14 Medieval Daggers from Tod's Workshop

A video discussing 14 different medieval and renaissance daggers that I have made over the last few weeks. Looking at interesting features about each dagger and discussing them.
No particular agenda or direction to the film; just some information and thoughts on a few medieval styles.
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[@calvininthanon1546]

My favorite thing about Tod is just how he talks like he didn't make these things. It just goes to show how invested he is in history and how much he supports historical accuracy over just a dagger that will sell. Love ya Tod keep it up

[@guypierson5754]

@BLUE DOG More than likely it's simpler: What works and people like.... works, and people like it.

[@bernatkun8069]

@BLUE DOG r/badhistory

[@bernatkun8069]

@BLUE DOG r/badhistory

[@scotthaddad563]

Yeah but has he ever shown his shop other than the occasional shots of his wooden workbench? Does he have a belt grinder, mill, metal lathe, forge, three little dwarfs living under the porch who really do all of the work at night while he sleeps? Does he outsource his blades from China? It’s all a bit secretive isn’t it?

[@ivyssauro123]

@@scotthaddad563 he definitely doesn't outsource them and this is his home not his shop

[@TyZaTube]

“I’m copying the mistake somebody else made” Tod is the man!

[@reaperwithnoname]

It adds an extra layer of historical authenticity.

[@Unethrorpe]

That spiderweb dagger is honestly the coolest dagger I've ever seen.

[@jbloun911]

looks almost Victorian

[@tommeakin1732]

I find it quite amusing that I kind of find it the most "meh" because so many weapons in fantasy look like that lol. All of the others have that "historical look", but that one kind of looks like it's out of the Elder Scrolls or something ;) But I actually really like the interesting cut outs on the blade

[@Vespuchian]

The keyhole guard is really eye-catching, almost looks like knotted rope. The blade is very strange indeed!

[@wolfgirl535]

I was just going to say that!

[@scobra1cz]

The next one is very cool too :)

[@wanderinghistorian]

"The French were very keen on three ball daggers." Of course they were.

[@florix7889]

C'est offensant

[@thetallone7605]

I honestly wonder if the french liked the bollock daggers purely for the innuendo

[@Victor-056]

Must be compensating for something...

[@jimwagner6260]

I only need 2

[@paavobergmann4920]

@@thetallone7605 That´s the point about much of medieval ornamentation. 1100-1700 is the Age of Innuendo. I mean...Landsknecht fashion, ahemm....

[@mzklucas]

There is a lot of work in those daggers, this is a really cool collection

[@generalpatton2910]

i think most of it is bollocks

[@Miki112xD]

I love watching daggers I can't afford. God bless Tod for making the Tod Cutlar mark for people like me :)

[@adamsneath6976]

Also can I just say how impressive it is that Tod has made 14 daggers in just a few weeks! Especially with this level of detail, just thought I'd comment as nobody else seems to have mentioned it.

[@ShaddySoldier]

"Quite a fancy piece" I'd say it is quite a phallic peice haha

[@AL4RC0NR4MO5]

thanks for the video, daggers dont get as much limelight as they deserve. Hearing you talk about the triangle cross section blades being banned made me interested in seeing you talk about modern military combat knives (like the Fairbairn-Sykes and KA-BAR). I'd be interested in your perspective, as someone who makes and knows a lot about historical weapons.

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

@Christian Morgan I think that this Marine was happy to have his. www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2014/11/22/statue-honoring-iconic-fallujah-photo-unveiled-at-pendleton/

[@Sareth94]

I'm now the prouud owner of the horn/antler hilted dagger at 2:27 Absolutely lovely piece!

[@elongatedcarrot3704]

I'm so glad the science and craftsmanship of these tools are still being produced.

[@UAPJedi]

As I’ve got older I’ve become more interested in history and have stumbled across this channel and found myself absolutely absorbed by its content and Tod’s engaging presentation style.

[@5chr4pn3ll]

"This I made for the king" o_O

[@littlemouse7066]

I think he's referring to the recent movie ""The King".

[@charliebowen5071]

He means the bbc production of ‘outlaw king’ he is a props maker to the movie industry.... not an actual king... Jesus,! Some dimwits here!

[@charliebowen5071]

uncletigger Charles will never ascend anyway.. yes he is hereditarily the next in line but William will become king.

[@Aconitum_napellus]

@uncletigger The truth is that Tod is actually a time travelling thief and arms dealer, his workshop and these videos are all a front to hide the fact that he invented a time machine whilst working on set, but soon realised that the only way to make any real money was to loot history and sell antiquities in the present day.

[@goldenrootsnet]

It's those time travelling thieves that make good archeological finds difficult...

[@WernerBeroux]

5:55 Video gets demonetized... "It's a French thing." 😅

[@trulsdirio]

How you pronunce Landsknecht is really quite funny. But Great work and a really interesting video!

[@tonyoliver2167]

I am an avid customer if Tod's workshop and I must say it is 100% worth it to at least take a browse through his products. I can say from first hand experience that his work is very good and all products he produces are at a high quality. Absolutely love his work and now love his YT, too! Thumbs up to you Tod

[@tonyoliver2167]

@@tods_workshop it's quite alright. Looking forward to the Bauenwehr I ordered not too long ago! :D

[@qed7491]

I have just received one of Tod's 13c daggers. It's stunning, it's seriously high quality, and it was very affordable. I'm just a chuffed punter and a fan btw, nothing more. Thank you Tod.

[@rollastoney]

The second dagger was so nice. My fav of the bunch.

[@Danthar]

Likewise~

[@j.v.7451]

Beautiful work Tod. Keep up the fantastic work on your constructs as well as your videos!

[@brianreddeman951]

Thank you so much for taking the time to show off your work. Simply beautiful pieces each and every one.

[@powg3476]

Regarding the guards on some of the daggers being less than robust, I had thought that they would act more as an arrest for the hand; preventing it from sliding down the blade.

[@andytopley314]

They are all beautiful - your craftsmanship (and passion) shine through. Many thanks for all the great videos you make and keep up the good work

[@Nerezza1]

I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos, it's very relaxing. Absolutely stunning workmanship as well!

[@keithwortelhock6078]

Beautiful craftsmanship!

[@theragnarr26]

Beautiful work. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you sharing you knowledge.

[@VeraTR909]

I think you are really nailing it with your interpretations of the style at that time, the recent videos have been so good!

[@alistairboak3128]

Excellent craftsmanship and historical notes. Thank you!

[@sofademon5758]

Lovely work Tod, thanks for posting.

[@TyLarson]

I love your videos. Been lurking for a couple of years now. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and creations.

[@mustangunique3214]

I seriously loved this video! Watching all these unique craftmanship its just stunning. Im amazed that you possese so many medieval daggers and that says a lot of your dedication and your interest. I love medieval, and i love daggers, and you make very nice videos! So interesting!

[@dominuspopuli]

Absolutely stunning workmanship and I love the hilt of the spiderweb-pommel dagger.

[@jukeseyable]

Great video, even better craftsmanship! Beautiful work, your pride and enjoyment of the work shines through

[@natetully287]

I always love watching your videos. You're a real craftsman, Tod.

[@TheAegisClaw]

Beautiful work Tod, and informative as always. Thanks.

[@pwylltwiceborn]

Thank you again for all your work! all of your videos are enlightening in one form or another. Keeps me thinking of new ideas for my writings!

[@jeromepeters9842]

Just amazed at your level of craftsmanship

[@raymondgoertzen7333]

Very cool. Seeing the different styles of daggers. And great info!

[@martinroth1263]

Stunning work; interesting information, all in all: a cool and interesting film. Thank you!

[@klausnielsen1537]

TY for showing and giving a knowleadgeable talk through.

[@danzigrulze5211]

I have one of your bollock daggers in my collection and it is a great piece. I just recently ordered a rondel, and a eating knife that I can carry everyday. The work on your daggers is awesome, especially for the prices and I just can't get enough of them.

[@margoparts6419]

Really nice craftmanship! Cheers!

[@Atravis02]

Tod, I thoroughly enjoy and appreciate the work you do and the videos you make. I’ve been an Infantryman for over 13 years and what I love most about your work is getting a realistic view and explanation of the tools these Soldiers of the past used. To me it creates a tangible connection to the past as I imagine what it would be like to use in a normal day to day routine.

[@nirvana613]

You my good sir are quite the master craftsman,incredibly beautiful work ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and work with us !

[@tods_workshop]

Thank you very much!

[@edwardgurney1694]

Love the checkerboard pattern on the lacing on some of the sheathes.

[@dumusstarbeiten5063]

6:00 now i learned something new about the anatomy of french people...

[@umartdagnir]

I suspect they cross-bred with ducks at some point.

[@mr.meowgi9876]

@@umartdagnir le quack oui oui

[@djmg3704]

"It sits on your belt looking dam cool"...awesome! Fantastic channel Tod, you bring history alive for my two sons.

[@quintoncoverdale8111]

Keep it up Tod, I really enjoy your videos and your passion for history. Super interesting stuff

[@LewisSkeeter]

Breath-taking skill, Tod.

[@christiandietz6341]

Love your channel Tod. Great presentation and excellent craft. Thank you.

[@tods_workshop]

Thank you kindly!

[@jasoncaldwell8199]

Hell of a video! I'd love to see more of these as you make them. Swords too, of course!

[@quentintin1]

i find the explanation about triangular/cruciform bayonets being banned by the 1922 Geneva convention puzzling 1st: France always has been a signatory part in all Geneva conventions, yet they didn't drop the cruciform bayonet until 1956. they kept using the Rosalie with the Lebel and Berthier and the MAS Mle 1936 was adopted with a cruciform bayonet that stored inside the hand-guard, same for the MAS Mle 1944. 2nd: the Geneva convention does not preoccupy itself with the rules of war, the Geneva convention is concerned in it's ruling with the identification, treatment and protection of wounded, prisoners of war, civilians, medical personnel and medical infrastructure. the ruling over the customs and weapons of war is decided with the Hague conventions of 1899 and 1907 3rd: the Hague conventions have no rules pertaining to bayonets, the closest would the the article 23 of the Hague convention of 1907, point (e) :it is especially forbidden To employ arms, projectiles, or material calculated to cause unnecessary suffering. all documents can be accessed in the website of the ICRC at: ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/

[@sebastianriemer1777]

Thank you for your post. That Geneva convention thing drives me nuts. It's Hague and st. Petersburg for rules of war. Even my drill instructor in the army got it wrong.

[@Tacklebox3000]

Thank you! This drives me crazy

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Isn't the idea of war to kill the other guy before he kills you? And they are worried about the difficulties of stitching up a wound from these blades??

[@quentintin1]

@@Mr.56Goldtop They are exactly not Cruciform blade wounds (according to some medics) are not too much difficult to stitch up The main advantage of those blades is that they are stronger and easy to make. They may make you bleed more easily but that's it Outside of bogus internet claims, nobody cares about what shape the blade of your bayonet has

[@badlaamaurukehu]

@@quentintin1 Plus with standard bayonet drill often being a 'stick, twist, withdraw, repeat' it doesn't really matter much what shape the blade is.

[@SuperSkinnymoose]

I love these Tod. I'm a leather craftsman who is starting to move from traditional work (bags, watch straps etc) into sheath-making. I'm loving collaborating with custom cutlers, and as a result of your videos developing an interest in exploring traditional leather kit. That impetus came from watching your vids! Thanks for helping me discover a different dimension to my own interest.

[@If-ish]

Gorgeous work i love that stag grip.

[@MrChrischi81]

You are an amazing craftsman beautiful works of historical art

[@01ZombieMoses10]

That 14th century spider web pommel dagger is just awesome. The back of the blade is just gorgeous

[@bursucalexlazar]

Lovely and instructional, as always. Thank you mate!

[@matteoreggiani3157]

Those daggers are works of art, each and every one... you're quite the craftsman!!

[@christopherporto3902]

Love your videos. I recently took up knife making as a hobby and your videos have given me a lot of ideas of things I want to try.

[@hallodanel1456]

They are all very beautiful,I love it!

[@schaduwfarspire9493]

Great pieces of art, well done.

[@sirhabanero647]

Whilst I prefer what you've done with Henry's stabber, I reckon it would have been a tudor rose. He was all about that branding.

[@carlosdiaz2688]

Great Work! Fascinating. Cool.

[@philipdunn7538]

Absolutely stunning!

[@martinhanke1670]

Beautiful daggers, love them all.

[@jobygochoco2731]

love those particularly the gentleman's stiletto dagger....outstanding...

[@shubbagin49]

What a delight, in my long life I have collected and used a lot of knives, graduated onto some backyard cutting and got interested in old weaponry. I have quite a few short-bladed weapons which I am slowly getting rid off but am using my daggers as decoration in my home. The form of a well-styled dagger must have been absolute bling, this video was like a bag of sweeties, I am in the process of acquiring your Cutler range of daggers, more in my budget, but for every rich man, there are 1000 not so rich men who like luxury items.

[@bacon81]

Beautiful work Tod. 👌🏽

[@reginaldscot165]

You are an artist sir. Breathing talent.

[@unclebubba5584]

beautiful work.

[@michaelnowak4078]

Great collection!!!

[@johnormike811]

You are obviously both artist and historian. The arts are appreciated.

[@nefron1]

Outstanding work!

[@feldweible]

Beautiful work. My compliments.

[@mrhotbox6811]

I've seen this video a couple of times now, and I have to say I'm amazed by your work! The German bollock dagger must be some of the prettiest bollock dagger I've ever seen!

[@Finvarra]

Thanks for the video. I particularly enjoyed being surprised to recognize the Catharsis reel at the end.

[@robinmarks4771]

Magnificent work, as usual.

[@stevenkennedy4130]

A wealth of knowledge. Thank you!

[@SuperLaplander]

Great daggers, thanks for showing us!

[@Strigoil]

Great lineup you got there Tod! I love to see that you are still making versions of the Landsknecht dagger I comission from you a few years back, the one with the white handle in the vid. Hope to make it to TORM and see your and your stand sometime.

[@crakilldurmom]

Great looking collection there.

[@michaelacevedo7476]

I love your work, u keep the past alive.

[@Jawn15]

Probably my favorite new KZbin channel. You do fantastic work sir.

[@stuartandrews4344]

Yet another superb video!

[@ghines38133]

Saw your wax tipped video bro, that's a helluva good recommendation from youtube. Now I see you've got so much good content! Looking forward to watching

[@TimBlankJ]

They all look awesome I am looking forward to making a purchase in the future.

[@johnwallis6838]

These are masterpieces Tod. I can't even imagine how to start making something like this. You should do a video on how you got into blacksmithing.

[@paulmears5330]

Tremendous work, Tod!

[@deadahead8701]

Wow works of art, I tinker with knives in my garage and know how hard it is to get everything so symmetrical like that great job.

[@mikefule330]

Your supreme craftsmanship, depth of knowledge, and sheer enthusiasm, coupled with clear and concise explanations make your videos a joy to watch. On a point of detail, I thought the difference between English and French bollock daggers was not the number, but that the English bollocks were much bigger.

[@TheTangyapple]

Best opening logo i've ever seen, rewound just to watch it again!

[@georgemunoz1912]

I have never had any interest in knives, daggers, swords, etc. But after watching a few of your videos and seeing your passion, I'm a fan now. I wanna buy some of these now lol

[@user-uc1oy3zk4t]

Gorgeous blades.

[@iagocasabiellgonzalez7807]

Amazing work, as always

[@anthonycrayne2835]

Excellent craftsmanship Tod. Sometime I'm going to pick up a bollock dagger from you. Really liked the first one you showed.

[@cloudcleaver23]

The third one and the second-from-last one are gorgeous.

[@Joe___R]

The dagger with the red handle and spider's web pommel might have been made for someone in the rope industry. The guard looks like rope or yarn and the pommel might be some sort of knot design instead of a spider's web.

[@zaswsaz]

Wonderful work on that second to last one, never would have known it was not original!

[@robthompson1399]

What a superb array of stabbers ! I like what Tod said about the aesthetics being just as if not more important that comfort. These weapons were dress bling that spoke about the wearer. At least that's how I am understanding what I'm hearing. I have one of Tod's quillon daggers, now I want more ! Really fancy a rondel now ! Great work Tod, and I really admire youre facts and no nonsense approach.

[@seannahmcauliffe9766]

Very nice work and a well made video to .