The Ancient Art Of Brickmaking - Impervious Building Blocks Handmade From The Earth

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[mrdaveofdaveshire]

I'm a bricklayer from the UK, when laying reclaimed bricks I often see the fingerprints of the brick makers in the bricks. These could be 200-300 years old, possibly more. Fascinating to see and now I know why. Also as a bricky we turn up on site with practically the same tools used all those hundreds of years ago and it gives me a weird sense of pride

[pokeman]

Pretty stoked. This, smithing, and glass making are by far the most interesting for frontier work.

[BellaAndBobby]

1:53 poor girl got a face full during that slam, then laughs it off nonchalantly like a champ!
5:35 she learned

[samuelcorbin]

When my Grandfather was 8 years old in 1903 his family built a summer kitchen from homemade bricks, and he described it just as you have shown here. that building was still standing when I went to see the old home place in Northern Mo. in 1990.

[MrBigbri]

I have laid reclaimed bricks from the 1600’s before in the UK. These are generally used when a building with a heritage protection order needs repair work or has an extension built to it. It helps to keep the building in character for it’s age. Many have makers marks in them - deliberate thumb or finger impressions in the same place on each brick. Some have marks made with a stick or a tool of some kind.

[infinityinf]

Her: he's probably texting other girls
Him: I wonder if I can make bricks in my backyard

[kuriboh]

This video always makes me happy to see. My father is a brick Mason and has done that for almost 30 years. He absolutely loves seeing how they did his work through the years especially because he loves working on historic properties

[griffin]

This was about to be the first demonetized Townsend's video if Jon lost a few more buttons

[MrEurolaf]

Burning the kiln is a long process and takes days! I can’t wait to see you guys build the kiln and start the burning!

[NeonShadowsx]

Permanent structures! This opens up so many new fields to explore! I'm sure you would have a lot of fun going over the different period "pattern books", basically recipe books for buildings!

[davidwortham]

Great video as usual. Fun fact, the neighborhood of Smoketown in Louisville, KY got its name from the many brick making kilns found there and the smoke they produced. In 1823, Louisville had 20 brickyards, 9 of them were located in the Smoketown neighborhood.

[twitchsopamanxx]

"Today we will create a nuclear bunker out of clay and 18th century tools!" Just like the american settlers did.

[MMGJ]

As a bricklayer i found this video really cool. Thank you for sharing.
Funny, just today i found an old handmade brick in a walkway of the property i bought that had 3 distinct finger marks In it.
I was guessing the brick to be approx late 1800's. It could've possibly been even older. .
I just find it amazing to think that those finger marks were made by someone who was probably alive during the Civil War.. Possibly even the revolutionary war.

[scuttledog]

Jon, your daughter is growing up so fast! You must be one proud papa to have her out there
working with you like that. It's so nice to see these old skills brought to life.

[eldorados_lost_searcher]

This is fascinating. My Mom's family had a brick making factory at one point, and they still find bricks with their mark in the closest city.

[jmegown]

My great great great grandfather (immigrant from county Down Ireland) Samuel Megown and my great great grandfather John Megown were brick makers and brick layers, and built the first brick building in Pittsburgh PA in the early 1800's.

[mariachristinexo]

Thank you for this! I really enjoy all of your videos and was very excited to see this one posted. My 10th great-grandfather was the official brick maker in Swansea, MA in the 1670s. I have long wondered what his job was actually like. This was a quick glimpse into that world. Thank you so much. 😊

[marandabarry]

Makes me so happy to see Ivy learning all of this and participating! What a cool opportunity for a young person

[RtroZone]

You get the impression that everyone else on that assembly line is like "Let chat more molding brick boy."

[alexkuhn]

"Whatcha doin on the computer?"

"Watchin bricks dry."

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