Chief, I think UA-cam messed some of the video up. From 3:03 to about 3:13 the audio is gone. I had another video in the background and that was still going as normal, so I think YT might have done some of its sorcery on yours
Please keep making these armoury/museum focused videos. This is some of my favorite content that you produce, and as a Yank I just don't have access to the historic resources you do, Matt. I live in Texas, and would be happy to bribe you with tamales and piñatas filled with BBQ brisket if you'll only agree to my completely reasonable request.
I never would have expected to see this sword analyised on youtube! Great job! :D Fun fact: There are swords that are now in Hungarian museums dated from the 15th century that are basically a "saber" blade with that hilt type and it's technically an italian-hungarian hybrid that was made during the same period by "slav mercenaries" (if I had to use Elmslie blade typology I'd say mostly "F4a(+)", one hand and half handle or one handed with a schiavonesca hilt and pommel and some have even a bit of a curvature on the handle as well). I was looking for an italian falchion/storta and found it among various others.
The term schiavone did not indicate a slavic mercenary, but rather venetian citizens(liberi) from the overseas slavic colonies(e.g. istria, dalmazia, montenegro) fulfilling their military duty. It differentiated them from the venetian mainland citizens, foresti, and the citizens of venice proper, conci. They held allegiance to venice only and had higher military dues than the conci but equal to the foresti, they comprised several militias made up solely of schiavoni due to difficulty understanding the venetian dialect and viceversa. The schiavoni were mostly venetian colonists that had lived in the oltremar domains for centuries and only acquired the term schiavone when they gave service in venice or the venetian mainland, in their homeland they were reffered to as nazionali which distinguished them from the local slavic population or militias. The sword originated and was manufactured in belluno, about 100km north of venice. The original schavonesca is presumed to be of german origins as in the early establishment of swordmaking in belluno, the swordsmiths would cross the alps to procur manufacturing licenses from german swordsmiths.
i have no knowledge of history... but i know you can buy this sw0rd from shop/blacksmith in Venice in AC2(videogame lol) and it was the best melee weapon that you could buy in the game... i remember as a kid everytime i restarted a new game save i was like"i gotta reach venice and buy this sw0rd asap"
Yesss! I love those swords, especially the one-handed ones. Some have some seriously long blades like this one, 95-100cm long, extremely optimized for cutting. Big fan of those long cutting blades. One day I'd love to get a replica from one.
I'm glad you're also talking about these. :-) It's a fairly unique styling for a longsword. :-) The schiavonas and schiavonescas really seem closely connected to the various countries and lands around the Adriatic sea.
Hey Matt, since I am living in the small town Passau, your references always excite me. We have a street called "Klingergasse", which means "Bladeabbey". Laying at the Limes, Passau has also a good Roman and another historian museum in the "veste oberhaus". Best regards Matthias
oh wow!!! i was just gonna ask you to make a vid in these cause i wanna ask Kvetun to do one of theyre new long swords with a schiavinesca hilt to match the schiavona i got from them a few years ago on auction!
Were there ever swords with a "fold out/twist" guard? Like a sword with a normal hand guard in line with the blade and a second hand guard that could be twisted or folded out, to be perpendicular to the blade? I know the second guard would probably not be as strong as the first one, but it would allow you more protection, while not having a big guard that might be annoying to have while wearing the sword.
I know some of my ancestors most probably used something like that, but I never actually liked that shape. It looks goofy to me, like katzbalger. If I had to choose a cutty-choppy blade, type 18 is my cup of tea.
Thanks for pointing that interesting case out. I only have a bachelor's degree in linguistics, but the most interesting inference you could make is that, because Matt has said different permutations of the phrase "balance nicely" so many times, it might have caused him to momentarily interpret "balance nicely" as one cohesive verb. Combine that with the fact that 'nice' (without the '-ly') is often used as an adverb in casual speech (especially in American English) and you could explain why the third person sing. present morpheme '-s' is added directly to 'nice'. I'm not sure this is the most likely explanation, though. I might be biased because I specialise in phonetics, but I think the most likely explanation is that 'balance' already ends in an 's'-sound and the following syllable ends in the same way, so you could be confused for a second which syllable should have the aforementioned present tense '-s'. To cap this off: It's important to say that all of this isn't to point out that Matt is stupid or about to have a cerebral haemorrhage or anything like that. Everyone has this kind of lapse, and others, all of the time. You'd be amazed at how unlike a textbook we all sound when we are just talking and don't pay attention to grammar or presentation. For anyone who doesn't like when people speak poorly, or just anyone interested in this stuff, I whole-heartedly recommend doing a little bit of transcription, maybe just 5 minutes of two people chatting: You can use one of the many podcasts on this platform. I think you'll find it very enlightening.
Reminds you of calvary sabers, you say? Well, calvarymen often liked weighty choppers. I believe you were right on thr beginning of the video, a sword for one handed use on horseback that enough lenghy to use with longsword techniques on foot, if needed.
So one might etymologically call them Sklavonic to more easily explain the linguistic leap that's required when we're (the average Joe) unaware of the dialectic breadth of the Slavonic language family west of the Adriatic.
Chief, I think UA-cam messed some of the video up. From 3:03 to about 3:13 the audio is gone. I had another video in the background and that was still going as normal, so I think YT might have done some of its sorcery on yours
I just also noticed.
I thought he's a captain?
Same on my Phone
Same on mine.
Please keep making these armoury/museum focused videos. This is some of my favorite content that you produce, and as a Yank I just don't have access to the historic resources you do, Matt. I live in Texas, and would be happy to bribe you with tamales and piñatas filled with BBQ brisket if you'll only agree to my completely reasonable request.
I never would have expected to see this sword analyised on youtube! Great job! :D
Fun fact:
There are swords that are now in Hungarian museums dated from the 15th century that are basically a "saber" blade with that hilt type and it's technically an italian-hungarian hybrid that was made during the same period by "slav mercenaries" (if I had to use Elmslie blade typology I'd say mostly "F4a(+)", one hand and half handle or one handed with a schiavonesca hilt and pommel and some have even a bit of a curvature on the handle as well).
I was looking for an italian falchion/storta and found it among various others.
Audio disappears @ 03:03 . :/
Audio about 3 minutes in is glitched
Eastern Euro swords, sabers etc are my specialty so this one was right up my alley. Thank you for sharing.
The term schiavone did not indicate a slavic mercenary, but rather venetian citizens(liberi) from the overseas slavic colonies(e.g. istria, dalmazia, montenegro) fulfilling their military duty. It differentiated them from the venetian mainland citizens, foresti, and the citizens of venice proper, conci. They held allegiance to venice only and had higher military dues than the conci but equal to the foresti, they comprised several militias made up solely of schiavoni due to difficulty understanding the venetian dialect and viceversa. The schiavoni were mostly venetian colonists that had lived in the oltremar domains for centuries and only acquired the term schiavone when they gave service in venice or the venetian mainland, in their homeland they were reffered to as nazionali which distinguished them from the local slavic population or militias. The sword originated and was manufactured in belluno, about 100km north of venice. The original schavonesca is presumed to be of german origins as in the early establishment of swordmaking in belluno, the swordsmiths would cross the alps to procur manufacturing licenses from german swordsmiths.
We'll pretend that's true
i have no knowledge of history...
but i know you can buy this sw0rd from shop/blacksmith in Venice in AC2(videogame lol) and it was the best melee weapon that you could buy in the game...
i remember as a kid everytime i restarted a new game save i was like"i gotta reach venice and buy this sw0rd asap"
Thank you for some great stuff 😊
Yesss! I love those swords, especially the one-handed ones. Some have some seriously long blades like this one, 95-100cm long, extremely optimized for cutting. Big fan of those long cutting blades. One day I'd love to get a replica from one.
I'm glad you're also talking about these. :-) It's a fairly unique styling for a longsword. :-)
The schiavonas and schiavonescas really seem closely connected to the various countries and lands around the Adriatic sea.
3:03 to 3:14 well said
Hey Matt,
since I am living in the small town Passau, your references always excite me. We have a street called "Klingergasse", which means "Bladeabbey".
Laying at the Limes, Passau has also a good Roman and another historian museum in the "veste oberhaus".
Best regards
Matthias
I'm jealous that you get to actually touch history. Great educational video.
Thank you, Matt, for another Master Class on swords!
Appreciate the video thanks
oh wow!!! i was just gonna ask you to make a vid in these cause i wanna ask Kvetun to do one of theyre new long swords with a schiavinesca hilt to match the schiavona i got from them a few years ago on auction!
Were there ever swords with a "fold out/twist" guard?
Like a sword with a normal hand guard in line with the blade and a second hand guard that could be twisted or folded out, to be perpendicular to the blade?
I know the second guard would probably not be as strong as the first one, but it would allow you more protection, while not having a big guard that might be annoying to have while wearing the sword.
The Witcher TV show missed the opportunity to showcase such a sword....
I know some of my ancestors most probably used something like that, but I never actually liked that shape. It looks goofy to me, like katzbalger. If I had to choose a cutty-choppy blade, type 18 is my cup of tea.
That's so cool.
PLEASE DO A RUNNING WOLF SWORD WITH ROYAL ARMORIES!!
PLEASE!!!!!!!
I love medieval swords so much.❤ And polearms. Anything medieval really 😅.
I feel like I want someone with a doctorate in linguistics to write a paper on what we can learn from "it balance nicesly" 4:00
Thanks for pointing that interesting case out. I only have a bachelor's degree in linguistics, but the most interesting inference you could make is that, because Matt has said different permutations of the phrase "balance nicely" so many times, it might have caused him to momentarily interpret "balance nicely" as one cohesive verb. Combine that with the fact that 'nice' (without the '-ly') is often used as an adverb in casual speech (especially in American English) and you could explain why the third person sing. present morpheme '-s' is added directly to 'nice'.
I'm not sure this is the most likely explanation, though. I might be biased because I specialise in phonetics, but I think the most likely explanation is that 'balance' already ends in an 's'-sound and the following syllable ends in the same way, so you could be confused for a second which syllable should have the aforementioned present tense '-s'.
To cap this off: It's important to say that all of this isn't to point out that Matt is stupid or about to have a cerebral haemorrhage or anything like that. Everyone has this kind of lapse, and others, all of the time. You'd be amazed at how unlike a textbook we all sound when we are just talking and don't pay attention to grammar or presentation. For anyone who doesn't like when people speak poorly, or just anyone interested in this stuff, I whole-heartedly recommend doing a little bit of transcription, maybe just 5 minutes of two people chatting: You can use one of the many podcasts on this platform. I think you'll find it very enlightening.
I have a doctorate in chilling out and I can tell you he just misplaced the S sound at the end of Balances
Reminds you of calvary sabers, you say? Well, calvarymen often liked weighty choppers. I believe you were right on thr beginning of the video, a sword for one handed use on horseback that enough lenghy to use with longsword techniques on foot, if needed.
Keep in mind that basket hilted swords are often called "board swords" and -Ta Daa- here we have the explanation!
Beautiful sword !
Ah yes I have the Deltin version 41 inch blade. But I can't fit both hands in the handle.
Reupload? 🤷
As I recall the hammer price on this sword was substantial
kind of awesome looking
there are 2 types of s shaped cross guards 1s that curve horizontally to the sword and 1s that curve vertically to it
So one might etymologically call them Sklavonic to more easily explain the linguistic leap that's required when we're (the average Joe) unaware of the dialectic breadth of the Slavonic language family west of the Adriatic.
Ezios Primary Sword in Assassin's Creed 2 Schiavona
I guess usually sharpened only where the fuller runs.
Isn't the grip enormously thick?
The grip is a modern replacement. And I would say it's a bit too wide, yes.
What about the variation with the curved "saber" blades?
They would be sabres
So did everyone else check if they connected to Bluetooth at about 3:00?
No...but the audio is indeed missing.
Are there any benefits to having a point like that sword, other than moving the point of balance forward?
It cuts better up to the tip.
So moving the center of percussion forward, thanks.
He did say 'cut-centric'
Longer reach for a good cut since it cut's well all the way to the tip.
Whoah! :O
Excellent video!!😊
What's up with the audio? 🤔
That's one of the sword designs that ranks the lowest on my scale. It's an eyesore in my opinion.
Slav: ...
Italian: Ah uh bipiti bopiti muh pasta pleza no hurta mae.
Forza 🇮🇹 Italia!!
Watching your channel is always a fascinating and educational journey. Keep leading us into the world of your creativity and inspiring us!🌒👁🐩
Love from a SellSwordArts and Vaush fan!
Based
Based on what? @@JMD501
So you like sword play and child's play?
@@mnk9073 Childs play? Nah. Mans play. Two muscular hairy dudes dressed up in leather, chainmail, and armor. Thats the vibe
Make no mistake; made in Italy made by Italians!! Any questions??
He didn't say it wasn't. It's /style/ is Slavic
Long long before Italy existed. Good for you.
said it's a German blade
For a market
Serbian sword!
Did you say something wrong @3:00 and edited it out? A written correction would have done it too. Now we are all curious what we missed.