the last shovel maker

[jack forsberg]

http://www.folkstreams.net/film,299

[peter gagliardi]

Jack, thanks for that! Quite enjoyable!

[Justin Ludwig]

That was really cool. Thanks for posting.

[Ryan Mooney]

Very cool.

That was a fellow who knew how to use an axe! You could learn a bit about things just watching that a few times.

[jared herbert]

by the looks of the chip pile he must have made quite a few of them. I hope I can do something like that When I am 87. Jared Herbert

[Bill McNiel]

Very, very cool. Well made film regarding an amazing man and a vanishing art. Mahalo for sharing!

[Brian Cole]

Inspiring and enlightening - thanks. I wonder if he still has all his fingers and toes.

[Troy Turner]

Amazing. We rely so much on machinery (other than the Neanderthals ;) ) we forget what a little patience and virtue can accomplish. I don't think I could even come close to any of those when my shop full of tools.

[Ed Aumiller]

Thanks.... a true craftsman...

[Ole Anderson]

Thanks for sharing.

[Judson Green]

Neat video! Kept wondering how many toes he still has.

Thanks for sharing.

[Steve Rozmiarek]

I wonder how he sells them, anybody know?

[Jerome Stanek]

Saw how to on the woodwright show

[jack forsberg]

i don't think they are being sold anymore. This was filmed in 1974.

[Paul Wunder]

Thanks for posting. There are many life lessons here. I shared the video with others

[Greg Hines, MD]

I can adze, and I can subtractze.

[Jim Matthews]

He was 87 at the time this was filmed, 1974.

[Jim Matthews]

It's uncanny the similarities in technique shown here and in the film "Happy people, a year in the Taiga" when making wooden skis.

An impressive display of patience and skill, to be sure.

[Chris Padilla]

I love these old time woodworking films. There was one not long ago about the guy with the water driven saw mill. Everything was powered by pulleys and leather belts. He even had to go out on the river in the winter to break up the ice so it wouldn't clog things up.

[Steve Rozmiarek]

i don't think they are being sold anymore. This was filmed in 1974.

Wow, I was paying close attention...

[Matt Krusen]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing this. Reminds me of my grandfather, good memories.