Beauty in Steel and Gold: A Critical Look at the
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
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My friend @thelevinlance6566 loaned me this sword, one of the crown jewels of his collection, to review. Be sure to check out his channel, where he posts videos about a variety of sword-related projects he's involved in!
The original sword in the Royal Armouries: collections.royalarmouries.or...
This sword on Tod's Workshop: todsworkshop.com/collections/...
Sword measurements photo gallery: photos.app.goo.gl/8EDa3rQFLjw...
00:00 Intro
02:09 Tod's Workshop
04:13 Historical Overview
08:50 Scabbard
11:34 Hilt
20:20 Blade
26:22 Cutting
28:51 Handling & Comparisons
38:25 Bottom Line
42:00 Outro
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I would imagine he used cutler's resin (pitch glue) in the hilt assembly, per historical practice.
Makes sense to me!
This looks like a lot of fun. Glad you got to make a video on it. I recall Tod talking about it and it is nice to see some more up close looks!
That is one of my favorite swords and, of course, Tod rocks. That looks as beautiful as beautiful gets. Thanks for the video.
Crown jewel of Brother Nate's collection, for sure!
I start to like you and your videos more and more. I see you becoming a truely solis youtuber! All the best Kyle!
I appreciate that!
Finally someone’s reviewing this sword!
True piece of art! Bravo Tod! Of course, this slides into that price range where I'd be afraid to use it.
thats awesome sword
i know from guitars, that ebony wood can crack quite fast! its extremly hard and difficult to work with...
was just commenting this lol. It's a beginners choice for this application.
For perfect retention, you just need to sow a couple of magnets in the scabbard's lip...
You should see winter warden sword!
it's surprising Todd makes the time to hand make a selection of swords given everything else he does.
In your reviews whenever you go over rippling in the blade you hold it up to that window with the blinds, and it makes it difficult to see if there is rippling or not because we see the reflection of the blinds in the blade. Maybe raise the blinds or try a different lighting setup. 22:30
Interesting...I do that because I find the blinds reflected in the blade help show the rippling. I'll try comparing it with and without the blinds next time.
@@alientudeoh, I see what you mean. I know most of the swords you review (at least the ones I've watched) have minimal rippling anyway. I'll try paying attention to the reflections instead of trying to ignore them.
Hi Kyle! my experience with Tod: i ordered scabbard for my Albion a while back from Tods Workshop... came super quick also no problems with the import. fits perfect and is high quality.
ordered from Tod Cutler 2 daggers a montg ago. had many problems on import! documents were not complete, had to do a lot by myself...i ended up sending the package back before even received the package:( ....maybe has to do something with Royal Mail instead of DHL....who knows😅
the Writhen Hilt sword is way to expensive for me😮 besides that its not my style of sword...I should receive my Krieger Historical custom longsword this month😊 very excited! take care and keep up the good work!
I've personally worked with ebony a lot in my life. I can tell you straight up that it is an amateur choice for this application for its brittleness. update: five thousand dollars. I do not understand how amateur Todd is acting on this. Its self-absorption. Nothing short of that. It needs to be said. We all love Todd, but I've always loved him as kind of my semi-disabled cousin. You love him, but also realize that well... he's British hahahah.
*it IS the makers fault. Who else made the amateur material choice? The sword? Cmon Kyle.
I cringed a bit when he touched the blade with his bare hands. Then I realized hes been talking with the sword in front of him the whole time. Hope he wipes that sword down with oil before sends it back.
Actually I spit on it a few times before letting a nice vinegar + lemon juice solution sit on the blade for a few hours. Made sure to send it back completely bone dry, as well.
/sarcasm off
I think this sword is grossly overpriced.
First of all, as all the fittings are cast from a pre-made mold that he probably used dozens of times, there is literally no effort in doing the hilt components as compared to ones ground from steel.
And once that's done, what exactly is left?
Guilding the hilt in probably a galvanic process likely using less than 3gr of Gold, plus polishing the gold up later on, grinding a pretty simple blade and making a handle where you need to add some grooves, but on the other hand avoid the typical leather wrap.
I'm sure making this entire sword doesn't take him more than maybe a week of constant work, probably less even.
Also I think the argument of flaws being historically accuracy is far too often used to justify sloppy work.
For example the glue-excess on the wood to me is not acceptable at this price.
Otherwise I do actually think most flaws on this piece are acceptable due to the argument of historical accuracy.
This however doesn't take away from the fact that working in such a manner is a lot easier and quicker, than if you'd go for perfection as most other swordsmiths do.
I love Tod's work and his channel, but honestly in my opinion $4800 (not including the scabbard) for less than a week of work is just too much for me.
And yes I know there is a lot of "probably" in my text and that most arguments stated are just my assumptions.
But I do not claim to be correct with all of this...I just want to throw out my personal view as a base for further discussion.
It's obviously up to each individual to decide if a sword (or any product) is overpriced for their sensibilities.
I would guess that Tod has worked out that his time is worth X amount per hour. This is likely heavily influenced by his prop work. So if he knows how long it takes to make this sword, plus how long it took him to do the research on the original (spread out over a number of reproductions), he comes to a price that is worth his time to make it.
It's why it can be tricky to review a sword like this. I don't think I have any right to tell an artisan that their time is worth less than they value it at. Certainly not as a definitive statement. What I can do is give lots of information about the sword and eventually decide whether or not I personally would want to spend that amount of money on the sword.