Don't CHISEL STONE until you see this video! Find the rhythm, listen to the stone, chisel accurately

Chiselling details for hardscape installations. When working with natural stone it's important to know what kind of pressure and force is necessary to get stone to break how you want it to!

For all of your landscaping and construction projects with flagstone, slate, other natural stone, it's important to get to know the material and to make sure you can shape it how you want, without having to cut every single piece with a diamond blade. Hammer and chisel is the best way to keep as many of those natural shapes and textures as possible.

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[Berlusconio]

Hello. Myself a mason in the whole field of stone work. From generations of Masons.

Well. When it comes to granit you have to start with light taps. The harder you hit the more crucked the crack becomes going down. After going back and forth (tracing/making a line) a couple of times you start hitting the granit a tiny bit harder, but you never use full force. Someting than you will learn by time working with stones every day. I myself hit my shizel one time in a fast rythm. Everyone has their own way. Myself beeing a Mason for many yrs. Taught by my family in the old way. By that i mesn there where rules on how small bit are supposed to be, how to cut around wells without smal fradgile pointy ends, when laying cobbles stone only use maximum of 3 taps etc etc.i do pretty much all stone work. Walls, stairs, different cobble stone patherns, larger cobble stones, 1/4 of cobble stones, Shiffer, splitting blocks and carving/building different walls, granit/concret stone slabbs, miles and miles of road/side stones that you step down from when passing over a crossing etc etc. You learn all things possible to learn in the buisness. And that tskes a time. After 10 yrs i still didnt know it all. The more you work the more meat you get on your bones. Then you pick out what things you like to do and thats mostly what i focus on, my own favourit parts of beeing a mason. 🤙🏻 🤙🏻

[nopenada]

I noticed your chisel doesn't seem to be all that sharp, yet you're still making very precise breaks. I know the chisel doesn't need to be sharp enough to shave with, but is there any advantage to keeping it sharper than the one you're using in this video? Your work is impressive. I'm getting on in years (60), but still very excited about some stonework around my home (I've done some in the past, but with less impressive results). I want (need?) to be as efficient as possible. I've seen guys using angle grinders to start their cuts, but I don't like the mechanical precision associated with the final aesthetic. I'd much rather cut them using the technique you demonstrate here (no power tools). Thanks for making these videos. Oddly satisfying to watch. There's something primal about building with stone that is... sort of addictive!

[hensola]

Excellent vid, would love to see more (other than shorts) on similar chiseling.

[MUHAMMADAMIN-gymk]

Good Demontration..
I Have Sherlock Chisel..😀
I will try

[susanm.]

Cool skills. So damn talented. Looks like fun.

[delatroy]

Thank you. Got some flagstone that I want to make a patio out of same thickness as the final one you hit. I think I might split them all first then use the tracer to split them as you did vertically. Is that a 2 inch tracer you use? For thicker rocks, is it better if the tracer is small or big width? Thanks again

[robhi]

Great, learned something new. Wondering if this will work with granite stone too?

However, thanks for sharing Mate.

[johngoudie]

Is bluestone considered to be slate? I have a flagstone (1-1/2”) walkway and patio to do and I was wondering how to cut and shape it. Is it the same as on this video?Thanks for a great video!

[livenhfree]

Very helpful. I'm venturing into my first stone project... just a natural rock wall. I suspect some of these stones will need to be broken up to fit into smaller areas. Couple of questions: how difficult is it to get a round-ish stone/boulder to split where you want it to? A lot of them are granite, but others are softer, like feldspar. I'm a little concerned that I won't be able to get a split where I want it, such as how you're doing it with slabs. Interested in your thoughts. Thank you!

[tockc]

What type of stone is that? Granite flag stone seems wildly unpredictable when chiseling.

[doesleapfarm]

I am doing a couple of home projects with blue stone. One chisel recommendation?

[The_One_Cosmos]

Just yesterday I had about a two inch thick slab of stone that I needed to be about 1 inch thick, and attempted to split it in half depth wise. It ended up breaking into a few pieces and didn't split as intended or how I envisioned it.

[paulwilliams]

Thanks for the info. What size chisel is that??

[Automotive-Velocity]

Now you’re just showing off 😂. I’ll give it a try

[Automotive-Velocity]

What width hand tracer chisel do you recommend? 1” bluestone

[kshitijpancholi]

Where can i order the chisel in your video?

[Locreai]

Nice chisel. Too rich for my blood. How long will cheap steel do?

[jimhobbs]

The substrate makes a big difference when cutting stone, just saying.

[frederickbowdler]

A lot of stones don't do that you are cheating 😅😅😅😅😊