I am a carpenter (in training) and the grain on that wood looks stunning. Nice video dude. I loved the video about the stances and would like to see more technique videos in the future.
I suspect it was more of a "trickle down effect", rather than a direct attempt to mirror Latin. Especially considering that the majority of our fancier (for want of a better word) sounding place-names arrived after the Norman invasion. The words for things and places changing depending on who is in charge, eg: Eboracum/Eoforwic/Jorvik/York, making it more convenient for the conquerors. But there is also the chance that they wanted to mirror Latin, especially post Norman Conquest :) But "plain" is the last word I would use to describe OE as it's a magnificent language. In some ways it is more complicated than a Romance language, especially when speaking it.
Why? That's the beauty part of an ax- dual purpose as tool and weapon. Even though a machete is the ideal tool, I can use my bastard sword to clear light brush and weeds. We have an infestation of Japanese Knotgrass, and hacking through the stems of that is good exercise for your sword arm.
Mark Stockman Well, seeing what you have to pay to get a axe like that I wouldn't even want to put a scratch on it. Leave the War Axe on the wall for the zombie apocalypse. Use a 10 dollar hatchet to chop wood.
It is a gorgeous axe. I love the Danish style of axe head too. If I were into collecting and using weapons I would certainly prioritize something like this.
No, it's that there are no locations outside of the US. "Danish" is only about pastries, "Parmesan" is only about cheese, "Hamburg" is only about meat patties in bread, etc. There aren't millennia of history, or millions of people living there today. There's just stuff that Americans put in their mouths.
+RedX1000 Last I checked there's usually no more than one area (Djinn, Cyclops, etc) with 30+ people at a time while the rest have less than 5. The bot spam at spawn is ridiculous as well. I'd hope it either gets a massive reboot or another game comes along with the same style, I didn't come to realize how enjoyable it was until way after it started dying down.
Some attention to detail that you may not have noticed is that the way the head is hung, the grain alignment into the ax head is proper, the way the lines run on the handle if they were the opposite way it would be very weak and breakable, not many manufacturers of axes pay attention to this.
My favorite weapon ever. I actually visually like the coldsteel version better (thrusting). (I also like that she shaft is widened to also hold the axehead) (you put the axehead through the bottom of the shaft driving it towards the end it can't fit over) Regardless, I want them all. I wish people talked more about this style. They were almost like polearms for the lone fighter lol.
ash wood is pretty good used alot in guitars too. looks better on guitars than axes tho. its not the hardest wood but not soft, and not overly heavy so perfect for movement speed. see it as a titanium of the wood world
Unless you are talking about the small river in south eastern Connecticut, and not the somewhat larger river in southeast England, in which case "Thames" is pronounced properly, i.e. you pronounce the "Th" as you would in every other word in the English language.
+Thisold Hatte Thompson, Thompstone, Thomson, Thun, Thuron, Lesotho, Thai, and thyme are all words where the same rule applies. never make blanket statements about the english language, they are likely going to be wrong.
hey skall, I live in Norway and do Viking reenactment. just wanted to state that a Dane axe would be longer, to the shoulder usually. Another interesting fact is that the warriors using these axes often would wear a shield as well, hanging from a strap down on the left side, with the strap around the neck (not strapped around, but hanging over from the right side of the neck down to the left side). this would open for two handed use, and offer for more protection of the warrior
you need that space there. if the axe head comes loose, or more precisely, if you wanted to prevent that in a real life scenario, you soak the thing in water. and then the wood expands. that hole has a part in taking up the excess volume change. otherwise the thing may crack, as far as i know and experienced.
Love Arms & Armor! I've enjoyed the few times I've gone to their shop in Minneapolis. It's just awesome looking around at their projects while discussing my own.
hey Skall. I had an idea for you. Maybe you could contact Gransfors Bruks (the Swedish axe manufacturers), and ask them if they could make an axe like that, but more of what you were looking for. I just had the idea in mind and fought they would make a REALLY good battle axe :) keep it up, you are doing a GREAT job with your videos!
Sounds like a pretty good axe. It seems like the changes they made were to make it handle and perform better as something intended to pierce armor and flesh as opposed to cutting wood. I would also love to see a video of people sparring with axes or war-hammers. That would be really, really cool.
I'll swear that sometimes we just do it to annoy people. The river in the village where I grew up is pronounced differently in each county it runs through...
being one of my favorite weapons, I must say that Gap would scare me. hooking with that Gap is scary. and I have very much enjoyed your videos and your time and work you have put into them, and your honesty in reviews.
Your reviews are always so interresting to watch. Even if i'm not a big fan of weapons and practical fighting sports, i like watching it for learning. Especially for animation and story telling, i need many information on how you hold this sword/axe/mass ect. And it's also interresting to have a more specialist comment on how you use it, prefer this shape more than this other and how you will fight with it. So for all of your videos, demos and tournament, thanks for all your work and fo sharing !
Skallagrim could you consider looking for options to equalize your audio to lower the gain on frequencies in the 50-100hz range? Professional spekers make you sound muddy with to much bass :) Thank you, great video! Regards from Finland.
I think you should check your driver's settings instead. Set them all flat. Skall's sound mixing is one of the best, comparable to many channels about music.
Drakonyan Azkar My system is calibrated with a professional studio mic (with respons charts ofc). I think my system is flatter than a pancake ;) No offense.
To be fair, I think he was just distinguishing between your standard crowbar 'metal all the way' construction and your longer reach wooden handle metal cutty bitted weapons. That and also referring to the agility of the axe since it is far removed from a splitter. That said can we get some more pole weapon videos? This was awesome and so were your others! Pole weapons are the best!
No, I was pointing out that an Dane axe isn't a poleswords by pointing out glaives, septums, naginatas (polearms with swords like heads) which literally look like and sometimes were swords mounted on wooden hafts
The Danish axe on Wikipedia is actually mine; it was made by a smith near Portland, based on an extant example and some conversations that I had with Hank Reinhardt. It's thicker than it needs to be, and I'd really like to give the Arms&Armor axe a swing for comparison. One thing that Bronze Lion (the smith) got right was the forward sweep of the edge, and the reinforced bit which many examples from the period have.
One of the BEST weapons EVER created. Looking at Skyrim battleaxes (twohanded) you see that originally they depend on skill of use, and they are really light, instead of being giant metall piece.
*4:51** It appears the beard of that axe is out of alignment with the shaft, is that just a fluke of the camera angle? Can we get some clarification Skall?*
TheFilthyCasual I mean as the frame advances and the blade rotates past the camera, between 451 and 452. It could be, but I suppose I'm wondering if its damage from use.
Creationsofmyown Yeah, I know - to me it looks like the reflection of the blade is at fault. I do hope Skall replies to you and explains the situation, because I'm curious too. :)
TheFilthyCasual I see what you're saying, but I dont think that can explain the disparity when it is angled directly at the camera. He is usually pretty good about reading comments.
Perhaps the gap in the axe head is an addition to deal with possible swelling of the wood over time due to humidity. Maybe it could be an internal shock absorber that allows it to not be too rigid when it impacts the target. It seems that it would also create a difficult place to clean to prevent rust or wood rot. So a plus or a minus, I don't know. Just a thought. I enjoy your channel. Thanks for what you do. Always educational.
If I recall, Skallagrim in Egil's saga actually sunk a Dane axe into someone's skull through their helm during a sea battle. The Axe got stuck, but Skallagrim jerked it out hard enough that the victim's body was actually "whirled aloft" and flung overboard.
I think that the gap you don't like is to prevent the wood from taking a direct impact and thus eventually breaking it, you can see that gap too when you handcraft a survival stone axe. (surry fur bed ingrish)(Making A Celt Stone Axe From Scratch (including handle) from primitive technology check out his channel)
What are you talking about? When were stone axe heads made with a slot for the wooden shaft? The slot is in the wood and the stone goes through the wood. There are gaps on each side of the stone head so that the pressure that holds the head in place pushes along the grain instead of perpendicular to it , which would result in the wood splitting.
That bevel shape - thicker just behind the edge then tapering to a thinner blade - makes the axe suitable for shaping wood. One of the high-end woodworking axe makers is making one like that, it is used for planing down the sides of logs and planks. The odd bevel shape means that the blade is light (you want a large blade edge for large logs) without making the whole axe too heavy to use.
I'm by in large a eastern martial arts practitioner Skallagrim, curiosity got me into HEMA....from the moment I pick a Dan Axe it kept me in, when I first pick up a Dan Axe I fell in love with it.
The Angledsaxon A pommel is extremly important in a fight and a double handed axe isn't very useful in a fight because you can't hold a shield!Did you ever tried to fight with a twohanded weapon against somebody with a onehanded weapon and a shield? Even sb who is very good with the axe would have big problems in a fight.
Idealist ` I’ve heard a polearm fighter say when his opponent brings a shield to a 1 on 1 he brings the shield for both people as it restricts his angle of attack. Not sure how that plays out with an axe. I’ve also heard that the point of a danish axe is to go through the shield. That a couple large axes in the shieldwall force the opposing shieldwall to either give ground, attack (the axmen) or risk losing their shields.
Geordin Soucie The üoint of such axes is fear.You dont use them because they are so effective but because the opponent fears the big crazy, screaming a big axe swinging guy.And with this tactic it can be a usefull weapon.The problem is, whe you face some good trained soldiers with experience because they dont fear you and they know that they are way better equiped then you
In Celtic and Middle English, it was written that way without the 'H.' Originally Tamesas (Celtic) became Temese (Middle English) and then went to the Welsh Tafwys "Thames." At least according to wiki. Some etymologist is welcome to correct me.
Arms & Armor does make a version with the reinforced edge (not sure if it was available at the time of this video). It costs roughly an extra $100, and it appears to only be available from Arms & Armor's website. Might be worth looking into, I would be interested in seeing what effect the thicker edge has on performance.
the way that axe head is hung is shocking, with time it will work off. id be tempted to make a new haft for it. nice review and love the test cutting .
Just imagine seeing a Medieval battle with all the metal clanging and sounds of slicing throughout the battlefield as the lines slowly chewed through the enemies ranks leaving hundreds dead within minutes or even seconds. Some men running from battle and sometimes being picked off for deserting. Suddenly a thunder of horses slam into the flank of a enemy host killing so many in the first moment of impact trampling injured and knocking down others.
For your next mail set up it's important to ensure you combine the mail with good padding, as it was done historically with gambison and coifs, if you want to replicate chest/arms/head cuts. 1-2cm is about right if I recall for head coif padding going from old fragments, but for the chest replication you can go thicker.
So this review finally came out! And it came out great! Awesome axe! (enough exclamation marks now) I'd like to see axes more often in the channel, as well as "Pflugscharen zu Schwerter", which would be "peasent weapons".
+Remedy_PPW Yes, I know. I did it on purpose. I'm talking exactly about using tools as weapons, such as axes and scythes. Swords are essentially weapons, tools of war.
I am fairly sure the gap at the front is deliberate to help stop the head putting too much pressure on the timber when it makes contact. I saw this on a video made by the Australian fellow who makes videos as Primitive Technology (the original, not the dozens of channels copying him). It is in the episode where he makes a stone axe. I will try to find it and post it in a reply to this comment.
m.ua-cam.com/video/BN-34JfUrHY/v-deo.html Just a theory but as this is inside the haft and not wrapped around it as the Dane axe is maybe that is why it is reversed from the gap in the sides of the stone axe to a gap in the front of the Dane axe 4:12 in the primitive Technology video....That being said, this is just a theory and maybe Arms and Armour just fucked up!
I agree Skall, that gap makes the axe prone to spinning. It should have been more of an Oval. I think they used some type of dimensional lumber that was not large enough to be shaped properly.
Hey +Skallagrim; try and wedge in that gap if you're going to use it hard. any torque along the axis of the blade, and the head will quickly start to loosen. Might be fine with bottles, but armour tests/wood testing will for sure. looks like a cheap cop-out one making a proper handle. beyond that, looks like a nice piece! thanks for the video!
i love axe, infantry just run them over, with a single light Calvary unit easy win i love axe infantry, just run them over with a single light Calvary unit, easy win
I've been using a thin axe for wood working recently, Surprisingly easy to use, the key is sharpness over weight. The axe I'm using is a cold steel danish hand axe.
must say I do like the visual aspects of this axe. agree that a definite 1-2 inch edge bevel would be good to have, the smoothness of the head still makes for an impressive weapon.
the hole is for drainage, blood or rain depending what you doing and the hole is also for changing the shaft quick and easy on the battlefield using special tools incase it gets damaged
Seems very excellent for its price point, certainly nicer than a lot of similarly priced swords, though I suppose that's always been how axes are, an inexpensive alternative weapon
That gap on the wood is because the pole was supposed to have that form at the end, I don't know if that way to mount the head on the pole ir really right, most carpenters I know would mount the axe head from the bottom up, not heads down, mounting from the bottom up means the axe head would fin its place in the end on the pole which would have something like an oval form, this way it would be much more sturdy and harder to break when hitting.
The shaft of an axe is suppoused to be thicker at the head, but since it's not a felling axe it doesn't really matter, so don't worry about the gab in the eye, you should worry about the cheap, soaky wood,the shaft is made with.
When you have that hole between the blade and the shaft its not bad for the appearance only , when cutting fruits and water bottles water some dirt can get in there and you won't notice and even if you notice its hard to clean, and if you don't clean properly eventually can rust and damage the blade
This is almost exactly like a halberd. Put a spike at the top for thrusting and it just becomes a more diverse weapon as it can give a poke/reach advantage like a good spear.
the haft should have been fitted to the eye, that's a lot of area for wiggle to develop. That would require a large amount of waste wood in order to fit it properly so I understand why they didn't. Nice axe Skal.
Is it just me or does skall look like he was born to hold that axe. It looks like it's one of his limbs.
Spot on
viking blood, yes..
The English better watch out. ;-)
Also, skall in old norse means axe, soooo... :D
GET THE LONGBOWS MEN!
That's right....slide your hands down the shaft
The danish war axe has always been my top favorite weapon
I would definitely pick this axe over any other weapon in a war
what about a spear?
Dane axe or m134 minigun?
@@Likexner both
What about a war hammer? Those're pretty cool!
I am a carpenter (in training) and the grain on that wood looks stunning. Nice video dude. I loved the video about the stances and would like to see more technique videos in the future.
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Qwintunz You are a raider, LEGENDARY!
RAAAIDEEEEEER
legendary!
@@Remington-wl7jp you talk too much
Sejuro!
"Thaymes" sounds much more majestic than "Tems" :D
Ironically, it also sounds more British!
(to my ear, at least)
+TheFilthyCasual yeah... to be fair tems sounds like how Americans would pronounce it
Nah, "Thaymes" is too fancy to sound "more British"!
We're quite stupid with our words. Like, how the fuck is "Belvoir" pronounced "beaver"? XD
I suspect it was more of a "trickle down effect", rather than a direct attempt to mirror Latin. Especially considering that the majority of our fancier (for want of a better word) sounding place-names arrived after the Norman invasion. The words for things and places changing depending on who is in charge, eg: Eboracum/Eoforwic/Jorvik/York, making it more convenient for the conquerors. But there is also the chance that they wanted to mirror Latin, especially post Norman Conquest :)
But "plain" is the last word I would use to describe OE as it's a magnificent language. In some ways it is more complicated than a Romance language, especially when speaking it.
+Briar Reed it became more complex just in pronunciation. Other aspects, such as cases, declension, conjugaton only degraded.
Its just a tool... for cutting flesh and bone.
Beheading cattle! It's a tool for Pig Beheading!
"This is what happens when you bring a tool to a swordfight."
it would be sacrilege for such a fine weapon, but you could use it to cut down a tree.
Why? That's the beauty part of an ax- dual purpose as tool and weapon. Even though a machete is the ideal tool, I can use my bastard sword to clear light brush and weeds. We have an infestation of Japanese Knotgrass, and hacking through the stems of that is good exercise for your sword arm.
Mark Stockman
Well, seeing what you have to pay to get a axe like that I wouldn't even want to put a scratch on it. Leave the War Axe on the wall for the zombie apocalypse. Use a 10 dollar hatchet to chop wood.
It is a gorgeous axe. I love the Danish style of axe head too. If I were into collecting and using weapons I would certainly prioritize something like this.
Not that I dislike a decorated weapon, but in this case the simplicity and practiciality is a sort of beauty in itself
Would a danish axe be the deadliest pastry?
+420 Steps From Hell No, a Danish is a type of pastry. He was making fun of the fact that is is a Danish axe.
+420 Steps From Hell I haven't played that game in years. How is it doing today?
+Phoelix Turner At first I thought you were saying Hell no! Because of his username XD
No, it's that there are no locations outside of the US. "Danish" is only about pastries, "Parmesan" is only about cheese, "Hamburg" is only about meat patties in bread, etc. There aren't millennia of history, or millions of people living there today. There's just stuff that Americans put in their mouths.
+RedX1000 Last I checked there's usually no more than one area (Djinn, Cyclops, etc) with 30+ people at a time while the rest have less than 5. The bot spam at spawn is ridiculous as well. I'd hope it either gets a massive reboot or another game comes along with the same style, I didn't come to realize how enjoyable it was until way after it started dying down.
Some attention to detail that you may not have noticed is that the way the head is hung, the grain alignment into the ax head is proper, the way the lines run on the handle if they were the opposite way it would be very weak and breakable, not many manufacturers of axes pay attention to this.
The orientation plays less into breakage than runout me thinks. At least from personal experience.
My favorite weapon ever. I actually visually like the coldsteel version better (thrusting). (I also like that she shaft is widened to also hold the axehead) (you put the axehead through the bottom of the shaft driving it towards the end it can't fit over)
Regardless, I want them all. I wish people talked more about this style. They were almost like polearms for the lone fighter lol.
A fellow dane axe enjoyer i see
He looks like such a viking when he rocks that axe.
As a woodworker I can tell you that that handle is pretty solid. Really straight grain is good.
ash wood is pretty good used alot in guitars too. looks better on guitars than axes tho. its not the hardest wood but not soft, and not overly heavy so perfect for movement speed. see it as a titanium of the wood world
Lars Marten høk The English made ash into bows too
Thames is said like 'Temms' :-)
Unless you are talking about the small river in south eastern Connecticut, and not the somewhat larger river in southeast England, in which case "Thames" is pronounced properly, i.e. you pronounce the "Th" as you would in every other word in the English language.
love your vids
I doubt a Danish War Axe would have been found in Connecticut. so pretty sure Skall was talking about the River in England
+Thisold Hatte Thompson, Thompstone, Thomson, Thun, Thuron, Lesotho, Thai, and thyme are all words where the same rule applies. never make blanket statements about the english language, they are likely going to be wrong.
+Thisold Hatte
Lol, no you don't. It's pronounced like ''Temz''.
Finally, a Danish weapon.
That pic though
yeeah i know man.
that pic is sweetz
Too bad Skaven can't use it.
Doomjoon But I CAN use Halberds, because fuck you and every man thing in a 2 meter radius around you.
Jörrkfryd Hertig Your name sounds Swedish, so I should remind you who were the cowards that were Hitler's coal bitches doing WW2
hey skall, I live in Norway and do Viking reenactment.
just wanted to state that a Dane axe would be longer, to the shoulder usually.
Another interesting fact is that the warriors using these axes often would wear a shield as well, hanging from a strap down on the left side, with the strap around the neck (not strapped around, but hanging over from the right side of the neck down to the left side).
this would open for two handed use, and offer for more protection of the warrior
Pics?
Danmark🇩🇰Hvor er det dejligt at se en snakke om noget der hjemme fra!!
I have never before seen a weapon so perfectly suit a man until now
you need that space there.
if the axe head comes loose, or more precisely, if you wanted to prevent that in a real life scenario, you soak the thing in water. and then the wood expands.
that hole has a part in taking up the excess volume change.
otherwise the thing may crack, as far as i know and experienced.
Love Arms & Armor! I've enjoyed the few times I've gone to their shop in Minneapolis. It's just awesome looking around at their projects while discussing my own.
hey Skall. I had an idea for you. Maybe you could contact Gransfors Bruks (the Swedish axe manufacturers), and ask them if they could make an axe like that, but more of what you were looking for. I just had the idea in mind and fought they would make a REALLY good battle axe :)
keep it up, you are doing a GREAT job with your videos!
Sounds like a pretty good axe. It seems like the changes they made were to make it handle and perform better as something intended to pierce armor and flesh as opposed to cutting wood. I would also love to see a video of people sparring with axes or war-hammers. That would be really, really cool.
I'm waiting for you to say "I'm not very happy with the armor setup so I am looking for volunteers"
4:04 "It makes really nice sounds." You weren't kidding, either. That little *tung* sound immediately after is delightful.
River Thames is pronounced 'Tems' :D... Brilliant axe, really would like one but can't afford that price :(
Yeh Americans pronouncing British names is so funny, but th-Ames is weird.
He isn't American to be fair and it isn't an obvious pronunciation :D
Skall does his best, bless him
I'll swear that sometimes we just do it to annoy people. The river in the village where I grew up is pronounced differently in each county it runs through...
Not my fault that Brits are so random and inconsistent in their pronunciation of place names. :p
being one of my favorite weapons, I must say that Gap would scare me. hooking with that Gap is scary. and I have very much enjoyed your videos and your time and work you have put into them, and your honesty in reviews.
"NOICE!" may be a meme, But does it End it rightly?!
ITS TIME TO STOP!
+Esteban Failsmore Alright, just wait until I unscrew a pommel.
+Esteban Failsmore you mean you want to END the meme?
Yes, rightly. The pommel throwing bike cavalry are feared throughout the whole of Canada.
No, only the warden gets that execution
Your reviews are always so interresting to watch. Even if i'm not a big fan of weapons and practical fighting sports, i like watching it for learning. Especially for animation and story telling, i need many information on how you hold this sword/axe/mass ect. And it's also interresting to have a more specialist comment on how you use it, prefer this shape more than this other and how you will fight with it.
So for all of your videos, demos and tournament, thanks for all your work and fo sharing !
Skallagrim could you consider looking for options to equalize your audio to lower the gain on frequencies in the 50-100hz range? Professional spekers make you sound muddy with to much bass :) Thank you, great video! Regards from Finland.
It is BTW due to you using a high quality condenser mic? Anywho, just a tip :P
I think you should check your driver's settings instead. Set them all flat. Skall's sound mixing is one of the best, comparable to many channels about music.
Drakonyan Azkar My system is calibrated with a professional studio mic (with respons charts ofc). I think my system is flatter than a pancake ;) No offense.
Eeeeeeh, I wouldn't go as far as to say his audio is some of the best. I would call it pretty... ok.
I just love axes in general. They're so badass
There is such thing as a polesword, it is called a glaive, septum, partisan, naginata, etc.
which are all classified as poleswords, an umbrella term for sword bladed staff weapons.
To be fair, I think he was just distinguishing between your standard crowbar 'metal all the way' construction and your longer reach wooden handle metal cutty bitted weapons. That and also referring to the agility of the axe since it is far removed from a splitter.
That said can we get some more pole weapon videos? This was awesome and so were your others! Pole weapons are the best!
No, I was pointing out that an Dane axe isn't a poleswords by pointing out glaives, septums, naginatas (polearms with swords like heads) which literally look like and sometimes were swords mounted on wooden hafts
Philip Dyer By 'he' I mean Skallagrim, not you. I was responding to you.
Calm your triggers nerdo
Ah yes I was young once and enamored with axes. Now I am old and equally enamored with axes.
Well I came to complain about the pronunciation of "Thames" but it's been said so I will say hello instead.
The Danish axe on Wikipedia is actually mine; it was made by a smith near Portland, based on an extant example and some conversations that I had with Hank Reinhardt. It's thicker than it needs to be, and I'd really like to give the Arms&Armor axe a swing for comparison. One thing that Bronze Lion (the smith) got right was the forward sweep of the edge, and the reinforced bit which many examples from the period have.
hey small can you do a video on war lances? also anything on calvary and infantry ? thanks
Skall*
I'll show you small! **unsheathes sword**
+RexJust RexedYou I'll show you small! *unbuckles belt*
Christian Friis Sørensen Glad you got the joke..
+BoarhideGaming so am I.
I usually ruin jokes by not getting them.
Really impressed by how well that cut in to chain.
"I also cut a young coconut with it". You monster!
One of the BEST weapons EVER created. Looking at Skyrim battleaxes (twohanded) you see that originally they depend on skill of use, and they are really light, instead of being giant metall piece.
*4:51** It appears the beard of that axe is out of alignment with the shaft, is that just a fluke of the camera angle? Can we get some clarification Skall?*
It seems to be a visual trick, perhaps caused by the reflective surface of the blade.
TheFilthyCasual
I mean as the frame advances and the blade rotates past the camera, between 451 and 452.
It could be, but I suppose I'm wondering if its damage from use.
Creationsofmyown
Yeah, I know - to me it looks like the reflection of the blade is at fault.
I do hope Skall replies to you and explains the situation, because I'm curious too. :)
TheFilthyCasual
I see what you're saying, but I dont think that can explain the disparity when it is angled directly at the camera.
He is usually pretty good about reading comments.
The edge is not perfectly straight in relation to the shaft but it may look worse in the video. Overall not a problem.
Perhaps the gap in the axe head is an addition to deal with possible swelling of the wood over time due to humidity. Maybe it could be an internal shock absorber that allows it to not be too rigid when it impacts the target. It seems that it would also create a difficult place to clean to prevent rust or wood rot. So a plus or a minus, I don't know. Just a thought. I enjoy your channel. Thanks for what you do. Always educational.
I need this for Ragnarök!
If I recall, Skallagrim in Egil's saga actually sunk a Dane axe into someone's skull through their helm during a sea battle. The Axe got stuck, but Skallagrim jerked it out hard enough that the victim's body was actually "whirled aloft" and flung overboard.
3:44 badass skall
Love your reviews! They get better and better
Thank you for the video.
The gap between the blade and the shaft actually helps with redistributing the shock to the entire handle and preventing it from breaking.
I think that the gap you don't like is to prevent the wood from taking a direct impact and thus eventually breaking it, you can see that gap too when you handcraft a survival stone axe. (surry fur bed ingrish)(Making A Celt Stone Axe From Scratch (including handle) from primitive technology check out his channel)
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What are you talking about? When were stone axe heads made with a slot for the wooden shaft? The slot is in the wood and the stone goes through the wood. There are gaps on each side of the stone head so that the pressure that holds the head in place pushes along the grain instead of perpendicular to it , which would result in the wood splitting.
Man the gap on this axe is for what i said i asked an historian
Joseph Stalin welp the poor shaft broke whilst cutting im afraid. #feelsbadman
Hey Stalin... America won! Hahahahahahahahaha! Capitalism is the way!
A very nice Danish axe. I'd like to try it out. Considering me and my friends ancestors were Danes.
Varangian Guard!
That bevel shape - thicker just behind the edge then tapering to a thinner blade - makes the axe suitable for shaping wood. One of the high-end woodworking axe makers is making one like that, it is used for planing down the sides of logs and planks. The odd bevel shape means that the blade is light (you want a large blade edge for large logs) without making the whole axe too heavy to use.
Rip all that beautiful coconut juice.
I'm by in large a eastern martial arts practitioner Skallagrim, curiosity got me into HEMA....from the moment I pick a Dan Axe it kept me in, when I first pick up a Dan Axe I fell in love with it.
But it doesn't have a pommel, which is a major design flaw so I give it a 1/10
Very generous ranking, you can't get above a 0 without a pommel.
The Angledsaxon A pommel is extremly important in a fight and a double handed axe isn't very useful in a fight because you can't hold a shield!Did you ever tried to fight with a twohanded weapon against somebody with a onehanded weapon and a shield? Even sb who is very good with the axe would have big problems in a fight.
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I’ve heard a polearm fighter say when his opponent brings a shield to a 1 on 1 he brings the shield for both people as it restricts his angle of attack. Not sure how that plays out with an axe.
I’ve also heard that the point of a danish axe is to go through the shield. That a couple large axes in the shieldwall force the opposing shieldwall to either give ground, attack (the axmen) or risk losing their shields.
Geordin Soucie The üoint of such axes is fear.You dont use them because they are so effective but because the opponent fears the big crazy, screaming a big axe swinging guy.And with this tactic it can be a usefull weapon.The problem is, whe you face some good trained soldiers with experience because they dont fear you and they know that they are way better equiped then you
No need to end anyone rightly if your LEGENDARY!
thank you thank you thank you i really wanted to see a review of this axe after i saw for honor viking gameplay
The river is pronounced Tems, ignore the H.
Takinsur History? I don't know.
BECAUSE EXPECTING ENGLISH SPELLING TO BE SENSIBLE IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, AND CHANGING IT NOW WOULD BE DIFFICULT AND KINDA SILLY
In Celtic and Middle English, it was written that way without the 'H.'
Originally Tamesas (Celtic) became Temese (Middle English) and then went to the Welsh Tafwys "Thames." At least according to wiki. Some etymologist is welcome to correct me.
And yet Eddie Izzard tells us to pronounce it "herb" and not "erb", "because there's a fucking h". English is weird.
shut the fuck up
Arms & Armor does make a version with the reinforced edge (not sure if it was available at the time of this video).
It costs roughly an extra $100, and it appears to only be available from Arms & Armor's website. Might be worth looking into, I would be interested in seeing what effect the thicker edge has on performance.
It's a shame it doesn't have the taper.
Was the mail you tested it on riveted or butted?
If you look at it, you can clearly see that it's riveted.
the way that axe head is hung is shocking, with time it will work off. id be tempted to make a new haft for it. nice review and love the test cutting .
Just imagine seeing a Medieval battle with all the metal clanging and sounds of slicing throughout the battlefield as the lines slowly chewed through the enemies ranks leaving hundreds dead within minutes or even seconds. Some men running from battle and sometimes being picked off for deserting. Suddenly a thunder of horses slam into the flank of a enemy host killing so many in the first moment of impact trampling injured and knocking down others.
With that beast, you would make an excellent recruit for the Varangian Guard!
Just FYI the River Thames is pronounced "Temms". I know English place names are ridiculous haha.
Just wait until some one from outside the UK tries to pronounce "Loughborough". Most entertaining I've heard was basically "Loogerberooger"
I salute your knowledge of stupidly pronounced English words. It's more "Luff-burr-uh".
+Gerben van Straaten
It sounds like "Luff-burra"
+Gerben van Straaten I'm pretty sure it's low-burruh
'Luffburruh'. Welcome to England, we have interesting ways of saying interesting words.
For your next mail set up it's important to ensure you combine the mail with good padding, as it was done historically with gambison and coifs, if you want to replicate chest/arms/head cuts. 1-2cm is about right if I recall for head coif padding going from old fragments, but for the chest replication you can go thicker.
Thames is pronounced Thames, not Thames. Duh, Skall!
So this review finally came out! And it came out great! Awesome axe! (enough exclamation marks now) I'd like to see axes more often in the channel, as well as "Pflugscharen zu Schwerter", which would be "peasent weapons".
it's the other way around, see de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerter_zu_Pflugscharen
+Remedy_PPW Yes, I know. I did it on purpose. I'm talking exactly about using tools as weapons, such as axes and scythes. Swords are essentially weapons, tools of war.
Okay, but just to clarify, it makes no sense the other way around.
noice video
Nice biceps
I am fairly sure the gap at the front is deliberate to help stop the head putting too much pressure on the timber when it makes contact. I saw this on a video made by the Australian fellow who makes videos as Primitive Technology (the original, not the dozens of channels copying him). It is in the episode where he makes a stone axe. I will try to find it and post it in a reply to this comment.
m.ua-cam.com/video/BN-34JfUrHY/v-deo.html Just a theory but as this is inside the haft and not wrapped around it as the Dane axe is maybe that is why it is reversed from the gap in the sides of the stone axe to a gap in the front of the Dane axe 4:12 in the primitive Technology video....That being said, this is just a theory and maybe Arms and Armour just fucked up!
most nitpicking video of you ever, must be a epic axe
thumb up
Been waiting for this review as soon as I saw it in a previous video.
"it's a good convex grind"
well yeah, God forbid they send it to you with a concave grind...
Excellent combat axe for what it is. It will make an excellent addition to a weapons collection.
DANES UNITE
Hells yeah!
Er du svensk? xD
nei men jeg er Norsk
Norge FTW
Jeg er sjovt nok dansk, ja; derfor kommentaren.
I agree Skall, that gap makes the axe prone to spinning. It should have been more of an Oval. I think they used some type of dimensional lumber that was not large enough to be shaped properly.
meh, no pommel
Hey +Skallagrim; try and wedge in that gap if you're going to use it hard. any torque along the axis of the blade, and the head will quickly start to loosen. Might be fine with bottles, but armour tests/wood testing will for sure. looks like a cheap cop-out one making a proper handle.
beyond that, looks like a nice piece! thanks for the video!
i love axe infantry just run them over with a single light Calvary unit easy win
not everything is a videogame...
Zacharias W. but its so fun 32 cav vs 2000 axe best campaign battle ever
i love axe, infantry just run them over, with a single light Calvary unit easy win
i love axe infantry, just run them over with a single light Calvary unit, easy win
HYEOL errm ok
go outside
Pretty cool stand with both hands on the top and staring into the camera, nice vid!
Just ordered this the other day. Can't wait.
I've been using a thin axe for wood working recently,
Surprisingly easy to use, the key is sharpness over weight.
The axe I'm using is a cold steel danish hand axe.
The corn starch is a great idea. I'll have to try that.
Not gonna lie Skall, that axe really suits you
must say I do like the visual aspects of this axe. agree that a definite 1-2 inch edge bevel would be good to have, the smoothness of the head still makes for an impressive weapon.
the hole is for drainage, blood or rain depending what you doing and the hole is also for changing the shaft quick and easy on the battlefield using special tools incase it gets damaged
Seems very excellent for its price point, certainly nicer than a lot of similarly priced swords, though I suppose that's always been how axes are, an inexpensive alternative weapon
That gap on the wood is because the pole was supposed to have that form at the end, I don't know if that way to mount the head on the pole ir really right, most carpenters I know would mount the axe head from the bottom up, not heads down, mounting from the bottom up means the axe head would fin its place in the end on the pole which would have something like an oval form, this way it would be much more sturdy and harder to break when hitting.
Love the axe Skall. Well worth the purchase price. A very good deal. Test the Town guard sidesword sometime, it looks wicked. Thank-you, Dante.
Truly magnificent axe indeed! & as allways very good video, enjoy every second of it.
Im danish this axe is one of the most feared axes in skadenavia. After the axes and sword used by Ivar The Boneless
The shaft of an axe is suppoused to be thicker at the head, but since it's not a felling axe it doesn't really matter, so don't worry about the gab in the eye, you should worry about the cheap, soaky wood,the shaft is made with.
When you have that hole between the blade and the shaft its not bad for the appearance only , when cutting fruits and water bottles water some dirt can get in there and you won't notice and even if you notice its hard to clean, and if you don't clean properly eventually can rust and damage the blade
Some of my family was from Denmark so this is awesome
As a dane: I approve. Det kunne være spændende at vide, om den originale har nogen englændere på samvittigheden.
Iron forged designs in England makes Dane axes/Broad axes if you want but for not too much more if I remember rightly.
It would be super at any review if you could put an historic point. When? Who used it ? In which context ? (reputation?) .... I like it either ! :-)
This is almost exactly like a halberd. Put a spike at the top for thrusting and it just becomes a more diverse weapon as it can give a poke/reach advantage like a good spear.
that julian guy is so pro
every time hes on he always does a cut where the bottle stays on the post, so sexi style
That thing is scary. I love to see that axe in a movie.
I love axes. I'd love to see some sparring with a mock one.
the haft should have been fitted to the eye, that's a lot of area for wiggle to develop. That would require a large amount of waste wood in order to fit it properly so I understand why they didn't. Nice axe Skal.