I love the idea. Flails are my favourite historical weapons. This year I was in museum in Kolberg in Poland (I have noticed german comment and your last name) and there were multiple flail heads and chains. I heard that in eastern europe one-handed flails were more common. Greetings from Poland.
Thanks! I ended up using both hands because it was a bit unwieldy. I think if i could make the chain and and handle lighter to shift the point of balance towards the grip and made the grip longer (and maybe with a pommel?), that would make it a lot more effective, i think. Im also thinking of integrating a sheath in the handle, and making the thin back part foldable, kinda like a bats wing. Someday...
@@davidantweiler4729 That is a lot of improvements you have in your mind! But with an absolute honesty i think it is never gonna be really comfortable to wield, just because you need to keep constant focus on the position of the blade to the piece/object you are gonna be slashing. Btw. I loved both of your sword builds you published, i watched them at least 20x each 😃
Youre probably right about that, its really more of a gimmick, but i find the thought experiment quite interesting. But using it was actually less scary than i thought it would be, as long as you keep swinging it can't really hit you. But if i make a Mark ii, it would probably make sense to make a dummy blade, or get some armor to test some moves safely. Thanks man, thats great to hear. I really need to get my shit together, and make some more. Im just finishing up my treadle hammer, that should make a lot of the laborious clamping jigs redundant.
Ich war als Kind zwei drei mal bei nem Kurs, hab dann nach der schule angefangen mir selbst bischen was anzuschaffen, vor ca. 2 Jahren. Ich hab aber abgesehen vom hier gezeigten nicht so viel geschmiedet, ein paar Haken und so nen Krimskrams.
I love the idea. Flails are my favourite historical weapons. This year I was in museum in Kolberg in Poland (I have noticed german comment and your last name) and there were multiple flail heads and chains. I heard that in eastern europe one-handed flails were more common.
Greetings from Poland.
Thanks and greetings from Germany!
Interresting results... i really appreciate you used minimum amount of machines for forging and making all of those metal parts. Good luck!
Thanks! I ended up using both hands because it was a bit unwieldy.
I think if i could make the chain and and handle lighter to shift the point of balance towards the grip and made the grip longer (and maybe with a pommel?), that would make it a lot more effective, i think.
Im also thinking of integrating a sheath in the handle, and making the thin back part foldable, kinda like a bats wing.
Someday...
@@davidantweiler4729 That is a lot of improvements you have in your mind! But with an absolute honesty i think it is never gonna be really comfortable to wield, just because you need to keep constant focus on the position of the blade to the piece/object you are gonna be slashing.
Btw. I loved both of your sword builds you published, i watched them at least 20x each 😃
Youre probably right about that, its really more of a gimmick, but i find the thought experiment quite interesting.
But using it was actually less scary than i thought it would be, as long as you keep swinging it can't really hit you. But if i make a Mark ii, it would probably make sense to make a dummy blade, or get some armor to test some moves safely.
Thanks man, thats great to hear. I really need to get my shit together, and make some more. Im just finishing up my treadle hammer, that should make a lot of the laborious clamping jigs redundant.
Ja sehr geile Idee .. wie lange schmiedest du schon?
Ich war als Kind zwei drei mal bei nem Kurs, hab dann nach der schule angefangen mir selbst bischen was anzuschaffen, vor ca. 2 Jahren. Ich hab aber abgesehen vom hier gezeigten nicht so viel geschmiedet, ein paar Haken und so nen Krimskrams.