SWORD names / classification / terminology
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- We might think we know the names of swords, but often we have been misled. Well it's time to clear the confusion, if there is any confusion to be had for your understanding of proper sword names might be right, or is it?
I dunno Shad, I think they're all pretty great swords.
... *slow clap*
fuck... i loled damnit.
+usern4metak3ns What kind of laugh was it? A short laugh, a long laugh, or perhaps a great laugh or a lung and a half laugh?
guycxz
it was an impromptu hearty chuckle that i couldnt prevent from happening.
I like this comment string. XD
You got it all wrong. Those sir, are wooden swords.
Ha
Holret, you are aware that wooden swords (NOT bokken) exist? Seriously, not trolling
Of course they are wooden you fuckin idiot he's just useing them as examples
@@ancientreddragon5617 woooosh
@@ancientreddragon5617 chill lol he's joking
When you're drunk, I imagine you just start ranting about sword misinformation to random passersby.
Akmon Ra he goes to the Renaissance Faire and his voice is probably completely hoarse by the end of the day lol
I'm pretty sure he doesn't drink. Just sayin'
i mostly do exactly that when im drunk... not even kidding...
@@ascalon132 Isn't he Mormon or something? I don't remember.
@@sirpepeofhousekek6741 I believe so, hints are scattered throughout his videos.
"Mommy, Daddy is yelling at the camera again"
Should I dial the mental hospital,my dear?
*”WRONG!”*
@@justinlusantaph657 WRONG!
LMAO
Apprentice: "hey Smith, what do we call this new kind of sword?"
Blacksmith: *drops sword* "aagh, bastard sword"
Apprentice: "Uh ok well you're the boss I guess"
This needs more likes .
Ayyyyyyyyyyy
Thats pretty good
God I hope that's how it actually happened, and if not, I'll raid Area 51 and get a time travel machine to make it happen.
This made my day
A bastard sword is called a bastard sword because while it is a longsword and designed to be used primarily in 2 hands, the smaller size and shorter handle makes it more effective to be used in 1 hand if you wanted to. It isn't as good as an arming sword in that regard, or as good as a larger longsword used 2 handed, but it can do both well enough. So it is sort of the bastard child between the two.
Kyle Flanagan I agree completely!
+I am Shad I really find it funny that Mount and Blade Warband handles the classification pretty well, but never uses the term longsword. The two handed swords they have are: bastard swords (one handed or two handed), two handed swords, swords of war, and great swords.
Kyle Flanagan bingo!
It can be a real jerk at times, but it gets the job done.
@@shadiversity the big longsword actualy has its own definition in German we would simply call it a "Zweihänder" so the German names would be (from left to right): "Kurzschwert", "Einhänder", "Eineinhalbhänder", "Langschwert", "Zweihänder" and "Großschwert"
Now that's a greatsword...
Here I'm stuck with an okaysword..
😕
So underrated, awesome comment.
how about bastard sword
@@abstract0014 I only use legitimate swords.
At least it’s not a terriblesword...
Reminds me of Alexander the pretty not bad.
I lost it when he broke out the "American Accent" to say 'arming sword' lmao, that's awesome.
Now I know how UK people feel when somebody rolls out a "British Accent" around them lol
oh, and no offense to Shad! He was just trying to communicate effectively for us westerners :D
I'd love to hear him do an entire video in his American accent lol
@@tkeleth2931 I always enjoy hear English/British folk doing an American accent.
@@SpartanEx117 Shad is not English/British.
hes not british you idiots r u deaf
Almond sword in his daily accent
they're all swords. The real question is: d6 or d8?
D12
2d6 for great sword, 1d8 for longsword, 1d6 for short sword (in 5th edition)
Short Sword: 1d6 [Arming] Sword: 1d8 Bastard Sword: 1d10 Great Sword: 1d12 According to Pathfinder rules. Which is basically 3.5
D10 Glaive please
Exactly how the question was answered in original D&D. Essentially a long sword was supposed to be everything from a wakizashi, a Viking sword, a scimitar, a sabre, to the arming sword mentioned. Essentially Small, Medium and Large. Then the splat books came.
It's not a shortsword, it's a long dagger :3
lazy asfuch, it looks like a greatsword to me. Said Bilbo Baggins
Jim Jim Greatdagger
If it was single edged one could call it a long knife
Grandknife
Arming sword? No! Great dagger!
a 6 foot 9 dude with a great sword just yeets it around like an arming sword in the battlefield
You're describing the kurgan
Tried it, never again.
How does one yeet something without letting go...?
@@JarieSuicune he catches it just before it goes too far
I had to look up yeet quick quick. And just as quickly realized I would never use it.😂
How can someone who's ancestors lost to emus have so much knowledge about warfare
*awkwardly laughs at his work desk*
The emu wars used guns not swords so shad had nothing to with it
@@yehudagreenfield2272 guns are even stronger then swords in this case
*proceeds to 360 noscope headshot an emu with a 60$ hi point
Ya boi’s got European heritage I think
I think I may've figured it out:
-Dagger - to stab things, carve flutes and cut your dinner
-Shortsword - halfway between daggers and arming swords. Mostly for stabbing, but it can cut.
-Arming Sword - standard one-handed swords. Best balance, and work nice with a shield.
-Bastard Sword - halfway between an arming sword and a longsword. More versatile than other types, and my personal favourite
-Longsword - the large, two-handed sword, that isn't meant to be used with a shield or just one hand (which isn't to say that you can't, but it's a bad idea). This is the point where swords start leaning away from finesse and towards brute force.
-War Sword - halfway between longsword and greatsword: more in reach and force, but less in control. Defintely can't be used with one hand.
-Greatsword - the largest type of sword. Made with the simple purpose of "pulverize". It has the impressive reach and probably quite some momentum.
] if youve ever seen a video of someone swinging a greatsword you would change ur mind
There is no extra force needed in great swords, it's just momentum.
"If I were to say it in my Australian accent....Almond sword".
😂
3:45
Shad: your understanding of a great sword is wrong if you get it from videogames
Me: *looks at monster hunter* no I think it’s fine
Well they ate pretty great swords ther even the dual clubs are great swords aparently
in monster hunter their called buster swords
@@thegreatandmightyseff7214 buster sword is just the name of a greatsword
Yes
@@thegreatandmightyseff7214 Cloud Strife for Monster Hunter *confirmed*
"you can't parry with a greatsword"
*heavy chosen undead breathing*
XD
heavy horace from rangers apprentice book three battle of two step pass breathing
edit:nvm he was parrying a greatsword not parrying with a greatsword and he had a longsword
Bad video descriptions: "Some guy waves around wood and tells you why you're wrong"
Rick Mulders I can do a video explaining the same sword types after I can afford it soon if it would help.
Rick Mulders u have disgusting profile picture
Jozef Kučera yeah just use a focus dammit
@@jozefkucera8402 thats the eye of Sauron in the middle of milkyway
Lads, he changed it
13:58
"We've given a name to the smaller version of the long sword, but we haven't really given a name to the larger version of the long sword because it gets so confusing."
Well, if it's not big enough to be a greatsword, but is still small enough to be considered a longsword, maybe we can call it a "Not-So-Greatsword".
A "goodsword" if you will.
Longersword
@Sabers bricks and darts Perhaps that terminology didn't exist when this video came out. I've heard Shad talk about war swords in later videos so the only reason I could think why he wouldn't say it in this video is that he either didn't know the term back then or the term didn't exist yet.
2:40 Short Sword
3:09 Arming Sword
5:19 Bastard Sword
8:06 Long Sword
8:23 Longer Sword
10:50 Great Sword
Longer sword is also known as War Sword
Or estramaçon, stramazzone in Italian
Short sword. It is a sword... That is short...
M I N D B L O W N
Ah yes the floor is made of floor
People die when they are killed
In Africa, every 60 seconds a minute passes.
@@minirgb8952 Guess I‘ll go to africa for my next holidays. Need to check that out.
How the hell did you miss out on a Crocodile Dundy ref? "That's not a greatsword. THIS IS A GREATSWORD."
Crocodile Dundee*
I can't tell if this is racist or hilarious
@@zeldafan8861 australians are their own species. certainly not racist
Your videos have helped me so much when it comes to me trying to write and be historically accurate that in all my creative writing assignments I mark you as one of the top sources... Along with all the fact checking I try to do.
Koichi Ahegao
I think your profile picture is enjoying them to much.
This would be great and wholesum if it wasent made by
KOICHI AHEGAO
Tf m8
@@brettdonnelly1846 big deal
I didnt expect u here
Can’t be wielded in one hand... Dark Souls begs to differ
Cromwell the Conqueror if you have enough stats that is.
Can't be welded with 1 hand aye u be wrong mate
Can only use weapon arts with two hands tho, so still pretty accurate to say "you could use one hand but not to the same effectiveness as two."
*ahem* zweinhander
@@bronzekilla zweihänder or if u dont have the ä use ae, zweihaender.
Man... Shad's sheer ENTHUSIASM is contagious!
Sword taxonomy is too confusing. That's why I stick with pole arms.
thats almost as bad o.O
+Enzo Matrix (Guardian452) Almost? There are as many names to pole arms as there are to spanish nobles and as many shapes as there are to modern art sculptures.
Polearms are worse. Maces are the way to go.
Underrated comment.
I use a heavy crossbow/arbalest, it's been my weapon in every single campaign, the original iteration served in the 1st crusade, currently it's 1814 and in the last session we almost assassinated Napoleon, we critically hit the guy standing beside him only because of Plot armour. it's currently got 150 lb of draw and only now are we thinking of replacing it with a rifle.
or a rocket launch system.
"WRRRROONNNGG!!!" *HIS FACE TRUNED RED.*
If a greatsword is as long as a modern day human, those were longer than a human back in those days, considering male average length was about 1.65m back then.
Interesting when you put things in perspective...
Some were taller than the man and depicted as such but some the pommel was more their chin or top of the sternum height(tip on the ground). Suppose it depended on personal preference.
@@ajaxtelamonian5134 Yeah, in the end it all comes down to personal preference. Not just with swords but also with ranged weapons like bows. Every army needs some standardization nevertheless, so you'll never be able to get exactly what you want, unless you're some high-end noble.
True yeah I know the Burgundians had something close to it.
The average human male height today is 1.71m, not so much of a difference. Further more that is actually a myth; using skeleton evidence from Europe, scientists found that average height decreased from 68.27 inches in the Middles Ages to a low of 65.75 inches in the 1600s and 1700s.
@@macbethhm Europe doesn't have inches, nor do scientists use the imperial system.
Where is the Diamond Sword?
Diamonds are rare and can only be shaped through craving with a laser or another piece of diamond. Y' think they could've made it back them?
(You're likely talking about Minecraft but, like, just go with it.)
@@mastertofu r/woo- oh wait. K.
MasterTofu my Minecraft crafting bench begs to differ
There's been a game theory that proved that diamond is actually terrible to use as weaponry and armor in real life. Not to mention extremely heavy and super expensive.
Caerwyn Isabella diamond armour would be a bad decision, heavy so no mobility compared to what you would have with something lighter like bronze or iron, diamonds aren’t nearly as available like iron and steel so you also wouldn’t be able to mass produce for army’s of knights
Shortsword, longsword, greatsword are just simplifications so you can just have three simple classes of swords in a game
BigPapa Shamrock shh hell yell at u
Can't you be good to Shad and call them
Short Arming Long instead of
Short Long Great
They‘re are just six. Five if you see the great sword more as a pole-arm like Shad.
I'd be so happy if this guy was my teacher.
Me too ^_^
He is baisicly my math teacher
indeed
“Call of Duty is an accurate representation of historical events, right? Wrong!” *Furiously stomps on disc*
“And this one, the true greatsword”
Ultra greatsword
Dark Souls 3?
TL DR: The Greatsword is huge.
No, longer than that.
Not even close.
Still needs to be longer.
Almost.
That's big enough.
Steps to making a greatsword:
1. Make it big
2. Make it bigger
3. Repeat Step #2
@@TurtleButter Blacksmith: Bigger. No, bigger. BIGGER. I SAID BIGGER GOD DAMN IT. *DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT BIGGER MEANS?*
Rule of thumb: A greatsword should be at least equal to your height
An arming sword to a man can be a greatsword to a baby
@@erojerisiz1571 It‘s probally rather a short sword for a man.
I got nice information and a good laugh out of this one.
"You would probably assume that _this_ sword IS A SHORTSWOOORD!! ... We-well, you'd be right, it is a shortsword." KEK
I've been a fan of Shad for while and I haven't stumbled upon this gem until now.
"Your understanding of a greatsword is a longsword". Me looking at the astora greatsword from ds3. "Nah i think i know a greatsword when i see one"
In game it's considered UltraGreat
So I think
DS3: Great UltraGreat
Shad: Long Great
Did you just stomp on a 3rd edition ph? Sacrelige!
5th Edition is better
@@ancientreddragon5617 Pathfinder!
@@sir_slimestone3797 Never played that version
Michael Mcdowell 4th edition is superior
@@kyleg1912 5th Edition is superior to 4th Edition
I found out in a book an interesting typoology: a great sword is when a sword is too large or heavy to use it from horseback and loongsword when you can use it properly on horseback. For me this is a good typology, but I don't have a horse.
Checking in 3 years later, did you get a horse?
checking one week after that guy, hows that horse coming?
One month after the previous guys, how's the horse thing?
1 week after the last guy, how's the horse?
One more week later, we still want to know about your horse
I used to love it when playing pen and paper rpgs...and of course most of the warrior types usually went for the twohander sword beast....once the group is in a narrow dungeon corridor....and enemies appear...the warriors would announce with ill-deserved confidence: "I draw my twohander!"...I would smile and say: " Sorry mate...not enough room for that!"....It was always fun having a proud armored warrior fighting of zombies with his bread knife
ChunkyLover ataoldotcom But he could thrust with it.
No self respecting melee fighter carries **one** weapon... you gotta have a mace/hammer for skeletons, spear/polearm for charging monsters, sword and shield for the monsters that hit harder, etc... .... :)
As said before he could thrust with it, but he could also half sword with it.
What about, you know, half swording and using a twohander as an improvised spear?
Dude that's cruel
1:10 I felt a great disturbance in the force. Its as if millions of D&D players suddenly cried out in terror.... and were suddenly silenced.
Actually, in D&D, a long sword was the third one. It even has the ability to be held with both hands to do more damage, versatile.
I say that the Longsword that's just shy of being a greatsword, should be called a grandsword. That way when someone goes over board with the size of the greatsword and makes it unrealistically big, we can call it a great grandsword.
For D&D players in these here comments, I'm going to provide you with weapon blocks for the weapons as seen by shad in this video.
Shortsword - 1d6 piercing fin lit
Arming-Sword - 1d8 slash one-handed
Bastard Sword - 1d8-1 slash, vers. (1d10-1) [minimum 1 for each]
Longsword - 1d10 slash two-handed
Greatsword - 2d6 slash heavy two-handed
Hope this helps others like me make more realistic campaigns.
Still the HP system prevents that. Oh you have a crossbow? I have 350 HP, what is 1d10 against me?
It's a game.
If you wanted to make it more realistic, think of HP as physical stamina, and take direct damage with crits. Your "Wounds" = Constitution (equivalent). If you run out of stamina, or coup de grace etc, you take Wounds. 0 Wounds is the end.
Crossbow crit = 2d10 damage. One crit could potentially kill a PCs.
I would add strength requirements to the greatsword and longsword. I’d just do a straight 1d8/1d10 versatile for the bastard sword with a minimum str requirement of 11 or 12. Longsword 12-14+ and greatsword maybe 14-16+ str requirement.
Other than that! This is something to consider.
@@ebucwalter well I mean longswords were quite light -- 3 to 5 pounds. Perhaps a dex requirement instead?
at 8:40 "The sword is actually not that big, Shad is just 4,11"
Lil Heinz94 the average long sword is 135cm (4.5 feet) so he’s about 5”5
I wonder if he'd agree with dark souls sword classification.
outer jace probably not, I think the long sword is a bit too short, while the claymore is like the size of the long swords he’s talking about. The zweihander is about right imo but the greatsword is fantasy for sure
Probably not because of ultra greatswords
@@AllantheBob Dark Souls zweihänder looks bigger than irl tho
Dark souls are actually good, a few inaccuracies but the long sword is actually the size of a real long sword with an appropriately long hilt, they call war swords great swords and the actual great swords they call ultra great swords, but like that is so much better than called the long sword a great sword and not even having weapons like the claymore and zweinhander
@@jyessiterriaynt1131 I do appreciate souls naming the blades, it really adds some spice to the world
2:40 A DEMON
The sword moved by itself! :O
Demon!
Oh
I love bastard swords, so balanced.
Dread Wolf well it has a mum
Dr Fate, a bastard child, according to old US legal terminology for birth certificates, is a child who was born out of wedlock.
If you're indecisive, get a bastard sword.
They are OP
Marcelo Bassalo same
I thought that Aragorn's sword was a bastard sword due to the fact that part of what formed the handle was actually just an extended pommel, meaning it was designed for efficient use of single and two handed grips.
The bastard sword is a long sword variant so Aragorn's sword would still be a long sword.
Wow, so even before having the Dragon Slayer Guts sword still made the great-swords pale in comparison.
Now I understand why Solange's movements in Code of Princess are so different from most other games, she's just wielding her real great-sword realistically.
You and Skallagrim should do a live stream together. I think you'd two would play fantastically off each other. He actually demonstrates potential great sword techniques and studies medieval combat manuals.
Uhm what about the broadsword?:P
czcams.com/video/MSsy2vYhSSU/video.html
thanks
So, would you classify the Stark sword Ice as a greatsword or a longsword?
I forgot what Ice looked like in the show, but in the book it was longer than Robb was tall...definitely a greatsword.
295Phoenix Okay, the Valyrian Steel replica of Ice is 57.5 inches long, and the blade itself is 44 inches. Is it big enough to classify as a true greatsword, or is it a longsword?
"So what are the names of these swords?" *rambles for 10 minutes before saying the names of the swords. xD
Videos like this make me imagine I'm a little kid who got an F on a history test and this lecture from my dad Shad is the punishment that turned out to an awesome blessing in disguise.
Shad you say that the longer version of the longsword doesn't have a name, but I have read in a couple of manuals that these longer longswords were actually called war swords, and that they were considered a subclass of the Greatsword.
You mustve got through to him, he brought this up in a later vid
what video? I wanna watch.
Teenage Fitness I was just gonna talk about that. Now I see I don't have to go through the trouble, thank you.
Teenage Fitness thank you your some one who actually knows what your talking about he is the blind leading the blind lol
I heard they’re called longerswords
love your energy mate!! as a re enacter of several years myself and a proficient fighter in armoured combat ie HMB and BOTN your arguments have put into words what i have experienced with all of the sword types u have mentioned. well done sir.
Thank you very much for saying so, and I'm relieved you like my energy as many people think I have too much ^_^
+Shadiversity worthy of skallagrim
A great-sword
"Do you think maybe he's compensating for something"
@Shadiverity I've been getting more interested with scottish highland martial arts and am curious as to the use of the claymore (the big one since the broadsword was called that as well). Since it's in that grey area between long and great sword, I'm curious if it might have been used as a big longsword, or if it had to use a different fencing style entirely?
For video games & D&D it helps to merge groups of weapons sometimes. 5th edition D&D pared back the amount of weapons from 3rd edition a lot. Got rid of bastard swords altogether and made longswords versatile. Meaning you can wield in one or two hands. Two hands doing more damage. Looks like the arming sword in D&D, the old longsword, went the way of the dodo in 5e. Really cool to here your boisterous thoughts on the subject Shad.
Question from my days of Oblivion and Morrowind: What would classification would a Claymore fall into? Great or Long, or something else?
James Silver www.keithfarrell.net/blog/2018/02/what-is-a-claymore/
Greatsword
Warsword
this channel has been my favourite one for over a year now and i go here for advice on my swords and armor, this is truly amazing
Hey do you think you can help me out? A long LONG time ago I owned a sword with no tip rather it was smooth and it was big enough to be a sword but small enough to be considered a knife/ dagger for the healt (or however you spell it.) both at the top near the blade and bottom where you'd put the pommel was these round flat guards making it hard to switch hands. It also came in a leather sheaf with some kind of metal at the bottom and seemed to be made for the side instead of the back. You have any idea what kinda sword/ blade this was?
Oh, So shads channel was always making entertaining a fun experience!
i love how shad acts like the Master sergeant or captain of a unit he's training xD
When I think of a great sword I think of the Zvehandler.
The Zweihander is the best example of a greatsword, especially because of the reach, since it was historically used to fight spearmen and pikemen
Siegfried... bring me my Flammenschwert Zweihänder.
I highly recommend watching some zweihander techniques and trying to imagine what it would be like having someone running at you whilst performing them. I would crap myself personally and probably back the fuck off.
I either think of the German Zweihander or the Scottish Claymore.
@Prussian Eagle It's basically a greatsword.
short sword (1h + shield option)
arming sword (1h + shield option)
bastard sword (hybrid 1h or 2h)
broad sword (2h)
long sword (2h)
great sword (2h)
can you also talk about other culture's swords.. like rapier? zweihander? kris? samurai etc?
11:54
“That thing was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy and too rough. It was more like a large hunk of Iron." -Berserk
What about the term "Broadsword?" I always heard that growing up...
Donald Fischer the broadsword term actually refers to a basket hilted sword (think the swords you see in the renaissance) it’s a rather thin sword more akin to a rapier than anything else, kinda weird it’s referred to as a broad sword but eh
@@blakewerner5466 I always thought the basket hilted sword that resembles a rapier but a little thicker was the Claymore (common Scottish sword, correct?)
Donald Fischer the claymore is the Scottish version of the basket hilted sword though it’s more closely related to a long sword or short sword than a broadsword
It was a retronym from the age of rapiers. Since all medieval swords were broader than a rapier, they were all generally referred to by this term. The Scottish "broadsword" was contemporary to the rapier but was far more similar to the then old-fashioned medieval types. Probably the only example of a weapon being called that while still in common use.
During your Mordhau examination video when you looked at weapons, you called that longer version of the long sword a "war sword". Is that really about the size of the "unnamed" one you have here? Is "war sword" really a term?
This is an old video so Shad probably didn't know what to call the unnamed one at the time, and a warsword is an actual thing so yeah.
Is there a specification for when a blade is too long to be a dagger or too short to be a short sword?
Shad, do you have a reference for sizes and templates of a variety of swords? My son and I want to start making accurate replicas both in wood and steel. Maybe some aluminum.
"right?"
" *WROOOOOONGEEE* "
How do the swords stick to that wall?
Magic. . . and by magic I mean nails. INVISIBLE NAILS!
Well, now you said it, it seems obvious.
Dumb me
Some nails to hold the guards up is enough to lift the sword up
Also MAGICAL INVISIBLE NAILS!!!
It's actually a camera trick like old school Adam West Batman, where they would just twist the camera to make it appear that batman was scaling a wall. Shad isn't actually stood up, he is laid down and the whole thing is filmed from above.
Shadiversity Are you a wizard?
I have a question in some video games and as well as other things I have heard of things called great knifes or great daggers however most of the time whenever I get any kind of comparison they seem to be about the same size and in some cases shape as a simple short sword so is there a difference if any or is this just something that it's just been created by pop culture
Where do you get your wooden swords? Are they sturdy/proportional enough to train with?
He builds them
Everything I know about swords from Monster Hunter lines up with the info from this video.
First, Greatswords are body length maybe a bit bigger. (Also body width, and maybe a bit bigger)
Second, I knew that arming sword wasnt a longsword from the start, because it's not Katana shaped.
I think most understand that when we're playing fantasy medieval type games that we go by their classifications, not historically but... if it's a game like Kingdom Come or Mordhau... they should at least attempt it to be correct.
i has a question.
i have once seen a sword (in video games mostly) that had the blade and guard of the long sword but a handle that was twice as long.
did swords of this kind actually exist and if so what were they called and where did they classify?
This video helped me a lot building swords for my game without misconceptions. Thanks Shad!
14:00 we could call it a Claymore, since the Scottish Claidheamh-mòr was on average slightly longer than other longswords. Just a thought.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longsword
"Wait, you're missing the point. The longsword can be used one-handed without the proper feat, that's why it's called a LONGSWORD! And of course it does 1d8 instead of a d10."
Joking aside, I really hope this video will clear the confusion. Anyway, I would say it's MAAASSIVE, as you say. We could call it a Greatvideo, couldn't we?
Paolo Morresi Yes lets hope the confusion can be cleared up a little. Thanks for liking!
so you didnt even watch the video... he explained how can longswords be used in one hand.
Ahahahha and you did read my whole comment. Sure.
"You can't parry with a greatsword."
For Honor's Highlander: *Laughs in Scotland*
Probably the best and most concise video about different types of swords
Shad you're pretty cool man, first time i've seen your vids. Love the passion man, and that you like comics lol
“Just my short sword and your long knife”
but what make a greatsword a zweihänder? or is a zweihänder just the german version of greatswords? and where does the scottish claymore fit in? (im assuming its a longsword, but hey idk)
What about Falchions (sry for potential misspelling), Kriegsmesser and other variation of one egded swords?
I think Conan has a short or arming sword, I cant actually recall if he used it two-handed or one handed, but considering its short and he uses it two-handed doesn't that make it a bastard sword?
+scarecrow gamer You might be right, it's certainly an odd one when it comes to swords.
0:55 The passion this man has for the subject. Extraordinary!
i hear the term "claymore" thrown around alot about swords that look like your great sword so where would that terminology fit in or where does it come from?
You said a greatsword should come up to your head, but my question is, are you shorter or taller than average? Does that affect that, or should the sword for your build usually match that idea?
Sir, Dude - I love your channel and the thought you put into each of your videos!
+Talking Blades Thanks mate, that's awesome.
+Shadiversity but what do u do if a man comes from behind and prods you with his pork sword
The Goodzilla Hopefully you were wearing your armor, mate.
i love your energy lol
Austin Worthington Sugar(man)...
Another funny question is there such a thing as a huge great sword ? like the Frysian Hero Grutte Pier (Pier Gerlofs Donia) he had a great sword of 2.13 meters tall, would they call it a great sword or a huge great sword ?
Thank you! Your video cleared up what type of sword I have and now I know what the proper damage is that I'll be giving the zombies. I did see once in a book of arms about the Arming sword and I thought it was odd they were calling a long sword an arming sword but I remis I never looked into it. Thank you again!
Dark Souls seems to be pretty accurate with its terminology.
So basically (notice my capitalisation) a Long Sword is a great sword and a Great Sword is a long sword, while a Short Sword is just a short sword
Can I get a link to were you bought the hand and a half? Much appreciated
What would be the classification of InuYasha's Tessaiga in its true form?
This is awesome! OMFG
Shad would make a great berzerker when angry.
And so began my 4 year love afair with swords. Thanks Shad!
Thankyou! I was starting to become aware that the names of swords weren't exactly what I thought they were, now you've cleared it up for me.