I have an RP character on a high fantasy site who primarily uses the arming sword as her weapon of choice. Since I'm a sad nerd I still try to learn real world techniques for fantasy writing. Thank you so much for this video! Arming swords are sadly overlooked by HEMA fans and community members.
You could try looking at Joachim Meyer's section on Dussack in his 1570 treatise (a universal set of drills for one-handed weapons) and any action in Johannes Leckuchner that doesn't involve the Nagel of the messer, because you can do these just as well with an arming sword. Messer (and longsword) techniques in the Liechtenauer tradition actually derive from the one-handed sword to begin with
I am so glad that someone finally shows guides for the arming sword without any shield or offhand. I am searching this for years. Thank you so much! I will watch all your arming sword guides!
First lesson of medieval weaponry. There are three distinct cases of weapon use: War, Dueling, Raiding. Most all manuscripts are written for dueling scenarios. However not all dueling techniques or weapons are optimal for war.
My HEMA gym pushed me to give this kind of sword a try last night & it was pretty fun My technique improved by the hour's end, & it's actually the type of sword my main-char uses in the novel I'm currently writing
Well done, Federico! Combining sources & similarities in them to teach a more "universal" & sensible technique. Also, your English has improved significantly. Keep up the great work, it's always a pleasure to watch your videos. Brava, amici. Grazie per il videos! (I hope that was right, I'm still learning my Italian).
Thank you, you are always kind Johannes ;-). And you almost get it yes! Is "Bravo Amico!" brava is fore female and amici is the plural of "amico" but you are on the right way with your Italian ;-)
I recently got a polypropylene arming sword so I can spar with friends without needing much or any armor or gear, and have been wanting to find tutorials on actual fighting techniques, so I can't wait to watch your videos!
I don't know why but I thought this was one of your best videos, maybe because it's something you usually here little about (Using arming sword without buckler) Great stuff.
Thank you so much!!!! I most certainly look crazy in my pink and blue PJs swinging a wooden sword I got from the Renaissance festival in my front yard😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Malleus Martialis make among the best blunts out there. Their butterknife "sharp" swords are beautiful and really nice. Close to sharps while still adhereing to italian blade law :)
You should check out the earlier Bolognese sources as well. Marozzo does show an arming sword in some of his illustrations like in that of Guardia Alta.
George K indeed, I know ;-) on my Facebook page I’ve also mentioned this sources and I explain why I decided to go for the three sources I mentioned in the video. Which is mainly due to the fact that I want to stick as much as possible to the medieval sources :-) Anyway, Thank you very much for you comment George!!
Very nice simple video, I just acquired a functional arming sword, it seems a bit longer than yours, but I wanted to at least learn the basics, so this will help me condition for its length
Interesting how you managed to source lots of infomation together for arming sword, especially of the Italian traditions, and it appears to have resemblence to later Sidesword postures.
I usually try to apply rapier offense-attacking concepts when fencing with an arming sword, after all the arming sword later evolved into a thin sharp pointy sword known as rapier. I think you know that already, did you try thrusting beginning from your right foot on the lead? Right foot on the lead, sword on the right hand, big step forwards with the left foot forwards a bit to the left side and thrust, that is known as contrattaco in capoferro's treatise, it's a linear counter attack, where you step a bit to the left, when you step forwards with the left foot on the rear. At the same time when we execute this action we bend our torso downwards dipping when landing with our thrust. It is a move designed to thrust without being thrusted yourself, it's a counter attack as the name says, Contra Attaco. I love your content, best Hema teacher out there. Plus you must know i am not italian just in case i am a berber follower of yours. Saluti Federico.
Federico. I'd play up the Italian as much as possible. Like, begin your videos with a "Bonjourno" or some Italian greeting. It comes off as a very genuine and separate thing on its own. Just my thought.
Ahahahha! Yes It would be a good idea, but I have some people which will end up being sad if I leave my good old "Hello HEMA friends" right now! Plus my "Buongiorno" would be lesser satisfying than you think because I'm from the far north of Italy and I miss the "Baddabadoni" kind of speaking which people loves so much! But still I will think about your advice, thanks ;-)
@@FedericoMalagutti No offense to your friends, but a lot of people do that. Or something akin to that. But hey, I'm a nobody. You do whatever you want.
I like your take for sure - as always :-). If you'll allow a couple of comments on the true time though (mostly taken from Silver), the time of the hand, the arm, the body, the feet - it starts with the hand as you move the point towards the opponent to strike at the optimal point, which means that the arm is technically the second engaged physical component, even if it's only by milliseconds. I find that it helps to just think of the point as the traveling component, shortening the distance as much as possible (which in turn decreases the execution time, decreasing the opponent's reaction window), and the rest sort of follows suit in my experience. I also very often use the same guards for arming sword as longsword - for instance Fenestra has equivalents in Messer and even the saber hanging guard from British saber.
I agree indeed. In general I don't refeer to Silver because I don't study it, but I mainly use his movement chains to accellerate through the actions because, in general, is simply understanding how to speed up our own bodies. And what you tell me about the arm is the second part involved in the action is quite interesting and it also confirm me some of my ideas. In general speaking about the cut I think that is almost impossible to follow this rule, due to the different starting positions of the hands and, because of this, the different relation that the hand motion ends up having with the different steps, which creates a huge number of variables which can't easily be resumed in a single rule. On the other way, I think that always try to move the weapon arm first is extremely important because makes the opponent perceive the initiative better and decreases the chance of double hits, even if this can come with other costs, which is true for every action on the other way. Thank you very much for the comment Christian ;-)
I’m a very big fan of the extra leather guard thing on your swords cross guard/handle I have seen it on a few before, and I have no idea what you call that or where it originally comes from. I’d love to gain some insight on this.
I wish the brazil nut pommel and wheel pommel swords (medium and larger one-handed ones that have broader or longer blades at least) got more representation and training vids.
Why this sources? You could be inside a single tradition and time frame using Liechtenauer, Lignitzer and Lecküchner... Looking forward to see more about the concepts and conclusions you came up with...
Hi Dunio! I already answered this question so I copy paste ^_^ So a number of motivations, the first one is that I wanted to have the only source which actually show an arming sword among the sources, and so the I.33. Also, dew to the fact that I have years of experience with it, I know which action can be used, or adapted, in a context which implies not having a buckler. Talhoffer have a very thin section of single messer which for the great part overlaps with the Fiore section of the sword in one hand, giving a bit more insight about the action of the Italian masters (of course, more in terms of immages here, Talhoffer is a men of few words XD). And of course, Fiore is my main source for this because is my main source of reference and my favorite manual above all. Also his Holistic method helps me to work out stuff, like in this case. And now, why not leckuchner: First of all, I will talk about leckuchner as a very useful source for this kind of works, speculations etc. In the next video, but to answer you in a few words, I find Leckuchner huge which makes it both a really complete and interesting manual in the regards of one handed weapons, but is also full of stuff which I will end up discarding (I want to keep things easy and simple and not show hundreds of options). So as you can see is more a personal choicerelated to preferences and my ideal objective for this project, Leckuchner is a very, very useful source, but for now its not of my interest ;-) Many thanks.
@@FedericoMalagutti I think for this style of fighting, Lignitzer is even a more useful source than Lecküchner. But as I said - I'm looking forward to more of this topic...
Me, not knowing much about medieval period HEMA, wondering if this would be the fighting style they used if they would fall of the horse during a battlefield situation against several opponents all around. The sources you mentioned are for duels, right?
From my experience, most of the weapon handling is interchangeable while footwork and tempo are less important. (And if you want a word from the old master himself, Fiore mention that one of his student is a mercenary captain who use the lesson he taught to train their subordinate.)
Ciao Federico, ti sto conoscendo attraverso i video, sono molto interessato al combattimento spada scudo (non troppo sofisticato alla Marozzo), cerco uno stile “medioevale” tipo quello che qui proponi. Hai da consigliare libri o indirizzi (palestre)?
Purtroppo non ci sono fonti relative allo scudo medievale, il modo migliore per avere delle fonti è triangolare spada e rotella bolognese che hai menzionato e spada e brocchiero medievale di Lignitzer e I.33
So a number of motivations, the first one is that I wanted to have the only source which actually show an arming sword among the sources, and so the I.33. Also, dew to the fact that I have years of experience with it, I know which action can be used, or adapted, in a context which implies not having a buckler. Talhoffer have a very thin section of single messer which for the great part overlaps with the Fiore section of the sword in one hand, giving a bit more insight about the action of the Italian masters (of course, more in terms of immages here, Talhoffer is a men of few words XD). And of course, Fiore is my main source for this because is my main source of reference and my favorite manual above all. Also his Holistic method helps me to work out stuff, like in this case. And now, why not leckuchner: First of all, I will talk about leckuchner as a very useful source for this kind of works, speculations etc. In the next video, but to answer you in a few words, I find Leckuchner huge which makes it both a really complete and interesting manual in the regards of one handed weapons, but is also full of stuff which I will end up discarding (I want to keep things easy and simple and not show hundreds of options). So as you can see is more a personal choicerelated to preferences and my ideal objective for this project, Leckuchner is a very, very useful source, but for now its not of my interest ;-)
Check yourself on websites like the Morgan museum one, you will find iconography finders and you will find plenty of images. Anyway I am quite sure I added some images in this video and in the second one of this series. Cheers.
Well, the medieval period endured for a thousand years and depending from period and zone, culture, behaving, weapons disposal etc. changed radically! So the answer is: It depends. Anyway generally speaking a number of the sword fights among the lower classes of society, when they had swords or messers or other cutting weapons at their disposal, were probably non-regulated one. Fiore himself, even if born as a minor noble, went through four “clandestine fights” during his life.
As a manual about arming sword exist, I gave names arbitrarily. I think I mention them in the video. About strikes I use the Fiore way of calling them: Mandritto (from the right) roverso (from the left) Which can be sottano (upward) fendente (downward) and mezzano (horizontal)
for arming swords you just get the peasants to do a bunch of like crude blanks of Swords by casting steel into molds, and then you bring all those crude blanks to a blacksmith and then he can kind of like hammer it out a little bit, oh this angles you know it just needs to be bent, this needs to be straightened, that could be a little bit longer, let's draw the steel out that.... kind of s*** yeah, you can hammer it.... but it all starts from like cast molded Parts....all this like Damascus steel working, that's like the most brutally archaic steel working technique that really exists! it comes from a time where all they had access to was tiny little fragments of meteorites, so they had to save up these tiny little fragments of meteorites, and then piece them together slowly over time and then eventually they'd get something sizable enough to turn into a blade and then you have all these f****** layers and s*** in it because of all the different types of meteorites they would have to amalgamate into it they didn't learn till later like how to melt down iron and that iron and meteorite is like the same thing basically.... it took time the Vikings actually used to take iron when they first used to smelt it and put bones into it because they thought the spirits of the Dead would like possess the blade and make it stronger but actually it did make it stronger because there's carbon and stuff and bones and it reinforces the irons magnetic structure another thing I have to f****** say is steel and iron I'm pretty like 99% sure melts at the same heat cuz it's iron-steel is iron.... what you do to iron to make it stronger as you add carbon because carbon adheres to the magnetic structure of the iron and like reinforces each and every molecule of the iron so you have like concrete with rebar in it but the rebar part is actually the carbon attached to the molecules of the iron... but irons magnetic so if you take a blade that hasn't been annealed properly and cut it open and you see the grains what it is is individual crystals of Iron and Steel that aren't well melted and so they're all poking out at weird angles like one of those ferromagnetic fluid toys where you can see all the points....but then when you anneal it it takes all those points reheats them and they all magnetically align in the direction of probably going outwards from like a central negative charge out to a positive charge at the edges so it all faces outwards. I'm actually not sure which charge it is but I would think there'd be you know interference- magnetic Fields interfering in the middle and that's what the grain looking like that is within... when you alter it, it wants to all push outwards so all the positive magnetic charge ends up facing the edge of the blade so it's like arrows pointing outwards from the center whereas if you don't anneal it, it's all just cattywampus and pointing all over the place in different directions if those crystals were arrows
You're one to talk when you seem incapable of using proper English. Maybe learn basic grammar such as capitalizing the first letter and using punctuation before making fun of someone.
I have an RP character on a high fantasy site who primarily uses the arming sword as her weapon of choice. Since I'm a sad nerd I still try to learn real world techniques for fantasy writing. Thank you so much for this video! Arming swords are sadly overlooked by HEMA fans and community members.
You are welcome!
You could try looking at Joachim Meyer's section on Dussack in his 1570 treatise (a universal set of drills for one-handed weapons) and any action in Johannes Leckuchner that doesn't involve the Nagel of the messer, because you can do these just as well with an arming sword. Messer (and longsword) techniques in the Liechtenauer tradition actually derive from the one-handed sword to begin with
It's been two years, but what site, and how is it going with that?
I am so glad that someone finally shows guides for the arming sword without any shield or offhand. I am searching this for years.
Thank you so much! I will watch all your arming sword guides!
You are welcome!
You are like the Van Damme of HEMA. Keep up the good work, very broad cuts.
First lesson of medieval weaponry. There are three distinct cases of weapon use: War, Dueling, Raiding. Most all manuscripts are written for dueling scenarios. However not all dueling techniques or weapons are optimal for war.
bruh
thats why there are different weapons
@@Ak-47wizard This is not the rebuttal you think it is. Nothing you said contradicts what I said. So why the attitude?
My HEMA gym pushed me to give this kind of sword a try last night & it was pretty fun My technique improved by the hour's end, & it's actually the type of sword my main-char uses in the novel I'm currently writing
Well done, Federico! Combining sources & similarities in them to teach a more "universal" & sensible technique. Also, your English has improved significantly. Keep up the great work, it's always a pleasure to watch your videos. Brava, amici. Grazie per il videos! (I hope that was right, I'm still learning my Italian).
Thank you, you are always kind Johannes ;-). And you almost get it yes! Is "Bravo Amico!" brava is fore female and amici is the plural of "amico" but you are on the right way with your Italian ;-)
3:50 magnificent overhaw-overcut!
Thanks ^^
When I saw you were doing single sword I automatically assumed side sword, this is a very pleasant surprise
Loving this series, Federico. Always good to reinforce the fundamentals, especially during Covid / solo training times :-)
I recently got a polypropylene arming sword so I can spar with friends without needing much or any armor or gear, and have been wanting to find tutorials on actual fighting techniques, so I can't wait to watch your videos!
Awesome, been waiting to see something like this forever! Cool you're combining sources and looking forward to the further analysis👍
Thank you very much!!
I don't know why but I thought this was one of your best videos, maybe because it's something you usually here little about (Using arming sword without buckler)
Great stuff.
Thank you very much :-)
Thank you for posting this video my friend! I will use this as a base to practice guards with my new arming sword and help get back into shape!
sword looks sooo freaking beautifull
but arming sword is pretty under represented in hema comunaty as well as in reenactor comunaty
I garee ;-)
@@FedericoMalagutti So sad because I think arming swords are the coolest, honestly.
what are the most common weapons? i was thinking of making a uniqe sparring weapon like a dane axe/2 handed battle axe
Thank you so much!!!! I most certainly look crazy in my pink and blue PJs swinging a wooden sword I got from the Renaissance festival in my front yard😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's the spirit! ;-)
Great content bro, keep dropping vids!
Will Smith thank you
Malleus Martialis make among the best blunts out there. Their butterknife "sharp" swords are beautiful and really nice. Close to sharps while still adhereing to italian blade law :)
You should check out the earlier Bolognese sources as well. Marozzo does show an arming sword in some of his illustrations like in that of Guardia Alta.
George K indeed, I know ;-) on my Facebook page I’ve also mentioned this sources and I explain why I decided to go for the three sources I mentioned in the video. Which is mainly due to the fact that I want to stick as much as possible to the medieval sources :-)
Anyway, Thank you very much for you comment George!!
Thanks you Federico!! Always helps ours !You are great!!
You are welcome :-)
Great points as always Federico, cheers.
Cheers!!
Very nice simple video, I just acquired a functional arming sword, it seems a bit longer than yours, but I wanted to at least learn the basics, so this will help me condition for its length
Great instructions, Mr. Malagutti. Thank you. :-)
Interesting how you managed to source lots of infomation together for arming sword, especially of the Italian traditions, and it appears to have resemblence to later Sidesword postures.
I usually try to apply rapier offense-attacking concepts when fencing with an arming sword, after all the arming sword later evolved into a thin sharp pointy sword known as rapier.
I think you know that already, did you try thrusting beginning from your right foot on the lead?
Right foot on the lead, sword on the right hand, big step forwards with the left foot forwards a bit to the left side and thrust, that is known as contrattaco in capoferro's treatise, it's a linear counter attack, where you step a bit to the left, when you step forwards with the left foot on the rear. At the same time when we execute this action we bend our torso downwards dipping when landing with our thrust.
It is a move designed to thrust without being thrusted yourself, it's a counter attack as the name says, Contra Attaco.
I love your content, best Hema teacher out there.
Plus you must know i am not italian just in case i am a berber follower of yours.
Saluti Federico.
Awesome video! Thank you for this video. Love the source combination :)
My dude, Bad Ass technique’s
Federico. I'd play up the Italian as much as possible. Like, begin your videos with a "Bonjourno" or some Italian greeting. It comes off as a very genuine and separate thing on its own. Just my thought.
Ahahahha! Yes It would be a good idea, but I have some people which will end up being sad if I leave my good old "Hello HEMA friends" right now! Plus my "Buongiorno" would be lesser satisfying than you think because I'm from the far north of Italy and I miss the "Baddabadoni" kind of speaking which people loves so much!
But still I will think about your advice, thanks ;-)
@@FedericoMalagutti No offense to your friends, but a lot of people do that. Or something akin to that. But hey, I'm a nobody. You do whatever you want.
Leopold not offended at all Leopold! Thanks for your tip ;-)
Leopold, I find us viewing and agreeing a lot on vids. Cheers!
Awesome, and refreshing!
I like your take for sure - as always :-).
If you'll allow a couple of comments on the true time though (mostly taken from Silver), the time of the hand, the arm, the body, the feet - it starts with the hand as you move the point towards the opponent to strike at the optimal point, which means that the arm is technically the second engaged physical component, even if it's only by milliseconds. I find that it helps to just think of the point as the traveling component, shortening the distance as much as possible (which in turn decreases the execution time, decreasing the opponent's reaction window), and the rest sort of follows suit in my experience.
I also very often use the same guards for arming sword as longsword - for instance Fenestra has equivalents in Messer and even the saber hanging guard from British saber.
I agree indeed. In general I don't refeer to Silver because I don't study it, but I mainly use his movement chains to accellerate through the actions because, in general, is simply understanding how to speed up our own bodies.
And what you tell me about the arm is the second part involved in the action is quite interesting and it also confirm me some of my ideas. In general speaking about the cut I think that is almost impossible to follow this rule, due to the different starting positions of the hands and, because of this, the different relation that the hand motion ends up having with the different steps, which creates a huge number of variables which can't easily be resumed in a single rule.
On the other way, I think that always try to move the weapon arm first is extremely important because makes the opponent perceive the initiative better and decreases the chance of double hits, even if this can come with other costs, which is true for every action on the other way.
Thank you very much for the comment Christian ;-)
La mia spada medievale preferita, anche se preferisco la Carolingia/Vichinga, con un pomolo più grande e triangolare o a "conchiglia".
I’m a very big fan of the extra leather guard thing on your swords cross guard/handle I have seen it on a few before, and I have no idea what you call that or where it originally comes from. I’d love to gain some insight on this.
It’s not the first time people asks me about this topic. I’ll shoot a video about it soon ;-)
@@FedericoMalagutti that would be amazing!
I wish the brazil nut pommel and wheel pommel swords (medium and larger one-handed ones that have broader or longer blades at least) got more representation and training vids.
Is it advisable to train both hands for the arming sword, for the sake of the muscle development?
Hmm... I thought I would have to tear you a new one, but that was quite good. I have a few tiny notes I'll send to you, but well done!
Thank you very much, happy to have passed the "Borislav trial of suffering", I was ready with an entire bottle of Grappa and some pills of Xanax.
Why this sources? You could be inside a single tradition and time frame using Liechtenauer, Lignitzer and Lecküchner...
Looking forward to see more about the concepts and conclusions you came up with...
Hi Dunio! I already answered this question so I copy paste ^_^
So a number of motivations, the first one is that I wanted to have the only source which actually show an arming sword among the sources, and so the I.33. Also, dew to the fact that I have years of experience with it, I know which action can be used, or adapted, in a context which implies not having a buckler.
Talhoffer have a very thin section of single messer which for the great part overlaps with the Fiore section of the sword in one hand, giving a bit more insight about the action of the Italian masters (of course, more in terms of immages here, Talhoffer is a men of few words XD).
And of course, Fiore is my main source for this because is my main source of reference and my favorite manual above all. Also his Holistic method helps me to work out stuff, like in this case.
And now, why not leckuchner: First of all, I will talk about leckuchner as a very useful source for this kind of works, speculations etc. In the next video, but to answer you in a few words, I find Leckuchner huge which makes it both a really complete and interesting manual in the regards of one handed weapons, but is also full of stuff which I will end up discarding (I want to keep things easy and simple and not show hundreds of options).
So as you can see is more a personal choicerelated to preferences and my ideal objective for this project, Leckuchner is a very, very useful source, but for now its not of my interest ;-)
Many thanks.
@@FedericoMalagutti I think for this style of fighting, Lignitzer is even a more useful source than Lecküchner.
But as I said - I'm looking forward to more of this topic...
Me, not knowing much about medieval period HEMA, wondering if this would be the fighting style they used if they would fall of the horse during a battlefield situation against several opponents all around. The sources you mentioned are for duels, right?
From my experience, most of the weapon handling is interchangeable while footwork and tempo are less important. (And if you want a word from the old master himself, Fiore mention that one of his student is a mercenary captain who use the lesson he taught to train their subordinate.)
Hehehe... Time to destroy my friends at sword duels...
Hi Federico,
Could I ask where you bought that beautiful arming sword?
Thanks!
Hi! Of course: Malleus Martialis
Ciao Federico, ti sto conoscendo attraverso i video, sono molto interessato al combattimento spada scudo (non troppo sofisticato alla Marozzo), cerco uno stile “medioevale” tipo quello che qui proponi. Hai da consigliare libri o indirizzi (palestre)?
Purtroppo non ci sono fonti relative allo scudo medievale, il modo migliore per avere delle fonti è triangolare spada e rotella bolognese che hai menzionato e spada e brocchiero medievale di Lignitzer e I.33
Very interesting. What made you decide to work from these manuals, rather than adapting Leckuchner to a sword without a nagel?
So a number of motivations, the first one is that I wanted to have the only source which actually show an arming sword among the sources, and so the I.33. Also, dew to the fact that I have years of experience with it, I know which action can be used, or adapted, in a context which implies not having a buckler.
Talhoffer have a very thin section of single messer which for the great part overlaps with the Fiore section of the sword in one hand, giving a bit more insight about the action of the Italian masters (of course, more in terms of immages here, Talhoffer is a men of few words XD).
And of course, Fiore is my main source for this because is my main source of reference and my favorite manual above all. Also his Holistic method helps me to work out stuff, like in this case.
And now, why not leckuchner: First of all, I will talk about leckuchner as a very useful source for this kind of works, speculations etc. In the next video, but to answer you in a few words, I find Leckuchner huge which makes it both a really complete and interesting manual in the regards of one handed weapons, but is also full of stuff which I will end up discarding (I want to keep things easy and simple and not show hundreds of options).
So as you can see is more a personal choicerelated to preferences and my ideal objective for this project, Leckuchner is a very, very useful source, but for now its not of my interest ;-)
Is there a reason why u keep your left hand on the waist?
What’s that mountain in the background?
Could you show me historical arts of using single armingswords by only single one hand with nothing in another hand?
Check yourself on websites like the Morgan museum one, you will find iconography finders and you will find plenty of images.
Anyway I am quite sure I added some images in this video and in the second one of this series. Cheers.
Que Viva!
aren't you supossed to fight wielding a shield too?
There is almost no swords duelling and swords fighting in civilian lives of medieval period？（Except judicial duel and viking duel.）Am I right?
Well, the medieval period endured for a thousand years and depending from period and zone, culture, behaving, weapons disposal etc. changed radically!
So the answer is: It depends.
Anyway generally speaking a number of the sword fights among the lower classes of society, when they had swords or messers or other cutting weapons at their disposal, were probably non-regulated one.
Fiore himself, even if born as a minor noble, went through four “clandestine fights” during his life.
What’s the name of those guards and strikes?
As a manual about arming sword exist, I gave names arbitrarily. I think I mention them in the video.
About strikes I use the Fiore way of calling them:
Mandritto (from the right) roverso (from the left)
Which can be sottano (upward) fendente (downward) and mezzano (horizontal)
for arming swords you just get the peasants to do a bunch of like crude blanks of Swords by casting steel into molds, and then you bring all those crude blanks to a blacksmith and then he can kind of like hammer it out a little bit, oh this angles you know it just needs to be bent, this needs to be straightened, that could be a little bit longer, let's draw the steel out that.... kind of s*** yeah, you can hammer it.... but it all starts from like cast molded Parts....all this like Damascus steel working,
that's like the most brutally archaic steel working technique that really exists! it comes from a time where all they had access to was tiny little fragments of meteorites, so they had to save up these tiny little fragments of meteorites, and then piece them together slowly over time and then eventually they'd get something sizable enough to turn into a blade and then you have all these f****** layers and s*** in it because of all the different types of meteorites they would have to amalgamate into it they didn't learn till later like how to melt down iron and that iron and meteorite is like the same thing basically....
it took time
the Vikings actually used to take iron when they first used to smelt it and put bones into it because they thought the spirits of the Dead would like possess the blade and make it stronger but actually it did make it stronger because there's carbon and stuff and bones and it reinforces the irons magnetic structure
another thing I have to f****** say is steel and iron I'm pretty like 99% sure melts at the same heat cuz it's iron-steel is iron....
what you do to iron to make it stronger as you add carbon because carbon adheres to the magnetic structure of the iron and like reinforces each and every molecule of the iron so you have like concrete with rebar in it but the rebar part is actually the carbon attached to the molecules of the iron...
but irons magnetic so if you take a blade that hasn't been annealed properly and cut it open and you see the grains what it is is individual crystals of Iron and Steel that aren't well melted and so they're all poking out at weird angles like one of those ferromagnetic fluid toys where you can see all the points....but then when you anneal it it takes all those points reheats them and they all magnetically align in the direction of probably going outwards from like a central negative charge out to a positive charge at the edges so it all faces outwards.
I'm actually not sure which charge it is but I would think there'd be you know interference- magnetic Fields interfering in the middle and that's what the grain looking like that is within... when you alter it, it wants to all push outwards so all the positive magnetic charge ends up facing the edge of the blade so it's like arrows pointing outwards from the center whereas if you don't anneal it, it's all just cattywampus and pointing all over the place in different directions if those crystals were arrows
Single handed Arming Sword is the only acceptable form of Fencing .
Basically viggiani without imbroccata
@@FedericoMalagutti knowing the next spada a un mano plays from fiore, i know you would say that lol
rahadian panji oki ahahahahah :-)
you need to arm yourself with better english before carrying any sword, friend
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You're one to talk when you seem incapable of using proper English. Maybe learn basic grammar such as capitalizing the first letter and using punctuation before making fun of someone.