Another 5 Odd Historical Blades That Look Like Fantasy
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- Here some more weapons from real-life history that look like they would be right at home in a video game, movie, or anime. A few are these are (or might be) ceremonial objects not intended for actual combat, but I decided to include them anyway for their interesting, unique design. One of them is so bizarre, it's not even possible to grip it...
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00:15 Yataghan / shotel (sickle swords)
02:55 Ram Dao sacrificial chopper
04:52 Warring States spiked bronze sword
06:38 Coral hilted court sword
09:30 Rajput Haladie
12:47 Double blades / glaive in Warcraft & other games
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"That looks quite unusual, probably ceremonial." -Every confused archeologist ever
go look through an old franklin mint, humans love non useful cool looking blades
There probably were weapons designed for their equivalent of mall ninjas and tactitards of those times.
@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive Oh god, I can hardly imagine a mall nijnja stringing together a coherent sentence, let alone an actual offensive combo lol
@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive- The mall ninjas and tactitards were the ones who went to the smith and asked for the useless piece of metal. The smith rolled his eyes, took the money, and made the item. It was great advertising for his skills and probably fun.
The spiked bronze sword looks like the handle was perhaps supposed to be wrapped with a rope or cord, that just did not survive the march of time.
That would make sense
My first thought was clay or something, but rope would make a lot more sense xD
My first guess. Second guess would be increased friction so that the sword doesn't slip when stabbing. That many little spikes don't hurt that much while grabbing.
That's what I was going to suggest.
Or to literally tack in a leather wrap
The first bronze sword of China we call it 三叉格(three prongs guard) it’s from 滇(Dian is the old name of Yunnan province). It’s a combat sword the small spikes on the handle is for rapping fabric so that the material can attach better and makes the handle grips better, this kind of sword discovered with bronze blade is mainly between warring states and steels are during Han dynasty. The second crystal sword is a ceremonial sword, that kind of pattern on the handle we call it 蟠螭紋(pán chī pattern) it’s mainly used during Zhou dynasty on kings and emperors 袞服(ceremony hanfu robes).
I was about to suggest that the grip was wrapped in leather or heavy cloth. Otherwise, the user would need thick gloves or it was a display item.
Ah, that makes more sense than my theory, that the sword was meant to be used only by the Terracotta Army, when it is reanimated to fight the Emperor's enemies.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Wrapping that in, say, leather would work just fine and it would probably help prevent the wrapping from coming off very easily.
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That cheese-grater handle looks like it’s maybe to hold the actual material you’re supposed to hold on to, like it grips leather to the hilt
Thats what I was thinking, you wrap the handle in leather bands and the spikes hold it, but wouldn't it be easier to just stick the leather to the handle with resin glue
Yeah, you'd have to figure they're meant to be something like grip studs in leather wrap, stacked leather, stacked bark, horn, or some other organic material that wasn't preserved. If not then it it could just be a court sword not meant for actual use.
or you dip or cover handle in resin or lacquer and build layers till it is smooth while the studs hold it in place?
I thought that too, but then it has spikes on the ricasso too, making me suspect that the entire idea is to render it unusable in serious combat.
That or "This is the sword you unsheath when you declare war" as with the spiky grip, you would be reticent to make it your standard response to any issues with other states!
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That coral inlaid pistol is insanely beautiful.
That it is. But I wonder how well the coral would hold up when the gun was fired, although I suspect that it wasn't really meant to be used.
All that coral stuff is cool, and just imagine how literally "otherworldly" it would have looked to Europeans at the time!
@@Riceball01 - It probably held up okay. The thing had to be reloaded after every shot, so it wouldn't have seen the use that modern handguns see. Maybe it was reserved for dueling or some other deadly special occasion.
@@julietfischer5056 or it was meant just to show off wealth of its owner, like wedding plate armors.
@@nikmenn2751- Either way, not the same amount of use as regular pistols.
Red coral blades are the medieval equivalent of designer jeans with embroidered dragon pockets circa 2009. Great video!👍
Skall, thanks for bringing me more D&D content for my players
Same, these are going to make for good magic items
Im going to make them face a minotaur weilding the sacrificial decapitation sword in a temple. Lets see how it goes
"It could just be a cerimonial sword"
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I was wondering how far down it would be before finding this comment.
I belive skall also have talked about the ceremonial stuff
Skall: This weapon is unrealistic
Real weapons:
So that's where Zod's horsekiller sword comes from.
Indeed, "eye" in blade and everything
The reason as to why the British (and French to some extent) adopted the Yatağan is because it curves away from the muskets , you know they're muzzleloaders and the bayonet has to curve away from the gun anyway if you don't want to stab your hand into the bayonet while loading the gun
Don't know as the Brits were all that excited by the yataghan bayonet, the French certainly were. I've actually got one made at the St Etienne Armoury. The bayonet curve away from the muzzle can also be found on socket bayonets.
@@kleinjahr would you not remove socket bayonets before reloading and attach them before the charge, meaning it wouldn't matter much if they were curved?
@@ruairimusic2747 Not necessarily. Often times they were mounted while firing (which was the whole benefit of a socket bayonet over a plug bayonet that was stuck into the barrel), then when the enemy was close enough you would charge.
@@Qmeister044 Ah so you could weaken them and then deliver the killing blow! Makes sense, thanks
Didn't France pioneer the use of this design?
Fun fact: coral weapons in Final Fantasy games are usually lightning-aligned in some way, because many red coral formations look like little lightning bolts.
I remember a game with a lot of coral weapon and armor, all poisoned, I guess it's more like infection?
@@hanliu3707 could be a reference to the venomous sting that all corals have.
Don't corals also induce cloud formation?
They produce oxygen
@@MeAuntieNora Corals don't have stings themselves, but stngy animals like sea urchin like to live among them.
Your content has been consistently good for a while, thanks for all the entertainment
The worst part about the Coral sword, is that there was totally a way to make a weapon that is both a beautifully ceremonial piece and entirely functional, by simply using the coral to adorn the hilt rather than as the hilt itself. I can easily imagine it too. A wooden hilt with two pieces of coral on either side of the handle, and the more naturally formed coral as a pummel (This would certainly effect function yes, but the sword would be usable and if it was done right the effects would be minor) gold trim disguising any seems where coral met wood or metal. For the cross guard you would have a metal crossguard backed by the more naturally formed coral. A skilled craftsmen might even be able to make it appear as if the coral was all one or two big pieces simply adorned with gold. Now I wanna do a mock up.
I was surprised by how many good things you had to say about the night elf glaive. As a kid I thought they were super badass, but over the years just kind of discounted it as wildly impractical and ineffective.
Alcoholic soldier: I want a very lethal, tactical corkscrew as a weapon!
Haladie: Allow me to introduce myself
Who needs to create their own fantasy designs when you can just look back at history and find this ?
To the sacrificing blades in Nepal: there is also a quite over-sized kukuri/kukri that is a real beast if you try to handle it like a 'normal' sword. It's - so the documentation - to decapitate an ox with one strike.
Oxen is plural. Singular is Ox
@@voltekthecyborg7898 i stand corrected.
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Museum Replicas sells reproduction kukris. That one is a good-sized, heavy, one-handed weapon. It can decapitate _something_ with one blow.
@@julietfischer5056 Windlass Steelcrafts is probably the one you want, they're the ones making the official military kukri.
The Runescape Haladie is actually an artifact that those practicing the Archeology skill can dig up and restore, and then give to a Collector - it has no combat applications for the character.
Don't you think the hand shredder handle could have been originally covered in an organic wrap of some sort letting only tiny metal petrusions through to give more grip while not shredding hands ?
The chinese broze sword you mentioned is a type of swords always be found in south west China, especially in Yunnan province "云南省"，shortend as dian "滇". So we always call this type of swords as "dian- type mountain-shaped guard sword,滇式山字格剑" or "south west tribe mountain-shaped sword,西南夷山字格剑" because the shape of guard is like chinese character "山，mountain".The time periord of this type is from Warrior States to west Han dynasty, some were made from entire bronze but most commonly are bronze hilt with iron/steel blade.
The Ram Dao is what the “server” sword from dark souls is based off of
That's awesome! I was just reading Berserk and a demon guy was using that exact same Ram Dao.
The prestige of Ferdinands swords was him all like : hey brother can I has some of that red sea stone your conquistadors are bringing from America?
The "dark elf" is actually a demon hunter class, who can be either a blood elf or a night elf. They were trained to combat giant demons, so a little bit more of a range with the weapon wouldn't change much I think. By the way they dual wield those glaives - this is how you call their weapons.
Wouldn't they want even more range against giant demons? Especially since many of those demons seem to have polearms of their own, like pitlords and felguards.
Of course, still not as unrealistic as the huntress and spellbreaker glaves, which are somehow throwing weapons with unlimited ammo despite being as large as a greatsword. Spellbreakers must know some powerful space-bending magic indeed.
@@agihammerthief8953 I think getting close against polearms is really good, especially if you can rush in with enchanced speed like they do.
@@agihammerthief8953 The demon hunters were incredibly agile and closed range fighters also they have the burning aura to defeat demons. So they don't need range.
The argument about if a sword will work is ended when it hits someone. Sharp, hard, and heavy gets the job done.
The best fantasy games base their fictional world off history. Game designers take note.
So does the best fantasy.
The Chinese bronze sword looks like a torture weapon where they give it to prisoners and make them fight each other. The ultimate sadist weapon.
Finally some content about Yatağan and a good pronounciation of it. Much appreciated!
"the longer it is, the more it gets in the way" Skal, 2021.
Y'all calling red coral swords nonfunctional untill you're fighting a fire elemental and don't have one at hand for that water element damage.
Coral hilted sword, welp, theres some good dnd sword Inspiration right there
The reason for Yatagan bayonnets is simple: loading a muzzleloader with fixed bayonnet with ramrod is dangerous for your hand, so the tip is more offline.
6:38
Plot twist: Ferdinand II was an alien that actually could grip that sword
Will their be a firearm version of this series? Can you imagine a blunderbuss with red coral inlay?😍
In Italy we have some, coral and silver decoration was a big thing in the baroque style.
@@M.M.83-U Cool!👍
I'd be surprised if it was an inlaid blunderbuss, those are more along the lines of cheap(ish) weapons. Cast bronze barrels that are fairly short.
Tactically speaking, a blunderbuss is a shotgun. You can put in a huge load of random stuff as the projectiles, including rocks you picked up from the ground.
I'd expect to see inlaid firearms with longer barrels, better locks.
@@ScottKenny1978 yes and no.
Speaking of muzzleloaders in general, not just flintlocks, I had seen: pistols (both saddle and pocket models), civilian muskets/long barrel shotguns, and one proper blunderbus; I do not remember any rifle, but those are excedingly rare to begin with. The inlay is, usually, on the wooden stock.
Forgotten Weapons is that way, stranger.
Those coral handled swords are the most real fantasy-like swords I've seen. if you described them to me without a picture, I wouldn't have imagined them the way they truly are.
Another quality skall video! I remember discovering your channel years ago, and this really scratched my arms & armor itch like old times
I wonder if Skall has ever tested the practically of different types of bayonets in hand to hand combat.
It's a dagger that's meant for stabbing. In that regard it's pretty practical considering that it's a melee weapon for the era of firearms. If you are close enough to stab someone with it, you'll have the advantage even if your opponent has a firearm because you can easily throw off their aim by pushing their weapon away while you go for a stab.
If you were to wield a sword against the firearm, it's opposite, the point of a sword is to keep the oppont inside the blade's reach while you are out of reach of your opponent. In that regard, the sword's reach just happens to be a good reach for gun as well, better even that for the sword. If you have a dagger, you can get much closer to the opponent and they'll have much harder time getting a good aim on you because they are forced to struggle against you wrestling the gun away and stabbing them with the other arm.
The purpose of a bayonet is to turn that firearm into a spear. How much damage do you think will happen with a 10+lb/5kg spear?
I really meant like those triangular bayonets like from World War 1 and 2. If you added a handle to them to wield them like a sword, would they be practical
@@quietrioter oh, yeah, a lot of those are good fighting blades, often even balanced like a short sword.
A lot stabs with bayonets tend to kill even faster than gunshot wounds
Great video Skall. I think this is where you shine best. I could listen to you wax sword design and sword theory all day
4:43 this version of the Kora actually reminds me of a key blade of sorts.
I know that’s basically talking about a fantasy blade in comparison to a real life blade but if you take the real world blade into account it shows a little more why I keep like would be an effective weapon.
You nearly nailed the pronounciation of yatağan hell yeah
**Happy Turk noises**
personally, I wasn't expecting such perfect pronunciation
Are you Turkish?
All hail Ğ my fellow turk
@@andreytishechkin4533 yes
@@afinoxi isn't the pronunciation "yataghan".
or in farsi if you understand "یاتاغان".
The "gh" comes out of the botton of the throut and the botton of the tongue touches momentarily, is this true?
Never knew until now that berserk dakas were wielding haladies up till now.. Amazing and enlightening info as always skallagrim! :D
Berserk has a lot of indian cultural references. The kushans, ganishka, zodd weilds a ram dao etc
And lets not foget this blade was present in prince of persia Warrior Within
@@cezar9344 really? I never knew that.. might check that game out..
At 7:18
Those fking legends
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that coral inlaid pistol looks like something straight out of a D&D game
I love this kinds of videos, pretty interesting and well explained
Love the video, even go back a few years to see the early stuff. Fun to watch.
Keep this series coming. I love these videos
Gotta love these vids, so much insight!
Great video, best one this year👍
Awesome work Skall! Love these types of videos. The Haladie reminds me of the Yautja Maul and Glaive. The way you described the fighting style of the dark elf Glaive is similar to how Predators use their smart disc in melee. Anyway very informative thank you very much.
Please do more of these, they’re cool. I really like them for some reason
Again, CZcams didn't notified me. Great work with the video
Nice to see more videos like this!
Really love this "series." Hope to see more of it if you can find more to show!
This is amazing. Very interesting!
your channel is one of the things I enjoy most in life
That third sword is like gripping a metal jackfruit!
BRILLIANT VIDEO!!!!!! ⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ Skall , can you do some historical yet bonkers polearms????
Thanks for making this it was very interesting.
Hello there I really enjoy your Videos been watching for years keep up the good work have a great day.
I love to watch stuff like this to get ideas for fictional blades with some realism. All cool, but the coral hilts are extremely cool!
This is you best vid Skal.
Great! Love this vids. I'm writing something and you literally do research I wouldn't even know where to start doing
I never knew any of that about red coral. Great work!
Honestly come to realize: some factual weapons are stranger than fictional ones at times.
This is your fault skall, not that its a bad thing, glad fact is stranger than fiction sometimes, helps sell the fake stuff :D
I enjoyed your comparison of yataghan to Greek kopis. I would never think about connection between them.
Oh my God! Every single CZcamsr is now obsessed with these video-time-marker-divider-things! And in most cases it is extra and unneccessary.
Spiked bronze sword looks like something that will drain your hp for extra stats
High damage but every time you hit opponent you lose HP.
10:40 that thing reminds me of the Zulu shields with the extending sticks on the top and bottom for added parrying capabilities.
Also I wish there was a channel for specifically weapons forgotten by time yet still deserve to be remembered. Matt Easton does it somewhat but not exclusively and not all the time.
From what I understand, the shotel's more of a stabbing weapon than a cutting one. The curve enables you to reach around the shield and stab your opponent in the kidneys!
The inside edge was used to reach around your opponent's shield and stab them, but you could still use the outside edge to cut like any regular scimitar.
Haladie/Madhu is a parrying weapon and a shield for off hand weapon use. The horns are large enough to cover 1/3 of the body connecting with a buckler for hand protection.
Ramdao also comes in lighter version where the curve is much pronounced like a moon. Hence it's called "chandrahaas" meaning "moon blade" which is the war version of ramdao.
6:35 Lol!
Good vid. It was really interesting.👍
Nice, dude!
Really cool!
Yoooooooo the yatagan looks awesome!
Zodd using a sacrificial sword (ram dao) against a sacrifice branded black swordsman is such good story telling now that I watched this video
I really enjoy these videos. I do not think I used a haladie when I played Runescape but that was a long time ago.
I don’t know why but this guys vids make me feel cosy 😂
I saw a Red Coral handled sword at the Habsburg Splendor exhibit in Atlanta Georgia a few years ago. Stunning in person, but clearly fragile. I think it was the first one you showed. The armor in that exhibit was stunning as well.
Khopesh is my favourite. I haven't used it or anything but it just have a special place in my heart.
Skall! Since you talked about warcraft, I want to mention a bit of a difference in what you were talking about with the dark/night elves. There's actually two styles of the glaive/fist weapons they use, the ones you were showing were the Demon hunter class blades, which are built entirely around superhuman speed and slash movements, like you were saying. There's also the really wild 3-bladed glaves that the night elf city guards use. If you searched "Darnassus night elf guard" you'd see the weapon, and it appears that it also could function like a buckler as well as a stabbing/slashing weapon.
The Ram Dao looks so much like Donovan Baine's weapon from DarkStalkers.
6:38
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The shotel is neat. I like the idea of a double edged curved sword.
One of the other swords that the Habsburgs had was also a really interesting one, like the coral sword - the so-called Ainkhüm Schwert (literally "Unicorn sword"): its hilt and sheaths were made from a whole narwhal's "horn", and the hand guard was made of gold or gilded, I don't remember. It looks really fantasy-like, like it was really made from a unicorn's horn. I think they're actually displayed in the same room of the Treasury Museum in Vienna.
I love these more instructional videos. They're very "Scholargrim".
I love the yatağan shape, at least the ones you can still thrust with. The re-curve shape is brilliant for allowing for a curved cutting edge while still having the point on line for effective thrusts, a great alternative to the straight blade for a compromise cut-and-thrust sword, and my preference for single-edged swords.
Sweet dude 👍🏻
6:10 Maybe there was some cord or leather wrap that goes in between those spikes (they seems to go in spiral), to fill in the gaps?
But those swords looks wicked!!!! Thanks for the video!
The 3 states sword looks to me like there was something that got lost in the years since
Don't know if people posted this before, but it seems quite obvious now that the Ram Dao is what themed DS1's "Server", looking at the more sickle bladed version looks incredibly similar to the Server, and it's description claiming it was used in ancient rites, ancient occult rites- well, seeing how the Ram Dao is a sacrifical blade, and how the Server gives you health with each successful blow, it's safe to conclude that the Manus and the Abyss is watching over that blood sacrifice, hail to the Abyss
Edit: Yep, someone mentioned it and likely more people too- well i'm happy i'm not the only one who noticed!
The ram dao is what Zodd throws to Guts when his sword breaks, thats pretty neat.
It's the sword he uses against guts during their battle at the hill of swords.
@@patronofviolenceanddebauch5031 Yeah it looks identical to the one shown. Pretty sweet.
Any chance of redesigning another fantasy weapon to see how it works? I always wondered how a redesign of the ogre kingdoms bull hand weapons would function. It's essentially a cross between a punch dagger and a haladie with a full gauntlet as the weapon grip. Always seemed like a great brawling/grappling weapon.
Serge, the main character in Chrono Cross, the Chrono Trigger sequel, also uses a double-bladed weapon they call "Swallow", very similar to that Blood Elf one.
7:42 - That is just a beautiful flintlock
wow, the armenian yataghan is a real beauty of a sword. thanks for showing
all of these weapons are legendary quality and have some kind of really overpowered enchantment, change my mind
I strongly agree that "hand destroyer" was heavily wrapped in something judging by the pommel and was spiked as an attempt for the handle to grip the marital making the handle such leather much harder.
Dope video