I like this man. He owns a piece of priceless armor and lets people see, touch, and wear it. Not keeping it behind a piece of glass just to look at.
@SgawCules4 жыл бұрын
@Leathley especially documents, like the declaration of Independence, the ink is fading day by day
@forget2bhuman9934 жыл бұрын
@@SgawCules they do restoration on the declaration of Independence constantly dude. all the ink has pretty much been replaced by now :')
@johoreanperson83964 жыл бұрын
Do it in my country and some retard will steal it.
@user-zg5ey5xo9i4 жыл бұрын
@Oliver Eales *normal european people
@crwydryny4 жыл бұрын
I'll be honest i cringed every time I saw someone touch the armour with their bare skin, human skin contains some nasty acidic oils that can destroy steel, it takes a lot of work to clean those oils off the metal and seal the metal against moisture and oxygen
@cycadaacolyte63494 жыл бұрын
I was making similar pieces in my garage with an oak tree stump, a hammer and portable gold rush era forge. Sure it would have been a real pain to make but I think the armor's appearance gives that away...
@juslangley4 жыл бұрын
Why does the opening of this video look like something from 1986?
@admiralgoodboy4 жыл бұрын
Justin E. L. H because it was
@gabrielaskew14154 жыл бұрын
eh Australia's a little bit behind, we're still really looking forward to the opening of ghost busters this weekend.
@westvirginiahellbilly81244 жыл бұрын
Same here at Cabin Creek , W.Va., Gabriel Askew , we are way behind times ! Although we may be a little farther than y’all , Crocodile Dundee , part 2 opens this weekend here in the mountains !!!! DAMN , me and my sister , oops I mean wife can’t wait to go !!! LMAO !!!
@Theo-bk6qj4 жыл бұрын
It from 2003
@SirSpinalColumn4 жыл бұрын
Because ABC
@ioioioioio60264 жыл бұрын
"wow this armour is so mysterious I wonder how it was made" well the fact it's made of steel plates and has bolts holding it together should have been a hint
@andrewyork38694 жыл бұрын
If that steel is hardened it would need to be heated, to bend it.
@scarto38873 жыл бұрын
scotch fueled......the question is who made it and where,maybe over a few scotches eh
@Thatsme8494 жыл бұрын
“Expert blacksmith”. Surely its almost impossible to make a more crude piece of armor than this lol
@crwydryny4 жыл бұрын
yep, heck I could do a better job than that in a bush forge, (it helps I know how to build a proper bush forge and am a trained black smith)
@cinemar4 жыл бұрын
@@crwydryny Yes but are you a trained outlaw on the run from the cops who are trying to kill you while you're making it?
@medicolkie36064 жыл бұрын
Yeah, literally just hammered steel with some bolts
@Tyguy1614 жыл бұрын
Try forming metal to any shape you like and you'll see it's not as simple as you think
@jackdaniels49754 жыл бұрын
@@Tyguy161 I can bend a spoon pretty easy! Surely bullet proof steel is just as easy!
@johnsweeney60724 жыл бұрын
After all that science they decided it’s made from steel available to them at that time. WELL DER.
@nuclearwinter19844 жыл бұрын
John Sweeney When he said that, I went well for fucks sake you don’t say??
@RictusHolloweye4 жыл бұрын
Nope. Aliens!
@tracygallagher46324 жыл бұрын
😂
@johnsweeney60724 жыл бұрын
I’ve got a PHD and could have worked that one out. Piss , Hardy , Drunk.🍺🤪
@HenryLinMusic4 жыл бұрын
That pun game was strong
@SSZaris4 жыл бұрын
Can we just appreciate that there's people and machines that can tell how hot a piece of steel got 100 years ago?
@Arbiter0994 жыл бұрын
@anonymous one it's not brain surgery
@Chew1ee4 жыл бұрын
@ArmchairWarrior it's rocket leage
@stevencrawford18414 жыл бұрын
It's not like making a woman orgasm, it's just armor
@hunters36forgingwoodworkin73 Жыл бұрын
Don’t worry it’s simple. Judge by color. Red is 1800ish F, orange is 2000ish F, and white is 2300ish F.
@mikeries8549 Жыл бұрын
Oh there is more. With more testing you can determine the microstructure of the steel and determine not only how hot it was but also how quickly it was cooled. It actually is rocket science pretty much
@CaptainLuckyLuke4 жыл бұрын
In primary school we made our own Ned Kelly armour out of cardboard and ran around throwing rocks at each other to test it out. Never get away with that today. Simpler times.
@yaboi-km2qn4 жыл бұрын
Less children with concussions though.
@soundbreakermusic4 жыл бұрын
Nah we still do that mate
@DatGamingKid14 жыл бұрын
@@yaboi-km2qn ugg
@remcovanvliet30184 жыл бұрын
@@yaboi-km2qn it's called natural selection, snowflake. Something we desperately need to bring back.
@freesexyew4 жыл бұрын
Yup, Dad sent me to school with a wheeties box on my head for dress up day.
@noahbass36874 жыл бұрын
As a blacksmith myself I can see that it wasn't done by a professional smith without having to watch the video. It would have been much more shapely and better fitted for the wearer because moving the metal would have been far easier with a coal forge
@BoxLaneProductions4 жыл бұрын
I've only ever seen the typical battle armour that knights and samurai wore, as cool as it is this looks like it was made by a wookie
@flamingfrancis2 жыл бұрын
@@BoxLaneProductions Battle armour was hand made by highly skilled armorourers. Their work was unbelievable given they did not have steels that were malleable and ductils per today's products.
@tdb79924 жыл бұрын
Suddenly this video from 2003 (uploaded in 2015) is in everyone's recommended. Nice work, algorithm.
@crwydryny4 жыл бұрын
well to be fair I do watch a lot of historical warfare videos, HEMA videos, and science videos.... so I can see why youtube recommended it to me
@Cpt_Boony_Hat4 жыл бұрын
I do the same but mine came up because a mysterious Kelly song earlier
@Kitasho4 жыл бұрын
We blasted it with a nuclear reactor and found out it was made from steel available in the time it was made, is probably the biggest waste of a nuclear reactor I've ever seen.
@flamingfrancis2 жыл бұрын
Most definitely overkill. A small piece or even a small amount of filings could have been analysed at a steelworks laboratory where identification is being performed all the time.
@justinjoyit134 жыл бұрын
Reprter: ''Should we find out how it was made, wouldn't it be better to leave it as mystery's and myths?'' What a question coming from the person who is making the film about the fact that it being tested and that is what is of interest!
@D10RC4 жыл бұрын
If ned was alive he would be in stitches laughing that one of the armoured suits been delivered in a 🔐 security van that he would of robbed if he was still with us. Love from 🇮🇪
@davgpol4 жыл бұрын
Why would he have robbed it? It had no money in it
@keyworksales62414 жыл бұрын
@@davgpol because it had his armor in it
@TheLumberjack19874 жыл бұрын
would have, not would of
@themaskedman2212 жыл бұрын
@@TheLumberjack1987 lol, he meant to say "would've", but spelled it phonetically.
@tomthompson74004 жыл бұрын
very interesting , and well done to the owner for letting the tests take place.
@Doctoranthetardis4 жыл бұрын
You can make a forge with a hole in the ground and forced air. I find it completely probable it was made in the bush.
@luke99114 ай бұрын
Of course it was. Rocket stove.
@anarchyorslavery16164 жыл бұрын
I thought they were gonna make a copy and shoot at it, very dissapointed!
@Etherman74 жыл бұрын
What, actual ballistics testing? That requires scary bang sticks, cant have those on the news. It'd frighten the children.
@BigBeerus4 жыл бұрын
Lol why bother you can tell the first 2 rounds that hit is passed through easily. Just look at it.
@bedeodempsey50074 жыл бұрын
It's Australia, they threw all their guns into the sea....
@davgpol4 жыл бұрын
Why? The original worked just fine
@KittycatKye4 жыл бұрын
@@davgpol With the high powered firearms of today, most cartridges would almost certainly go straight through that hunk of metal.
@craigsavarese86314 жыл бұрын
This must have been the inspiration for the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
@miktik86244 жыл бұрын
Craig Savarese exactly my thoughts
@highfall604 жыл бұрын
Or maybe they just used a great helm for inspiration. Y'know, just a thought.
@toddwebb75214 жыл бұрын
Your arm is gone
@207KalashBoy4 жыл бұрын
@@toddwebb7521 tis but a flesh wound
@Benzy6704 жыл бұрын
Craig Savarese nah, Monty Python’s inspiration was a Great Helm.
@blameusa70824 жыл бұрын
no professional armorer would have made something so crude-looking!
@jurassicthickness13404 жыл бұрын
Sorry what? I don't understand what you're saying
@scharftalicous4 жыл бұрын
I don't know about that? I doubt they would've had the luxury to give it finer finishings even if it was in a professional shop. Plus some blacksmiths like the heavy duty look.
@AmanAman-ri9kk4 жыл бұрын
Historic armor Gets sent to nuclear reactor
@grumpy26064 жыл бұрын
What's your point?
@bloodking734 жыл бұрын
@@grumpy2606 its funny
@gurgy34 жыл бұрын
I thought they were going to test it against a blast.
@grumpy26064 жыл бұрын
@@bloodking73 How is it funny?
@BRDScorpion4 жыл бұрын
The logic is trough the roof
@OswaldBeef4 жыл бұрын
3:25 it gets pretty hot when I’m in the Bush I tell you. But seriously that’s bushcraft alright
@Honsanmai4 жыл бұрын
Where others would have touched those armor pieces like egg shells, those dudes basically went like "oi mate, want to stick your mug in a piece of history?". I'm somewhere between wincing at the rough handling of it (iron/steel and fingerprints don't go well together) and smiling because of how much fun they have interacting with this armor.
@carsonaswell2809 Жыл бұрын
It’s a suit of haphazardly forged armor made out in the boonies. It’ll be fine
@mikeries8549 Жыл бұрын
If you would like to gander at ancient antique junk I've got a whole house full but you must handle each piece with gloves like it actually is priceless. Hurry before the fire.
@breaux28064 жыл бұрын
Title - "Did it work?" *Armored car opens, revealing helmet with holes shot through it. Me - "No, no it did not."
@snakezase29983 жыл бұрын
Oh no it did
@louiswain91393 жыл бұрын
It worked pretty well
@markfryer98802 жыл бұрын
A lot of the bullet damage was done by the police after the siege was over, testing how well it worked against their firearms.
@jameswalton57334 жыл бұрын
i gotta admit, adding the phrase 'they even made their own armor to fight in their last stand' would be pretty badass especially if it worked and the armor protected them from the shots
@sopwithpuppy4 жыл бұрын
So, I got 23 seconds into this video and was compelled to point out the spelling on the Armoured Van. (ARMERD TRANSPORT). Would you trust your valuables to this company?
@tracetassie46374 жыл бұрын
Lmfao ah must be french😂😂😂😂💀💀💀
@SirSpinalColumn4 жыл бұрын
And then proceed to load it into the back of a VT commodore wagon?
@dmjaxun98484 жыл бұрын
@@tracetassie4637 Why would it be in French?
@tracetassie46374 жыл бұрын
@@dmjaxun9848 say armerd in a french accent
@tracetassie46374 жыл бұрын
@@dmjaxun9848 you never seen a christmas story?
@acronm204 жыл бұрын
Deontay wilder’s walkout suit
@vshv91364 жыл бұрын
Till this day
@Whatmurdaaaaa4 жыл бұрын
He wouldn't have made out of the locker room
@boilabum4 жыл бұрын
Ouch lol. Hope hes got an armor codpiece because that was below the belt! Hehe
@vshv91364 жыл бұрын
More than 40 pounds man
@MaxUgly4 жыл бұрын
Nice one
@chrisalbrecht12974 жыл бұрын
Coincidentally i was talking to a new associate yesterday and we were talking about our family history. Her family history was from Daylesford like mine. She claims that her one of her great grandfather's not sure how many generations ago was a blacksmith in Daylesford and his claim to fame was making Ned Kelly's armour in his blacksmith shop in Daylesford. She didn't know how true it is but that's there family story handed down through the generations. So I hope this keeps the mystery alive." SUCH IS LIFE ."
@chrisalbrecht12974 жыл бұрын
@knife I have been doing some research and the family name I was given was one of the names police and historians mention. I'm not willing to give the name as I don't have permission from the person or family members of the person or persons involved. I'm not saying this is factual information just a coincidental conversation I had the day before I saw this clip.
@scarto38873 жыл бұрын
@@chrisalbrecht1297 however you're here noting yourself without being accountable WTF ?
@chrisalbrecht12973 жыл бұрын
@@scarto3887 A bit more cryptic for you mate. His name starts surname starts with a C ends in a h and he was a black Smith in the Beechworth area before moving to Daylesford. He then owned the local gig, then his son became a black Smith also. And he may and I say may. Have taught Ned how to make a Bush forge demonstrated and taught the Ned and the lads how to armour up. Like I said a reputable source. And if you cannot give me a name in the next 48 hours. You are a oxygen theife. No offence but I just gave you the name. Take care. Enjoy some actual research.
@sheepdog40413 жыл бұрын
@@chrisalbrecht1297 You have your bragging rights mixed up with your arse.Don't believe all that you read
@markfryer98802 жыл бұрын
Well my family history has it that my forebear was a blacksmith in Benalla, right next door to the police station. The cops found his maker's mark on some of the armour and accused him of making it. He protested his innocence and other blacksmiths were able to show the police that the armour had not been made over a smithies forge. As my relative no doubt said "Why would I put my mark on something like that and have made it right here next-door to your police station????" No doubt his mark was on one or more of the plow shares used in the armour and had not been damaged by the Kelly Gang when making their armour.
@scrubsrc40844 жыл бұрын
Priceless peice of history..... rolling around in the floor of the van
@athiefinthenight68944 жыл бұрын
i remember my primary school teacher saying her grandfather helped made ned kelly's armour. if you are still alive mrs Trafford have a good day
@athiefinthenight68944 жыл бұрын
i think she said a blacksmith melted down old horse shoes and gardening tools to make the armour
@Blaster-po5ou4 жыл бұрын
@@athiefinthenight6894 Which is false
@athiefinthenight68944 жыл бұрын
@@Blaster-po5ou stfu you know as much as i do and unless you where there at the time or a qualified scientist with 100% certainty don't correct people with something you are not even sure on
@gravygames59454 жыл бұрын
@@athiefinthenight6894 This is literally a video of scientists saying with 100% certainty that this isnt the case
@athiefinthenight68944 жыл бұрын
@@gravygames5945 this is not ned kelly's armour its joe burn's there is a difference. And Science can be wrong.
@flashfire29064 жыл бұрын
classic youtube, recommending a video years after it was uploaded
@marklospoopoo4 жыл бұрын
The 80's called. It wants its video back.
@shaymcleod5735 Жыл бұрын
Imagine how proud Ned would have been knowing that his amour is a huge part of our nations history
@ValdVincent4 жыл бұрын
Doesn't it being made by a bunch of gangsters make it cooler?
@reedy_96194 жыл бұрын
Still trash
@reedy_96194 жыл бұрын
cdcopper flat earth.. tide pod challenge... sjw... « the moon doesn’t exist » .. « mountains are tree stumps » «magic rocks cure cancer »... Are you really surprised? It’s far from being the most stupid thing i ve heard.
@roostersbays953 жыл бұрын
they wernt gangsters...
@dudesweetpro4 жыл бұрын
How did they find every clueless Australian at that party to comment how the god awful armor was made by an “expert blacksmith” WTF?
@TheMijman4 жыл бұрын
It looks like a pile of shite. Needs must sorta way. It's hilarious anyone would think an expert blacsmith would make that Have they ever seen a real suit of armour?
@DeadKennedys-eo1oo Жыл бұрын
The Symbol of bravery,mateship and freedom.
@bradwilliams72125 ай бұрын
Ned Kelly gave up his mate Harry Power and arranged the murder of Aaron Sherritt, another mate. You are delusional.
@MD-kz9mi12 күн бұрын
@@bradwilliams7212Thank you. These people are nuts.
@gwolf69754 жыл бұрын
Beating plow shares into suits of armor. Wild.
@antoniocarniero51384 жыл бұрын
Always found it bizarre that the Kelly gang were the only out law gang to make body armor, I mean they still lost in the end but they went down fighting and Ned even survived in it but had his legs shot to hell.
@xMrjamjam4 жыл бұрын
Pretty easy for a beginner Smith to make something like this using a basic charcoal forge. Coal forges get way way hotter and yet with charcoal you can melt steel. Its also not hard to silence an anvil so it doesn't ring and damage your hearing you just mount it properly by staking your anvil shaped object or anvil down onto a tree stump, if the anvil doesn't move it won't ring
@shaunprimmer26764 жыл бұрын
How did that Commodore make it from glen rowan to Sydney.
@bonniemagpie51664 жыл бұрын
Ned's descendant, 'Ned's' say is very plausible, that they used a tree trunk for a shapely model. They used to sit around fires, at least one of them had a blacksmith in the family and so lent some skill. T'is finely made: it might be the closest thing you will find of a knights armour here in Australia. Shapely and decorative Kings and Knights armour stayed behind in England and Europe, we don't hear of all that coming to Australia.
@waynearmstrong52334 ай бұрын
Definitely adding to the story!
@steely104 жыл бұрын
The True History of the Ned Kelly Gang movie brought me here. I found this an interesting bit of Australian history.
@sparks61774 жыл бұрын
WHAT?! It was made with metal from the 19th century???!? And it was made by the amateur blacksmith in the Kelly gang?!? the techniques we’ve lost it brings a tear to me eyes. This is a discovery science will speak of for generations to come!
@TitanTubs3 жыл бұрын
It's even more legendary now
@harmonic51074 жыл бұрын
"No one knows just how it was made" Presumably a hammer?
@CK-xe4hy4 жыл бұрын
"YOU'RE BLOODY BULLETPROOF BOYS!"
@prophez234 жыл бұрын
I'm a professional blacksmith and custom knife maker and I could have told them without all the fancy testing that it wasn't done by a blacksmith. If you know how to read steel you can see it. That steel never got forging hot. It was done by inexperienced hands in a hot wood fire.
@jamestopham77442 жыл бұрын
There not plough blades sureley?? Those blades look about 8mm thick
@chrissoto71874 жыл бұрын
$20 it was made in the bush!
@chrissoto71874 жыл бұрын
And I was right I know what a stone anvil mark looks like
@andrewroy63764 жыл бұрын
La dee da. You're so smart. Or skipped ahead. Dumbass
@maksimrashkovskiy91874 жыл бұрын
Extra Credits: The kelly gang crafted the armor themselves Most people: NO 2015: So we did some tests
@subatomic102 жыл бұрын
All these experts should try doing this in the same settings as they did . And only Blacksmiths under 25 years of age
@mfhoss95704 жыл бұрын
the og madlad
@BenDover-tj8vf2 жыл бұрын
As an Englishman I have nothing but respect for ned Kelly . I love Australia and Australians, great people , thank you all for your brave lads throughout history . Real men .
@00Discourse00 Жыл бұрын
Whilst I agree with you, you should be aware that your statement is in somewhat poor taste. Historically we don't exactly share the same sentiment towards Englishmen, we have witnessed you as tax collectors, prison wardens, monarchists supporting a crown that didn't extend a citizens protections or rights to us, but demanded sacrifice and servitude all the same. Our soldiers outright refused to salute English officers during the great wars because of how they behaved, how they treated human lives. I can't speak for others, and certainly not for the dead, but I'd respectfully prefer it if you kept your thanks, at least for me.
@BenDover-tj8vf Жыл бұрын
@@00Discourse00 I agree with everything you have said , however without the lads coming forward not only from Australia but the empire at the time the world would be a much different place , those lads fought like lions and for that and my freedom now I thank them all .
@phillipsmith6756 Жыл бұрын
Ben. The Kellys were thugs and murderers; much like the those who murdered police at Wieambilla QLD in recent weeks. Talk of their personal struggle for rights against injustice just doesn't cut the mustard. We have a strange national naivety in romanticizing our history. Mass hostage taking, such as Glenrowan or the Lindt cafe in Sydney, whether for politics, terrorism or criminal gain, is still an appalling act of abuse, threatening unarmed and powerless people with firearms.
@phillipsmith6756 Жыл бұрын
@@00Discourse00 "our soldiers outright refused to salute English officers during the great wars".... where did that myth come from?
@BenDover-tj8vf Жыл бұрын
@@phillipsmith6756 Australia was a penal colony, the staff who ran it where a thousand times worse than the unfortunates sent there . The police were seriously corrupt and took pleasure in torturing the folk who lived there years after the colony closed . They fought back , killing police at that was no more a crime than killing vermin . I have not one tear or thought for the "law and authority" at that time and I have little for them now . The Kelly's were no more thugs and murderers than the scum that started it .
@Ryan.903 жыл бұрын
Would have pissed myself if half way through someone went, 'hang on a minute, somebody's scratched their name here...'
@garybaker60673 жыл бұрын
"Joe Byrne built this in the bush from scrap!" "I'm sorry. I'm not Joe Byrne."
@jordanoneill824 ай бұрын
one of my closest friends is descendant from joe byrne. so awesome that he wore iconic armour too
@ferocessimia36414 жыл бұрын
Everybody’s gangsta till people start aiming for the legs.
@DoctorTooploop4 жыл бұрын
you managed to tell us absolutely nothing that we didn't already know
@lauraarcher1730 Жыл бұрын
I didn’t know!
@Free_Krazy4 жыл бұрын
JS having a party around a suit of armor worn by a murderer and outlaw is a bit unsettling....
@tinfoilhazmat45394 жыл бұрын
@Epoxygleu wait till you here about Australia Day
@CrusaderSports2504 жыл бұрын
A huge public display with fires and fireworks in many places and displays in many domestic areas to celebrate the capture and public dismemberment of a man at odds with the system, long live Guy Fawlks night!!!.😀
@sanalexgamingtr38814 жыл бұрын
they say that It's not possible to heat the iron to yellow color (1000°C) In a bushforge. But I saw a guy who actually made a forge in the bushes without any modern tools and made his own iron tools in it. I also saw the iron was yellow when he did it.
@whynottalklikeapirat4 жыл бұрын
"It's not often scientists get a chance to take a piece of Australian history into the lab" ... uh, well, yeah that's actually kind of what scientists do ...
@crwydryny4 жыл бұрын
well to be fair australia doesn't have a lot of history to take into the lab
@whynottalklikeapirat4 жыл бұрын
@@crwydryny I am sure there must be a few bits of history strewn about the place, I understand it's fairly spaceous. And let's not so hastily disregard the untold millenia of aboriginal history either =.O
@themaskedman2212 жыл бұрын
@@crwydryny From the pov of an American like me, I'm beginning to wonder what other history Australia has besides this. They've got the Ned Kelly museum, the Ned Kelly restaurant, the Ned Kelly family home historical site, scientific testing on the Ned's armour. Naturally the US has outlaws in its history, but none around whom the entire national narrative gravitates.
@davidgibbes967 Жыл бұрын
@@TheWaggishAmerican at least 60,000 years of it, you seppo clown
@00Discourse00 Жыл бұрын
As a man in my twenties as well, I've gotta say I'd be absolutely bewildered, slightly amused and very disappointed that such a footnote item in my life had been treated as such a sacred relic by my kin, the kin of my enemies, and even the kin of onlookers for hundreds of years after my (arguably justified) murder. A man with a story, a life and circumstances, a personality and thoughts, reduced to a makeshift piece of repurposed scrap metal. What a tasteless joke.
@MrLoobu Жыл бұрын
Lol that's what I was thinking
@johnburgess9185 Жыл бұрын
I live in ireland near to fethard in tiperary and we have a show every year about him
@SuperMadmadman4 жыл бұрын
I can only guess the depth of streaming hours I must have sunk to in order to pop this on my recommended in 2020...
@Wraithsong4 жыл бұрын
i HIGHLY doubt that was made by a blacksmith. second month apprentice....MAYBE. there is no sign that whoever did the hammering had ever done anything but bend nails before. :) really grateful that there are folks out there in the world willing to let people get that close to history! cheers
@AdamAdamHDL3 жыл бұрын
How was it made? Looks impossible to reverse engineer. I mean, what's it even made of? How is it joined together? It's a mystery.
@bucc5207 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love Stevo, dropping trou for the camera to honour the Kelly gang. That's pretty Aussie.
@romainvicta30764 жыл бұрын
i could tell just from the quality that it wasnt a blacksmith; this is near the turn of the century any established blacksmith would not let shoddy work like that leave shop
@Raphtalia.Everyone4 жыл бұрын
Also in 1898 in Fort Mercer at state of New Austin United States 4 people raided the fort accupied by a gang who was hooled up there by the marshals. Thees 4 people wore the armour and killed em all in there.
@thetruthexperiment4 жыл бұрын
I’m not Australian, this is the first time I’ve heard of this, but one look at that and no self respecting professional would have made something that crude looking. As a symbol of national pride I can see how some would glorify it in their minds but that is not made by a blacksmith. One look. Black smiths have lots of skills. And yes, you can make a forge in the bush. No nobody heated it over a “bush fire”. People in those days had to know a lot of things to be able to survive. Every farmer knew a little bit about everything. Most definitely the basics of metal work. Any farmer in those days knew how to do everything. Poor farmers couldn’t afford contractors. They did everything themselves.
@ionceateapinecone4 жыл бұрын
*Australians:* nah, yeah, look at the craftsmanship! it had t'be a blacksmith, mate! *literally everyone else:* areyousureaboutthat_cena.png
@DNADirekt4 жыл бұрын
To find out take a shank of old similar metal and give it a bush job. 750 C° cherry-red is still hot. It all comes down to tools and materials. How to get plating, an ambos, pliers, hammer, a drill, screw, rivet, riveting hammer, splitting wedge, saw, vise, files when you are on the run? You will get it on a station. Someone gave them a hand I think.
@joem212924 жыл бұрын
You can't just stick an object on a stand and say to people look at it LMFAO someone has never been to a museum before 😂😂😂
@notmenotme6144 ай бұрын
“I dedicated my right leg to the gang” If you didn’t know the context, someone hearing that would have thought that he had his leg cut off.
@Capthrax14 жыл бұрын
so a 'bush fire' with a good ember base and a hollow tube to interduce air to the coals riases the temp very quickly and yeah
@luke-xz1gbАй бұрын
i loved watching this. really interesting !
@phillipsmith6756 Жыл бұрын
fascinating difference between the historians of the Victoria State Library, constantly dusting and only ever handling Ned's armour in gloves - padding under the tilt visor etc... and just handing it round. The 'owner' (and I'm curious about how these things are sold around) obviously has it secured, but not worried about preserving it: more like a souvenir than a piece of national heritage?
@mondomacabromajor57312 ай бұрын
JJ Kenneally was told that the suits were built in the bush by Tom Lloyd jnr and Dan Kelly.
@_SamDoesStuff_4 жыл бұрын
American here, no idea what this armor's cultural relevance is, but I am your average armor loving American, so I must learn more about it now that KZbin recommend this video 5 years later.
@hilossrt4 Жыл бұрын
Fact: anyone who can heat metal and work it into anything functional can call themselves a blacksmith. Thus, it was made by a blacksmith.
@jublywubly4 жыл бұрын
I managed to heat a metal fire poker to white hot, in a domestic pot belly stove. I'm certain people could easily achieve similar results using rocks to create a forge. If there's any granite around the area, there would likely be flat sheets available, too.
@edwardvermillion88074 жыл бұрын
i don't think a professional blacksmith would have had frankenstein bolts holding it together.
@papac22794 жыл бұрын
7:19 YOOOO whos that mans' barber?
@burniezarsoff41184 жыл бұрын
99% of scientists are complete nerds. If his mum didn't cut his hair, then he probably cut it himself.😉👍
@beauruutz4 ай бұрын
Good ol Pete Denahy on the fiddle!!
@Joe0054 ай бұрын
“This wasn’t professionally made if I say so myself. I can do a better job than that… *scoff*” Yes sorry, I didn’t realise the Kelly gang, being highly wanted outlaws and all, could’ve just walked into a professional blacksmith workstation and be like “we’re on the run but it’s ok we’re allowed to have a break. do you mind making full custom made suits? We want them to be professional and practical”
@chaos_omega4 жыл бұрын
I can see why people would think it was made by a blacksmith... The visors for the helmets look pretty good, for example. Turns out it's just a fairly impressive feat for some non-blacksmiths!
@loretta_3843 Жыл бұрын
The fact that the identity of any blacksmith or place of work has remained so unknown made me think it was more likely an amateur job.
@ironhornforge4 жыл бұрын
As a blacksmith and without finishing the video yet (paused at 3:29) I highly doubt a blacksmith made it, it looks rushed, hastily made and slapped together. A smith of the time would have been able to make a better set with his eyes closed.
@ironhornforge4 жыл бұрын
Boom, I was right.
@Sekrf4 жыл бұрын
I'm a smith too, its pretty obvious really. It's interesting, the bending would've been relatively easy at cherry red, but I wonder how much hot cutting they would've had to do. That would've been a right pain in the ass with a cold forge and no power tools...
@Anthanos892 жыл бұрын
I wonder how it would stack up to a modern 30-06 rather than the lever actions back then. I suspect it may have stopped the bullet from exiting the body on the other side..
@aaronmcgoldrick2439 Жыл бұрын
The British program "Time Team" fired modern rifles and projectiles from a 300 Win Mag and it punched through the similiar steel plate used in the demo. I would bet a 30-06 with 150-180 grain soft points would punch through. The kinetc energy would heat up the lead and melt through the metal. After all the WW1 Germans used the same principle by shooting reversed projectile at British tanks.
@mickr123454 жыл бұрын
Give it to myth busters. Would have been better.
@bhaddock92774 жыл бұрын
Genuinely interesting, thanks
@lib5564 жыл бұрын
I recall reading years ago that the police were using Martini-Henry rifles on the Kelly gang. Any bullet hitting that armour is going to ring your bell. But, a .577 calibre, 480 grain bullet travelling 1,300 ft/sec... ouch!
@phoenixmodellingphotography Жыл бұрын
Not surprisingly, Ned's face was swollen black and blue by the time they lifted his helmet off after apprehending him
@Thunda19864 жыл бұрын
Exactly my thoughts on who made the armour
@MarkGraham-f7o4 ай бұрын
The worlds first battle tank.True it needed some small modifications.
@jolla99632 жыл бұрын
There is nothing to say it wasn't made by a blacksmith, but it was not made in a Smith's forge, that be forged out bush by 1 Smith and 4 men with hammers and /or axes, and bend over a log. Somewhere in the Victorian bush is a whole in the ground with an amazing story to tell..
@robertdevito5001 Жыл бұрын
I mean, with no testing I can see cold hammering marks just at a glance
@noelhutchins73664 жыл бұрын
TrollHunter was a good movie, but this armor is the inspiration for the prop suit featured with a "Red Button".
@flamingfrancis2 жыл бұрын
For the suit to be used by NK around 1880 the original material must have been produced some time earlier. Steels of the time were very impure as there was no known way to refine better. The image from the electron microscope shows that there are lots of inclusions in the matrix. It would have made more sense to discuss the material with technical expertise from the steel industry who are very familiar with testing various steels and the iron this is more likely to be.
@cmacdhon4 жыл бұрын
Just before Ned Kelly's capture, he was known to have said "Alright, We'll call it a draw."
@pickledone96982 жыл бұрын
Confirmed what I always believed as fact that Ned and his gang made the suits themselves. Not putting the Blacksmith sympathiser of Glenrowan at risk of persecution by the constabulary.
@dustinhaus11654 жыл бұрын
It is not hard to make a forge, billows, containment. The magic of the neolithic
@steampoweredmaniac53594 жыл бұрын
This is the most mad max thing I’ve ever seen (apart from mad max).