Book Review: Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers
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- čas přidán 1. 01. 2017
- Lots of basic but useful information about a wide variety of historical melee weapons. Where to get it:
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What about the Encyclopedia of Pommels, Pommels, Pommels & Pommels?
It was written, but they couldn't figure out how to end it rightly.
+Jaymz Raulfin Omfg
They had pommel issues that had issues with pommels. QED.
The US government classified it as a WMD and had it sealed away, where only they could access it.
*The pommels were to dangerous- when they attempted to study the pommels, it set of a nuclear reaction and killed the photographers*
Does ending someone rightly with a bollock dagger count as teabagging?
only if you use a condom
1:58 Guy has been impaled ~15 times, and the look on his face is just "Well, this is inconvenient."
I've had that book for years, I really like it
I love it when Skall does book reviews. Very helpful for new learners.
Thanks for sharing this with us Skall, Hope you have a happy new year!
I love the 2 different book reviews you have done that i have watched. Keep up the great work and good luck to you and Cara in 2017!!
thank you man, the information you share is what i look for since i was 9 years old for my comics
LOVE books like this! Thank you!
anyone else noticed he skipped the Japanese swords?
Mentioning the katana brings up a lot of rants, debates and trolls in the comments
He skipped like 500 different styles of swords...
He was flipping through randomly...
It's only your own personal bias that you noticed katana's specifically.
Also you should have noticed he showed the japanese style tanto...
He is tired of them. And i can understand why.
Show a picture of 10 swords (including 1 katana) to 10 random people and ask them which is the better sword for cutting. Chances are that they'll all point at the Katana because they saw that sword in a movie kicking ass and chopping heads.
I am a huge Katana fan myself, But even i am tired of Katana's getting the spotlight all the time in action movies that has swords in it.
oh shatap, he skipped alot of stuff.
+Tony Atzen Yep a lot of people point out the katana even though there are plenty of other cutting specialized swords better at cutting (tulwars, falchions, some messer and krigsmessers depending on blade profile, some middle eastern swords I don't know the names of)
I'll definitely check this one out, use these kinds of books for my art, always useful to have reference material.
That Tiger-Claw Dagger looks awesome.
Stumbled across this book in grade 9! What a blast from the past.
My brother got me this for Christmas. It's awesome.
This book is a combination of two different books: "The Illustrated Directory of Knives, Daggers & Bayonets" by Tobias Capwell and "The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers" by Harvey J.S. Withers. Each individual volume is a larger format than your combo book (I think).
Just bought it. Thanks for the recommendation, I would never have found this on my own!
Wow Skall, this video makes me appreciate your knowledge of weapons a lot more given I've seen you talking about a lot of the types of weapons in this book in depth.
Ever considered writing your own books on weapons?
I recently purchased this, it is very good and contains a lot of actual text along side examples of the weapons themselves. The only issue of note, it a pretty heavy!
love your channel
Lol I got that book for my birthday last July, if you think about it, it is a weird thing to get a 19 year old girl. But I did enjoy reading it!
I've got a copy of this. It's a great read if you've got a couple spare hours. There's also one about guns which is also pretty cool.
I just bought this book today!
I just got this book 😍 and it’s so beautiful
An elaborate review , very interesting !
I read this book constantly in my highschool library.
I believe that this is the second or third iteration of this book. I have had 2 different copies of it over the years and they were both different, mostly the information in them seems to have been updated. The page on indian daggers that you showed had a section on wootz steel and in my older copy of the book it was called Damascus steel. So it appears that there have been multiple editions of this book and they are updating each edition to be more accurate. So if anyone intends to pick up a copy I recommend you look into that and try and get the most recent version of it.
I have this book... very informative.
Those Francisca throwing axes were nasty. They bounced off the ground if thrown far enough and could rebound into an opponent.
I wonderful friend gifted me this Book I love it.
I already have this book! :D I did a good all on my own
My parents got me this book for my birthday a few years ago. I forged a slightly edited version of the sabre with the rooster head hilt on the cover. One thing I disliked from the start was the fact that it didn't contain weight of any kind.
Hey Skallagrim you should review Weapon: A visual history since I have that book and love to read it
I seem to have a very simlar book called The World Ecyclopedia of Knives, Daggers & Bayonets. It even has some of the same imagery. I also have another book of the same series, The World Encyclopedia of Swords and Sabres.
From the scant information visible about the Chinese halberd pointed out to have a weak spot at 9minutes 19 seconds.
OF COURSE it have a weak spot there. It's supposed to be used in a similar fashion as a Pillum, only not a thrown one. You poke your enemy hard to get the tip logged in the enemies shield or armour or what-not, and then you twist to break it off, and they've got a blade stuck in them while you hack away with your polearm.
Interesting! I belive you can find "bigger" versions of this. The book seems to be two diffrent books that has been combined: one about knives, daggers and bayonetts and one about spears and swords. I have one of them: "The World Encyclopedia of Knives, Daggers & Bayonetts", ISBN-13: 978-1-84681-502-9 and ISBN-10: 1-84681-502-9 written by Dr. Tobias Caldwell and it seems to be a bit bigger: 30cm x 23,5cm and 256 pages. And I agree with you, good photos and good overviews of diffrent types of these weapons. The info is basic but that makes it good for ones just getting into these kinds of weapons.
Out of curiosity, are you a fan of Forgotten Weapons?
I have The Illustrated History of Knights & The Golden Age of Chivalry from this series, it's pretty good
I would recommend Hank Reinhardt's "Book of Swords"
Very good book. Thanks for the Recc.
+Skallagrim I actually got this book this summer and mine is a larger sized edition, i guess they have different sized printings
That rapier image referenced displacing the blade with a cloak
Why do you think that museums don't offer more specifications of their display prices? It seems odd to me. Also, I have never gotten a straight answer on this. Thank you.
nice the pic of 1:58 was also used as an album cover of an emoviolence mix i have:D
Thank goodness! I have the same book. But I did wonder whether this is considered a good general book by weapon experts.
I think I have an older version this book. Mine was a larger paperback that I bought on clearance at Barnes & Noble.
Try looking at Eyewitness Books' "Arms and Armor," it doesn't go too in depth, but is very well illustrated, and has a lot larger pictures.
Any book you'd recommend for artists drawing historical weapons? (Or you know...usable fantasy weapons) Like it's super easy to find references of weapons from a side view, but how they look and move at certain angles is a headache and a half.
skallagrim ive wondered are there any axes or maces that can function as a longsword meaning practical to use in both 1 and 2 hands
That halberd that had the fragile tip at 9:20 has hooks that I would doubt be used as parrying hooks. It definitely looks like it is designed to break off inside of someone's body.
Tobias Capwell, the author of the dagger and bayonet portion, is the curator of arms and armour at The Wallace Collection. Harvey J.S. Withers, the author of the sword portion, is an antique dealer. Harvey does not have a HEMA background like Toby.
FINALLY SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY OWN !!! . ( i also have the "guns" encyclopedia by them as well quite comprehensive to say the least ) .
By any chance have you read The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe by Sydney Anglo?
do you think the knife laws in canada will change anytime soon i've always wanted a balisong and a otf automatic i have a pratice balisong and ive gotten really good with it i can now do aerial tricks i want to move to a live blade soon.
If you want good books on the development of firearms and their usage, I suggest Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance by Bert S. Hall and Firearms: A Global History to 1700 by Kenneth Chase. I cannot recommend Hall's book enough, there are not a lot of illustrations, but it is still the definitive work on firearms development in Europe.
I have this book
I like this book
Hey Skallagrim can you do more videos on African swords please i would really like to hear more about those kinds?
I'm reading this RIGHT NOW.
Can you do a video about pistol swords/axes
To my knowledge, the Katana was the sword that was in use, unchanged for the longest period of time amongst _all_ swords, yet it receives no mention in this book? One cannot deny the Katanas historical significance!
Im quite sure they are mentioned somewhere in there. However, I think Skall has mentioned
his distaste for katanas in some other video.
Tl2aV Your opinions or emotional bias too European weapons aside, a katana, in the right hands, will dismember you just as well, if not better than any other sword.
Tl2aV You're an idiot.
It *is* in the book, but obviously I cannot and do not want to show every single page. Flipping through is a little random.
holy shit He is here
For your next video, could you test on a gambeson against a modern bow &arrow? i'm really curious to see the result but do not have the equipment to test it with, nor do any of my friends.
Hey Skall would you do a review about the Gerber downrange tomahawk?
greetings from austria!
You might find "Blood Red Roses: The Archaeology of a Mass Grave from the Battle of Towton AD 1461" a good read. In addition to a bioarchaeological analysis of the mass grave, it discusses the historical background for the battle as well as has a chapter on the arms used in the battle.
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Lol Ahh well look at that. Great book. I got it for Valentine's Day many years ago hehe
Will you do the second part of the DSA sword review?
this i woud have loved when i was a kid
I'd love it if you could test a flint dagger on your channel.
I actually have this book, and have had it for years. Holy shit.
1:30 that dagger reminds me of "Keening" from Skyrim and Morrow
Hey Skall, do you know any webpage where I can find the terms for weapons in other languages? Since all the information I gathered so far is in english, I don't know what they translate to in my native language, german, and even if I can translate them literally or the exact same word exists in my language, I can't be sure if it is the right term. A rapier, for example, is called "Degen", while sideswords are called "Rapier" -.-
Regarding the Chinese Halberd towards the end of the video, with the super skinny neck towards the tip of the blade, it almost looks like it's intended to be broken. Like something you stab into your opponent, and then twist off inside them. Really the only purpose I can think of other than "rule of cool" for using a design like that.
I have the same book! :D
iirc rapier duels were a lot more like chess but active play instead of turn based. You used specific orders of lunges given names by the inventor to counter other specific order of lunges.
I have knives, daggers and bayonets is exactly the same as this one just without the swords and spears. Hopefully i can find a swords and spears book to complete mine from their series.
Hey! I got this one a couple of years ago! Didn't get around to read the whole thing though.
I saw this book in a used bookstore, but I was concerned about some inaccuracies. I spent most of the time waiting for my friend reading through the book, though!
I had this book in Middle School
i just want to ask i found like rely old knife ? maybe dagger. can i send you some pictures and tell me what it is and if it have some price .
I've seen Harvey Withers's 'Swords and Sabres' which seemed to be very similar. I found it odd that the the British Swords stopped in the 19th century while the German swords continued into the 20th and there were no Polish or pre Austrian union Hungarian sabres at all.
I have a question. Are you more likely to get injured by short knives-10~60cm(forgive me if the term doesn't please you), or "equal-or-longer-than-machete" knives or swords?
Hey, I got this book for Christmas! Although I seem to have gotten a larger edition of the book (or maybe your hands are just bigger than mine).
Sobi the Robot did i see its written by tobias capwell?
Sobi the Robot Skally has baby hands. Unless you're a pre-teen there's no way your hands can be significantly smaller.
Alistair Shaw - Yup, it's by Harvey J. S. Withers and Dr. Tobias Capwell.
EDIT: Wait, but the cover on mind has a red border, and says "The Complete World Encyclopedia of," whereas Skall's has a blue border and says "The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of," but they're otherwise identical! WTF? Why the discrepancy?
ILoveDashie20 - I compared my hand to the book again, and it's about the same ratio as Skall's. The book just looks bigger than it is.
ILoveDashie20 I have the red, blue and green border versions. swords and polarms one book, dagger and knives another and then seperate book for firearms.
This version is physically smaller than mine are, and possibly a concise version.
Hey skallagrim a task for you would traditional sword fighting techniques be effective for beam sabers and other weapons within Gundam
Could you do a video on basic tips for swordfigthing? Like, how to hold it properly, how to parry and some of the correct moves, and finally how to end your opponent rightly (Sorry for my bad English)
1: Ascertain your opponents position
2: Call in artillery support
3: Seek refuge in distant, fortified position
4: Repeat steps 1-3 until opponent has been applied evenly across local topography
What edition is that encyclopedia, and what year was it published? Maybe the latest edition would have its errata corrected.
Skall I have a fantastic book you should read at least in my opinion it's mike loades swords and swordsmen great read and a real insight into some famous swordsmen and there weapons I was very surprised by some of the info in the book
i think it would be interesting if you make an encyclopedia of this kind including missing stuff, i would like to read it.
Maybe not a full encyclopedia...maybe a collection of books (chapters/types). You do a lot of research for your reviews and i like your work so... think about it (Y).
Crowfunding is getting stronger nowadays so...
Sorta off topic question but I was wondering if Skall or someone with knowledge of the period that I don't could answer this- Is it true that Knights and some richer swordsmen sometimes carried multiple swords on them? And if so- was it something like a one handed and a two handed sword, or two of the same sword in case they lose the first, etc? The at least general idea of it. I often see movie knights and such having sword swords that look about the same length on their hip, but I am not sure if its is just for the movie's sake or if it is an actual thing, or if they would carry two very similar blades to begin with.
hey skallagrim, how effective would using a scythe actually be in a fight? (i'm guessing it's not very effective)
Width and weight of blades are probably in articles scattered in other research papers
I have two books that are extremely similar
"The Illustrated History of Weapons: Knives, Daggers, & Hand-Combat Tools"
"The Illustrated History of Weapons: Swords, Spears, & Maces"
when talking about the difference between paleo and neolithic flint knapping... i think that book was trying to display the Knife form and shape...most paleolithic finds are just roughly shaped flakes like a clovis point. you can put a clovis point on a spear haft or on a handle and it will preform the task...vs. the neolithic classical knife profile now coming into history. so they would be the earliest examples of a classical knife profile that evolved into a dedicated tool to what we have now.
how do I know? Dave Canterbury taught me how to flint knapp out at the pathfinder school.
I have the exact book, they do go over how they don't want to take too much time talking about hand axes because:
Even though they are tools, they didn't really reach the point where you could call them a sophisticated knife. As Skall said the start of the book was when flint knives became widespread, as decent a place to start as any.
Otherwise you would be like "You have to go back to the first cavement picking up rocks to throw at animals"
Then "you have to go further back to apes throwing rocks"
Then "You have to go back further to explane how the apes gained the ability to pick up rocks"
I was just holding forth on the lack of weights in sword books like this one. A length scale in the corner of each picture would be good too, if not esthetically pleasing.
I have this book
Do you hav e a similar book to recommend but only focussing on late 15h and 16th century swords/blades?
Same thing with early musquets and pistols
Riccardo Moscatello Illustrated history of weapons, I think by the same people, by the layout of this one. It's got daggers, pistols, hand cannons, ect.
Permanent Cloak I'll check that out thanks!
strange that you say your copy is small...I own the same book but mine is much larger in size. the cover boarder is also red on mind I think but mind is about 50% larger all around. got it a year ago Christmas so it may be an edition/publisher issue? but just let it be know there are larger versions
I have a translated version of part of this book's content which is only about knives called 'The Illustrated Directory of Knives, Daggers & Bayonets', and although it is nice to read, it does contain a few pieces of false information. For example, the V42 dagger is refered to as a version of a FS dagger, which is not correct as the V42's design is inspired by the FS, but not a modified version of it.
Its seems like the content of this book is identical with 'The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers', but omits the part about polearms and swords. Hence, I would not recommend purchasing 'The Illustrated Directory of Knives, Daggers & Bayonets' if you already own 'The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers'.
are there any obsidian blades?
Wish I could "like" this video more than once!
I have recently caught up to your on all of your videos. the problem is that most of your videos tend to freeze but the audio will keep playing. if I go back to play the part that froze it will play fine but it will will freeze again. I watch all of my CZcams videos on my phone but I only have this problem on your chanel
The specs thing is ubiquitous. I requested my sword made as an exact replica of an existing sword in a museum. The only available measure? Blade's lenght.
Since there was also a great photo, I used that to obtain all other measures, but what a hazzle...
skal, what do you think about the sdrinda?
hi, can you prepare a review about yatagan sword?
I have this book but a larger copy it's at least A4 size and it looks like it has more in it than that