Sounds like the small version of the iron maggot from the novel "The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear"* lives in that guard... better he keeps it far from his other blades or ir will spread! * books.google.com/books/about/The_13_5_Lives_Of_Captain_Bluebear.html?hl=de&id=W0fxmdVXoAIC
I was going to say the same thing too! Half the time I go look up the swords when the video is over. Now all I gotta do is pause it. Thanks Skallagrim!
@Kaiser Franz von Lappen der 2. only thing good from cold steel are their axes. More like project axes for people that want to work on something. I've got several and they have all been pretty awesome but their swords on the other hand dont look promising.
Looks like the guard is made of sintered metal powder. It's a cheap way to mass-produce metal parts. But IMO a hand guard should be made of solid metal.
@Kaiser Franz von Lappen der 2. My only experience with Cold Steel was a Recon 1 folding knife that I carried for a while until the blade broke -- entirely my fault, not something I can blame on the knife. But I've yet to hear particularly good things about anything they make that isn't a knife.
It wasn't the metal they used as much as the crappy way they cast it. even the best steels will fail if they have that much porosity in their structure
@@nephicus339 It is said the Ontario-Ryū practitioners were scattered far and wide when their dojo was crushed by the forces of Drake, and now old masters can be found all over, teaching those willing to learn the arts
Cold Steel doesn't make swords. They just re-brand swords from Windlass, a notorious company from India. Windlass is known to sometimes make a surprisingly good product for a low price, but more often than not, the stuff they are selling is crap.
@@fransthefox9682 Look into Windlass' product line and you'll find pretty much every supposedly "Cold Steel Sword" in there, sometimes with slightly different handles. You won't find every one, but only because they switch it up and discontinue some swords for a while, only to bring them back a few years later, but ultimately they are all there.
So that part looked like it was powdered metal - AvE talks at length in several videos how the casting process works, but suffice to say it mass-produces passable parts for some applications. This application, well... I guess it doesn't hold up to the impact shock.
Being fair, it can also produce high quality parts too but it requires skill and money to do so well and there are pitfalls, and can be abused to do something half arsed on the cheap, which is likely what happened here
As a reviewer you need to do what you can to be as objective as possible. There is still a lot of subjective personal opinion in it, that's just part of being human.
That Longsword is very nice, but it's faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar out of my price range, so far I need a big telescope to even see it in fact. I wish you could get a decent plain Type XVIIIa for 250€ or under, that would be nice for my medieval outfit; However, even the blunt stuff seems more expensive, never mind good sharp ones (no need for fancy ornaments, just plain old battlefield type stuff would suit me nicely).
Damn skall I’ve been watching your videos for more than half a decade, and seeing you cut now is such a night and day difference from then! I look forward to seeing what the next five years hold for you brother.
Great video, the extra editing showing the store page is helpful and cool. That bronze hilt longsword gives me shivers when I see how well it cuts. Beautiful sword!
“Hey, is it bad that my sword broke cutting a tree? I feel like that’s bad. Is it normal for my sword guard to be soft and sponged? Anyway. Better get ready for the upcoming skirmish” Skall, I appreciate you putting out all this content! If you want more ideal wood cutting weather, come visit in New Orleans!
That D-Guard looks like the kind of anonymous "alloy" they make drawer pulls and cabinet handles out of. I'm glad that's the worst failure in this video. You say "Sudden Sword Failure!" and I assume a blade snaps or the tang pops loose, that sort of thing.
jonah lotze I used to live on Haida Gwaii, (queen charlotte islands) in Canada just south of Alaska, is the snow in Alaska super wet and heavy or is it more powdery? I’ve always wondered...
Just watched the latest Modern Rogue video about cutting down a tree. I am so glad Skall is back in the woods because I really needed to purge bad technique from my mind. Those Modern Rogue guys are going to hurt somebody some day.
It's interesting that only the outside of the crack is lightly colored as a fresh crack would be and the rest is dark, that probably means that an air bubble got in there, so it was held together practically by the bread crust. That could be good or bad, if it was a freak occurrence it means that most of these handguards will fare better than the sample they sent, but if their process is faulty it means that most of these will be prone to breaking. Not impressed by the sword anyway, I suppose.
That guard looks like it was made by molded powdered metal. Basically the make a cast of powdered metal then they melt another metal into it to make it look solide. It's usually used to make fancy looking yet cheap coat hooks and doorknobs.
I've allways wanted to see you test the brescia spadona since i knew you would love it. I got the albion one but the lockwood with the bronce fittings seems quiet nice too. An amazing performing and beautiful looking sword!
I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Skall really makes short work out of those tatami mats. I know he has major practice in HEMA, but godDAMN, he makes it look easy!
Cintered metal parts with some porosity are actually quite durable for the price point for parts that you aren't expecting to undergo any shock or impact. Them using it for the guard is a cost saving measure that you should go after them for because it's downright negligent on their end to use it in a guard. The only other thing that would cause that porosity would be if it were a cast aluminum part and they really messed up the casting. Either way, the fact that the guard was shipped out in that condition is still negligent on their part.
Im not an engineer yet. But I am a material specialist. And from what i can tell from the quality of the video and the breaking surface, the d-guard is made in a powder metallographic way. Its both a rough, brittel break surface, and you saying theres many pores and tiny holes in it instany makes me think of powder metalugraphy. No idea why theys make a guard out of powder, as it is a lot more brittle then molten or smithed. Even with improving its qualities. Maybe they felt its easier to shape, grind and or milled? Idk
While I’m sure most folks are discussing the failure on the hunting sword, I’m here looking at skall’s reaction to that long sword and how it cuts like a hot knife through butter, he didn’t expect that. Call it a hunch, but i got a feeling we might have found one of skalls new favorites.
I've actually seen something like that before in both the gaurds and blades of other swords, knives etc. Most of the time it is the result of having a really sloppy heat treatment on the metal coupled with all of the stress put on the steel when it was forged. It is actually been seen a few times in Forged In Fire when the finale weapons break clean in two during the tests.
@Skal: when you're done with playing in the snow; move to Holland. We don't have winters anymore. Just rain & wind. Basically it is autumn untill spring arrives 😉
I really like this style of video editing. Also skall that metal in the D gaurd is most likely cheap unclean poorly casted iron, coated in an aluminum alloy then polished to shine.
Man, one time working at a skateboard park somebodies truck axle exploded, and when we looked at the metal it was made of, it looked so much like that D guard on that sword. I think we called it cheaptanium or chinesium XD
I've been a fan of cold steel since I bought my first knife from them right before we deployed to Afghanistan in 2001-2002. The oyabun. Great knife. Held up really well to the 19 months spent in theater. But their claim of making the sharpest and toughest production knives, just doesn't hold water.
Cold Steel.....Just bad boy....You wonder why we dont go crazy for your swords...Cheaper metal is fine for a guard but don't make the metal injection molded metal so bad that you cant pour water through the holes!....Now go sit in the corner and think about what you've done. When you're ready to fix it you can come out and play with your friends after supper.
It looks like poorly cast zinc (kinda like the el-cheapo pistols here state side) or equally poorly cast nickle, what did cold steel say they made it from?
Cold steel makes swords mainly for the amature cutting enthusiast. As a result the blades are sligtly overweight and made of a softer 1055 so they don't break easily, but loose edge fast. Their guards are terrible, I have bent mine by simply dropping it on a lawn after rain (very soft ground). I also noticed the guards do not fit the tang well. It's how they make passable cutting weapons for a rather low price. They are trash as combat weapons and somewhat a-historical.
Correction: The North is actually Canada - It's very cold - The people are polite and honourable, yet very tough - It's in the north of the content - Fucking huge - Indigenous people in thick fur coats who have been mistreated live in the frozen wasteland in the northern part - Constantly pestered by our neighbor's antics in the south - White Walkers (polar bears) coming south
As a Canadian I can agree. But lets be honest. These last few winters have been little bitches. Like BRING ON THE SNOW. I wanna go tobogganing on my moose while my pet beaver rides my sled. And frank, the polar bear as my wing man
Can you provide a video discussing places in Canada that allow tameshigiri as well as guidelines for carrying iaito around and whether they can be used for iaido in a public park in Canada? Any help would be appreciated.
The thing is, if you don't have snow you also don't know about the problems it brings.... Also older houses don't like big amounts of snow. Never underestimate the destructive power of snow
@@vadimblin Yes , but try to imagine a 4 months winter ( -2 to -10 ) with ZERO snow . All you see is GREY , BLEAK BROWN and BLACK . i preffer having problems with snow , than this "winter" i am having in north eastern of europe wich is so depresing you actually start to understand why russians and finns drink so much vodka :D
I had a small Ferrier's anvil that broke the same way (shock resonating through the material). Sheered one of the feet clean off after about 3 hours of use. The metal inside looked the same. I had the thing tested at a metal shop because WTF. This stuff is just polished up cheeze grade cast iron...
Try sparring on a frizzed beach sometime. The footing changes as the moisture content in the sand changes. You get soft and hard bands that crumble at the edges. Makes you much more aware of your footing and what you can or can’t do in terms of footwork.
I'd really like to see your take on the cold steel " machetes" the likes of the gladius or the Thai swords, I still can't make sense of them, a side by side of machete and actual sword with your commentary would be awesome!
Looks like the D-part of the guard may have been welded on, the porosity there is usually indicative of a low quality weld. Might be welded because it's cheaper than forging out a guard like that for them.
Most Canadian sword cutting video I've ever seen? Well, now you've got me curious regarding what this is going to be all _aboot._ *:D* Okay, in all seriousness; been away for quite awhile. Good to see you've changed your views about getting Cold Steel products for testing. However, while I love most of their knife offerings, I intentionally stay away from their swords. Those just seem ify to me for actual use.
Winter is here xD on another note, even after the message on the wood, seeing you pruning the trees like that I kinda felt like, hey.. is there some number we can call in case of sword abuse? >.
Which one is better, a greek/maedonian kopis or an iberian falcata? I really love this sword. Greetings from Spain, land of ancient iberian people, falcata owners and masters.
Looks like a zinc casting, if done incorrectly they can be very brittle and porous and even if done well really bad for a guard. Can you check to see if its magnetic.
ive seen this with cheap kukris, i think its cast steel, not forged. my tang on the kukri house kukri was this porous as well and snapped right at the handle as i was chopping a small tree. unuseable. and i couldnt return it because it was past the warranty.
“Your sword suffered a catastrophic failure. I’m going to have to ask you to leave the forge.”
but but but.............it will cut
@@NightWarp but will it keel?
@@Jackraiden500 it will! This blade... will keeeeeeeeel
Nice to see that I'm not the only one who watches every bit of sword related content on UA-cam.
I loved Forged in Fire.
When your sword has osteoporosis
I cant even identify the sound I made when I read this, but mid quarantine that was amazing
@@masterspartan1313 Ha "mid quarantine" oh how far from the middle you were
@@TaoistSwordsman flatten da curve in 2 weeks
Skall: "... just haven't practiced as much with single handed swords."
Me: *looks furtively away in the corner.*
Now you know why Cara is always smiling. 😉
I always twohand!
@@michaelblacktree I'm just going to smile and enjoy without comment...
Wow love the editing in this one Skal! Showing the Kult of Athena page for each blade is so incredibly helpful. Lots of love from Saskatchewan!!
That's exactly what I was thinking, loved the kult of athena shop page
ProudHeretic666 Agreed, Skal continues to step up his game! 🙂
Some mutated termite got into your guard, I presume. Maybe a thermite.
Damn thermites, always breaching my steel walls.
@@ElliWoelfin A really big fucking hole, coming right up.
Sounds like the small version of the iron maggot from the novel "The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear"* lives in that guard... better he keeps it far from his other blades or ir will spread!
* books.google.com/books/about/The_13_5_Lives_Of_Captain_Bluebear.html?hl=de&id=W0fxmdVXoAIC
@@annasstorybox7906 Love that book!
@@ElliWoelfin If this were Reddit, I'd be giving you and the OP gold for these xD
He unlocked the next level for that sword, less hand protection for more cutting power.
lighter sword
that's just it's bankai
Sadly, bad sword guard is main thing in the comments.
For me, I like this new way of presenting swords with still frame and snapshot from CoA site
I was going to say the same thing too! Half the time I go look up the swords when the video is over. Now all I gotta do is pause it. Thanks Skallagrim!
The inside of that guard looks like when you break off a piece of a kids toy. What in hell?
@Kaiser Franz von Lappen der 2. only thing good from cold steel are their axes. More like project axes for people that want to work on something. I've got several and they have all been pretty awesome but their swords on the other hand dont look promising.
Looks like the guard is made of sintered metal powder. It's a cheap way to mass-produce metal parts. But IMO a hand guard should be made of solid metal.
Looks like a cheap die cast with pot metal (zinc alloy), the porosity is a dead giveaway.
@Kaiser Franz von Lappen der 2. that is way too true to even pretend to be mad about
@Kaiser Franz von Lappen der 2. My only experience with Cold Steel was a Recon 1 folding knife that I carried for a while until the blade broke -- entirely my fault, not something I can blame on the knife. But I've yet to hear particularly good things about anything they make that isn't a knife.
I like "Sword Profile" thing you did there. Also maybe "Footwork on snow" could be a video in and of itself.
Indeed: "footwork on unsure footing/slippery surfaces"
I'd watch it.
The Keeper hell I’d watch basically anything on footwork, but that would take advantage of the whole „Canada is presently a snow“ issue.
Cold Steel - Let's add guards for protection.
Also Cold Steel - Use the cheapest metal we got even if it endangers someones life.
It wasn't the metal they used as much as the crappy way they cast it. even the best steels will fail if they have that much porosity in their structure
Which company is worse: Cold Steel or Dark Sword Armory?
@@SeemsLogical Cold steel I am pretty sure. I have heard good things about dark swords.
@@Faravid829I think they both have some okay blades they are just waaay too inconsistent
I see the Ontario-Ryū school of swordsmanship is too demanding for all but the strongest blades
Ontario?
He was in British Colombia; now in Nova Scotia.
@@nephicus339 It is said the Ontario-Ryū practitioners were scattered far and wide when their dojo was crushed by the forces of Drake, and now old masters can be found all over, teaching those willing to learn the arts
1:52 probably the most beautiful sound in the world :D
Burial Blade vibes
"Make a really great sword or draw 25"
Cold Steel: *picks up the whole deck*
Cold Steel doesn't make swords. They just re-brand swords from Windlass, a notorious company from India. Windlass is known to sometimes make a surprisingly good product for a low price, but more often than not, the stuff they are selling is crap.
@@TrangleC They do make their own swords, as far as I know, but many of them are worth only the fraction of what they ask for.
@@fransthefox9682 Look into Windlass' product line and you'll find pretty much every supposedly "Cold Steel Sword" in there, sometimes with slightly different handles.
You won't find every one, but only because they switch it up and discontinue some swords for a while, only to bring them back a few years later, but ultimately they are all there.
I'm not sure if you are referring to their sabers, or all of their swords.
So that part looked like it was powdered metal - AvE talks at length in several videos how the casting process works, but suffice to say it mass-produces passable parts for some applications. This application, well... I guess it doesn't hold up to the impact shock.
Being fair, it can also produce high quality parts too but it requires skill and money to do so well and there are pitfalls, and can be abused to do something half arsed on the cheap, which is likely what happened here
Good old Uncle Bumblefuck. It's amazing how many different channels I watch, where his videos become relevant.
Fun Fact: Iron engine blocks are made of powdered metal. But I doubt that handguard was made to the same quality standard as an engine block.
It's a die cast, that's as cheap as it comes with mass produced "metal" parts.
powered metal isnt that bad, its just that this piece is bad, so cold steel is still just a bit of a budget half assed producer of swords.
i like that you are trying multiple times and questioning if it was your mistake instead of blaming it on the sword.
As a reviewer you need to do what you can to be as objective as possible. There is still a lot of subjective personal opinion in it, that's just part of being human.
You really did a nice job showing how the Kopis blade *pulls* itself across, and deeper, into the target.
Cup of coffee and a new Skall video is the best thing
I borderline knew that guard was too pretty to turn out durable.
The 15th century longsword is a stout beauty though.
That Longsword is very nice, but it's faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar out of my price range, so far I need a big telescope to even see it in fact.
I wish you could get a decent plain Type XVIIIa for 250€ or under, that would be nice for my medieval outfit; However, even the blunt stuff seems more expensive, never mind good sharp ones (no need for fancy ornaments, just plain old battlefield type stuff would suit me nicely).
Damn skall I’ve been watching your videos for more than half a decade, and seeing you cut now is such a night and day difference from then! I look forward to seeing what the next five years hold for you brother.
Love the zoom in on the sword explaining what the sword is and where to get it.
That Greek kopis sword is gorgeous! I think I figured out the first sword I'm going to save for 😍
That Lockwood sings dude. Very well done.
Typical cold steel.
Would definately love a full review on that longsword! Absolute beauty
Glorious Canadian Tatami Mats!
Quenched in buckets of snow for 5 days!
So cool that they regrew their wooden core!
Great video, the extra editing showing the store page is helpful and cool. That bronze hilt longsword gives me shivers when I see how well it cuts. Beautiful sword!
5:22 that background is so still it looks like greenscreen, for some reasons I love it lol
“Hey, is it bad that my sword broke cutting a tree? I feel like that’s bad. Is it normal for my sword guard to be soft and sponged? Anyway. Better get ready for the upcoming skirmish”
Skall, I appreciate you putting out all this content! If you want more ideal wood cutting weather, come visit in New Orleans!
Damn Skall, you're getting better every year! Hope your shoulder's doing well!
🗡☃️🛡💥🤺- *BUTTER OFF, WINTER!!*
Absoluetly in love with the shape of the Kopis, wow!
That’s sword not a hockey stick! And where’s the maple syrup?? I thought this was Canadian sword cutting?
I thought maple was a great shield warrior and syrup was a giant turtle
ಠ◡ಠ
@@bluejellosuu9583 Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.
he didn't say "sorry" for breaking the sword either.
nor is he wearing a lumberjack outfit
@@dragonlord498 We only wear those on statutory holidays. Don't want the actual lumberjacks to get confused.
That D-Guard looks like the kind of anonymous "alloy" they make drawer pulls and cabinet handles out of.
I'm glad that's the worst failure in this video. You say "Sudden Sword Failure!" and I assume a blade snaps or the tang pops loose, that sort of thing.
See’s the amount of snow, and type of snow at this mans door,
“I’ve deduced this man lives on the eastern coast of Canada”
Or Southeast Alaska. I lived there for a while and entire houses will literally get buried.
jonah lotze I used to live on Haida Gwaii, (queen charlotte islands) in Canada just south of Alaska, is the snow in Alaska super wet and heavy or is it more powdery? I’ve always wondered...
@@teeno91 depends on the time of year. If it falls when it's solidly below freezing, it's pretty fluffy.
@@teeno91 Dunno about Alaska, but my first time in the Yukon I almost didn't believe it was real snow. It looked like shopping mall snow.
he did a video detailing his trip driving to the eastern side
Looks like that D-guard steel was powdered cast nonsense or it was boiled during heating. Either way....Cold steel fail.
Just watched the latest Modern Rogue video about cutting down a tree. I am so glad Skall is back in the woods because I really needed to purge bad technique from my mind. Those Modern Rogue guys are going to hurt somebody some day.
That looks like a poor pour. Cast Steel is just bad for stuff, that gets stress
Definitely a bad pour. God damn
Could also be poor metal, pot metal maybe?
@@OnlyKaerius imagine a tin sword XD
It's interesting that only the outside of the crack is lightly colored as a fresh crack would be and the rest is dark, that probably means that an air bubble got in there, so it was held together practically by the bread crust. That could be good or bad, if it was a freak occurrence it means that most of these handguards will fare better than the sample they sent, but if their process is faulty it means that most of these will be prone to breaking. Not impressed by the sword anyway, I suppose.
that should not be cast xD one blow from a tree branch will break it
Well at least this turns the hunting sword into a very good falchion or messer.
I wouldn't trust the guard
If the guard is made of the same thing, might as well call it a machete.
That guard looks like it was made by molded powdered metal.
Basically the make a cast of powdered metal then they melt another metal into it to make it look solide.
It's usually used to make fancy looking yet cheap coat hooks and doorknobs.
I've allways wanted to see you test the brescia spadona since i knew you would love it. I got the albion one but the lockwood with the bronce fittings seems quiet nice too. An amazing performing and beautiful looking sword!
Oof--not the failure I was expecting! Nasty void in that casting.
I am not sure why, but up until the sword failure, I found watching this video incredibly relaxing...
I really like the light, casual cut with the longsword...
I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Skall really makes short work out of those tatami mats. I know he has major practice in HEMA, but godDAMN, he makes it look easy!
Thanks, but I did screw up a few of those cuts. :)
@@Skallagrim No one's perfect, but still. I have trouble with water bottles.
Cintered metal parts with some porosity are actually quite durable for the price point for parts that you aren't expecting to undergo any shock or impact. Them using it for the guard is a cost saving measure that you should go after them for because it's downright negligent on their end to use it in a guard. The only other thing that would cause that porosity would be if it were a cast aluminum part and they really messed up the casting. Either way, the fact that the guard was shipped out in that condition is still negligent on their part.
Im not an engineer yet.
But I am a material specialist.
And from what i can tell from the quality of the video and the breaking surface, the d-guard is made in a powder metallographic way.
Its both a rough, brittel break surface, and you saying theres many pores and tiny holes in it instany makes me think of powder metalugraphy.
No idea why theys make a guard out of powder, as it is a lot more brittle then molten or smithed. Even with improving its qualities.
Maybe they felt its easier to shape, grind and or milled? Idk
I'm Very glad that wasn't as dramatic as the title made me think. Skal, for instance, appears to still have most of his limbs attached ..
This vid shows beautifully how much edge alignment matters.
That guard reminds me of the cowboy cap guns we had as kids. That's just what the metal looks like when the hammer breaks off.
Odin, Zeus and Jupiter! That long sword cuts like through butter! Want one!
That kopis is a beast of a sword! Hope to see a review some day!
Have you heard of Condor's messers? They seem relatively affordable, if a little inaccurate
Love the disclaimer before hitting trees! 🤣
Tree: needs pruning
Skall: finally a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!
While I’m sure most folks are discussing the failure on the hunting sword, I’m here looking at skall’s reaction to that long sword and how it cuts like a hot knife through butter, he didn’t expect that. Call it a hunch, but i got a feeling we might have found one of skalls new favorites.
nice transition to the info on the swords! Almost gamelike
As Canadian I would have thought you'd be great at snow footwork! Lol like driving turn into the skid!
I dont know what changed with you but i enjoy watching your video more now .
I've actually seen something like that before in both the gaurds and blades of other swords, knives etc. Most of the time it is the result of having a really sloppy heat treatment on the metal coupled with all of the stress put on the steel when it was forged. It is actually been seen a few times in Forged In Fire when the finale weapons break clean in two during the tests.
Yikes!!! I wouldn't want that guard to break off in the battlefield!!! 😬
@Skal: when you're done with playing in the snow; move to Holland. We don't have winters anymore. Just rain & wind. Basically it is autumn untill spring arrives 😉
Yeah, Vancouver Island was like that too.
@@Skallagrim Imagine all the fun you could have; getting your swords through customs 🙂
I really like this style of video editing.
Also skall that metal in the D gaurd is most likely cheap unclean poorly casted iron, coated in an aluminum alloy then polished to shine.
Good tradesmen never blames his tools.
That cold steel hunting sword at the start looked absolutely beautiful. To me, at least.
Man, one time working at a skateboard park somebodies truck axle exploded, and when we looked at the metal it was made of, it looked so much like that D guard on that sword. I think we called it cheaptanium or chinesium XD
I've been a fan of cold steel since I bought my first knife from them right before we deployed to Afghanistan in 2001-2002. The oyabun. Great knife. Held up really well to the 19 months spent in theater. But their claim of making the sharpest and toughest production knives, just doesn't hold water.
Cold Steel.....Just bad boy....You wonder why we dont go crazy for your swords...Cheaper metal is fine for a guard but don't make the metal injection molded metal so bad that you cant pour water through the holes!....Now go sit in the corner and think about what you've done. When you're ready to fix it you can come out and play with your friends after supper.
It looks like poorly cast zinc (kinda like the el-cheapo pistols here state side) or equally poorly cast nickle, what did cold steel say they made it from?
snow ó_ò I want that here in germany as well!!!! The winters here started to feel like the springs! I hate it!
Cold steel makes swords mainly for the amature cutting enthusiast. As a result the blades are sligtly overweight and made of a softer 1055 so they don't break easily, but loose edge fast. Their guards are terrible, I have bent mine by simply dropping it on a lawn after rain (very soft ground). I also noticed the guards do not fit the tang well. It's how they make passable cutting weapons for a rather low price. They are trash as combat weapons and somewhat a-historical.
*Plot Twist:*
Winterfell is actually Canada
Correction: The North is actually Canada
- It's very cold
- The people are polite and honourable, yet very tough
- It's in the north of the content
- Fucking huge
- Indigenous people in thick fur coats who have been mistreated live in the frozen wasteland in the northern part
- Constantly pestered by our neighbor's antics in the south
- White Walkers (polar bears) coming south
As a Canadian I can agree. But lets be honest. These last few winters have been little bitches. Like BRING ON THE SNOW.
I wanna go tobogganing on my moose while my pet beaver rides my sled. And frank, the polar bear as my wing man
Can you provide a video discussing places in Canada that allow tameshigiri as well as guidelines for carrying iaito around and whether they can be used for iaido in a public park in Canada? Any help would be appreciated.
Looks like casted steel or even cheaper alloy . CS is again outsourcing to plumbing fittings shops in India?
Love your videos man.the booth of you stay safe and warm and have fun
I love that Lockwood SL1019B longsword.
he is complaining about snow....
I would KILL for decent winter in my country
The thing is, if you don't have snow you also don't know about the problems it brings....
Also older houses don't like big amounts of snow.
Never underestimate the destructive power of snow
@@vadimblin Yes , but try to imagine a 4 months winter ( -2 to -10 ) with ZERO snow .
All you see is GREY , BLEAK BROWN and BLACK .
i preffer having problems with snow , than this "winter" i am having in north eastern of europe wich is so depresing you actually start to understand why russians and finns drink so much vodka :D
@@murderouskitten2577 feel ya mate! I'm from northern part of Germany. No snow here for years!
@@vadimblin In the Netherlands, no snow this winter, and previous winter was the first in 5 years with snow. Only grey skies and very cold rain.
I would kill for a winter with no snow. Lets swap places.
Rho...snow..woods..forests..cuting stuff.
Childhood.
Now no snow since many years.
I had a small Ferrier's anvil that broke the same way (shock resonating through the material). Sheered one of the feet clean off after about 3 hours of use. The metal inside looked the same. I had the thing tested at a metal shop because WTF. This stuff is just polished up cheeze grade cast iron...
I didn't know you were in Canada, Skall! Cheers from the Yukon 👍
Great job, I need some trails cut and you look like the man for the job! That D guard looks like Chinese plated pot metal.
Try sparring on a frizzed beach sometime. The footing changes as the moisture content in the sand changes. You get soft and hard bands that crumble at the edges. Makes you much more aware of your footing and what you can or can’t do in terms of footwork.
That $2000 longsword better cut well for that price! Damn, what a beauty though.
I'd really like to see your take on the cold steel " machetes" the likes of the gladius or the Thai swords, I still can't make sense of them, a side by side of machete and actual sword with your commentary would be awesome!
I'd love to see more of the Lockwood sword
Looks like the D-part of the guard may have been welded on, the porosity there is usually indicative of a low quality weld.
Might be welded because it's cheaper than forging out a guard like that for them.
That kult of athena sword sounds so good
I have a question could it be that Tods Workshop youtube channel got hacked
I got a notification for a bitcoin stream ?
@@ZarlanTheGreen Good Point but it was a Suprise a bad suprise to be honest
A new format? Pretty nice.
Not sure on the vaguely threatening game music when you went cutting trees, however.
Most Canadian sword cutting video I've ever seen? Well, now you've got me curious regarding what this is going to be all _aboot._ *:D*
Okay, in all seriousness; been away for quite awhile. Good to see you've changed your views about getting Cold Steel products for testing. However, while I love most of their knife offerings, I intentionally stay away from their swords. Those just seem ify to me for actual use.
@Skallagram apparently the D-gaurd decided to retire! 😃😃. Anyways love your videos.😍😍😍
i was expecting something more catastrophic. glad to see it was something that would only matter in a few situations
Winter is here xD
on another note, even after the message on the wood, seeing you pruning the trees like that I kinda felt like, hey.. is there some number we can call in case of sword abuse? >.
I would love to see a extreme close up on that broken piece
Also maybe cheap yoga mats for the cheaper swords
That Lockwood Type 17a is friggin scary dude!
I was terrified by the thumbnail that the catastrophic failure was gonna be the Lockwood
Which one is better, a greek/maedonian kopis or an iberian falcata?
I really love this sword.
Greetings from Spain, land of ancient iberian people, falcata owners and masters.
When you tell your fiance you have someone coming to prune the trees and skall turns up with car full of swords and a grin on his face :)
Had the video muted on launch, and I swear I still could hear your sword cuts. XD
Damn your form is gorgeus ✊🏾✊🏾
Looks like a zinc casting, if done incorrectly they can be very brittle and porous and even if done well really bad for a guard. Can you check to see if its magnetic.
What are those plastic thingies you tent to clip onto your glasses when outside? To block wind?
ive seen this with cheap kukris, i think its cast steel, not forged. my tang on the kukri house kukri was this porous as well and snapped right at the handle as i was chopping a small tree. unuseable. and i couldnt return it because it was past the warranty.