Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester Replica!

Adam shares with us another piece from his collection of "impossible objects"--replicas of artifacts that we would never be able to touch and examine in person. This is Stefano Tartaglione's recreation of Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester--a collection of the artist's scientific writings and illustrations under one folio. As with the other Da Vinci codex replica Adam owns, this is a meticulous paper sculpture in its own right and the experience of flipping through its pages is akin to a time machine.
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Adam's previous examination of a Da Vinci codex replica: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYO7lHd_rNZnjq8 Find these replica notebooks here: www.collezioneapocrifadavinci.it/ facebook.com/CollezioneApocrifadaVinci/ Learn more about the original notebooks: www.vam.ac.uk/articles/leonardo-da-vincis-notebooks

[@danielallen7384]

Hey Adam, first off I'd like to say I really do enjoy your show. I've watched almost every video you've done. I also was a big fan of Mythbusters. Well, up until the episode where you guys tried to show that using thermite couldn't burn a hole through the roof of a car. I know the shows agenda was to debunk 9/11 conspiracy theorist about the thermite charges in the buildings. But what you guys did was not right. And I believe truly you knew it. It was really hard to deny it when a guy made a video on KZbin showing you could take a fraction of the thermite you guys used to cut through steel beams. I'm not here to try and argue the whole conspiracy thing. I just wanted to let you know that episode killed the show for me and it's credibility. True fans of science and engineering want the truth. Not a agenda. Which I thought up until that episode you guys were. Love what you're doing now and I hope you continue to post your videos.

[@JerseyPB]

Thanks Adam. FYI - Leicester is a town a few miles from my parents and is pronounced “ Lester “ in the UK.

[@MyklCarlton]

Properly pronounced Lester everywhere in the English-speaking world.

[@j_taylor]

It's pronounced the same way in western Massachusetts. (When I lived in Worcester, MA, I heard some creative pronunciations too!)

[@MissLilyputt]

@@j_taylor Worcester and Worcestershire sauce are always words that people can’t properly pronounce. I only learned the correct pronunciation because an old co-worker was born and raised in Worcester, Mass.

[@engineeredlifeform]

I misheard Adam at first, and thought local Leicester notable Thomas Cook had purchased the Codex, but it was Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. Still cool, as I never knew there was a Leicester connection. I would say Adam should come visit, given Leicester is home of the National Space Centre (I can see it from my home office) but I think after visiting NASA and the Smithsonian, he'd be disappointed. Although the Pumping Station Museum is defo worth a look. I am now perusing more affordable facsimiles.

[@itsblackseph]

politely Paul, as a fellow child of the shire (I remember the days of the Shires shopping centre) I believe it is actually pronounced "Lesta mate innit?" :'D

[@wayne_taylor]

I hope a TV Production Company is watching this and would make a programme with Adam Called Impossible Objects, where he gets to go and visit people who make these types of replicas and dicuss their process, it would be amazing.

[@inkland2003]

wonderful idea

[@beaker_guy]

I remember visiting the Adam Savage museum in 2,452 C.E. The AI recreation of Adam was a little tired that day because people wouldn't stop asking it, "What ever happened to Buster?" But then the museum staff robots brought in the AI recreation of Leonardo da Vinci ... The chat between Adam and Leo was very touching to see. ;-) (something to look forward to in just 430 years.)

[@assassinlexx1993]

There was 777 shop patches that only a few people have collected the full set

[@tested]

@@assassinlexx1993 Ha!

[@jtcustomknives]

AD

[@nikkia9506]

An exhibition of some of Leonardo's work came to a gallery near me. An artist and scientist. Getting my nose to within inches of his drawings was amazing. It still makes me smile when I think about it.

[@lbow5479]

I went to an exhibition like that when I was 10 and it left such an impression, one of my fondest memories.

[@kennyH20]

I remember a pc game back in the mid 90’s called The Journeyman Project and one of the missions was to go to Davinci’s workshop and finish some of his projects or solve problems with them. Loved that game.

[@ezpoppy55]

I’ll say it again: an Adam Savage Cabinet of Curiosity, filled with Impossible Objects, is a must-do project for you. My family and I were lucky enough in late February 2020 (just before the world shut down) to see - no, experience - the mammoth da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre Museum. What a mind altering experience. They had several of the Codices (?) on display, though of course, you could only see (not touch!) one spread due to how they were understandably displayed. You’re absolutely right - the facsimiles allow the holder in flip through, to stop, go back, to peruse or simply glance, at whatever catches their attention. Time and time again. What a treat, and I’m glad to see you enjoying it! And yes I agree - da Vinci made these to show others what was going on in his mind. On display at the Louvre was a rumination of da Vinci’s about how, if one added up the thicknesses of all the branches and twigs of a tree, that sum would equal the total thickness of that tree’s trunk - which centuries later, would be described with a new term, fractals. Mind blowing! Enjoy Adam. That is why makers create.

[@Eremon1]

The Arm & Hammer company used the name 30 years before Armand Hammer obtained the stocks in Church & Dwight(the company that owned Arm & Hammer). It's literally just a weird coincidence. Love your videos, cheers.

[@paulharries696]

Now we just need Steffano to create the book that Gurney Halleck reads from in Dune 2021, the Orange Catholic Bible. Each time I watch Dune I think how amazing it would be to own a copy of that prop. How about a one-day build with Steffano and Adam??

[@waimanlam3035]

Waiting for someone to correct how Adam pronounses Leicester.

[@judgedread-q4t]

I beat you to it, lol!

[@Warriorbox]

You'll do :¬)

[@nikkia9506]

You'd think a chap of his intellect would've heard it mentioned before, but then I thought of Kansas and Arkansas and remembered he'd grown up with that insanity 😆

[@Bulldog1878]

I'm here to correct you on how you spell 'pronounces'

[@gamernick1533]

@@Bulldog1878 beat me to it :P

[@bellablue5285]

Interestingly for old documents/books, the white gloves can cause more damage in some cases, and folks use well scrubbed bare hands to handle. Still such a cool reproduction to have and handle

[@nikkia9506]

The earliest document I've handled dated back to the 1300s, and no white gloves. They're definitely a no-no, because they dampen your fingers sensitivity, and that's how accidents have happened. Thoroughly washed and rinsed hands are definitely the way to go, with no hand products. I would love one of these reproductions. Amazing piece of work.

[@DarkElfLX]

Indeed white gloves are only for certain materials, use of them for documents has become much more rare. Some materials can often deteriorate from a LACK of oils provided by a gentle touch

[@billgalloway1799]

I was lucky enough to see some of his sketchbooks at the Tate London in the early 80,s I will never forget it.

[@maggs131]

My great great grandfather often told stories how he met leonardo davinci and learned so much from him

[@doorwaysniffer6447]

Lmao

[@cgbspender1113]

I also love that idea Adam. I'd love to be able to create a series of museums where people could handle high end replicas or more replaceable real items. I'd love to do this with the dead sea scrolls or the US founding documents.

[@willseay8553]

Sort of like a museum petting zoo

[@rabbitholeaverted9373]

We need to organize a community museum that just rotates through various displays from private collections of local makers & collectors & amateurs & hobbiests. Heaps of people have amazing stuff that no-one ever sees because we lack a public space to share with each other. So much accumulated passion in these endeavors and so few windows to it.

[@cameron5802]

I really want to see more of Adam's collection of items like these. Incredible things.

[@reflectionsofservice784]

As a curious sidenote, the Earl of Leicester also had dirty hands, but he pronounced it "dart-ee-yee". ;) Yet another enjoyable video folks, thank you. - One of my most prevalent memories of the early days of the pandemic is watching and listening to Adam as he worked in his shop each day... Sometimes doing projects and sometimes so obviously unable to mentally advance on major projects that he just worked on anything he could to keep his hands moving while he worked through the emotions of the world as it pertained to him and those around him. These videos have been immensely helpful to me and a place of solace in my own times of grief and confusion these last couple of years. Thank you to everyone (especially Adam) that works on these videos which act as a salve to my soul.

[@sexysegol3655]

7:46 In a way, this chanel is like a museum. Your thoughts, builds and stories are all immortalized on the internet.

[@FectacularSpail]

We all know DaVinci was a brilliant human being, but what I find really fascinating is that he was a brilliant human being right near the end of the era where a single brilliant human being could actually learn pretty much everything that was known to humanity up to that point.

[@Jamesfrancosdog]

DaVinci was a one of a kind human. If I could go back in time and have dinner with anyone, it would be him. Although I don’t know Italian, so that might be awkward.

[@wesbrevig5772]

Adam - I strongly suggest you read Walter Isaacson’s biography, it’s wonderful! The hardcover is a piece of art.

[@eo151]

Great, thanks Adam! Now I want a Savage T-Shirt of Leonardo's Canned Peaches.

[@Voirreydirector]

Doctor David Rosen introduced me to the concept of the Renaissance Wondercabinet, pieces of furniture or even whole rooms of weird stuff folks would collect to try and understand the world. In the world of words I think the equivalent would be a Commonplace book, a collection of great quotes, drawings and such put together from day to day notes. So da Vinci wasn’t odd in collecting such notes, nor are you unusual in adoring, collecting and learning from impossible objects. You are indeed a Renaissance Man.

[@janetvaughn5183]

Gates displayed the actual codex at the Seattle Art Museuem after buying the Codex. It was so nice to see the actual pages

[@MattNandhraCalow]

As someone born and raised in Leicester, every pronunciation of lie-sess-ter hurts my brain (for those curious, it should be more lik Less-ter). However the wonder of everything else in the video helped me power through it.

[@TrevorNunes]

I think every Brit hates it too it’s “Lester” and sounds wierd when phonetically spoke “ lie cest ish ire” but video is still very cool.

[@nerdoutside6545]

Leicester is pronounced “lester”. Source; I live in Leicester :D

[@j.r.millstone]

I too, live in Leicester and can confirm it's pronounced 'lester'. Though I almost definitely live in a different Leicester than you. lol

[@nerdoutside6545]

@@j.r.millstone not the one in England?

[@j.r.millstone]

@@nerdoutside6545 Nope, New England.

[@solistheonegod]

Lestah would be the way most of us would say it. 😂

[@gasstationpeanuts1814]

Payback for some of your countrymen calling Ibiza "eye-bee-fah"...

[@jeffreyhalpern5718]

So. Years ago I was obsessed with Katsushika Hokusai. The man mad about drawing. You know his wave and many others. Well. I managed to get two books of the first printings from 181r and 1817 he published for artists. They were manga. I also have many Kunisada (Toyokuni III). To hold them is to take a step back in time. I know the feeling well.

[@rifflesby]

Adam, you mentioned making your own paper props in the previous codex video - this is something i’m into too, not having the workspace or tools for more elaborate propmaking. I’d love to see a video on your own techniques/tricks/experiments with aging and weathering paper, such as different paper stock, different stains, different methods to simulate different kinds of damage, and so on.

[@billybonesthepirate2025]

hey sir, I’ve been a fan phone all the time because I’ve been watching MythBusters from grandmas house. It was way back and yeah I’ve been in a field run on time, so doing a good job and I love your channel and I did describe your channel so keep up the good work.

[@fini3581]

I remember about a scene from „Voyager - Star Trek“ when Captain Janeway talks with Da Vinci at the Holodeck ☺️ Maybe some day..

[@CosminNeagu]

Just seen Atlanticus like 3 hours ago. Those papers have an incredible presence. Portrait Of A Musician was there too. Even if you don't have the plaque on the side, you know what's that.

[@peterkelley6344]

Adam seems to like to have "Impossible Collections", and oddly that's kinda cool.

[@maggs131]

I personally would like a translation to accompany this amazing piece

[@johnmcgimpsey1825]

The Library of Congress recommends that manuscripts NOT be handled with white gloves, but with clean dry hands. This reduces the chances of tearing pages and transfer, since gloves often carry more dirt than hands do. Exceptions are where skin oils may be more damaging, such as with photographs or items with metal parts.

[@Rockmaster867]

I could never have dry hands when handling priceless objects. I would rather put on surgical gloves

[@lightbornadventures]

I love Adam's shirt! Another great video!

[@MxPinky]

Truly enjoying all of these so so much

[@TheUnthaw]

I would for sure visit the Adam Savage Museum!

[@damonbrentnall5907]

Lucky that the Earl didn't live just up the road in Loughborough...

[@judgedread-q4t]

😂😂 Good one!

[@bellablue5285]

How's that one pronounced? La-bra? La- burra? Edit - yeah never mind, that's a bit of a doozy

[@stamfordly6463]

Ironically this particular earl lived at Holkham Hall in Norfolk.

[@timhooper833]

@@stamfordly6463 Norfolk; where the way a word is spelt has very little to do with the way it's pronounced 🙂

[@bellablue5285]

@@timhooper833 oh I lived by Norfolk, VA for a time, that was a fun one. I can't repeat here how most of the folks there pronounced it (think nah-[expletive], that's close enough), no idea how that relates to the English pronunciation, but it's fun

[@LycaonsMemories]

i honestly wonder if leonardo made the codices himself, or if he pushed it off onto his apprentices. on the one hand the thought of him going over his own notes and recreating them is nice, but the knowledge that he was so busy and had so many things going at once that he probably just had one of the kids do it is high

[@peckenstein]

So i just heard we're getting a museum exhibit of Adams stuff. He said it himself. I'd like a ticket please and thank you!

[@Morsoth]

Hahaha! I'm one of the those who made a comment about handling the book with dirty hands! I know it's a replica, but I would have washed my hand 10 times anyway to protect the 'replicated original stains'!!! :)

[@Volamek]

I like how you, seemingly intentionally, kept zooming in on your "disgusting hands" as to prove a point. Keep doing you! Thanks for the great content, as always.

[@drakedragonking4698]

I would love to have a copy of these for my personal library

[@keef5543]

Love you Adam but I love the correct pronunciation of British place names more

[@exileacid7627p]

Leicester is pronounced "LESS-STIR" :P Here is an awesome Map Men video for the history of why British place names are so varied. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4qxq6Sdipyhl5Y

[@heesoo18]

That was really entertaining

[@Bulldog1878]

🤣🤣 It's fucking not lad, it's pronounced LESTER.

[@exileacid7627p]

​@@Bulldog1878 The problem with breaking it down like that, is the assumption that everyone agrees those syllables are pronounced in the same way, in all words and dialects of English, but they are not. "LES" can and is often pronounced with a Z sound at the end, ( Lesley, Lesleigh, Lesmond, Lesbian ) and due to the Vowel shift that occurred in the English language "E" in general can be used in a word in multiple ways "See the video linked above". By using the already existing words in the English language "LESS" and "STIR" that confusion is dramatically reduced as even over a wide range of words and dialects in the English speaking world those word sounds are far more consistent in their pronunciation. Remember the goal of phonetics is to make the sound hearable to the reader not the writer. SO just because you know in your minds ear that "Les-Ster" is pronounced the way you pronounce it, some one else could read it as "Lez-Stah" in their dialect or from words they are using in their head to pull the sounds form... :P

[@indysgill]

I live in Leicester and not heard it ever pronounced that way.

[@exileacid7627p]

​@@indysgill Which way are you referring too, you live in Leicester (presumably the English Leicester in Leicestershire) and already know the pronunciation of your town. If you are from Leicester, Massachusetts in the USA, you would pronounce it as Adam does in the video. Hearing language sounds from written text is entirely based on a readers bias of their currently familiar or "installed" (to use the comparable phrase from computing) version of the English dialect and regionalisation they have in their head. So as an English person yourself, lets pretend the town Leicester does not exist and you do not already know the pronunciation of it, and I said it is pronounced "Les-Ster". As an English person you in your head you may go, "ok, Les, like Les Dennis, and "Ster" like the end of the word Gangster" so now combine those two sounds together and you will get kind of close but not quite as Les in this instance would have that Z sound. If I told you combine the words "less" and "stir" together to form one word, if you say it out it will be far closer to the actual pronunciation, and that's the tricky thing about phonetics, unless you know the phonetic symbolic alphabet dedicated for word sounds, for example æ,ʌ,ʊ,ɒ,ə, which most people do not, you have to find common ground on pronounced words just to get as close a result as possible over the broadest range of heavily regionalised English speaking dialects.

[@awandererfromys1680]

4:55 With books and manuscripts the general rule is to not wear gloves at all. Just wash and dry your hands thorougly before handling. If there's a health hazard (mold, arsenic), then vinyl gloves are recommended. The reason is that gloves, particularly fibrous ones, can cause damage simply by snagging on a corner or edge. Or pull of pigments from the page. A book can be dropped if the gloves are too loose or slippery. Source: Keith the Head Librarian explained this once over on Objectivity.

[@Warshipmodelsunderway]

When you were relating your peach story, I flashed back to "Deadwood" and immediately hoped there was no unauthorized cinnamon.

[@JessTheTrans87]

Love your shirt Adam!! I need one of those

[@PRAYINMANTIS12]

Beautiful! Thank you again Adam!

[@RjWolf3000]

Somehow i think Leonardo’s work will hold its value more than the NFT’s going for twice his works these days

[@tpseeker3367]

Was that a future build Easter Egg on the table by Adams right shoulder🤔🤔🤔? Or has he already done a build video on it? After watching this 2nd vid of Adam showing Davinci's codex, how many of you have actually started googling Any of Leonardo Davinci's work? Thank You Adam for All that You do to Help people learn & spread the Curiosity 🐛 Bug.

[@Jamesfrancosdog]

DaVinci has been my favorite artist since high school (2005), and I would encourage you to dive headfirst into DaVincis notebooks! His artwork is of course fantastic but his sketches are my favorite 🙌🏼 there are a few great coffee table books of his work that examine it in great detail and those are also worth finding!

[@tpseeker3367]

There was a tv show that was making life sized Davinci creations @@Jamesfrancosdog . It only lasted one season.

[@Zonker66]

I love the free sharing of knowledge and art. Hate those that hoard either and try to own it. What an evil thing to do. I'd feel reverence even touching a copy of such a thing.

[@twitte0king]

You are forgetting that by “sharing”, adam and tested are earning ad revenue. If they are really up for sharing, they would have a museum open to public, making videos are merely an extension of sharing with a friend behind close door for bragging right. There are many more museum docents clock in dayindayout educating kids and adults alike with a fraction of the money that this video makes. Their jobs are seriously hurt by the pandemic. I hope we can have a way to support them soon!

[@adamcool9318]

@@twitte0king yeah but its still sharing cause its free. Even sharing at a small cost is good as the money has to go into the work it takes to restore, keep and show the items

[@nicklang7670]

@@twitte0king There are billionaires that own unique things in their 'generational wealth' that might be destroyed before anyone is able to see it. Like old books. And then there are some people so rich like the Saudi Crown Prince that bought a fake DaVinci and try to make it as real to people as possible. Either way great art can be public art where it remains as the artist intended. Google's search and images is the opposite, where everything is copied and distorted from it's original intentions. And Google does it all for-profit. Which is why people say Google has a conflict of interest and they are made to delete people's art and work. One of the main reasons the public needs to be involved with how we digest information. When politicians and courts do not act in the publics favour and art is disseminated to be unfavourable to them, private ownership is almost the last stand. What I think people are saying is that if some rich art collector owns great art they need to be a trusted individual to act as a steward of the people. And rich people tend not to see the working class as equals.

[@josephdoyle2780]

I wonder if you could get a replica of the Voynich Mianuscript. Not as historically important, but certainly a convo piece! Thanks for sharing.

[@Kremit_the_Forg]

For anyone interested, found an old etsy link on their Facebook page: The Codex Forster sold for 3250€.

[@woodsteel8342]

Love his shirt!

[@jelkooklej]

Will you make any more videos on the arriflex?

[@mr.wardensworkshop]

We must work to get Adam to a the House on the Rock, a collection of collections of wondrous objects and mysterious items that is enormous and wonderful and unfathomable

[@timothycormier3494]

I like your tee-shirt Adam!!

[@kathleenpractices]

SO COOL!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@inmemoriamliberocircuire2573]

This is just awesome

[@TheZogislost]

Adams notebooks are the “Savage Codices” numbered chronologically. And their value only increases with time

[@LCFC81]

This is where he designed Jamie Vardy, the perfect striker.

[@natebell4764]

I think it would be an interesting project to do a mock digital version of the museum of the Savage mind. the Savage Digital Mind Museum and Playground. Or something.

[@DeGuerre]

It's nice to think that Leonardo (I think we're all on first name terms here) would be excited to show you what he was working on, but I don't think that's true in many cases. At least some of what he did was highly secret, sometimes for good reasons (e.g. some of his war machines) and sometimes for now-silly reasons (e.g. the legal prohibitions that prevented him from doing investigations into human anatomy). This may be why he used mirror writing, although that's not the only explanation. Leonardo was almost certainly left handed, and writing in mirror image just to avoid smudging the ink seems like a very Leonardo thing to do.

[@gumboe2007]

Oh man, canned peaches! I haven't had them for decades, I will this week though. Thanks Adam 😁

[@inkland2003]

yes, it is a time machine

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

So, when will Adam be given a copy of the Codex Atlanticus...

[@JR10electro]

I love that he wrote his codecs backwards.

[@mustachedave7042]

‘Impossible Objects with Adam Savage’ Tuesday’s on Discovery

[@fen4554]

1:54 "There are times when I find myself transfixed by the shadow on the wall. Of the splash of water against stone. I stare at it, the hours pass, the world around me drops away. Replaced by worlds being created and destroyed by my imagination. A way to focus the mind."

[@mbarr691]

Hey Adam! one movie prop I think you need/make is the bathroom buddy from Gremlins. LOL

[@adobbs92117]

Awesome Adam ! Does it come with a translation?

[@Bulldog1878]

Yes, I can give you the translation mate. It's pronounced LESTER.

[@OmegaPointZen]

One of the cars in Raiders Of The Lost Ark was made in Leicester.

[@TRKTKO]

I love that!

[@pgkr67]

Dude, i love this 😊

[@dreamcat4]

so if da-vinci was an OG nerd, there any specific evidence of nerisms in his notebooks there, which we can relate to current day / every day nerdisms in the 21st century? also what other famous replicas of other people's notebooks exist? From other parts of history / other fields? To get an insight into those times. I suppose there is that Royal Society stuff presented by Tom Brady on objectivity. However seems like such a wealth of many different archival pieces that we cannot possibly buy a singe piece to get a complete picture, even if there were some replicas made? I suppose most famous are the works of Darwin and Newton comes to mind... although those were actually officially published and well known books in their day. Rather than something a bit more obscure and intimate such as a journal or a notebook. Maybe the notebooks of explorers and botanists? Like Cooke on his voyages? (or maybe the expeditions to the north or south poles, but i forgot their names now).

[@aserta]

Going by the sheen and sound of the paper, likely a wax printer. I've made my own copy of the Voynich manuscript, they are a pain in the ass to operate, maintain and work, but the outcome is properly some of the best out there, especially the more color values. Not cheap tho. You can easily rack up one and a half grand at the end of the journey. I used a particular paper my grandfather saved from his days in the movie industry (usually used for posters back in the day). The commies didn't have some of the things the West had back in the day, and as the Soviets robbed most of our countries blind, we had to invent some pretty nifty stuff. That paper therefore had the perfect qualities for my object of desire.

[@mulreay]

Actually you wouldn't and never should use 'white gloves' to handle books, if you are wearing gloves you are more likely to tear the pages as you lose tactile response. Most books are treated to prevent issues with chemicals but the oils from your hands are not actually that harmful. There was an interesting video from Brady Haran at the Royal Society where the head librarian mentions that.

[@assassinlexx1993]

Who knew

[@danoneill8751]

I can watch 100s of hours of Adams vids, all the time lapses, all the nattering about old times, the man is a legend... but I can't make it through another 'lie-sess-ter', had to quit at 5mins in.

[@frederickgerber5491]

Purchase Renaissance wax. It can be used on paper to stone. Developed by a museum to preserve their artifacts.

[@blackdogapiaryandfarm5885]

Loved the canned peaches reference. So true.

[@madArt1981]

Vellum benefits from the oil of the hands keeping it from drying and cracking

[@ravusursi893]

Great video Adam, as always. Just to let you know, Leicester is pronounced Less-ter. The Codex is named after Thomas Coke, who purchased it in 1719; he later became the Earl of Leicester.

[@ChrisEllorris]

Okay but what is the crossbow on the workbench? I wanna see more of that!

[@peter4210]

is it true that the book is in mirror writing. This is one of the major evidence that support Leonardo being dyslexic. I share the same "gift" of naturally writing mirrored. it toke me until 3rd grade to understand why my teacher keap making me practice writing. Until then, my mirror writing and my teachers writing were exactly the same in my brain.

[@mycosys]

For your edification and pleasure, and in honour of your pronunciation of Leicester, i recommend you look up the song 'Shibboleth' by Sir Reginald Pikedevant esq. I believe you would enjoy it

[@josephgioielli]

They don't wear white gloves when handling paper anymore. The gloves make you more likely to tare the paper. Too hard to manipulate the pages. They just use clean, dry hands.

[@rustyshakleford5230]

I didn't know Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had their own lore and background. You learn something everyday on Tested!

[@plantman5126]

Fun fact: some hikers use Tyvek as a moisture barrier.

[@laurensdevries9985]

I love old books and drawings. I own a couple of Leonardo's facsimile documents, of various degrees of accuracy, and although not worth millions, they are still pretty valuable, or at least they are for common mortals like me who work for a living. I would never touch them with dirty hands or let a kid just play with it. These are expensive and delicate pieces and should be, in my opinion be treated as such.

[@vokin]

So, if I'm reading you right: 1. Adam is a rich-boy slacker who doesn't deserve to buy nice things and 2. Just because you've decided to never unbox your action figures, other people also aren't allowed to take theirs out and play with them.

[@laurensdevries6989]

@@vokin Not my point at all. If there is one thing the channel teaches us, it is the appreciation for high quality artisan work. It is clear that a lot of skill and labour, love and dedication has gone into making those facsimile. If you hold such an object you can feel and smell the quality and appreciate it while going through the pages. There is no comparison to mass produced vintage toys which if left in their box get their value only from their rarity.

[@vokin]

@@laurensdevries6989 Fair enough, and I assumed that was actually your point, but you didn't come off that way at all. Saying you work for a living to afford things implies Adam doesn't. Yes, he obviously has "TV money" as he always says, but he also worked for it (and works hard on the Tested stuff too). Saying you would never let a kid touch your items, at least how it reads in your comment, felt like you were saying Adam was wrong/stupid for saying he would. I guess just a heads up for any future comments you might leave.

[@capuchinseven]

Ha came to comment on the pronunciation of Leicester in a 10 min old video and a load of people also from Leicester commented already, small world.

[@endrek81]

That box and the maze he built or at least a replica

[@Zonker66]

How could he not have been the original obsessive nerd?

[@jacobylandskov6787]

Adam, did you ever get builds that you did on Mythbusters patented in any way, shape, or form?

[@kevin7206]

Its not important to handle it with clean hands because you're trying to extend the life of the object, but important because to prevent adding new marks to something that was replicated down to the mark of the original work. If you add a finger smuge, did you add it or was it in the original?

[@dicbev]

A beautiful replica Adam - bad news is 'Leicester' is a city in England, pronounced 'Lester'. Go figure!

[@synisterfish]

Another beautiful and stunning work... (The correct pronunciation would be as: "Lester").

[@matttaylor4003]

i wish had the money when they offered that type of peproduction of the Book of Kells they offered in the 90s so I see the book on person like he has with those books.

[@ArsenicDrone]

I wonder if a parchment Constitution and Declaration of Independence in envelopes merit being in this collection. Those things are pretty cool objects, for costing $3.95 or whatever in a museum gift shop.

[@stangiles2001]

Leo's book was new at his time.

[@TheAIKnowledgeHub]

How much does something like this cost?

[@Bulldog1878]

If you've got youtube then you've got Google. Use it

[@Hster68]

As they said it's LESSTER.....