I'm a german stone mason who, to be honest, never wanted to be one. As a kid I always remembered my dad in his workshop standing at the big stone saw, all in rubber boots and rubber apron and having the stress of organizing all the work processes for his workers besides. That was all I knew. After I finished school I didn't really know, what to do but I found a stone craft company that worked on old churches and where the apprentices learned how to use a chisel and a mallet on a piece of sandstone to create such things as cornics. That was a completely other and way more traditional side of stone masonery I saw and I did my apprenticeship there. Now that I'm back in my father's workshop to support him, he had two heart attacks a few weeks ago.week. He's back from hospital and mostly fine but he is not able to work. I'm doing my best to keep the company up at the moment and I can't say it isn't hard but I'm doing it for my father and I'm doing it with a lot of love for the craft.
@Ksekon69222 Жыл бұрын
Желаю вам успеха в вашем деле ! 🙋👍💪
@paulwebb85668 жыл бұрын
An education indeed ! Great demonstration
@daviddouglas42007 жыл бұрын
Thanks , -- Found myself trying to look round your arm !
@Canatomy11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that, gifted hands.
@johndibdin4 жыл бұрын
Proper craftsmanship.
@cg75098 жыл бұрын
Your rhythm is fascinating!
@urfan7850 Жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!
@StanOwden7 жыл бұрын
With all the effort been put into it no bricky shall be aloud near that stone. Queen only should lay that stone!)
@bcubed725 жыл бұрын
No, the Queen dosen't lay any Stones ...that was Canadian PM Trudeau's wife!
@lukenash37729 жыл бұрын
This shows some real skill here I love it - wish I learnt how to do it earlier
@lukenash37729 жыл бұрын
Could you please list the tools used throughout both these videos
@islagrace1008 жыл бұрын
Love how consistent the stone seems to be. I wonder if this always the case or do you ever breach the line with an over enthusiastic tap.
@thornwarbler10 жыл бұрын
Very interesting film .......Thankyou
@walkingturtlejones92398 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry maybe it was said but what kind of stone is this?
@mickleblade3 жыл бұрын
I note you don't wrap your thumb around the chisel, any particular reason?
@emilybergin2568 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@jayshriver39338 жыл бұрын
Now, having watched for over 10 minutes, I am positive that this is NOT the way the Pyramids were built!
@adidas14397 жыл бұрын
Jay Shriver, I disagree with you on that, this is exactly how they did it, the Egyptians were so smart they did not have to be so precise around the edges of each block.
@kendallrussell51956 жыл бұрын
The Egyptian stone masons actually were very precise (Tolerances measured in millimeters)as were the Inca and Azteca and Peruvians. It stings our pride that compared to people from 2000-3000 BCE, only machines cut so precise anymore. The Egyptians actually cut much harder stone than in this video: such as granite, diorite, schist and basalt brought in from hundreds of miles away a feat all in it's self. Considering they only had bronze tools it is actually even more amazing as the rock they cut wast harder than the metal tools they had on hand.
@mickleblade3 жыл бұрын
@@kendallrussell5195 the vast majority of the pyramid at giza is limestone mined 100m away, the inner blocks aren't accurately trimmed and they only had copper, not bronze. The work is still astonishing, and the granite boxes etc are masterpieces.
@jameshunt55905 жыл бұрын
I see the college still have the same bankers from 2001
@jasiumama5006 жыл бұрын
Bravo!!!
@emilybergin2568 жыл бұрын
Does your elbow hurt from chiseling so much ?
@raysumner35998 жыл бұрын
+ Emily Bergin Hi Emily it is not your elbow which will hurt it will be wrists if you do not hold and swing the mallet correctly
@gitonga789 жыл бұрын
Hi Ray, what kind of stone is that? Secondly, can any stone be dressed by hand?
@raysumner35998 жыл бұрын
+kim him It is Portland stone and I used fire sharpened chisels but it is probably best to use tungsten
@carnipicus53208 жыл бұрын
+Ray Sumner is Portland stone a cast cement?
@philkill19847 жыл бұрын
carnipicus no, it comes out the ground from a place called Portland in England
@neiliusflavius4 жыл бұрын
@@carnipicus5320 Portland Cement is named after Portland stone because it was thought to look similar.