Are YOU a mall ninja?

[@enoughothis]

Recognizing you are a Mall Ninja is the first step to recovery.

[@WEKM]

But certainly not the last. It's a long, terrible road to recovery.

[@councilofkarens729]

Is the next step on the road to recovery a supermarket ninja?

[@WEKM]

"Glorious piece of crap." ~Shad 🤣

[@WEKM]

As a younger man, I could have been very tempted by mall ninja crap. But I grew out of childish things. Now I collect war hammers. 🧐

[@wackpendejo3000]

upgrades people.... upgrades...

[@Phantom86d]

I see you're a man of culture.🧐

[@sevenproxies4255]

A nunchuk is just a collapsible club where they forgot to add a locking mechanism.

[@solarstormgames]

This is how you get into owning a real sword once you understand what one is vs fantasy.

[@jasonhare8540]

I've progressed into dollar store gunslinger 🤔🤣

[@WEKM]

That's NOT progression! 😭

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

"More holes in your blades make them faster to swing." - Mall Ninja Code of Cope

[@Manco65]

ROFLMAO 🤣

[@knightingale9833]

The modern mall ninja weapon is the tactical pen. Someone took "mightier than the sword" way too seriously.

[@WEKM]

But, if my titanium pen didn't CALL itself a "tactical pen," I'm okay, right? 😳

[@RupertTheOctopus]

That expression in the thumbnail lmao. Completely unaware of his mall ninja affliction.

[@tomjjackson21]

*"This is a glorious piece of crap."* -Shad

[@Vedues]

I prefer to call myself a Walmart-brand Shinobi.

[@TalesofDawnandDusk]

I tell myself that because I study very very old Japanese literature that that makes more like a "real samurai" but, I know deep down I know that my love for things that are more "grown up" and "legitimate" comes from the same place that would have gotten 14 year old me to buy all the mall ninja crap had I had the money to do so. At the end of the day, we're all just massive nerds.

[@darcraven01]

i love how shad takes a moment out of the mall ninja video to bash nun-chucks

[@RevanR]

That's a good display, not gonna lie

[@rhov-anion]

Thankfully, my mall ninja collection was purposely purchased to hang on the wall or wear at pirate festivals. However, considering a mall ninja knife my dad got me was what led me into being interested in blades, I think they have their place in society.

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

I still say, Mall Ninja Redemption video where they take a bad mall ninja weapon and make it more functional.

[@JJP8XIV]

Easier said than done. I sharpened a mail ninja sword for a neighbor. It was a sharp as anyone could make gave it a new handle wrap for comfort. Kid took it to some bushes and it shattered. I told him it would as the weapon had slits and holes all over it. I warned him it was not structurally sound.

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

@@JJP8XIV absolutely. There are *some* mall ninja weapons that could possibly be redeemed, even if it is to a new form.

[@JJP8XIV]

@@lukkaredwolf3534 really gonna depend on material really. Any sword made from 440 stainless won't hold up. Maybe against an attacker it might. Some knives probably best. Maybe a dagger with a wonky handle put a proper hilt on it might have something. I have sharpened many mall ninja swords they all broke. I constructed a machete out of bed frame that's in one piece warped to hell and back but not broken. If I heat treated them they wouldn't warp so easy.

[@JJP8XIV]

@@lukkaredwolf3534 had a few BUDK knives and swords they have all broken. Last thing I have is a robin hood dagger obviously fake but it's got a decent blade and hilt actually really solid.

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

@@JJP8XIV I mean, that is kind of the challenge. I have a mall ninja knife that was named "Leviathan" (que internal cringe). I could see re-hilting it might result in a possibly more functional item. Maybe the mall ninja bec-de-corbin I have only has a semi functional top blade, but maybe that can be used for a small dagger... That kind of thing.

[@timothyhopper4956]

I loved the thumbnail for this video Shad; your expression and the headband are absolute perfection.

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

I love that the upgrade of nunchuck is a stick. Also, the Batman throwing dagger would be similarly functional to the Batman throwing daggers you tested.

[@explosioncatsandknives7747]

Yes! I AM! Embrace cringe be happy.

[@dustinmillar120]

Don't be ashamed of a Mall Ninja past, it's a learning experience and now we all know better haha

[@Sam-iw6te]

Something I'll say for some Mall Ninja items is that if the material were simply better and the ergonomics addressed it could be truly good. One mall ninja sword I own is the Marin Katana. If it were better made it'd legitimately be an awesome sword

[@AncestorEmpire1]

My only Ninja abilities: 1: Pocket Sand 2: Squirrel Tactics 3: ShShSh Sha!

[@Wbfuhn]

These blades have all bling and no ting. They're props. The color is from temperature. I wish we would bring back carrying swords in public.

[@ManDuderGuy]

Yes, bring back the public swords 🎉

[@generalseal6948]

Idk if it makes me a mall ninja but I often shout the names of my attacks as I fight the mall cops and staff members

[@ManDuderGuy]

"Judo Chop!" "Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt!"

[@calebz4265]

Now I begin to wonder . . . . How much of a mall ninja I am . . . . Has my life been a lie this whole time?

[@jim7217]

Pray for forgiveness - nice!

[@supposedlygreg]

Loved the long version of this video, and this shorten version is well cut and as funny as the original one :) Remind me of my teenager years as a edgy mall ninja lol

[@Aros-pr2xr]

What if you get mall ninja weapons for the sake of having cool looking wall decorations

[@councilofkarens729]

You would have an embarrassed & ashamed wall.

[@jesusrodriguez4849]

more power to you

[@mikeharris2650]

I met a garden centre ninja once... He might have been talking billhooks...

[@eropis]

The only redeeming quality of nunchucks is it being a collapsible stick.

[@aaronklein3480]

no

[@jierdareisa4313]

I love ALL THE SHADLANDS videos!!!! ❤

[@Grandwigg]

I still have(one literal), and several keepsake scars from my mall Ninja days. Some I got from tourist towns like Gatlinburg Tennessee on youth trips, and a dagger a friend gave me in those days .

[@dr.jekyll5234]

Relevant and Supportive Comment to feed the Algorangim

[@TimStehle]

The nunchuka the "weapon" that is really an unchanged wheat/rice flail farming tool. lol

[@kpny8484]

6:41 A gift sword in the stone.

[@Roland3ld]

Here is the usual full support of comment, like, and full view.

[@Riwaden]

The double bladed dagger (especilly the flick ones), you could use just the one side at a time and then you always have a sharp one after you inevitably blunt it trying to cut something with it.

[@jeremyfeldmann7969]

Once a mall ninja aways a mall ninja

[@eon2330]

Shad.... its a punch weapon..... the "knife" is a brass knuckles thing... Those swords breaking at the handles makes sense. They designed them for looks and sometimes sharpness. Mass produced. The "staff" honestly works better as a grenade. It may actually hurt someone when coming out. But not in anything else. Mass produced single cut sheet weapons are cheap. Thats why people buy them. Older designed weapons should be harder to make, more expensive, and worse over all.... They aren't for some reason But they should be. LoL. A single tool steel or tungsten hybrid rapier :D. Maaaaybe carbon fiber great swords ;D

[@thegreatking8495]

I have some of the Batman double knives. They’re surprisingly not too uncomfortable to hold, and easy to close and open. I’d never open both sides at the same time though. I use them as little display pieces while my other good normal shaped knives I actually use.

[@Ace-Lee]

Once perhaps I was on that path, but no longer do the Mall Ninja gods blind me with their shiny toys.

[@Sporek]

Yes sir, indeed, sir! I'm a proud Mall Ninja Warrior, sir!

[@Eagle-eye-pie]

Double bladed daggers look as dangerous to the user as anything else.

[@MikesFoggyIdea]

Yup, a lot of those look familiar. I need to film my own collection for posterity......

[@dschnaible]

Upvote just for the thumbnail smile.

[@LeanBack_HaveASnack_TakeANap]

Double-bladed Batman knife for the win!

[@ArnnFrost]

Everybody that likes swords used to be a Mall Ninja once, the ones who became actual sword enthusiasts are the ones who honed their skill with the blade. xD

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

If I designed a double ended dagger. I'd make the ice pick grip end a Karambit style blade.

[@TeaBurn]

I kinda want that karambit now...looks like it would be a good letter opener.

[@ViolentMessiah666]

I remember my Mall Ninja days, early 90s running round with a cheap katana from the local Army Surplus store, renting every straight to vhs cheesy martial arts B-movie from the local video store & thinkimg I was some kind of badass. Cured when I got heavy into Muay Thai a coupla years later 😂

[@codyhall934]

When I was a kid I told my family I wanted to collect swords. But because I didn't know better and neither did my family I have quite a bit of mall ninja stuff. I don't see a reason to get rid of it though since it was all gifted and they have basically no resale value. So a wall hanger will hang on the wall.

[@cals.8221]

Back in my youth, EVERYONE wanted the dagger of the Green Ranger. You know, the dagger with he thick and hollow blade that has holes in it because it's a flute. The dagger that also has valves on the handle, indicating that the tang of the dagger is hollow too for the air flow of the flute and simply holding the thing would likely feel really uncomfortable 😁

[@TheHornedKing]

That was such a great video.

[@firstsecond3624]

Ninja ninja

[@ROVNE2]

I had that sword and the wrapping around the handle fell off after a couple days not worth

[@Flanker207]

Do I still go for that stupid sword-thingy as when I was a overgrown kid? No, and I'm glad I never had a chance to actually buy one. Is that kid still inside me? Oh hell yeah.

[@3412Studios]

love me some mall ninja

[@uni-minichromi]

was, brother, was ? don't look down on that which birthed you. revel in your joy.

[@markmedinabattletrix781]

I'm definitely a mall ninja. Now, do I want a real sword? HELL YEAH! I'm ver partial to a spiked skull mace I saw many years ago. Never found it again. 😢

[@steemlenn8797]

I actually sort of like the first axe. I always thought tools like axes and hammers look all so dull. You certainly don't need to search for that axe long! (If the rest of your tools is still dull.)

[@DemiSamaKun]

If it has utility, functional, reliable, and durable then the looks mean nothing. If a 50cal Barrett fires and hits the target then it being painted marble blue is irrelevant. I think that's key to something being mall ninja or not. Like people driving rice clout stanced cars.

[@reaps912]

5:13 [ _Ryan Kinel intensifies_ ]

[@falconknight4964]

I am not, but I revere all who walk the path of mall weaponry

[@theJellyjoker]

I don't know dude, sharpen the edges of those coils! If anyone remembers Slap Bracelets, some of the early ones were sharp enough to cause minor cuts.

[@fourgedmushrooms5958]

We all succumb to temptation at some stage. My first "Ninja" sword was a classic example. Was terrified was gonna snap and stab me in the jugular😂 Was smart enough to not hit anything hard with. LoL.

[@blaf55]

i love mall ninja weapons , they look funny :D

[@legallybronze753]

Where do you go to buy a real sword?

[@eaglegundam1873]

Am i a mall ninja yes will i change never why cause dont want to lol

[@sasquatchproductions9088]

What if I get a nice little knife with a blue tinted blade that's not meant for combat at all? No fancy shapes, no overdesigned parts, just a normal pocket knife but with a blue tinted blade? Would that make me a Mall Ninja?

[@adamczechowski614]

I HAVE the batman knife!!!! 😄😁😆 Good utility knife , opening boxes and such. 😃😃

[@RisetoStrength]

I own The Baron by Albion. What does that make me?

[@crustybomb115]

wait isnt that batman flick knife the same one ryan showed off on FNT once(his had yellowish blades but still the same thing give or take)?

[@pyeitme508]

Yes 🖐️

[@marcelosilveira2276]

I find the concept of a flip blade that flip the blade's edge towards the user's fingers ridiculous

[@fourgedmushrooms5958]

Haha totally have double batman folder. Didn't buy though

[@dumper87]

Looks like you dropped some weight. Keep it going!

[@forsaken7976]

I fought a group of ninjas at the mall once. Does that count?

[@steemlenn8797]

No, that doesn't make you an mall ninja, that make you an anti mall ninja fighter

[@CyberChrist]

The #MallNinja A E S T H E T I C is to sword enthusiasts what the G@m3r aesthetic is to players.

[@octaviusmorlock]

Are you a mall ninja if you think they're cool even if you know they aren't useful?

[@CreepyMF]

Still relevant and funny :D

[@councilofkarens729]

I'm a small ninja, does that count?

[@theshadlands1142]

Yes

[@councilofkarens729]

@@theshadlands1142 Thanks, oh mighty mall ninja master. Really happy to see your channel is doing better & seeing you on more streams. Keep fighting the Emus. THEY SHALL NOT PASS!

[@christianraymond9966]

I was the weeb type of mall ninja, only scarcety and price kept me from filling my room with "glorious pieces of crap"

[@JJP8XIV]

Quick question what is the sword to your left? Or the right of the screen?

[@Seriously_Unserious]

Rigid stick - "A far superior weapon in every way" Says Shad - but I politely disagree. There are cases where nuncuks would be better then a big ass stick. When you're working and just need a personal defense weapon and you're not a soldier fighting wars, so all you need is something small that you can tuck out of the way in your belt, without big bits sticking out and catching on things and getting in the way, a pair of sticks with a flexible bit in the middle so you can fold it in half and tuck it in your belt and ACTUALLY HAVE IT WITH YOU as opposed to that big long stick that gets in the way and you can't do anything with it but leave it behind as it keeps getting in the way and you need both hands free to do your actual work, and can't have a big ass stick poking out of both ends of your belt and knocking into people's knees or catching on anything you're trying to carry or swing around as you WORK. The weapon you can actually have with you on your person when you need it, is always far, far superior to the weapon you had to leave behind because it was getting in the way. And that is, in my common sense opinion, the true reason for the nunchucks, a weapon that ties 2 short sticks together to maintain reach when being used as a weapon, while keeping a flexible centre so the weapon can be folded up and tucked out of the way when not in use, so workers can work, but still have a conspicuous means of personal defense if accosted.

[@monsuta-666]

Commenting for the algorithm ❤

[@TrimutiusToo]

The first mistake is mentioning the algo... They already use Gemini to filter out the comments i would suspect...

[@CreepyMF]

@@TrimutiusToo what if you use Mhtirogal?

[@khaoscero]

these are cheap, you should buy a BUNCH of them and just do tests with them for funzies

[@Sam-iw6te]

Eyyy I'm early