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Considering how 1-handed maces were confined to the realm of cavalry weapons in the video... Why bar maces weren't popular or as iconic as flanged maces? They would offer even more weapon surviveability due to the design. You established that the price wasn't an issue as flanged/winged maces weren't easy to make either way. P.S. I greatly enjoyed the logical way of thought throughout the video and I would appreciate your opinion on flails in the future. Particularly the varieties with extra long chains, long spikes and multiple heads and their applications.

Amazing thanks again Matt!!!

I'm curious, why nitrile gloves when cotton gloves are recommended for handling metals?

fantastic weapons; the iconic European swords; absolute beauties.

Very beautifully preserved piece of history! 🥰

When the auctioneer is excited about a blade I am inclined to pay more. 😊

He competed in modern pentathlon in 1912

I saw a program on Castillon swords some years ago and it seemed their provenance was rather dubious

wont the sun reflect on the curved slits and make u blind? If I was I knight I would have shiny armour with a blackened visor.

Thanks, Matt, this is truly a beauty! I may be grasping at straws here but is it possible that the beautiful shell medallion or boss was intended as a Camino de Santiago connection? Cheers!

It sounds like the SNIKT sound that Wolverine's claws make.

I always saw the Atlantean sword as a magical sword, so it would always be better even though it has a strange (but awesome) look.

Tang Dao + mongo dao= katana

What channel should I watch to find this level of insight about the history of firearms? This seems far more in depth than most gun UA-camrs.

Not sold these weren't just mail hauberks. The style of the Bayeux tapestry and limitations of the artists has to be taken into account. In art terms it's crude symbol drawing, and a hauberk covers the upper legs so you symbolize it covering the upper legs while you generally make the form of a human figure and you can see throughout how hard they're struggling just to keep the overall human form coherent. Trying to take the extra steps of embroidering hauberks hanging off the legs or any separation would just make the process more complicated. I think instead what we're looking at is guidelines set for a team of embroiderers who are certainly craftswomen and the Bayeux tapestry is beautiful thing, no offense to the embroiderers, but who are not artists devoted to creating accurate depictions of reality in the way we think of it with our modern post renaissance eyes. Coifs on the other hand I think you have a case for.

Definitely a different style to the German ones I saw at a few different castles in southern Germany and northern Switzerland. Those ones generally had the blade stop further up than that Spanish example (although I think I remember seeing one example without blade stops), the crossguards and pommels looked a bit more stout, and maybe a third of the examples were flamberged.

I like how Matt smirks when he talks about the swollen end of the bollock dagger. It's nice to see other refined gentlemen that can't resist adolescent innuendo.

You mean you can even use one hand to thrust?

If I had a dime every time I heard 'Big but QUICK' ... I would have a nickel ..😥

"Weapon you can hit an armored dude over and over with"

How cool is it to get to handle all those antique swords. I'm jealous. Enjoy your time. Great Video!!!

I would enjoy a video detailing these trade of blades. Taking a look at written sources or archeological material would be an awesome matter.

The fact that Matt is at an auction house examining and talking about old weapons keeps making me expect Ian McCollum to make an appearance

No country is perfect but makes me glad to be in the US

Brilliant video dude... I remember debating someone in a previous video of yours in the comments... I basically said what you said in this video lol You defo did your research mate... Love the videos ❤

I wonder how High medieval knights would have fared in this time? Seems even simple armor was effective and swords with cutting and thrusting were about...

Great video. I'd like to hear about the Katzbalger on the far left.

I believe this was a kick ass present from a gifted maker to a loved person

It looks to me that centuries ago, inferior steel or not, people were making better quality and balance swords, then we are making today.

14:20 The helm you describe sounds very much like kabuto.

2:40 "The Black Russian!" -Blackadder

I'm told knife attacks are common there. I'd suggest some sort of concealed body armor, if that is legal there. If modern Kevlar ballistic armor is outlawed, maybe an old-fashioned chain mail shirt, like Bilbo's/Frodo's, would work. It should stop most stabbing and slashing attacks to the torso, and maybe offer some protection to the arms as well, depending on the lengths of the sleeves. Against potential acid throwing attacks, I'm at a loss. A politician can't very well campaign in a visored motorcycle helmet, can he? I suppose he might carry something in his hand that could serve as a shield, like an umbrella or a large clipboard.

Forgive my ignorance, but if a dagger is the size of a sword, wouldn't it just be a sword? Or does the width/shape determine the class?

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I think availability of training is also going to have an effect, and at the end of the day classical and Olympic fencing schools are far more common than anything else. So smallswords would definitely be a starting point for many people.

The last reason was my 1st guess lol

the zweihander is my favorite sword type/style/design. thank you, this sword and this video was really cool.

I think its wrong to sell achool because they know theres past people with these orgin and use it as a profit making

But same time just before it happened i broke a tripple glaze window with fist is wat they told me they say its very hard to punch a triple glaze window so im not sure thats true

The police

I get like 12 fully grown adults try overwhelm me. I was sick all over um and covered in blood

Achool does it its like another realm connection you wouldn't know if you die because you have no awareness if your even alive after it ends you start realising were you are

Surprised you didn’t talk about dissociatives and things like beta blockers

So what you're saying is: "Swords don't go schwing, scabbards go schwing."?

Thanks for showing us all the details of this weapon.

Gotta love a short sword

People would definitely buy a replica of this sword, including me.

That sword would be great for your third batch of replica swords you are making with windless.

I never like when Matt talks about features of actual artifacts that might be possible interrupted as they should be wielded or excessively handled.

Galeeren had a ramming sporn (?) well into 18th century. Last french ones had been build arround 1730. Last military use was in late 18th century (1770s or 1780s) during a naval battle between Russia and Ottoman Empire on turkish side. When in 1799 napoleonic troops conquered Venice, there was still an unarmed represenation Galeere of Venice Ruler called Doge. French troops took away pompeous decorations, and transformed the ship into a swimming gun battery. Ramming was in mediterran naval warfare never forgotten, in 1866 austrian admiral Tegethof won a naval battle against italian admiral Persano , still using ramming.