Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Famous Gemstones Collection!

Adam's obsession with historically significant gems dates back to his childhood, and he fulfills a lifelong curiosity by assembling this collection of famous diamonds and other gems from around the world (and from fantasy as well). Follow along as Adam goes through the process of figuring out the best way to display and experience this collection, and the resulting custom display box he builds for it.

Shot by Adam Savage and edited by Norman Chan

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[WizbizMcBrix]

"I crave agglomerations of things, I don't know why."

Adam, it means you're either a Goblin or a Dragon. As the collections appear to be rooted in their value to you, rather than the monetary value, I'd lean more towards Goblin.

[DuckyBee]

I LOVE how excited he gets. Realises he's shouting no no Adam please, expel your pure joy! We love it.

[Games_and_Music]

Very disappointed that you didn't include the Pink Panther!
Or, as a joke, include an empty slot for the Pink Panther, before it got stolen ;)

[omniaesthetic]

I love the young Adam "diamond" story! I was the same with costume gems/rhinestones. I was big on making my own dice and card games when I was a kid. I had a real leather pouch filled with glass gems that were used as counters for those games.

[arctyrus]

2:08 Instantly reminded me of this quote from my favourite author; “Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.” ― Terry Pratchett, The Truth

[wabbylegs]

I really enjoy seeing Adam get so excited. Find something that gives you childhood joy. One of the many secrets to find wealth in life.

[xx]

When are you going to open the Adam Savage Museum Of Oddities?

[Ditto-jsor]

I work at a collectors store that gets a lot of Lord of the Rings items, one of which being the arkenstone. It’s a replica based of the book description, so it looked more like a hundred sided die made of glass. The intriguing thing about it is that from every angle it looks like glass except one, and when you hit that perfect angle the whole thing turns this beautiful golden rainbow color

[oscarc]

I'm not lying when I say that whenever I see the thumbnail to a one-day build, it makes my day. Thank you, Adam and the whole tested crew.

[DrDingsGaster]

I have never felt more connected to Adam. I _love_ gemstones, rocks, minerals and have been fascinated by them since I was a kid and boy his explanation of things is absolutely true for me too. He's a lucky dude to have replicas of that stuff.

[snpberwickshire]

What I love about Adam is that his enthusiasm is infectious. He makes everyone want to go and research really cool stuff.

[AnimeToonist]

As a geology nerd myself, I love this. XD Even if they are replicas, it's still such fun to feel like, in a way, you own a part of history (movie or 'actual' history) like that!

[captaincatastrophe]

"I crave conglomerations of things and I don't know why" It's because you're a magpie Adam.

[dcmirk]

This is Adams origin story that explains the rest of his life and who he is. He's chasing that feeling of having something priceless and precious, even if it's not real/authentic, it only needs to be convincing enough to "maybe" be real. Absolutely amazing

[TheRenaissanceBuilder]

Man, the idea that the reality of an object has no effect on the value of that object because the value is based on one’s personal experience with that object... i love that

[SixShooter]

I don't know how many times I've watched you (Adam) build a "simple" box. But every time, I'm amazed at how efficient/adept you are at it. And simultaneously how difficult it would be for me to build a box in my shop. That would take me all day and I'd probably throw away 2 or 3 boxes of material. However, I can tear down and rebuild half my motorcycle in a day and without searching for a single It's a very interesting lesson in shop function.

[JustinKPrim]

As a gemcutter this was a super fun video to watch and I love that you crossed over into my world for 1 rabbit hole. (Also I could cut a custom el corazon stone for you)

[nateganz]

When ADAM was talking about his collection of stones and getting into it like it was real it made me think about how real it REALLY IS!!!

About 5 years ago I was helping a friends son build some lego set and I had COMPLETELY FORGOT HOW ABSOLUTELY AMAZING IT WAS TO BUILD/CREATE THINGS & BE TAKEN AWAY INTO ANOTHER WORLD LIKE A YOUNG CHILD (But I’m 44years old!!!)!!!

I guess I had forgotten how great it was & IS to IMAGINE!!!

I can see people saying that it’s ridiculous or a COMPLETE WASTE OF ONES TIME & EVEN LIFE!

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY TO THAT I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM!!!

I WAS SO EXCITED TO FIND MY CHILDHOOD IMAGINATION and ABILITIES IN TACT!!!

Since I am older now I can say from experience that the Childish WONDER, & FEELINGs are the SAME FEELINGS I would feel say if I was an ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG EXPERT AND EXPOSED SOME RARE EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS!!!

SO!, THOSE AMAZING FEELINGS THAT FLOOD THE BODY WHEN SAY ADAM IS HOLDING THOSE STONES, or you DISCOVER SOME AMAZING TECHNIQUES IN LEGO, or ARE USING A ROCK TUMBLER TO shine stones to look like some RARE STONES YOU FOUND BY THE NILE RIVER or SOMETHING…

I AM SAYING THAT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WOULD BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT TO EXPERIENCE BUT WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO BE FELT BY THE VERY FEW INDIVIDUALS THAT ACTUALLY GET TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, DURING THE RIGHT TIME PERIOD!!!

So, just using our BRAINS we can almost literally experience anything from anytime throughout history!!!
Not just some quick passing feeling but an actual experience we can USE and FULLY EMBRACE TO BETTER OUR LIVES!!!

So, if you find yourself involved in something you may think is CHILDISH Maybe you should allow yourself to just FULLY EMBRACE THIS & SEE WHAT KIND OF POSSIBILITIES OPEN TO YOU &
How NEWLY GAINED PERSPECTIVES LEND THEMSELVES TO YOU FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS REALLY OPENING UP YOUR CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE, & OTHER MENTAL PROCESSES along with TONS OF other THINGS!!!


I hope this MAKES SENSE!!!
It’s a little difficult to explain but I just hope people can experience AT LEAST SOME OF the AMAZING THINGS OUR BRAINs are CAPABLE OF AND THE WAYS IN WHICH IT CAN HELP ENRICH OUR LIVES & EVEN LEAD US DOWN MANY DIFFERENT INCREDIBLE PATHS!!!

So it really doesn’t make a difference if you are 1 or
100years old so remember you are always YOU!!!

Or

What you may have thought was long gone is still as ALIVE an VIBRANT as when you were 7 years old!!!

I will stop now before I go down a RABBIT HOLE I’ll never get MYSELF back out of!!!

[xINVISIGOTHx]

When I was a little kid, no piece of costume jewelry was safe around me. I would do anything possible to remove every stone

[EleriHamilton]

Adam's enthusiasm makes me happy every single time. I wanna just sit and nerd out together.