Bilbo's Sting (The Hobbit) Feat. Vsauce2 - MAN AT ARMS

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Every other Monday, master swordsmith Tony Swatton forges your favorite weapons from video games, movies, and television. This week, he tackles Bilbo's Sting from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. We were honored to have Kevin Lieber from Vsauce2 join us at the shop.
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MAN AT ARMS CREDITS S5
Series Created & Directed by Andy Signore
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Line Producer: Adam Hiner
Produced by Blake Babson
Production Manager: Phil Rogers
Production Coordinator: Benjamin Montague
Story Producer: Brett Allen Smith
Director Of Photography -- Matt Irwin - matt.irwincine.com
Master Blacksmith - Tony Swatton
Assistant Blacksmith - Alicia Minette, Bryan Forrest
Leather Work - Johnny Bias
Machinist - William the Elder, Christian M. Kollgaard III
Sculptor - Karen Cope
The Sword and the Stone - www.SwordandStone.com
Production Designer - Christopher Bradley
Assistant Production Designer - Marnie Liesel
Props - Christy Marie Hauptman
Set Dresser - Carolyn Feres
Stunt Coordinator - Christopher Bradley
Assistant Stunt Coordinator - Marnie Liesel
Stunts
Bryan Forrest, Christopher Bradley, Tony Swatton, Karen Cope, Alicia Minette, Johnny Bias, Christian M. Kollgaard III
Set Photographer - Carolyn Feres, Bryan Forrest, Dominic D'Astice
Special Thanks
Cope Studios, Sypher Arts Studios, Shawn Strider, Next Level Stunts, Justin Rojas, Steve Winsett, Glenn Freund, Black Hand Mercantile, Lennon Hobson

[@Merlinthehappypig]

Conan the barbarian's sword (1982, of course)

[@Vsauce2]

You did an amazing job on Sting and it was great seeing all of your creations! Thanks!!!

[@KJVHomeMovies]

This was a meeting we all did not see coming but, a great one all in all.

[@AMCoffee]

Indeed. You both rock!

[@israeldeoliveirarochasanto3165]

Vsauce2

[@coolrippleuser7143]

911 dislikes

[@garygsp3]

pandas in the world There should be more dislikes. They imparted nothing special into Sting. Anybody with a plasma cutter and some skill at grinding could have done what they did. It's boring and yes that is likely how WETA made the sword but they are making many swords for a movie. This joker is making it as a show piece. He could have put some more love in it.

[@nitarsh]

The only way to have a metal glowing is if it is really really hot or if it is radioactive. I don't suppose one would want either.

[@tuvoca825]

nitarsh Yes. But there has to be some other way. Maybe a shatter resistant ceramic material with some cobalt in it of something else?

[@jb76489]

Tritium might work, it's radioactive but not dangerously so, used in night iron sights

[@tuvoca825]

How do we coax the tritium to glow blue? Can it be incorporated in the steel itself? What about glow in the dark materials? Are there any metallic versions of these?

[@jb76489]

***** I don't believe you could make it glow blue. As for incorporating it into the metal , I'm an idiot and forgot that tritium, like hydrogen, is a gas

[@celestefiremusicinc5537]

AnthonyH Gg Chemistry

[@Pyre]

"To me it's a really big knife." So...quite literally perfectly accurate to the book then, and good on you?

[@SKSer45]

well if you can make sting glow blue, you can make a light saber. Make it happen AWE me

[@Mexxy]

Illidan's Blades of Azzinoth!

[@ellylightman5148]

More of a letter opener, really

[@palangleonhardt5638]

Please Google Search a letter opener before commenting

[@ellylightman5148]

That was a reference to the movie :)

[@Justmyhandle]

You could also consider it a glorified dagger, fits the ballpark of length about right.

[@thebrobel493]

wow 2 people didn't get that refrence.

[@Anakinyounglingslayer]

+Palang Leonhardt you clearly didnt watch the movie smartass

[@Achillez098]

676 orcs disliked this

[@rjenerlss2245]

LEONIDASSSSSSZ

[@maynardventura7399]

Giant Spiders*

[@austinsumpter5494]

+Achillez lol.

[@Nothimriel]

+Achillez 690 now, Sauron is recruiting :c

[@Silverwind87]

+Achillez Dildo Baggins

[@4xdblack]

"I am why we can't have nice things" I LOVE IT!

[@schootingstarr]

"for a hobbit it's a sword, but for me it's a big knife" haha I love the hobbit reference

[@Maverick99]

Not a big fan of the handle but still amazing work!

[@daniel-d2v]

I agree, the color is much to light compared to the hilt of sting in the movies, still a beautiful blade

[@fipeke]

Who the fuck dislikes this?

[@obbuoqn7736]

Haters and people who disliked the video.

[@BAN1102]

Filip Ekelund Goblins?

[@castleaddic]

+BAN1102 Orcs not goblins. Then again there's the elves......

[@BAN1102]

Wong Lu Yan The blade would start to glow when there was goblins or orcs nearby. The name Sting was given to it by Bilbo when it has stung a lot of spiders in Mirkwood.

[@justusvanslyke2895]

+Wong Lu Yan In LOTR Orcs and Goblins are the same thing, I believe.

[@khira_games1945]

prince of percia dagger of time and sword of the game

[@vincentbar484]

You mean Persia

[@khira_games1945]

srry i am not englis

[@Aklack15]

happytime Don't need to know english to spell Persia right

[@khira_games1945]

thx

[@btggalluv]

Randall Skeffington Haha okay so spell persia correctly right now in japanese. Obviously you need to know how to spell in english to spell Persia... In English.

[@4xdblack]

My two favorite youtube channels IN THE SAME VIDEO? My life is complete.

[@honcho4895]

Since you made this sword "glow" I was wondering if you could make Riptide from Percy Jackson And The Olympians.

[@summertimevideos8110]

Ehh I didnt really like the movie version, in the books it's supposed to be a short lead shaped sword with poseidon's trident symbol near the hilt

[@linkinston1927]

Yeahh the sword was suppose to give off a golden blow when light shone on it. Similar to the sword in the video. The movie version is also quite off from the original book design. The sword doesn’t have a trident on it.

[@verylostdoommarauder]

Make it book accurate and it would be great.

[@Durri01]

Warglaives of Azzinoth maybe?

[@ariefr.ar-ridho107]

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU

[@Jotun90]

+Durri01 Aye that or Thunderfury

[@Lereasa]

+Durri01 100% agreeing on the Warglaives

[@Horus-89]

+Durri01 YESSSS!

[@Horus-89]

+Durri01 YESSSS!

[@XianWangTheo]

squall's gunblade from final fantasy VIII

[@Northwite]

Red Queen from DMC4, for the umpteenth time.

[@Inidentificado]

After 1:00 I sort of expected something more of the sword than just having a blue temper. I'd even be pleased if they poured the contents of a blue glow stick on the sword.

[@CiaSorceressOfTheValley]

How about Godric Gryffindoor's sword?

[@phoreverphantom]

HylianLegacy4245 I agree, you guys should do the Sword of Gryffindor

[@ethansmith4202]

Yes that be amazing

[@jacksongrantham4848]

well, youre in luck, they already made it

[@philiptucker6119]

It's been done

[@DrewPeabaws]

Philip Tucker these comments were made before they made that video

[@leafbladie]

Elucidator and Dark Repulser from SAO, Kirito's a dual wielder so it'd be cooler if you made both

[@StealthMaster86]

Anduril. Aragorn's Sword from The Return of the King.

[@seancaptain3043]

It would be about dagger size for a human, for a troll it's little more than a pocket knife and for a hobbit it serves as a short sword

[@sandramoore3790]

A small, but important tool for the hands of a noble, hobbit.the sting got its name from the defeat of a foul, spider.but the elf balde will not be so easily, tarnished by wicked, evil.for the blue glow it holds will always be a beacon, of hope for middle earth..

[@TheCrazyDcoolest]

I would really love to see frostmourne from warcraft.

[@BadguyEX]

Dante's Sword Rebellion, from Devil May Cry.

[@goregoth6666]

Yes, pls

[@mitchwhite6009]

that would be awesome

[@cactilio11]

but the one from devil may cry 3... it is cooler than the others. (although i prefer the alastor sword from devil may cry 1 but whatever)

[@BadguyEX]

cactilio11 It's all about the classics, Bruh, though no argument from me. Everyone has a preference.

[@Cojo1225]

I miss this guy

[@leandroisaac2000]

Cojo1225 Me too, Tony was so cool

[@merai4024]

Omg i wanted this for such a long time! Thank you so much! Really appriciate you coming back! Also, suggestion: wheel of time perin's hammer

[@SuperfluousShark]

Weiss' Rapier from RWBY? Since it has a revolving chamber in the guard it might be a challenging build for you.

[@Jaycerulz1]

This would be 100% awesome. I

[@kiki123456able]

YES!

[@marcosandre804]

Spartan Set: Shield, helmet, Spear and Blade

[@rogoth01themasterwizard11]

in the story sting is actually an elvish ceremonial knife, but due to the stature of hobbits, it serves as a sword to them.

[@Iluvantir]

Technically the "replica" wasn't hobbit sized, but life sized. "Sting" was an Elven Dagger from Gondolin, one of the High Elven Kingdoms in Exile. The Dwarves with Bilbo joked that it was probably a letter opener, but it was a weapon of war, a dagger. Fairly big dagger, but still... so... life-sized. Now, to a HOBBIT, it was a proper sword! Loved how you made it. Well done.

[@Foxpawed]

Frostmourn hungers! Warglaives can wait, we need the lich king's sword already. Other frequent requests: -Some variant of the God of War chainswords -Daedric sword from Skyrim (lower priority since you already did the axe)

[@Lacz21]

Dante Rebellion

[@carlosajames]

Just brilliant and fantastic pieces of blacksmithing.

[@greensynchronize3721]

The way it slices smoothly....

[@crazytosh1]

Needle from Game of Thrones

[@XianWangTheo]

squall's revolver gunblade from final fantasy VIII

[@Chillbot17]

I like the irony in the sword choice at the end of the video

[@Random-qt7ow]

hats how a blacksmith sharpens a pencil xDDD

[@mooneyes2k478]

Niemand Jemand What he actually MEANS is "that's how a hack propmaker sharpens a pencil", but that wouldn't have sounded as cool.

[@TwelveThirtyfourProd]

+MoonEyes2k I'm really curious why you wouldn't classify him as a blacksmith?

[@mooneyes2k478]

Ethan Moore How about because he doesn't actually forge anything? He's a mechanic, at best.

[@CB-zl8rr]

no

[@garygsp3]

Ethan Moore because a blacksmith would have forged the blade not cut it out of plate steel and been proud of his work. Thousands of bladesmiths around the country do that kind of work. It doesn't mean what they do is wrong, but it doesn't make their work special. For a show piece that is all it will ever be a show piece you want it to be special. So a plate steel blade and a sticky tape aluminum duct tape foil inlay is lazy as crap. He should be standing there at the end ashamed of his work not proud of it.

[@CherryPauper]

I am pleased with this video. Except I call my sword, "The Bling."

[@camjam746]

Sword art online , dark repulser and elucidator (kirito swords)

[@cameronmccoy5051]

I just noticed this, but if you were to forge two exact copies of Orcrist and put them spine to spine, it would be a larger version of Sting. All except the dragon tooth hilt. If you go by the movie weapons, then it looks like Sting was made as a companion knife for Orcrist.

[@jonaiarahui7540]

Make Orcrist, Throin's Sword or Balin's Mace or Legolas's Daggers or Gloin/Gimli's other Axe. I would really appreciate any significant Hobbit or Lord of the Rings Weapons.

[@pianoforte1720]

The Hacksmith made Gimli's battle axe. You should check him out, if you haven't. I love his projects, especially the captain america shields

[@KJVHomeMovies]

Sauron's Mace! (Sized down, Of course)

[@TtotheG]

Nay! FULL SIZED!

[@KJVHomeMovies]

Ha ha ha, That'd be cool. But I think it'd take up more room than the buster sword if it full size gotta recall how big Sauron is.

[@jerq887]

Sephiroth's Masamune!

[@mr.hobbytime4577]

This guy does more cutting/grinding than he does forging... So glad BKS is doing this show now.

[@Naha10]

Amazing

[@Freyadiin]

The Classic Infinity Blade from Infinity Blade 1 and 2!

[@TheGentlemanGamerLive]

Both of Kirito's swords would be cool too

[@zramdeen]

the blue on the sword came out really well.

[@MaxAtTheMax]

That blue side is awesome

[@engatsu]

Frostmourne, Shadowmourne, or Warglaives would be amazing

[@biomod6887]

These guys are so epic that sharpen the pencils on the ribbon for sharpening weapons

[@Denise_1374]

Thranduil's sword?? :D

[@Hellish.Creep101]

YES!! YES!! DEFINITELY!!

[@saveusmilkboy]

+TheOneWithTooManyInterests I came here to write just that... THRANDUIL'S NEGATIVE SPACE SWORD! Cheers!

[@lukewoodard9368]

hell yeah!!

[@alexandervarga3444]

okei yes

[@name7251]

Froustmourne from WoW and Warcraft III.

[@forgototherpassword]

If only half of it is blue, does that mean a half-orc is near?

[@Drezzek01]

Love the idea of having one side blue and the other silver, would buy that in a heartbeat!

[@delano9489]

when he putts the hot sword in the water it sounds like a lightsaber

[@WrangleMcDangle]

Make Aragorn's sword Andruil!

[@lucianburito9042]

Be cool if they also made Zar'roc

[@its_not_troy8098]

Yes! Dragon represent!

[@its_not_troy8098]

Eragon. Spell check...

[@MemesToa]

Rifleman gaming No, he means the guy from Lord of the Rings, a completely different series from the Inheritance Cycle.

[@its_not_troy8098]

No. I am replying to the guy who said zar'roc

[@MonkeyBalls565]

The Rebelion from DMC!!!!

[@hyde1885]

Man, you guys are engineers, artists and just craftsmen of the highest order.

[@aarononeil9832]

Anyone else notice he says he loves the books but never once indicates he likes the films. Come to thinl of it, he didn't clarify whether or not he'd actually seen them all either.

[@TorrentOfficiall]

I really wish he would do a vid on explaining the blacksmith terminology and how things work such as doing that blue tempering

[@hurrdurr3568]

NARSIL FROM LORD OF THE RINGS!

[@HardlyGaming]

The handle ruined it. They should have just left it bare rather than ruin it.

[@Ace-zm2tu]

I hate how some people call it a sword it’s a knife

[@gokucrazy22]

Kirito's Elucidator and/or Dark Repulser!!!!

[@roylee9652]

Frostmoure from Lich King!

[@crimson-saiyan]

I believed them when they said they would get me.

[@bartvanriel6767]

Pretty cool but the foil just looks amateuristic

[@troodon1096]

Like he said in the show, he would have liked to do an actual silver inlay, but was limited by time constraints. With the time they had, it's a pretty decent look.

[@garygsp3]

Troodon so instead of doing it correctly he used sticky aluminum furnace duct tape. Nothing professional about that. More like amateurs hour. Either do it right or don't do it at all.

[@someguywhocanfly]

kinda agree. it doesnt look awful but it doesn't really look good either, would have preferred just the wood to the foil

[@googleuser859]

Not forging the blade was an easy way out too. He should show his skills instead of just cutting a shape out of steel and putting an edge on it.

[@someguywhocanfly]

Eh, why make it harder just for show when the plasma cutter technique is what he uses in real life? He's forged stuff before, we don't need to see it every time. The blade is good.

[@ThePhantomGazz]

Raidens Heavy Frequency Blade from Metal Gear Rising!

[@lightyagami7734]

the elucidator from sword art online

[@rifqitaqiuddin]

The Elucidator is the perfect choice

[@timmy3822]

Would be cool if they could do Anduril "Flame of the West". It's a fairly simple build compared to an elven weapon but looks ace.

[@Doggeslife]

Someone did, and properly forged as a sword from ore in the old ways too and not just cut from steel blank. VERY fascinating, though too time consuming for making movie props. kzbin.info/www/bejne/inbOpaqXdtiplbs They forge it as Narsil, then break it still in untempered form to produce "The Shards of Narsil" and then reforge it as Anduril. Note that in the movie the Elves do not properly reforge the old sword but rather incorrectly spliced it together, so the movie Anduril would have been much weaker than it should have been. That is unless some unmentioned form of Elven magic was used on Anduril to strengthen it.

[@jakewarren2369]

my favorite thing as a blacksmith is people telling me "you cant forge bronze" well look here then

[@LolTac0Bell]

Sephiroth's Masamune :)

[@GaryFromOntario]

Kirito's sword, the Elucidator! [Anime: Sword Art Online]

[@9Tensai9]

Man.... This guy is a blacksmith god...

[@darkiee69]

Sting is most likely a secondary blade for a swordsman. The one you have in your left land if you're a right hander.

[@deltashadow2378]

Yeah the Greatsword of Artorias. Dark Souls 2 is coming out in March so that would be cool to see.

[@TurinInquisitor]

The Witcher's silver sword please!

[@dimitrisdallas4306]

Thorin's Oakenshield Orcrist from The Hobbit, plz plz!

[@VenomStryker]

I wonder if adding a luminescent compound to the blade would achieve a better glowing effect than just making one side blue.

[@Aywusgod]

Quelaag's Furysword from Dark Souls!

[@aymenhasan]

Frostmourne (Lich King's Sword) from World of Warcraft

[@eatdatshoplifter4459]

sting is a greek xiphos and it is meant to be small normals xiphos' are about 15-25 inches (thats the blade hilt and pommel)

[@leokafer1972]

Professional is professional... It is wonderful appreciate this kind of work...

[@AngelichuXD]

both of Kirito's swords from sword art online

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

Now that I get to see the Sting in human hands, I guess it makes sense when Balin says that it's "more of a letter opener". Couldn't agree more.

[@juanestebangiraldoruiz9199]

The sword of kings, that carries Bjorn in Vikings

[@eliaslindberg4671]

The Lord of the Rings: Anduril, sword of King Elessar (Aragorn's sword)

[@nicholastan1152]

Dishonored Corvo folding blade.

[@TheSeal616]

I second this, we need Corvo's blade!

[@newgroundsTVnet]

Or Dauds assassins blade from the same game.

[@nicholastan1152]

You know why, because I eager to see the mechanism based projects which I really liked on AC hidden blade

[@Excalibur01]

Kirito's Elucidator or Dark Repulser from Sword Art Online swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Repulser swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Elucidator 

[@JoeyplaysgamesLoL]

YES

[@GerardoCortesO]

!!!

[@Ultra_DuDu]

Elucidator AND Dark Repulser, it he do that, it will be so awesome!

[@Excalibur01]

hell yeah

[@BravoLeader117]

Hell yeah, the Elucidator would be awesome!

[@blopenshtop]

Imagine a first person hobbit open world rpg where the sting is an enemy indicator. And no, piss off with the lego games

[@RandomGuy0987]

That bit at the end lol. Very scripted dialogue.

[@flapjack6784]

THAT... Is how you make a salad

[@Sytronback]

I was reading this just after i saw it

[@purdudan]

I feel like a broken record for saying this, but please do Kirito's elucidator!

[@nikola2927]

I'd like to see both of kiritos swords.

[@markgresch9944]

"Maegnas aen estar nin dagnir in yngyl im" - Engraving upon the sword, translation "Maegnas is my name, I am the spider's bane"

[@stanislaviliev6305]

The best part is when he sharpens the pencil.

[@tunero1990]

Kirito´s sword (Elucidator or dark repulser) from sword art online