A Well Made "Poor Man's Sword" - D-Guard Bowie Knife by Windlass Steelcrafts
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2021
- This is either a short sword or a very long knife, depending on how you want to look at it. Either way, it's an affordable, functional reproduction, and here is my testing and review of it.
It's a peened full-tang construction made of unknown high carbon steel (possibly 1085 or 1095). The blade did well when cutting soaked tatami mats, and it was impressively solid during harder tests, chopping dead wood. Handles nicely, with light weight and proper balance. Overall easy to recommend for the price ($70-80 USD).
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I didn't know how much I missed these review videos until I watched this one. Thanks for the amazing work.
Hard agree
This is why I started watching Skall.
@@woyen88 - Kult of Athena must love Skal. Everything he reviews is backordered.
I love his reviews, the effort and detail he puts into them, puts the blades through there paces and then some, it's rather brutal at times, and when he is reviewing those really beautiful swords, I wince every time it strikes a solid log, even the brittle or soft and wet ones. The Reviews are never boring, almost always learn something new. Most importantly he is 100% honest. He belongs to an elite group of UA-cam Content Creators, Content Creators With Integrity.
Sorry for the Wall of Text.
[Review of Smalls Reviews and an Apology to Skall.]
Your reviews are always awesome. You're thorough, and unforgiving when testing them. I have winced on many occasions when I see you take a beautiful swords and go all "Berserker" on fallen Trees, and large branches, regardless of whether they are dry and brittle, wet and soft, solid logs. You are 100% honest with your review, 100% fair regardless of who made the Weapon. And, Skall, you sir are belong to an elite group of UA-cam Content Creators. Content Creators with Integrity. Definitely in my Top 5 channel(Which are all ranked #1/Score 10 out of 10. '★★★★★'), So "Top 5" when I say it basically means my favorite channel.)
I hope you read this as I want to apologize for not being able to support your content through super chats or patreon. Because I am budgeting for a PlayStation 5 in case I cave and buy one off eBay... I need it for reason I won't get into, because over-share, but when you read my message during a live stream a while back, (I instantly regretted even mentioning it.) and said you understand they are pricey and hard to find...(and this next bit I'm going to type is all on me. I made myself feel this way.) I felt incredibly guilty, and selfish, I tried joking in chat to ease it and didn't work out so well, and I bailed. So yeah, again I apologize for my selfishness. The next time I catch a live stream I will super shat ps5 or no ps5.(again this is on me.)
I think next time you should review a poorly made rich mans sword.
Way too many such shitty baldes in history. Covered with gold and stones, and play-doh edge....
Your name is brilliant.
For a second their i was like...no .... no.. it's not him ... but cool name 😁👍
So a katana?
@@griffinkelley8785 Always nice to see a comment like this that's 3 hours old and hasn't attracted the asshole weeb crowd.
In all fairness to the katana, it's a pretty decent sword design and includes a lot of things that compensate for the glaring inferiority of Japanese metallurgy at the time (the folding, the differential tempering, etc. It's massively overhyped, sure, but that tends to be a thing in Japanese media in general, and it's far from the only weapon in the world that is far more popular than it should be. (Honestly, I don't understand why people can watch an anime like gundam that massively overhypes these ridiculous-but-cool war mecha, watch Hellsing with its ridiculously overhyped firearms for Alucard and Seras and Walter's insane piano wire nonsense, and yet when it comes to a medieval setting where it's overhyping a katana they believe every word of it.)
How to trigger Skal:
Make an oval handle, but have it not align with the blade.
Strictly perpendicular.
Who tf is Scal?
@@SnailHatan Short for Skallagrim, I guess.
@@SnailHatan Whoops, Skal of course.
@@brianwyters2150 That would be Skal
Skall: "Messing around. Knifing around."
Me: Huh...? Oh, motherf... _groan_
The bigger the better said the pikemen to the spearmen.
Nice name. I got one just like it.
@@joshwalker8136 hi five ✋dude!
I can easily defeat a pike with a spear...
That's what she said!
"Not always" said the archers to the pikemen.
Bowie short sword?!? Nice I’m Texan and I think that’s cool.
"messing around, knifing around"
Do you mean "messering about"?
The Langes Messer/ Kriegsmesser are weapon only versions of Bauernwehr, a mix of weapon and tool, similar to seax or Bowie knife.
@@brittakriep2938 family reunion
It is a crime that this comment has only 23 likes. That was legitimately a good one.
@@nolanmonahan7144 thank you
Just made it 40 likes
In the south, fencing was still considered part of the gentlemen's training. This was noted historically, in that the Confederate cavalry tended to be much better swordsmen at the beginning of the war.
Let's be honest, the Confederates were better in almost every area, better swordsman, better rifleman, and had better leaders, what they lacked and what cost them the war was industry, the South had next to no industry, and you can't win a war when you can't support your armies.
the south read british books during that time, which gave them an edge imo.
@@thitsugaya1224 seriosuly....they even built a fucking submarine lmao.
@@thitsugaya1224 The confederates elites (from whom the cavalry tended to be drawn) had a culture built around imagining themselves as nobility, so sport shooting and swordsmanship were common hobbies. The kind of people who were carrying the Bowie knives Skallagrim is referencing were not elites. They were the poor Southern folks the elites conned into fighting and dying for the elites' 'right' to undercut the poorer Southerners' economic opportunities via slave labor. Those folks might have had more practical experience with hunting for sustenance than urban Northerners, but they definitely did not have access to courtly fencing training.
@@woodrobin Doesn't much matter, both the "noble " officers, and the rural soldiers were superior to their northern counterparts. My statement encompasses the entirety of Confederate forces, both officers and men. Therefore, my statement stands, the Confederates were superior in almost every way, unfortunately for them the one area the Union excelled was in industry, add to that their ready supply of unwilling conscripts right off the boats, and tendency to use "colored" troops as cannon fodder, and it's no wonder they won. Quantity does have a quality all it's own after all.
As a texan........REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE nah man just kidding tomato tomato, love the videos, been watching since the original ye ol blade shoppe like 8 years ago
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAW
Yeah, it's good innit. I like to think of it as geek sheek.
You guys have nifty blades it seems
Its weird to use tomato tomato in text, i just read jt the same twice
US: Currently in the process of tearing itself apart.
Skallagrim: Hey! How about a knife prominently used in the Civil War?
Don't tell 4chan.
To Be Fair, it served it's job. Made me Smile.
@@MikaelKKarlsson Oh, God. Yes. Please don't. 😑
Yeah. Snowflakes can't handle hearing historical facts.
@@LunaticKD1991 which snowflakes? The ones on the left or the right?
“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.” - Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
It is not immoral to defend your home against invaders; and that entity which was founded through rebellion by slave owners like Washington and Jefferson as well as tolerated slavery in the slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware) has no standing from which to judge the Confederacy. Nor does the president who gave constant assurances to the Northern public that any freed slaves would be remigrated back to Africa.
This was a time when the United Sates was still referred to as these United States. It was understood as a political union of sovereign states. Many had never even left their home state in their lifetimes. Our ancestors would have never agreed to enter this union if they knew it was a death pact from which they could never leave.
“The State of Massachusetts has threatened, indeed, on four separate occasions to secede from the Union. First, in the debates referred to on the adjustment of the State debts; secondly, on the purchase of Louisiana and its admission into the Union; thirdly, during the war of 1813; and fourthly, on the annexation of Texas, when, we believe, one chamber of her legislature actually passed a vote of secession. On these occasions it was no mere act of excited individuals, but the general voice of the community. Yet this State is now the loudest in denouncing it, when inconvenient to herself; and a bastile is now said to be preparing in the vicinity of Boston, for the incarceration of those as political prisoners, who simply utter the opinions which, when it suited, this very State has so often and so vehemently expressed…
In one of the debates in the New York State Convention, Hamilton made use of these words: ‘To coerce a State would be one of the maddest projects ever devised. No State would ever suffer itself to be used as the instrument of coercing another.’ His far-seeing description in the Federalist is but too applicable to the events of the present day; and remarkable it is that he, the master spirit of the Unionists, should have denounced as ‘madness’ that coercion which is adopted by his followers at the present day. But there was a consideration of still higher import. The Constitution was a voluntary act, framed on the principles of free, mutual assent, and common belief in its advantages. To introduce force as a means of maintaining it, would be repugnant to these principles. It would be a commencement on the voluntary system, to be continued under compulsion. Force is an attribute of monarchy; the throne represents and wields the strength of the nation. Each part is subservient to the whole, and none can revolt without foreknowledge of this force to encounter and overthrow. But the basis of a Federal Republic is the reverse of all this. It stands upon consent, which is the abnegation of force. In place of submission of part to the whole, the parties are co-equal. Compulsion is not only inapplicable, but opposed to the principle of the system. And the men of that day were too logical to be unaware of this; they declined to incorporate with the structure they were rearing a principle directly antagonistic to it.” Excerpt from “The American Union: It’s Effect on National Character and Policy”(1862) by James Spence, an anti-slavery Englishman
If there was a left wing secessionist movement a majority of liberals would probably support it (as they did support the Seattle “autonomous zone” in 2020.) In a 2021 YouGov survey nearly half of California democrats support their state seceding even with a liberal president in office, one can safely assume that number will rise if a Republican, especially Trump, gets back in office. Any attempt to force them to stay or occupy military installations on their land would be viewed by them as an act of imperialism and a betrayal to the US’s supposed democratic values. And they would be correct.
A union that claims to rest on the democratic will of the people cannot legitimately force them to stay when they have democratically elected to leave that union. After the Civil War any claim that the US is a voluntary union that rules through the consent of the people is utterly hollow.
“In front of every farm-house would be a large assemblage of whites and blacks, of all ages and assorted sizes. Our boys amused themselves by throwing “hard-tack” to them, and then what running and tumbling and scrambling would ensue! Little *blacks (not the original word used) and little whites, little dogs and big dogs, all joined in the race, and by the time the “hard-tack” was secured it was difficult to determine what were the original ingredients.” - a Union soldier stationed at Shreveport, Louisiana after the war
(Goodrich, The Day Dixie Died, pg.189)
“Hundreds of thousands of slaves freed during the American civil war died from disease and hunger after being liberated, according to a new book… [As] Downs shows in his book, Sick From Freedom, the reality of emancipation during the chaos of war and its bloody aftermath often fell brutally short of that positive image. Instead, freed slaves were often neglected by union soldiers or faced rampant disease, including horrific outbreaks of smallpox and cholera. Many of them simply starved to death… After combing through obscure records, newspapers and journals Downs believes that about a quarter of the four million freed slaves either died or suffered from illness between 1862 and 1870. He writes in the book that it can be considered “the largest biological crisis of the 19th century” and yet it is one that has been little investigated by contemporary historians… Many northerners were little more sympathetic than their southern opponents when it came to the health of the freed slaves and anti-slavery abolitionists feared the disaster would prove their critics right.”
-The Guardian, June 16, 2012
“All things are subject to interpretation. That one interpretation prevails over another at any given time is a function of power, and not of truth” - Friedrich Nietzsche
Mfs really here trying to pretend the civil war was about freedom or some shit and not slavery
Insane that someone would defend slavery and the Confederacy today, especially given all we know. As for whether the Confederacy's purpose was to defend slavery I think the best answer was given after the War by the ferocious Confederate partisan John Mosby when he surrendered, gave his oath of allegiance and resumed his law practice. Paraphrasing 'It was always understood by us that we were defending the slave system of our society and there was no better reason for the war.'
By the way, I'm a Catholic conservative MAGA Republican so don't assume I speak from BLM perspective. Though you seem their mirror image.
@@brianmccarthy5557 No one is defending slavery, merely pointing out the issue of slavery is far more complicated than simply ‘slavery am bad”
I maybe carrying a poor man's sword but all my stats are 9999.
poor man lvl 550
!!!!!!that's over 9000!!!!!
That's not that impressive depending on what system you're using. In the Disgaea games, your character's stats end up looking like phone numbers because of how high they can get.
@@Thalanox diablo 3: hold my booger that deals 999 quadrillion damage
As a matter of fact during the American Civil War Southern cavalrymen were trained in proper sabre combat. Therefore the men who used these types of Bowie knives would likely be skilled enough to be a formidable opponent.
after skalls "morality" comment, i wouldnt expect him to even know that....that would be like me telling him how the medieval times were.
The saber manuals issued at the time(I forget the author) were, frankly, pretty rubbish, and coupled with the fact that almost *no* cavalry units on either side had access to grindstones or any feasible sharpening infrastructure, most of the time their blades were completely dull, as the factory had made them. This fed into a popular theory on both sides of the war that a regiment of cavalry troopers armed with carbines and revolvers could singlehandedly massacre a charge of troopers armed only with sabers. This wasn't true, as was demonstrated on a few occasions in the war- the effect on morale of a cavalry charge with sabers usually overcame the effect of even rapid fire, small-caliber pistols. Confederate cavalry was indeed better in most ways in the first 2/3 of the war, but by the end the damage to the Confederate heartland had crippled their cavalry.
Also, we only have a few sources talking about big knives like these being used in combat- most of which came from the Siege of Petersburg in 1864, which was trench warfare. And most of these knives were carried(if they were carried at all, as most of the ones we see in photographs are just props for the portrait) by infantryman for use as a tool.
Nathan Bedford forrest said he carried a sword for a while, but the only use he ever saw for it was for holding meat over a fire as a roasting stick....
I ordered one when this video first came out and just got it and i have to say I absolutely love this shortsword/knife! it has such a nice feel in the hand. a good balance between being "lively" and choppy. Thanks Skall, I would have had no idea this existed if not for this video and I had actually been looking for something exactly like this for some time.
I'd heard (may well be untrue) that a lot of these knives were made from old sabres which were cut down - hence the D-guard - also, apparently Jim Bowie, amongst others, used sabre techniques when fighting, and the extra hand protection was probably not only welcome but familiar if you'd grown up using a sabre.
Thanks for the review, much appreciated as always - take care and stay safe in your corner of the world!!
Sabers and cutlasses being cut down is not uncommon, and was done right up until WW2.
The M1898 Dutch Naval Cutlass was one such example, captured by the Japanese from POWs of the East India Trading Company, the Cutlasses were cut down to about 18" in length, and often had the basket removed.
I have one in my collection. They were often referred to as Klewangs though, rather than Machetes.
@@jimmyrustler8983 Nice, good to know from someone who actually has such a thing in their collection as opposed to the anecdote I was aware of - appreciate you taking the time to share :-)
@@keithallardice6139 No problem 👍
Another instance of stuff like that was WW1/WW2 theater knives, some examples I've seen were made from Lebel or Gras bayonets.
@@jimmyrustler8983 Yeah I'd heard of that .. same in WW1 with Trench knives being a big thing as well - although some troops did have their own specialised trench knives, 8/9" spearpoint blade, knuckleduster or 1/2 knuckleduster handle, great for "in close and dirty" work, from the get go.
Love all this stuff!!
;-)
@@keithallardice6139 I've always like the French Nail examples from WW1, they're really nifty for something forged in a dugout 🤣
"Poor Man's Sword"? Sounds like something for me. Cool knife.
from the Windlass ordering page:
"This multi-purpose Bowie has a 1055 high-carbon steel blade and sturdy
steel guard. Features light stain, contoured wood grip. Includes leather
sheath with metal furniture. Overall length 23 inches."
Sooo.. yup, nearly indestructable blade. Not very hard but hey you will need tools to break it.
Yeah, I could use that in camp or in the garden, forever.
@@HanSolo__ 1055 a high carbon steel? Very close to 1045 wich is known as cheap carbon steel for "CHINA" production.
@@pumpy2728 You said it to the wrong person. Didn't said that.
I don't think 1055 is high in Carbon content. On the other hand, you would be amazed how low is the Carbon % in Low Carbon steel types. Talking types waaaaay under heat-treating possibility factor. You still can have a nice blade made out of 1045 because it's not a poor ass type. I mean, it is, in fact, good quality when it comes to impurities. A well-tempered, well-made blade out of 1045 will obliterate any few hundred years old, historical regular sword saber in any edge to edge contact. 0,45% works better in carbon steel as it tends in a stainless one. Even if stainless steel will have better (alloy) composition due to improvers in its chemical composition.
You could argue that these are not even (low) alloys. Kinda true but, not all. Every kitchen on the ship is made out of low carbon, stainless alloy.
@@pumpy2728 BTW. Do you know what is 1055? It is standard, like 1045. You can't make it poor or worse, shitty, you can't make it rich either. It is EXACTLY what the norm stands it should. It is up to specs for 1045. If it's cheap - good for you, you just got a reasonable price. It is easier to work with 1045, and manufacturers do not always ask for norm certification. Making low-budget products, they already choose 1045 over 1075. So why not get even cheaper - not certificated 1045 comes in. Not like it is not 0,45%. It could be, but not that common (then you can get anything from 0,6 to 0,33% of C - happens in case of cheap blades made of damasteel.) More like it is higher in impurities.
This is exactly the type of knife/sword I have been looking for for a while now. thanks Skall, bought one right away.
I am a 5th gen Texan and concur with your 1st sentence.
Love your vids, watched them a long time.
The mirror finish might actually have a use beyond cosmetics in this particular case. Since the blade is supposed to be a general tool, I can certainly imagine a situation where having a mirror inbuilt could be useful, especially in a wilderness/survival setting. (perhaps you use it as a mirror in-between shaving strokes.)
It rusts less with a mirror finish (no pours or rough places the dirt or water could set up.) It is easier to clean up fast. Slices better cuz of low friction. Less prone to damage.
I can see that
Light flashs silent messages ?
I purchased one via Museum Quality Replicas from England. I was quite impressed with the quality. Even held by the hilt loosely and thump the blade. Beautiful resonation from the strike and exceptionally sharp. Same sheath as you have shown. Only down fall is no way to properly secure to a gun belt, etc. But I was impressed. Price was a fair amount higher than what you mentioned. But the rest is quite accurate.
I've been looking for a blade along these lines for awhile now. You put it through all the conditions I might expect and then some. Thank you.
Hm, I prefer the David Bowie Knife.
I prefer Ba-Ba-Bowie knife
@@ChadKakashi 🙂😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣
🎶 There's knifeman waiting in the shoppe... 🎶
@Pageousphere
Made by China Girls
I'm tired and thought you had wings. Turned out to be the curtains
Noble One, that's a wrong channel.
Maybe he does and we all missed it
Got my dad this for a Father's Day gift last year. This thing does feel nice
Thank you. This has been one of those I've looked at buying for a long time.
Holy crap! I bought one of these from an old leatherworker/re-enactor/mountain man-style combat instructor several years ago, but it had no markings and I don’t remember why I couldn’t find out then if it was useable or a display piece. I have been concerned that the tang might snap if I tried to use it for anything as with a lot of cheap blades. I’ve been trying to find out more about it, with zero luck, and then I saw it in the thumbnail for this video. This is amazing! Thank you so much for solving this great mystery I’ve had. Great review. I always love your stuff.
Thanks for the review, it was fun to watch
Oh these burns are merciless.
@Da Monkey well, soon the american flag will be flown over tyranny.
This one has been on the short list for a while. Thanks for the review, Skall.
Great video as always Skall
I've got one of those as well, and absolutely agree, it's good value for money. I haven't put it through heavy testing though, but the construction looks and feels perfectly solid, and with your testing I can see that it really is :)
I bought one based on this recommendation. After handling the sword myself, I agree on all points Skall made.
I made a few mods on mine:
1. Carved/sanded a flat facet onto the left side of the grip where my thumb naturally goes. In combination with the more oval portion at the butt end of the grip, this helps me with indexing for edge alignment. Applied linseed oil after alterations on the wood grip.
2. Pounded the top chape of the sheath into a flatter shape to add a bit more friction and retention.
3. Wrapped the grip in a single layer of silicone self-adhering "rescue tape" for a bit more grippy texture and slightly more girth.
4. Convexed off the edge bevels. This sword came with a very axe-like 30 degrees-per-side edge bevel, which is a good apex angle for the intended application. But the v-grind results in very abrupt bevel shoulders that just add a lot of resistance to cutting. I convexed off those shoulders and made a smoothly radiused transition from the primary blade grind into the apex. It cuts much better now despite the edge apex remaining very robust.
Excellent revieuw, thanks! 👍🏼
The records say that Jim Bowie did have one of his knives mirror polished BUT it was specifically stated to be a shelf queen.
This is what I see would be most fitting for an "urban swordsman" outfit.
it's just a machete with a D guard, but more expensive
@@flexkuntsmash3053 Don't break my heart by saying "just": "a super cool and dueling machete", "machete++", "falchion's stocky brother", "gentleman's shiv". . .
It's something that fits well with modern clothing and at the same time doesn't make you look like you're about to cut up some rival gang in London.
@@cdgonepotatoes4219 LOL! Falchion's stocky brother has to be my favorite.
As for modern clothing, I'd say a machete with a synthetic grip and oxidized coating fits better, if you wear anything less than woolen coats and brogues on the daily. This would be a dress-y sword at least for my wardrobe.
I would say,the lenght makes it shorter than you average machete,while being longer of even the larger part of the bowie spectrum. I thought it would be unwieldy but Skall moving it proved otherwise. If in the shortsword/longknife debacle the french briquet fill the short sword part,this fills more the long knife part, with all the major characteristics of the large knife,and with some quality of life adaptations that make it a more efficient weapon. Many know that a Shuang Dao butterfly sword is really effective in the enclosed spaces of a city ,this bowie is slightly bigger and sturdily built, so i would say it is even better ,because multipurpose,while being lighter and faster than a machete. I have to specify that i am refferring to this specific model,since Skall has shown bigger,longer or differently shaped ones. Windlass really chose the best medium for this weapon type.
When i discovered this type of bowie i quickly dismissed them as brutish,crude,poorly sharpened bars of metal,like when knife companies try to make a sword with the same balance and construction of a knife. But this really changed my opinion,and i believe that it would really fit the role of "urban sword" , as one if the weapons of an hypotetical "street though" ,together with revolver,flat sap and knuckleduster.
@@junichiroyamashita the thing about machetes is they have very little distel taper, while this knife/shortsword has some meat behind it's still designed to be used more "nimbly", that's what I find a little degrading in calling this just an expensive machete.
Also there's many different types of machete for a number of uses, some closer to hewing, others chopping, the largest usually are meant for grass weighted weighted basically like an axe and some of the shortest are the backpacking "designed to be abused" type, the 'inbetweeners' you could say they're closest to a sword but again, often just a steel cutout.
It's beautiful. Nice short sword.
For those interested chicago knife works has this in stock for $70.00 . Thanks Skall!!
Great review, looks like a well made piece 👍
I'm from Texas and this looks super cool, definitely want one :)
I appreciate you pronouncing Bowie correct.
Awesome video, I needed a fun knife review to take my mind off things.
I’ve had one for a while and I love it. Thinking of making a custom build of it with a fuller
Love the review..I may actually buy one...
A turtle approved this video
Thanks turtle
That's a good fucking turtle
I don't know why but I need this in my life. Thanks
Really good practical blade
I've been eyeing this piece but wasn't sure how good it was, so this is a fortunate review choice
I hadn't considered that the ends of the D-Guard might come loose on a tool as you use it. That's a good thing to mention.
This looks like a pretty good example of a blade, and I really like the functional description of what it's supposed to be able to serve as. It's made to sound way more multifunctional than I expected.
Bowie knives really are frontier tools first and foremost
I can't say I've had the pleasure of owning such a knife.
Cool video! Keep up the great work.
Nice! Just as I was contemplating another short, hanger style sword and super affordable too.
I love these reviews. The chopping footage makes me think you should make a Doom/Hardcore Henry style FPS short. Overlay some badass music as you go target to target.
Always liked those
oh man, I've been tempted about this one for yeeaarrsssss
"Poor man's sword" I like it...
Rich men, poor men, middle class men... whatever you are, you should be armed.
Ironically, this is quite expensive for most people
@@italucenaz for a sword? Who is this expensive to? And yeah you could call it a machete or a knife but it’s really not either of those things 100%
Being that it has a wood grip and a peened pommel, it’s very cheap IMO. The average kabar is the same price if not 30$ more depending on where you buy.
I don’t understand how this could be considered “quite expensive” to anyone that’s into blades. Just “ok” quality knives start at atleast $40-$50
Benchmade makes folding knives that sell for $300+ I’m curious as to what blades you own if you think $70-$80 is quite expensive.
Very badass looking
"...faced an arms shortage which accompanied its moral shortage" i love that lol
An arms shortage during a war is an obvious sign that either your gunsmiths, your surgeons or both are clearly not doing their job as well as they damn should.
Yay, you did indeed upload something! Good to know that audience in your stream inspired you. Or helped you to lose even more mind... It can go both ways :D
Now this is a knife I like
Hi Skall! Civil War reenactor here, perhaps I can offer a bit more insight: The vast majority of those knives you see in photographs were photographer's props- you see a lot of those photos with mismatched muskets and revolvers as well- and these knives were definitely more tools than weapons in their actual usage. We have a few accounts of them being used in hand-to-hand fighting(namely in the Petersburg trench combat of 1864) but otherwise, very little sources to indicate that their primary use was as a weapon. Of course, they look awfully mean so it's great to have one just to make you feel safer :)
First sword ive owned before skallagrim does a review on it, I feel accomplished
I have one of these and I love it. Cleared some brush with its factory edge when I got it, then cut some paper--held up fine. Great fit, great handling, pairs well with my 9" buckler. 😁
Edit: if KoA is out, try TherionArms.
"moral shortage"
*ouch in Tennessean.
The Canadian Yankee chuckles as he leaves out the whole part about northern factory laborers basically being glorified slaves in the 1800s and early 1900s. : )
@@lowlandnobleman6746 first of all citations needed, but even if it is true which may be the case, that doesn’t mean the south wasn’t morally bankrupt it just means the north was bad as well.
@@jacobvanstone6839 I think he’s pointing out the inconsistency in northerners whitewashing their own history and vilifying the south beyond historical fact.
@@jacobvanstone6839 It's sadly not only true, but slavery existed in the North as well. When their economy changed, it was no longer financially sound. So it was money, not morality , that ended slavery in the North.
@@jacobvanstone6839 fun fact. The slave's was only freed as a means to cripple the South, Abraham himself didn't feel the slave's could even be called human. So so many of his close subordinates recorded he freed them more for a tactical advantage since North and South relations where breaking down long before he "freed" them. A war was gonna happen due the taxes, lack of factories, land holdings and above a moral disagreement on politics not slavery. That's not to say slavery played no part at all it's just not so simplistic and history is written by the victors and you want proof Abe didn't like them at all? They didn't have a single right or legal protection or even voteing rights after he freed them lol. Yeah they had to be paid for labor but only 0.1% of a white worker lol.
That's literally the knife my ancestor in the Texas Calvary daily carry I have a picture of him holding it as well as a variant of percussion cap revolver so I personally appreciate you covering this one thank you!
*Cavalry
I've wanted to buy this for years but never enough info. Finally a video on it
Nice! The "short swords " can be some awesome tools, my cold steel cutlass is one of my favorite fire wood splitting tools..when processing the light stuff. My cutlass is basically indestructible however as most of you know already know my CS cutlass may not be light & nimble enough for a real fight .👍🤠⚔🔥
Beautiful kun knife Suitable for trekking.
Honestly great review! I'm planning to get one asap for a backpack blade. I already have a parang machete but i really like the multiusage for the buck. I mean for $70-$80 and lookin so fine...sold.
Polishing helps preventing it from rust. Its the sole reason Victorinox almost never really rusts (hi Chromium I know) In a carbon steel its obviously even more importand.
On mine I did sharpen the false edge with files and then a whetstone. Yes it did take a lot of elbow grease, but it is possible lol
And despite it being a different shape than the true Edge I've gotten it sharp enough that it will shave.
@sjw ARE PATHETIC! It's a bit different to sharpen with a file, but it can be done.
I'm planning on doing a video on it soon so hopefully my lazy self will get that done lol
@@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 did you ever make a vid? You know what you're on about...you training "mountain man" grip. Or just practicing the deadly back-cut?
@@maxmccullough8548 I don't think I have done a vid specifically on the D-guard it's features, but it's in a few of my cutting vids.
Not sure what you mean by mountain man grip so not sure. My background is self training in French stick fighting starting about 1990 then moving into self training longsword g stuff from manuals; mostly Fiore.
I did a couple weekend training seminars in 2001 & 2002.
Unfortunately there were no HEMA groups near me til a few years ago & it was about the time my knees really quit. I have no cartilage left & until I can get surgery for knee replacement it's rough.
@@maxmccullough8548 as far as doing a vid on how to sharpen with a file....oopsy 😂
I had planned on it but sharpened the one unsharp machete i had g forgot to film.
I had thought about doing the vid recently, but still need something to sharpen.
But since you asked I'll try to do it this weekend as I just got some $ so I can get something to sharpen
@@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 "mountain man" grip doesn't really work with a D guard knife. It's basically just holding the knife "upside down" as if the spine is the edge. Used to facilitate a close in stab-and-upward-disemboweling technique. Also preserves your edge and damages the opponents edge. Standard sabre style cuts may still be made with the (generally sharpened) false edge.
Love the outtakes 😂
I can imagine a dude taking a hike through the woods in the morning, and all of a sudden he hears whacks and thuds, checks what's up and finds skall chopping a tree with a sword in a fancy manner with his technique, not your regular dude with an axe getting some firewood/timber. How would you react if you didn't know skall?
In a word...politely.
Lol
Actually, I'd just pull my Vox T-Hawk out of my ruck, politely ask if I may join in on the fun, and in the end, maybe we'd build a fire and trade some stories over a cup of coffee.
@@Brass_Heathen VERY!!
Thank god I found this video I was busting my brain to find a edged weapon that’s not a “sword” but that fills most of its functions.
There's also the Kingfisher machete, but IDK if you can still find it.
For some reason the one-handed sheathing bit made think of Shad, like something he'd make a video on. "Hello, my name is Shad and today, I'd like to discuss one-handed sheathing and whether it was done historically."
Good stuff👊👊👊
For the record, the knife's steel is rated at 1055 high carbon steel according to museum replicas
I would love to see a video about ALL kinds of saxes!
As a Texan, I can confirm this was triggering. It cut me to the quick
Your wordplay is like my foreplay when I was 15.. never did get called twice..
Suddenly I appreciate old machetes more
A weapons shortage alongside a moral shortage 😂. I love it
Lol the north herded people into toxic mills to work themselves to death in wage slavery.
Nobody had "morals" in that war.
I lost it laughing when I heard him say that
@@robertcaseydavis seems 'whataboutism' goes all the way back to the civil war :')
My X5 Great Grandfather died to a Confederate commissar but not after being defended by half the generals in the army. The reason? He walked home back to northeast Florida from the front to tend to a sick family and even sent mail back to command saying he'll be back soon. His death was the last straw for Florida and they pulled out not soon after.
So tell me again the Confederates had a moral shortage right after you tell me what your ancestor was doing during that time.
PS we never owned a single slave ethier because we were too poor and it was immoral to us. Can you say the same?
@@mistrants2745 k keep telling yourself that only the parts of America you already hate are evil.
As mentioned in the video it's a really good sword. I've had mine over a year now, but one thing I've found is that my specific scabbard was a bit too tight on the sword which meant that if you left it in the scabbard any more than a day it would start to eat into the sword. Nothing a bit of oil and polish can't fix, but good to know anyway before you buy. Still a great sword all the same.
Beautifull Knife 😁👍🏼
I love it.
Moral shortage! Slayed me!
It's been a while but as always an Amazing review. Thank You. I own one for a couple of years now but I understood that it was not utilitarian like a machete because of the tang but You have proven them all wrong. To me it's THE Antique Combat Bowie.
Just ordered one
I have one; had for about 5+ years... Lived 3-4 for those years at sea. Back edge sharpened; all very sharp. Has been my Pirate sword for years (my longswords to unwiedly on a boat)... in fact, only put back in storage (under my folded clothes) a couple of days ago. Needless to say, it has much more lovely patina then yours :) Ever since (having) lived on a sailboat, shortswords have taken my eye.
in my opinion there should be this, munition grade, version of every sword, but the makers wouldn't agree with that opinion :D
nice vid skall, as always!
thx for the outtakes XD
It’s like a Cutlass Bowie 🗡 🏴☠️
According to Museum Replicas this Windlass D Guard is 1055 high carbon. Made to take punishment rather than retain a keen edge for a long time. I'd looked at purchasing this model but ultimately did not. 1085 would've been perfect, even at a higher price. Adventure on my friend, Phat PS: Love the channel!
I love large Bowie knives, I’m working on one with a 14” blade
The question you posited about what weapon a person might carry if guns were completely outlawed and we had to turn to other weapons in a much earlier video. This is it. Maybe carry a form of buckler with it but yeah.
That outro was an automatic like from me
I imagine that Skall sharpens blades for stress relief
Windlass makes good knives. I have more than a few.
😉
This one costs (+/-) $150 now. Still worth the price.
It’s made from 1095 steel.
Nice bowie knife
I advocate for these Knives and the Model 1832 Artillery Sword to make a Modernized comeback.
Now that`s a knife :)