The Last Stone Splitters

70 years old man and his son splitting stone (granite) for our new workshop foundations. They are the last know stone splitters in our region.
People should support their local economy and local community. They can do this by gathering local natural building materials (such as stone, clay, wood, lime, sand). They can do this by hiring local craftsmen (meaning supporting their families) to split the rocks, carpenters to build the log walls and roofers to put the slate or shingle roof on. They should do this instead of buying imported man made building materials in a store, paying unknown corporations and companies and hiring expensive construction company workers to put all this crap together.
That is why we have crisis in our economy, because we have a crisis in our narrow minded minds and we have become blind to see what our ancestors saw, what they built and how they lived… That is why our countryside is dying and the craftsmen along with it, because we support corporations and their brain washing machine when we should be supporting each other.
Music by CW Ayon (Cooper Ayon) - cwayon.com, / cwayoncombo
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[@unitedstatesdale]

Back in the day, The stone scotts would come thru virginia and split hundreds of tons in a day and lay up stone buildings the next day. All of their structures are still standing proud.

[@TueriNatura]

All the respect for these guys, specially the old man. Not a trace of fat on his body...and he , probably, will live forever. Thumbs up!

[@gregadamson104]

TueriNatura he's 25

[@Libelibel]

jajajjajaja csm

[@counteldamar5135]

PIty has teeth didn't live as long but you can't have it all can you eh? 😁

[@milestrollokopolous8842]

We do this at my landscaping company. Some of our clients really appreciate hand-hewn bricks.

[@melissagannon5711]

Glad to know there are those keeping skills alive.

[@jett9992]

The music is perfect for this nice job!

[@bobbymancini9069]

I come from a long line of stone masons and have done this kind of work when I was younger. Them oldtimmers live forever! It's ashamed that all these wonderful trades are vanishing because of this new shit they sell now adays.

[@Barkeaters99live]

We have two limestone houses on our farm. One built in 1825 and another in 1827. Truly an amazing art!

[@liamg1995]

This is amazing. thanks for helping this type of craftsmanship be recognized and stay alive!

[@noahlatham3763]

I don't think this guy knows how awesome he is!

[@TheConglom]

This dude appears to be in his middle to late sixties and I'm positive he has handshake like a vice and jab that will make even the toughest mans knees go limp.

[@SheepdogsHeart]

70's....

[@romandybala]

Ive shaken hands like that and it was like gripping a piece of hardwood.Couldnt match his squeeze 'cause his hands were so angular.

[@longbeachboy57]

I got the same feeling...

[@streetDAOC]

literally the first thing in the description says hes 70. like god damn guy.

[@basails45]

He's actual 19...

[@7volcast]

The description in the video is truly amazing and correct thank you for some insight for today, will be trying to support more local farms since here on Long Island there are many, have a blessed memorial Day .

[@Soulsmithing]

« People should support their local economy and local community. They can do this by gathering local natural building materials (such as stone, clay, wood, lime, sand). They can do this by hiring local craftsmen » Amen to that!

[@emil_lorin]

Is it weird that I mainly watch these videos for the awesome color grading?

[@neemantools]

DaVinci Resolve helps us :)

[@tonytan0]

Northmen how do you do it?!

[@nudgeunit]

oh yeah, its really got a certain look doesnt it

[@davepastern]

I actually considered this as a trade... but the job prospects were very rocky and I decided to split

[@MrGeary08]

mrtheoden Get out

[@enzosoir9869]

mrtheoden Hahaha! that was really punny, you should be sent to the punitentiary for punishment.

[@davepastern]

i think I'll split

[@davepastern]

balderdash!

[@davepastern]

you're welcome. I'm here Monday through to Thursday! Nice puns btw!

[@olalundgren3429]

Fint att se yrkesmän i aktion! Tack för delningen!

[@edransome1968]

Absolutely the best feeling ever, no one will understand unless they have done it,great video guys!

[@emilwestgaardhenriksen1715]

this is one of the trades that I have seriously wanted to try out for a long time ^_^ have dabbled in stonesplitting building loghoses on pretty rocky ground and for some odd reason seeing the stone split the way you want it is so awesomely rewarding 😀

[@valoandlovesaidno666]

The 131 who disliked this video have never done a hard days work

[@swanchika3458]

it's all about the size of their dicks.

[@corindoyle]

Its the bullshit title. Lots of people still doing this and probably in whatever region this is too. Any stonemason can split stone and has to, to build walls. Breaking rocks is easy.

[@tyrbaldur5317]

@@corindoyle "probably" Meaning you don't know for sure.

[@terryknutson3202]

"151'

[@jimanderson7648]

@@corindoyle if u know how to split them . most people dont know how. unless someone showed them . i never knew until an old stonemason showed me . some rocks u can't split because of the grain also Quarry rock is easier to split then granite

[@justinpaul1046]

That dude's a badass. I'm a hard physical worker but this guy's definitely one to look up to. Cheers old timer!

[@mattywho8485]

I'm almost 60 and do a fair amount of stone work, but watching these two makes my back hurt !

[@Chillape]

Very good video! Hope they can live on their trade. we need this old tested knowledge! Thank you!

[@thomasblackwell9507]

Watching them work and listening to the music I now have an amazing urge for a large bourbon!

[@Grayvedygger]

Soundtrack is called C.W. Ayon - Roll On. I was only able to find it on spotify.

[@PopsShack]

Fantastic work!

[@jawdatfares2831]

Thanks again that was awesome to see

[@BigAmp]

Superb work. No wasted energy with pretty well every strike producing a result invariably the desired result. The sound of steel on stone and of splitting stone is nice. Very much reminds me of my dad who worked in a near identical way.

[@peteryeung111]

Never knew skill like these existed. Very hard work.

[@noahv3840]

this is some relaxing stuff. im loving it.

[@hugomaisonneuve776]

perfect song and skills !

[@SpartionTV]

I actually desire to construct a home for myself using these age old methods. I'm getting a career in agriculture, so hard labor is going to be normal for me in the coming years. What's good, though, is that in my region these kinds of rocks are actually normal! Thanks for the inspiration, Northman. Keep up the good, strong fight.

[@myvisionofart]

Love this channel!

[@ElijahMan001]

My grandfather was a stone mason and did this exact thing for a living. His biceps were insane.

[@Stupidjustcause]

Awesome ! Talented and dead accurate on the second blow. I'd loved to had tried it in my younger days. In 1958 I hand drilled holes in some big rocks. Drill holes in a line, when winter arrives, pour water in the holes, and a good freeze will crack it in two. The learning curve was tough; Blisters on both hands, aching arm, back, and what's worse, I was a teenager. Fun helping my family together building our cabin though.

[@joshr805]

your description is exactly what is hurting this world, nobody respects tradesmen anymore. i was a plumber, building houses is hard work and nobody is appreciated.

[@chiefpete]

Congratulations on 100k!

[@leo-belgae7805]

Well said and nothing but the truth, the very truth...

[@serdnae]

Although it's tough labor, it seems very satisfying. Rather be doing this in the outdoors than working at a desk any day.

[@anahata9936]

drystone walls and dwellings are still being built every day here in Ireland we have a lot of natural limestone flags but field and beach stones are still being split.. great vid and music btw💪

[@timcole1497]

Fabulous video, great to see the old methods never die. Our younger generation needs these skills.

[@peterberndt2746]

very good work!

[@maxr4855]

Super Man . Good luck . From Poland Max Mar

[@rbr6852]

Working with stone is fun, I wish I could read the stones like these guys do.

[@bawlicks]

u cant read stones

[@melissagannon5711]

Our ancestors certainly did.

[@boston7704]

That is ... hardcore. When I was kid in Massachusetts I saw guys fixing a dry stone wall. That kind of effort!

[@jamesyoung4375]

My back is sore from just watching that

[@TheOpinionizer]

High quality content as always! Good job. Also: Description is based!

[@davidmyhren3688]

Those guys are crushing it!

[@mikej6606]

LOL, I like this 2:29 "WHAT A FUCK YOU LOOKIN AT, BOY?". That's one badass grampa... :)

[@SPEEDOFDOG]

DO NOT pick a fight with either one of these guys! tough bastards for sure. thats an honest days work right there. much much RESPECT!

[@G0zdniM0z]

Kudos!

[@apuuvah]

Respect. A bit like lendary logger Jaakko Pessinen. Was a logger for 54 years, now 70 and still logging as a hobby. Flipped a tractor and a car in his prime. Dude weighs 76 kg.

[@bendover9862]

Now that's some real hard work right there.

[@Meyzen76]

Another guy and myself have started a stonework company, and can totally appreciate this video. It's a dying art, but the personal gratification is almost equal to the monetary gratification. Well.....almost. 🤔

[@november8039]

Song is Roll on by C.W. Ayon

[@SebastiaanMollema]

👍 thumbs up!

[@tomsmith6955]

I'm liking the James Ellison hat

[@chasq1]

Dam that old man can swing a hammer !

[@shidder_mutt]

Looks fun.

[@rustamgani6826]

Great man

[@theblissfullone]

Revive the Guild! May our Ancestor's skills live on.

[@MiniFun92]

Labais.. man opatīk šīs lietiņas. Labi kad suboju.! :)

[@Blackestblack666]

Stonework is back breaking work but what looks as good as a properly built stone wall? I love the look of stone barns and homes! I've been working on fixing sections of the walls in my barn and am finding out that there's an art to it! Wish I could learn from an old timer like this! Hats off to your great videos! Subbed!

[@Cmdtheartist]

70 years old and doing that for a living. The only other 70 year old I know of can barely lift his tiny hands to grope underage beauty pageant contestants.

[@toolsconsumables7055]

Well stone me ( forgive the pun) this man must have been doing this all his life. A work of passion that has clearly not left him. He is fit & healthy, perhaps sending a few men in their thirties to a boot camp of this nature is the solution for all those overweight & lazy layabouts; the modern generation are pretty much all namby pambies. Great music & more importantly a great man in more ways than one. Very well done. Kind regards.

[@garychynne1377]

wielding a sword or axe would be light work for guys that worked like that every day. enjoyed the movie and tunes. thank yew

[@thirdroompro]

Wish there was a vid of them explaining what they look for in the stone and then the reason behind exactly how they shape and sort it.

[@gee3883]

Tough hardworking real men.

[@gdziestamci6857]

Love this life.

[@jayjacobs1504]

If grandpa grabs you, you're grabbed baby, you're grabbed .

[@romandybala]

Love the music. Bit chaingang.

[@victornoyer3858]

Yeah, "revive the guild"... That would be my dream to become a Northmen, but the destiny made me french, skinny and actually way too far to only hope to buy one of your'e things... But if, one day, I could come and go with the Northmens, that would be an honor. Thanks for all

[@martialme84]

they re finns arent they? That would be pretty fucking northman.....

[@shlepkovac3759]

I believe OP had the guild in mind, but technically United Nations classified all Baltic states as a part of Northern Europe, and since these guys are from Latvia, they can call themselves Northmen.

[@flamby357]

en France y'a rien qui t'empeche de prendre une masse et d'aller frapper des rocher lol

[@victornoyer3858]

Perfect... so I was ALL freaking wrong :/

[@victornoyer3858]

Thanks you all

[@davidcespedes1512]

Damn, old Casey Neistat and hippie ripped Owen are beasts

[@tamassomogyi3785]

Sie sind brutal,und trotsdem ,was sie machen,das heist KUNST.

[@Marxism4eva]

Inspiring

[@josephrichardson4678]

Came for the video, read the description, and now I'm all amped up about the way world is going down the s pipe. I keep telling people we've lost ourselves. It's strange how we use products and have never even seen the plant grow that makes it. I bet you that if 5 photos of plants were put in front of a smoker they couldn't point out the tobacco plant. Pot heads that have never touched an actual plant or grown their own. We eat chickens everyday yet people are literally scared of them and think they are dirty.. God i love me some chic fa le

[@hillbillynick2000]

Keep the old ways alive!

[@levhart]

great music! I like how the old guy has 3 teeth, is skinny as me, his hat is probbly older than me and fucks any means of protection, but he is still strong as an ox. keep it up old man!

[@nigelkavanagh2048]

Great skill knowing on what plane to strike the victims.

[@longbeachboy57]

I haven't seen anything so manly in a long time!!!

[@AusyG]

Those are what you call a badass man

[@tommyle628]

Years and years of doing this will wear your wrists and arms down quite a lot. That's why machine replace the fragile human hands for such task. But I will need these guys to rebuild the world after an apocalypse.

[@potroastNthEastcoast]

if you told 8 year old me that this was an actual job he would have lost his mind.

[@gilligallou]

great vid and music,, who provided the tunes on this? We built both of our stores from reclaimed timbers , house and barn parts, I love rocks, particularly Canadian Shield and stones like these lads were busting up. Most of my youth was spent each summer picking stones off the fields of farms. great story. thanks, Bob,

[@jimnoneya3919]

I had a 60+ year old great uncle who worked for the railroad and was solid as granite. Made a huge impression on me as a kid in the '70s/'80s. I'm not seeing a face shield or back brace on the older man. We have become a soft people.

[@Akboet]

gosh thats your best video

[@MrMcOtis]

Amen

[@jett9992]

Nice

[@Cmdtheartist]

Is it wrong that the first thought in my head when I see this guy is "That old guy would destroy me in a fight"? I mean, it's true.

[@SamBrickell]

I guess he fought the law and the law won.

[@EagleSlightlyBetter]

Old man strength personified. holy moly.

[@lucasrudd5253]

My back is sore just from watching

[@Jasonwolf1495]

I've split rocks before for work. I don't get how these guys are supposed to be the last. This is standard work in state and national parks to build trails, bridges, shelters, etc.

[@mehmoodhassan2600]

u have a great camera man

[@turboslag]

Rock & roll.

[@Umboo]

I really love this channel, your music + editor + shot + color grading is wonderful. But I have a some question. Can you tell me about your equipment to make video. Your camera / lens and other please.

[@menace965]

that's a farken big hammer

[@Chad_baddy]

Bubbles is lookin ripped here

[@supermoon1430]

Made my back hurt

[@DodgeCity111]

I'm going to book an appointment with my Chiropractor just watching this.

[@JesAccc]

That’s what a hard days work looks like boys

[@BenMilli]

Stoned and Hammered... Is that some sort of party? Hahaha!!!

[@peternelly3879]

Wish our granite here in Sweden was soft enough to split like that. I would use it a lot more then. Is this in Baltikum?