Hey Adam. I am at a loss of words. I am humbled, starstruck and emotionally moved to a great extend. I am so happy that you made this video and that you enjoy the hammer. The hammers are a very special project for me and it makes me happy and proud that one now resides in your shop. Again thanks for everything you do for the maker society and for being you! I forgot to mention in my letter your book. I have read it several times and enjoy it every time. I learned several things from reading it like your note making technics but not the least that what I have done all my life is called Knolling. So again thank you so much and Always Be Knolling! kind regards, Jens Anso
Thank you for the beautiful sentiment behind the hammers, Jens. Restoration is a truly commendable task, and the gifting only aspect makes it absolutely wonderful to behold. (P.S. Your knife designs have even been seen down here in New Zealand).
When this started, and you mentioned the name of the man who restored and gifted this remarkable hammer, my ears perked up. "I know that name", I thought. Sure enough, Jens Anzo is a knife designer of significant notoriety in the knife aficionado/collector community. In fact, I have a few of his designs from various manufacturers. That's a mighty nice hammer, btw.
I knew that name as well, small world sometimes, remarkable hammer as you mentioned as well, I didn't catch the taper to the head at first, I'm thinking maybe that's his spin on it ,a bit more precise
“Never sold, always given. “ It’s little nuggets like this that get me to watch these videos. Whether it’s about a hammer, a puppet or catching farts, I feel like I always learn something meaningful.
That is a gorgeous hammer, and clearly one that has been the subject of much love. I think the very first tool I bought for myself was a Wellar fixed temp-control soldering station, back in 1983. My son now has it. Because one must maintain the great circle of nerd...
Oh, this video has made me smile inside and out. I love the pure joy Adam shares with us for things like this. And thank you to the hammer maker for helping us all get some of that joy. I know very little about tools but that looks amazing. Be well.
"Never sold - always given" As soon as Adam said this I instantly knew that this simple yet so powerful line would struck a cord with him. And Adam is the perfect guy to receive such an awesome gift and truely acknowledge the ethos of giving. 😎👍
My armorer friend has one of those hammers. The shape is great for planishing once the heads are buffed to a mirror finish. It has become one of his favorites for armor recreation.
Rita Tillman big fan of the show. my favorite Myth Busters was the cement truck episode and the other was a myth between male and female was more stronger thax for everything you have experience. My son love it. I'm divorced and struggling 😢 I will always be a fan of the show. Keep on truck'n peace.
I love this idea. Makes me think about tools I passed on because I didn't need another. Could pick one up cheap, have a day enjoying the restoration, then pass them on to somebody else.
DSI made really awesome tools like axes, hammers, pick axes and stuff like that. When my dad was a carpenter he framed a lot of houses using a small DSI axe as a framing hammer, he still has it to this day with the original handle. For my birthday one year he gifted me a new old stock DSI roofing hammer which is now my most cherished material possession. I don't use it everyday but I really like how it feels in the hand and no modern hammer comes close in that regard. When I go to yard sales I almost always buy DSI stuff if I find it and it is not ridiculously priced.
I have had 2 of these hammers since about 1975 and they are my "go to" hammers that I bought new. one is a Whitehouse #1, made in England and the other is a Stanley which had a slightly different shape but the same basic form. It actually took me a second to read the Stanley name on the second as it is quite worn, but both still have their original handles. I bought another as I liked the first so much but had a tendency to misplace it and was spending too much time looking for it. after that I could usually always find one of them. You will probably like this wonderful gift as you use it in the future.
"Always given. Never sold." Such a beautiful way to put it. I've done this for years; I learned it from my grandfather. I've just never expressed it that way. Now I will.
As someone who restores old tools for a living, saving machines from the scrap yard every day, I think trading my labor for someone else’s labor is perfectly acceptable and good. Not all of us can repeat someone else’s lines for a living. 👍 The free exchange of goods and services is the No1 reason us immigrants come to America.
I find youtube increasingly less worth my time and dissatisfying, but im glad i stuck around for this. Simple little things with their simple little joys, sometimes, is just what one needs.
I used to work in a very old hardware store that was in the same family for over 100 years. We had in stock a gigantic supply of hammer and axe handles, all fine hickory and very old, along with wooden and lead wedges. People would bring in broken hammers, and we would drill out the handle from the head, and fit them with a handle. We'd sometimes have to contour the eye portion of the handle on a grinder to get it to fit right. I brought home an old adze handle that I still keep around as "home protection" (it's long like an axe handle, with a really big eye portion like a block of wood, suitable for swinging at an intruder). I miss those days. Everything now is meant to be thrown out.
I love the idea Never Sold, Always Given, what a lovely concept. That really made my day to know there are artisans out there using their skills to make the world a better place.
Saw the tagline about a restored hammer. My FIL gave me an old cobbler's hammer that belonged to his father. He worked in the Little Daisy Copper Mine in Jerome, Arizona back in the 30's. He repaired shoes on the side. My FIL and his brothers were born in what is now called the Grand Jerome Hotel. The hammer was pretty rusty and the handle was junk. I cleaned up the hammer head. I couldn't find a handle that would fit so I bought a cheap hammer from Harbor Freight and whittled in down to fit. It looks pretty good and has a place of prominence on my board o' hammers.
Since I'm not a knife enthusiast, and although I'm a Dane myself, I'd never heard about Jens Anzø. However, I love hammers and that's a beautiful hammer only made more awesome by the way it's given. I'm checking his work out right now! Edit: checking him out leads to me finding out that he lives right smack in the middle of the part of Denmark I've been living in all of my life.
Adam, it is worth drilling a hope in the handle on the bottom and filling with molten beeswax. You will always have some was on hand to push the tip of a nail in to ease it's passage into the wood.
I totally agree, that making/creating things and gifting them is a beautiful and honourable thing to do. I've always disliked selling objects and art that I make. Seems selfish to me, unless I dislike the person, then happy the charge them as much as possible!
I've seen a lot of used hammers for pretty cheap. The standard going rate for a hammer is about a dollar. It's to the point where I have had to cull my collection because they weren't all fitting too well in my rack anymore. That was a weird moment when I found myself walking through my shop with a bag of hammers thinking, what's dumber than a bag of hammers?
I have exactly this hammer. I saw one Ville Noko (born 1912) build a boat with it. The purpose of the narrow end was to hammer nails deep, so they they do not stick out and grab weeds and fishing nets.
This looks like a cross peen rivet hammer to me. What you're thinking of is called a Warrington pattern hammer. They're lighter with a longer cross head. They're that way so you don't smack your finger starting a brad.
@@snafu2350 cross peen riveting hammers are rarer than ball peen hammers are but it is in the name. Here in the US Warrington hammers are pretty rare too. I still don't have one myself and I've a fairly extensive hammer collection. I have my eye out for one if I see it. I do have a few cross peen riveting hammers though.
Awww... seeing the setup for "Still Untitled... the Adam Savage Project" is giving me feels. I hope Will is doing well and just have to wonder, will there ever be a title?
You're thinking of Banksy, who didn't want their paintings sold at auction, one was (many have been), Girl with Baloon, and the frame had a shredder built in which partially shredded the painting when the painting was sold for just under a million pounds. (The evidence is questionable and may have been an inside job too but it did end up with a shredded painting as soon as it was sold.)
OMG! I also have a bad hammer habit, I buy any good quality old hammer that crosses my path, they're usually less than $5 at the re-usit places around here and the older the cheaper. I just bought a DSI hammer for a buck fitty, a really great 4oz ball peen with a the longest peen body I've ever seen on a little guy, and the most perfect rounded face. I'd never heard of DSI but figured I'd do a little search sometime. No w I know my great little hammer is indeed a GREAT little hammer and can hang on the hammer board amongst the dozens of others with it's head held high. So satisfying
I do the same with vintage cameras and lenses I've rescued. It's very satisfying knowing it's not going to waste, and it's going where it'll be used. (Also, an excuse to play with the intricate, innards of mechanical photo equipment).
I must buy a hammer and some nails soon.There is a plank that is coming loose on my fence and I want to nail it back. I must first learn how to use it.
Hey Adam. I am at a loss of words. I am humbled, starstruck and emotionally moved to a great extend. I am so happy that you made this video and that you enjoy the hammer. The hammers are a very special project for me and it makes me happy and proud that one now resides in your shop. Again thanks for everything you do for the maker society and for being you! I forgot to mention in my letter your book. I have read it several times and enjoy it every time. I learned several things from reading it like your note making technics but not the least that what I have done all my life is called Knolling. So again thank you so much and Always Be Knolling! kind regards, Jens Anso
Thank you for the beautiful sentiment behind the hammers, Jens. Restoration is a truly commendable task, and the gifting only aspect makes it absolutely wonderful to behold.
(P.S. Your knife designs have even been seen down here in New Zealand).
Loved the sentiment behind your letter. It’s clear you have a true passion for what you do. I hope that mentality spreads.
Fedt man! jeg laver også gamle dsi hamre
Jens is a renowned knife maker and designer! He does amazing work.
Do they have youtube?
@@hadeees @jensanso
When this started, and you mentioned the name of the man who restored and gifted this remarkable hammer, my ears perked up. "I know that name", I thought. Sure enough, Jens Anzo is a knife designer of significant notoriety in the knife aficionado/collector community. In fact, I have a few of his designs from various manufacturers. That's a mighty nice hammer, btw.
I'm personally a huge fan of Jens' work. My current edc is a Giant Mouse Ace. I'm even more of a fan now knowing his ethos toward other makers.
I knew that name as well, small world sometimes, remarkable hammer as you mentioned as well, I didn't catch the taper to the head at first, I'm thinking maybe that's his spin on it ,a bit more precise
“Never sold, always given. “
It’s little nuggets like this that get me to watch these videos. Whether it’s about a hammer, a puppet or catching farts, I feel like I always learn something meaningful.
Jens is a legend in the knifemaking world, and a super nice guy. That is so badass.
Jens is awesome! That is such an honor to receive that!
That is a gorgeous hammer, and clearly one that has been the subject of much love. I think the very first tool I bought for myself was a Wellar fixed temp-control soldering station, back in 1983. My son now has it. Because one must maintain the great circle of nerd...
Jens also is one of my favorite knife makers and designers. Cheers!
Have you seen his UA-cam channel? :D
@@ForGrimTilTV no I didn’t even think to look. Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
Oh, this video has made me smile inside and out. I love the pure joy Adam shares with us for things like this. And thank you to the hammer maker for helping us all get some of that joy. I know very little about tools but that looks amazing. Be well.
"Never sold - always given"
As soon as Adam said this I instantly knew that this simple yet so powerful line would struck a cord with him. And Adam is the perfect guy to receive such an awesome gift and truely acknowledge the ethos of giving. 😎👍
My armorer friend has one of those hammers. The shape is great for planishing once the heads are buffed to a mirror finish. It has become one of his favorites for armor recreation.
Rita Tillman big fan of the show. my favorite Myth Busters was the cement truck episode and the other was a myth between male and female was more stronger thax for everything you have experience. My son love it. I'm divorced and struggling 😢 I will always be a fan of the show. Keep on truck'n peace.
beautiful Warrington pattern cross peen hammer. I love that style!
I love this idea. Makes me think about tools I passed on because I didn't need another. Could pick one up cheap, have a day enjoying the restoration, then pass them on to somebody else.
In germany we have Feierabendhammer with a construction to open beer bottles.
Perfect Souvenir👍🏻
This gift you received brought me to tears. The beauty of the gift and sentiment of the giver, just beautiful and good for the heart!
DSI made really awesome tools like axes, hammers, pick axes and stuff like that.
When my dad was a carpenter he framed a lot of houses using a small DSI axe as a framing hammer, he still has it to this day with the original handle.
For my birthday one year he gifted me a new old stock DSI roofing hammer which is now my most cherished material possession. I don't use it everyday but I really like how it feels in the hand and no modern hammer comes close in that regard.
When I go to yard sales I almost always buy DSI stuff if I find it and it is not ridiculously priced.
I have had 2 of these hammers since about 1975 and they are my "go to" hammers that I bought new. one is a Whitehouse #1, made in England and the other is a Stanley which had a slightly different shape but the same basic form. It actually took me a second to read the Stanley name on the second as it is quite worn, but both still have their original handles. I bought another as I liked the first so much but had a tendency to misplace it and was spending too much time looking for it. after that I could usually always find one of them. You will probably like this wonderful gift as you use it in the future.
"Always given. Never sold." Such a beautiful way to put it. I've done this for years; I learned it from my grandfather. I've just never expressed it that way. Now I will.
As someone who restores old tools for a living, saving machines from the scrap yard every day, I think trading my labor for someone else’s labor is perfectly acceptable and good. Not all of us can repeat someone else’s lines for a living. 👍
The free exchange of goods and services is the No1 reason us immigrants come to America.
I find youtube increasingly less worth my time and dissatisfying, but im glad i stuck around for this. Simple little things with their simple little joys, sometimes, is just what one needs.
Beautiful moment! They seem to be blooming like the Spring at the moment.
_Gifts like this are _*_literally_*_ priceless_
I have not bought a new hammer since the 90's. Love the old hammer heads and the steel they are made of. Always make a new handle for them.
Jens is a brilliant and gifted man. And speaking of gifts, that is a lovely one.
What a lovely hammer! And such a sweet sentiment.
Simply, all around, beautiful.
I used to work in a very old hardware store that was in the same family for over 100 years. We had in stock a gigantic supply of hammer and axe handles, all fine hickory and very old, along with wooden and lead wedges. People would bring in broken hammers, and we would drill out the handle from the head, and fit them with a handle. We'd sometimes have to contour the eye portion of the handle on a grinder to get it to fit right. I brought home an old adze handle that I still keep around as "home protection" (it's long like an axe handle, with a really big eye portion like a block of wood, suitable for swinging at an intruder). I miss those days. Everything now is meant to be thrown out.
"never sold, always given" is beautiful
jens anso is an awesome knife maker
Thank you for sharing this with us and thank you Tested team for all the work you do!👍😎
"Never Sold Always Given" is really cool. I wish I could do that more.
Beautiful! In every way... Thank you both.
That’s the kind of gift that always sticks with you and has so much meaning. Thanks for sharing. 🔨
Anzo is an incredible knife designer! Awesome!
I love the idea Never Sold, Always Given, what a lovely concept. That really made my day to know there are artisans out there using their skills to make the world a better place.
Saw the tagline about a restored hammer. My FIL gave me an old cobbler's hammer that belonged to his father. He worked in the Little Daisy Copper Mine in Jerome, Arizona back in the 30's. He repaired shoes on the side. My FIL and his brothers were born in what is now called the Grand Jerome Hotel. The hammer was pretty rusty and the handle was junk. I cleaned up the hammer head. I couldn't find a handle that would fit so I bought a cheap hammer from Harbor Freight and whittled in down to fit. It looks pretty good and has a place of prominence on my board o' hammers.
Since I'm not a knife enthusiast, and although I'm a Dane myself, I'd never heard about Jens Anzø. However, I love hammers and that's a beautiful hammer only made more awesome by the way it's given. I'm checking his work out right now!
Edit: checking him out leads to me finding out that he lives right smack in the middle of the part of Denmark I've been living in all of my life.
holy sh*t, Jens Anso sent you a gift. Jens is like a super well known knife designer
Wha- huh?! Jens is a knife making legend! This makes me so happy :D....btw if you're ever in europe, maybe visit his shop in denmark ;)
You need to look at Jens Anso knives ... He does GREAT work.
Great to see this room of the cave again! I miss Still Untitled podcast!
What a wonderfull gift 💖💖💖
Adam, it is worth drilling a hope in the handle on the bottom and filling with molten beeswax. You will always have some was on hand to push the tip of a nail in to ease it's passage into the wood.
I totally agree, that making/creating things and gifting them is a beautiful and honourable thing to do. I've always disliked selling objects and art that I make. Seems selfish to me, unless I dislike the person, then happy the charge them as much as possible!
Please include the makers name in the titles of these videos. They deserve that recognition before people even watch the video. Love your videos!
I've seen a lot of used hammers for pretty cheap. The standard going rate for a hammer is about a dollar. It's to the point where I have had to cull my collection because they weren't all fitting too well in my rack anymore. That was a weird moment when I found myself walking through my shop with a bag of hammers thinking, what's dumber than a bag of hammers?
awesome hammer lovely work
I have exactly this hammer. I saw one Ville Noko (born 1912) build a boat with it. The purpose of the narrow end was to hammer nails deep, so they they do not stick out and grab weeds and fishing nets.
This looks like a cross peen rivet hammer to me. What you're thinking of is called a Warrington pattern hammer. They're lighter with a longer cross head. They're that way so you don't smack your finger starting a brad.
@@1pcfred It looks very much the same, but the sharp end is little more rounded sideways. Maybe it was modified for the purpose.
@@TimoNoko Warrington hammers are cross peen hammers but the hammer here is too heavy for carpentry. It is a riveting hammer.
@@1pcfred I don't think I've ever seen a riveting hammer without a ball peen.. but I'll not deny they may exist
@@snafu2350 cross peen riveting hammers are rarer than ball peen hammers are but it is in the name. Here in the US Warrington hammers are pretty rare too. I still don't have one myself and I've a fairly extensive hammer collection. I have my eye out for one if I see it. I do have a few cross peen riveting hammers though.
Nice vídeo keep The Good work
Greetings from Brazil
I love the 'always given, never sold' concept.
A smart watch that isn't smart enough to figure out you are not talking to it....got to love it.
When your only tool is a hammer, all problems start looking like a Loki.
Lovely to see something from Danmark going out to a great man 🤩 I'm a Dane myself 😅
Bruh you are getting old, but even more creative, keep it up!, much love =)
Awww... seeing the setup for "Still Untitled... the Adam Savage Project" is giving me feels. I hope Will is doing well and just have to wonder, will there ever be a title?
Nice chair Adam. The Herman Miller Aaron chair is one of the best chairs EVER. Also the most used chair in SciFi I would guess..
When every tool is a hammer...even a restored hammer, still a hammer!
You're thinking of Banksy, who didn't want their paintings sold at auction, one was (many have been), Girl with Baloon, and the frame had a shredder built in which partially shredded the painting when the painting was sold for just under a million pounds. (The evidence is questionable and may have been an inside job too but it did end up with a shredded painting as soon as it was sold.)
OMG! I also have a bad hammer habit, I buy any good quality old hammer that crosses my path, they're usually less than $5 at the re-usit places around here and the older the cheaper. I just bought a DSI hammer for a buck fitty, a really great 4oz ball peen with a the longest peen body I've ever seen on a little guy, and the most perfect rounded face. I'd never heard of DSI but figured I'd do a little search sometime. No w I know my great little hammer is indeed a GREAT little hammer and can hang on the hammer board amongst the dozens of others with it's head held high.
So satisfying
Jens Enso (sp?) Nailed the gift.
that is awesome!
DSI hammer love that!! 🇩🇰
Adam, Jens Anso designed the folding knife you use on camera at times - the bronze scaled Urban EDC F5.5
Go Jens!
That's a super nice hammer.
The peen is also perfect for driving small pins and brads held betwixt your fingers.
I suspect that this is the same Jens Anso of a worldwide knife making company. Lucky Adam!
I do the same with vintage cameras and lenses I've rescued. It's very satisfying knowing it's not going to waste, and it's going where it'll be used. (Also, an excuse to play with the intricate, innards of mechanical photo equipment).
Love this pov! 😀
Very cool.
EVERY TOOL IS A HAMMAH!
Perhaps but using just the right hammer for a task is bliss.
I'm lucky I inherited old hammers and watch makers / jeweler hammers. I pitched my modern one the second I the old ones came to me.
Here are 3 items...I mean 2...*shows 1
We all need a lot more giving and a little less selling 🥰
I'm not talking to you! Yea! 😆
Very cool🙏💪🏼
Nice video sir
Why is there a rubber spatula on Adams' hammer cart?
I must buy a hammer and some nails soon.There is a plank that is coming loose on my fence and I want to nail it back. I must first learn how to use it.
Happy Pi day, past Adam!
No, Siri it's not hammer time 🤣
There it is. I knew someone had to write "Hammer Time". Thank you! 😂
Would the artist you were thinking of be Bob Ross? If I remember correctly, he never wanted his work sold.
The old ones are hard to beat, pardon the pun. Ha!
That is a sexy hammer.
Brief google-fu indicates this is one variety of a cross-pein hammer used in metalwork.
Where's the video of making a hammer from roadside scrap?
Not out yet! Stay tuned.
@@tested Def looking forward to that.
Doo doo doo doo... di doo, di doo! (shuffles back and forth)
Adam transforms his hammer in Thors hammer xD
I love me a beautiful hammer. i would love to hold that one. i have a hammer addiction. beautiful handle i have to try one. Warrington cross pein
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I think it's pronounced "Yence" :)
Trading work is a nice idea, but money can be exchanged for goods and services!
Why you didn't title this video as "Stop. Hammer Time"?? 😂
I get the idea of not being evil but the bottom line matters.
The bottom line should only matter when it's your livelihood. You should have a life beyond that.
Handsaws. Old Plumbobs, Vintage Levels
You said there were two things you wanted to show us.
Artist who refused to have his work sold: Bob Ross
buddy, it's "yentz"
It's the end of the day? I wonder why I assume it's early in the morning in these videos. Weird.
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