Buzz·Posted on Dec 22, 2014This Master Carver Making Pliers From One Stick Of Wood Will Blow Your MindAll he needed was a stick of wood and a small blade. THAT'S IT. H/T Reddit user Beznet.by Norberto BriceñoBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail So this is master carver Ernest "Mooney" Warther. He's about to make some pliers and it's quite ingenious. Warther first cuts off a stick of wood. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF He takes out a blade and starts slicing (he does it all in 10 cuts): 1. "The first four [cuts] are a fourth deep, 45-degree angle to the block," explains Warther in the video. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. "Sometimes you have to make more than one cut to get the depth." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. Warther then digs his blade through the sides of the stick in a 45-degree angle. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. He makes two additional parallel cuts through the side of the stick. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 5. He does a long cut down the middle at the bottom of the stick. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 6. Cut down the middle at the top of the stick and BOOM! PLIERS! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF "There's no secret to it," Warther says in the video. "It's just trial and error. And it took me a few packets of band-aids to learn too." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Watch Warther's entire video here: View this video on YouTube