Can A Sword REALLY Cut You In Half?

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  • @Vsauce3
    @Vsauce3  4 роки тому +4325

    Since I have a lot of time on my hands currently, I was going through old hard drives and organizing them. Lo and behold, I found this video! I don't remember exactly why I never finished the video and uploaded it but here it is. Hope you enjoy a very young Jake. A Jake who could still interact with other human beings. It was a simpler time 5 years ago.

  • @Jitatman
    @Jitatman 4 роки тому +5571

    UA-camrs: This video was recorded in advance. Stay home stay safe
    Jake: this video was recorded in 2015

  • @shadiversity
    @shadiversity 4 роки тому +418

    I sense a disturbance in the force. . .

    • @metanumia
      @metanumia 4 роки тому +20

      Would you recommend some type of long sword instead?

    • @Ulti7builder
      @Ulti7builder 3 роки тому +5

      there he is I thought you would come

    • @HurricaneBlade1
      @HurricaneBlade1 3 роки тому +2

      Team longsword, represent!

    • @fathinmedia6340
      @fathinmedia6340 3 роки тому +7

      @@HurricaneBlade1 no, not a long sword, a wider blade is better if what you realy care is cut/slice

    • @James-rm7sr
      @James-rm7sr 3 роки тому

      I was thinking this was a shad topic.

  • @WinstorFoo
    @WinstorFoo 4 роки тому +788

    "You should've gone for the head"

    • @whydoweexist5072
      @whydoweexist5072 4 роки тому +30

      Oh snap

    • @wyattb3138
      @wyattb3138 4 роки тому +8

      Is this a Thanos quote?

    • @WinstorFoo
      @WinstorFoo 4 роки тому +6

      @@wyattb3138 Perhaps

    • @officerbeenadd
      @officerbeenadd 4 роки тому +4

      I'm not gonna like your comment because its at 420 likes, so instead ill just add
      "Perfectly balanced, as all things should be"

    • @officerbeenadd
      @officerbeenadd 4 роки тому +1

      I'm not gonna like your comment because its at 420 likes, so instead ill just add
      "Perfectly balanced, as all things should be"

  • @AdvanceAU
    @AdvanceAU 4 роки тому +476

    This should be part of a new series called 'Vsauce3: The Lost Episodes'.

    • @lilgspirit
      @lilgspirit 4 роки тому +12

      Travis or maybe “Unvaulted Episodes”

    • @austinbevis4266
      @austinbevis4266 4 роки тому +4

      Well the thing is, they would never be able to make more episodes than the amount they already have. Basically it’s finite.

    • @captainwesb57
      @captainwesb57 4 роки тому

      Glad to know I'm not the only one who thought so too.

    • @matthewabbott2938
      @matthewabbott2938 4 роки тому +1

      Your awesome

  • @TheOnlyToblin
    @TheOnlyToblin 4 роки тому +587

    "This episode was filmed in 2015" and boy does it show. The Katana myth in full swing.

    • @yourfrenghost3028
      @yourfrenghost3028 4 роки тому +37

      Theres alot of swords that is alot better than the katana

    • @Batconheroes
      @Batconheroes 4 роки тому +21

      Dr.Science stop putting every Katana in the same bag, craftsmanship is what make the difference inbetween 1000$ to 20 000$+ Katana plus nowdays the real Katana are illegal to be sold outside of Japan

    • @narrowstone5363
      @narrowstone5363 4 роки тому +71

      @@Batconheroes you do realize when people talk about swords, they rarely talk about how they are in the modern day. A traditional katana is weaker than a European sword

    • @lucasfabri2080
      @lucasfabri2080 4 роки тому +5

      @@narrowstone5363 You do realise you are wrong right? It has been proven countless times now that they were better

    • @happyhotdog4342
      @happyhotdog4342 4 роки тому +70

      @@lucasfabri2080 do some real unbiased research for once, you would know that the best steel was made in europe. japanese steel was no where close to being as good.

  • @ChessedGamon
    @ChessedGamon 4 роки тому +168

    This is secretly cut footage from when Jake tried self-producing Deadliest Warrior season 4

    • @kornsuwin
      @kornsuwin 4 роки тому +1

      I’m just going to pretend I understand that

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 роки тому +409

    The fact that this video was recorded 5 years ago and it's still top notch in quality

  • @Clasticon73i
    @Clasticon73i 4 роки тому +1180

    Shadiversity is going to have some objections to your choice of sword here.

    • @anigma4391
      @anigma4391 4 роки тому +231

      And the praise for how good the steel of a katana is.

    • @daandevos122
      @daandevos122 4 роки тому +26

      I don't know, doesn't he always say katana's are really good for cutting?

    • @SanityVideo
      @SanityVideo 4 роки тому +144

      Katanas are fine but it's really hard to point out the problems with calling any sword "the best" without appearing to hate katanas to the people who think they're unnaturally good. There are so many misconceptions you have to spend all your time debunking stuff.

    • @nobody1755
      @nobody1755 4 роки тому +206

      “Best steel to ever be used” *laughs in spring steel*

    • @lieutenantdiamond5601
      @lieutenantdiamond5601 4 роки тому +17

      A fellow man of culture I see

  • @MeredithLikely
    @MeredithLikely 4 роки тому +450

    Maybe talk to skallgarim about cutting, because he recently made a video that demonstrates wonderful cutting.

    • @HebuTheLoneWolf
      @HebuTheLoneWolf 4 роки тому +15

      was hoping to see skallgarims name on the comments xD

    • @dustinsterling3248
      @dustinsterling3248 4 роки тому +11

      Skall is an awesome dude

    • @gmpgplays
      @gmpgplays 4 роки тому +10

      @@dustinsterling3248 Philip Martin or Martin Fabian would be far better choices for cutters. Or pretty much anyone from Longpoint cutting competitions.

    • @ChrisBryer
      @ChrisBryer 4 роки тому +8

      @@gmpgplays Anyone would be better then the dude they got since he seems to not be so good at it.

    • @raidenkeify
      @raidenkeify 4 роки тому +5

      @@ChrisBryer yeah they should have gotten a actual kendo practitioner

  • @zubetube7111
    @zubetube7111 4 роки тому +484

    The steel used in this video, (the ancient one that I’m not even going to try spelling), isn’t particularly good steel. It’s effectively just bloomers steel in a larger furnace. It has a lot of impurities, and a very imprecise carbon content. Europeans in the same time period had much better steel. Please go watch Shadiversity’s video on katana misconceptions (or his video on Japanese vs. European sword misconceptions.)

    • @65firered
      @65firered 4 роки тому +64

      Additional detail, the steel was folded many times into thousands of layers to remove impurities in the steel, this does not increase the quality of the steel.

    • @Die__Ene
      @Die__Ene 4 роки тому +62

      @@65firered It didnt remove the impurities, it homogenizes the steel to prevent pockets/cencentrations of impurities from creating a severe weakpoint

    • @makesquash
      @makesquash 4 роки тому +103

      It is worth mentioning that Japanese Smith's still were incredibly skilled. Japan basically had no access to good quality steel so the fact that they were able produce a functional weapon with the crummy steel they had at all is very impressive in its own right.

    • @65firered
      @65firered 4 роки тому +12

      @Dmitry TKR People think katanas are slimmer Dragonslayers.

    • @nayyarrashid4661
      @nayyarrashid4661 4 роки тому +8

      The best sword in the entire history were the scimitars... Worth mentioning that when Saladin and Richard 3 traded blows Saladin's scimitar wrecked Richard III sword in half and additionally when Richard tried holding this sword his hand got cramped...

  • @Danilego
    @Danilego 4 роки тому +17

    4:30 Jake, aren't you gonna post the footage from that GoPro? That would be pretty interesting!

  • @AkNuyten
    @AkNuyten 4 роки тому +60

    I wasn't impressed by the tatami mat cuts, they weren't very clean at all

    • @der_sebbl
      @der_sebbl 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah, I've seen better on skallagrims channel

    • @favkisnexerade
      @favkisnexerade 4 роки тому +2

      BRuH MasTer SwordSmaN HavE you? He H as KatAnA!11111111!!1!!11

    • @praisethyjeebus
      @praisethyjeebus 4 роки тому +4

      Maybe because Skal has skill and good swords, but the katana is way overhyped and not as good as Skals newest sword?

    • @der_sebbl
      @der_sebbl 4 роки тому +1

      @@praisethyjeebus pretty sure thats the reason

    • @TexYMatt98
      @TexYMatt98 4 роки тому +4

      @@praisethyjeebus katanas in the hand of a good user can cut the mats very easily. The fact that the dude couldn't cut one cleanly shows that he ain't good at all. Go watch videos of people cutting +3 matts with a katana without them even moving an inch.

  • @iamwhatitorture6072
    @iamwhatitorture6072 4 роки тому +2

    Another thing that is important is the blade width. A thin blade doesnt have to move as much material out of the way, but that in turn costs stability and weight, a heavy blade won't stop that easily, not to mention that armor makes the whole thing much harder.

  • @vonclaren1
    @vonclaren1 3 роки тому +3

    depends on the sword and the wielder, but YES, it most certainly can.

  • @hiddenfog180
    @hiddenfog180 4 роки тому +193

    You took everything into consideration BESIDES the weight of the sword lol. Also katanas were not designed to cut in half, all swords were designed with specific purposes in mind and fail pretty badly at everything else.

    • @billybobjoe198
      @billybobjoe198 4 роки тому +25

      This.
      ua-cam.com/video/8PQiaurIiDM/v-deo.html

    • @adamas_dragon
      @adamas_dragon 4 роки тому +8

      @@billybobjoe198 Damn son...

    • @CWelton6
      @CWelton6 4 роки тому +12

      @@billybobjoe198 That'll do it...

    • @MrTheMrLol
      @MrTheMrLol 4 роки тому +5

      @@billybobjoe198 sheesh

    • @sdasda7777
      @sdasda7777 4 роки тому +3

      Exactly

  • @nensha5084
    @nensha5084 4 роки тому +5

    1:53 wow thanks that was 100% what I wanted to see in detail

  • @BigIggy
    @BigIggy 4 роки тому +7

    If you have more of these "lost videos" please upload them! This was fantastic

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 роки тому +1

    Filmed in 2015? Scar said to be prepared and you were well prepared ahead of time for the quarantine

  • @andreigabrielion9575
    @andreigabrielion9575 4 роки тому +17

    Geralt *uses a longsword*
    Vsauce: let's use a katana
    Why even bother to bring up Geralt if you're not going to use the same type of sword?

    • @vast634
      @vast634 3 роки тому

      Because according to Hollywood the Katana is the Uber-sword.

  • @baileyandrews9214
    @baileyandrews9214 4 роки тому +8

    2015 Jake was my favourite Jake, that starting caption made my week

    • @wumarNart
      @wumarNart 4 роки тому

      Did something happen in 2016 ?

  • @makomako1424
    @makomako1424 4 роки тому +1

    I can't believe you considered this as "not to good enough"

  • @sandwich2473
    @sandwich2473 4 роки тому +5

    I feel like there are better swords and metals than that. I'm sure I've heard several people talk about this online.
    I wonder if you could cut someone in half if you used a larger/heavier sword.

  • @Ps-hv9wf
    @Ps-hv9wf 3 роки тому

    Imagine cutting someone in half so quick and clean the person doesn’t even break down or move

  • @TheV-Man
    @TheV-Man 4 роки тому +5

    2:56 nice sword, you got there, Jake

    • @VikingTeddy
      @VikingTeddy 4 роки тому

      About as good as the average katana.

    • @cam9829
      @cam9829 4 роки тому

      Eeeee is ok 5 out of ten 6 at best

  • @theitalianstallion973
    @theitalianstallion973 4 роки тому +1

    What you wanna do is cut into them and then drag the sword out as if you are cutting bread

  • @DarthObscurity
    @DarthObscurity 4 роки тому +26

    This guy is a master? You talk about the slicing motion, then he freaking chops into the ballistic dummies torso with LITERALLY NO SLICING MOTION.
    For real, he wasn't drawing back even a small bit, which helps in severing bone as much as flesh.

    • @Altiveda
      @Altiveda 4 роки тому +2

      This was filmed before anime calm down

    • @dagda1180
      @dagda1180 4 роки тому

      True. Though I didn't care much for the technique, the sword itself also appeared to be not that great.

  • @marcuscooper2292
    @marcuscooper2292 4 роки тому +1

    Master swordsman: "Always remember Jake, never upload that video out my failure."

  • @diablo7742
    @diablo7742 4 роки тому +4

    4:34 ... Brutal !!

  • @8o8inSquares
    @8o8inSquares 4 роки тому +1

    Wait, I wanna see the real time footage for him cutting

  • @AttyShai
    @AttyShai 4 роки тому +37

    I'm here for my boi geralt

    • @muhammadbilalkhan9870
      @muhammadbilalkhan9870 4 роки тому

      hahaha, came here for the same reason but i learned alittle bit of Science too so that's a Plus :P

  • @ligenyodu2645
    @ligenyodu2645 4 роки тому +1

    short answer is yes.
    in my place one of our ancestors during British rule cut the head of the officer. it was said that the officer kept running even after the head was cut.

  • @chessycopter9619
    @chessycopter9619 3 роки тому +1

    I think they should’ve cut jake in half and then he would come back and be like: I didn’t actually die.

  • @onemorenone
    @onemorenone 4 роки тому +5

    Cutting People in Half: Yeah that's fine.
    That paper cut graphic: *gags*

  • @yasquishyboi902
    @yasquishyboi902 4 роки тому +1

    5 years is way too long but yay it’s here

  • @Trr1ppy
    @Trr1ppy 4 роки тому +3

    This is the content we've been missing! Hope you've been well Jake

  • @joran2127
    @joran2127 4 роки тому +2

    3:32 I was really expecting Shrek to just pop out of that toilet

  • @thatonemajin3578
    @thatonemajin3578 4 роки тому +26

    It seems as if you underestimate Trunk's abilities.
    This man cut someone is half VERTICALLY

    • @carysp6173
      @carysp6173 4 роки тому +1

      Just like Jonathan :) (to Dio)

    • @Frdnnd
      @Frdnnd 4 роки тому

      Cringe

  • @qualily8286
    @qualily8286 4 роки тому +1

    2:00 strength combat skill level sharpness enchant but it's missing a godsplash

  • @BigDaddyWes
    @BigDaddyWes 3 роки тому

    A body falling into pieces is just cinematic language for, "He ded."

  • @SciFactsYT118
    @SciFactsYT118 4 роки тому +12

    Random fact:
    Turritopsis nutricula Immortal jellyfish is the only species known to live forever.

    • @panhandlesomen
      @panhandlesomen 4 роки тому

      It can become a baby again

    • @theanimationlake3661
      @theanimationlake3661 4 роки тому

      Random fact: Tardigrades, a micro animal can curl up, dehydrate and stay in hibernation along with surviving with space.

    • @lukeomalley1222
      @lukeomalley1222 4 роки тому

      Fax Tho

    • @eloisanzara237
      @eloisanzara237 4 роки тому

      Before someone puts in “Hey, Lobsters too!” That’s been debunked

  • @elmikeomysterio5496
    @elmikeomysterio5496 4 роки тому +1

    the European and middle eastern broad style blades were well known for cleaving people clean in half.
    turns out they were just as sharp as a katana, wakizashi(sp?), or tanto (all are made the same way) but had more mass behind them. some sword smiths would prove a swords quality by straight up slicing a full hog or shaved sheep in half before finalizing the sale of high priced swords.

  • @bksgamer4205
    @bksgamer4205 4 роки тому +5

    Random fact: A single strand of spaghetti is called "spaghetto."

    • @starkparker16
      @starkparker16 4 роки тому +1

      Wow! Got any more sweet random facts?

    • @buriedalive3192
      @buriedalive3192 4 роки тому +1

      Thank you for that, now I can die as a learned man.

    • @bksgamer4205
      @bksgamer4205 4 роки тому +1

      @Stark Parker yeah here is some more facts: Some cats are allergic to humans. And there are more trees on earth then stars in the whole galaxy.

  • @radsnoopy4019
    @radsnoopy4019 4 роки тому +8

    Cool

  • @MrTruedragonknight
    @MrTruedragonknight 4 роки тому +1

    He name dropped tvtropes. I can die in peace now.

  • @nyssa_alda
    @nyssa_alda 4 роки тому +35

    Friend: sooo.. uhh... what did you learn at home?
    Me: I've learned the factors of how to cut someone in half
    F: 👁👄👁
    Me:
    F:
    Me: I've also learn how to cook several types of pasta sauce

    • @dadams106
      @dadams106 4 роки тому +1

      vodka sauce on my half body

    • @nyssa_alda
      @nyssa_alda 4 роки тому

      @@dadams106 you do you my dude

    • @nunyabusiness776
      @nunyabusiness776 4 роки тому +1

      both of those seem... interesting...

  • @iraxican
    @iraxican 4 роки тому +1

    "It will keel"

  • @grainfrizz
    @grainfrizz 4 роки тому +3

    UA-cam demonetization: this is free real estate

  • @wesleyredmon
    @wesleyredmon 4 роки тому +1

    I love these types of videos. Ive ALWAYS WONDERED HOW LOUD CLIFFORD'S, big red dog, BARK WOULD BE?

  • @tman5926
    @tman5926 4 роки тому +7

    Finally Another VIDEO!!!!

  • @calvinjessen6960
    @calvinjessen6960 4 роки тому +2

    what is the ending music

  • @GMAN-ug9om
    @GMAN-ug9om 4 роки тому +1

    ObiWan made it look easy in Episode One! What if this blade was really really hot? How hot would it have to be to cut through a body? Could you handle such a hot blade? Could the blade handle such heat?

  •  4 роки тому +1

    that is some violent episode

  • @stef5853
    @stef5853 4 роки тому +22

    When they tried to have the head choped off I just thought: "So that's how Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington could have ended up in the so loveable shape that we know..."

    • @Sheriff6170
      @Sheriff6170 4 роки тому

      Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington did not die in battle, he was executed. He even reenacted his execution as entertainment in book 3. 45 chops of a blunt axe until he finally died.

    • @ciige6967
      @ciige6967 4 роки тому

      @@Sheriff6170 'tis a joke, my dude

  • @TaoistSwordsman
    @TaoistSwordsman 3 роки тому

    "In my experience there's no such thing as luck"
    -Obi Wan, and all of the experienced cutters talking about cutting

  • @TheGalacticGrizzly
    @TheGalacticGrizzly 4 роки тому +24

    I'd like to see the results with a European sword, like a zweihander. More mass, usually better steel. Might do the trick?

    • @nessesaryschoolthing
      @nessesaryschoolthing 4 роки тому

      I don't know if they established it very well, but I think the point was the ability to cut with a more average sized sword, the same as Geralt does in the example. A question of using technique to get more out of the tool, not a question the tool itself. The whole video feels a little rushed, so it's hard to tell.

    • @LordVictorHalgaard
      @LordVictorHalgaard 4 роки тому +8

      @@nessesaryschoolthing Even then: Geralt uses longswords or hand-and-a-half swords, which are longer and have slimmer sections than Katana, meaning more leverage, and less resistance, due to a sharper angled grind.
      And yes - there was probably a reason it wasn't released initially, though I appreciate that they did!

    • @Eralen00
      @Eralen00 4 роки тому

      @@LordVictorHalgaard Yes but Katanas usually are thicker blades and have more mass, and therefore more momentum to cut through more easily. The curvature of a katana also facilitates slicing. A longsword is designed to be a more versatile weapon, for cutting, slicing, thrusting, and defending, whereas a Katana's main intended function is slicing

  • @rhino5463
    @rhino5463 4 роки тому

    “Overall, it will kill”- Forged in Fire

  • @mr_g0u7am
    @mr_g0u7am 4 роки тому +1

    No dummies were harmed

  • @FlfyCats17
    @FlfyCats17 4 роки тому +1

    2015 UA-cam: no blood or violence!
    2020 COPPA UA-cam: hey, wanna release that intense video about cutting people in half? 😀

  • @zaxbitterzen2178
    @zaxbitterzen2178 4 роки тому +2

    Tamahagane is not the best steel. Its just expensive and hard to find in large amounts. Its full of impurities usually

  • @DavidWillisSLS
    @DavidWillisSLS 4 роки тому +1

    This was great! Thanks for releasing it!

  • @megabuster6156
    @megabuster6156 4 роки тому

    That paper cut animation HURT ME dude

  • @CharlesLaCour
    @CharlesLaCour 4 роки тому +9

    First of all there is more to sword cutting ability that how fine the edge is, you also need to worry about blade geometry. If you have a very fine edge but a steep angle the blade will be a poor cutter. The thinner the better up to a point where the edge becomes weak. Also modern steels are much better materiel for blades than any steel used in historical blades, Japanese swords included. Tamahagane is actually a fairly poor type of steel for making a blade, a big part of the reason for the folding process is to purify the steel. A katana probably not the best style of cutting a body in half, a wider heavier sword would be ideal. On the TV Show Time Warp they have James Williams who runs Dojo of the Four Winds cut through a large pork shoulder and the sword went through the meat and bone with no problem, yes a human torso is larger but with a better cutting sword I have a feeling that it is doable.

    • @braydenscott8058
      @braydenscott8058 4 роки тому

      Tamahagane was an ideal metal used for that style of forging as it had a lot of carbon but in essence yes there are better-forging methods and steels today, then there were 500 years ago its just the method of tempering that created the legend of the katana and how good of a sword it was.

  • @seanmagnusson2581
    @seanmagnusson2581 4 роки тому +1

    Geralt is indeed supernaturally strong, skilled and fast.

  • @Dan-Simms
    @Dan-Simms 4 роки тому +1

    Glad we finally got to see this, thanks Jake

  • @jvstAsYouAre
    @jvstAsYouAre 4 роки тому +12

    I thought that the steel they used in japan actually was really bad, hence why they had to do the folding trick to make it good.

    • @crestofhonor2349
      @crestofhonor2349 4 роки тому +1

      Dobert it is quite bad when you consider it compared to European swords. Plus you have to consider a swords use, edge alignment and blade sharpness

    • @jvstAsYouAre
      @jvstAsYouAre 4 роки тому

      @@crestofhonor2349 Why do I have to consider a swords use, edge alignment and blade sharpness?

    • @crestofhonor2349
      @crestofhonor2349 4 роки тому

      Dobert different swords were good at different tasks. Some swords were meant for stabbing rather than cutting. Edge alignment is also extremely important because if you don’t align the edge parallel to the direction you are cutting it could cause the blade to bounce off or cut poorly. Any material can also be cut to be as sharp as you want so keeping a blade a sharp a possible will be very important when it comes to cutting. In order for a blade to cut it must have enough exert enough force over a small area. So having a sharp blade makes it easier to make a cut in the material

    • @jvstAsYouAre
      @jvstAsYouAre 4 роки тому +2

      @@crestofhonor2349 I know. Why do you want me to consider it?

    • @braydenscott8058
      @braydenscott8058 4 роки тому

      @@jvstAsYouAre the steel was of low quality having many impurities in it and it is true that the folding of the metal was used to get rid of most of them but it was also possible to make swords in the style they did because the metal used had such a high carbon content.

  • @Sableplanet8764
    @Sableplanet8764 3 роки тому +1

    Murderer’s finding out they can cut a head off with a sword
    *Im about to do a pro gamer move*

  • @TheWalkingJinx
    @TheWalkingJinx 4 роки тому +1

    Overall, your sword, it will keel

  • @jsin22366322
    @jsin22366322 4 роки тому +1

    *in my Doug Markaida voice*
    “It will kill”....

  • @quanghuyvu2649
    @quanghuyvu2649 4 роки тому +93

    Demon Slayer fans in the cmt:
    "Learn how to B R E A T H"

    • @johnkinsey6117
      @johnkinsey6117 3 роки тому +1

      Technically that's a Jojo reference too

    • @sdmiii1102
      @sdmiii1102 3 роки тому

      Flame Breathing. Fourth Form Blooming Flame Undulation.

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie 4 роки тому

    Now let's repeat that test with a light saber.

  • @broly218
    @broly218 4 роки тому +1

    Ok, let's see that but with a zweihander.

  • @gamerboi1628
    @gamerboi1628 4 роки тому +9

    This videos is so messed up
    I love it!

  • @neutralfellow9736
    @neutralfellow9736 4 роки тому

    There is a split hip bone piece in the museum of Visby that shows a man in medieval Gotland(during the battle of Visby) being cleaved in half, through the lower pubis bone.
    Guess medieval Europan cleavers did not require aim above the hip and below the ribcage.

  • @KrisPBacon
    @KrisPBacon 4 роки тому +41

    I'm a simple man,i see a vsauce video I click instantly.

    • @bongobliss5795
      @bongobliss5795 4 роки тому

      *Vsause

    • @BloodyClash
      @BloodyClash 4 роки тому

      That doesn't make you a simple man but a man with good taste

    • @person-vi6dm
      @person-vi6dm 4 роки тому

      And yet you spelt vsauce wrong. Yep, I am nitpicking.

    • @KrisPBacon
      @KrisPBacon 4 роки тому

      @@person-vi6dm sorry was typing while driving xddddd

  • @Ida-xe8pg
    @Ida-xe8pg 4 роки тому

    2:35 Legend says that that was Michael

  • @favkisnexerade
    @favkisnexerade 4 роки тому +7

    when I see someone say katana and best in one sentence I automatically pepega laugh "phahahah ohhhh hahhaa look at the top of this guard!"

  • @Caercutta30
    @Caercutta30 4 роки тому +1

    Wow this is right on time! I need to know this before next week.

  • @Ali107
    @Ali107 4 роки тому +1

    You can cut someone in half if you enchant your katana with Sharpness V

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 роки тому +2

    I feel like I’m watching a Vsauce edition of the show Forged in Fire

  • @dariogazzin4081
    @dariogazzin4081 4 роки тому

    The animation of paper cutting between the fingers gave me chills to the spine, geez

  • @kirkmcclean9686
    @kirkmcclean9686 4 роки тому +3

    Best video you've put out in years...

  • @A_Salted_Fishe
    @A_Salted_Fishe 4 роки тому

    >Puts GoPro on head of dummy
    >Doesn't show footage of dummy being decapitated from GoPro perspective

  • @kaylapowell2793
    @kaylapowell2793 4 роки тому +14

    Me: Can I see the comments?
    UA-cam: Ah, no.

  • @LogoCat
    @LogoCat 4 роки тому

    Should have play he POV of the dummy when it's head is falling

  • @thegreatlemmon7487
    @thegreatlemmon7487 4 роки тому +3

    oh noooo you pushed the katana button, prepare for the swords gods to judge you Skall, Matt Eastern, Shadiversity, Metatron,.

  • @DigitalDiscDreamer
    @DigitalDiscDreamer 4 роки тому

    The secret to cutting your enemies in half is simple. Just gently lift the blade out of the sheath by a few centimeters and then retract it back in. Within about a few seconds, all your enemies would have confused faces and then proceed to be sliced in half saying “what the!” Of course, it takes years to get to this level of skill.

  • @bonnierussell7824
    @bonnierussell7824 4 роки тому

    I'm gonna go out on a limb and say yes... yes it can.

  • @TheLPN05Fan
    @TheLPN05Fan 4 роки тому +3

    Yes, a Kata a won't and shouldn't slice through a Human. But what about the Odachi/Nodachi? Or the Kriegsmesser?
    Anyone who is interested in Swords, checkout Shadiversity, the best Historical UA-camr for the Masses!

  • @TheColorRed
    @TheColorRed 4 роки тому

    That paper cut animation hurt

  • @mandrac2
    @mandrac2 4 роки тому +7

    Oh my god stop with the katana myths. 1: No. their steel was fairly mediocre that's precisely why they had to fold it multiple time in order to even out the impurity in it. 2: Spanish steel and celt damascus were better steel and were around literally 2 millenia earlier. 3: katana are very thick and with fairly blunt profile compared to most sword, making them poor cutting sword in comparison to say a falchion or a scimitar. The only positive atribute you can say about those when it come to cutting people in half is that they are heavier than most sword of the same lenght. 4: when they were testing katana blade on bodies they were attaching them on long shaft to have a large amount of leverage. Come on Vsauce don't spread disinformation! You're better than that.

  • @diggsfather
    @diggsfather 4 роки тому

    this is a throwback

  • @terence5674
    @terence5674 4 роки тому +8

    *Mexican cartels have entered the chat*

  • @nathanmays7926
    @nathanmays7926 4 роки тому

    This blade... will keeeel *tilts head slightly and smiles*

  • @Stetofire
    @Stetofire 4 роки тому +1

    Sir,
    and where is that first-person footage of decapitation? I just know how my enemies feel.

  • @RyanMcCarty
    @RyanMcCarty 4 роки тому

    You gotta enchant it with at least Sharpness III

  • @UncleRJ
    @UncleRJ 4 роки тому +3

    I can already hear the weebs typing

    • @crestofhonor2349
      @crestofhonor2349 4 роки тому

      Uncle RJ Kitten anyone who knows swords should know that katanas are not the best swords. Their steel is quite bad and is full of impurities. I recommend watching some videos by shadiversity, metatron, or skallagrim. Anyone who thinks katanas are the best swords don’t know what their talking about. Plus different swords were better at different things like stabbing or slicing.

    • @UncleRJ
      @UncleRJ 4 роки тому

      @@crestofhonor2349 *coughs in subscribed to all three of them*

  • @misadate8688
    @misadate8688 3 роки тому

    how one bold sword loving man says "it depends"

  • @crazygreek1993207
    @crazygreek1993207 4 роки тому +3

    Really ? Still the myths of "superior steel" and "sword-testing on bodies" going around ? Read some metalurgy sociology or history. I'm disapointed. Unsub.

    • @maninredhelm
      @maninredhelm 4 роки тому

      "Still" as in 5 years ago, yes.

  • @ShrekXR
    @ShrekXR 4 роки тому

    1:58 my hand hurt just thinking about that, thanks Jake