Watch as he skillfully crafts his old world trade at 86 years old. He doesn't have a helper... no he doesn't need a helper. They just get in his way! Ha!
Ikr... I seriously need one of those "The Science Behind" videos on this. Theres just so much going on here. He just stands in front of it right until he breaks the last little piece... Only two missed strikes, and those were both foot placement issues, wha? He gets all his spikes free using, his spikes. And what is that dog in the background looking at? We may never have the answers.
it's a precise craft, it's all about taking your time to get the right cuts, while doign withina certian time frame he would have been faster but never would have rushed it
According to the History Channel, any work of engineering before the 20th century had to be the work of Aliens. There's no way a rock cut could be this perfect without the use of heavy lasers. Arnaldo is in fact an alien shapeshifter, for sure!
The people of the ancient world were by no means dumb but very smart. its foriegn to us because a lot of anciet skills and knowledge have been lost over time. just look at colonial technologies/knowledge are becoming lost to the ages because very few pass it on or even knew of it. you can make things very precise given enough time with manual tools. then as technology and skills/tricks of the trade things become more efficient and thus done faster!!
the amazing part is watching him pull out the unneeded wedges...he knows EXACTLY which ones are no longer wedged tight and can be pulled loose...he's not even "testing" by pulling on them at all...he just grabs them out...the DECADES of experience and expertise that speaks to is truly that of a Master of his craft....
No need to analyze it so much...when you are truly at one with your skill it becomes an extension of your soul, mind, and body. You can “feel” every bit of your senses, but could do it blind and deaf all the same. The dude knows his stuff, like any true master knows his trade. There is a humble pride in it too.. missing in today’s world. I try to get that into the heads of people today, who accept manual labor as a lowly badge of “well, that burnout never went to college...” this guy’s spirit could teach us more about physics than a year at MIT, and still be home in time to split a few tons of granite.
I met a old master mason in Philadelphia. He worked in polished black shoes, black pants, and a white shirt. He had two helpers running block to him, and they were *running!* At the end of the day, his clothes were as spotless as the moment he showed up. Not a speck of mortar or dust on him. Mind-blowing skill.
This is from Portugal and this man is Portuguese, he actually cursed a lot and said that it didn't turn out that great, he was expecting a better cut. Briliant work from an expert.
TK Shakur, he saying "assim, vá", that means "that's it, go on" But that's no doubt, those man are talking Portuguese with the north accent! "pronto está feito" ;)
Been Savage I think he just meant it out of respect, he wasn't implying he was born in the US. But he is human so who cares in the grand scheme of things
Giggidygiggidy12 dude my family owns a business and we hired a bunch of white americans and there lazy as fuck we are mad behind we usually hire Hispanics who are hard working and get the job done instead we hired a bunch of lazy fucks who get paid the same smh
It always looks amazing when a man using simple tools can split solid blocks of stone, but itt's actually a craft based upon thousands of years of experience. If you watch stone cutting today using machines, you are watching the same craftsmanship only using more modern power tools to speed up the task. It's all about understanding stone and it's grain structure and planing your moves ahead of time. Watching this 86yo man reminds me of the old stone cutters who used to live in my town, they considered building with concrete to be a sin!
I think we're out of spoonerisms; gotta for for anagrams. Let's see... "sucked old rod?" "ducks drooled?" "cold red kudos?" "dork duels cod?" Nah, it's just not the same.
Thanks for sharing this great video! I didn't realize at first how thick that piece of stone was! I hope he still doing the same thing today! From Texas
Good example of the human skill. People think of aliens etc. when they look at extraordinary buildings. Actually it is just the skill, patience and strength of man.
He now has a straight edge. Now you do the same thing and break off 3-4" chunks for table tops, walk ways etc. i have tried this it takes much experience and patience.
stufoo yer but there is nothing like old fashioned masonary the sound the smell and the skill id much rather watch than a screaming loud wet saw. But I'm biased towards the old way.
The first thing I thought when the stone cracked in half was-he was just standing to the right of the stone a moment ago. If that chunk fell at that time, his lower body could have been crushed. He really is accurate with his understanding of the structural integrity of the stone.
I have a lot of respect for anyone 86 years old working as a stone mason. I don't know anyone 86 years old still working such a physical strenuous job. I bet this man is as mentally sharp as men 1/3 his age. Hard work keeps you young, if you work from the shoulders up as well as from the shoulders down.
keith cunningham at over 80 you are using skill and muscle memory to do manual tasks, strength is something useful when you're younger. My father is this age.
Just awesome!! Shows what a lil work can do. Some bit of time and you can make some great stuff. No drilling needed. Just a whole lot of hard work right there. Plus he does it in a suit.
fermin benedetti, it may take him more than a second to get to you though. Joking apart, I hope I will still be hitting with a hammer like that when I am 80 odd years old.
@@matteouccellani9657 No sir, he's portuguese. The fact that he's talking portuguese and this was filmed in Portugal and the fact that i actually knew him once probably makes me right. Just "probably".
Men like this are a damn dying breed!! Not many hard ass working people like this left! I respect the hell out of a man that works hard. Rock on Mr!!!!!!
Questa persona ci da una lezione di vita, non bisogna arrendersi di fronte a nessuna impresa ritenuta frettolosamente impossibile. This person gives us a lesson in life, we must not surrender in the face of any hastily impossible enterprise.
I worked in a Limestone Industry for a big part of my life here in Indiana (Limestone Capitol of the world) and have done that a few times. Amazing you are still able to swing that hammer,I've seen young men fall over doing what you did,maybe it was swinging the hammer all day that did them in. Either way,Kudos and thanks for sharing!
Probably so,SentByHim. I don't believe its Limestone but I have seen blocks that were Grainy like this. Hard to tell for sure. Either way,the blocking method is the same except we would drill a 100 ft. by 5 foot block then block the lenths into whatever the job called for,sometimes 14' and some less.
It´s granite, easy to see it, quite harder than limestone, and I´d say the country is Portugal, probably in the north, where it´s the main rock in the ground.
I had 6 boulders in my house that I got out this way (with a modern drill) and it is quite some work I tell ya. Being 86 and doing this is simply just amazing.
Gente maravillosa, que sean muchos más. Gracias por la enseñanza y alentarnos a vivir, viendo una persona mayor haciendo semejante tarea. Abrazo desde Argentina!!!
Sharkfat He is not 34 ......He hits like a old man and his beard is fully white let alone his back look hunched like a old man ...stop it with your shit
That wheezing is more than likely silicosis, a common prognosis for people that have spent years being exposed to concrete or stone dust. I have a great deal of respect for that old man and his skills, in his younger days I bet he was a freaking animal! The fact that he is still working such a hard job at his age, speaks volumes about his character!
Wow this guy is a tuff old bastard. He's done this a lot of times, a true master of his trade. It is such a perfect clean cut, almost no finishing work needed, incredible. cheers man
At first this video was off to a rocky start, I thought the old guy was just stoned and this was just a bunch of rubble, but now I see that he is quite the quarry craftsman.
"Ora bem agora vai já embora. Pronto tá feita. Cortou mal como o caralho. Andava a cortar só que estraga meia pedra como o caralho. Tá feito." Simply poetic
I ran a little quarry part time for few years. We had hydraulic splitter. Hardest work I've ever done. But when my first wife died 10 years ago I said I'm not buying a headstone. Grabbed kids and went to the old quarry and built our own came out amazing. Mounted bronze plaque Brenda Rae Coleman, five feet tall, red hair and attitude. Kids will always have that memory of helping, no college can teach that.
Absolute and total respect for this man. At 86 hes still able to do that. Skills like that are dying with the men and women that are aging like him and noone seems to care to learn the skills because there are machines to do the work now. Its sad. This guy probably fed his family and kept a roof over their heads using just that skill set. Yet those jobs go to computerized machines. Its sad to see that the last real tradesman are dying out. And i tried to figure out how to say that without sounding offensive to anyone so please noone take offense to it. All I am saying is that men like this guy that used a skill like that everyday and did manual labor like that to support their family are a dying breed. There are men nowadays that use skill sets to support their families but gone are the days of the man leaving the house swinging a hammer and driving Spikes all day to split Stone now we have gigantic Stone saws to do that for us. My grandfather worked on the highway department for 28 years before retiring and the work that a lot of these Paving machines do my grandfather and his team of men did from 5 a.m. until 5 p.m. only taking a 30 minute lunch break for the entire day. They worked their asses off for years to just support their families they weren't paid a lot of wages they didn't make $25 an hour the way a lot of these modern workers are paid they worked for very little money and ended up making it work
This old man is a Superman. I'm only 46 and I don't think I could come close to doing what he's doing with that sledgehammer and he only missed only one time that's very impressive.
The Art of Cantaria from the North of Portugal back in the 40s & 50s a lot of this Men emigrated to America to build Churches & Museums.....my father is also a stonemason and is actually working right now in the Statue of Liberty!
Estuve viendo el enorme trabajo en los bancales del río Duero (Douro) en la región vinhateira de Régua y me quedé sorprendido, está gente tiene que ser muy muy dura!
@@aire667 make no mistake, Portuguese work in the fields till they're 90... All dried up from the sun, with shit pay because the government robs us off. But the 90s and up gen of Portuguese... Soft as shit. Specially the women... Who are trying so hard to cling onto every Western political movement due to their lives having no meaning...
@@aire667 - That's a very good example that's been done until today. Although today is normal to see machinery helping out. In the old days was pure hand labor and lots of sweat. ;-)
I like old school dudes like this, no proper gloves, no eye protection, just church clothes and good hands
This dude probably worked like this his whole life. I bet he could crush your hand in a handshake. Sadly people like this are far too rare these days.
@@TheBluegoatman blame engineers
@@Bioshockaholic people who are smart ,and know not to work harder. Smarter .
@@Hallayel pussies
The hat and coat would not have been an every day thing. It is tradition to dress up for a photograph. This gentleman is very old school.
Every 1-2 years I stumble on this video and continually rewatch in amazement.
Me too...have you seen it again in 2020?
Ikr... I seriously need one of those "The Science Behind" videos on this. Theres just so much going on here.
He just stands in front of it right until he breaks the last little piece... Only two missed strikes, and those were both foot placement issues, wha? He gets all his spikes free using, his spikes. And what is that dog in the background looking at? We may never have the answers.
🙃😃
Shut up..
I was just gonna say me too. I saw this a year or two ago...but then noticed the comment I made 2 years ago is still there.
If this is what this guy can do at 86, imagine watching him go in his prime.
In his prime there was only one continent, guess he didn't like that
@@jmcantila9104 the fu-
He still looks to be very strong. Remarkable for an 86 year old!
it's a precise craft, it's all about taking your time to get the right cuts, while doign withina certian time frame he would have been faster but never would have rushed it
@@leilarouzikhah1367 He is so strong he split the supercontinent into what we see today..
The fact that he never loses his hat is impressive
Or an eye !
It naild on his head propably...
😂
He keep spare chisels inside it
"Aliens must had been around to cut a rock precisely down the middle"
Oldman: "hold my cane"
Elon Musk???
According to the History Channel, any work of engineering before the 20th century had to be the work of Aliens. There's no way a rock cut could be this perfect without the use of heavy lasers. Arnaldo is in fact an alien shapeshifter, for sure!
@@annakozupa5410 Nah... Elon can't hold or swing a hammer!
The people of the ancient world were by no means dumb but very smart. its foriegn to us because a lot of anciet skills and knowledge have been lost over time. just look at colonial technologies/knowledge are becoming lost to the ages because very few pass it on or even knew of it. you can make things very precise given enough time with manual tools. then as technology and skills/tricks of the trade things become more efficient and thus done faster!!
@@alexodis Illuminate Confirmed!
the amazing part is watching him pull out the unneeded wedges...he knows EXACTLY which ones are no longer wedged tight and can be pulled loose...he's not even "testing" by pulling on them at all...he just grabs them out...the DECADES of experience and expertise that speaks to is truly that of a Master of his craft....
You can feel if they're loose when the sledge hits them.
i did this friday, lol, a tight wedge "rings"
The loose ones also sound different.
No need to analyze it so much...when you are truly at one with your skill it becomes an extension of your soul, mind, and body. You can “feel” every bit of your senses, but could do it blind and deaf all the same. The dude knows his stuff, like any true master knows his trade. There is a humble pride in it too.. missing in today’s world. I try to get that into the heads of people today, who accept manual labor as a lowly badge of “well, that burnout never went to college...” this guy’s spirit could teach us more about physics than a year at MIT, and still be home in time to split a few tons of granite.
the sound tels him which.one is loose the wwrk8ng one do.not vibrate the loose one vibrates like a diapason.
Legend has it he once killed two stones with one bird
And she was so impressed with his exhibition of youthful virility, that he took her to wife.
Now that was a proper joke my friend. Well done.
Underrated comment
His protective gear is a sport coat and fedora. Love it
That's how it's done in the good old Portugals
Now that's manual labor my style.
As a mechanic I will try going to work dressed like that and see what happens.
I met a old master mason in Philadelphia. He worked in polished black shoes, black pants, and a white shirt. He had two helpers running block to him, and they were *running!* At the end of the day, his clothes were as spotless as the moment he showed up. Not a speck of mortar or dust on him.
Mind-blowing skill.
...and don’t forget the sweater vest!
Dude has some legit accuracy with that sledgehammer.
his a lvl 77 Paladin.
Travis K. What’s a scrote nigga
Mark Z U C C look in a mirror
1337 Burrito lmao
easy
This is from Portugal and this man is Portuguese, he actually cursed a lot and said that it didn't turn out that great, he was expecting a better cut. Briliant work from an expert.
Vitor Menezes hmmm let me guess your from Portugal ?
Vitor Menezes the whole time i couldnt heae them till camera man says 'si va' . . . Thought it was italian
TK Shakur, he saying "assim, vá", that means "that's it, go on"
But that's no doubt, those man are talking Portuguese with the north accent!
"pronto está feito"
;)
Vitor Menezes - I really hope that's true; knowing he is cursing makes it more enjoyable!😉
At one point someone speaks german. Da fällt er. Down it goes
His wife wanted him to help clean the house, he said "just as soon as I spread some gravel on the driveway"
Also available in 15kg bags at your local garden centre. 👍
@@magnuswalker7957
What’s your point?
Or is this when I’m supposed to say “whoosh”?
Lololol
Perfect!!!!!
This was so good to see how large blocks of stone are actually cut without machinery.
Thank you for sharing.
Gotta love watching a craftsman of any trade work....slow, deliberate and accurate..my hat is off to you sir!!!
He is a badass. Imagine him back in the day.
All-american badass old man by his looks, but he's really an alien.
Dr. Brule he isnt amercian. ya fuckin douche
@Dr. Brule
Big if true
Been Savage I think he just meant it out of respect, he wasn't implying he was born in the US. But he is human so who cares in the grand scheme of things
Giggidygiggidy12 dude my family owns a business and we hired a bunch of white americans and there lazy as fuck we are mad behind we usually hire Hispanics who are hard working and get the job done instead we hired a bunch of lazy fucks who get paid the same smh
He's turning that slab into more of those cobblestones behind him. Especially incredible at his age.
" Ok, we're almost there." 👍
The size of the cobblestones vs the size of that slab…….he’ll be there eight months 16/7’s!! JESUS…….you EVER hear of bricks or paving machinery????
This is a man who just knows his trade. Makes it look effortless. RESPECT
This is what experience in stone-masonry looks like. It is always a pleasure to watch oldtimers like this guy show us how things are done.
Gotta love it. A stone mason plying his trade in a fedora and suit coat. Now that is class.
Lex Turner
Pure class 101%
+JCBAirmaster73 Heh, I've always been jealous of that.
wow,what stone is this?
Portuguese Granite.
Imagine what this old blokes hand shake would feel like when you met him for the 1st time?
You'd be thinking he was an alien
My grandad and dad were both stonemasons and farmers . They took cruel pleasure in shaking the soft hands of my friends.
@@buckodonnghaile4309 Were they at least gentlemen about it and actually gave a proper handshake instead of grabbing their fingers?
It always looks amazing when a man using simple tools can split solid blocks of stone, but itt's actually a craft based upon thousands of years of experience. If you watch stone cutting today using machines, you are watching the same craftsmanship only using more modern power tools to speed up the task. It's all about understanding stone and it's grain structure and planing your moves ahead of time. Watching this 86yo man reminds me of the old stone cutters who used to live in my town, they considered building with concrete to be a sin!
Old dudes rock......
Rocks dude, old
Rocks old dude..
Rude old docks?
I think we're out of spoonerisms; gotta for for anagrams. Let's see... "sucked old rod?" "ducks drooled?" "cold red kudos?" "dork duels cod?"
Nah, it's just not the same.
Old cocks rock.. dude
Wait what
At 86, he's pretty fit, not easy to wield a sledge hammer continuously like that...
Not just that, catching it on the bounce every time is something only those with experience will understand how skilled he is to achieve.
He certainly belongs to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
Thanks for sharing this great video!
I didn't realize at first how thick that piece of stone was! I hope he still doing the same thing today! From Texas
Doesn't matter what the occupation, I love watching a true artist at work.
sick. its a privilege to watch a true master at his craft.
ty gable The US military did the same thing in Afghanistan.
Turning big rocks into small rocks.
I'm looking at that pile of rocks behind him, and getting an idea of how long he's been at this.
TO PROVE THE POWER OF FLEX-SEAL, I CUT A ROCK IN HALF!!!
Good example of the human skill. People think of aliens etc. when they look at extraordinary buildings. Actually it is just the skill, patience and strength of man.
Well said sir!
Idiots, not people.
Pro Menota exactly women couldn’t couldn’t do this shit LMAO
So ancient man had steel stakes?
Ryan Wilkinson yes
Sweet now he has two gigantic ass rocks
He now has a straight edge. Now you do the same thing and break off 3-4" chunks for table tops, walk ways etc. i have tried this it takes much experience and patience.
Be is making a cattle tank the old way for a Edwardian farm.
yeah i can do the same with a diamond blade industrial saw
stufoo yer but there is nothing like old fashioned masonary the sound the smell and the skill id much rather watch than a screaming loud wet saw. But I'm biased towards the old way.
+Gilbert McGillicutty he just going to keep breaking it till it's all the size of them cubes next to him, he's making road pavement.
Beautiful work! You make me try harder at my simple endeavors in life without so much complaining!
Now that’s what I call a hard-working man! Hands-down respect!
We are going to loose this skill set, it is amazing to see the way he could see what was going to happen with the stone
Beautiful.
Lifetime of experience in action.
Уважение этому человеку, за его возраст и труд.
The first thing I thought when the stone cracked in half was-he was just standing to the right of the stone a moment ago. If that chunk fell at that time, his lower body could have been crushed. He really is accurate with his understanding of the structural integrity of the stone.
Considering his age, we can presume he is in this profession for a long period of time. If he is still fine, this fact alone proves his abilities.
@@ArekS27 á
That's one strong, tough man who has done and seen a lot in his life: RESPECT!
Ken Johnston he's a fucking stoner.
Ken Johnston Yeah, hacking away at rocks for decades makes you very wise.
Ken Johnston, he’s on the juice
He's at what we'd call retirement age and he can do a niche, outdated physical task. The rest is just inference
Ken Johnston
Heard he has never left that village and is half deaf from all the hitting....
I have a lot of respect for anyone 86 years old working as a stone mason. I don't know anyone 86 years old still working such a physical strenuous job. I bet this man is as mentally sharp as men 1/3 his age. Hard work keeps you young, if you work from the shoulders up as well as from the shoulders down.
You do realise that he's 86 in dog years? He's getting a new hammer for his 14th birthday.
keith cunningham i woud change that 30 years a go part my gramps is just like this dude and he can kill a rabbit whith a punch
keith cunningham at over 80 you are using skill and muscle memory to do manual tasks, strength is something useful when you're younger. My father is this age.
Would loved to apprentice with him
Dude mad respect for that old timer. I swing a 17 lbs sledgehammer at work and after 10 swings I need a break
That's what I tell people, if you want to know how in-shape you are, start swinging a big hammer, it will let you know real quick.
@@wordsyoucanthandle2855 "Start swinging"? I'd have trouble lifting it!
Just awesome!! Shows what a lil work can do. Some bit of time and you can make some great stuff. No drilling needed. Just a whole lot of hard work right there. Plus he does it in a suit.
I hope to be able to lift a fork to my mouth at age 86...and this guy...
u lazy welfare murican, dis man work so he have strenght
+TruthTrader nothin u said made any sense. Step off.
might of been Romanian,unless it was a dialect,,not sure
He's portuguese, translation of the end: "Now it goes. It's done. It split fucking bad". Grumpy old granpa :D
I hoped to be long dead by 86.....until I saw this guy
The correct method, skills and technique make a master.
fascinating . love watching old school craftsmen . thanks
Wonderful Grandpa, wonderful! That was beautiful and it left me in tears... and not just because watching it made my back hurt.
You gotta love this guy's 'old world craftmanship'. I would hire him in a second!!!
so would Egypt a few thousand years ago
Lance Pierce A "Master Mason" like our friend in this video would have had Royal Status back then.
Lance Pierce why, was he around then?
fermin benedetti, it may take him more than a second to get to you though. Joking apart, I hope I will still be hitting with a hammer like that when I am 80 odd years old.
Bill Ray sure I admire the true artisans too 😊
Old Portuguese man are masters in this art!! From Portugal with Love
He's italian
@@matteouccellani9657 No sir, he's portuguese. The fact that he's talking portuguese and this was filmed in Portugal and the fact that i actually knew him once probably makes me right. Just "probably".
This old Portuguese man is a master of his craft. You don’t see that anymore nowadays...................viva 🇵🇹
Viva Portugal !
These are the men you look after and care for and get knowledge in return that’ll set you up for life.
Rock splitting knowledge. Sure.
Once a stoner always a stoner 👍
I've come to the same conclusion
Hard work for such an old man, highly respected! Better watch your feet!
Men like this are a damn dying breed!! Not many hard ass working people like this left! I respect the hell out of a man that works hard. Rock on Mr!!!!!!
Questa persona ci da una lezione di vita, non bisogna arrendersi di fronte a nessuna impresa ritenuta frettolosamente impossibile.
This person gives us a lesson in life, we must not surrender in the face of any hastily impossible enterprise.
I worked in a Limestone Industry for a big part of my life here in Indiana (Limestone Capitol of the world) and have done that a few times. Amazing you are still able to swing that hammer,I've seen young men fall over doing what you did,maybe it was swinging the hammer all day that did them in. Either way,Kudos and thanks for sharing!
isn't he splitting granite?
Probably so,SentByHim. I don't believe its Limestone but I have seen blocks that were Grainy like this. Hard to tell for sure. Either way,the blocking method is the same except we would drill a 100 ft. by 5 foot block then block the lenths into whatever the job called for,sometimes 14' and some less.
It´s granite, easy to see it, quite harder than limestone, and I´d say the country is Portugal, probably in the north, where it´s the main rock in the ground.
Alvar2001 the only stones I'd be able to name just by looking at them are Keith and Mick :)
I can confirm! :)
wow! a true craftsman at work this man is made of steel
I had 6 boulders in my house that I got out this way (with a modern drill) and it is quite some work I tell ya. Being 86 and doing this is simply just amazing.
Gente maravillosa, que sean muchos más. Gracias por la enseñanza y alentarnos a vivir, viendo una persona mayor haciendo semejante tarea. Abrazo desde Argentina!!!
The whole time i was thinking... "Isnt the giant chunk gonna crack off and break his knees??"
Impressive !! That old man is the real deal !! Especially being that he is an older gent. I bet he would be a beast on “whack a mole”.
Extraordinary and excellent sir👏👏
like a music. good job in every movement, nothing else just years of practice. so nice
Apparently he's actually only 34 but smokes a lot!
Sharkfat He is not 34 ......He hits like a old man and his beard is fully white let alone his back look hunched like a old man ...stop it with your shit
Spirit Free Wow how can anyone be that stupid?
----> The Joke
"Your head"
Spirit Free is seriously the fun police
What joke? That wasn’t a joke. It was some fuckbrain moron trying to make a joke and completely fucking it up.
That wheezing is more than likely silicosis, a common prognosis for people that have spent years being exposed to concrete or stone dust. I have a great deal of respect for that old man and his skills, in his younger days I bet he was a freaking animal! The fact that he is still working such a hard job at his age, speaks volumes about his character!
What a guy ! Bless his heart.
Legend has it he carried that stone there 5 miles on his back.
That's how my parents claim to have walked to and from school back in their day.
He did.. along with his even heavier iron balls
And he carried it up-hill both ways.
Uphill, in a snowstorm, after cutting it out at the quarry himself. LOL-thanks, that was a good one n needed the laugh.
Those comments really?? Pretty toothless stuff and disrespectful to a master at his art.
A skill from a time long gone, amazing.
its not a lost skill, its done everyday, i did it two days ago.
2:18 the dog in the background is like "what is he up to now?"
Leap Frog
Very good eye, the first time I watched from a glance I thought it was a statue.
Fiacitro saxpunto 😂
Nah. That dog loves him. The dog is like damn, what a beast. 😍
A lifetime of experience and knowledge can cut through anything
That’s what I learned
Wow this guy is a tuff old bastard. He's done this a lot of times, a true master of his trade. It is such a perfect clean cut, almost no finishing work needed, incredible. cheers man
Well done, he makes that look so easy
Great Video, I know I couldn't be swinging that Sledge Hammer like that for that long. The man is certainly in shape.
Very nicely executed...awesome..
Grande storia di un'Italia ormai dimenticata. Grazie per questa testimonianza, ci porta indietro nel tempo di quanto era tutto più difficile...
Such a clean cut too
Amazing
*thanks to you.. now im going to do this to a mountain side with larger pegs*
Maybe use plug & feathers, not pegs?
And a larger hammer?
he knew when to move out of the way of the fall. kudos old man.
***** it is to a stone age man!
precisely
Lets see you do it! Some things look easy but as a stone arrowhead maker I can tell you it takes years of skill to pull off what he just did.
Breaking rocks is breaking rocks. It is not easy to do right.
May have learned from experience as a younger man!
Impressive. I've seen thinner stone split by hand with scoring and a few wedges. This was amazing!
Finally ..I knew how ancient Egyptians used huge stones in their stunning sculptures ☺️
At first this video was off to a rocky start, I thought the old guy was just stoned and this was just a bunch of rubble, but now I see that he is quite the quarry craftsman.
86?! Damn, this guy is inspirational.
dragonborn2709 For sure. Amazed how he hopped off that rock.
ksrmk Lmfao 😂. Seriously though, most people at that age can barely get down a short set of stairs, let alone jump off a rock.
A little RubyPort and a little personal cleaving at the end of the day's quarrying........Word
You know what he said in the end? "Cortou mal como o caralho" witch means "the cut came out bad as shit" he was not pleased with the cut 😂
Hammering on side slab will fall! This guy has faith in his skills! Amazing!
"Ora bem agora vai já embora.
Pronto tá feita.
Cortou mal como o caralho.
Andava a cortar só que estraga
meia pedra como o caralho.
Tá feito."
Simply poetic
This is the guy who built the pyramids.....by himself.
ColKorn1965 Yes, he told the aliens to go fuck themselves, that he could do it better.
mogaman28 Word
And, mon amour, for THAT reason, at his behest, Bière (Beer) was invented.
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Lol
You never see this kind if rock cutting in any pyramid building documentary, its probably how they did it.
There’s a guy who takes everything for granite.
Oh, I saw what you did there. Clever, clever....
That joke rocks 🤘
@@lovelybitofbugle219 - Or the joke is on the Rocks!
I ran a little quarry part time for few years. We had hydraulic splitter. Hardest work I've ever done. But when my first wife died 10 years ago I said I'm not buying a headstone. Grabbed kids and went to the old quarry and built our own came out amazing. Mounted bronze plaque Brenda Rae Coleman, five feet tall, red hair and attitude. Kids will always have that memory of helping, no college can teach that.
See him skip down off that step like a young un. Every hit connects and pings beautifully.
Pretty sure at the end he said. "There's old for you .... now turn that thing off & go help your Grandma in the kitchen ..... "
Actually, he said "that was a fucking bad cut, but it's done". Really.
hossmonkey1 I think he said "old fart and Young tart " Art the end ?
Thanks for the actual translation! What language? Do you know the country?
hossmonkey1 - He's speaking Portuguese with a European accent, and the car in the background seems to have an EU plate, so my guess would be Portugal.
Portugal.
Hard work, old school tradesman. your never to old to split 3 ton rocks.
Ken Daniels Closer to 7, I build jetties, I can estimate them pretty good. 180-200 lbs. per cubic foot.
Absolute and total respect for this man. At 86 hes still able to do that. Skills like that are dying with the men and women that are aging like him and noone seems to care to learn the skills because there are machines to do the work now. Its sad. This guy probably fed his family and kept a roof over their heads using just that skill set. Yet those jobs go to computerized machines. Its sad to see that the last real tradesman are dying out. And i tried to figure out how to say that without sounding offensive to anyone so please noone take offense to it. All I am saying is that men like this guy that used a skill like that everyday and did manual labor like that to support their family are a dying breed. There are men nowadays that use skill sets to support their families but gone are the days of the man leaving the house swinging a hammer and driving Spikes all day to split Stone now we have gigantic Stone saws to do that for us. My grandfather worked on the highway department for 28 years before retiring and the work that a lot of these Paving machines do my grandfather and his team of men did from 5 a.m. until 5 p.m. only taking a 30 minute lunch break for the entire day. They worked their asses off for years to just support their families they weren't paid a lot of wages they didn't make $25 an hour the way a lot of these modern workers are paid they worked for very little money and ended up making it work
What a skill to have. Great job.
0:50 Our first glimpse of how to play a prehistoric xylophone.
Who noticed the dog in the background, he’s got the right idea lazing around whilst his Human works hard!
Impressive that he can still swing that hammer so well .
Awesom splitting work.
This old man is a Superman. I'm only 46 and I don't think I could come close to doing what he's doing with that sledgehammer and he only missed only one time that's very impressive.
Amazing! Meanwhile... I was struggling to cut a 60 cm stone on my back garden.
The Art of Cantaria from the North of Portugal back in the 40s & 50s a lot of this Men emigrated to America to build Churches & Museums.....my father is also a stonemason and is actually working right now in the Statue of Liberty!
Estuve viendo el enorme trabajo en los bancales del río Duero (Douro) en la región vinhateira de Régua y me quedé sorprendido, está gente tiene que ser muy muy dura!
@@aire667 make no mistake, Portuguese work in the fields till they're 90... All dried up from the sun, with shit pay because the government robs us off. But the 90s and up gen of Portuguese... Soft as shit. Specially the women... Who are trying so hard to cling onto every Western political movement due to their lives having no meaning...
@@aire667 - That's a very good example that's been done until today. Although today is normal to see machinery helping out.
In the old days was pure hand labor and lots of sweat. ;-)
Unbelievable--he never missed a spike--hit every swing !!
Nice job. A master at his craft
My procrastination knows no bounds
You too?
Me too🤣
We can make a club of procrastinators now!
Eh eh eh mine too
For real...
Ok not goin to lie, that was impressive.
Un maestro!! toda mi admiración!
I love the dog just chilling in the back