I'm a bit embarrassed how long it took to sharpen the teeth on my saw after witnessing Chris doing it in about 30 seconds... The first 5,000 people to use coupon code Forge will get 1GB SAILY DATA PLAN FOR FREE! Go to Saily.com/forge and download Saily to test it out for FREE.
Lmaoo, stuff like that can be absolutely humbling Cool to see people who are *experts* in a field you've dabbled in just do stuff you may have struggled on with ease.
I'm a customer from Namibia- down in South-west Africa. It's such a surreal experience to see the exact machines- and place where my favorite dovetail saw was made- possibly by the same hands! 😀 That baby cuts Camelthorn, a beautiful, reddish, native wood, that's as hard as steel, like no other- its edge is immaculate. Not a soulless megafactory, with overworked drones- just a classic, craftman's workshop, with people who, I know, are proud of the product they're producing. So cool! Bravo maestro!
@domainmojo2162 Yes, I agree with all you say except when you talk about "people" in the craft workshop. There is only ONE person working there: the boss. In olden days there might have been a good dozen skilled people working there. Mind you, he is pretty impressive- he does EVERYTHING, single-handed. The end product is beautiful indeed. At least he's keeping the English tradition alive. English, and British, tools are amongst the most beautiful to be found anywhere. Thank goodness there are now associations and collectors who have preserved some really precious period tools. This is our Past.
@@musamor75 We're Commonwealth, so yes- I'm well familiar with British tools and machinery, as well as the Brits influence on the world. Our products, society, standards, politics, education, economy, justice/legal system and more, are British/Commonwealth influenced. (and in our case, also German, since we were a German colony at one time) We've got a large population of people of British and German ancestry. And the banter remains! 😀 The one thing I admire about the British, is the striving for Consistency. I think that drove all your inventions. (And I've got a Landy meself! 😀 My most prized vehicle) Yes, others also do that, but the Brits actually embodies consistency, which is the reason for all the systems and inventions- which were far ahead of those others. I always say- Britain civilized the world! 😀 (yes! She did! She did!) And ended Slavery.. invented- vaxxines... and the steam engine.. locomotives... the pneumatic tyre... sequenced the genome... all the major/modern navigational enventions/systems.. and brought us the Magna Carta- the foundation of today's Democracies(which meant freedom from feudalism/monarchy/chiefdom/priesthood/gods/etc)... the modern Lathe(greatest invention of the past 3000 years, imo).. and the Metric System and modern measurement... and so, so, so much more.
Both of these factories are less than a mile apart - used to be a lot more of this sort of thing in that area but it’s all being transformed into flats and trendy bars now with just a few hold outs left
I appreciate the videos focusing on the few high-standard handmade tool companies, I think exposing more people to the idea of a customer base held by reliability not necessarily accessibility(cost/ease of manufacture) is important
I have a pair of the 13" tailor scissors from Earnst Wright that he visited - they are astonishing. They are so well balanced and so perfectly made TO BE USED they are way easier and more accurate than your basic shop bought 8" fabric scissors. They just cut where you look. People spent hundreds of years working out how to make the BEST product possible and then in the last 100 years we have been working out how to make the cheapest product possible.
@@buggerlugz6753 I have a 1929 tailors iron made in the USSR when Lenin was the leader - it weighs 7kg, it is amazing. The electrical connector broke, the ceramic insulation broke. -I went to the local hardware store here in Bulgaria and I bought a new one for €1. They NEVER changed the electrical connector on anything that got hot - its the same 2 pin ceramic connector. We used to take the P out of the USSR for being backwards in the West, actually WE were being conned into buying cheaper and cheaper built-in obsolescence and sold it as "modern" The iPhone has had more electrical connectors than the Soviet Union did in its entire existane
Problem is a modern induction hardened saw costs around £10 and doesn't need sharpened every morning. Files for sharpening saws are also expensive, you can buy a whole box of chainsaw files for less than most handsaw files cost.
@@townwitchdoctor5538 the problem is the consumer norm of replacing something every few months/years rather than investing in the skills and tools that will last you a lifetime
In the mid 70's I did a 4-year apprenticeship in L.A. The journey men that I worked for were great. Most of the machines in our shop were very old. Most from the 1930's. Those old men taught me how to take care of those machines. They treated them as if they were almost living beings. They never allowed them to get oily and dirty. They would take several smaller, lighter cuts instead of hogging out material to preserve those machines so they could continue to hold their tolerances. At the end of the shift, they would clean those machines before they put their own precision tools away. I learned a lot from those men, and I carry them in my heart to this day. Seeing those old machines in this video brought back so many great memories. Thank you. Great video.
@marstondavis Thanks ever so much for that lovely testimonial. So touching. You were lucky to have got to know these wonderful "old boys". They were the ones who made all this happen. Bygone times.
I just love how Alec can go into places like this, look at all sorts of wild industrial machinery and go "so this does ___" and the guy goes "yup" to everything he asks. He's not only interested in the process, but he understands the tools used in that process.
The understanding of how things work and being able to articulate that comprehension opens doors to places like this, and you can also get so much more information about how and why things are done in a particular way, which opens up further avenues of understanding. The trick is finding the first unlocked door and going through it. You can knock on plenty of them to no response, but crack open just one (and even better, the 'right' one) and that whole world opens up. Walk the walk and talk the talk and you get the respect to go further down the rabbit hole. I've not yet seen the video, I expect I know what I'm going to see and I'm (probably) not going to learn anything new from it only because I've been down that rabbit hole (but not this exact one, just one like it) myself. Main difference was that my hole had not rabbits, but usagi...
It comes with the trade. Usually curious people end up in such positions. And after a while, when you work in the field for some years, you find out that those processes are very similar. And curiosity when you see a new machine is rewarded by the pleasure when you find out how it works😁
It is really impressive how Alec knows so much about the process that the guy running the shop needn't be there at all Having the owner explain it would fail to acknowledge the depth of Alec's understanding
It is incredibly fascinating to see how some of the tools I use on a regular basis are made! I certainly believe that most everyone would rather support businesses like this who produce quality products than waste money on cheap flimsy rubbish that will fall apart the moment you ask anything of it. Thank you Alec for taking us along. I'd love to see more videos like this in the future!
I hope you keep making more of these videos, it's so cool to get to see this type of small scale, high quality manufacturing and how they operate. Love to see these businesses that are focused on making the best product they can, rather than just squeezing out maximum profits while producing massive amounts of junk that needs to be replaced sooner rather than later.
I have a pair of the 13" tailor scissors from Earnst Wright that he visited - they are astonishing. They are so well balanced and so perfectly made TO BE USED they are way easier and more accurate than your basic shop bought 8" fabric scissors. They just cut where you look. People spent hundreds of years working out how to make the BEST product possible and then in the last 100 years we have been working out how to make the cheapest product possible.
@@piccalillipit9211 _"People spent hundreds of years working out how to make the BEST product possible and then in the last 100 years we have been working out how to make the cheapest product possible."_ That is (very sadly) a perfect summary of the modern manufacturing ethos.
I love this about Sheffield. There're still so many of these tiny little places making world class tools, cutlery, widgets and parts right in the city centre. You should see whether you can have a look at the other end of the manufacturing scale at Forgemasters.
I'm so lucky to live in Sheffield. I needed a very fine tooth blade for a cheap circular saw, and when I started looking I found that not only was there a factory in Sheffield that made the exact blade I needed, but I could just walk in off the street any buy it!
This needs a bit more sawing, good thing i have a saw in my hand already... I love how Alec asks him if thats what he does for production, using the product to finish itself... and he just smerks and says "hehe yeah!"... Brilliant!
Wow, love it, what a great tour, my Wife just walked past and commented on my mouth hanging open. I have old Disstons Canadian and Philly ones S and J, and others but have got to have one of these. I still sharpen and set, though like Alec said, not in the same class. Plastic is ok, but the sheer control of cut with a real saw is something else.
Thanks Alec. And good timing too. Last week I ordered three of their saws. There's not much of our tool & engineering industry left, I hope Thomas Flinn do another 100yrs. Interesting to see a Bridgeport in the shop.
Amazing saws, it's what I learned on and still use. I have a set of 11 saws from them starting from my great grandfather, grandfather and dad. The handles are PERFECTION, making the saw a simple extension of your arm, as if your arm is doing the cutting. I didn't realize how amazing these saw were until I became an adult and used other hand saws
As a Canadian woodworker I absolutely love my tools made in Sheffield! They have served me well for decades now. While in the UK I stopped in at tool shops when I came across them. I saddened me to find out that I could buy Sheffield tools cheaper in Canada than they could be had in Cambridge! That’s not right! Thank you Sheffield!
This is the exact types of businesses I love and will go out of my way to support. These craftsmen and these businesses are what has contributed more to humanity than all the corporations in the world pumping out their garbage just to keep feeding consumerism instead of providing real tools and resources. I would give anything to return back to the time when there was no such thing as corporations and only small businesses and people who use their hands and skills and knowledge building things we need. Very awesome place Alec thank you for taking us along.
When Alec did the tour of Ernest Wright scissors, the lead time went from 2 weeks to 3 months on orders. If you are a British manufacturer of well made old-school tools give Alec a call for a little tour!
Thanks you Alex and Jamie for showing that there are British industries still functioning after so many years. When I was a child anything that was manufactured in England/United Kingdom was the very best one could buy. Thank you again
That was tremendous, thank you and thanks to Thomas Flynn. It makes me very proud to see things made with such skill and craftsmanship in the UK. Love the Lego jigs.
I bought my panel saw from them around 10 years ago and specified every aspect over the phone, including the wood species for the handle - black walnut for mine. It is a beautiful work of art and cuts as well today as it did 10 years ago
Eveyone moans that we don't manufacture anything in the UK anymore, but we do. It has shifted from huge production lines to small workshops employing a few people making high end items. We still make great tools, artist materials shoes and clothes. If you can aford them they will last a life time and put a smile on your face every time you use them.
that may be so, it's just that since brexit it costs double by the time the item reaches me in Ireland due to VAT and import duty.sad because they're excellent tools.
Chris was an absolute unit and the workshop was a nerd-out! Also, it must have been tempting to smuggle out some of those cutouts, sawblade teeth or otherwise... On the topic of other places to visit, would be interesting to see how large air-compressor tanks and other pressurised steel vessels like propane tanks are made, always been curious. Would also be dope to see how some of the shop machines themselves are produced. There has to be a place in the UK that still makes mills, lathes or even giant-arse drop-forge presses and stuff... Literally where the Industrial Revolution was, there should still be plenty of epic metallurgy to be explored! 🛠
Thanks for the tour! I've been looking for a range of handsaws to collect, and now I know which ones (and I can get them through Carbatec in AUS! 👍). Good camera work, Jamie 👏
We NEED more videos like this for historic documentation. Absolutely phenomenal! That filing was so smooth and accurate. Everything that man does is amazing.
I loved this video. Thomas Flynn owns several brands. I have a Garlick and Sons "Lynx" branded brass backed cross cut saw purchased from Thomas Flynn back around 2013. I love the saw and now have a much better appreciation of what went into making the saw. Thanks.
This was fascinating to watch. To see such an old and storied workshop, the tools, the machines, a real treat. I can't state how much I love this insight into such a workaday tool I have around my own shop. Great stuff! Also, those saws. Elegance in simplicity.
Yep. Master Craftmanship is fading today. Like with everything else, if you buy it, you support it. I've got mine(my lovely dovetail saw) about 2 years ago. I intend to buy a few more of the other types. Shipping k* though - I'm down in Southern Africa, so it's a ways down, but for tools like these- things you know will last a very long time- seeing your grandchildren grow up and experiencing them together, all the saving up, is a worthy investment!
You guys are doing great job, not only is the production on point, but this is really important and it's so great you use your platform to highlight your local craftsmen.
I love how refined the shop is for specifically what he makes. With just a little extra floorspace and 2-3 extra sets of hands his shop could probably pump out thousands of saws per day. Really cool.
I have a tenon saw on my shopping list and planned on getting a Lie-Nielsen, I have their dovetail saw and like it a lot, but this video has put these saws at the top of my list now.
I absolutely love the look of that saw and the process of making them is just awesome. It's so interesting how manual it is and how it's done in a way that it's probably mostly been done since the company began and maybe even before. I bet there's little difference. And the old machines still being in use is so great to see. I love old tools and old machines, I don't know why, but I pretty much always have. Also, you can tell that he's done that for quite a while, especially when you see him filing. So fast and accurate. This video was so great to see. Absolutely amazing.
I know they aren't UK workshops, but over in the states two places to check out are the backshops of the East Broad Top Railroad and Bucyrus Copper Kettle Works
I love these manufacturing tours! They are informative and enjoyable. Seeing and understanding the processes, and appreciating the remarkable craftsmanship and often antique machines which work in concert to make the finished product.
Thomas Flinn is also owned (I think) by the same people that own Clifton, a manufacturer that makes hand planes in Sheffield. It would be interesting to show too.
14:03 even though I've never tried to sharpen teeth, I think anyone who has ever used a file can immediately appreciate the skill demonstrated here. And the fact that it's just old hat to him and he's seemingly not trying, yet so fluidly doing this is just further demonstration of his mastery. I love seeing people doing things they are masters at! And how things are made. Please keeping making this type of video
My whole life I’ve enjoyed watching people that are really good at what they do, and this was no exception. There is so much to learn from them. That was impressive to say the least.
I love the videos where Alec goes to see how stuff is made. The scissor workshop video is a fav of mine; motivated me to buy some excellent scissors for my dad.
Thanks Alex for this video. It's nice to see that there are still those companies that hold the craft high and preserve this treasure and knowledge. Someone who has never had a high-quality saw in his hands can imagine the difference to a hand saw bought in the DIY store
“Last week I went to France“ as an American this threw me off for a second, I sometimes forget how close everything in Europe is (yes I know that the UK isn’t technically Europe)
I was super impressed with Chris’ knowledge. Answered Alec’s fairly technical questions immediately and casually. Those are beautiful saws! Also love that the saw’s first cut is on its own handle. Awesome!
I've been around this type of thing on and off all my life, its no wonder I ended up in an Engineering career. I love the watching anybody working metal. My Great Grandfather was a toolmaker by trade and I was lucky to have him and some of his things in my life from an early age. Not many people I know had punch and tapping kits in their hands at 5 years old. This would be a saw to treasure for sure.
I love to see t his. Lest we forget that fine American woodworking and craftsmanship got its start in England. Nothing beats a finely made product. Worth the price!
What an amazing process, such great craftsmanship, not just making incredibly good tools. But also maintaining the 80-100 year old manufacturing tools to keep doing it. I’ve two sets of 30-50 years old Disston rip and cross cut saws, never even thought about how they were produced. Let’s not mention how long it takes me to set and sharpen them.
I'm a bit embarrassed how long it took to sharpen the teeth on my saw after witnessing Chris doing it in about 30 seconds... The first 5,000 people to use coupon code Forge will get 1GB SAILY DATA PLAN FOR FREE! Go to Saily.com/forge and download Saily to test it out for FREE.
Lmaoo, stuff like that can be absolutely humbling
Cool to see people who are *experts* in a field you've dabbled in just do stuff you may have struggled on with ease.
what gym do you climb in bro? super curious
You HAVE to try to go to gränsfors bruk in sweden!
@@AlecSteele right, I could not believe how fast he was with that triangular file. "Done that a few times right"
bloody beautiful british BUILDING.
Combining 80-year-old machines with CNC and Lego. Great to see manufacturing like this still has its place in the modern world!
I was thinking the same thing - all the manual steps involved and they have a CNC machine, too. Cool stuff!
Surprisingly Lego is 92 years old
The master craftsman just filing the teeth is almost hypnotic! Such talent!
Skill*
It would take me hours to do what he did in seconds, insane.
I bet its incredibly calming doing this. Im a semi-professional tailor and the hand sewing is SO relaxing
It took me a second to notice he was hopping teeth on every stroke
So why are these saws the worlds finest?
I'm a customer from Namibia- down in South-west Africa. It's such a surreal experience to see the exact machines- and place where my favorite dovetail saw was made- possibly by the same hands! 😀
That baby cuts Camelthorn, a beautiful, reddish, native wood, that's as hard as steel, like no other- its edge is immaculate.
Not a soulless megafactory, with overworked drones- just a classic, craftman's workshop, with people who, I know, are proud of the product they're producing.
So cool!
Bravo maestro!
@domainmojo2162 Yes, I agree with all you say except when you talk about "people" in the craft workshop. There is only ONE person working there: the boss. In olden days there might have been a good dozen skilled people working there. Mind you, he is pretty impressive- he does EVERYTHING, single-handed. The end product is beautiful indeed. At least he's keeping the English tradition alive. English, and British, tools are amongst the most beautiful to be found anywhere. Thank goodness there are now associations and collectors who have preserved some really precious period tools.
This is our Past.
@@musamor75 We're Commonwealth, so yes- I'm well familiar with British tools and machinery, as well as the Brits influence on the world. Our products, society, standards, politics, education, economy, justice/legal system and more, are British/Commonwealth influenced. (and in our case, also German, since we were a German colony at one time)
We've got a large population of people of British and German ancestry. And the banter remains! 😀
The one thing I admire about the British, is the striving for Consistency. I think that drove all your inventions.
(And I've got a Landy meself! 😀 My most prized vehicle)
Yes, others also do that, but the Brits actually embodies consistency, which is the reason for all the systems and inventions- which were far ahead of those others.
I always say- Britain civilized the world! 😀
(yes! She did! She did!)
And ended Slavery.. invented- vaxxines... and the steam engine.. locomotives... the pneumatic tyre... sequenced the genome... all the major/modern navigational enventions/systems.. and brought us the Magna Carta- the foundation of today's Democracies(which meant freedom from feudalism/monarchy/chiefdom/priesthood/gods/etc)... the modern Lathe(greatest invention of the past 3000 years, imo).. and the Metric System and modern measurement... and so, so, so much more.
"surface grind a human in it" is not a phrase I was expecting, lol.
The latest innovation in exfoliation
Same for me .... the mind is such a wonderful place! 🤣
Saw 7 coming soon.
That process is called "peeling" :D
That's how they make billionair girlfriends
Love this little day trip videos seeing British engineering at it finest
Like the scissors he featured a couple of months ago.
Both of these factories are less than a mile apart - used to be a lot more of this sort of thing in that area but it’s all being transformed into flats and trendy bars now with just a few hold outs left
Seen the Westminster Abbey? Plumb dead straight engineering since round about 950 CE, and that’s at _least_ a few years ago, I reckon.
Absolutely. So far my favorites are the foundry and drop forge episodes
Yeah, at it finest 150 years ago
I appreciate the videos focusing on the few high-standard handmade tool companies, I think exposing more people to the idea of a customer base held by reliability not necessarily accessibility(cost/ease of manufacture) is important
I have a pair of the 13" tailor scissors from Earnst Wright that he visited - they are astonishing. They are so well balanced and so perfectly made TO BE USED they are way easier and more accurate than your basic shop bought 8" fabric scissors. They just cut where you look.
People spent hundreds of years working out how to make the BEST product possible and then in the last 100 years we have been working out how to make the cheapest product possible.
@@piccalillipit9211 - which lasts less than 6 months, so you strangely have to go out and buy another.....WONDER WHY THAT COULD BE????
@@buggerlugz6753 I have a 1929 tailors iron made in the USSR when Lenin was the leader - it weighs 7kg, it is amazing. The electrical connector broke, the ceramic insulation broke. -I went to the local hardware store here in Bulgaria and I bought a new one for €1.
They NEVER changed the electrical connector on anything that got hot - its the same 2 pin ceramic connector. We used to take the P out of the USSR for being backwards in the West, actually WE were being conned into buying cheaper and cheaper built-in obsolescence and sold it as "modern"
The iPhone has had more electrical connectors than the Soviet Union did in its entire existane
Problem is a modern induction hardened saw costs around £10 and doesn't need sharpened every morning. Files for sharpening saws are also expensive, you can buy a whole box of chainsaw files for less than most handsaw files cost.
@@townwitchdoctor5538 the problem is the consumer norm of replacing something every few months/years rather than investing in the skills and tools that will last you a lifetime
His „yeah“ when asked if he would do the cut in production like that hahaha love it! Amazing guy !
When you're making your own tote handle using the plate you're going to mount is a typical move.
In the mid 70's I did a 4-year apprenticeship in L.A. The journey men that I worked for were great. Most of the machines in our shop were very old. Most from the 1930's. Those old men taught me how to take care of those machines. They treated them as if they were almost living beings. They never allowed them to get oily and dirty. They would take several smaller, lighter cuts instead of hogging out material to preserve those machines so they could continue to hold their tolerances. At the end of the shift, they would clean those machines before they put their own precision tools away. I learned a lot from those men, and I carry them in my heart to this day. Seeing those old machines in this video brought back so many great memories. Thank you. Great video.
@marstondavis Thanks ever so much for that lovely testimonial. So touching. You were lucky to have got to know these wonderful "old boys". They were the ones who made all this happen.
Bygone times.
Great comment.
I just love how Alec can go into places like this, look at all sorts of wild industrial machinery and go "so this does ___" and the guy goes "yup" to everything he asks. He's not only interested in the process, but he understands the tools used in that process.
The understanding of how things work and being able to articulate that comprehension opens doors to places like this, and you can also get so much more information about how and why things are done in a particular way, which opens up further avenues of understanding. The trick is finding the first unlocked door and going through it. You can knock on plenty of them to no response, but crack open just one (and even better, the 'right' one) and that whole world opens up. Walk the walk and talk the talk and you get the respect to go further down the rabbit hole.
I've not yet seen the video, I expect I know what I'm going to see and I'm (probably) not going to learn anything new from it only because I've been down that rabbit hole (but not this exact one, just one like it) myself. Main difference was that my hole had not rabbits, but usagi...
It comes with the trade. Usually curious people end up in such positions. And after a while, when you work in the field for some years, you find out that those processes are very similar. And curiosity when you see a new machine is rewarded by the pleasure when you find out how it works😁
It is really impressive how Alec knows so much about the process that the guy running the shop needn't be there at all Having the owner explain it would fail to acknowledge the depth of Alec's understanding
@@stuarttierney4598 Woah do you always speak in metaphors?
It is incredibly fascinating to see how some of the tools I use on a regular basis are made! I certainly believe that most everyone would rather support businesses like this who produce quality products than waste money on cheap flimsy rubbish that will fall apart the moment you ask anything of it.
Thank you Alec for taking us along. I'd love to see more videos like this in the future!
I hope you keep making more of these videos, it's so cool to get to see this type of small scale, high quality manufacturing and how they operate. Love to see these businesses that are focused on making the best product they can, rather than just squeezing out maximum profits while producing massive amounts of junk that needs to be replaced sooner rather than later.
I have a pair of the 13" tailor scissors from Earnst Wright that he visited - they are astonishing. They are so well balanced and so perfectly made TO BE USED they are way easier and more accurate than your basic shop bought 8" fabric scissors. They just cut where you look.
People spent hundreds of years working out how to make the BEST product possible and then in the last 100 years we have been working out how to make the cheapest product possible.
@@piccalillipit9211 _"People spent hundreds of years working out how to make the BEST product possible and then in the last 100 years we have been working out how to make the cheapest product possible."_
That is (very sadly) a perfect summary of the modern manufacturing ethos.
I love this about Sheffield. There're still so many of these tiny little places making world class tools, cutlery, widgets and parts right in the city centre. You should see whether you can have a look at the other end of the manufacturing scale at Forgemasters.
Seconding that a tour of Sheffield Forgemasters would be incredible
I'm so lucky to live in Sheffield. I needed a very fine tooth blade for a cheap circular saw, and when I started looking I found that not only was there a factory in Sheffield that made the exact blade I needed, but I could just walk in off the street any buy it!
The way he filed / sharpened that saw was amazing. You just know he has thousands of hours of experience. Really impressive.
This needs a bit more sawing, good thing i have a saw in my hand already...
I love how Alec asks him if thats what he does for production, using the product to finish itself... and he just smerks and says "hehe yeah!"... Brilliant!
Those are the type of saws that get passed down generations. The touring of these shops is so cool to see. Craftsmanship in the tools of craftsmen.
Wow, love it, what a great tour, my Wife just walked past and commented on my mouth hanging open. I have old Disstons Canadian and Philly ones S and J, and others but have got to have one of these.
I still sharpen and set, though like Alec said, not in the same class. Plastic is ok, but the sheer control of cut with a real saw is something else.
Thanks Alec. And good timing too. Last week I ordered three of their saws.
There's not much of our tool & engineering industry left, I hope Thomas Flinn do another 100yrs.
Interesting to see a Bridgeport in the shop.
I love your blacksmithing videos, but THIS is the kind of content I get hyped about. Please keep doing it!
Amazing saws, it's what I learned on and still use. I have a set of 11 saws from them starting from my great grandfather, grandfather and dad. The handles are PERFECTION, making the saw a simple extension of your arm, as if your arm is doing the cutting. I didn't realize how amazing these saw were until I became an adult and used other hand saws
A set of 11 saws. Bro, why do you have to flex like that?
@Q.7 lol sorry.
Hahahhahaha “so….i can count them….then looks into the camera hahahahahhaha. LOVE THESE shop tours you throw in
As a Canadian woodworker I absolutely love my tools made in Sheffield! They have served me well for decades now. While in the UK I stopped in at tool shops when I came across them. I saddened me to find out that I could buy Sheffield tools cheaper in Canada than they could be had in Cambridge! That’s not right!
Thank you Sheffield!
This is the exact types of businesses I love and will go out of my way to support. These craftsmen and these businesses are what has contributed more to humanity than all the corporations in the world pumping out their garbage just to keep feeding consumerism instead of providing real tools and resources. I would give anything to return back to the time when there was no such thing as corporations and only small businesses and people who use their hands and skills and knowledge building things we need. Very awesome place Alec thank you for taking us along.
Thank you :-)
When Alec did the tour of Ernest Wright scissors, the lead time went from 2 weeks to 3 months on orders. If you are a British manufacturer of well made old-school tools give Alec a call for a little tour!
Dayumnnnnn! That’s sick! I didn’t know that 😅
@@AlecSteelethat’s awesome. Well done lad.
Allways love seeing my home town. Sheffield has a massive tradition of making steel tools and just working with steel, its amazing to think out.
Thanks you Alex and Jamie for showing that there are British industries still functioning after so many years. When I was a child anything that was manufactured in England/United Kingdom was the very best one could buy. Thank you again
And i am buying one of these saws tomorrow... beautiful
Thank you :-)
That was tremendous, thank you and thanks to Thomas Flynn. It makes me very proud to see things made with such skill and craftsmanship in the UK.
Love the Lego jigs.
I love these style of video Alec. How it's made was one of my favorite show as a youngster.
Greatly appreciate that they let you come in and give you the whole tour. Fascinating stuff! Hats off to the Thomas Finn crew.
I bought my panel saw from them around 10 years ago and specified every aspect over the phone, including the wood species for the handle - black walnut for mine. It is a beautiful work of art and cuts as well today as it did 10 years ago
I want a Pax Saw now. Wonderful process, macshines and expertise displayed by a true craftsmen.
I have a crosscut and a rip and they are wonderful. They hold an edge and make quick work of our North American hardwoods!
These factory tours are very fun to watch! Thanks, love to see more
Eveyone moans that we don't manufacture anything in the UK anymore, but we do. It has shifted from huge production lines to small workshops employing a few people making high end items. We still make great tools, artist materials shoes and clothes. If you can aford them they will last a life time and put a smile on your face every time you use them.
that may be so, it's just that since brexit it costs double by the time the item reaches me in Ireland due to VAT and import duty.sad because they're excellent tools.
The Lego jigs are awesome😂 what a great idea!
Chris was an absolute unit and the workshop was a nerd-out! Also, it must have been tempting to smuggle out some of those cutouts, sawblade teeth or otherwise... On the topic of other places to visit, would be interesting to see how large air-compressor tanks and other pressurised steel vessels like propane tanks are made, always been curious. Would also be dope to see how some of the shop machines themselves are produced. There has to be a place in the UK that still makes mills, lathes or even giant-arse drop-forge presses and stuff... Literally where the Industrial Revolution was, there should still be plenty of epic metallurgy to be explored! 🛠
Wow a true craftsman……he did every job in that plant….thanks 😎
Thanks for the tour! I've been looking for a range of handsaws to collect, and now I know which ones (and I can get them through Carbatec in AUS! 👍). Good camera work, Jamie 👏
We NEED more videos like this for historic documentation. Absolutely phenomenal! That filing was so smooth and accurate. Everything that man does is amazing.
Appreciate you finding and filming these traditional companies. They keep the world turning, even now.
This is fascinating Alex and Jamie! Please keep doing these legacy manufacturing tours!!!
And by golly, that is a beautiful Tenon Saw! Great workshop, awesome workmanship.
I loved this video. Thomas Flynn owns several brands. I have a Garlick and Sons "Lynx" branded brass backed cross cut saw purchased from Thomas Flynn back around 2013. I love the saw and now have a much better appreciation of what went into making the saw. Thanks.
This was fascinating to watch. To see such an old and storied workshop, the tools, the machines, a real treat. I can't state how much I love this insight into such a workaday tool I have around my own shop. Great stuff!
Also, those saws. Elegance in simplicity.
I have three of these saws. They are astonishingly good! Thanks for the tour Alec.
Beautiful craftsmanship! When I see even a picture of a tool as exquisite as this, I get the urge to hold, admire, and begin making cuts with it
Lets keep all these companies running lets all go buy one or two.
That's really kind :-)
Yep. Master Craftmanship is fading today. Like with everything else, if you buy it, you support it.
I've got mine(my lovely dovetail saw) about 2 years ago. I intend to buy a few more of the other types.
Shipping k* though - I'm down in Southern Africa, so it's a ways down, but for tools like these- things you know will last a very long time- seeing your grandchildren grow up and experiencing them together, all the saving up, is a worthy investment!
You guys are doing great job, not only is the production on point, but this is really important and it's so great you use your platform to highlight your local craftsmen.
I'm sorry Alex, but you HAVE to make a 4 hours documentary about this company. It is mesmerizing!!!
that's a beautiful saw. I've just looked at their website and I want everything!
You should make a canister Damascus from the tooth punchouts!
Exactly what I thought. Great for a utility knife that might need sharpening after hard use.
Please do more videos like this. Its so interesting seeing these master craftsman work and also the processes involved in making the final product
The tooth adjusting machine may be unequivocally the most satisfying sound I have ever heard
You probably love the sound of clock escapements, too - I know I do.
I love how refined the shop is for specifically what he makes. With just a little extra floorspace and 2-3 extra sets of hands his shop could probably pump out thousands of saws per day. Really cool.
I have a tenon saw on my shopping list and planned on getting a Lie-Nielsen, I have their dovetail saw and like it a lot, but this video has put these saws at the top of my list now.
I absolutely love the look of that saw and the process of making them is just awesome. It's so interesting how manual it is and how it's done in a way that it's probably mostly been done since the company began and maybe even before. I bet there's little difference. And the old machines still being in use is so great to see. I love old tools and old machines, I don't know why, but I pretty much always have. Also, you can tell that he's done that for quite a while, especially when you see him filing. So fast and accurate. This video was so great to see. Absolutely amazing.
Love the occasional tool manufacturing videos. This one was a really good one.
Absolutely gorgeous tools and crafted by a master. Thank you for sharing your video with us all Sir.
60+k views in 3 hrs thats hella impressive brotha! that saw company owes you a huge thanks for the exposure!
Awesome, thank you so much for getting us a tour of this company, Tomas Flinn is such a wonderful company.
I know they aren't UK workshops, but over in the states two places to check out are the backshops of the East Broad Top Railroad and Bucyrus Copper Kettle Works
I love these manufacturing tours! They are informative and enjoyable. Seeing and understanding the processes, and appreciating the remarkable craftsmanship and often antique machines which work in concert to make the finished product.
A true Yorkshire man, a tea in arms length 90% of the time 😂😂
Fascinating. British craftsmanship at its best. Thankyou for sharing 💖
Thomas Flinn is also owned (I think) by the same people that own Clifton, a manufacturer that makes hand planes in Sheffield. It would be interesting to show too.
We do! In a different building due to lack of space!
I've really enjoyed this video, thank you. Also I enjoy using my two Pax saws, such beautiful tools and work like a dream.
These saws may come across as expensive but as Rolls Royce used to say "Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten"
14:03 even though I've never tried to sharpen teeth, I think anyone who has ever used a file can immediately appreciate the skill demonstrated here.
And the fact that it's just old hat to him and he's seemingly not trying, yet so fluidly doing this is just further demonstration of his mastery.
I love seeing people doing things they are masters at! And how things are made.
Please keeping making this type of video
My whole life I’ve enjoyed watching people that are really good at what they do, and this was no exception. There is so much to learn from them. That was impressive to say the least.
You should check out the Clifton hand plane factory owned by the same company. They also do blades.
It's soooo great to still see some hand made high quality production companies still in business in this day and age
God I love these videos. The way he sharpened the blade teeth...Chef's kiss
I love the videos where Alec goes to see how stuff is made.
The scissor workshop video is a fav of mine; motivated me to buy some excellent scissors for my dad.
"You could surface grind a human in there"
... lol ... We will be keeping an eye on Jamie's health,
with ideas like that swimming around in your mind.
Video cut so fast after that remark
Jamie heard about exfoliating, so Alec helped him. R
The sound of that tooth offsetting machine is so freaking satisfying. I would love a super long video of just that running.
Thanks Alex for this video. It's nice to see that there are still those companies that hold the craft high and preserve this treasure and knowledge. Someone who has never had a high-quality saw in his hands can imagine the difference to a hand saw bought in the DIY store
Lovely video Alec! I really enjoy your videos honoring craftsmen in their workshops.
Another awesome video from you Alec keep these up!
Just the sound of some of this old tooling is so hypnotic
Love these videos! Would love a tour of the Myford factory
A beautiful blade, process.
If only everyone in the UK had this much passion about our country as these two
PAX being a thing since we've established independence is honestly a thing of amazement. Over 200 years of production is nothing small
I love these new workshop visits - learning how they make stuff is fascinating!
I own a full set of their saws - nice quality at a reasonable price!
You have all 100+ varieties they make?
@@1pcfred he has a set not all of their saws.
@@1pcfred 6 or 7, how many tenon saws does one need?
@@davidchait6010 I'm thinking one? As long as it is a good one. I can only use one saw at a time.
@@1pcfred Saws are specialized, there really is no good one size fits all option
Showcasing these manufacturers is great. I hope you do a lot more of these.
It's about time that the BBC or Discovery look to give Alec a series on tv. Like a modern day Fred Dibnah !
I for one love this sort of old world craftsmanship sort of content.
“Last week I went to France“ as an American this threw me off for a second, I sometimes forget how close everything in Europe is (yes I know that the UK isn’t technically Europe)
UK is still in Europe the continent. Just not part of the European union anymore. It's not at all wrong to say the UK is a part of Europe.
the UK is in Europe, they just aren´t part of the eropean union
Well done my friend, you are one of the few Americans who know the difference between Europe and the European union. 👍
It is still Europe just not in the European Union. I don't know why everyone gets this wrong 😂
The UK is in Europe mate, both technically and not technically 😂.
It just left the European Union, which is not the same as Europe.
I was super impressed with Chris’ knowledge. Answered Alec’s fairly technical questions immediately and casually. Those are beautiful saws!
Also love that the saw’s first cut is on its own handle. Awesome!
Brilliant seeing British engineering. A lovely company and excellent video. Well done
Love the series idea. I love seeing and learning about the tools that make our tools and the ppl who have made it all possible.
Absolutely mesmerising art of British manufacturing! Loved it!
this was amazing, I love how pretty much every question you asked him he knew off the top of his head a master immersed entirely in his work
really loving these tours, so cool to see all the custom machines these places use
really wonderful to see how its all done by a master.
I've been around this type of thing on and off all my life, its no wonder I ended up in an Engineering career. I love the watching anybody working metal. My Great Grandfather was a toolmaker by trade and I was lucky to have him and some of his things in my life from an early age. Not many people I know had punch and tapping kits in their hands at 5 years old. This would be a saw to treasure for sure.
Love this. I have several Pax saws, always cool to see the process and craftsmen who made it. Especially half a world away (Im in Canada).
Incredible information from Chris on their process. I'll be buying a few of those saws.
I love to see t his. Lest we forget that fine American woodworking and craftsmanship got its start in England. Nothing beats a finely made product. Worth the price!
What an amazing process, such great craftsmanship, not just making incredibly good tools. But also maintaining the 80-100 year old manufacturing tools to keep doing it. I’ve two sets of 30-50 years old Disston rip and cross cut saws, never even thought about how they were produced. Let’s not mention how long it takes me to set and sharpen them.