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“The longer the blade, the more cumbersome it was in close quarter situations.” This was also true of the Roman gladius. Formations were kept tight, so there is little room for swinging. So the short blade made those close quarters easier to navigate, and focused combat on thrusting, with less parrying.

This is a hell of a little thing to leap on, bearing in mind all the things I could go for, but something that drives me slightly mad is this "-esque" thing. It's a Latin rip off of Germanic "-isc", which itself gives us English "-ish". It's almost as bad as "blanket". But yes, there's nothing wrong with an "-ish", or a "-like". There should be no shame in speaking one's mother tongue.

Great video, first one that came up as a recommendation in my feed from you, I was not prepared for the baldness when you removed the helmet. I hope you take no offense at this comment.

Knife is always a thief's go to weapon. Could be used for an assassin's weapon. I can see sex workers keeping those as well. Beautiful design.

How do you stab at gaps in armor from horseback?

and remember Northumbria was part of Scotland after 1314

3:00 Your demonstration of the helmet made me think of Prince Henry, later Henry V. What happened to him in the Battle of Shrewsbury? Did it look like one of those perfect armor memes with the arrow in the eye slit?

What a beautiful sword! Thank you so much for sharing this with us Matt. Another vote, or hope, or pleading for LK Chen to be able to make copies of this sword.

There's this saying, the proof is in eating the pudding. Let's line the 8% up and test it out, shall we? We may solve some issues.

that scabbard looks a lot like the Mainz Gladius in the British Museum . London

That is genuinely a really fascinating sword.

I am a mature adult. I am a mature adult. I am a mature adult. I am a mature adult.

Fascinating to handle something that was around during the time of Columbus

Can you talk about boarding pikes in one episode (or maybe you already did)? I never understood exactly what they were or why they seem like they were preferred by the royal navy for arming their men during sea engagements. Edit: Ah never mind I see it in the linked collab vids at the end lol.

More to the point ... I have never doubted that men with pole arms existed but what I want to know and dispute is the term Bill and bow unit .. Surely bills , pole arms were universally used by most non archer infantry including men at arms and foot knights all fighting together in support of each other . So are we saying this is correct and Bill units came later in the 16th century

That reminds me of the tip Albion Swords had on their Zorro-themed colichemarde, and I very much want to commission a sword with a similar blade to that Albion partially because of how striking that spear-tipped smallsword element is.

Is it tight enough to hold them in and loose enough to take them out ? 😂

Royal Navy supplied grogs of Rum to stimulate 'Dutch Courage' in both 1st & 2nd world war. Vietman war the US dished out drugs

Dequitum says lol Dequitum is a LARPER....Jeeze if every larper had a platform.... people would still be throwing bean bags at their opponents shouting fireball!

I thought they would be terribly good at disarming people. It's kind of hard to hold your sword if someone breaks your fingers

How did nomadic people that live on horses get iron ore, forging technology and forges ? Did they import ?

Khat is not a hallucinogen. and cannabis is not a hallucinogen.. although it's a lot closer to it than khat. I have a feeling Matt has never been a druggie before. Where my history nerd/druggies at?

That is utterly fascinating to me for a slew of reasons. As far as the tip, Bill Bagwell's old book on designing, making, and using Bowie knives as dedicated fighters has a lot dedicated to the thrust. The tips on his knives aren't points but a small radius that is sharpened all the way around.

I have a replica trench knife made by Boker Solingen, absolutely beautiful little knife, far more precise and well fit than any of the dozens of other handmade knives i own

Just wanted to mention; feel like that broad sword on the is also worth a video.

Pausing at 11:00 First thing that comes to mind is a demonstration of the skill of the maker. Something made as a show-piece first and foremost. On a similar note, a second reason could be for aesthetics or prestige or what-not. A bigger is better mentality. The third is maybe to fence with them more effectively? Like, there could be a fear that if you use the shaft to parry a sword or axe strike, it might damage the shaft, so you want a longer blade to be able to parry with the more durable metal part. That's all I can think of. Interested to see if I got any of them right

Another great tutorial! Love your knowledge of swords!

Ha§hish is absolutely not a hallucin0gen. Sativa strains can act similarly to a st¡mulant, but indica(most common strain in the middle east) is a depressant psych0active.

The Berserkir used Fly Agaric(Amanita Muscaria) and Bog Myrtle mixed with mead(honey wine).. Also, .45 ACP has double the stopping power of a .38 SPL. Not slightly more powerful, a lot more. Love your content, though bud. No offense given.

Possibly a naïve comment, but it seems to me that the tip is ideal for civilian self-defence. If I got attacked by a footpad, I would probably prefer not to skewer them - corpses mean paperwork. However, the ability to slice a hand or a cheek could be a real deterrent.

This is truly appreciated.

Brilliant dream killer duelist blade!

Icy Mike at H2H is a sincere guy, if a bit too full.of himself occasionally. But what I like is his effort to test various systems, and he has an open mind and not above admitting he's wrong. He's also funny.

24 minutes of pure unsupported guesswork and supposition.

my new favourite sword

>As recently as the 80s So around 40 years ago...

That is suuuuuuper interesting!! Kinda genius to. Im not normally a rapier guy but that sword is styling😻 Hell, if one were good enough or lucky you could even whap an assailants finger off with that bad boy.

I was under the impression that one of the major uses of a thumb ring was to give more leverage not so much in the cut, but in the recovery, when pulling the blade back. Marginally faster parries and feints are after all just as useful as marginally stronger cuts, and thumb rings offer such an advantage where other grips (and devices facilitating them like finger rings) don't. One of the reasons I want a schiavona is because they often came with both finger and thumb rings, to truly maximize control while also offering some of the best hand protection out there. Also, that glove was really proving the lack of a ricasso on that sword, eh?

is it me or he didn't mention the weight of the swords?

"Grüße aus Solingen", Greatings from Solingen is German for stabbing somone with a knife

My favorite weapon

Those things are too dangerous even blunt to mess about with.

This is the video I didn’t know I was waiting for! 😁 I don’t know how the Foley arrtists actually get that sound but I can reproduce it with my long kitchen knives. It would be interesting to know how Foley artists actually get that sound.

HOW ABOUT PITCHFORKS 😂

Loving all the content you're getting from these lots, Matt. Keep it coming!

Polish saber have often thumb rings

A beautiful weapon.

that blade shape has a nicer transition than i do aaaayyyyyyy amirite amirite edit: i know a couple of people that could also be classed as "edged weapons" lmaoaoao i'll stop xd

Great video Matt! Love the auction review series. I know it is impossible but are you ever tempted to fence with these original artifacts from the era?

Wow that thing is so beautiful? (I am not sword collector) Anybody know if that thing is/such a rapier as an original is unobtainably expensive? 1.000€? 10.000€? even more?