Yeah, you can tell that they are great friends. The look on Will's face when he's first on camera is clear, he's happy to see his friend. More Will + Alec content please!
I'd be down for an "illegal in the UK" series where Alec visits smiths in different countries and forges things with them that aren't legal to own in the UK
4:31 - Alec with the Blue Dykem. 10:15 - Will with the Red Dykem. The epic Dykem battle finally comes to an end without concession or capitulation from either side. Go in peace, my friends.
So good to see Will again. I didn't like him at first. Felt like an intruder on Alec's channel. Then I grew to love how well they worked together and covered each other's weaknesses. Now it doesn't feel the same without Will.
Nice to see you and Will working together again. Life is LOOOOONNNG, young man. Don't ever lose these friendships you made when you are young. They will make your later days bright.
Man, this brings back to many memories of the early Montana days, Will and Alec working together on different projects, seeing the shop come together and the company being built. Back then, it was like those days would never end! It was great time to be a part of, it will be missed!
man.... it's going to suck never seeing this shop again, having been watching for years now, and becoming a blacksmith myself, this shop is so well set up, the equipment is so nice, it's a sad day
I'd just like to point out that Alec has one of the largest if not the largest Blacksmithing channels on UA-cam. Alec you're the Demolition Ranch of Blacksmithing channels.
@@DH-xw6jp Alec loves shooting guns and is pretty proficient with them, and he is a pillar of the blacksmiths on YT along with the Man at Arms guys. So I think it is a fair complement and comparison when Matt is also a pillar in the gun community along with FPS Russia (Kyle).
They've revised the knife laws here in Pennsylvania pretty much any blade is now legal including balisongs, gravity knives, daggers, and other things that were previously on a restricted list. This opens up a whole new world for someone like myself that would like to get into blacksmithing and knife making.
The steele shelter will always be one of my favorite iterations of your channel but hell I enjoyed the beginning with you learning and explaining it to us. Thank you for all the years of content
American here, Alec you are welcome back to the States any time, the Montana chapter of your career has been the stuff of legend. I'm chuffed to bits that you have such a deep fondness for my country, as we do with yours. Fair winds and following seas, sir. Can't wait to see the next project
Man, I really hope you visit often. Seeing you 2 together is always fun. Im saddened you cant come back and continue on your American dream. But you did accomplish a lot on the few years you were here. You now have life long friends, awesome stories to tell and experiences you've learned from. Hopefully one day you'll come back and try this again. God bless you Alec, Will, and the entire team. As a carpenter, I really enjoy learning blacksmithing from you 2.
Alec comes by for a single day visit and STILL manages to get Will to do all his grinding and sanding. I'm telling you, that's some kind of devious power at work.
Man oh man I’ve missed this. Y’all gotta do some stuff together every now and then. Very sad to hear the American dream didn’t come through but I’m glad to see you’re making the most of it
@@weasle2904 from what he said in the last video due to a number of factors like the business issues it was just better for him to go back to the uk. a lot of stuff behind the scenes we don't know of probably played a major role but that's not for us to delve into. the American dream doesn't work out for everyone but either way lets cherish the time he had in America and look forward into whatever he has planned next
this video made my bad day better I did not realize how much I miss how well you guys work together. next Will needs to go to England and build something in the Alec shop. you too cannot let this be the last video you all ever make together. thanks for this video.
After 12 days of asking alec to make a butterfly knife and actually seeing it happen is such a cool thing to see, and seeing you and will together again so amazing, thank you for taking my suggestion :)
I'm really going to miss seeing videos from this workshop. Been with you since you were in that tiny shop back home, loved seeing you come here and having such a massive shop and expanding your brand, name, and business.
I look forward to the video of these two in their 70s, making a knife together at 2am, using some of the same tools they worked together on back in the day. ❤
Very sad about seeing you leaving montana, you inspire me for years and years, wish all the best to you in england and your team who will stay in montana
I started as a blacksmith a few years back .. and I gotta say if it wasnt for alac I probably wouldn't be a blacksmith today .. alac ..you inspired me to become a blacksmith. I really hope you don't give up on this dream, because you inspired me to pursue my dream.
My two fav eras for the channel... year or two prior to moving to the US when you were doing a lot of swords and knives and mistakes and Jamie's editing had leveled up already... and the head to head competitions between you and Will. Also: "I'm going to make one last knife in this shop." :D Thanks for busting your hump to make content for us - hope you got some good sleep on the way home!
I guess your being in America was about finding your wife and learning lots along the way. You still made a great impact on the people you crossed paths with and your viewers! Cheers and safe travels! 🙏🍻
This brings back wonderful memories! It´s a little shame that the damascus handles did not work. I really hope you will do something like this back in the UK again. It was a beautyful piece od metal and I still remember how you made it.
Alec, I used to watch every single one of your videos back when you were making the rapier and the falcion, etc. I absolutely loved the dedication you put into the creativity of those kind of projects. I couldn’t wait for the next episode! Your work was gorgeous. I miss seeing Will, but I understand that life happens and you two had to go your separate ways. I wish you and Will every success. I’ll be waiting in anticipation for your next big project.
For those of us watching from the US, we miss this shop. Sure you’re a UK boy through and through but we were able to claim you for ours one more time and it was nice to see ya! For Will, you da man!
Will needs to visit the UK too, but please do a meet and greet. This is also a sad moment for the channel, from watching Alec move to the US, rent an apartment, buy his F150, build a bed, go to Ace hardware (a lot) and just be there enjoying the scenery. As someone who loved the US and did live there my heart aches for Alec.
It was so good to see you two working together again. I remember watching you two work together when he visited you in England. You two must’ve been 16 back then. I hope you have a safe journey home
This just brings huge nostalgia of you two working together all the time! Please dont end it there, you two need to get together for feature projects in the future!
Alec, I know you are still keeping up with your blacksmthing journey but you have inspired me since I have Ben young enough for my dad to have to wait for me to quit forging at our farm and while I have enjoyed your time i the USA, keep working and doing what you do and inspiring people especially young blacksmiths… my fits forge was a haridryer set to cool, a peice of pipe, and a charcoal forge. I used a railroad flat As an anvil after mine got stolen but I’ve kept going. I love your videos and they inspire us all no matter how much or how little equipment you have
Been wating for you to make a balisong I love them the manipulation got me into knife making and machining because of them great to see you make something so cool for your last project in Montana
Yes!!! I’ve always loved these. Since being a kid and seeing them in karate movies. I few years back I bought a butterfly style bottle opener. I learned all the flip tricks but never practiced with a real one!!
I love seeing you guys work with each other. Been here for a long time (even before chef Mic died) I hope you still get to do some projects in the future.
I can imagine in the future you periodically visiting Will in Montana, and doing specials a bit like this where you intensely make something in a few days! The chemistry is undeniable.
Nice to see you and will working together on your final project in the USA, it's a shame this chapter is over, all the best when you're back up to speed in the UK. Good luck fella
Yeah, I'm just going to hope that even an ocean apart, you two will still find the time to do an occasional project or even just a Seele and Stelter together in the future. I wish you both all the best in your endeavours!
You guys have such good chemistry. You guys are at your best entertainment wise when you're together. It sucks that we will never vids like these again.
I missed you two working together. This was a very fitting end to a chapter. I wish you both continued success along your journeys and hope they intersect again in the future. We look forward to it in patient anticipation. Thanks for sharing your dreams with all of us.
I love you guys, you always make a great team. You can tell that a great friendship unites them... I still remember when Will started on the channel. what times those 💥🔥💯🙏🏻
I really hope you and Will Stelter will come together once in a while to do some work together.
You two have a great chemistry on camera, great combo.
Yeah, you can tell that they are great friends. The look on Will's face when he's first on camera is clear, he's happy to see his friend. More Will + Alec content please!
They definitely will just won't be as often .. probly a once a year or every few years project
Best friends forever!
They are very entertaining when they work together
I'd be down for an "illegal in the UK" series where Alec visits smiths in different countries and forges things with them that aren't legal to own in the UK
So you mean any and every weapon in the world lmao 😂 I like the idea though it would give us content forever.
@@davidgessin-mccully3919 part 34 - starting to work on the bladeguard of weapon 1, still in india, bought a house look dogs! .... :D
@@8gmm8
Lmao 🤣 🤣
I wonder if he'll be able to smith an offensive joke.
You what mate?!... its royt illegawl innit?
Will and Alec are a such a good combo
True that👍🏻
Yep, I miss this combo.
They should start a UA-cam channel together!
Gonna be honest we need the 'Damascus Duo' back together 😢
Yeah, the steele v stelter days were good
4:31 - Alec with the Blue Dykem.
10:15 - Will with the Red Dykem.
The epic Dykem battle finally comes to an end without concession or capitulation from either side.
Go in peace, my friends.
Well, in Wills last video, he used both blue, and then red Dykem. At the same time!
Will getting the knife at the end kinda geared me up. He genuinely looked totally surprised.
Mix them and
*PURPLE DYKEM HAS JOINED THE CHAT*
We need green dykem!
I'm really missing these two working together. They were awesome as a team and I'm sad to see it end.
Why its ended btw?
@@subyk6046 Alec's moving back to England.
Though Will could visit him if they ever want to tackle a project together.
It's like watching 2 brothers meet back up after years apart. We miss y'all working together on camera!
So good to see Will again. I didn't like him at first. Felt like an intruder on Alec's channel. Then I grew to love how well they worked together and covered each other's weaknesses. Now it doesn't feel the same without Will.
Alex and Will was such a combo. I regret them going apart. A nice episode to them working together like that !
That was great .... a classic Steele & Stelter production ... thank you both!! 😁
Alec, you've been the best kind of guest to have in our wide country. All the best to you now and forever.
yup. Anglo.
Nice to see you and Will working together again. Life is LOOOOONNNG, young man. Don't ever lose these friendships you made when you are young. They will make your later days bright.
That's the truth!
is this just old footage?
This channel was at it peak with Alec and Will. Best duo on YT. We all miss this.
It really was
Everyone needs a friend like Will.
Alex, it’s such a shame you’re not back there in that workshop with Will do you made such a brilliant team
His name isnt Alex though lol
Man, this brings back to many memories of the early Montana days, Will and Alec working together on different projects, seeing the shop come together and the company being built. Back then, it was like those days would never end!
It was great time to be a part of, it will be missed!
Extremely happy to watch you 2 build something together again! 😁🔪🗡
You should a for the king
man.... it's going to suck never seeing this shop again, having been watching for years now, and becoming a blacksmith myself, this shop is so well set up, the equipment is so nice, it's a sad day
I haven’t watched him for a year or so.. why is he leaving his new shop and why aren’t will and him together anymore? Sad to hear all this
So happy to see you guys together one more time!!!
Never thought I'd see the day where Will has a workshop that makes Alec murderously jealous.
I was but a learner, now I am the master.
I see a programable press and a new bandsaw in Alec’s future
I'd just like to point out that Alec has one of the largest if not the largest Blacksmithing channels on UA-cam.
Alec you're the Demolition Ranch of Blacksmithing channels.
I'm . . . not sure that is much of a complement.
@@DH-xw6jp Alec loves shooting guns and is pretty proficient with them, and he is a pillar of the blacksmiths on YT along with the Man at Arms guys. So I think it is a fair complement and comparison when Matt is also a pillar in the gun community along with FPS Russia (Kyle).
They've revised the knife laws here in Pennsylvania pretty much any blade is now legal including balisongs, gravity knives, daggers, and other things that were previously on a restricted list. This opens up a whole new world for someone like myself that would like to get into blacksmithing and knife making.
The steele shelter will always be one of my favorite iterations of your channel but hell I enjoyed the beginning with you learning and explaining it to us. Thank you for all the years of content
I’m so happy to see Will and Alec together again however also very emotional time watching the last couple episodes.
The complicated motor doors breaking 3 days in being solved by just adding a bent piece of round as a handle is just perfect.
American here, Alec you are welcome back to the States any time, the Montana chapter of your career has been the stuff of legend. I'm chuffed to bits that you have such a deep fondness for my country, as we do with yours. Fair winds and following seas, sir. Can't wait to see the next project
What a pleasure to see the boys back at it. It's a shame that you two don't work together anymore. You compliment each other so well.
Man, I really hope you visit often. Seeing you 2 together is always fun. Im saddened you cant come back and continue on your American dream. But you did accomplish a lot on the few years you were here. You now have life long friends, awesome stories to tell and experiences you've learned from. Hopefully one day you'll come back and try this again. God bless you Alec, Will, and the entire team. As a carpenter, I really enjoy learning blacksmithing from you 2.
This is the most fitting way for Alec to kick off leaving is a last minute frantic build with Will.
Alec and Will are the best combo ever. WE NEED MORE OF THIS
What a way to end an era. THE BEST FORMAT AND THE BEST VIDEO From alec to date. And yes will and alec is an epic combo!!!!
Alec comes by for a single day visit and STILL manages to get Will to do all his grinding and sanding. I'm telling you, that's some kind of devious power at work.
Love the camaraderie between you two. UA-cam has been poorer without it. Hopefully you can get together and do this periodically in the future!
The boys are back in town! I really enjoyed the couple years of videos with the two of you. Hell of a team and I’ve missed it.
Man oh man I’ve missed this. Y’all gotta do some stuff together every now and then. Very sad to hear the American dream didn’t come through but I’m glad to see you’re making the most of it
Why is he leaving America
@@weasle2904 from what he said in the last video due to a number of factors like the business issues it was just better for him to go back to the uk. a lot of stuff behind the scenes we don't know of probably played a major role but that's not for us to delve into. the American dream doesn't work out for everyone but either way lets cherish the time he had in America and look forward into whatever he has planned next
The OG duo is back one more time! Happy to see one more project from you two together!
this video made my bad day better I did not realize how much I miss how well you guys work together. next Will needs to go to England and build something in the Alec shop. you too cannot let this be the last video you all ever make together. thanks for this video.
Really loved seeing the two of you collaborate again. Hopefully it can happen again in the future. Keep your mind positive Alec. We all love you.
It was so good seeing you and Will working together again. Kind of bittersweet but I know a lot of us have missed you two together
After 12 days of asking alec to make a butterfly knife and actually seeing it happen is such a cool thing to see, and seeing you and will together again so amazing, thank you for taking my suggestion :)
I miss the Will and Alec days sometimes. This actually bought a tear to my eye.
Totally awesome to see both you guys working on something together again! I was grinning a lot! :-D
I'm really going to miss seeing videos from this workshop. Been with you since you were in that tiny shop back home, loved seeing you come here and having such a massive shop and expanding your brand, name, and business.
So good to see you two working together. PLEASE make this a regular event, at least annually.
I can't say it enough, Will and Alec together are best! I hope this isn't the last one!
Oh man I feel like meeting an old friend again after many years; that video was so wholesome
Seeing Steele and Stelter making things together always makes for a good video
I look forward to the video of these two in their 70s, making a knife together at 2am, using some of the same tools they worked together on back in the day. ❤
Very sad about seeing you leaving montana, you inspire me for years and years, wish all the best to you in england and your team who will stay in montana
I started as a blacksmith a few years back .. and I gotta say if it wasnt for alac I probably wouldn't be a blacksmith today .. alac ..you inspired me to become a blacksmith. I really hope you don't give up on this dream, because you inspired me to pursue my dream.
*alec
@@jakobvanklinken woops 😅
My two fav eras for the channel... year or two prior to moving to the US when you were doing a lot of swords and knives and mistakes and Jamie's editing had leveled up already... and the head to head competitions between you and Will.
Also: "I'm going to make one last knife in this shop." :D
Thanks for busting your hump to make content for us - hope you got some good sleep on the way home!
In the end its just great to see good friends helping each other out.
thank you for every video Alec! you and Will are a big inspiration.
So good to see you and Will working together again
Hopefully it's not the last time cause you two make an incredible team
I guess your being in America was about finding your wife and learning lots along the way. You still made a great impact on the people you crossed paths with and your viewers! Cheers and safe travels! 🙏🍻
Ahhh... I missed having the two of them together!!! Also, it's incredible how jenk and awesome this blade looks!! Good job boys!
Really glad you and Will got to spend some time together
Great collaboration. 😎👍
Will brings the brains and skills, and Alec brought the materials…
Alex gets to hammer while Will grinds the bevels. The apprentice is now the master.
@@psibug565😂😂
@@psibug565 Will was always the better bladesmith when it comes to finish work, while Alec was always the better blacksmith
@@psibug565 Nah, Will was always that dude
I clicked on this video expecting to see a knife being made, but this ending made me really emotional, way better than many movies.
Will and Alec in the shop, just like the good ol days 🥲
👍congrats guys!
Nice to see you together again
So sad to see the Montana shop shut down. It was great to see Alex and Will together again doing a very cool project.
This brings back wonderful memories! It´s a little shame that the damascus handles did not work. I really hope you will do something like this back in the UK again. It was a beautyful piece od metal and I still remember how you made it.
Now that it's in Will's possession, he should make a proper set of handles for it.
I see your point but wouldn't that ruin the gift?
@@theallseeingmaster
nah. I think they would have done a better job if they had more time and the blade is still made from Alec's Damascus. IMO
This man is becoming so powerful he could make a bomb out of a pen and pencil
Alec, I used to watch every single one of your videos back when you were making the rapier and the falcion, etc. I absolutely loved the dedication you put into the creativity of those kind of projects. I couldn’t wait for the next episode! Your work was gorgeous.
I miss seeing Will, but I understand that life happens and you two had to go your separate ways. I wish you and Will every success.
I’ll be waiting in anticipation for your next big project.
For those of us watching from the US, we miss this shop. Sure you’re a UK boy through and through but we were able to claim you for ours one more time and it was nice to see ya!
For Will, you da man!
All we ever wanted was for you two to work together again.
Makes me glad to hear someone call it what it is a Balisong and not just leave it at saying butterfly knife. Keep up the awesome work!
Will needs to visit the UK too, but please do a meet and greet.
This is also a sad moment for the channel, from watching Alec move to the US, rent an apartment, buy his F150, build a bed, go to Ace hardware (a lot) and just be there enjoying the scenery.
As someone who loved the US and did live there my heart aches for Alec.
It was so good to see you two working together again. I remember watching you two work together when he visited you in England. You two must’ve been 16 back then. I hope you have a safe journey home
I am disappointed we didn't get to see Will hand sanding. We all know how much he loves doing that.
This just brings huge nostalgia of you two working together all the time! Please dont end it there, you two need to get together for feature projects in the future!
It was cool seeing you do another build with Will. Godspeed on your new journey Alec!
Awesome to see you 2 working together again, made some amazing stuff together in the past. Good to see nothing has changed.
Alec, I know you are still keeping up with your blacksmthing journey but you have inspired me since I have Ben young enough for my dad to have to wait for me to quit forging at our farm and while I have enjoyed your time i the USA, keep working and doing what you do and inspiring people especially young blacksmiths… my fits forge was a haridryer set to cool, a peice of pipe, and a charcoal forge. I used a railroad flat As an anvil after mine got stolen but I’ve kept going. I love your videos and they inspire us all no matter how much or how little equipment you have
Been wating for you to make a balisong I love them the manipulation got me into knife making and machining because of them great to see you make something so cool for your last project in Montana
Yes!!! I’ve always loved these. Since being a kid and seeing them in karate movies. I few years back I bought a butterfly style bottle opener. I learned all the flip tricks but never practiced with a real one!!
I love seeing you guys work with each other. Been here for a long time (even before chef Mic died) I hope you still get to do some projects in the future.
This just reminds me how much I miss Alec and Will working together 😢. That was the best blacksmithing content on UA-cam
So good to see you guys together again. Hope to see Will on a UK tour with a multi episode build stop over at Alec’s shop.
I loved the callback to hand sanding. A great piece. Looking forwards to seeing what each of them make in the future.
Two of my favourite smiths together again, and there was MUUUUUCH rejoicing!
quite poetic really, it was Alec and Will together at the start of the American adventure and now they are together again at the very end.
I can imagine in the future you periodically visiting Will in Montana, and doing specials a bit like this where you intensely make something in a few days! The chemistry is undeniable.
Nice to see you and will working together on your final project in the USA, it's a shame this chapter is over, all the best when you're back up to speed in the UK. Good luck fella
Yeah, I'm just going to hope that even an ocean apart, you two will still find the time to do an occasional project or even just a Seele and Stelter together in the future.
I wish you both all the best in your endeavours!
The best part of these style of videos is when Alec gives up and has Will fix it for him lol. Dude is so skilled
You guys have such good chemistry. You guys are at your best entertainment wise when you're together. It sucks that we will never vids like these again.
So Good to see Will again! I hope you had as much fun working with him as I did watching it!
One last session with Will. Now to see Will in Alec's shop in England would be awesome. Here's to the future.
Hands down the best video in months!!! So good to see you guys together again! Always great to see the “band back together”!!!
I hope that Will can come over to England in the near future to visit and maybe work on a project together
You don't know how much I need more interactions from Alec-Will 🥺🥺
Great project! Just like yhe old days. It was so good to see you guys work together again. Best of luck Alec and hope you had a good trip home.
Seeing them two together brings back so many good memories.
I missed you two working together. This was a very fitting end to a chapter. I wish you both continued success along your journeys and hope they intersect again in the future. We look forward to it in patient anticipation. Thanks for sharing your dreams with all of us.
I love you guys, you always make a great team. You can tell that a great friendship unites them... I still remember when Will started on the channel. what times those 💥🔥💯🙏🏻
I love how Will's face says "Yah, I got fun toys!"
A nice, heartening swansong of the pair of you, together, for a last time collaboration. Thanks. I hope you both signed the work; it would be fitting.
love this it’s so nice to see you doing well and what ever is needed for a good happy life