you grow even more. love your channel and love your content. hope you and alec get to work together again on a project

[@ZodiakAU]

So exciting to see you back in this shop!

[@Arcturious-No_More]

Man, I wish I had one of those Anvils - Saw that stack in the beginning of the video and started drooling.

[@jessilopes]

I’m astounded all this stuffs still there .. best to use it then ..

[@KayWhyTee]

Such a Great shop, great to see it on screen again

[@gt2706]

Why are you hating on Europe 😢

[@tankerboysabot]

Because they're American and they can.

[@Brian-rj5rl]

Because they don't pull their weight

[@giggidygiggidy4884]

Honestly the whole video seemed a little… “we’re better than everyone, and we’ll do this better than Alec did by getting rid of all the useless stuff he had and actually making this cool…” kinda vibe.

[@jeffquales6806]

Looking forward to seeing new projects from there stay safe moving equipment and setting up the shop

[@henrikp.1625]

Glad to see you back in this shop.

[@bobh64]

Glad to see the shop in videos again.

[@pbrexn1]

ive missed this shot so much.

[@richscott2090]

GOOD LUCK in the Old New Shop

[@genebodenberger]

This fall when I head into Bozeangles, I may drop off some donuts and coffee. Glad you are taking over the shop.

[@Disbro10]

Wow haven’t watched in a long time but I remember watching you and Alec Steele running out of that shop some good videos came from those days

[@daveb8598]

Looking forward to some Stelter vs Hartwig!

[@j0hnn13K]

Great to see the old shop back :D Can't wait to see what you'll be creating there, i know it's going to be awesome !! Just one small request, next time there's bees, please call a beekeeper to get them removed, don't kill them.

[@doorknocker7958]

I think they were wasps

[@j0hnn13K]

@@doorknocker7958 wasps are evil, if it was wasps, then i'd say ... destroy them all! lol

[@j0hnn13K]

Even though they too have their place in nature, they are nasty none the less ;)

[@stevealford230]

Bro, this is what I suggested you do literally the day Alec said he was going back to Crumpetland. Glad to see it happen.

[@neilgillmore]

Lol, Crumpet land, 👈🤣.........

[@Volt64bolt]

@@neilgillmoreit is true though

[@andyc750]

better crumpets than bullets

[@HMS1Blake]

Love Crumpetland. This is how I am describing my place of residence from now on.

[@HMS1Blake]

Love Crumpetland. This is how I am describing my place of residence from now on.