@@CyberChrist I think that's the advantage that chain/rope weapons have by bypassing shields and unarmed areas. Not much damage, but still hitting "weak points."
On the subject of a novice picking up a sword and just sort of figuring things out is pretty valid. While I've never had any formal training outside of a single lesson taken for fun years ago, I grew up swinging around sticks and poles and toy lightsabers and eventually wooden training swords and instead of just blindly swinging it around, I tried figuring out what felt practical and useful. The more I did it the more I picked up on some techniques. Flash forward several years and I was watching a Skallagrim video about different guard stances and I was pleasantly surprised to see that I had intuitively picked up on a few of them on my own. Obviously having proper instruction would be better, but it's still amazing how a total inexperienced novice can pick something up and just intuitively figure out a way to make something work without formal training.
I have a similar story but I don’t practice cus I’m afraid of hitting my cat I have a fake sword but still also impossible to find foam swords that aren’t expensive my childhood hurts lol
And thus a new Shadiversity arc behinds: Ant's journey Honestly, this is a pretty great idea, teach the young one step by step and make it a series of sorts to have a straightforward introduction for newbies to the hobby
@@elusiveflame7786 Right now I’m set on the Balaur Arms Italian Longsword standard grade from Kult of Athena, but it is back ordered. Before that I was considering the Tinker Pearce Sharpened longsword. I really like how pointy those two are.
Where does a myth buster sleep? In debunk bed. There's a Greek myth about a stream whose water will attach itself to your skin for all eternity. The river sticks. I once tried to create a comedy routine based on the myth of Orpheus. Looking back, it was a bad idea.
A Roman Legionnaire walks into a bar and says "I'd like a martinus." The bartender asks, "Don't you mean a martini?" The Legionnaire replies: "No, I only want one."
Exactly. I overpayed for a "King Arthur" esque wallhanger with a plaque to hang it on. The blade was decent but the hilt was crap and not well-constructed and became unstable quite fast. I also overpayed a bit for a greatsword/claymore type because I used to be obsessed with greatswords, largely because of my obsession with the Elder Scrolls games. 🤣🥰
It probably is. I got faster notifications about videos from other channels that have been having similar trouble. I’m guessing something got tweaked I;the algorithms.
@@markfergerson2145 We are all subscribers though, presumably. We still don't know if his new videos are being suggested to new watchers by the algorithm, which was still a major problem according to his last update.
“This thing is really sharp. I think I want to go on a crusade. I wanna fight! I want to use this sword!…..” a natural progression of holding a real sword 🗡️😂
Any plans for an "uncommon country swords showcase"? Swords from countries outside of Europe and Japan. To show the blades from other regions of the world.
Knew a guy who claimed to be a history buff and was adamant that swords where heavy, 20lbs or more. Even with all the historical evidence that contradicted his claims.
5:09 so, my uncle had one of these wall-hangers for probably 30years at this point. And let me tell you, for a wall-hanger that thing was built like a tank. My uncle is 2.05 meter tall, 130kg and he used that sword for performance fighting at medieval festivals where he would fight with some friends in full armor, and they were going at it. The blade is nicked all along the edge from clashing with other swords, but despite that the hilt doesn't have the slightest rattling whatsoever and the balde is still straight. So it's a wall-hanger, it's stupidly heavy and big, but man you can hit stuff with it and it will take it like an absolute unit...
So what you're saying is, it's not a wallhanger but a sparring/stage fighting implement. A wallhanger is typically made from cheap stainless steel (which isn't springy and will break under the conditions you describe - dangerous) and has a hilt held together by lots of glue due to lose tolerances (allowing the use of cheap, machined parts requiring minimal fitting) which would have broken apart after a few days of hard use.
@@Kr0noZ no I think it is intended as a wall hanger, but the build quality of these was just way better 30+ years ago. Maybe it was indeed made with stage fighting in mind but I doubt it, it's so heavy and long you need to be a super big guy like my uncle to to able to swing it around like it's a sword and not a tree trunk.
Shad: “We’re not replacing Nate, it’ll be a long time before we get a new guy here.” *two episodes later* Shad: “So we’ve got this new guy, Ant.” Welcome aboard Ant!
This was a really good video. It greatly summarizes most of the misconceptions around medieval weapons and combat. Most of these points were already covered in previous videos, but this video explains this very well. Thank you for the video
@@andrewcatallo2698 It depends on the jurisdiction. For the most part the US doesnt make a distinction between different fixed blade weapons. Most laws set a limit of blade length and thats usually not very long, a few inches at most. Texas removed that limit a few years ago, sparking many jokes that it was legal to open carry swords which it is but that wasnt the intent of changing the law.
Very curious to learn about the new squire, given the criteria you listed in your call for a third host a while back. Another good video. Good refresher on some the material I joined this channel for long ago.
20:24: Not exactly a “technique”, but Pigsy from Journey to the West (the most famous classic Chinese novel) uses a rake as his primary weapon throughout the series. So definitely a lot of Asian martial arts were developed from farming weapons. Right to bear arms definitely is more a Western thing, which is unfortunately lost in many modern European countries.
That analogy of a fuller to an I-beam is actually fairly accurate. If the I-beam was instead a solid rectangular bar of the same dimensions, it would be even stronger. The purpose of an I-beam is to minimize the amount of material needed to support a load. Remove a lot of material in the center and just a little extra material at the extreme flex points and you have an equally strong beam.
previously on on Shadiversity: "were accepting applications for a new co-host. it won't be for a while and were looking for someone with advanced experience and knowledge on a broad range of medieval weapons." Shadiversity: "so this is Ant. he's never held a sword in his life, in fact were going to make fun of how little he knows." jokes aside, glad things are still running over there
I'm not a Medieval/Renaissance expert or in HEMA/LARP. But even I knew long before I subscribed to here years ago, that the middle of a sword blade is called a Fuller. Thanks to Fantasy books!
I've heard from people that go hog hunting that blood grooves actually help in extracting the blade, because without one there's more suction when pulling it out (lol)
You're Australians talking about a war knife & how big it is. You missed a perfect opportunity to quote the iconic line "That's not a knife. This is a knife."
I am a prophet and I prophecise that your channel will become very popular once again within this decade. Even if my prophecy doesn't come true, please don't stop making videos! There's still a lot of us that love what you make, even if it was just a thousand views, that's a thousand souls that enjoyed what you made!!
The war knife makes me think of mihawk sword from one piece the one he always have on his back. I wonder if Oda saw a picture of a war knife and decided to just make it bigger like more anime like. That's interesting to learn.
I’d assumed the fuller was to allow air in so that when you pull the sword out it doesn’t sorta get stuck in due to pressure differential like by pulling it out you’d creäte a vacuum or something.
Who told you that medieval European swords are not sharp? John Clements who cut a tatami roll with an unsharpened bastard sword as easily as he cut it with a katana.
A friend of mine does hema, he has for years. I had done several years of karate, i had to stop due to a dumb foot injury. One night we were talking on discord and we started talking about hema, swords, books and more swords. I asked him if he could teach me the very very very basic, he did. He thought me a couple of ways to handle a two handed sword and a single handed one. I noticed right away that my karate training was the same on a lot of stuff, just with something in my hands
I know of a myth I'd like addressed: "The most dangerous person in a sword fight is the one with no training at all, because the master swordsman is expecting specific attacks and moves." Personally I think this is total nonsense, but I'd love to see it illustrated.
I don't think that means exactly what you think. Most of the time the untrained person loses in example peasant levees if any could even get their hands on a sword. It means the master swordsman has a counter to all of lessor skill than them except the untrained who might get lucky and do something that is actually fairly stupid to do but as it totally unexpected one does not defend vs it. Thus statement is actually something like the Master Swordsman has counters to all swordsman lessor than they and thus is more safe than vs someone with no skill who might get lucky. Thus the Master Swordsman will still cut down with ease the vast majority of the untrained but an untrained might get lucky when the trained can't get lucky. So original statement accurate but does not mention the danger is only it better than no chance.
in terms of people who've got some actual fighting experience, thats not remotely true. there are things you learn, even if its just larp fighting, that will give you a definitive edge in combat against someone with no training. however, that being said, modern martial arts "masters", have basically zero real fighting experience, having only practiced a few moves in controlled situations. ive seen first hand at a martial arts expo full of modern "masters" all get completely destroyed by a guy who used to do illegal street fights. so basically what it comes down to, is does the "master" in question have any actual experience. if its all just controlled situations they are not really a master at all, and just a self proclaimed one. those types are no more legitimate than a "guru" who will give you the keys to becoming rich if you buy his 200$ how to video.
@@e.corellius4495 Indeed. I think the person who told me this was talking about like, on a battlefield. As in, someone with a sword and equipment but no training, against a trained sword-wielding soldier. Trained vs untrained. For someone who just knows the moves, sure I can see it, but I suspect this myth comes from the kind of mall-ninja who buys a $60 wall hanger of the Master Sword from Zelda and swings it around a bit, then thinks they could probably beat a medieval knight because obviously people back then were idiots who just swung metal bars at each other all the time.
8:53 I'm glad you brought that up. Perfect example of this is Season 1x8 of House of the Dragon, Daemon uses Dark Sister (the name of his sword) to completely and cleanly slice Vaemond's head in half diagonally. That sword cut through his skull like an knife through butter. It happened so fast, it's a 'blink and you'll miss it' moment. So yes, I'd say european swords can be incredibly sharp.
Something you forgot to mention about fullers is how forging effects the mechanical properties of the steel. Forging the metal results in the grain structure being compressed and reoriented about the surface of the blade. The compressed steel has superior hardness, fatigue strength, shear strength, and tensile strength. This is why, for example, forged car pistons are so much better than machined pistons. The machined pistons have uniform mechanical properties throughout the part, but the forged part is going to have much better mechanical properties about the surface of the part which is where most of the stress is going to be. You can find some pretty interesting cutaways/cross sections of forged parts that show the difference in grain structure about the surface compared to the inner areas of the part. This is also why swords with forged fullers are so much stronger than swords with ground/machined fullers. You're going to be losing much less strength in the blade by forging the fuller since more of that iron grain along the surface is going to be compressed.
there is a blacksmithing tool called "fuller" it's used to make grooves into metal. that's why it's called a "fuller". just didn't need another name I guess.
Really like ant, respecting him for playing the role of the one who only knows misconceptions to channel information to the viewers, great guy. Big support!
Ulfberht swords if I recall correctly were named "after the fact", it was basically if a sword got caught in a shield or something and the wielder managed to get it out of it without the blade breaking or bending and staying bent, then after the battle they added the letters in the blade that spelled Ulferht with a cross somewhere.
when you make a video there is an option "publish to subscription feed and notify subscribers" I have heard that with it on it gets notified to subscribers and if they don't watch it youtube thinks it sucks and doesn't give it to new people, but doing so it might make it harder for actual people who watch your content harder to find it. So I don't know if uncheckin it will help, but it might.
Thinking about the fuller as a bloodgroove just now reminded of a old fantasy book by David Eddings. The fuller is on the half of the length closest to the crossguard. If you are stabbing somneone and getting the sword that deep, the only thing you might be trying for is dramatization, not effect. If the first foot of the blade is already in them, then sticking the rest of it in is probably just a waste of time going to make it take more effort to pull it out to deal with the next enemy.
So many eye rolls. Biggest one was: "So that's a pommel... like a pommel-ranian?" 😂
Fun Fact: Pommelranians were bred to chase and retrieve pommels after you've ended your opponents rightly.
@@YouTubalcaine Blade and Sorcery?
Sure.
Who else thought the farming implements bit was leading up to "So that's why nunchuks are great!" and Shad's head exploding? Just me?
Feels like a missed opportunity.
@@benkayvfalsifier3817 I'm not sure Shad could take that kind of trauma so early in Ant's tenure. ^_^
@@benkayvfalsifier3817 'a missed opportunity' is what we call the target of a nunchuku attack.
I still think the nunchaku's power lies in hitting beyond the defense.
@@CyberChrist I think that's the advantage that chain/rope weapons have by bypassing shields and unarmed areas. Not much damage, but still hitting "weak points."
I mean, Anthony's not wrong...
They *are* all single-bladed 😂
Some of the others are single edged on both sides!
On the subject of a novice picking up a sword and just sort of figuring things out is pretty valid. While I've never had any formal training outside of a single lesson taken for fun years ago, I grew up swinging around sticks and poles and toy lightsabers and eventually wooden training swords and instead of just blindly swinging it around, I tried figuring out what felt practical and useful. The more I did it the more I picked up on some techniques. Flash forward several years and I was watching a Skallagrim video about different guard stances and I was pleasantly surprised to see that I had intuitively picked up on a few of them on my own. Obviously having proper instruction would be better, but it's still amazing how a total inexperienced novice can pick something up and just intuitively figure out a way to make something work without formal training.
I have a similar story but I don’t practice cus I’m afraid of hitting my cat I have a fake sword but still also impossible to find foam swords that aren’t expensive my childhood hurts lol
New squire arrived. Time to train him in the basics about real swords.
But not reel-swords. Those are silly.
I love how this is "How To Raise Shad's Blood Pressure By Ten Points 101."
Or how to raise Metatron’s blood pressure by 50 points
That "20 bucks sword" looks like a giant letter opener lol
I don’t think he found in a trolls hoard though
Nah, not sharp enough to open letters.
It's a wall hanger.
did he mime say $2000 bruhhh
The power of 20 bucks in the palm of my hand.. 😮
And thus a new Shadiversity arc behinds: Ant's journey
Honestly, this is a pretty great idea, teach the young one step by step and make it a series of sorts to have a straightforward introduction for newbies to the hobby
Yeah I dig this idea, especially as someone looking into getting my first long sword soon(once it’s in stock)
Agreed
@@Totsy30what long sword are you looking at getting? I have also been wanting g to get one recently but haven’t found one I love yet
I think you meant to say "a new Shadiversity arc begins", not "a new Shadiversity arc behinds".
@@elusiveflame7786 Right now I’m set on the Balaur Arms Italian Longsword standard grade from Kult of Athena, but it is back ordered. Before that I was considering the Tinker Pearce Sharpened longsword. I really like how pointy those two are.
i like that hes an "everyman" charactor and makes it easier to explain to a wider audience
Where does a myth buster sleep?
In debunk bed.
There's a Greek myth about a stream whose water will attach itself to your skin for all eternity.
The river sticks.
I once tried to create a comedy routine based on the myth of Orpheus.
Looking back, it was a bad idea.
A Roman Legionnaire walks into a bar and says "I'd like a martinus."
The bartender asks, "Don't you mean a martini?"
The Legionnaire replies: "No, I only want one."
the Orpheus one was hilarious
God damn you...
👏
@@elios7623
I had to have it explained to me....
That last one really got me lol
Don’t worry Shad, it’s a rite of passage for every sword collector to overpay for a wallhanger.
*glares at my own lying in the corner*
I had about a dozen garbage wall hangers when I started
Exactly. I overpayed for a "King Arthur" esque wallhanger with a plaque to hang it on. The blade was decent but the hilt was crap and not well-constructed and became unstable quite fast. I also overpayed a bit for a greatsword/claymore type because I used to be obsessed with greatswords, largely because of my obsession with the Elder Scrolls games. 🤣🥰
So if someone pulls a knife on you, you can say, "That's not a knife," pull out a kriegsmesser, and say, "THAT's a knife!" I couldn't resist, lol.
i was half expecting Anthony to say *"that's* a knoife!"
DAS IST EIN MESSER
-Greetings from Germany
@@MrShrog Guten abend.
I used to learn German in middle school. I'm VERY rusty with its grammar, but i do remember quite a few things.
@@jacktheomnithere2127 Guten Abend die auch,
Great to see someone with a little experience with the German language
@@MrShrog emphasis on "little". becuase i didn't understand "die auch".
"Blood Grooves". I can already hear Sir Jason Kingsley groaning about it.😂
Wow i’ve never seen a video pop up in my feed under a minute old, i think that means youtube is recommending you more correctly.
Same
Yup same, hopefully we'll get more recommendations
Yeah, UA-cam doesn't like Shad's channel......because why again?
Same here!
@@ItIsYouAreNotYourThey're not fans of weapons. Gun channels have been getting dumped on for years.
So I watched Crocodile Dundee and I was under the impression that Aussies had really big knives but it seems they lost that game to the Germans!
Dang, 30 seconds at the top of the recommended section? Is the algorithm being friendly to Shad again?
Probably not. But I'm still happy to see it!
nono it's happening to me too now last time i saw his vids were more than 6 months ago and then i got 2 vids recommended now
Clearly, Nate was the problem.
It probably is. I got faster notifications about videos from other channels that have been having similar trouble.
I’m guessing something got tweaked I;the algorithms.
@@markfergerson2145 We are all subscribers though, presumably. We still don't know if his new videos are being suggested to new watchers by the algorithm, which was still a major problem according to his last update.
I love partially scripted videos, that line with the martial arts was so good that he broke character for a bit.
Shad: Do you know how to use that thing?
Anthony: Sure. The pointy end goes in the other man.
Well now I have a quick way to show anyone saying wrong stuff about swords that they're the ones wrong :)
Watching this as I have my Zwiehander sitting on my lap 🥰
Yeah, Shadiversity videos have that effect on me too.
Watching in my gamebeson and brand new chainmail... totally unrelated reason.
Funny I’m sitting with my katzbalger lol
Damn that’s badass 🤘
Zwie did you do that??
*grins*
“This thing is really sharp. I think I want to go on a crusade. I wanna fight! I want to use this sword!…..” a natural progression of holding a real sword 🗡️😂
Welcome aboard, Anthony! Glad to have you.
Any plans for an "uncommon country swords showcase"? Swords from countries outside of Europe and Japan. To show the blades from other regions of the world.
Well, you're mostly gonna end up with India/China at that point in terms of major design families
And maybe Indonesia if you're particularly cultured.
The Machete perhaps
The Falx
How about the Nepalese 'khadga' (also called 'khoda'): ~24 inch blade, forward curve, heavy. Sluggish but excellent for beheadings and dismemberments.
Ant is like the new guy, got the new guy perspective to the topics.
That was a cool episode. Welcome, Ant!
I like him
This video should have been called "Well Ak-shu-all-ee..."
When Ant said the katana could cut through anything, I thought Shad's head might explode. Glad that it did not.
Shad has heard that so many times he’s become immune to
Good to see Shadiversity appearing at the top of the list again suddenly.
Congratulations and welcome Anthony. Hope you enjoy yourself in the shadlands.
I'm so glad that your channel is still creating content.
Knew a guy who claimed to be a history buff and was adamant that swords where heavy, 20lbs or more. Even with all the historical evidence that contradicted his claims.
some bearing swords, maybe
5:09 so, my uncle had one of these wall-hangers for probably 30years at this point. And let me tell you, for a wall-hanger that thing was built like a tank. My uncle is 2.05 meter tall, 130kg and he used that sword for performance fighting at medieval festivals where he would fight with some friends in full armor, and they were going at it. The blade is nicked all along the edge from clashing with other swords, but despite that the hilt doesn't have the slightest rattling whatsoever and the balde is still straight.
So it's a wall-hanger, it's stupidly heavy and big, but man you can hit stuff with it and it will take it like an absolute unit...
Sword shaped metal pipe
So what you're saying is, it's not a wallhanger but a sparring/stage fighting implement.
A wallhanger is typically made from cheap stainless steel (which isn't springy and will break under the conditions you describe - dangerous) and has a hilt held together by lots of glue due to lose tolerances (allowing the use of cheap, machined parts requiring minimal fitting) which would have broken apart after a few days of hard use.
@@Kr0noZ no I think it is intended as a wall hanger, but the build quality of these was just way better 30+ years ago. Maybe it was indeed made with stage fighting in mind but I doubt it, it's so heavy and long you need to be a super big guy like my uncle to to able to swing it around like it's a sword and not a tree trunk.
Might have been made by Del Tin or a similar company that makes overbuilt blunt swords exactly for this purpose
Shad video in my recommended feed in less than 20 minutes
Nature is healing.
Ant has a lot of charm. have him on more please :p
Kinda epic NPC man vibes
Shad: “We’re not replacing Nate, it’ll be a long time before we get a new guy here.”
*two episodes later*
Shad: “So we’ve got this new guy, Ant.”
Welcome aboard Ant!
They must of reaaaallly like the guy. Shad did not want to get a replacement lol
🤣😂🤣😂Definitly a crash course there.👍👍👍👍
This was a really good video. It greatly summarizes most of the misconceptions around medieval weapons and combat. Most of these points were already covered in previous videos, but this video explains this very well. Thank you for the video
‚People were more free to own and carry swords in Europe‘
Ive Never hated the Word ‚were‘ so much
It’s technically legal in the USA but you’ll still probably get arrested outside of the south I’m in a blue state 😢
@@andrewcatallo2698 It depends on the jurisdiction. For the most part the US doesnt make a distinction between different fixed blade weapons. Most laws set a limit of blade length and thats usually not very long, a few inches at most. Texas removed that limit a few years ago, sparking many jokes that it was legal to open carry swords which it is but that wasnt the intent of changing the law.
@@AJellieDonut well they changed the blade length law in Massachusetts either way it’s your second amendment rite to carry if you like
Very curious to learn about the new squire, given the criteria you listed in your call for a third host a while back.
Another good video. Good refresher on some the material I joined this channel for long ago.
Long live this channel! Love and light to you and yours, Shad! That includes the whole of your team!
We’re here for it! ❤
Welcome, Ant! Glad to see a newcomer on the channel and looking forward to seeing his medieval knowledge grow.
20:24: Not exactly a “technique”, but Pigsy from Journey to the West (the most famous classic Chinese novel) uses a rake as his primary weapon throughout the series. So definitely a lot of Asian martial arts were developed from farming weapons.
Right to bear arms definitely is more a Western thing, which is unfortunately lost in many modern European countries.
Europe really do need a rewind button.
A good... 30-40 years or so
Maybe more
@@1stCallipostle One of the big reasons I love living in America rather than in China is because of the 2nd Amendment.
Why is Ant like.. prince charming.. what the fu** lol
That analogy of a fuller to an I-beam is actually fairly accurate. If the I-beam was instead a solid rectangular bar of the same dimensions, it would be even stronger. The purpose of an I-beam is to minimize the amount of material needed to support a load. Remove a lot of material in the center and just a little extra material at the extreme flex points and you have an equally strong beam.
Welcome, Ant, glad to have you on board! ^^
Great entertaining video shad and would be quite informative for those unfamiliar with swords!
Shad: Who told you swords were not sharp?!
Ant: YOU told me to say it for the video.
Shads definitely back in the algorithm. Lol.
Blood Grooves is a sick name for a funk metal band
Good name for your local gang as well.
Or a record company
This is a brilliant idea.
Jazz band that moonlights as mercenaries?
previously on on Shadiversity: "were accepting applications for a new co-host. it won't be for a while and were looking for someone with advanced experience and knowledge on a broad range of medieval weapons."
Shadiversity: "so this is Ant. he's never held a sword in his life, in fact were going to make fun of how little he knows."
jokes aside, glad things are still running over there
"I won't pretend to know everything"
> pretends to know nothing
I'm not a Medieval/Renaissance expert or in HEMA/LARP. But even I knew long before I subscribed to here years ago, that the middle of a sword blade is called a Fuller. Thanks to Fantasy books!
We'll miss Nate, but welcome aboard Anthony!
I've heard from people that go hog hunting that blood grooves actually help in extracting the blade, because without one there's more suction when pulling it out (lol)
You're Australians talking about a war knife & how big it is. You missed a perfect opportunity to quote the iconic line "That's not a knife. This is a knife."
Part 2! Seeing these things gone over with someone with no prior knowledge who is trying to intuit it is insightful.
This guys are really good at what they do. So much quality content.
Welcome to the world of arms and armor Ant!
Hello Anthony, I hope you have a great time with the rest of the guys on Shadiversity.
I am a prophet and I prophecise that your channel will become very popular once again within this decade.
Even if my prophecy doesn't come true, please don't stop making videos! There's still a lot of us that love what you make, even if it was just a thousand views, that's a thousand souls that enjoyed what you made!!
Welcome to the team Ant!
The war knife makes me think of mihawk sword from one piece the one he always have on his back. I wonder if Oda saw a picture of a war knife and decided to just make it bigger like more anime like. That's interesting to learn.
Your channel is my favourite. It has the spirit of what makes swords and fantasy fun.
I’d assumed the fuller was to allow air in so that when you pull the sword out it doesn’t sorta get stuck in due to pressure differential like by pulling it out you’d creäte a vacuum or something.
Who told you that medieval European swords are not sharp?
John Clements who cut a tatami roll with an unsharpened bastard sword as easily as he cut it with a katana.
A friend of mine does hema, he has for years. I had done several years of karate, i had to stop due to a dumb foot injury. One night we were talking on discord and we started talking about hema, swords, books and more swords. I asked him if he could teach me the very very very basic, he did. He thought me a couple of ways to handle a two handed sword and a single handed one. I noticed right away that my karate training was the same on a lot of stuff, just with something in my hands
I enjoy all of Shadiversity videos
Hi Shad, I think you guys would love to see my sword and bayonet collection. Got a wall with about 40+ mounted with some 200 years old.
That might not be a bad idea have a segment showing off viewers collections because I’d like to see some of those bayonets.
@@TheVisualDigitalArts i would be willing to showcase some of my collection for shad.
I know of a myth I'd like addressed: "The most dangerous person in a sword fight is the one with no training at all, because the master swordsman is expecting specific attacks and moves." Personally I think this is total nonsense, but I'd love to see it illustrated.
I don't think that means exactly what you think. Most of the time the untrained person loses in example peasant levees if any could even get their hands on a sword. It means the master swordsman has a counter to all of lessor skill than them except the untrained who might get lucky and do something that is actually fairly stupid to do but as it totally unexpected one does not defend vs it.
Thus statement is actually something like the Master Swordsman has counters to all swordsman lessor than they and thus is more safe than vs someone with no skill who might get lucky. Thus the Master Swordsman will still cut down with ease the vast majority of the untrained but an untrained might get lucky when the trained can't get lucky.
So original statement accurate but does not mention the danger is only it better than no chance.
in terms of people who've got some actual fighting experience, thats not remotely true. there are things you learn, even if its just larp fighting, that will give you a definitive edge in combat against someone with no training. however, that being said, modern martial arts "masters", have basically zero real fighting experience, having only practiced a few moves in controlled situations. ive seen first hand at a martial arts expo full of modern "masters" all get completely destroyed by a guy who used to do illegal street fights.
so basically what it comes down to, is does the "master" in question have any actual experience. if its all just controlled situations they are not really a master at all, and just a self proclaimed one. those types are no more legitimate than a "guru" who will give you the keys to becoming rich if you buy his 200$ how to video.
@@e.corellius4495 Indeed. I think the person who told me this was talking about like, on a battlefield. As in, someone with a sword and equipment but no training, against a trained sword-wielding soldier. Trained vs untrained.
For someone who just knows the moves, sure I can see it, but I suspect this myth comes from the kind of mall-ninja who buys a $60 wall hanger of the Master Sword from Zelda and swings it around a bit, then thinks they could probably beat a medieval knight because obviously people back then were idiots who just swung metal bars at each other all the time.
Wait: so the fuller is actually less full than the rest of the blade?
It's fuller of air than the rest of the sword.
So it's full'er emptiness.
8:53 I'm glad you brought that up. Perfect example of this is Season 1x8 of House of the Dragon, Daemon uses Dark Sister (the name of his sword) to completely and cleanly slice Vaemond's head in half diagonally. That sword cut through his skull like an knife through butter. It happened so fast, it's a 'blink and you'll miss it' moment. So yes, I'd say european swords can be incredibly sharp.
Wow, thanks for this one! Probably a classic on this channel right away.
Something you forgot to mention about fullers is how forging effects the mechanical properties of the steel. Forging the metal results in the grain structure being compressed and reoriented about the surface of the blade. The compressed steel has superior hardness, fatigue strength, shear strength, and tensile strength. This is why, for example, forged car pistons are so much better than machined pistons. The machined pistons have uniform mechanical properties throughout the part, but the forged part is going to have much better mechanical properties about the surface of the part which is where most of the stress is going to be. You can find some pretty interesting cutaways/cross sections of forged parts that show the difference in grain structure about the surface compared to the inner areas of the part. This is also why swords with forged fullers are so much stronger than swords with ground/machined fullers. You're going to be losing much less strength in the blade by forging the fuller since more of that iron grain along the surface is going to be compressed.
Welcome Ant!
Looking forward what you bring to the table as knowledge base and what he will contribute here!
Welcome to Shadiversity Ant. Great video I might have to bust out the jin later and do some steps.
This was a fantastic video and Ant was great to have along the ride!
Welcome to the channel, Ant!
Welcome to the Team Ant! Lookin forward to you finding your rhythm and getting into the flow of it.
Seems like a good dynamic!
You chose a power of two; you have chosen wisely.
Glad to have seen this appear on my feed!
This was a great video revisiting classic erroneous sword claims. I loved the transitions from each explanation to a new gaff.👍
What a great video! Perhaps your best.
If a "fuller" removes steel to lighten a sword then why isn't it called an "emptier?"🤔
there is a blacksmithing tool called "fuller" it's used to make grooves into metal.
that's why it's called a "fuller".
just didn't need another name I guess.
@@kleinerfarmer1 Thank you for providing "fuller" context!
I'm convinced that Shad made this script so he could just say "akshwualy" as much as he wanted
I am busy for a few days and come back to this spectacular video. Nice one lads
Welcome to Anthony. I've never heard the phrase "well, actually" so often in a single video. Well done playing the foil.
Skall’s videos are probably the only ones that have a chance pf saying it more
Really like ant, respecting him for playing the role of the one who only knows misconceptions to channel information to the viewers, great guy. Big support!
Thank you so much for this. Weeb culture has really damaged medieval historical references.
Very helpful video, thank you!
no way i got this vid recommended. shad comeback!
Ulfberht swords if I recall correctly were named "after the fact", it was basically if a sword got caught in a shield or something and the wielder managed to get it out of it without the blade breaking or bending and staying bent, then after the battle they added the letters in the blade that spelled Ulferht with a cross somewhere.
Goooo shadiversity!!!!!
when you make a video there is an option "publish to subscription feed and notify subscribers" I have heard that with it on it gets notified to subscribers and if they don't watch it youtube thinks it sucks and doesn't give it to new people, but doing so it might make it harder for actual people who watch your content harder to find it. So I don't know if uncheckin it will help, but it might.
Your channel has loads of value unlike Zuckerberg's algorithm
Finally got an update from Shad recommended.
Thinking about the fuller as a bloodgroove just now reminded of a old fantasy book by David Eddings. The fuller is on the half of the length closest to the crossguard. If you are stabbing somneone and getting the sword that deep, the only thing you might be trying for is dramatization, not effect. If the first foot of the blade is already in them, then sticking the rest of it in is probably just a waste of time going to make it take more effort to pull it out to deal with the next enemy.
great introductory video
Glad to meet a new member of Shadiversity. Glad to meet ya Ant.
Its kinda nice to learn with Anthony about swords and all that, would be even more eduactive, you know? Like that ^^