Great company. Didn't realise they made anything other than the original 'footies' for plumbers. Got an old set that's stood its time. Great British company proud to stamp its name on its tools. Make sure to give those tools good workout like they deserve!
Just bought a footprint bolster rather than the ox one I had in the amazon basket before. Support British industry and the fact they are willing to reach out and support the little guy themselves
The problem is manufacturing sector in the UK are not advertised or promoted by other local firms. For example when local American business makes something they always promote their local manufacturers. Hats off to this guy for educational videos.
Very heartening to see an old established firm still manufacturing , It goes to show you cannot beat quality tools , that have to work for a living Sheffield ,Good steel Good Heat treatment Great reliable tools Still have mine from the 60,s Thank you for sharing
Well what can I say yesterday was the first time l used the footprint tools simply amazing cannot believe How good they are the lump hammer is so solid the chisels a fantastic cut cut through bricks like butter how good they are the lump hammer is so solid the chisels cut through bricks like They are butter I’ve been in the trade a long time and I’ve never used anything as good solid Sheffield steel👏👌💪
Great to see, the kinda of place a lot of us would love to tour. The machines that make the tools are also great, built to last. The stuff missing from the video is the smell and the noise that also add to it, I can picture that place 40 years ago still being much like it is today.
Just bought there lump hammers. There chisels and bolsters / line pins. Have always been a league of there own. 4 1/2 bolster just replacing after nearly 16 years. And it’s still use able to split blocks.
Top quality tools i have 2sets of line pins both bought in 1990 still good as new.Thanks Stu really interesting video👍👍👍 thumbs up for British engineering.
Still got some of those Foot Print tools mainly cold chisels. Iv had them for close on fifty years and still use them although they are getting badly worn they remain some of the best typ of cold chisles I have had. Cheers from New Zealand.
Good video Stu, great to see proper Sheffield Steel company and how it works , nice new shineys, look after them , get you can't wait to use them !!😎🤗😉
I have the 4 1/2 inch bolster and the best thing about it apart from the quality of it is, I just love the fact when your cutting a block you can do it in two hits because it’s the width of the block unlike the 4inch where you need to move 3 times to cover the width of the block. Simple but affective. Quality tools footprint
I use footprint wrench everyday think it's from the 70s still works as the day it was made Its got its own place on the tool board and its own name Who's got Freddy works. 8 till 5 Mon to Friday Great tools. Because they are British
Still got me footprint pins since I started in 81' all the others are like toffee. Let me know how it go's with the string line please Stu, cheers mate
good Vid Stu went there about 8 weeks ago Tim is a top Man and the sandwiches went down a treat. We are hosting the Guild of bricklaying Com at our college in Yorkshire area on the 31st if you want a day out Our lads are always looking at your VIds we could say you are a VIP
I have met Tim a couple of times at tool shows. (Yes the director goes and stands all day at tool shows) A proper bloke, not a suit. I told him about the rumour on site that Footprint pins aren't as good as the use to be and the new ones bend. Tim told me, and the video shows it, that they are still made the same way and if anyone bends a Footprint pin, send it back to them and they will send you an new one free of charge. They want to test a pin if it does bend. Personally I have never actually seen one bend! I suspect the rumour has been started by the competition. The jointing irons are much better quality than Marshaltown's and don't get me started on the shit made in China. The Metal in the Footprint Iron is just a better grade of steel, they last and last.
@@Stucrompton1 For some reason, Footprint means so much to us, so we are grateful to them for keeping Footprint going and especially still British made. Thanks for spreading the word with the video.
Hi stu. I see you do a full brick laying course for 99. Id be interested in a concrete block laying course , cavity etc , window sill damp proof etc. Do you do a course an if so how much
Great stuff. So good to see stuff being made in England. Buy Footprint !
Good to see 'Made in England' still means something. Amazing company.
Support local UK industry! We can't lose these skills and the best made products in the world.
Great company. Didn't realise they made anything other than the original 'footies' for plumbers. Got an old set that's stood its time. Great British company proud to stamp its name on its tools. Make sure to give those tools good workout like they deserve!
Agreed zee they’re a great company 👍
Just bought a footprint bolster rather than the ox one I had in the amazon basket before.
Support British industry and the fact they are willing to reach out and support the little guy themselves
good decision pail mate
No better bolster about than the footprint. Had 4 1/2 for 16 year. Still going strong just have to replace now as not much neck left lol
I became a Gasfitter apprentice in 1969. All my pipe grips were made by Footprint and I still use them 👏👏👏🏴🏴
The problem is manufacturing sector in the UK are not advertised or promoted by other local firms. For example when local American business makes something they always promote their local manufacturers. Hats off to this guy for educational videos.
Very good of him to donate some tools, proper british company!
Interesting video, thanks for sharing stu!
Very heartening to see an old established firm still manufacturing , It goes to show you cannot beat quality tools , that have to work for a living Sheffield ,Good steel Good Heat treatment Great reliable tools Still have mine from the 60,s Thank you for sharing
Great to see made in England I hope they continue
Well what can I say yesterday was the first time l used the footprint tools simply amazing cannot believe How good they are the lump hammer is so solid the chisels a fantastic cut cut through bricks like butter how good they are the lump hammer is so solid the chisels cut through bricks like They are butter I’ve been in the trade a long time and I’ve never used anything as good solid Sheffield steel👏👌💪
The sight of the UK making secondary and core products does make you feel warm. We DO make good equipment.
Brilliant! So glad to see that Footprint is still going strong and manufacturing in the UK.
Great to see, the kinda of place a lot of us would love to tour. The machines that make the tools are also great, built to last. The stuff missing from the video is the smell and the noise that also add to it, I can picture that place 40 years ago still being much like it is today.
Just bought there lump hammers. There chisels and bolsters / line pins. Have always been a league of there own. 4 1/2 bolster just replacing after nearly 16 years. And it’s still use able to split blocks.
Very interesting. I bought a Footprint wrench 60 years ago and it's still going strong.
They used to make a lot more, not just builders tools, stuff for mechanics and engineers too. Great to see them still going strong.
Top quality tools i have 2sets of line pins both bought in 1990 still good as new.Thanks Stu really interesting video👍👍👍 thumbs up for British engineering.
Love a bit of footprint and that hammer looked the biz 💪 nice day out
I live in Sheffield and I was never aware of this company until now. I must have a look.
i'll be picking up some of these batboys! Never heard of the brand before, now I'm sold.
Really enjoyed that Stu, been using footprint stuff for years so nice to see it being made.
Still got some of those Foot Print tools mainly cold chisels. Iv had them for close on fifty years and still use them although they are getting badly worn they remain some of the best typ of cold chisles I have had. Cheers from New Zealand.
Proper British quality. I've got some hand me down footprint pipe wrenches,, god knows how old they are, but still going strong.
Good video Stu, great to see proper Sheffield Steel company and how it works , nice new shineys, look after them , get you can't wait to use them !!😎🤗😉
Footprint tools are top quality... Bricky pins used for many years.. Top vid Stu.
I have the 4 1/2 inch bolster and the best thing about it apart from the quality of it is, I just love the fact when your cutting a block you can do it in two hits because it’s the width of the block unlike the 4inch where you need to move 3 times to cover the width of the block. Simple but affective. Quality tools footprint
Footprint tool, top quilty fella use them all the time, never let me down
thanks for this one stu I've always preferred footprint cool video
I use footprint wrench everyday think it's from the 70s still works as the day it was made
Its got its own place on the tool board and its own name
Who's got Freddy works. 8 till 5 Mon to Friday
Great tools. Because they are British
Love the how its made videos. You a lucky man free footprint tools 👍
best pins and bolsters you can buy , nice guy kitting you out stu!! 👍
I'll be looking for footprint tools from now on, cause they are British made in Sheffield.
Where can we buy footprint tools from. Looks like some really good quality products. Proud to be British.
The 110mm bolster is amazing would recommend it to everyone
Really great to see heavy industries in the uk 👍👏👏👏
Best bolster ever made in my opinion.
Stu they are the best 👍👍 brilliant work they just gotta just keep doing what they do best. Best line pins in the world 👍👍
I own a load of footprint chisels, top stuff. Was great to see the factory. 🇬🇧
I wish I was on the tour. CHRISTMAS indeed
Best brickie tools in the world!! 👍
Right I'm off to place an order
Great video , I’ll defo be looking to buy footprint tools made in England! By the way your polo shirt design looks great
whs trowels are made in sheffield too. Would be interesting to see how they're made.
Awesome video Stu. Wonder how many tools were just sold due to this video? Love quality tools.
Nice insight into the manufacturing side of things
Fascinating mate
Footprint make great tools,interesting video stu.take care pal
Chisels and line pins in every brickies buckets up and down the country,wouldn't buy any others!
Didn't know they do bricklaying line. I brought some generic line recently it was rubbish I give that line a go
c Milner it’s not that good, cardoc all the way
Thanks for the video
Footprint do the best pins all the rest bend, never knew they did the bolster ill be buying one good quality
Love watching how you make these tools 🛠👌🏼
lovely tools
Quality hand tools 🛠
That was pretty awesome for them to give you so many tools
God bless Footprint tools U.K.. Bring manufacturing back to the U.K..
Great video Stu thanks for sharing did you have a good drive over Moors
I did mike 👍
That lump hammer is a beast. Wish they shipped to Canada. Great video
Still got me footprint pins since I started in 81' all the others are like toffee.
Let me know how it go's with the string line please Stu, cheers mate
Will do Andy
Great Video Stu. This is my forte as iam a precision engineer and build these machines what these lads are running.
Like a kid in a sweetshop 👍🏻
Merry Xmas !!!
Switching the viewing up stu! Nice one loved it 👍🏻👍🏻
Great to see keeping it real 👍👊👌😁
I've got a footprint wrench they're very good for pipework and the likes
nice gear Stu!!!
good Vid Stu
went there about 8 weeks ago Tim is a top Man and the sandwiches went down a treat. We are hosting the Guild of bricklaying Com at our college in Yorkshire area on the 31st if you want a day out
Our lads are always looking at your VIds we could say you are a VIP
Sounds great nick drop me an email if you can buddy. It’s in description
I have the lump hammer. You will never use a diffrent one ever again
I have met Tim a couple of times at tool shows. (Yes the director goes and stands all day at tool shows)
A proper bloke, not a suit.
I told him about the rumour on site that Footprint pins aren't as good as the use to be and the new ones bend.
Tim told me, and the video shows it, that they are still made the same way and if anyone bends a Footprint pin, send it back to them and they will send you an new one free of charge. They want to test a pin if it does bend. Personally I have never actually seen one bend! I suspect the rumour has been started by the competition.
The jointing irons are much better quality than Marshaltown's and don't get me started on the shit made in China.
The Metal in the Footprint Iron is just a better grade of steel, they last and last.
True Tim and rich are grafters
@@Stucrompton1 For some reason, Footprint means so much to us, so we are grateful to them for keeping Footprint going and especially still British made. Thanks for spreading the word with the video.
Stu have they got a website!!! I want that hammer 😂😂😂
Yes mate but think you can grab one on amazon
i didn't see any fire exits or signs in case of an emergency. that paint workshop has no place to escape. sorry if i am wrong.
Cracking video, more please.
Sheffield known for good tools .
Are they the same Quality though
Proper tools them your a lucky man
You can tell the bloke at 7:28 has been working there for some years😂 No gloves and just lobs them down when he’s done haha
I was waiting for him to sort you some tools out lol
Made in England. That'll do for me.
Hi stu. I see you do a full brick laying course for 99. Id be interested in a concrete block laying course , cavity etc , window sill damp proof etc. Do you do a course an if so how much
the only make of line pins worth buying
Proudly man in England🏭
Best line pins around hard as fook
Da hora mestre manda algumas dessas aí mestre
I live up road from it
Из какой стали делают?
M size sticker still on the jumper lol
I know lol
Steel city
Врло леп и користан видео.Одлично Мr Kромптон!
Olá amigo muito bom vidio gostei muito show show.
If I sound biased I don’t care cus British is best these guys stayed in the uk when they could have buggerd off to China long may they continue
Should of said literally ten mins away from my house
Would of mate but was strapped for time, literally there and back. Will do next time pal
Footprint tools,hardly seen a soul about 😂