STONEMASON WORKING A FULL STONE BY HAND

In this video I'm making a base moulding for the side of a cathedral window.
The stone is a magnesium lime stone quarried in a small town near Leeds.

[@user-dm8dg4rp8s]

Watching this with my dad, who was a 50-year master mason before retiring. He enjoys your work.

[@carlosxramirez]

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[@AstrixCloud]

Does he realise his work will be around for hundreds of years after he's gone?. That's insane to think about.

[@joshschneider9766]

​@@AstrixCloudhe's literally cut worn sections out of centuries old cathedrals and put in replacement pieces he made. Absolutely stunning to think cathedrals are now centuries old mosaics of thousands of such repairs and refurbishments. He's part of a huge thousand year old chain of workers. Just don't tell him all the technical skills he learned are Byzantine by way of France in origin hehe

[@theshreddes]

That’s awesome, I’d love to learn myself

[@chriswilkinson2548]

Thousands of years really to say @@AstrixCloud

[@gayleralan]

Good to see this craftsmanship is still being kept alive in Europe. I did a 4 year apprenticeship as an Organ builder. Everything was done by hand. Unfortunatly our main customer (the Catholic church) decided to go with cheaper options abroad...cheaper being nothing is really handmade by a craftsman and all done by machines. My company went broke and so did my job! Keep up the good work Charlie...bet your old mans proud

[@DrStrange1000]

Sorry to hear that. As a devout catholic this saddens me.

[@woahhbro2906]

Respect man. I'm a web developer, so we've got undo buttons and backups. I couldn't imagine making any mistakes in your profession 😂

[@chrisnash3532]

I am a mason of some time but haven’t been on the tools for over 30 years - this takes me back I can tell you. Well done - it will live with you forever even if like me you come off the tools. Great skill and obviously a great teacher in the background somewhere. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@federicoprice2687]

Charlie, the heartfelt and creative marks that you inscribe on our ancient monuments will bear testimony to your talent for an eternity. Thank you! "A man who works with his hands is a labourer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist."

[@KibuFox]

Somewhere, a Medieval stone mason is looking down on this and smiling, knowing that his trade's legacy is being carried on and shared with the world.

[@Fedarp]

😂or Yelling him advices which he can't hear anyways... Or Praising him that he should join a certain competition

[@anthonythompson494]

I did my apprenticeship as a sheet metal worker in the 70's I'm still working past my retirement . All my skills have been replaced with computer plasma, laser and water cutters. It warms my heart to see someone so young with such skill in a trade that still uses the same tools and procedures that are thousands of years old. Respect to Charlie and his trade

[@dannymerry1786]

As an engineer its so cool to see things still being done by hand. Your work is awesome

[@WINCHANDLE]

Charlie, people will enjoy and revere your work for a very long time.

[@genevricella]

Wonderful to see a craftsman at work. My late brother was a stone worker. He died several years ago and you made me think of him. Wishing you all the best in your career-you will certainly go far.

[@1966johnnywayne]

SIMPLY AMAZING. This young man is going to live a good life, creating timeless beauty in a manner that pays tribute to craftsmen from thousands of years prior.

[@Mano-ii4ng]

Mate, we need more of this beautiful craftsmanship. I can watch this for hours and hours. Keep it up Charlie 👍 Cheers

[@famaccount479]

Where is part two? 😢 Man, you definitely should upload more of this amazing craftsmanship, i can watch it for hours. I bet your channel will grow in no time, please keep up the great work!

[@jack504]

You can really see why it takes decades to build a cathedral. Respect

[@IlovetheTruth]

I have no idea how I came across your channel. But you make the world a more beautiful place.

[@timo4040]

After doing this work for my entire career and having 10-12 hand elbow and shoulder surgeries it’s a pleasure watching another craftsman pound stone… and might I say damn good young craftsman

[@josiahjack455]

The only thing cleaner than your transitions is your amazing chisel work. Very nice!

[@marvinhaines9297]

You, sir, are a true master! I plan to join the Speculative Masons when I'm old enough, but I don't think I'd ever have the patience to be an Operative Mason!

[@donaldelfreth553]

If/when you do, try to find a Lodge with at least one teacher/mentor whose knowledge of speculative Masonry equals Charlie's skill at operative masonry.

[@TheLaughingDove]

Oh the birdie! What a lovely bonus to an already fascinating video

[@daveduplessis6744]

Propper skill. Not just anybody can do this. Well done lad.

[@alexbowser9801]

I've come to here from your KZbin shorts. Please make more long videos if you can. It would be great if you can show different stages of work, even may be how obtaining the stock and doing rough cuts, installation of final product, etc

[@chasefoster8092]

Kid, keep doing this. I enjoy stone Mason videos. Especially hand carved with hammer and chisel. Believe it or not, asmr, scientifically speaking, can relieve physical pain. It's easy searchable. I'm in recovery from surgery, and the medication helps with the pain, but watching stone Mason videos and even wood carving are helping significantly.

[@haroldgarling1063]

The spirits of our ancestors watch over your proud, Brother.

[@sogoodmeditation3157]

Watching this gives me anxiety. Knowing I could never have the patience but I admire the art so much. Amazing stuff

[@eoroberts2834]

for a modern young Man your talent is amazing it gives Me so much pleasure to watch

[@alexsmith-ob3lu]

This is fabulous! Keep up the amazing work!

[@jay-hv6mc]

Masterpiece in stone and music selection. Well done mate i could watch this non stop. Perfection

[@AlphaXX44]

Nice music choice

[@AndyKeppel]

Seriously...what you do is so amazing.

[@archimedesscrew3710]

Great to see such artistry. Very relaxing to watch you at work. Outstanding. Hat's off to you mate 🎩 Subscribed.

[@laurilapointe4366]

You definitely make it look easy!

[@alexforrest4551]

Cool tunes too 😎

[@JVHorvath1]

It’s nice to see they are getting actual crafters for the Notre Dame cathedral rebuild and not just mold casting all the parts they need

[@timb350]

Enjoy the vids. Just a suggestion...you're doing a job that it all about persistence, patience, and taking your time. Tik tok vids may be ok some times...but I definitely prefer the long form vids.

[@santauxia]

Dude, you're gifted!!!

[@ChuckBrowntheClown]

Good music, amazing art and craft. 🤙🏻👍🤯

[@lesliecrowther7004]

What a great job to have 😊 wish i could have my time over again, when I left school ( this might sound a little bit green 💚 ) but, I was of the impression that stonemasons only done grave stones . But in fact it's far more than that but didn't know at the time. Great work 👏.

[@dgod9997]

Amazing work found your instagram and man I could get lost for hours, youre very talented . Fellow maker here yet I work in machining metal, granite, wood , etc with manual machines and cnc machines.

[@_Julie_Bee]

Hey, my husband does that too! And we're equally fascinated by this excellent work. We need more long form videos!!

[@lukethestonemason2822]

Just came across your channel. Great videos mate! I visited York minster a few year's ago. Great Cathedral and works department. Keep the videos coming buddy 👌👍

[@TanjiroKamado-xz5yt]

I'm not a stone mason but I work in the masonry field I enjoy the work

[@darrellmurdock6880]

The finished piece must feel very satisfying after complication 👍😎

[@terencebennison6275]

Makes you appreciate the work of 'Mason's throughout time, especially those Egyptians with their 'bronze' tools.

[@Hereannow]

I'm rather speechless... Love the way you put this video together Your work will be viral in no time ❤

[@MrZart]

4:01 *That cute little robin reminding you to take a well-deserved bashing-break and an essential seed-share!* 😅🦆

[@rafton3048]

I never tire of watching your videos which makes me want to do the same

[@fintan3563]

Wow 😮! Beautiful work.

[@pumpenfranz]

Dankeschön für deine Mühe 👍👍👍tolle Arbeit 👍❤👍gern mehr davon .Und Gruß aus Nord Deutschland

[@holgermarklund8491]

Many thanks! I would really appreciate part two and any more long format videos you would like to publish. 🙂

[@user-eq6ho1uw1r]

Were I able to put on this movie a million likes for your precious art

[@eastafricanadventurestj7196]

Lovely to watch you mate welcome to pop over to our yard any time

[@cpjones1989]

Loved watching this you have an amazing skill mate

[@TheJosepi87]

nice work and video mate 👍

[@aaronkirlin5281]

Very cool craftsmanship and beats

[@MB-us8dk]

Nice work man

[@katiereed5038]

Cute bird! And I want a part 2!

[@nilsmartinmueller6266]

Nice work and nice music taste welldone.

[@AlugerGaming]

Amazing craftsmen-ship, hats off to ya.

[@atacstringer8573]

Such a beautiful work

[@joebeeler990]

How wonderful, you rock.

[@sleightofhand99rem19]

You should post full length videos with no fast forward just you and the stone even if it make a vid a couple hours I would watch it I would love to have your content just kind of going in the background while I’m at work it’s very relaxing just put some nice slow music in the background and show the hole proses raw it would awesome

[@whoiswatchingyourback]

Mad respect!

[@nicholaslewis2315]

Such an absolute legendary skill !!! You nailed this, nice to see the industry still kept alive

[@hamsterfield1183]

Superbe vidéo, très agréable à regarder. Merci

[@tommybankston3831]

Great work and great tracks

[@henryr5169]

The patience needed🫡

[@CuriousEarthMan]

Nice craftsmanship! Well done, thank you!

[@samuelstevens5845]

Thanks for sharing Charlie.

[@alanbithell4587]

It takes years to master a skill like this. A full apprenticeship has to be worth at least what a university degree is.

[@havaneseday]

Incredible. Just wow.

[@iamoneylogiciel]

To be continued bro 👍

[@My2CentsWorth1]

Random question: Have you ever read the fantasy novel Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind? There are several sections describing the main character carving a statue and watching this reminded me of those chapters. I'm wondering how faithfully the carving was represented in the book.

[@ilikethestock1742]

You made me want to watch an 8 hour livestream😂

[@TarmanTheChampion]

You deserve a sub!

[@ericoreilly8368]

This is a master

[@rayfarthing5121]

Good ole Gloucester workmanship

[@jonathanmcmaster8105]

Fantastic!!

[@MarkFortune-oh6zu]

Hey Charlie, love your work. Can you make a vid on your favorite tools, makers, sizes and where you picked them up. Those little adjustable bevels are so nice…

[@deadtreebark]

Nice work

[@SollomonTheWise]

Post more full videos. It is a moral sin that more people have not seen your labour.

[@janoginski5557]

Great workmanship. I have done a lot of stonework, a large variety, over many decades, it is always very rewarding, more of a craft than simply a skill. We’ve just put in a quote for a feature wall. In Dallas, there is an existing which was constructed in the recent past and its probably the worst job I’ve ever witnessed. Although saying that we carried out remedial work on random rubble wall that was built in the 1600’s, they must have been gassed when they built, unbelievably abysmal. Charlie, wear a mask or an Airstream type helmet you will get pulmonary disease or worst, in the old days Quarry men (extracting sandstone), rarely made it past their 40’s, silicosis killed them.

[@PeocTaT1]

Теперь я знаю кто построил пирамиды и многое другое.

[@PWOL35]

Imagine the amount of stricks to build a cathedral !

[@tomnapper101]

That nice bit of bath stone and it nice to work with 👍a geat job 👍

[@brianmclean6293]

Your skills and abilities just blow my mind!! How many years have you been working with stone?

[@ipso9141]

93 till... keep on carving 👍

[@romanyrose4074]

You just destroyed all that ancient aliens talk about "how did ancient humans build amazing things out of stone"

[@kyuutatsu]

I need more long form content!

[@Erik_Watkins]

The feeling of seeing your stone in place on the church must be unreal

[@ZytphenA]

Stunning

[@lolYoriichi]

aboslutely beautiful work man

[@maurofranzoia99]

Un artista niente 👍

[@camembertdalembert6323]

it's just the finishing. I would like to see a video where you are working a stone coming directly from the quarry.

[@cCiIcCo]

Meanwhile on the History Channel: "Aliens!"

[@robswright68]

nice work

[@ConnorGodfrey-el8tc]

Looks good mate. I work with stone myself, do you not wear protective gear? Or do you have a vent going in the background somewhere? Looks really good

[@davidduplessis5666]

Fantastic skills Charlie. Its great to see a true craftsman.

[@dnomyarnostaw]

From the look of the block shape being used, he is about 18 months in front of a full CNC process that will take his job away.

[@bogdanshevchenko]

Charlie, if you're still doing this in about 15 years, my wife and I will be building an abbey, and I will need you.

[@84wilku]

Very hard and tedious work, but wow bro, incredibly satisfying. It must be an amazing feeling to know that you had a hand in the renovation of The Cathedral. I have a question, did you graduate from any Academy of Fine Arts? I admire

[@rolfborsdorf8252]

wenn nicht diese beknackte mukke spielen würde wäre s ein tolles video, handwerklich toll