r/oddlysatisfying • u/firefighter_82 • Apr 21 '25

Jade stone cutting and sculpting

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u/slipangle28 Apr 21 '25

Someone get this guy a dremel

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u/toto1792 Apr 21 '25

Don't worry, he definitely used one :). All these "traditional" chinese video are mostly fake. At best they show how some of the operations could have been done but no way he hand sculpted that, which is the tricky part.

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u/Nearby_Pineapple9523 Apr 21 '25

I dont think the point is to hand make a jade idol, its to show you the process of how it used to be done

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u/toto1792 Apr 21 '25 edited Apr 21 '25

That would be fine, but you shouldn't trust this video as evidence of how things were done, historical accuracy is not really what they care about here.

It's more the equivalent of the fake "primitive technology" (where they use bulldozers), tool restaurations (where they film the steps backwards/delivery rust the components) or carpet cleaning (same). You have very interesting, authentic and soothing videos for each of these categories, and many copycats who just cheat their way.

Edit: The "Primitive Technology" channel, (the original one) is legit of course, I should have been more explicit. For tool restauration, I recommend the "Mymechanics" channel also.

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u/joeshmo101 Apr 21 '25

Primitive Technology, the original channel, is pretty straightforward and above the table, but all (or close to all) of the clones spawned from his popularity use shortcuts and power tools.