How to wear a longbow on your back with quickdraw
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Medieval weapons are often worn on the back in video games and fantasy, but can you wear a bow or longbow on your back and draw it just as fast? YES! if you use this nifty little attachment.
Dawson's video on wearing a longbow on your back: • Carrying a Longbow on ...
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“No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to give him flack
For the stranger there among them had a war bow on his back
A war bow on his back”
Thats great!
I will never sing Big Iron the same way again. Thank you.
A war bow on his baaaaack.
I had to read to the echo of the last line to catch the reference...😓😓😓
it should be eligal how funny this is lmao!!!
Eventually Shad will figure out how the ancient egyptians carried the stones for the great pyramid on their back.
A great many backs per stone.
Dude's a student of history. I wouldn't put it past him. How he'll make it entertaining is the question.
@@gregwessendorf he'll create his own pyramid
We have those records of how they did it, but they used logs or round columns of stone and rolled the blocks to where they needed them
@@rhy-lee-mar hello, I am shad. I have built a “small” pyramid in my back yard for testing purposes
At this rate, Shad is going to have us wearing an entire adventurer’s inventory worth of items on our backs.
Bust then knees!
I, for my part, can neither contest nor object to it.
As it should be.
*wait, he already has* ....
Saving for my brigandine armor and a starter bow
We considered a bow ditching mechanic in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which would also be way quicker to just drop the bow before drawing the sword, but it was also very annoying to search for the bow after every combat interaction and if you would forget about it, you would have no bow on your next enemy encounter. This was very frustrating too play.
Yep sometimes when seeking a realistic game you also have to make sure to balance that with some practicality otherwise annoyances come come up and it becomes bothersome to play.
I was curious. What did you guys end up deciding to do for when putting Henry puts the bow away? I have not played the game myself so am not super familiar with the KCD (although it looks like a very good game).
Keep up the good work with development on KCD as well as any future games your studio works on. Cheers :)
@@jamesfstokes We tested out the mechanic, if you have your bow equipped, and if you are in a combat situation, then you would drop the bow, if you draw your sword.
The upside is, that is far quicker just to drop the bow and draw the sword, because there is no animation to put the bow back into your inventory, which can lead to losing a fight.
But players would lose the bow and often not pick it up and wonder later, where their bow is.
That's why we decided to go back to the animation of Henry, storing his bow neatly into his inventory, even in a combat situation.
@@WarhorseStudios what about a fold up bow?
@@WarhorseStudios Yeah I guess I can see that. Especially if the player dropped their bow in the grass, or if they moved a decent distance away while trying to avoid the enemy strikes while getting their own hits in.
As long as it took me a couple times to find a dead enemy to loot him after a fight with multiple enemies, I am glad I didn't have to look for my own bow... Really enjoyed your game, it's cool to see you all watch Shad...
you can do it in reverse too: have a hook or nail attached to a belt and a ring or a loop on the shaft of your weapon. Would definitly be more comfortable for a spear and without fear of pointy nail impaling your hand.
Exactly
Great minds think alike
Underaited comment
just like Guts' chain hook
U could get a 'rolled' end when using some plate instead of a actual nail
"So what's the catch?"
"A nail."
Hits the nail on the head, hope it'll catch on.
What a catch! Nailed it!
You 3 are despicable.
@@jollimaiahtacksworth Despicable me?
Shad the historian: Longbows are long
They are also bows.
People die if they are killed
BREAKING NEWS
Longbows are long
"Shadrick the adventurer" has discovered that longbows are in fact long, in a recent UA-cam video. Reguarding his genius invention called "the nail catch" which is a simple way to holster a longbow or spear on the back. He is also the creator of the back scabbard which is what it says on the tin it is a scabbard that goes on your back.
And now back to you Dave
Who'd a thunk it.
Fun things are fun!
Untold archers through out history facepalming as think "Its that simple? Why didn't I think of that?!"
Either that or they're all thinking "Wait... are you telling me people forgot we did that?"
if there is anything ive learned watching shad its that most archers hate change so much they are STILL convinced that firing a bow from the wrong side will kill you. im sure the nail catch will somehow lead to the apocalypse in their minds lol
There probably wasn't a whole lot of need for something like this in the past, since adventuring wasn't really a thing beyond the odd explorer. Armies could have all their bows unstrung and protected in a crate sitting in a wagon. A hunter is likely your best bet for someone who could have used the method, but then, they'd probably just keep the bow in their hands.
A long bow is a battle field weapon, like halberds, you don't carry it around when you don't need it.
@@SimonWoodburyForget What on earth are you smoking? I don't think there has been any army in the world where the standard equipment didn't include two weapons. Even today we have bajonets for riffles.
And learn to run properly if you can't even carry a bottle of water. It shouldn't matter and probably doesn't, it is all in your head.
@@SimonWoodburyForget All I can gather is that you have never been in the military. Sure it uses more energy, but nothing remotely important compared to carrying food, water and gear. You always carry a second weapon. Historicaly it wasn't always secondary. Archers for instance didn't use bows in melee, and unless they were on a castle wall, they would usually find themselves in melee once distance was closed.
Something that really sets Shad apart from most other historically focused UA-cam channels is that he doesn't let many common fantasy or videogame tropes annoy him. Instead, he tries to find a way to make them work, which I really respect.
Yeah like he doesn’t look down on that stuff and instead leans into it, some other people get kinda pretentious
@@mint7442 I wouldn't say pretentious, but definitely uncompromising. Personally I'll take any combat system in a videogame so long as it's interesting, but realism can be nice.
“I will never make a criticism, if I do not have, a resolution.”
Out here making the shad-diversity class
Yeah thats super cool
At this rate Shad's gonna make portable machiculations.
Just wait 'til he has the castle.
Siege tower.
@@TeutonicViking on his back
@@LeMeowAu *of course*
Siege tower shield?
Matt Easton: "You can't wear longbows on your back, that's just video game silliness."
Metatron: "Pretty much."
Skallagrim: "What they said."
Shadiversity: "O rly?!"
"OEW REELLEE!?"
Vsauce: Or is it? (cues the music)
Lindybeige: *stops 45 minute long rant about this very subject to look around*
"...
Ah! Yes! A nail catch! That's what they call it. Uhm; and it's interesting, this nail catch, because [...]"
*keeps going for another hour with no cutting or editing of any kind*
@@SimuLord
Like theres any other way...
Shad nails it. But then it rains - how well can he make this work while wearing a cloak?
This man is single-handedly arming all of my characters and making my life as an artist so much easier ;w;
Same, i wanted to make my fantasy world a bit more logic based and his shabbard was a huge help.
Shad, the bane of DMs!
SAME
Is this guy real life versions of dnd type content? Are you talking about dnd
@@warlocksunited2e580 I don't understand the first question, but I find the information and ideas he's giving us applicable in so much more settings than just DnD.
Others: People didn't do this in reality. Stop doing it in fiction.
Shad: People didn't do this in reality. But could it be done?
We ain't asking if it was done in history.
We are asking if it CAN be done.
I mean, if Shad thought of it
Who's to say some other guy hadn't thought of it and did it?
Yea! stop using fireball
@@nickelakon5369 true especially since it's so simple lol
TBF, we don't have _evidence_ it happened. It doesn't mean it definitively didn't happen, just that it wasn't recorded in any surviving records.
This is becoming a series for solving common problems in fantasy
I have no objections
“Top ten life hacks for thine adventuring-forsooth, the seventh one shall leave thee gobsmacked!”
But he is missing the most obvious answer: magic. (Only 9min in so...)
Hewards handy haversack, belt of many pockets, bags of holding, summoning abilities, rings that magically fit any weapon and upon command return it to its partner ring.
Or that unless your focusing on archery most character carry light crossbows. With a sling.
I'm not mad
Perfect.
Shadiversity : wearing weapons in the back is so freaking stupid in Reality.
Also Shadiversity : *U N L E S S . . .*
Nothing's stupid if you do it right
... don't quote me on that
@Shangex damn it Jimmy
"Do you wanna try wearing weapons on your back ? Haha , just joking. Unless..."
Nothing is stupid if Shad does it
Bojler Eladó!
i've never notice before shad just wearing sneakers, all that armor and gembeson and etc, and he's just got a pair of sneakers on i love it lol
Comfort whenever applicable.
@@thejamman4070 Always take as much ̶a̶̶r̶̶m̶̶o̶̶r̶ comfort as you can get away with.
"It's a very simple solution."
That's not how you patent your nail catch. "It's a sophisticated and subtley complex solution."
The 28 people who disliked this video are elves that were mad that they didnt think of it first.
D-damn... It took 7 hours to get another dislike...
Don't be telling the world that elves are real. I got a good thing going here.
@@anti-wokewarrior1474 Shh. Keep you head down. ... That goes double for the gno... Damnit!
@@riftalope Strange thing is I'm about 5.5 feet tall, thin, lean, agile, a pretty good shot, and can't fall asleep to save my ass... kinda like that one race in D&D.
10:44: The way you managed to fire the shot at the exact same time as the character made me cheer out loud!
I went through that part frame by frame and the video game character loosed her arrow 1 frame sooner.
*shad contemplates this conundrum while twirling a pen* * he drops it* *sees the clip on the pen* Shad: BY GEORGE I'VE GOT IT!
Yet again we find that the pen is mightier than the sword (scabbard).
I was actually thinking that as well, when I first noticed it.
Nail catch? More like bow clip! lol
Yea I thought that might be the source of inspiration
Shad is quickly becoming the Fantasy Protagonist of Earth
But who will be the antagonist?
@@Hugo-pg9hq *Disney*
And im totally ok with that
@@Hugo-pg9hq skallgrim
Julie D'Aubigny already took that title.
"Longbows, as you might have guessed from the name, are long!"
We learn so much from this guy.
Next time he'll tell us about how the shortsword is short!
What’s next
Swords are sharp?!
@@user-ys3jq3uf4p i mean he actually did need to explain that one time
@@ryangrear3430 fair enough 😂
The fact that wearing weapons on your back wasn't widely used, is proof that it wasn't really needed. The whole idea of it was popularised by fantasy fiction and seeing someone proof that stuff like this is not only possible, but also more convenient than the way it was actually done is really cool.
There is another gameplay advantage in having weapons on your character's back: you can easily admire its appearance
I believe in Darksouls they purposely put extra details on the back of all the armor because that's what we see the most.
It also makes it clear what weapon you have equipped.
That applies to any weapon on the back
@@Pangora2 Shira's armour in DS3 is a work of art I gotta say , Fromsoft knows how to design.
Hey, i love your song 'the troopery'
now instead of "nail catch" people are going to start calling this the "dinglehopper"
That was the fork in the Little Mermaid.
My man! "Dinglehoppers changed my life" - anonymous adventurer
Armchair Engineer: "Wear a weapon on your back? That is impossible. It CAN'T be done!"
Shad: "Here, I used a nail and some string."
Here's an interesting idea:
Instead of a nail and catching cylinder you might also consider a button on the bow and a slot cut in thick leather on your back.
The slot would act as a rail holding securely around the button, but the leather would still have enough give to just pull the button out of the slot. You wouldn't even need to lift the thing out of the catch anymore, just jank it off. This would also make it safer if the wearer is on horseback and the bow catches on something, just like the tear away straps on cowboy hats.
As a bonus, you could wrap the slot all the way over your shoulder and have a tapered opening so it's easy to put the button in.
And having two buttons on your bow both going in that slot would also ensure it's always held in the same orientation.
This method is way WAY more over-engineerd and it might not work..
I should prototype it.
That might work out fine even help putting it back onto your back. With a bolt tied perpendicular on the bow and a large (1 inch or thereabouts) head sticking out (from the bow) say a half inch it would easily be slipped into the leather. Think nail heads and the holes on the back of clocks/string on pictures but a lot longer and tapering hole.
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Ps having the catch on the side of the bow is more important than you might think with a rigid quiver.
This deserves more upvotes. Kudos.
I did this with the grove on my back quiver (4 inch pvc thin wall) and it looks AMAZINGLY AWESOME!!! My bow now looks like it has video game physics.
Ps having the catch to the side is more important than you think when attaching it to something rigid.
This sounds awesome, well done 👍👍
@@jmoneyjoshkinion4576 Amazing Josh! could you perhaps upload a vid or maybe some pics to Imgur? you gotta show Shad
Shad M. Brooks: UA-camr, author, innovator.
Lord of the Shadlands
I understood that reference
@@johmyh14 The man, the myth, the legend.
The machicolatooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...
As far as the spear goes can you flip the loop to the spearnand the nail catch inverted on the bandolier? That way when using the spear the catch doesn't "catch" the hand and you can slide the hand more. Just a thought.
The fact that shad just slayed a trespasser in the shadlands is pretty intimidating. I was planning a siege
call the iron hands for help
*Death Korps of Krieg amused noises*
The past tense of "slay" is "slew" my nigga
@@riograndedosulball248 indeed krigsman
Sorry I’m so late, Frank, but I want to congratulate you for being the peak of humanity. Thrawn pfp in Shad’s comments is something I wish I had thought of.
"Suddenly a monster appears and they can whip it out THAT fast." Taking the bard to a whole new level.
Oh yeah, the good old dragonlayer
Second time I had to pause the video because I was laughing too hard to keep listening...
Imagine the entire course of human history and Shads videos being changed completely due to some random bored soldier showing his mates a trick he discovered with a nail and his bow - 'Hold my beer'
I can't stop laughing at the thought of that, brilliant.
"UNLESS" is just the Shad version of "hold my beer"
Time to strap a nail catch to my beer koozie! 👍
I mean.... Why not lol
Need medieval beer mug nail catch!
“That’ll never catch on!”
Well, maybe, but the nail surely will!
One day, we will hear that Shad has died from being crushed by all the weapons he managed to equip through ingenious means.
That would be a sad but legendary way to go down.
He was too powerful!!!!!
He’s going to be contained by the SCP Foundation for storing weapons via anomalous means.
shad literally helping medieval fantasy/fiction writers create new cool and practical designs, what a god!
New challange: How many different weapons can you holster on your back?
Also Dinglehopper
Snarfblat
You're getting in my Space.
@@straightjacket308 Keep your Leonard Elmorian inventions to yourself.
*Dingleberries*
I'm imagining a bandoleer of nail catches across shad's back
"Patron Saint of machicolations,boob armor and now,apparently,wearing weapons on your back."
That legit sounds like something Tvtropes would call you in te Trope Pantheon.
Don't forget he's also the champion of THE STICK and ENDING THEM RIGHTLY. Remember when he made one of his most effective weapons, and it was just a stick with a pommel?
I have the feeling that Shad is trying to sell us the Nail-catch.
If I was a medieval archer, I'd buy it 😁
You, UA-cam commenter! Yes, you! What do you do when you want to use your hands?
A Shad-uck ...........
By golly, I'll take your entire stock.
Could probably hang any variety of pole weapon like that, if the head of it doesn't throw it off balance too much that is
He's selling us the idea and all it costs is a view with the optional donation of a sub!
You would have made an absolute FORTUNE in the Med times as an inventor!
JoergSprave: Hold my beer
Hindsight is 20/20
Probably
I don't think there was any kind of patent back then, and it's basically just a piece of rope and a nail or stick.
I always wonder how many little inventions like this may have been around in the medieval period and just never became widely known due to a lack of necessity, difficulty in mass production, and slow spread (relative to today) of information.
Or were rather make-shift like this. Some soldier using a nail and a rag to hook his polearm to a strap across his back so he has his hands free for carrying other necessities.
Look at the number of make-shift life-improvements you see modern soldiers make to their gear and you will realize that Shad's ideas have more merit than we probably give him credit for. It would be wrong to depict a medieval army in a movie carrying spears on their back, but if you depict them all transporting their spears in their hands except this one dude among them with it on his back then that would be totally believable.
Now we just need some artwork. No need to mass produce with the materials already on hand. It might not even have been named, as some of what is done is NaTuRaLlY common knowledge. Then pseudo-random rot ticks remove evidence just like wooden castles.
"Also known as Shadrick the adventurer , Lord of the Shadlands and also the patron saint of machicolations , boob armour and apparently wearing weapons in your back."
What a title.
Yet need Shad to be an operator, as in Special Forces/Special Operations Forces operator.
Yes, it's entirely too short for any lord I have ever heard of. But hey, he still hasn't built a castle yet, so once that happens, I'm sure his titles will increase in length as all lord titles properly do.
@@malahamavet Back scabbard for a shovel? Was a sapper, shovels n picks are standard equipment. Sharpen the edges of a shovel and you have a serious melee weapon.
First of his name.
@@alwayscensored6871 doesn't really need much sharpening to be a wicked club. A blade as thin as a spade should be able to split a head or make it ring if your opponent wears a helmet.
Shad building his castle: The plans just say 'a decent length' for all the measurements.
"...and I want the stones to be about yea* big"
*See attached photo
This is one of those things it takes forever to figure out, but makes you feel stupid for not figuring out
That is always the case with the most beautiful solutions to engineering questions/ problems. that's why I love it :)
Shadiversity slogan:
We will find a way to carry it on our back, no matter what weapon, no exceptions.
Battering Ram next episode!
This makes me want to read a book with a Shad character who is always trying to sell adventurers gear that he invented.
Damn I would watch that Isekai
@@Greideren I would totally read that :) I want to see how he would argue and discuss with people of that time period :)
@@lawrencevalero8111 "... and with this guard you can stop most attacks, even the infamous..."
"But can it stop a pommel?"
"Nothing can stop a pommel"
I wholly endorse the Dinglehopper™ Nail Catch.
But, Dinglehoppers had four tines..
I can see Shad being the Billy Mays of the medieval world.
Either him or mister "let me show you its features"
@@Technotoadnotafrog JoergSprav?
Shad will some day figure out a way to carry siege engines on his back.
Enemy: *approaches*
Shad: *begins aiming back-mounted trebuchet* Imma bout to end this man’s whole career
In my fantasy world, that's a thing due to perpetuum clockwork machines being so versatile and variable. The most common is a beetle-like engine which tears enemies and weak structures apart.
Shad: ties a long log to his back.
Shad: "This is my back-mounted battering ram!"
Shad's chiropractor: >frees up schedule
Shad is slowly becoming the Billy Mays of medieval fantasy.
"Hi, Lord Shadrick here with the NAILCATCH™"
HI SHADDY MAYS HERE!
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE
It even works, underwater!
(I know I know, wrong infomercial guy)
AND IF YOU SEND A CARRIER RIGHT NOW YOU CAN GET A BACK SCABBARD ABSOLUTELY FREE
Orc attracts can do a lot of damage! the Shadrick line of adventuring products is now available.
I swear rope is shads best friend. The amount of things he just wraps with rope, it's actually funny.
”Never travel far without a rope! And one that is long, strong and light. Such are theae.” Johan.
He uses rope more often than the bushcrafters.
Lashing one thing to another is a fantastic tool for a wide variety if situations
@@killrade4434 There can never be too much paracord.
I love how proud he is of his inventions; he's like a kid. XD
10:47 I can't believe he matched the timing precisely!
19:00 I love this skit, too!
Your pfp is old af haha havent seen someone using this img in ages
@@hil449 what kind of pfp is it if I may ask?
tune in next time when shadiversity figures out how to holster his house and all his earthly possessions on his back and goes on an adventure to defeat a dragon using his infinite amount of holstered cutlery, pots and pans.
He wouldn´t defeat the Dragon, he would stare him in the Eyes, reaches on his back and instantanously tames that dragon. Henceforth he will be known as Shad Dragonrider
I’m just waiting for Shad’s inventions to start appearing in fantasy novels.
Me *typing my fantasy novel* Way ahead or ya!
I've been using the stuff shad figures out in my table top rpgs for a long time since i often go for a more "realistic" style, the party's hunter will enjoy this one.
Can't wait to see Bridge 4 to put nail catches on their spears.
Cue some historian/archaeologist going "so _that's_ what those things are for!"
chakatfirepaw Exactly!
Assuming such a thing was used. If they used wood (or bone) it would likely look like a bit of trash if anything remained.
I bet they thought those things were ceremonial!
@@suzannepottsshorts No no, religious. Always
@@cmelton6796 Archeologist: I have _no_ idea what that's supposed to be... Let's say it was religious."
Absolutely incorporating this into dnd next time I play. Can definitely think of some basic improvements that could be made, but for what it is, it's very simple yet very effective.
Also, as willed by Shad, patron saint of machicolations, boob armor, and carrying weapons on the back: Dinglehopper.
Finding a challenge on carrying a weapon on his back, being told it can't be reasonable done, Shad calls out "hold my machincolations...."
Shadiversity; the patron saint of machicolations, boob armor, and carrying weapons on your back.
And I thought the daedric princes had weird combinations.
Shad has pretty much taken the role of a daedric prince at this point
Shad has more names for himself than a J.R.R Tolkien character.
But what about dragons?
''Medieval fantasy adventurers and archers will LOVE this!''
Guess I'm a medieval fantasy adventurer now
Never late to become.
Dinglehopper! That commercial was top notch quality lol love the creativity and fun that’s always in these videos.
The nail catch: Explaining in-game mechanics with real-world inventions.
In final fantasy I notice that cloud has a magnet to catch his sword have you ever notice this
18:38 I imagine Shad walking up to someone in a fantasy setting and going "Got a selection of good things on sale stranga. What are you sellin , what are you buyin ?"
Shardrich the adventurer is also the master of the 'forbidden' technique of shooting the bow on the right hand side.
Overall: 10/10
Shad's Attempt at a 1920's Mid-Atlantic Accent: ear vomit/10
Shad really is an innovator in the field of wearing weapons on your back.
"I couldn't have copied it because that video was published after mine."
I guess that confirms it then, Shad can travel forwards in time as well as backwards.
Everyone travels forward in time at one second per second.
Shad’s new name should be: *”SHADRICK, MASTER OF BACK CARRYING WEAPONS”*
Hahaha true that
He might be good at carrying.
... and Knight Protector of Machicolations
And shooting arrows on the outside.
13:18 Ah "yei" My favourite unit of measurement
Holy shit, the Dragon's Dogma goblin noises in the intro killed me
10:43
That second test was PERFECTLY matched.
My D&D Characters have been getting some really nice gadgets since I started watching people like Shad and Joerge
I'm picturing a thief with a full auto crossbow with 40 bolt mag slung on his back who's switched out his "taunt" skill for the coveted "Salespitch" one.
I'm picturing an artificer coming up with this stuff and after a while facing the BBEG will all sorts of gadgets, and it's glorious
I'm really impressed by how the second try was practically the exact length of time the ingame animation took!
"Because we're basically the devil - I mean Disney."
LMFAO
We’re basically what? When did we fire someone for pointing out our hypocrisy is incredibly dangerous?!?
Huh. Considering the fact that I recently made a D&D character who uses a longbow and couldn't figure out a good way for him to carry it, I'd say this is a really convenient time for this video to come out.
10:41 My god, that synced PERFECTLY
Visceral reaction
it was so satisfying when they both PLINKED the arrow at the same time :D
It was SO GOOD!
I started watching and a few minutes in I was like, Shad sounds like a medieval salesman. Then you said it and I just cracked up laughing.
man, adventuring just got so much easier after the nail catch.
Now I can carry my bow, spear, greatsword and first born son on my back, all at the same time even. This is truly the golden age of being an adventurer.
where do you put the nail when it comes to your son?... you know what, I dont want to know
@@pilky_boooi Well I'll let you know that it depends, on what else you got hanging on you.
@@pilky_boooi He doesn't need to know about the nail and the roll until he's older.
The biggest difference between the entirety of human existence and the last 30 years is the ability of the average person to document and share their ideas on a massive scale. Even 40 years ago unless shad had a multi national t.v. show he couldn't come anywhere close to reaching as many people with his ideas as he can in 1 hour by just posting a video on here. If something was possible to easily be made in the past & it was a useful solution to a common problem then there is a good chance you didn't think of it first and probably aren't even the first one to make a prototype.
Shad is soon gonna turn a lot of fantasy game protagonist into Swiss Army knives. **Link is very pleased**
I was about to mention many already are.
@@SergioLeonardoCornejo
You got a good point.
Between this and the leather Shabbard I think we can finally have seriously kitted out adventurers!
And just like that, Shad reinvented the cavalry sling
So simple, yet so efficient... I'd probably add a leaf spring so it doesn't stab your hand and is just slightly more secure, but it's a damn good design to begin with.
I just love how you work around reality until it conforms to fantasy ^^
When he was going through the explanation, I thought of a spring clip, which wouldn't need another object to pair it with. You could clip it to a belt, a pack, or a scabbard when not in use, and there's no pointy object involved (I feel having the nail on the baldric/belt would still leave the possibility of poking yourself somehow). There's also the potential bonus, depending on the exact size and design of the clip, for it to possibly serve as a makeshift arrow rest.
"Greetings, I'm Shad and this, is the nail catch."
"That'll never catch on."
Nailed it.
This man's ingenuity when it comes to weaponry is something else
Coming next: HOW TO COMFORTABLY WEAR A TREBUCHET ON YOUR BACK
The other day i was like "if there was a more convinient way to holster my spear"...
That Old timey commercial segment was hilarious
That oldschool infomercial was brilliant.
Agreed, it was hilarious.
finally someone mentiones it!
He needs to practice his diction a little. I want to see more that, but he was a little slurred.
It was fun but I've seen too many of those they lost the charm
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You’d probably be just as fast, or faster, if you kept practicing with it. A fantasy character would be using it a LOT and be really good at it
You and Skallagrim need to do some green screen work together and do a collab between Byron Pursebane and Lord Shadrick the Adventurer of the Shadlands. It could be absolutely amazing
This would also work for attaching them to your pack. Adventurers often have backpacks so their backs are already occupied, with this you can still have both.
This is fantastic. I mean, figuratively.
Because it's actually quite realistic.
I see what you did there
Shad at this rate will just learn how to carry a whole arsenal on his back like a Skyrim player
20 secs of full plate armour? NO PROBLEM!
I always assume the LDB has a bag of holding and all containers are extra dimensional. How else do you shove a daedric greatsword in a lockbox in your home?
@@aggressivenipples8391 Or how else does one fit 36 dragon bones, 22 dragon scales, over a hundred various gems, enough weapons to supply the imperial legion and a dash of assorted miscellaneous items in a dresser?
@@calumbus3784 It's that excellent Nord craftsmanship
No loot or weapons left behind
Next up: wearing machicolations on your back: is it practical?
What about machicolations on DRAGONS.
@@TBMVD What about Dragon machicolations?
@@IgnatRemizov u mean wearing a dragon with machicolations on ya back?
I think you've re-discovered the pavisse
blue yoshi NL MACHICODRAGONS!!!
Goddamn, this is genius. I've honestly always wondered how to have a bow on my back and then BAM shad built something. Sword on back? BAM, Shad built something. Goddamn genius
"I thought that it would be something complex, but in reality the answer was quite simple"
As all practical things are
Much like knitting needles...
occam's razor, basically.
There are a lot of practical things that are very complex. Sometimes, something complex is the only thing that can do a certain job. Imagine a simple clock that can tell the precise time and works without sunshine. You can't, because it's not possible. Clocks inherently have to contain complex mechanisms.
@@ParaSpite the precise telling of time is a detalization on a fairly simple process. In order to do a simple job of general telling of time there is a simple clock - the sun and moon movement)
The need for exact telling of time for everyone is a fairly modern (relatively speaking) concept. People lived and performed complex time-sensitive tasks for thousands of years before the clocks capable of telling exact time came into existence. The complication of a simple process called for complication of simple tools)
@@ParaSpite Complexity of the task is the cause of complexity if the object. If you want a functional clock that'll tell you the time within a range that is reasonable and you'll be able to work with posing no risk to your daily routine then a quite simple mechanism will do fine. If you need it to be perfect without even a second off then maybe you'll need something more complex, yes.
Point is, for the most practical solution you'll often find it is quite simple compared to the alternatives. I mean even for a clock that can tell time on the quarter second the more complex method would be to design it so that it has to calculate everything independently but this would also not be the practical way of doing it.
"Are there ways to improve it?" Dude, don't ask an engineer that. You just opened a can of worms.
If you prefer the left-handed draw, here's some thoughts:
1: replace nail with something a bit blunter. Safety first, right? I'm imagining something akin to the belt hook on the balestrino crossbow I saw on Tod's Workshop. Maintains the medieval aesthetic while being a little less risky. You could also more rigidly mount something like that, even if just attached with rope like the nail currently is. Add enough material to the hook so that it slightly wraps around the bow and the catch won't be able to twist and might even lie a bit flatter, meaning less chances of things getting snagged.
2: replace the metal sleeve with something a bit larger. A loop or material would be easier to catch with the nail. Maybe a bit of leather wrapped around a metal ring to ensure it's rigid enough to be easy to secure with one hand.
3: add a loop of material to your belt, behind your left hip. This will address the bouncing of the bow in addition to handling how much looser the the loop at your shoulder would be. A simple loop and toggle would be all you need, and fairly effortless to undo with your left hand as you reach back for your bow. That is a little extra movement when you want to draw, but it's the kind of thing that practice will reduce to a non-issue. Look at modern rifle slings; they are often worn fairly snugly across the chest and have a sliding buckle that is usually loosened with your left hand as you bring up the gun. With practice, it's no slower than aiming with a looser sling.
And now I have a wall of text. I'd be happy to sketch this out if a written description isn't great. MEs usually draw more than write out descriptions of a physical thing.
4: Instead of just blunting the tip of the catch, have a knob or something on the end, so it forms a clip like on a pen.
How about a slightly blunter (but still tapered) lacquered wood spike, and same for the cylinder, where it would be slightly wider at the top than the bottom. Easy to "guide" it in, but still stays secure.
@@BobT36 that's an idea. But my thinking of a wide ring and a second strap on the waist was to enable entirely one-handed use. Muscle memory is good, but a wide target makes re-holstering the bow with your left hand much easier. Basic training with a handgun includes putting it away without needing to look at what you're doing. Why not hard that same capability with a bow?
It is wild seeing people come up with stuff like this. From wearing swords on the back, the instant legolas and now wearing bows on the back. WOW. Just WOW.
Honestly I think Shad the medieval fantasy inventor finding ways to make fantasy tropes work or make adventuring easier is my favorite part of this channel.
Shad, how could you forget; you’re also the patron saint of gambeson, swords, and apparently brigandine now!
Scratch that, we're crowning him God of War
and the proud wearer of a Studded Leather armor. /s
You need to patent this or something so that history remembers you as the investor of the Nail Catch. You know these are going to be used at Renaissance fairs and for LARP, and it would be cool that everyone says, “Yeah I’m using the Shad Nail Catch.”
The sequel we've all been waiting for
Also , as a gun guy , my first thought was a quick release string.
If you wanted a more historical attachment that is also more secure , for like , if you where on horseback or something , you can use two solid attachments on the bow with a cut in the middle of the sling , fitted with a saddle ring and hook. Works just like how you attach keys to your belt loops with those hooks. Or with a single point saddle ring , which is the more historical version , and is similar to yours , only with a single point attachment to the bow , and the sling around your body. So you swing it around and detach the hook. This was how cavalry guns are were attached to your body in the past , most popularly Winchester lever actions. Those are a bit wobbly though. My first proposition is a far more secure attachment.
To u maybe... Yet not the one I deserved, lol!
Overlord! Yay
Yeah he didn't really get to horseback stuff so some way to maybe store the bow on say the saddle would work that way it's not constantly hitting your back but I don't know much about this sort of thing I'd have to see how well it works irl then in my mind
i also thought having the hole in the weapon allows for more hand motion like he mentions in 8:39, also no sharp dangly bits.
then just put a nail head into the large hole and slide it into the groove along the shaft. or if you want to go really simple, just a hole along the length of the shaft and a nail on the leather strap that slides into the hole straight. basically the same as his setup but backwards, maybe put a metal pipe into the hole for general integrity of the weapon. but historically, they could definitely had drilled a hole in the wood and put a hook on a strap. seems kinda weird if they hadn't thinking about it now really...
a slide would be the most shallow cut and has to have a metal sheet attached for the slide action so that would probably be the most effective type, but also the most difficult worksmanship.
If Shad keeps this up, we're all going to be video game characters.