Adam Savage Meets Real Ancient Swords!
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- In an earlier visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Arms and Armor conservation lab, Adam was able to touch historical armor (in the form of armored gauntlets) for the first time. THIS visit, associate conservator Sean Belair treats Adam to another first: the opportunity to examine -- and handle -- an array of period swords dating back to the 13th century!
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Love the vid and I want more.
Maybe do something with the Forged in Fire crew, I think that'd be right up your ally
Would love to see more historical focused videos like this
Meow
I love that last one because the triangular blade seems to be playing off the bayonet design of the time.
Adam you have GOT to go to the Royal Armouries in Leeds here in the UK. You would absolutely lose yourself in there and curation team and staff are so incredibly passionate about everything, it'd make for a fantastic video/series of videos!
I lived in northern England for four year and was a member of the Royal Armouries. We had monthly classes where we got to explore the back rooms. My favorite memory was when they brought out "transition swords" - the swords that filled the gaps between different designs.
I would love to see Adam talk to Matt Easton and Toby Capwell
Is that where "Jonathon Ferguson, keeper of firearms and artillery at the royal armories museum in the UK" works at?
It's such a great place, Adam would love it
Karen Watts is so knowledgeable and sweet, a real pleasure. :)
I absolutely loved how the person filming this kept backing away, eventually winding up on the other side of the table away from Adam's gleeful swings.
It was Joey!
@@tested Smartt lad, Joey.
Put want the full action shot…
He didnt want a John Belushi type of accident. 😂
He was dodging adams fake laughs
Found a box of pictures of Adam and some of our friends when we were in our 20’s yesterday . This comes up on my feed today and makes me realize how fast life goes by. Blink, we are old.
How do u know him?
Were u guys smoking bongs 😅
@@KrypticKratos I have no memory of Adam smoking weed and the rest of us were stoners. Accidentally scooping a chip of wasabi thinking it was guacamole, yes, but weed no.
Happy 30# birthday!!!
Those were amazing. I got to hold one once that was probably 15th century. Not only was it far lighter than any replica swords I've ever held, but the balance point was exactly where it needed to be. It would stay in whatever orientation it was in your hand almost as if it was levitating that way. There was no effort involved. Moving it felt more like you were directing it where to move and it did so on it's own.
Beautiful description, very well said!
The second sword Adam held, from the Alexandria armoury, has been copied by Albion swords, a modern maker that makes real, functional replicas. Its such a ferocious cutting sword that it is actually banned from HEMA cutting competitions, because it makes it too easy. It just glides through tatami mats and other cutting targets so effortlessly that they banned it from competition because it was almost impossible to compete if you had any other sword.
Lol, isnt hema supposed to be historically accurate? Ie, I have a more skilled blacksmith and money = I have a better sword 😅
It reminded me of the Principe.
@@IWontBuy-RP Turns out medieval combat was P2W 😆
@@TraktorTarzan It really was. Those born to noble families or those of higher status were fortunate enough to have the best equipment and the best trainers, fortunate enough to have be trained at all. Peasants couldn't afford either. I suppose that was one way of keeping the nobles noble and the peasants covered in dirt, the dirt covered could do nothing about it.
@@junichiroyamashita I think Albion based "The Alexandria" on this.
Now we need a video of Adam Savage meeting with Tobias Capwell or Tod Cutler to discuss swords and making things like this! That would be amazing!
I feel like Adam and Todd could do some incredible collaborations. True Medieval Mythbusting
So true! :)
Yes!
Adam Savage and Tod Cutler would be ideal.
Just the amount both can learn from each other alone would be phenomenal.
I just suggested exactly the same. They would me the best of friends and I wish I’d be there too.
Why not a current US swordmaker, like the guys at Albion . These guys make really good swords in older styles . Some are copies of old originals, some are updated designs . All are fully functional like their historic counterparts, but with modern production and materials . If an ancient warrior woke up and wanted a traditional duel, this is where a modern US hero could buy their sword .
This is brilliant in so many ways! As a HEMA enthusiast and translator of fencing manuals I'm so, so happy to finally see a proper, blunt 16th century "sports" fencing sword being presented to a wider audience! Thank you so, so much for this! Also the explanation on how you actually fight in plate armor in halfswording, etc. Awesome video, I love it, this really makes me happy. :)
Theres nothing like seeing/being a part of a conversation with this much passion in it. Love how excited they both get at small facts about the blades. Passion is contagious
It's so insane that he's holding a weapon that could've seen wars or battles from over 700 years ago man if those swords could talk!
Also I couldn't take my eyes off these pieces how amazing
Right?!
Well, most probably they'd say that they never really saw any battle at all. ;) Medieval warfare was by and large a siege warfare with little direct enemy contact. Open field battles like we see in movies were a very rare exception. Take the 100 years war, for example. HIstorians count about 60 violent encounters in that rivalry for the French crown, and only 3-4 of them were larger field battles (Crecy, Poitiers, Agincourt,..). And that's in the entire area of France, in 100 years. And each of those battles didn't last longer than a day. So, the probability of actually fighting in a battle was probably smaller than going from playing football as kid to actually playing in the World Cup finals..
@@heiterkiter well depends what site it's from they never said in the video but you're right in the sense that it might not have been involved in a large war but people don't just kill eachother in war my friend.
@@ThousandManx that is true of course and I would also love to hear the story these swords could tell. :) I'm just commenting because I think it's sad how fiction shows the late Middle Ages far more violently than they actually were. According to a study from 2003 (M. Eisner, Long-Term Historical Trends in Violent Crime), many major cities in the US have a higher violent crime rate today than central Europe had in the 15th century. These swords were made in the period after the plague killed ~30% of the European population in the mid 14th century. Poorer fields were left deserted while the better ones were still cultivated, which lead to a higher production per person for the survivors. Trade was flourishing and the prospering cities competed for able craftsmen. And the people who wore swords were the managing elite of the society. It would have been idiotic to allow these people to just kill each other every time they had some dispute. That's not what the 15th century actually looked like.. :)
If they still used swords as primary weapons today, there may very well, be very few wars, if not battles....
now we need a clip of Adam swinging a sword around like Aragorn saying "this is a good sword"
When he picked up the civilian rapier I was hoping he'd say, "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"
Speaking of Aragorn, at 9:41, That sword looks very much like the sword of strider.
@@redbarret123 Yeah you're right, it kinda does!
@@woopimagpie right? I wonder if that sword design drew inspiration for the sword used by viggo mortensen in the movies
@@redbarret123A medieval sword inspiring swords in an Iron age and early medieval inspired fantasy? Who'd have thought....
The joy these guys have is just infectious. You can’t help but smile watching Adam geek out.
I always love how enthusiastic and how respectful you are about other peoples work and how you are open to new ideas.
The lightness and balance of these things is [are?] further evidence that our ancestors weren’t just some ‘backwoods dummies’ lol. So fascinating.
Yes, they found out what worked, and did that and developed based on that.
I don't think anyone's really called them that. Perhaps more credulous in many respects, but not dummies.
@@DaveDexterMusic The common belief, especially among younger people, is usually that we, today’s humans, are far superior to the people who came before.
“Backwoods dummies” may not be how they specifically refer to them, but it’s a very comparable phrase to what they would call them.
Yea, there is this myth that swords were heavy, for some reason perpetuated by "historians", media. and hobbyists. When in reality they did pretty good engineering to get as much as they could out of what they had. Wasting steel by overbuilding something that didn't need it, cut into profits and gave you more work. People also did not want to swing around heavy things during long battles, they wanted enough to do the job and no more.
@@DaveDexterMusic The same goofballs that think knights had to be craned onto horses also think swords are really heavy and everybody in the past was a moron. Mostly US high school teachers
I don't know if Adam will see this, but the Alexandria sword is what the company Albion has based theirs & the Principe off of - which is one of the best performing cutting swords in competitive European sword cutting competitions of all time. To the point where many people feel like it's just cheating. I just think he would enjoy knowing that it performs even better than it feels in the hand.
People underestimate how superior European swords were at cutting especially the Alexandria
@@zzodysseuszz "superior" is a a loaded term. the myth of them being iron bars is obviously very irritating but swords all over the world perform excellently at their intended purposes.
@@WoodrowSkillson Principe/Alexandria > Katana
@@johnsmithe4656 That comparison just isint very good. Katana's were over engineered and served a very specific purpose which was mainly just self defence for nobles. If they were used in war it was mainly a side arm and you would really be using something like a spear. The way katana's are made make them very hard to repair as well and the odds are if you use it in battle a few times it will be so damaged that you would have to get a new one and they arent exactly cheap either.
@@billfred9411 Yep. The actual 'battle katana' if you wanted to call it that was the nodachi, which is in essence a giant two-handed cleaver with ~85 in cutting length and almost an inch thick triangular cross-section. Probably either used as a cavalry weapon, or an anti-cavalry weapon.
This video hit hard, one of the best ER lore videos hands down. Made so many seemingly disjointed things make sense, well done.
Part of what I love about watching these videos (and Tested in general) is Adam's enthusiasm. He really truly appreciates, in a visceral and emotional way, the value and importance of whatever it is he's looking at. This isn't just history and education-- it's joy and love and excitement and it shows in every video. Thank you Adam and Tested team!!
You worded that so briljantly!
The Royal Armouries in Leeds (UK) is a really good day out if anyone's in, or visiting, the north of England - free entry, several floors of this stuff. Big fan of the horse armour, personally, and the painted helms. I also had a lot of fun at a longsword workshop once, you really do need to heft one of these bad boys around to appreciate them fully. And wearing a full helmet and chainmail is quite an experience. The old steel was lighter than most modern repro. OK, spam over, watching the rest of the video now :D
I live not far from Leeds & got to go behind the scenes at The Royal Armouries when I was studying film design & it was just incredible.
5:14 Bending it like that freaked me out. I knew they were flexible but seeing it is different entirely.
I've held swords with that much flex, and I've used one in practice combat. What has always just amazed me even more than the ability to bend is the fact that a properly constructed blade will return to true, even after far more significant bending than you saw here. It's like magic.
Do you reckon some guy in 1419 was doing the same and thinking "man this is so weird I gotta send it to the museum"
Easily my favorite series. The knowledge and enthusiasm all of these conservators have is truly mind blowing.
I love the absolute joy and fascination in Adam's eyes as he truly admires the craftsmanship of these wonderful swords. I don't blame him for liking the flimsy one!
6:18 bends the fuck out of the blade...why????
@@adamgreene831 to show how elastic real blades have to be. If it doesn't bend, it's going to break.
The joy from just holding those…it really is beautiful to watch. Adam’s content always makes me smile 😊
Very nice progression through the style, age, and design. Swords are such an interesting topic as historic items go. There's as much personal taste of the master as there is of the maker. Both stories, forever intertwined in a piece of wood, leather, and steel.
Not all sword users were masters, many were regular men of sufficient status for whom it was just their EDC or combat weapon . Notice in particular the sword that was shown in both army and civilian versions, with the civilian having extra decorative features and neither being associated with a famed master .
style had nothing to do with useable swords.. only the ones that are so pretty there completely useless as a weapon.... hence pointless
@@harleyme3163 Pretty sure he’s talking about something more than just decoration of the swords.
It’s crazy to think that such old pieces are still in that good of condition. Supremely impressed and grateful they are being preserved.
The enthousiasm of these gentlemen is infectious! Makes me a little kid again when I was totally all about the medieval era.
This is so awesome. Adam savage was my go to after school watch, the OG myth busters. Glad to see him still around, killing it.
My new favorite channel. Theres so many great old videos too
Would love to see Adam speak or meet up with either Matt Easton of Scholagladiatora, or Skallagrim.
Adam trying some HEMA basics! (HEMA = Historical European Martial Arts = sword fighting)
@@WMfin was my thought as well, I can imagine the sheer joy if he got to do some cutting.
I feel Matt is the most qualified here.
Thanks Adam & Sean bean a great episode on swords, amazing how they started so big and ended so light and fancy....thanks for all the fun knowledge we learnt along the way...Peace and love to everyone
I love every video you do at the met. Its so wonderful to see these and to hear the story behind each piece. Thank you so much.
This channel exposes me to so many awesome things I would never think to look up on my own!
Oh, we really appreciate your letting us know that. It’s comments like yours that keep us going. THANK you.
If you ever make it to Cleveland, Ohio, go to the Cleveland Museum of art. They have a HUGE room dedicated to various forms of armament. Swords, suits of armor, jousting, horse armor, various weapons…it’s quite spectacular.
We’ll add it to the list!
It's the most impressive armor collection I've seen (at least to the untrained eye) and definitely comparable to the Met!
The enthusiasm of both these men is infectious. I have to say that a well made fighting sword is quite a thing to hold and swing. It almost wants to do a swing itself. I never held anything this old but early 19 Century cavalry swords are easy to distinguish from the later copies just on the basis of their balance in the hand.
Hurray Adam !!!!...We love you!!!.....thanks for all the great shows!
Absolutely amazing. I'm loving this series you're doing with medieval arms and armour. Beautiful pieces of craftsmanship. I'll have to make a trip out to the MET to check these out myself. Thank you Adam and Tested team.
the Alexandrian sword is one of my favorite historical pieces! I'm super glad to see Adam handle them and marvel at their weight and balance :)
These videos from the Metropolitan Armory are my favorite videos of all, the craftsmen from those times where incredible and the History lesson is also incredible! Thank you so much guys that was awesome ❤😊
I love Adam's enthusiasm and his appriciation of these beautiful weapons. We need MORE!!
This is easily one of my favorite CZcams videos to date, absolutely loved every second of this!
Nice to see such an ornamental federschwert, and Sean clearly knows his stuff
This is so great, brother! Love your MET series. More, more, more! Arms and Armor!
One: Holy cow those are absolutely beautiful swords. Two: The absolute inquisitive wonder and joy Adam shows here is just so refreshing to watch.
For anyone interested in getting their very own version of that Alexandria sword Albion has an amazing reproduction called the Principe. There's also one called the Balaur Arms Type XVIIIc Alexandria that's in a more affordable price range.
yes the principe is a beauty problem is albion wait list jaja, though the balaur version is is a bit narrower than the original one, also just for bonus the maker is LK chen a well know company for their chinese reproductions, they have been on the rise you can get one in kult of athena.
I love this!
Adam should try sword fighting basics at some HEMA club! (Historical European Martial Arts)
I love Adam's enthusiasm and just pure joy at seeing the craftsmanship of these weapons.
What a wonderful episode. The excitement is contagious!
This was fascinating and I feel like I learned from it, this series has been charming and enlightening!
Thanks so much for your comment! We’ll pass it along to Adam.
Seeing how light they are makes you appreciate how well they could actually be handled in combat, and how easily you could take your own leg off.
The second with Arbnic inscription was outstanding. The thin blade, the width of it just says this would be an outstanding cutter. Beautiful!
Outstanding! Thanks Adam, and to The Met!
Even from a viewer's perspective, the detailed overview of these swords' weights and dimensions was incredibly interesting and informative. Like Adam said, the way swords are depicted by replicas and in media makes them seem so much bulkier and more cumbersome than they apparently really were in reality. The balance and flexibility of the large longsword and the unbelievable detail on the mourning sword is truly fascinating
soooo jealous, and at the same time I really am happy that Adam is allowed to have one of my childhood dreams fulfilled, holding a real ancient sword and I can enjoy it with him 🤗. Adam is someone who I believe deserves good things happening to him
What I really like about Adam is his genuine joy at seeing these swords. It is infectious.
Awesome episode, what a great treat for Adam. So impressed with Sean's knowledge and enthusiasm as well. 👌👌❤❤🙏🙏
I would be just as giddy, seeing them up close and actually being able to hold them. Feel the weight and history to them. I was smiling just with the first camera pass. Love all these videos from the Met Arms and Armor section.
So glad! And we spent the WHOLE day with them this visit. We even ate lunch in the employee lunchroom! Thrilling, truly.
The level of respect, grattitude and passion Adam Savage has in this episode was the biggest entertainment for me :) What a good person!
Oh man, sooo jealous!! What an incredible opportunity! I am so happy for you!! That must have been so fun!
This is one of the most interesting and most informative videos I have seen. REALLY enjoyed it. Thanks to you both.
I feel Adam would love to do a TV show visiting Britain's history museums based on armors and weapons
I love seeing Adam's face as he hold these swords. How light they are.
That mourning sword absolutely blew me away, such craftsmanship.
I really enjoyed this. The look on the face of someone holding their first real sword is priceless.
The practise sword type is known today as a Feder (Federschwert) sword. It is the training weapon for the longsword and replicas of these are used widely today in HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) sword competitions/events. Modern Feder replicas usually have a bent tip.
Intrestingly there is no evidence that they ever were called "Feder" before modern times.
These episodes going over historical museum pieces are really interesting. Thank you for sharing!
Good chemistry between these guys! Bring him back for more videos!
I've been into swords and the study thereof for over a decade, so it makes me happy *in my soul* to see a video that covers 500 years of sword history in broad strokes without saying anything too misleading or horribly wrong.
I love the he is so nerdy about this genre of armory
Great video - Sean is fantastic communicator!
Isn’t he, though?!!! We think so too.
such fun. great to have two passionate people giggling over swords
I've always loved the middle ages since I was a kid, seeing Adam's face light up as he holds the swords is honestly really wholesome and a slight tearjerker for me :D
Thank you both so much! I hope one day to handle a period piece as well :3
I recently saw a demonstration by a local sword fighting school. It was really interesting to learn how actual sword fighting occurred. There is a lot more grappling than I think most people realize and the stuff you see in movies with huge swings that leave a person open to getting grabbed or punched in the face with a shield really is just for movies.
My god.... Adam I got choked up too! I think about the beauty, the death it caused, the craftsmanship. It's just overwhelming
Great video with a great vibe! Thank you for sharing this :)
The sword that Adam holds at the very end is an absolutely amazing cutter. Albion has a replica based on a very similar sword type and it's so easy to cut with that cutting competitions have banned it's use because it's simply too good at cutting.
The smallsword or Longsword?
@@PhoenixCheetah The alexandria sword with the arabic writting.
It should be noted that there are many fine craftsmen of replica swords who do include the distal taper which is what makes it so nice in the hand and not overly heavy. There are also some larger manufacturers of historical style European and Eastern swords that also get the weight right as people who do things such as hema or are just hobbyists want historically accurate weapons. I can definitely understand where Adam is coming from though as he has likely dealt with mostly props which weren't made with much other than looks in mind.
This was a fantastic host. Amazing job, sir
Adam you are one of the coolest guys in tv history. Your enthusiasm is great
I absolutely love the second sword, what i would do add that to my collection.
Albion make a few swords that are extremely similar based on swords that were kept in the Alexandria collection. The Alexandria and the Principe in particular are very nice pieces, the Principe has actually been banned from HEMA cutting competitions for being too good.
This was absolutely insightful and amazing, bravo to you!!!👏👏👏👏
two history geeks having fun. love it. im sat here just loving the energy of both
I don't think I'll ever really get tired of Adam geeking out over things. His enthusiasm is incredibly infectious.
The second Sword that they picked up is of the Oakshott XVIIIc typology. It's known for its ability to cut.
A sword company by the name of Albion makes a really good replica.
I laughed when Adam picked it up, because everyone had that reaction when they pick up an XVIIIc 😂
Was once at a Swiss gun-show that had an Albion-booth, already fairly familiar with them myself it was funny to see the reactions of the many lifting up a historically correct sword for the first time.
1. Tense up the shoulder-muscles, expecting to lift a heavy chunk of metal.
2. Lifting the sword up much more easily than expected, confused only needing a fraction of the strength anticipated.
3. Moving it around being fascinated and relaxing the muscles. .. and then being kinda discouraged and hesitant looking at price-tag a few times.
It’s almost embarrassing the amount of times I caught MYSELF smiling while watching this video. Thank you so much to the team at the met and adam savage for providing such fascinating info on varying eras of arms and armor
Mail ring in the shin, still adventuring. Arrow to the knee, town guard.
Type 18c is my favourite sword type and I'm glad our curator friend agrees
Nice! 🙂
10:33 Interestingly, Solingen still is famous for its knives and cutlery! ;-)
This quality of craftmanship is stunning! And this hundreds of years ago.
If you are interested in Swords and all kinds of related blades, if you happen to be in Germany I suggest a visit to the Klingenmuseum in Solingen. They have a huge display, among other things, of all sorts of edged weapons, especially those made in and around Solingen.
What I find so fascinating about those, especially the more elaborate and decorative ones, is imagining how someone a few hundred years ago made those, with the materials and knowledge about materials they had back then and obviously all hand tools. No Power Hammers (maybe lateron a water powered one), no CNC, no grinders, no Dremel tools etc.. I cannot even imagine how long it might have taken to make some of those. Not the forging itself, which may actually be the least part of time spent, but all the grinding, filing, possibly scraping (the fuller for example) or planing, engraving and whatelse that went into the hilt. I can hardly imagine any of todays craftsman being able to recreate it the same way. from a crafts perspective there are a few who will sure be able too, but it would need such an amount of money and dedication, unbeliavable. And then, not sure if they would get it as light and flexible, although with todays materials we would be able to make even lighter, more flexible and especially more durable versions.
Yeah he did pull some good ones for you! We've studied the long swords there and have made similar-ish versions! We use those and others from museums all over (Royal Armouries, Wallace Collection, Louvre, etc) for our blades. Hard to really make good historical based swords until you get the originals in your hands! We'd love to have you on our Sword Talk podcast someday on our tiny youtube channel :) It would be cool to hear more about your experiences working with Peter Lyon! He's a great guy!
Sterling is another maker of fantastic replicas, again very true to the originals.
Never thought the town of Solingen would be discussed in a Tested episode
With joy I listened to the knowledge and understanding of 'how it was'. With a fair amount of jealousy I applaud Sean's dedication to understanding the technology and art of those who came before us. His dedication to keeping alive the past for us to be amazed.
This was awesome, I feel you on this one Adam, what a joy it would be to hold those.
Ohh he pulled some good ones for you! I've studied most of those but not all of them up that close! We use those and others from museums all over for our @Sterling Armory blades! Aren't they amazing! Hard to really make good historical based swords until you get the originals in your hands! I've made a few based on that wide Alexandria Arsenal one.
Seeing Adam’s reaction is why I’m here I get to live vicariously thru him
I really hope you can look at more blades like thse, this was one of my favorite videos of yours
If you buy a weapon from a company called Arms and Armor, what you get are museum-quality replicas that are made to be indistinguishable from the original by anyone other than an expert. I've had the pleasure of handling some of the weapons they had at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, and they're exquisite. They're also not cheap.
I doubt it, museum originals are characterized by rough work, you can't sell that low quality to a modern public. Tod's Workshop discusses that problem a few times. On a technical level it's also blacksmith versus whitesmith products.
It would be amazing to see you do some videos with Tod's Workshop youtube channel. He makes authentic medieval weaponry (he even made a real trebuchet!) and does interesting tests with them. His channel is great!
One of this days must watch all again,this guy is awesome
This is literally the COOLEST vid I've seen in a long time! 😍 I's so jealous you got to hold those, you lucky guy!
I would love to know the steel composition of some of these. They’re amazingly thin and have lasted so long.