This 1690s Pistol Is Hiding a Surprise!
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
- Having recently acquired a Hamilton dueling pistol replica, Adam Savage was thrilled when the MET's Arms and Armor conservation lab associate conservator Sean Belair brought out this artifact dating back to 1690. But, this being the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this isn't JUST a firearm made by Matteo Cecchi, the most gifted member of the famed Acquafresca family of gunmakers ... it also conceals a SECOND weapon inside. We hoped you've enjoyed this latest series of videos from our friends at the MET!
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How mad did you get when you got shocked?
Are you scared of electricity?
I believe the metal was hammerd into the wood then sanded and filled down . Then the metal was engraved .
This was a great show. Thank you
Brings a new meaning to never bring a knife to gun fight
Bring both! Works for me.
There were a lot of these dual action type of weapons, because a single shot pistol, that might not actually fire, is a liability. But if you can have a backup weapon in your primary weapon, that makes sense.
My favorite of this type was the "holy water sprinkler", which is a mace with a flintlock action and a pepper box style 4 barrel action. You'd fire the 4 shots all at once, preferably close up, then start swinging! And if the flintlock didn't actually work, you were still coming out swinging!
Never bring a knife to a gunfight - _myth busted._
@@andrewholdaway813 I think it's more "Also bring a knife to a gunfight." ^-^
@@ImproveConditions few things are are bad as we fear in the dark of the night, when examined properly in the clarity of day. Reach out and talk to someone you trust - there are always people willing to listen, and there are always people willing to help. Do not give up on the wonders you have yet to experience.
This really needs to become a TV show all about the history of weapons and armor and their restoration. I could happily watch hours and hours of this.
I hope there's many more of these videos still to come because it's such a great series!
This was the last new video for a while! We hope to go back soon, though!
Agreed. I'm loving the arms and armor from the MET.
Please go back again and again @tested. Adam exudes so much joy - and all the curators are such amazingly knowledgeable and personable people!
The kind of YT content I live for.
This won't happen again 😢
There is something satisfying about watching Adam geek out over masterpieces like this. I don't know why, but I do know that I'll never tire of it.
Amazing craftsmanship...that silver inlay on the wood furniture is beyond stunning!
honestly better than anything on History channel right now keep up the tours and browsing collections and examining pieces of history!
No needles cuts or over dramatic music just super knowledgeable people sharing what they know. It’s fantastic
Wow, really appreciate your comment ... thank you!
@@jacobbalensiefer3846History channel as like basically all other channels have degraded into tabloidish sensationalism and dumbing down of the material. Let alone the propaganda narratives about “bad” countries’ history, which are simply Orwellian in some cases. The opposite of history.
Don’t remember the last time I watched the History channel. Used to live on it.
Id love if Adam got together with Ian McCollum and looked at a bunch of mechanically complex guns. Especially old clockwork type guns.
That would be great.
"Especially old clockwork type guns."
or French guns.
When worlds collide.
THATS a good idea right there!
Ians a bit busy hanging around rhodesian larpers
Adam: “they were really good at designing shivs in the 18th century”
What a hilarious line!!
17th
I remember Sean mentioning this in another episode iirc 😂 idk if it was this period, but he said they have axes with knives, maces with knives, a claymore in I think Dresden has a pommel that comes off to reveal you guessed it, a knife 😂
Craftspeople of bygone eras were incredible with what they would come up with. Such a beautiful device!
That hidden knife makes so much sense because those guns only fired once, and in the heat of an attack if you miss, you're defenseless, so to be able to pull that shiv could end the fight.
You can also throw the barrel at the other guy.
i mean, with a regular pistol like that you have a club after you fire.
Wonder if anyone was unpleasantly surprised in a fight with the wielder of that particular gun.
@@spikespa5208 This was a wealthy man's jewelry that could incidentally be used for self-defense, not a war implement. The stiletto blade had no signs of use at all, it's pristine. I'm guessing that pistol has been decorating walls in palatial estates since shortly after it was made.
Two weapons, actually, after firing: you fire, then you have a knife in one hand and a blunt club in the other. It's the kind of pistol that would have been handy in an unexpected encounter, basically, for a gentleman who may have had enemies.
Remarkable craftsmanship on this incredibly unique and rare piece of history!
Were you not listening 🤔 it's craft personship not craftsmanship. Fffn world gone mad crap 🙄🙄 long live craftsmanship 👍😁
Adam looks like a genuine nice guy. The love and appreciation for the artefact is contagious, thanks for sharing with us this experience.
I hope Adam will do some more visits here, really interesting series.
We hope so too! This was our last new video for a while.
@@testedohh no thats a bummer
Only Adam can say "thank you my friend!" and you know he meant it. No doubt, no second thought, no tactical or reciprocal goal, just real kinship between two highly professional connoisseurs who value each other's presence. I love that about him. Just being real, honest and curious with zero ego in the way. Perhaps the biggest reason why I'm glued to this channel like my life depended on it. Exemplary. Thank you Adam. For real.
On the gun at hand, I can imagine that during a struggle to get the top hand in hand to hand combat, and your opponent grabs your gun at the barrel, like a lizard you just let go of the tail and become even more lethal in this close range combat. Amazing stuff and the art and craftsmanship is really overwhelmingly beautiful, no hyperbole!
*PS Shout out to **_Camera Dude (or Dudette)_** Thank you for being awesome! Must be so difficult to follow along with all the unpredictability while zoomed in, and on top of that the reflections making it difficult to focus, I assume. But you were on point, my friend! You told your visual story very well, adding visual depth to the conversation!*
PS 2 I had to look up ramrod, but I could have guessed, if I had known it was literally what it was meant for, ramming a rod down a barrel... ramrod. As a foreigner you sometimes overestimate the complexity of the foreign language 😜
Oh heck yeah! Really digging this Met series so far!
The craftsmanship it took to make something as beautiful as this is a list art! Just incredible!!
Careful. Adam craftpersonship lol
Have we really had to stoop to this level? Craftpersonship vs. craftsmanship. Man, referring to mankind as a whole? Only from the minds of california, the land of FRUIT & NUTS! SMH😢
@@stevestrohacker8436lol the fruit and NUTS got me 😂😂😂
Had the extreme honor to spend a couple of hours with Adam when he came to the set of Ghostbusters recently. Really enjoyed geeking out about common interests.
Dang, I love the curator / speaker beside Adam here. It's so evident when someone is passionate about their work / job.
Sean is amazing!
V much agree with Adam that getting to see these pieces up close and from ppl that have worked on them is magical. Adam's questions, all the makers geeking out together, getting to see stuff we might not appreciate otherwise, the joy everyone seems to have doing this (even dead tired lol) all make the experience.
What a beautiful little pistol.... 😮
U know what's great about these museum videos? Is that they're timeless. People can come here years from know and the knowledge is still truthful.
Really enjoying this series of Adam's visit to the MET. An amazing piece of firearm history, that really suggests people have been thinking about the 21 foot rule of gunfighting for a very long time.
What an exquisite piece. Beautiful craftsmanship, and elegant engineering. The maker clearly loved his job.
The sheer design, all hand made too.
Love how Adam was physically taken aback when the dagger was revealed, even though he surely knew what was coming
Magnificent. I'm speechless.
Adam, your enthusiasm is awesome.
My favorite section of the museum
Thanks for the view of the past. What a piece of art. 🔪🎸
so much joy, thank you for sharing with us :)
Thanks for sharing this Mr. Adam! I immediately thought of this detail included in Han Solo's Blaster. It would have been an unexpected level of detail that would have made the audience gasp!
Great video Mr Adam sir
Beautiful piece
That pistol was awesome! Thank you for showing it.
This looks like an amazing piece! So beautiful.
The amazing intricate design of both the external and internal shows how advanced humankind was back in the days. Just amazing 😍
That's insane. What a beautiful piece. Couldn't imagine trying to put that thing back together piece by piece.
Utterly stunning! What an absolutely beautiful piece!
Thanks MET
I do like that he kind of speaks to the trends in conservation. I know this more from the painting side of things, but the big change in the last, like, less than a century, is that you disturb the original art as little as possible, you only make big changes if the work is in danger of falling apart entirely, and every change you make should be reversible. For paintings this means using specialized paints that can be uniquely removed with solvents that won't affect the underlying paint, for example.
But also that much of modern conservation efforts have more to do with reversing previous preservation attempts in the past, when they might not have been as keen on minimizing how much you alter a work. So getting to "undo" the previous attempts to fix the gun are the kind of things that are standard practice now, and getting the opportunity to replace the old "fix" with a new functioning part is just a bonus.
Totally what I expected, but it amazed me nonetheless. What a fantastic piece!
The level of craftsmanship is truly astounding. Love seeing your reaction to stuff like this, reminds me why you were always my favorite.
A 🔪 kniife never runs out of bullets🔫
What an absolutely beautiful work of art 👊
Sean was an amazing guest on the channel, such a cool guy!
Right?!
Brilliant video
Exquisite Artistry and Craftsmanship!
Boggles the mind seeing the delicate, intricate silver work of the sculpting, etching and inlay!
That is one of those peices you can just stare at for hours admiring the craftsmanship.
Thanks for sharing
Yeah this stuff is awesome. I would hope we get to see more!
Love these recordings with the MET armor peeps. Musical instruments next?
I love that Adam picks up a genuine antique item and still looks for realistic weathering like he's making a prop 😂
Your honor, it couldn't have been me. I don't carry a knife, I only carry a gun... Brings new meaning to concealed weapon...
Such a beautiful pistol, a real piece of art.
Even an unloaded gun can be deadly! Just depends on how hard you can throw :P
The term pistol whipped comes to mind.
The title of Adam's book comes to mind: "Every Tool's a Hammer."
Ending your opponent rightly.
or leftly, depending on if you toss southpaw :-P @@curtispeer68
That ending "Thank you my friend" was the most sincere expression pf gratitude that I have ever heard. Never change Adam.
I got to go to the Met in 1991 and I spent two whole days trying to see as much as I could of the museum. It’s so vast I only saw about half of it.
Awesome, thank you.
This is Disney World for Adam.
Others here are saying it as well, but if there was a 24-hour stream of these videos I'd leave it on day and night. Just fantastic content. I'm sorry to see it end for now.
Adam field trips just show me places that I would love to work in.
THAT'S SO FREAKING COOL!! Like it's a nice little pistol but also a shiv?! And the engraving and the etching and the craftmanship! BRB laying on the floor
That's some astounding craftsmanship!
Beautiful.
What superb craftsmanship.
An engineering marvel
With unmatchable craftsmanship
That is an impressive example
That dagger reveal tho. Wonder if anyone ever went, "Daammn, that's so... HURK.... cool..." *thud*
Same energy as dying in a pool of blood on the ground and saying "Damn those are some Fly Jordans..."
@@hraefn1821 LOL 😂
I cannot even begin to think how long it would have taken that man to produce that suite of weapons, from conception to reality? Two maybe three years, I would imagine?
the Fresh Water dude? ;-) Must've been a sweet penny to commission these weapons! Maybe we underestimate the muscle memory and the economy of movement of a professional, so maybe he could make these weapons so much quicker than we imagine, but only in relation to the first, right? So months for sure at least.
All without CNC!
@@jwvandegronden From what I know from a collector, the best gunsmiths were often employed by mega-rich aristocrats and they would exclusively work for that one person. To the point where the agreement was so exclusive that the gunsmith wouldn't even mark the pistol with his name, because the employer didn't want other rich aristocrats to know his identity. My acquaintane (the collector) said this is often a problem with the absolute highest quality pieces: they are not marked.
You got ahold of Hamilton's pistols?? Sweet!
That is majestic!
At one time I didn’t have any appreciation for black powder guns and now I do and find them beautiful works of art.
What a magnificent object, that is the work of a true craftsman. There are probably only a handful of people alive today that could create something on that level. Beautiful ❤
Back then there were also just a handful of people who could create a piece like this, and they were being paid very well by mega-rich aristocrats. To the point where some of the best master gunsmiths were exclusively hired by one person, just so that nobody else could get a pistol from this specific gunsmith. Some of these pistols then don't even bear the gunsmith's markings, because the employer was afraid that other mega-rich people would find out who he is and offer him more money.
Taking apart for the hidden knife was cool hundreds of years ago when it was originally made and it’s still cool today.
Just an outstanding work of art pistol!
More: more of this!
love these videos
That is an amazing piece of history
The etching inside took this piece to yet another level of awesomeness.
the eye for detail knowing only the owner and maybe it's opponent will ever see it...
These exclusive guns were usually made for super-rich aristocrats as a flex to show off their wealth. Most of them would never be used in a gun fight, but they had to be 110% perfect and awe-inspiring so that other super-rich aristocrats would get jealous.
What an exquisite piece.
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and especially health to all involved people.
Beautiful! 👌👍
It's wonderful that something so beautifully crafted made no compromises when it comes to function. I was impressed that the hidden blade appeared to be a four sided rondel (I'm sure someone with greater knowledge can correct me if needed) that acts in a similar way to a bodkin arrowhead to punch through armour effectively.
A more elegant weapon, for a more civilized time.
Nice very good job.
I could have happily spent my life doing nothing but going through museums, big and small,; back rooms opening boxes and drawers that haven't been opened in 125 years. Amazing weapon
That's a work of art.
It’s good to be Adam!
That is quite a surprise Mr. Savage.
Very Very cool. Thanks Adam. One of my Prized possessions is a Pump action 1888 Winchester Model 90 22WRF. Made in the last months of 1888. Octagon barrel with a thumbscrew held break-apart stock for carrying in saddle bags or ??. My grandfathers rifle when he was a boy. The 22WRF is a 22LR sized bullet with slightly longer brass cartridge. The cartridge is inbetween a 22LR and a 22Mag as far as length. It still functions well and shoots as straight as it did when it was made. Folks are astounded when I separate the two pieces of rifle.
*Ten years later and Adam still hasn't left Museum.*
That is truly a gorgeous piece. If I were a collector, I would try my very hardest to reunite the accompanying firearms in the set back together.
Never stop uploading with MET
Sadly, this is the last video we filmed in June. Hopefully we'll be back soon!
Now that s a build I'd like to see Adam do
Wow, that is soooo cool!
Always bring a knife to a gun fight and never let your opponent know until it's too late. Gorgeous design!
PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE!!!! 😂😂
Elegant!
That thing is drop-dead gorgeous.
I see what you did there...
Wow that is so beautiful.