Medieval Rondel Dagger - FULL MAKING PROCESS
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2022
- For as long as I remember I have loved the A726 Rondel dagger in the Wallace Collection. It is a beautiful and iconic dagger and an absolute favourite of mine. Luckily I got to handle and measure the dagger and luckily I have the skills to make one - so I did. In this film you get to see every step of the manufacture.
This is the first of three films, and in the second I take this dagger to the Wallace Collection and compare it with the original with Dr Toby Capwell and in the third I hand this dagger over to Matt Easton who mercilessly attacks fabric, mail and plate armour samples to see how easy or hard they are to defeat.
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Leather work by Lisa Ellett
Music by J.Sayles
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Could the 90-degree offset of the handle make it more natural to align the blade with your opponent's eye slits while wearing a heavy mailed glove, i.e. opponent is down and you're straddling them? It does seem to be more of a stabbing than cutting weapon.
That is very interesting indeed. That would certainly be the case. By Jove you may have cracked it! A few others have also commented about the orientation of plates and slicing straps. I suspect the collective hive mind has worked again - thank you.
I think you are right, - when looking at period artwork I’ve always thought that these daggers were often held in an unusual, almost unnatural way but your theory would explain everything. Well done sir.
@@tods_workshop would match with , say how sickles have offset handles
The eyes have it!
Thanks Tod, thanks guys!
Really enjoyed seeing this extended and detailed tutorial
Thanks Jason, I really enjoyed making it and listening to you on Radio for a couple of days ago.
@@tods_workshop Thanks. I find trad media like radio or TV a bit too short for me. I sat there on that show for at least 45 minutes and spoke for about 3!
Love craftsmanship no matter what topic.
Jason, what a pleasant surprise to catch you in the comment section. Thank you for your brilliant work. I enjoy watching your content, too! My little sister adores your horses. Who could blame her, they’re quite a picture.🥳
Really instructive! I wish I had a workshop to try this!
Some smith hundreds of years ago: "Shit, that's got a delamination... maybe I can grind it out..."
Tod today: "This funny little section is hollow ground... I dunno, it doesn't have any function as far as I can tell."
That could so very much be the answer - thank you. To be fair though, they did like doing little things like this for no apparent reason, unless perhaps all those too had inclusions.....
This dagger looks quite fine, and surely wasn't made with steel of too poor quality. I think a hollow ground brings quite a status symbol, just beacause of how much work it is, especially at the time (also i suppose it helps with cutting on such narrow blades without compromising structural integrity)
I still wonder if they would have formed it trough forging, scraping or grinding. An old blacksmith told me once "the hammer fends off the file", and when i look at primitive and traditional forging it is clear that grinding is a chore, and skilled forging will give you pretty much the exact shape you want. A bit like the arrowmaker friend of tod, who litterally didn't need to grind his arrowheads beacause they were forged so crisp and precisely already
Its also a nice place to put your thumb, if you didn't have the rondels.
Nahh, lol, more than likely some smith hundreds of years ago just went "Phew, it could use some cool looks....just put a nice grind shape right there, that looks fun"
@@Salamandra40k I REALLY didn't expect my silly joke to make it into serious discussion lol. Yeah I think it's impossible to know for sure.
Holy cow... I just got stitched up a week ago from a bad bandsaw accident and the doc complained how hard it was to get through the skin on my thumb... But it must be way worse to have to work on Todd's fingers!
Don't get cut, friend. You'll break their needles!
Todd using that bandsaw was making me sweat. I think 2 of my fingers fell off sympathetically.
Tod: I earn my living by making daggers.
also Tod: Here's how you can make a dagger.
You gotta love this guy!
It's a mark of confidence. He knows he can show you exactly how he did it and STILL you would rather buy it from him.
Honestly it would make me want to buy something of his more, because he just showed off just how good he is, and I am confidence I couldn't do it half as good as he did it if I had all the same tools and materials.
It's like, I COULD pay tens of thousands of dollars for an entire workshop worth of tools to make this knife....or I could just have Tod do it for quite a bit less, and get a better product.
53:04 is the most impressive move in this whole video. Nails a pretty good looking centerline on a tapered blade with a finger caliper in about 1.5 seconds. If you haven't ever tried this, you don't know how hard it can be.
You are right, it is a skill
Yep, that is a difficult thing to pull off.
Reminds me of the armoursmith i learned with who could litterally draw a perfect line at a very precise distance from the edge of a breastplate just by holding his pen weirdly and running it on the edge
There's a few moments of "No f*cking way would I get that by sight first go" that are clearly skill and practice. Super impressive
My eyebrows shot up as I saw it! Impressive move indeed
For those of you that don't know the Wallace Collection - it is 100% a gem, not far from Oxford circus. Plenty of arms and armour to view, lots of other things (like The Laughing Cavalier.) If you're lucky you may spot Toby Capwell!
I was just thinking the other day that you hadn't done a build video in a very long time!
Is Oxford circus like Piccadilly circus? Cause I have to say I was incredibly disappointed by the lack of elephants when I finally went there.
Love seeing these videos making items. Ok, all Tod's videos are good stuff, who doesn't love a trebuchet? They're interesting, informative, & entertaining (with varying amounts of each depending on the topic). But the first video I saw of Tod was making a crossbow, a very early model. Instantly hooked, and have enjoyed them all since. Thanks for all of them Tod, but a standing ovation for putting a few making ones in like this one too. Awesome. One day I might be able to afford for something nice to be shipped around the world too, as it's impressive stuff & a trustworthy source. (Though this suddenly reminded me that I'm saddened that Owen Bush's channel only got a few videos).
Thanks Mark and a pleasure. I talked to Owen about his vids and he basically just doesn't have time.
That's a shame for us, but it's good to hear Owen's keeping busy. It'd be fascinating to take a class with him. I can only hope you manage to have him on as a guest again when he has time. You always have the best guests on that really know their stuff. Like you will for the awesome armour testing coming up.
This, really, this is the reason why I still open youtube whenever I use a PC
I love this video, and I love your work. Now, when I talk to people about the daggers that I have from you and how real they are, I have a specific video to point them to.
Often, when I am working at a renaissance faire, people ask me why I do not buy weapons from the smiths that are there, and I have to explain to them that their blades are often significantly heavier than it should be, and they always weld the blade to a piece of threaded rod for the tang.
Todd has pinned his last snickers wrapper to the wall.... i love this mans working techniques
While about 95% of what I make is kitchen cutlery its a joy to see you work on historical pieces. I won't ask who your mugged for the shear steel :)
I went to the Wallace Collection when I was in London. Tons of beautiful arms & armor, free entry. No regrets.
It's a privilege to watch you work, Tod. Thanks for sharing this.
Tod, this series is going to be brilliant, thank you for your time man.
That belt grinder is really hogging off that material.
It's Monday, so there's a new video from Tod! This video had me riveted for the whole hour: utterly fascinating to see Tod, the outstanding craftsman, at work. The best was: "I haven't got the proper instrument ..." and off goes Tod and quickly makes it ... ! And the little florets: small pieces of unobtrusive beauty.
Wow.
A pleasure
I really do appreciate your content so very much. That announcement at the beginning of this video with your planned collaborations has be genuinely gleaming! I am excited to see the process of this excellent dagger, time to dig in
They have all been filmed and are waiting in the wings and I can tell you the last with Matt was very interesting indeed
Thank you, Tod - I agree this is absolutely iconic and it's great seeing its construction
Really, one hour video about how to make your own awesome dagger? How I wish to have time and means to do such thing... Please, never change, sir.
I know the CZcams algo will punish you for such a long video but ignore it, this is great stuff, and i love seeing all of it.
I think it already is, but thanks for being sympathetic
That focus, where Tod goes from jovial presenter to master craftsman, just completely in his element.
Nice video.
They say one can recognize a skilled person by the way they make difficult things seem easy and that was most certainly the case here.
Thanks
I love the extended crafting videos! Thanks for putting this whole series together.
You are a singular and most superb swordsmith and weaponsmith.
I fell asleep to medieval armory vods & this came on at 4:00 a.m.
Can't like this video enough! I wasn't too into rondels until I started studying Fiore. Now I'm a fan. This might be the next Tod purchase I make!
This dagger and the Venetian Warhammer you make are some of my favorite replica weapons… your a true craftsman Tod!
From watching Tod’s Workshop I immediately knew that the dagger was a Rondel. But I incorrectly thought it served a decorative purpose. I had no idea that it was such a beast!
I never seen such a detailed process of blade making before. I was completely glued to the screen and before i knew it an hour had passed. Amazing work, truly a joy to watch.
Burning the handle onto the tang was not what I was expecting after he drilled the holes. Amazing to see a master a work.
Thank you for having proper subtitles/captions on your videos, even the longer ones such as this. It is appreciated.
I like how you didn't have a tool to make the dovetail, so you simply made one.
The intricate florets are beautiful.
You're right I'm not disappointed at all, I have 2 of the daggers from Tod Cutler and they're fantastic pieces to own, lovely for display and for re-enactors they'd be totally spot on.
Great to see the whole making process.
Thank you , Tod .
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Todd,
If you regularly burn on handles you should consider getting a portable induction heater. They can get the tang red hot in a couple of seconds. They also make induction forges which work quite well for knife making. I have been using mine for a few years now and I don't plan on going back to a gas forge again.
Something I saw a guy doing for fitting guards... Rather than measure and hope it's the same shape when transferee, he heated the tang gently and pressed it into Styrofoam, then pulled it off and used the shape of the hole as his guide to draw the correct cut into the guard/rondel/basket etc
It's such a joy watching a master craftsman at work.
Anyone notice Todd, nonchalantly turning the metal while brazing without gloves, the first time?😆 You’re a beast, Todd 👏
It's a lovely dagger and it was a pleasure to watch you make it. I can't wait to watch Matt slam it over and over into a plate of steel in a futile attempt to stab through.
I didn't expect to watch the whole video at once but it is just so interesting to watch you work
I am pleased and thanks
One day i will trick tod into taking me as an apprentice, at least for a few weeks. One day... It's just a question of time hehehehehe
Thank you Tod. That was wonderful to watch. Looking forward to the next one.
simply amazing Tod will be glued to the screen watching this one
Medieval Cinematic Universe crossovers are always worth the watch.
Thank you for this very detailed look at your process of creating a dagger. Loved it!
You passion is addictive! Thanks Todd!
A fascinating and very absorbing watch. A privilege to see a true craftsman in action. Thank you Tod.
Having watched this makes me appreciate my dirk from Tod Cutler even more. Thanks for showing us!
As always awesome. Thanks for another great video.
Todd, Concerning a rich dark brown color on extremely hard white woods, I will share here something I discovered. Occasionally, I’ll make a knife that is a collection of experiments. A new steel , poured pewter fittings, a different handle material…ect..
I made such a knife using some very hard white oak for the handle. This oak is very resistant penetrating stains.
Of course it can be colored, but it’s usually a surface film.
I decided to use hot pine tar and an enormous amount of elbow grease. Over a span of three days of laborious application by rubbing , that oak took on an absolutely gorgeous brown color and extreme moisture resistance.
I did it nearly twenty years ago and it still looks great. I carve with the knife regularly. It’s very possible that along with the oxidized patina that comes with age, that that handle was treated in such fashion .
This is absolutely awesome Todd!! What a treat and thank you so much sir!
What an awesome look at the process. Thank you!
Thank you, Tod! That was as educational as soothing. Always a pleasure to watch a fellow craftman's work!
Beautiful piece! Thanks Todd it was a real pleasure to watch a craftsman at work.
I always love watching a master at their craft. Another great piece! I can't wait until I can afford one of your daggers. Been slowly saving up and learning blade care.
Lovely Tod. Thanks for sharing your technique. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series.
Loved watching every minute of this. Thanks for sharing.
Love watching your making videos. Loved every minute. Thank you!
I have to say, I love this kind of film. Thanks Tod for taking the time.
A joy to watch Tod, thanks.
What a superb video and what a craftsman Tod is - I could watch video's like these all day! Thank You Tod
Fantastic dagger. Fantastic video.
Fantastic Tod Cutler!
I did very much enjoy watching this! I'd love to see more videos in the future of you making things, whether that's knifes, daggers, crossbows, anything really. I'd always great to see a skilled craftsman at work!
Awesome to see the whole process. Loved the video!
Every video on this channel is a work of art!
Excellent work Tod, thanks for the videos!
Great video Todd, I was totally enthralled in the making of this fine dagger.
Thank you for this piece Tod- as always great study material Maestro!
Aweome as usual Tod!
Astounding craftmanship, thank you Tod. I was mesmirised right to the end.
I haven't made a knife in a few years and I miss it so much it hurts I love making knives and pretty much anything beautiful and practical but just watching someone that knows what they are doing is on another level of awesome
Amazing work, todd! I'd absolutely love to see more of your making videos in the future- the techniques you use never fail to surprise me with their ingenuity.
Thanks for making theses videos! They are really inspiring to me!
Tod, you are bringing the past back to the future!
Great video!
Exciting to watch you work!👍👍
Legend! Thanks a lot for this mate I have been keen to see your process for so long now & I really appreciate this insight to your workshop and everything. Cheers mate, that was Brilliant as I knew it would be. I look forward to more Vids like this one.
Always a pleasure to watch a master craftsman. Thank you for this video!
Amazing skills. Great to see you work.
Wow! Excellent and thank you for sharing. Incredible workmanship and history lesson!
Fantastic video, love the step by step display of your true skill , more please, more…
Fantastic video, love this sort of long form content!
Enjoyed it immensely!
What an interesting and comprehensive film! Tank you.
Was pure pleasure to watch.
Very nice video! Love the dagger.
Todd, your chisel work is excellent!
Good video todd👍👍 beautiful work as always .
Master craftsman at work, really enjoyed to saw it
Really fascinating to see the actual making. Thanks!
This is terrific because we get to witness the type of tools and techniques being professionally used. Thanks great video
Awesome, I always enjoy seeing craftsmen work and was hoping one day you would put out a video like this someday.
Cheers! 💚
I could smell this video! I really enjoyed the workshop time, thanks.
Finally.... loved seeing this whole process.. As a maker and an artist of another kind, I love to see other work processes. Hope you do more of these!
I watch an awful lot of knifemaking videos and this was a very unique experience! thanks for bringing us into the shop
A deceptively tricky blade. Thank you for showing this to us!
Grate video I enjoyed every second of it . More making videos would go down a treat. I'm gunna have a go at making the dagger soon as me work shop is up an running. Grate tutorial. Thanks tod.
excellent volume of Tod content!
I really enjoyed watching you work
Little late to comment but I still wanted to express my gratitude! The videos you produce are always wonderfully made, interesting and exciting, and highly educational.
I remember being a child in school, maybe about 11 or 12, and seeing these amazing picture books on ancient history of man, and the progression of the early to late medieval period of many different societies on their arms and armor. Fascinating full plate, intricately made arabic chain mail, padded coats, aztec wooden and weave armor, and weapons of every type and every age between. That magic of discovery, that captivation just held me in that moment so strongly it was like a golden glow. I have held that love 20 years later, and when I see videos like yours of someone so passionate and skilled in their craft it makes me feel a bit of that special wonder all over again. Thank you so much for your care, your craft, and sharing your wisdom and discoveries with all of us!
Thank you and that is very generous of you, but really it is you lot I have to thank because if nobody cared I doubt I would raise the energy to go exploring
You, my sir, made my day way better :)
Yes!!! Great video!!!!