Ok first, ideally his hand isn't touching the knife but at the wrist; plus defending yourself against a dagger while being unarmed yourself is a last resort anyways. Second, these are instructions from a medieval manuscript for defending against anti armour daggers; they're not great for cutting, some disarm techniques involve grabbing the blade. Year old comment but idc.

Well spotted and said! People haven't really changed that much, sure we're more educated in certain fields but could your average person in the west for instance, make a candle? Make soap? Patch the holes in their clothing or identify edible forage from inedible forage? These would be fairly routine chores for people for thousands of years but all but lost within the last few hundred but for people in regions too poor not to simply be able to buy new things.

they do it for the show. i mean this is a presentation after all, not a match

That's funny! we shared that space with an Aerial Performing troupe. Some panels were removed to afix equipment to metal roof framing.

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This video proves the opposite, that the hammer is fully capable of knocking out an armoured opponent, where you could then, as you say, "kill him in whatever way you like." That final blow at the end very well could have been fatal, had it been a metal pollaxe, but at the very least it would have knocked them down or out, ending the fight.

@@GeorgieBonsoir 3:00 it was hit square on the head but caused zero damage. So I believe it is useless. Grappling is more effective.

@@adamding3873 It's made of a light foam/plastic, that's why. Think about it, if these things were useless, why would anyone use them.

@@GeorgieBonsoir As explained on 3:30, it is a simulate, blunt, but he did not say it was plastic. Also on 4:26, he said you can hardly kill with the hammer. It is used to pull the armor off or grab people to ground, then do the kill. But why bother? Grappling is far more direct and effective to take people down, and/or to pull the visor off. We don't know for sure how medieval armored knights fought each other. After all, this is a simulate, and not so convincing. I believe many of the medieval knights were not so well armored. The helmet may not be so solid, or there may be larger gaps between the plates. The revived armors are too well, which make the hammer useless.

@@adamding3873 Look at the thing, does it look like it's made of metal? Also, a normal hammer is 'blunt'. And yes, you are rarely going to kill someone in plate armour with a pollaxe or any weapon by bashing them on the head, although, that bash on the head is going to make it a whole lot easier to, as you say, grapple them to the ground and stab them. Imagine you try and run at someone wearing plate armour, in aims to tackle them... are they going to stand there and take it? No, they're going to hit you with their pollaxe, knocking you down, where they then stab you in the neck. Pollaxes, and any other anti-armour weapon, are for defending against attacks as much as they are for dealing them out. Once again, there is a reason that people used them.

Yes.

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It is a really robust dagger. I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

Thank you! I am glad you found it useful. We have been working on Dall'Agocchie's treatise for a little over 10 years now, and we are still finding these little nuances.