Forging a Falcata sword, part 2, making the handle.

Forging a Falcata sword, part 2, making the handle.

[@allusi5503]

Respect from Portugal for making this sword you nailed it, imo i would have the handle a little more closed. but awesome ;)

[@homemurso1484]

The Falcata is the traditional weapon of ancient "Lusitânia"(Portugal). The romans fear it and respected it so much that made it the weapon of choice for the gladiators at the Colosseum at Rome. Thank you for the video!

[@sergius9571]

The falcata was used only by Iberians and rarely by Celtiberians. The Lusitanians were celts and they used La Tène type. No falcata has been found in Portugal en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcata

[@Rodrigues-xg3ln]

​@@sergius9571rong. You are based in Wikipédia!!!??? WTF.... For your informacion in the defense of greece from persians its have bein found falcatas betewn the bodies of the europeans... who came whith the mercenaries from lusitania now Portugal who join the greegs...

[@Rodrigues-xg3ln]

​@@sergius9571antil now days we have falcatas, passed by out old families people , and now came a guie based in Wikipédia cheet (merda) teling diferent history

[@madanelo007]

At least you should have read the link you have shared...

[@pgreenawalt]

Excellent! That damascus came out great! Super smooth looking sword.

[@sohailsamson828]

After putting all the hard-work a remarkable handcraft can be seen. No words to say my friend.

[@Gmar69]

Another outstanding piece of jewelry!

[@daleb1225]

Amazing work, thank you for sharing your talent with us it is mesmerizing to watch you work with added guilt watching a weld without a helmet.

[@abessmimou6433]

ما ابهرني ليس السيف فقط بل هو صانعه الذي ابان عن قدرته الفائقة وقوه صبره وبصيرته الفذه واتقانه المتفاني. حقا يستحق كل التقدير والشكر رائع جدا ما يفعله نتمنى نحن العرب ان نرجع الى ديننا الذي يأمرنا بالإتقان والصدق في جميع الأحوال. ولاحول ولاقوه الابالله العلي العظيم. والسلام ختام.

[@usyp_serg]

Great job. Show how you sharpen the blade and show the blade test

[@thetazva]

Beautiful work. I love the damascus and the great wood and metal work on the handle. Fantastic looking short sword.

[@mmkghost]

Looks like Turkish Yatagan Sword. Very good job. Thank you for the great video.

[@Jardani_Jovonovich_Jhon_Wick]

You are a nice craftsman.

[@jrand2631]

Wow, that's a beast! Brilliant work Sir.

[@user-sk4rf3sv2z]

Мастер. (великолепное оружие). Россия Сибирь.

[@RakeshKumar-gd9os]

Great artist!

[@hughlink3122]

Outstanding work as always with you, you are one of the best.

[@mustafasaid5857]

Lefthand job..good job..nice your creatif.

[@willd6515]

Great job, echt geweldig!

[@RkTechTelugu]

Finishing amazing bro

[@julotpierrot4036]

QUEL MAGNIFIQUE TRAVAIL ! Encore une belle oeuvre a ton actif !

[@Vormulac1]

I wish I owned it! Beautiful! :)

[@imranpasha5597]

NICE WORK

[@mhaaf1977]

مبدع وفنان. .....ممتاز

[@frostcb2]

Great job on everything

[@husainnaa2801]

You are a creative and an artist in your profession

[@donniepoole595]

You do really nice work

[@amberkazmi1847]

Very nice

[@Sam56Oren]

Как всегда, выше всяких похвал!

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed!! Thumbs up as always Turned looking great as always!!!!!

[@dionismarpererek2786]

Dionismar top

[@sarbjitdhaliwal823]

So nice

[@panoschiras4430]

Excellent Work bro.

[@Uncle_Chuck]

You do your craft well sköll

[@jamesfernandes6602]

Fantastic!!!

[@AZURAWIRACOCHA]

El acabado es magnífico, hermoso trabajo, siempre quise saber como hacían una espada... Y cuál sería el costo de una espada así?

[@ahmedniloy1956]

Beautyful videos

[@user-ds3jz9dq1e]

فنان مبدع تحياتي لك ايها العبقري من مصر

[@esnyd]

Freerk, when you are grinding with your small contact wheels, turn down the belt speed or those bearings are going to fail prematurely. Great video, keep it up!

[@suresht1010]

Super

[@nunomiguelbernardinopicao2238]

This sword inspired terror in the hearts of the Roman legionairs, when the Roman legions attacked what is now modern-day Spain and my country Portugal they faced warriors armed with small shields and this superb weapon in close quarters combat and it was an horrofiyng experience for them because it can cut heads and limbs clean off in one blow or pierce their helmet's and shields.

[@joek600]

The romans were already very familiar with it, because basically its a greek Kopis.

[@nunomiguelbernardinopicao2238]

@@joek600 you may probably be right about this sword but the Greek version the kopis is smaller and lighter than the falcata and was used primarily by the cavalry of Alexander the great, the Greek infantry used primarily the Lance and in last resource the kopis you mentioned, greetings from Portugal.

[@joek600]

@@nunomiguelbernardinopicao2238 Falcata and Kopis is basically the same weapon. Ok lets take it from the beginning. The original design probably comes from Asia Minor. Kopis belongs to a category of single edged blades reffered as Machaira. We can say that because Xenophon suggests that a ''machaira'' is more suitable that a xiphos for a cavalry man, and most specificaly a ''kopis''. By the way Kopis means ''chopper''. There are speciments of kopis (or more grammaticaly correctly, kopides) and depictions from around 500 BC and the use becomes very frequent during the peloponessian wars and the hellenistic era. We are talking about a time frame where Rome was not even a regional power. The romans before their military reforms, had adopted completely the Greek arms through the Etruscans and the contacts with Magna Grecia. So its quite safe to say that the Greeks introduced kopis into the roman armament and they called it Falcata because of its curved shape. The Iberians most probably got the design through the Greek colonies of the spanish peninsula and west mediterranea. They probably liked the design and became very popular and they spread it around in their turn. Now there might have been some regional design differences, but the weapon is practically too similar to leave room for speculations of simultaneous development out of luck.

[@wooqopoow]

nice, really nice.

[@artemioslekos7328]

Poetry in forging!

[@chinaaalways4u]

Grate job

[@Slade-qi1pf]

beautiful

[@pereirac.4199]

Falcata, the Lusitanos sword.

[@sergius9571]

Iberian

[@almarmartins9951]

Uma autêntica obra de arte.

[@leopatron2814]

A beauty !

[@andre92594]

Esculachou o bagulho mano você é um anjo💎💎💎💎💎

[@garyharmon1155]

Beautiful work

[@islamForeverAdemComert]

amazin job

[@juniorzolli7466]

Perfeccionista, um excelente trabalho, surreal 🇧🇷

[@markpeeters6178]

a little piece of heaven that can bring a whole lot of hell... amazing blade btw. a pattern welded falx would be nice for a future video just a suggestion.

[@ravijaiswal2687]

Great and hard work great

[@ajaykumar-xy4oy]

Super job sir

[@richardbryant7972]

Very nice as always

[@juanmanuelfrutoscaballero8956]

Preciosa espada. Maravilloso herrero

[@andrealmeida1833]

Sensacional... excelente... obra de arte!

[@murugesank9223]

andre almeida ki

[@griseobarba7989]

Another job well done.

[@xWalzy]

Hey man, Awesome work. I really think you should show yourself using a piece that you made at the end of the video :) would add lots.

[@amjadsaifi303]

Nice knife

[@CaptainTwitchy]

That is a beautiful and badass weapon. I don’t know if you’ve named your pommel design, but I call it the “Warhawk”. Very nice. !

[@1ramus1]

Grate 👍😎

[@user-im5uz2lu1o]

Круть хочу такой же

[@user-ol3rx9xc6z]

Gud

[@eversonfuglini4238]

super legal seus trabalhos sem falar dos equipamentos exlente

[@thomashollebrand8204]

That is not a sword, that is a doomsday weapon :D

[@racasmer1129]

Demasiado larga, no sé de donde saca el artesano ese tamaño, la falcata original estaba hecha a la medida personal de cada usuario, tanto que cuando este fallecia no se heradaba, sino que se doblaba la hoja para evitar que fuese utilizada por otros y era enterrada con su propietario, tenia un significado tan sagrado que era parte del guerrero que la portaba incluso en la otra vida, su tamaño iba desde el codo hasta la punta de los dedos.

[@AntonioSeguraMartinez]

simplemente bella

[@sandroaparecido665]

O melhor que já vi o Carra é perigoso kkk

[@womflat12587]

I don't understand why there are any thumbs down on your videos, I would have to see you actively advising people to undertake dangerous activity or delivering misleading, discriminatory or divisive content to warrant a thumbs down. Jealous perceived competitors perhaps? Keep up the great work!

[@freerkwieringa275]

Kaelem Burgess there is always someone not liking it. Whatever you do. Can be the way you look or the use of machines.

[@ivosmoky3404]

Perfect.

[@miguelangelcalvobordera7807]

You are a teacher.

[@BorodaSekiru]

this guy is handsome

[@haomika9736]

Tuyệt vời

[@antonioprudencio8607]

nice job i´m portugues

[@fernandonogueira3290]

🎬 Beautiful 🎥 Video 📹 ! _ 👍 Congratulations! 👍 🇧🇷

[@augustoavilar5192]

Muito bom! Parabéns😎👏👏

[@valdecidossantos3118]

Muito linda adorei o cabo parabéns

[@blake1158]

Love to watch your amazing craftsmanship! What are you brushing onto the handle steel and wood about 2 minutes before end of the video? Thanks.

[@freerkwieringa275]

boiled lineseed oil.

[@Luablood]

Really weird question here, would you ever consider, if you had the knowledge and the machinery, milling a crossguard on a CNC mill? I'm asking because I'm an engineering student and a former art student... Thus the madness of thinking of buying a bare blade, and then milling the pommel and crossguard (would do heat treatment of course...) but I am not sure if it is a good idea...

[@freerkwieringa275]

Lua Grimm I think it can work. The big knife and sword companys do it that way. I have cnc know how but prefer the handcrafted way. It gives more soul to the piece. Perfection is a bit lifeless.

[@Luablood]

Freerk Wieringa true, that is why I was planning to finish it up by grinder and all... have zero skill for smithing... we had to smith a chisel in my heating treatment class last year... man that was an awful thing... sad the teacher never gave it to us after evaluating it... we did it on our last class of the term. Probably gonna do ring guard gonna wield them up... you have an amazing workshop btw

[@natasanova4876]

Aferim majstore

[@TheArrens]

I would like to order a fully functional combat sword. I am not interested in an exhibit on the wall or in a display case. Enter the price with shipping cost.

[@117saimorenorojas3]

Yeah!!....part two!

[@astrazenica7783]

Christ, that is quite the metal band saw, and the surface grinder mod, wow. The workshop this dude has access to is to die for. So moulded the fit of the guard with heat & vice? Very cool. I'd like to see close up of where fullers meet guard. Was it soldered?

[@astrazenica7783]

sman7290 oh I see. I did notice the rivets. I'm interested to see the fitment where guard and blade meet along the fullers. Rivets only secure surely, can't produce friction fit along a non-straight surface? I'm no blacksmith, engineer, knife maker. If it wasn't formed to blade cross section, it risks moisture & rust build up under the guard no?

[@theoriginalonion7545]

Superb

[@illusivequest2684]

master

[@rivercitymike76]

instead of an Ulfbert.. maybe a use that crucible steal to make a Wieringa Sword....with gold inlays ..... just a thought

[@freerkwieringa275]

lol.

[@carlosandino821]

Viriatus and the lusitans aproves!

[@sergius9571]

This sword was used by iberians not lusitans. No falcata has been found in Portugal

[@laxmankhatawate4722]

🗡️⚔️

[@pupindersingh2714]

Verygood

[@pst6077]

02/08/18 .... SUPERBE !!!

[@koliapetrov2081]

Супер!!!

[@kevinnorwood8782]

Freerk Wieringa How the hell do you tell if a sword is a Falcata or a Kopis? For me, those two swords are so similar that I can almost NEVER tell them apart. The only way I'll be able to tell if one of them is a Falcata is if it has a horse's head carved into the pommel.

[@AchillesFeel]

Excellent work but can you detach the end and throw it? 😉

[@CaptainTwitchy]

Achilles Feel Nope, but the sword will never break, anyway.

[@bashiraliyev8401]

Gread

[@ngarakopyan4228]

Цех у него просто супер

[@Jp-ue8xz]

AWESOME, do you sell them?

[@benjaa4527]

te mereces mas suscriptores

[@jerryoconnor5088]

benito camelas garden shreedder

[@wolfmanwilliam5801]

How do you temper your blades, Freerk?

[@sanjoygogoi8166]

Super job how cen I help u

[@admiltonbezerra5535]

bom ficou muito bom

[@pgreenawalt]

Have you thought of including a certificate of authenticity with your work?