Arms and Armor 15th Century Glave
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- This is a review of the Arms and Armor 15th Century Glave.
Blade Specs:
Socket: 5.25”
Shaft: 57.25”
Pommel: 5” (3” spike”
Blade: 17.125”
Back Edge: 13.125
Width @ socket: 1.783”
Thickness @ socket: .242”
Widest Point: 2.262”
Width @ 10” from socket: 2.113”
Thickness @ 10” from socket: .229”
Total: 85.125”
Weight: 4lb 9.7oz
MSRP:$1375
When I made this video I did not expect Craig and Nathan from Arms and Armor to give me a response that I could include in the video. They were kind enough to answer some questions after I gave the glave back and I was able to include it. In retrospect I should have given a better introduction and shown more gratitude. Those guys are great! Check out their stuff in the links below.
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What a beautiful Glaive, and such an interesting explanation for the guard!!!
I’m glad to see a nice glaive come out. It’s a bit outside my budget, but it’s cool!
There's a reason scholagladiatoria leans into the euphemisms, there's just no avoiding it when talking about sliding your hands along stiff wood. ;)
The "guard" is affixed accurately. I recall seeing some peroid pieces at the Royal Armouries (possibly the Wallace Collection too) and noticing this attachment method. I recall thinking it was an odd method that looked weak & sort of sloppy.
I'd wager that many originals had this type of connection was because they were intended to be expendable & replaceable components. It would make the nails into the shaft pretty easy to pry back out, then just drop the whole thing off the bottom of the shaft, slide a new one on, and tap four nails back into the old holes.
@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 that goes seem a reasonable assumption. Especially given the nater of pole arms & how the shafts definitely could break in combat having a modular design of parts to easily fix them during battle would certainly be a good idea.
The "cross guard" you mention is a hand stop to prevent your hand from sliding up onto to the blade, they can be found on some pole arms, particularly pole axes, as a secondary function they can provide some deflection to a blade sliding down.
It's got a guard because of the way that it is, neat!
Considering that it’s out of a time period with a lot of armor, yes it’s going to feel a bit clumsy cutting light targets. Nice review.
The modern military term for the spike on the bottom is a "ferrule". They are still in use in diminished, blunted forms for banners/colors/guidons, but certainly would have been sharp through at least the U.S. Civil War, if not a bit later.
The shape of the spearhead is fascinating
I think it helps for better cutting power with lesser weight
They wanted to create a cut-and-thrust spearhead and for this, they needed to make the head wide
So if they wanted to widen the blade from top to bottom the weight would have been an issue
So they widened the blade only where they needed which was on a couple inches off the top
And now you have a great head that can thrust and can cut well because it has a wide blade only in the areas that it needs
Thank you for doing these off brand reviews. I enjoy polearms.
Great looking Glave, a bit pricey, but I like it.
Consider You haven't had experience with, You did a fine job with this Matthew, digging it
Very cool.
Very good video 👍
I wanna forge one, but with a spike or aggressive hook on the backside for a bit of anti armor potential
Nice
how did they managed to forge the socket without a seem and smaller hole at the other end?
Would you be able to do a cutting/destruction test on a Ryujin 5160 Elite katana? It's supposedly "A grade higher" than their custom T10 swords. They are also DH which I thought was interesting for a 5160 steel katana and would love to know how you feel about it.
I wish there was more polearm representation for a price range of $300-500 dollars. Naginata, Glaives, Guan dao, are all really cool! I don’t think this should be $1300 if they’re recreating history weren’t they mass produced and probably relatively cheap to produce?
We have a pole-arm called a Guan Dao in the style I do, and this seems like a good substitute.
Maybe I will be able to afford it by the time my teacher thinks I'm ready to learn it.
Its not at all alike. Hanwei used to make one maybe still do
I think the guard really just stops someone, or something, from “running up the spear” once impaled
It's more or less to fill out a gauntlet to protect your hand from thrusts. It's not so different from the rondels on a rondel dagger
2:56 I think wanting that butt cap/point recessed is fair request.
Thanks for showcasing this, Matt. I always enjoy polearms made by Arms & Armor for how historically constructed they are. However, the durability of that rondel is of some concerns. Perhaps more robust steel support beams (or what they call "feet") can be expected to reinforce it, when there's some gap between the socket of the rondel and the pole. There's also always some concern of Arms and Armor polearms' integrity at the connection between the pole and steel head, perhaps some more penetration length into the socket, or some stronger reinforcement can help? I love looking at my Arms & Armor polehammer, but I have some doubt whether it will hold up if I smash into a man-at-arms in full harness of Milanese plate armor, or even just someone in a helmet and brigandine. There's tremendous amount of leverage when a substantial steel head is mounted on a 6 to 7 feet pole, and swung at a solid target. In any case, a lovely piece, and always enjoy listening to Nathan and Craig opine about historical arms and armor with their humor.
As another person said, it looks like it may be a sacrificial guard. Something to stop your hand from sliding onto the blade and deflecting some strikes, but also easy enough to repair/replace if bent too badly.
"Very comfortable shaft to move your hands up and down on." Put that on the brochure.
It's definitely cool. Though it has limited appeal.
do bladed pole arms usually come with sheaths? or were they intended to be carries and stored bare
It was uncommon, but some may have used a leather sheath or oilcloth as a peace binding or rain protection. Presumably stored oiled and wrapped in an armory.
I like the looks of it, but to me, this is a $300 weapon. I'm also unsure of their explanation regarding the guard, historical museum examples seem to be more robustly built.
With all due respect, if you know of a comparable glaive for $300, please let me know. I have a Windlass(I think) glaive that is nowhere this nice.
@@johnminard1494 I'm saying that, again, for me, I wouldn't spend more than $300 for this weapon, although I am behind the times - I haven't had the sort of discretionary income for these types of weapons for a few years now. That said, this is still pricy compared to other good quality polearms - you can find decent looking poleaxes under $1000, although, admittedly, I have no experience with them and there could be legitimate reasons why a glaive may be more costly to make than a poleaxe.
@@johnminard1494 I'm saying that I personally wouldn't spend more than $300 for this weapon, although, admittedly, I've been out of the market for these sort of weapons for quite a few years now. You can find other decent looking polearms for well under $1000, however - Arms and Armor themselves have a good looking poleaxe on CoA for less than $900. Of course, there could be a legitimate reason glaives are more expensive to produce than other polearms, though I think this is a market thing.
@@johnminard1494that is no excuse for the absurd price for this piece. Arms and Armor tends to produce functional but crude weapons for insane prices. This is yet another example of that.
The fact that there isint much on the market fir glaives does not excuse these issues.
Im here for the jokes lol.
This looks like something low level hollows would carry in dark souls. I supposed it may be historically accurate but for that price I'd like something with some sparkle
Neat. Too expensive but neat regardless.
That guard is just... Ok, if it's historically accurate, great. But at the same time. For a weapon at the cost it is, i would expect an attachment method that was more robust.
In the art you don’t really see decorated glaives they are very much a rough use French weapon .
$1300 is insane for a glaive
I feel this is more of an 500$ glaive, not that there are cheaper alternatives. This is more for people who want museum replicas, so the crude, hammer forged style is preferred for them, but i don't see historical accuracy as that important to make something worth 300$ to be priced at over 1000$.
Also, they showed swings with a haft of a polearm, the blade of a two handed could break or dent that. Also, in a duel, the palm stab thing makes sense, but I kinda think zeroing in, running the risk of tunnel on such a small could be lethal on the battlefield. It isn't the dude right in front of you that usually hits you, it is the guy to your left or right. I've lacerated my fingers before, my brother acidentally snipped with a pair of scissors and it hurts like hell, but it doesn't immediately stopped from using your hand unless you flipping lop it off.
@@PJDAltamirus0425 Polearms did break, even the best anti armour types like Pollaxes. Indestructibility could not be assured without compromising agility. Besides, wielding an iron spike in one hand and what's now a sword in the other isn't too bad a set up. You'd still have your proper steel sword and dagger too.
The guy to the left or right of you will hit your fully armoured body, or maille covered bits. With no rondel, the guy in front of you could puncture your hand, leaving you with more problems to worry about.
Better to face a crowd(alongside your army buddies of course) with no bleeding hand than with one, specially since rondels don't introduce much if any drawbacks.
The overall pricing does concern me too however, but smithing historical weapons is probably still a niche, and the demands for polearms probably aren't as high. At least there's other makers, so A&A might be inclined to lower their price.