Coopering a 36 gallon beer barrel with hand tools. 

Love your work, Marshall! It’s a beautiful thing to see a master craftsman work

I was employed at a cooperage in the wine country for about a year when I was 19 What a great experience as a young man. Wine women and song pulled me away from as possible employment exchange program. The smell of Oak toasted freshly shaved barrels of wonderful. Long live the Cooper Smith!!!

Amazing work. My grandmother told me that her father was a barrel maker from father to son, and in his old age, when he could no longer see, he said that he could make a barrel just by chopping wood with an ax and touching the wood with his hand. I still have some of his tools at home, tools made by hand by the blacksmith.

Wow. By hand. This gives some perspective on the value of basic serviceable items like a barrel. Contrast this video with today’s throw-away consumerism. Just one single pint of beer should hold much meaning. Thank you.

I've seen other videos of this sort of thing, but this is definitely the most in-depth version that wasn't filmed by the BBC using a potato in the 70's

Awesome seeing traditional tools and methods being used to create these Great job 👏

I really enjoyed this video. The process is interesting and the tools are awesome!

Beautiful craftsmanship and great specialist tools. A joy to watch!

This is truly incredible. What a craftsman, keep this tradition alive I love to see it

My parents are from Romania so I was very happy when I heard the language. Your skill and level of finish is impressive, thank you for the video and all your hard work! 🇺🇸🕊🇷🇴

My father is also a cooper. I would spend hours watching you work on this beautiful art. I love the art of cooperage!

I am an amateur woodworker and gradually building a portfolio with the intention of making a side-job of it. Your craft is seriously impressive and I am in awe of your skills with an axe. I learned a few things for my own craft just by watching this one video. Subscribed!

something very soothing about the creak crackle and scraping of woodworking by hand. Excellent stuff

This is so cool. Shows how much work went into this back in the day

As a hand tool woodworker I'm just in awe watching you work, just fantastic

Just what I needed to see. Something beautiful

a master at work, so inspired to see the process. thanks for sharing!

Love traditional craftsmanship. These types of knowledge should not be lost.

Brilliant. I watched part of another "handmade" compering process, some company making bourbon barrels and everyone waxing lyrical, it had so many processes that used machines it was hardly handmade and people didn't seem to get my point.

This was absolutely fantastic to watch, I can see that this is much more than work for you!!

Wow! Why isn't this a million view video? Masterful work, excellent video and audio that helps to tell the whole story. Thank you

Absolutely wonderful man! I hope to see some new videos from you soon!

You sir, are an artist

Even with only manual tools, he makes this look so easy. I feel like an incredible amount of practice must have gone into the work. Nice to see techniques like this still being used and it's crazy to think this is how it was done for the longest of times.

Coopering a 36 gallon beer barrel with hand tools..Amazing the best video... very useful and useful thank you for sharing... greetings from Indonesian traditional gold prospectors...God Bless You🇧🇩🇲🇨🌼🌼❤✋👍👍

Beautiful barrel, and very prescious skill set.

Of all the tools, the draw knife is my favorite to use. beautiful work sir.

Am speechless. Things that we take for granted involve a lot of hard work, craftsmanship and most of all tools which we no longer see nowadays.

I never get tired of watching masters of their trade.

Incredibly well done video

Wow, the precision with axe, adze and drawknife is simply unbelievable.

Just came across this video by chance looking for another I'd seen years ago, what a happy accident. So very thankful for someone like you keeping the old trades/ways alive, thank you for sharing this in depth look at a master craftsman doing his job, could have been even more in depth/longer and I'd have watched it all.

You are an artist 😮

No gloves and no cuts. Very impressive, my good sir. A true master of the craft. Godspeed!

It's fascinating to watch. Even more so when you begin to understand the design behind the barrel's shape.

Most amazing thing I've seen all week!

Amazing skills. We have to keep all of these traditional arts and craftsmanship alive. Some day we will depend on them.

Superb! Camera work and lighting are perfect. Narration is just right. Thanks for sharing these wonderful skills!

This is incredible.

Wonderfull work! Congratulations!

Fantastic skills, lovely carftsmanship! My Grandfather was a cooper to trade before the war (WWII) but during the war he was drafted into telecoms and worked the rest of his career for the UK GPO (General Post Office) - nice to see what his skills would have entailed.

Amazing. Absolutely beautiful.

Realy nice work. Much respect.

Wow that’s really neat. Good job.

A well made barrel is a beautiful thing.

That was amazing to watch!

I work in a whiskey barrel factory and seeing this man do all this by hand is so amazing considering we have machines doing half of the work for us

What a skill! I really admire you.

Wow! Super cool craftsmanship. Lots of work! Subscribed.

Fascinating to watch. I would love to be able to make these!

I have NEVER EVER seen someone hewing so accurately by hand😮❤ you’ve got yourself a dedicated new subscriber

This is really cool

This video hypnotised me, respects from Turkey

Absolutely fantastic work. You can really see the quality, because after all, the oak boards were cured and shaped by Josiah's cousin Joshua, who was a cooper and not a hooper.

Unbelievable craftsmanship. Using an axe 🪓 to make a whiskey cast barrel. That dude is BOSS!

Beautiful job !! Those draw knives are so sharp, one slip and you could loose an arm !!!😮😮😮

That's incredible!

One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen! Not the end result, though that’s beautiful too but the “process” it was beautiful to watch! It saddens me to think how rare this skill is. I’m a professional wood worker myself but my hand too skills couldn’t hold a candle to yours! I honestly feel privileged to have seen you work, thank you for sharing. If only I lived near you, I’d offer you my humble assistance for free

Thankyou for putting this up on RU-vid!!! Long time follower on instagram, but I prefer RU-vid for video. Great content, beautifully shot!!!

All with hand tools, that aint easy work, respect!!

Mesmerising.

Holy cow!!!! I could watch this for hours!!!

Wow beautiful

No waffle, all action! Great video!

Beautiful

Completely awe inspiring! My 98-year-old father was trained as a cabinet maker using some of these tools. I have my grand father’s broad axe. The ‘simpler’ the tool, the more skill you need.

Приятно смотреть как работает настоящий профессионал, спасибо!

Dang this is impressive work

This bloke has amazing precision with that axe!

Thanks for making the time to create this video! Your dedication to the craft is obvious and appreciated. Thanks for the raw audio of the bangs, scrapes, and thuds as opposed to playing generic rock music - I loved hearing the sounds of your shop! Cheers!

Dude be like: "Bow saw? You mean hatchet?"😂 *Mad* skills!!!

amazing work not like any other channels who use sophisticated power tools to craft their work. Imagine having worldwide blackout permanently and they need to make stuff. You are the only person i have to go to you just have pure talent without using technology

Wow lots of skill and lots of labor to make 1 barrel !!!

I used to work at Home Depot and let me tell you, when I asked if we stocked hewing axes everyone looked at me strangely. Even went out to some odd ends of Texas to Ryan and find one at one point. Pretty much nobody’s heard of them, and those that knew didn’t stock them either. That was maybe two years ago now. Not that I needed one then or now. I’m just glad that somebody still uses them. I’m only twenty-eight but damn did I feel out of time looking around for one. P.S. A hewing axe gets things done, but a draw knife has some magic in it!

That's amazing

Impressionante, grazie per il video

Golly! Your cinematography is superb! I hope the algorithm picks you up!

Beautiful!

Working not in a static plane,he moves freely in the 3rd dimension..outstanding

Very interesting. Skilled craft.

very impressive!

Wonderful

Hanging with mr.cooper

Un auténtico artesano y todo hecho a mano , desde España mis más cordiales felicitaciones

I was watching a Cooper about 45 years ago near Wiliamsburg and he said the secret to making a good tight barrel was to hammer a wire strip down the length of each slat on one side to form an indentation then plane it just until the indentation is gone. When filled with water that indentation swells out and gives an extra tight seal between slats almost like having a gasket between them.

Wow, excellent, only manual tool . congratulations

Thats art.

I'm not familiar with wood working, but I didn't know they use car break pads to svrape the rim of a barrel. Very innovative.

I like your video 💯💯❤️❤️

Well that just blew me away

This video is great! Trying to start my own small time cooperage using hand tools like yourself. Your broad axe work was quite impressive. Did you make your own construction hoops or have them made using a mandrel? They are very thick! Keep up the great work!

my dad had an old wood barrel and ive wanted it but it was destroyed i really want one cuz i really like the pirate era

So freaking cool!!!

It's a shame these traditional arts and crafts are dying out due to new technologies and materials. Just the look of all these old products and tools is priceless!

Good job! I like to build a barrel

hand hewn staves, wow. That's truly impressive. I'd love to fill this thing up with a nice golden farmhouse ale to break it in.

Fantastic

i have to learn this

I take off my hat! A real master!

Ini adalah karya seni. Hanya orang yang sudah memiliki jam terbang tinggi yang mampu membuat barrel / tong kayu yang sangat rapi dan kuat. Salut untuk anda.