Turning a $10 pen into a $10,000 pen!!! Part 1
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I really like the honesty of whoever is behind the camera "thats the dumbest thing I have seen you do, and I've worked here for four years"... Being able to have people around you to hold you to account like that is invaluable!
Some of the best lessons I have learnt regarding tools and safe practices has been from the brutal honesty of my peers
I was expecting so much worse thankfully it’s just a minor flesh wound, incredibly all three teeth on that Chuck hit his thumb with minor damage
@@deadlyhydra flesh wounds are very British aren’t they 🤣🤣
@@deadlyhydra yeah already had that happen to me and the impact split my nail in multiple pieces and also ripped the flesh of my finger down the center
Not fun at all but lesson learned 😂
That is jamie i think..his editor and camera guy. Been in this channel for years. All the best bits are made by him
Yeppers, that's Jamie. Editor and camera operations expert.
I love the fact that you take safety very seriously and didn't edit out or downplay a mistake that could have taken your hand or worse. It's a great reminder that absolutely anyone can find themselves being lulled into a false sense of security working with dangerous equipment and end up mangled in an instant. Much respect, Alec.
he even left his blood on the chuck
The first time you take a gun and shoot it off range. Meaning on someone’s big property or in the wilderness. You realize without the table in front of you to put the gun down, you have the tendency to let a live weapon swing down by your side which could easily lead to accidentally shooting a bullet all the way through your leg which could lead to amputation or rapid death. But most definitely a great deal of unbearable pain. It’s good to be careful.
@@thetruthexperiment I’ve shot off-range a fair amount. I had trigger discipline literally beaten into me years ago, so I really don’t feel imminent danger of shooting myself without a table. It is a pain in the ass to not have a suitable holster though, such as when shooting someone else’s hardware.
@@_topikk_ o yes, I had to learn quick. I’m glad I had the instinct to realize that the thing I was holding was very dangerous and I was basically pointing it at my own leg. It’s just something to be aware of for people who have never shot off range. Fun stuff but you’ve got to remember, fast lead comes out the front!
@@thetruthexperiment I like to think of any gun as a weaponized free electron laser emitter that can only be disabled if the barrel is physically removed from the gun. I don’t point it at any part of myself or anyone else accidentally with that mindset.
Alec: *Smashes thumb on lathe* "oh gosh, that was a bit stupid of me"
Me: "How are you not screaming in pain?!"
When you understand what you did wrong and how much worse it could've been, I think anger tends to overtake the pain and fear response. I had a similar experience whilst sharpening a blade and I was more pissed off with myself and my lack of safety than in pain from the wound.
The shame of making an extremely dangerous mistake overtakes the temporary pain
shock, anger, shame, and the injury being much less bad than it couldve been
quite shtewpid innit?
lmao reminds me of the NHL Stanely cup finals just like 4 games ago petry took a high stick to the face and just got up pissed instead of in pain from the like 10 stitch worthy cut on his nose
Lathes can literally rip you apart with zero hesitation. You're whole one second, and shredded the next with no time to react. I can guarantee you won't be forgetting that mistake you made for a very very long time.
Yes, between Alec and Adam Savage I have a healthy respect for the dangers of the lathe.
There are videos online of people being literally torn apart by getting a sleeve or something caught in a running lathe. It's scary as hell.
8:22 - "That was the dumbest thing I've ever seen you do."
This hurt him more than the lathe. Big up for owning up the mistake and let it sink in. Respect for putting this in the video.
When I was in highschool we had a workshop, the first thing the teacher told us was that the machines don’t care what they’re processing, they’ll do their jobs regardless.
yeah lathe injuries are no joke
No other blacksmithing channel appeals to me anymore, not only is Alec talented he also knows how to engage the audience.
True
Exactly! Like I love blacksmithing, but I don’t really like watching some TH-cam blacksmith just beating a piece of steel for 15 minutes
The production values of his videos is off the chart.
I agree but try kyleroyerknives
michaelcthulhu isn't exactly a blacksmith (well, he *has* built what he calls a "ghetto forge") but he's teaching his daughter to weld and make swords...
It's a lot of fun watching him try to get her to not swear in the videos. ;>)
I can tell this will be an INKredible video
Im sad to say this made me laugh
Thats pretty punny.
You make a fine point my friend
I really wish I did not laugh but I did😂
I don’t want to like this, but I feel that I must
I have waited about 2 1/2 years for the return of the "Blue Dykem" song. My wait has been rewarded.
FINALLY!!! It was a joyous moment.
That music slaps so hard!
sad
I had a moment of "wait.. is that... noooo. IT IS!"
Dyyyyyykkkkkeeeemmmmmmmmmm
Jamie- "That was the dumbest thing I've ever seen you do" Alec- "Yea"
lol I'm so glad you're alright buddy. I could tell your friend was upset with you because he cares about you and he was just being honest. That could have been way worse, so thank God you're alright bro.
The fact that you almost lost your thumb and not a single word came out of your mouth afterwards. I would be inventing new curse words if that happened to me.
just goes to show that he isn't one of those youtubers that "almost die" from a skinned knee
i respect that
Alec is a true English gentleman.
You could say he’s made of “Steele”... I’ll show myself out
That feedback he got was interesting. "That was the dumbest thing I've ever seen you do. And I've worked with you for 4 years." You could tell he was still in shock at that point. Lights on, but nobody home.
Not to take away from the severity of what happened, but Alec, if that's the dumbest thing you've done in 4 years of working in a shop full of exceptionally powerful tools, then I'd say you're doing a great job at minimizing risks.
I worked with lathes and other machines and honestly a lot of jaws have chamfered edges to not grab things... definitely touched a file to a jaw lightly before and it didn't grab and throw it.
One of many things I truly love about these videos is the editing.
The syncing of the music to the power hammer hits is an awesome thing to behold.
My musically inclined children say the same thing!
"Disgustingly Expensive" is perhaps the single greatest way I have ever heard platinum be described.
Also, the way he handled that injury was incredible. There definitely seemed to be a bit of shock there for a few seconds, but that he acknowledged his mistake, slapped a bandaid on it and went back to work was impressive.
Thank you for actually owning up to the rangers of becoming too confident, without trying to play it off.
Some of your tools are potentially very dangerous. It's important to always be mindful.
Keep on being awesome! 😎
"Hm... How am I going to open the package this pen is in?" - Alec
"Lift the flap and pull it out?" - Sensible person
"You're right! Stab it with a knife and shred the packaging!" - Alec
:)
Alec has studied at the AvE school of package opening techniques.
@@kierangrasby5728 Not really, AVE uses a mini chainsaw.
@@sithus1966 I didn't say Alec has got his degree yet.
@@kierangrasby5728 Savage... :-D :-D :-D
I mean, this is the man that used a plasma cutter and an industrial lathe to open a can of tomato juice, let's be glad it was only a knife....
At some point I thought, "This might end up still being a $10 pen, just with $10,000 worth of work into it."
The value is in the youtube money, not the pen itself.
@@mrbfox1775 i personally disagree.
@@yaishmatheen4274 then I believe you to be either naive or ignorant to the amount of $ content creators make
@@mrbfox1775 I disagree. The title insinuates that Alec Steele is making a pen better i.e. more luxurious. The materials required (both waste and the material in the final product) may not have been worth that much, yet there are paintings that may have only cost two-hundred quid to make, yet sell for millions. I also know that multi-million subscriber TH-camrs make well in the hundred thousands.
@@yaishmatheen4274 all I am saying. His business is not in blacksmithing. It is video production, sponsorship and merchandising.
He will make loads more money off the video series than he will ever make selling this one pen, no matter how fancy he makes it.
This channel never ceases to shock me as to just how much steel they use in all of their initial billets
Only a few blacksmithing channels are not only entertaining and informative, but actually captivating... Alec and That Works. The only two that I actually have the bell hit for.
Hope the thumb heals quick, Alec
Look into woodturning pen kits, you get all kinds of different pen internals without having to break open another one.
It's been a plan of mine to make a steel barrel Damascene pen.. I've had the perfect kit for years.. Just never the time to get started. I've made many wood pens but never a steel one.
Which ofcourse would actually justify claiming your pen is worth 10k rather than using the internals from a cheap pen that doesn't have great tolerances.
This was what I was going to suggest
The lathe is the most dangerous thing, it's my machine where i work and the things i see people do makes me shiver, even though i do some stupid things myself
I've seen a video of a guy that put his arm under a spinning industrial lathe to pick up a tool he dropped. His sleeve got stuck on the chuck and I suppose you can guess what happened next.
@@jordyv.703 I'he seen that video too... It's horrbile what this machine can do
In machine tech people would try to push each other out the side door right next to the running lathes.
@kuroryuu010 Idk if it's the same one or a different one, but the one I seen, after his shirt got stuck and his arm wrapped itself around the lathe, it picked his hole body off the ground and proceeded to smash him into the ground over and over. Pretty sure he wasn't alive after that.
@kuroryuu010 you can picture toilet paper
Instead of a ballpoint pen, you should make a fountain pen! You could do damascus steel, platinum, and a gold nib, which would make it worth even more!
Kudos for leaving the part with the thumb in, good teachable moment without too much happening.
Hope it heals off quickly.
The most likely time to do a stupid thing is after a smart thing. You knew it was dangerous to hold the sandpaper/belt yourself, so you felt good about that setup, and forgot to think about the next thing.
You missed my vid where I turned a £10,000 pen into a £10 one 😏👌🏻👍🏻😂
Make it. Do it. You won't. You should though.
Which is far more realistic that using the internals of a $10 pen and claiming it is worth 10k, I would feel so gypped if someone sold me a porsch shell with a commodore engine.
@@Wookie_oo7 I have seen 1000$ pens that still have cheap plastic parts inside. Most of the time with pens, fountain or otherwise, the internals are all the same. The barrel, nib, clip, and cap are what matters.
@@captobvious9596 Aye and if Alec was claiming to make a thousand dollar pen then it wouldnt be as big an issue. He is however claiming to make a pen worth as much as a car and then re-using one of the cheapest parts he can find for it.
He also ned to make a damascus brik or a damscus house
“That was the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen you do” *Alex not knowing what to say* “yea!”
This was like the second time that I've seen Alex hurt himself on camera, as an infrequent watcher. He is extremely careful.
I always love your editing of the power hammer running to the beat of the drum. The subtlety of changing the speed of the strokes, from slow at the beginning of the stroke to fast at the end, to emphasize the hit does not go unnoticed. It really makes you feel the hit. I love it.
We have been watching your videos for 4 years now and we have loved watching you grow as a blacksmith and young man. I am glad you are okay and only ended up with a minor injury doing this. Jamie, you are the master of editing! We love the music you use in the videos.
I like how in the UK videos you interact with the cameraman (Jamie) must be great working with a close friend!
I don’t know why you never used to leave the Jamie commentary in but it is great and it should always be left in
Very excited to see you tackle the platinum work! It’s going to be an incredible piece I’m sure.
Alec you inspired me to do blacksmithing and I've been doing it for 2 years now
Cool
Im just getting into it
No, Alec, it isn’t a “$10 pen from a grocery store”, it’s a 7 quid pen from Tesco!
🤣🤣👍🏻🇬🇧
So... yeah.... about ten bucks. Ok 9.64 but close enough.
And isn't Tesco a grocery store? Or, kind of a combination grocery store/convenience store? That was the impression I had always gotten. I mean, kind of vaguely like, well.....
Ok. If you gave a vague description of a bodega to a British person and had them open one based on that. That that's pretty much what Tesco is?
@@corwinweber693
We don’t call them grocery stores in the UK. Neither do we use dollars.
Alec being English, and still in England, is the basis for my quip.
@@corwinweber693 It looks more like WHSmith to be honest.
@@sudo_nym Right on sir....i agree
@@CheekyPeach if it was smiths then it would be atleast 20 quid
Loving the look so far. Can’t wait to see how the Platinum turns out! 👍🏻
It’s so cool seeing your business grow to having more employees. Thanks for always making great content, and inspiring me to create!
Everything I know about forging is from channels like yours, however when I talk with my friends and family, I appear to be the forging god of knowledge.
Thank you for great content!
Same here.
Good to know that every maker on this platform loves TOT
I just wanted him to point it in the air and shout 𝘌𝘟𝘗𝘌𝘊𝘛𝘖 𝘗𝘈𝘛𝘙𝘖𝘕𝘜𝘔!!! 🧙♂️
Love watching you create buddy, and I love the style you have, you show the mistakes and accidents which just makes this channel and you all the more human and real, keep up the amazing work buddy
There is no show on TV that even comes close to being as entertaining as an Alec Steele video.
A Parker jotter was the pen of choice of my grandfather. To this day is the only one I use just to maintain a connection with his spirit. How I miss him... how beautiful is to watch someone giving so much love to such emblematic industrial design. Thank you.
It was my dad's favorite pen, I can't really find them around here but when I see them I buy them
It's a shame Parker ruined the jotter with the recent changes to the manufacturing process. Cost cutting measures have meant the quality that previously set the pen apart from the rest is now gone from the pens you can buy new today. If you want a jotter, buy an old one online.
It is great to hear Jamie's comments on your works! keep it up guys
It really is amazing at the stuff your able to make. Always anticipating the next video!
"The pen is mightier than the sword" nice to see you make something other than a weapon, what ever you make it's always entertaining.
what always bugged me about that saying is that the one controlling the sword tends to controll the one who holds the pen. it only works if the penholder can't be intimidated or reached by the swordholder, which nearly never was an option, the swordholder could always send someone to poison or kidnao the penholder, plus the writings could br destroyed ...
Turning a £7 pen into a £7,000 pen!!! Part 1
He really added a whole lotta weight to that 😏
Yeah, you’re back here in the UK, now, Alec…. GBP please, not USD!
From a shop/supermarket (not grocery store!)
How does anybody lift a 7000 pound pen?
Hahahaha Everyone knows that's not a real currency
I like to say thank you for changing it up lately. Keep having fun
Watching the square corners of spinning lathe chucks always makes me nervous. Alec did the thing I'm always afraid someone is going to do, but handled it amazingly, just being able to explain so calmly afterwards what happened. I'm glad it wasn't serious.
Job opening for Alec states “constant eye for safety”...and then he goes and tries to take his finger off...love the videos man!
That's why he needs somebody with an eye for safety :)
I mean, they're the wrong side of 3500 miles of ocean, but still.
Alec: makes a damascus pen.
Also Alec: uses 4 pounds of steel
Thanks for the shoutout Alec!
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The sanding trick is meant to keep accidents like that from happening, and to free you up to do other things.
Sandpaper acts like a strap wrench when it grabs a finger and can do a lot of damage in the blink of an eye.
13:48 wow that is absolutely beautiful even at that stage. True craftsmanship, created with love, pride and enthusiasm.
"Why is he blurring the thumb, it can't be looking that bad"
8:28
"OH GOD NO!"
I manged to rip a partial fingernail off without a lathe once.
It HURTS, man. It fucking *HURTS!*
If you think that hurts, imagine getting the finger tip, right behind the finger nail cut off by a garage door roller. Yep, I did a really dumb thing too!
Imagine getting your hand into a table saw... that was fun 😄 my thumb looked like it exploded
That lathe mishap gave me anxiety. I've seen too many lathe accidents and I'm so glad you're safe!
Awesome! Love it so far! Looking forward to the next part!
Absolutely insane amount of work going into this! Very cool.
Notification squad, keep up the great work. Love the content as always
Whoop whoop🙌
I remembered a kid at school sticking a file in the end of a lathe 😬 and it hit me on the other side of the workshop 🙃
Leaving in the mistake with the lathe & making sure we all knew how easily that could have been the end of your career is exactly why people love you, Alec.
You make entertaining videos, but when a serious lesson can be learned, even at your own experience, you do not hesitate to make sure that it is learned in full.
Absolutely intriguing. Can't wait until part 2.
Great content as always. I am really glad to see you only got a minor damage. I have been using a Chuck guard from Ferndale, and that makes me remember to be careful trough the whole process. Take care.
I really love that he’s is wearing his selfmade gauntlet
ok WOW. The first part of the pen looks AMAZING!
Oh no i cant wait to see the next episode! Thats such an amazing little pen
I saw Adam Savage also seriously damage his hand on a lathe and his reaction was similar to you. He was angry that he didn't respect the machine! Great video.
Alec: the lathe ripped the nail off my thumb.
Also Alec: well, let's wrap it up and continue...
Finally some actual forging again!!! Thanks Alec!
I appreciate you leaving your mistakes in the video. A good reminder for all of us. Glad your ok.
Nice to see the "objectiveness" of the recorder. Get in there with the "Dumbest thing iv ever seen you do". However thankfully it was only a bit of skin & nail. it will grow back.
The most dangerous thing in a workshop is you. Without you doing a simple action or movement nothing can hurt you
I always love the on-beat forge montages👍
Really cool looking pen Alex!
Can’t wait to see the fully assembled piece...
BTW, glad your thumb is still attached to your hand..🤙
Alec: I want to make this component of the pen out of..."
Me: Oh cool, a Damascus and gold pe-"
Alec: P L A T I N U M
Yeah instantly tought that to since he also posted some gold ready to be forged on his insta
Can imagine someone walking by the shop being like:
"What's that?"
"I'm making a multi layered, forge welded billet!"
"Damn! What are you making with that?"
"A PEN!! :D"
".... "
So gratifying to have a machine shop/forging channel that works in metric. How civilized.
i love these new ideas you getting recently.. keep it up, thumbs up!
Hold the phone.. when’s the last time we heard a BLUE DICUM song?! 12:00!
Been a while.
Damn Alec has some kinda super healing. Rips his thumb open yet, by the end of the video he no longer has a bandage on it.
Love that montage in the beginning.
Who else loves seeing steel get twisted and break off the outer layer. Awesome video.
does anyone else think that he has the perfect surname for what he does
Yes, mine is perfect too. It’s MeatJerker.
guy I work with in the workshop where I am atm has the surname "Hammer"
He was born to be a proper blacksmith. I've been saying that for a few years.
Now I challenge Alec to make a fountain pen and also make the nib himself.
That is one bruised hand. You’re commitment to safety has always been excellent and it’s always the stupid things that lead to stitches or worse.
Can't wait to see it finished in part 1000!
Imagine if this pen had been made out of Damascus with the occassional random copper Damascus stripe thrown in with a copper clip.
Ehm ... why dont you try and find a oil "can" with a longer nozzle so you are never tempted to move your hand as close as you did before
Your music choices are always good Alec, nice one dude
I can hardly wait to see the finished product.
idk why but I shouldn't have laughed at it but when Alec took a chunk out of his thumb when he was putting the oil on, the camera man was like "that was the dumbest thing you could have ever done in the shop" and Alec just starred at him like "Huh ya think"
Alec's lathe mishap is no joke, the lathe is known as the murderer in the workshop! Please be careful around it!
Great video. I really enjoyed this one, very entertaining!
Your job is amazing Sir!!!
It’s a truly inspiration
"Looks like a finely twisted damascus gun barrel." Make a damascus revolver!
I don't know how many people actually know that, but the first gun barrels were made in a similar way to damascus, with bars turned and hammered togheter
Unfortunately he on the UK and no handguns are allowed to be owned privately
@@richardball9724 But in the US...
2:00
so much for being family friendly.
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😂 dirty mind confirmed
That is absolutely insane. Awesome work 👍
I’m exited for part 2!
Bitcoin is The future, Investing in it now will be the wisest thing to do especially with the current rise
Okay I'll strongly suggest you invest in bit-coin, gold, silver, crypto market, commodities, the world have advanced a whole lot that you most not be a pro to make money out the market
Beautifully said,l tell this to my folks everyday.its good to save money but most people don't understand how the market moves and tend to mislead in facts like this and always depend on money in the bank.
Great facts
I understand the Facts that tomorrow isn't promised to anyone, but Investing today is a hard thing to do because i have no idea of how and where to invest in these?
Hey this is a computer age, peeps who aren't even trader's make money from the crypto and forex markets, how many millionaires do know who have become wealthy by Investing in you savings accounts? I rest my case.
Very helpful, I needed to hear this today.
If you think you're too busy to trade or learn how to trade, just know I have some friends who Invest in a platform where experts devote their time and help them trade and generate a good ROI
i have so much respect for people that can do these sort of things.
This is awesome dude keep up the great work
Another great vid as usual great job Alec
Dude that's so epic.. the world just doesn't understand how amazing machinery really is. 🤯
the lathe is just reminding you who the real boss of the shop is. Everyone knows the most dangerous tool you have is the boss of the workshop and deserves all the respect you have to it.
Absolutely beautiful work Alec, It takes a split second to lose concentration and injur yourself, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘
Good for you Alec. You are awesome. That pen is going to be great!