How to Be a Victorian Arms Dealer

[@MonsieurDean]

"There's enough firearms for one in twelve people on the planet. The only question is (puffs cigarette) how do we arm the other eleven." -Nicholas Cage, Victorian Arms Dealer

[@mahman1565]

good to see you discovered this banger channel

[@MonsieurDean]

@@mahman1565 Oh, I've been here since he was relatively small. I shouted out two of his videos.

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[@yungyahweh]

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[@AmalekIsComing]

puffs pipe would have been better

[@SpiceLettuce]

Thanks for the helpful guide, I always wondered how to sell firearms in the late 1830’s. Now my dreams can come true!

[@auuul._]

a bitttt late for that huh

[@EricWheaton-f1b]

@@auuul._ So was your comment, and especially my comment. :)

[@botch3z]

The character you created for this channel is so delightfully unique and sets you apart from other historic-satire KZbinrs. You'll do well. When you do make it big, I'll graciously accept a $5 Starbucks gift card for my words of encouragement. Cheers 🥂

[@mikewozawski1634]

Yes this channel is great especially because its not afraid to get a little wild 😉

[@kylegerhart4122]

He’s got 300,000 subs I’d say he’s made it big!

[@botch3z]

@@kylegerhart4122 for sure, I'm suggesting he's worthy of say...biggerness.

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@@kylegerhart4122 hey there have been people with more followers that just stops can happen to anyone. just gotta hope that passion stays and he grateful it's here while we got it

[@communistpotato3204]

He already has gotten big

[@liamfoxy]

It really is crazy how, if you can dig deep enough, so many major world events can be traced back to just one person just doing his job. People think that they probably won't be the one to change the world, but history has shown over and over again any one ordinary person can alter the course of our planet forever

[@kingfeatherituen4586]

That guy wasn't ordinary

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

Or, in some cases, ordinary people not doing their jobs. Spain nearly had a von Hohenzollern on the throne, but it ended up not going through because a telegraph operator ended up mistyping the date and time of the coronation in a message to Prince Leopold, resulting in him not being there at his own coronation ceremony, to which the Spanish government decided to just become a republic instead

[@Delmworks]

Can’t say it’s for the better in this case, alas…plus-no guarantee you’re the guy.

[@EconGun]

You deserve a much wider audience. I'll introduce you to all my friends. Love from Persia!

[@SpiceLettuce]

All the way over in Iran huh

[@_NDC]

روز بخیر!

[@Flaccid_Child1]

Persia, you say? That will make a fine edition to the British Commonwealth 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@SpiceLettuce]

@@Flaccid_Child1 You are not funny and this is a bad joke based on nothing. This has no historical precedence.

[@BadgerOfTheSea]

@@Flaccid_Child1 Do you mean Empire? It's just, that is not how the Commonwealth works.

[@afinoxi]

>Sells submarine to Greece >Sells 2 submarines to the Ottoman Empire >Sells 3 submarines to the Russian Empire The man was living capitalism

[@skyninjaslayer337]

Lmao

[@Wavemaninawe]

Serial escalation in submersible combat vehicles vending. He should have written a sales manual.

[@Xazamas]

Also, allegedly none of the submarines actually worked. (EDIT: commented before watching the video)

[@konrad8541]

"keep you friends rich and your enemies rich and wait to find out which is which." - a fictional arms dealer

[@himesilva]

@@konrad8541 That’s bloody genius

[@Hybris51129]

The Maxim gun "sabotaging" contracts was more of "oh hey we are here to crash the party with our clearly superior weapon." Considering just how much more efficient the Maxim was to all the other hand powered and heavily crewed weapons like the Norddenfelt.

[@Ttegegg]

Oh the rapid rise of side quest. Strange how KZbin didn’t really push it early

[@klobiforpresident2254]

What the channel said was that *because* the Maxim gun was better our dear chap had to "help" the Nordenfeldt.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

the maxim gun was so good that it's actually STILL being used in the ukraine war.

[@nurgle-j5n]

@@Ass_of_Amalek thats cause ukraine sux

[@razorflossrazor2937]

Q

[@Chef_PC]

That Snatch reference at 5:45 is proper genius.

[@hom3028]

absolutely!

[@justinmaitland7335]

Doing shenanigans was easier in the earlier days, but life itself was harder. You take the appropriate amount of joy in voicing these videos, it is greatly appreciated.

[@cerberous5509]

Yo, I am an actual IRL arms dealer and this is pretty much a classic summary of how most of arms dealing works. Weird surplus caches are the bread and butter of the industry, since a lot of small countries need cheap stuff for anti-terror work and basic security. The rest is essentially a trading company.

[@AureliusLaurentius1099]

LOL what is it like. Seems like an interesting profession coming from an impoverished third world country currently fighting insurgents

[@octopusspaghetti3955]

No you're fucking not

[@pippywondergirl]

how did you get that job

[@cerberous5509]

@@AureliusLaurentius1099 It is unfortunately a lot less exciting than you would expect. Most of the work is actually more similar to trading commodities, figuring out who has excess supply and who has low supply. Its really a job for an accountant at the end of the day. The one nice thing about the industry is that everyone knows each other and is fairly open to just talking. Its very hard to backstab people in an environment like that. A lot more honest than other industries I have been in.

[@cerberous5509]

@@pippywondergirl I had a lot of friends in college from ex-soviet block countries. Initially we tried to import their surplus to sell in the US, but we found later on that selling things to developing militaries is actually more profitable. They get to sell their unusable stuff to you (which is usually a liability for them to store and profitable on the US domestic market) and they get that money back to purchase new equipment.

[@steverichards1556]

I really appreciate the work you do here and I urge you to not cease this good work.

[@mikewozawski1634]

I always get sacred they might just stop one day but then bam we're back in it

[@sileikalaimonas]

I agree with SQ. Selling arms via strong-arm negotiations is morally and ethically bankrupt. That's why I prefer the standard British solution: Opium.

[@blatheblathe3rd852]

He had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@george5156]

Yeah GB invaded a lot, only 22 countries weren't invaded by UK

[@peika8324]

We sell stuff to kill everyone equally

[@peika8324]

We sell stuff to kill everyone equally

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

@@george5156 That is patently FALSE. There were* tens of thousands of countries that existed in the times BEFORE Great Britain. * Sadly.

[@genekelly8467]

As stated in the episode, the Armorer's Faith refers to a quote from the three-act play "Major Barbara (1941)" by George Bernard Shaw. The quote "To give arms to all men who offer an honest price for them without respect of persons or principles and to all nations, all faiths, all causes, and crimes. Still the same

[@RoninsCorner]

Nice Snatch reference at 5:45. Bravo!

[@SingleBladedRonin]

Do you have any idea why they call him frankly four fingers? Be cause he makes stupid bets with dangerous people, and when he doesn’t pay they give him the chop! And I’m not talking about his foreskin neither!

[@ChadrickThundercrocks]

The highest quality content on a website that discourages creative and small youtubers. Please dont ever stop what you do!

[@marwapranata5698]

The "Snatch" reference is brilliant, I tell you

[@seanpiersonjr8964]

Ole Franky four fingers.

[@michaelbread5906]

Oh nice, my grandpa was a Swedish arms dealer, nice to see some representation on the interwebs!

[@george5156]

Swedish 6.5 is still a relevant cartridge

[@jonathansack2506]

The fantastic voiceover is what really makes this video for me. Simply excellent.

[@molybdaen11]

I have seen a video of the Norderstedt submarines. They were surprisingly advanced for they time, even used propeller to rise and sink fast and a steam engine to move fast underwater for up to 20 min.

[@Bladeofdeath311]

No real radar/sonar to speak of. So you'd sight their weird looking boat. Prepare arms, and notice their boat was... sinking on its own. Only to pop up 15 minutes later as you're sinking to the pearly depths.

[@molybdaen11]

@@Bladeofdeath311 Well, radar was not invented until 1937, and even hydrophones were not around until 1918. All you had was the periscope. And the submarine could stay underwater longer, just the steam went to cold after 20 min and the battery was not strong enough to travel far. I find the general design really cool but sadly the ballast tank method won in the end.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

yeah, the Norderstedt wasn't a deathtrap because of shammy design, it was a deathtrap because all of thouse 1800s Submarines were deathtraps

[@jordanscherr6699]

"the glorious conquest... I mean liberation!" As an American would say it, "Dude, you rock!" Your sense of humor really helps spice up these videos in a good way. "I don't like the word gun. Whenever I say it, people get triggered." (Roll on the floor laughing! I loved that!)

[@themachineeatsitself]

Beautiful. Lovin how this channel has grown. More of these interesting, unspoken avenues of history most be shown! Keep at it!

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I love your content, i hope you never stop teaching us about history!!

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[@samgyeopsal569]

1:03 “Grrrreat Britain”. I love that alveolar trill. This was actually the standard way to pronounce R sound in the past.

[@shiromisaki]

Love this channel. Too bad KZbin punishes short format content. I hate artificially drawn out content. It makes me feel disrespected :')

[@WanderTheNomad]

Shorts are popping off on KZbin

[@shiromisaki]

Shorts are a different section and can be governed separately. But videos that dont hit the 8min mark for decent cpm or 10min mark for midroll ads fare very bad in the algorythm because they dont reach the criteria of watch time / viewer retention. The shorts ui sucks anyway and you cant rewind if you missed something so you have to watch the whole thing again. Gets really awful when shorts become 1+ min long. Let’s not even mention the vertical format… So videos between 1min and 10min are screwed. That’s why so many youtubers make halfassed shit that strechtes to 10min for no reason. You see it all the time videos hitting just 10min and a few sec.

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@@shiromisaki I just took a quick check on the trending page and it seems that half of those videos are under 10 min

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[@djryan1992]

My man going in on the accents and pronunciation. Love it

[@AnilArya51]

Seriously underrated channel! Love your videos

[@bill884]

I love this chanel and the main character! Greatings from Greece.

[@unavela]

I somewhat get a feeling the narrator himself was a victorian gun dealer back in the day

[@sumitchaturvedi7425]

Love the uniqueness and sense of humour in your videos.

[@milliereynolds165]

Side quest you just get better and better , brilliant.

[@samiamrg7]

“…her Majesty’s Arsenal, pardon the expression,” That one got me.

[@-Mankis]

Amazing episode, as always!

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This is your best episode yet

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[@the9owls771]

Another great video. Looking forward to seeing y'all grow even more.

[@raphael4668]

Thank you so much for yet another beautifully written and yet extremely useful tutorial on how to be a Victorian Arms dealer. It's very hard to find somebody who gives very inspiring yet educational (not) lessons, you even inspired me to become a Victorian Arms Dealer. Thank you so much!

[@Crimxz]

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[@closed4276]

I still remember when you had 86K subs. Now you got 300K, congrats! Your animations are cool

[@theseeper422]

This is legit the first video I have seen of your channel and after only just 6 seconds of seeing your art style and hearing your marvelous voice, I subscribed already

[@MonsieurDean]

"There's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is (puffs cigarette) how do we arm the other eleven?" -Nicholas Cage, Victorian arms dealer.

[@SuperCrazyfin]

Did you mean to post this twice?

[@joenathan8594]

@@SuperCrazyfin the first quote was wrong i Guess

[@BigDickDamage]

we make them take it🤟 badass comment bro

[@nemopatrickson6925]

I like the gun pun at the end, works on a few levels. XD

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Sounds like a Rammstein line.

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The visuals on this one are better than ever, good job!

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[@seankim2743]

This guy... wit is his talent it seems, and it shows.

[@simeonwood3613]

Funny fact, between 1850-2022 Sweden is still the worlds biggest weapon developers. They distribute these weapons by selling the rights to production to countries such as USA, Britain and China.

[@oooooppai]

Witty educational history, this rocks! KZbin actually showed me something i enjoy what a shock

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I love your content ! I was wondering if you could do a video of the great siege of Malta in 1565, since it was one of the most underdog victories in history for the knights of St. John. Thank you ! 🇲🇹

[@AC-ox4mm]

I remember you had under 100k subs and now you’re at 300k, LETS GET TO 1 MILLION SOON!

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These videos always bring a smile to my day, great video SideQuest

[@figo3554]

Now this was a great watch. Can't wait for your next video!

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I like your art style, it reminds me of the game Don’t Starve.

[@Caged_Viking]

I was writing about the Battle of Adwa for college and it turns out Emperor Menelik of Ethiopia had purchased over 40 Hotchkiss artillery guns from an arms dealer in Paris, which gave him a massive advantage during the battle.

[@jlshel42]

Sweet, reminds me of the US military surplus stores created in the wake of the Civil War

[@richbandicoot]

a lot of it went south to supply the Republican Mexican Army vs the occupying French

[@user-pc5sc7zi9j]

Considering all the problems that could plague a vessel fully submerged in liquid I never thought of lacking heat dissipation being one of them.

[@aneurinwillis2014]

Love that snatch reference. So perfectly done 😂👌

[@jiado6893]

“Unlike some other KZbin channels, we earn our keep by not plunging the world into devastating conflicts.”

[@montlejohnbojangles8937]

I fucking knew this would be about Zaharoff. One of history's great bastards.

[@JaKingScomez]

Zharoff was just a merchant man selling to npcs

[@WanderTheNomad]

"I was a businessman doing business."

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

Your use of voice, pacing, and tonality is masterful.

[@superhond1733]

He deleted his search history...

[@darionietlispach2470]

seriously the character is perfect. what a gentlemen^^ left a sub

[@wallace8637]

Man , even the caveman is speaking royal english.

[@zeke546]

Pre-WW1 was very interesting, I’d love more content on gunpowder empires and the scramble for Africa if you think that’d fun to cover

[@jordanscherr6699]

I'm curious, what exactly were those "unfortunate accidents" after the merger? Back company dealing, or just really good at building upon people's bad habits? (Such as gambling)

[@molybdaen11]

Sometimes it's as easy as making sure that he always have enough to drink and a gorgeous female at his side.

[@jordanscherr6699]

@@molybdaen11 "IF" that's legitimately all it took, then talk about your easy takedowns. But this is Victoria London we're talking about. I'll have to look this one up to see exactly how the man ended up ruined.

[@LukeVilent]

You should have added that, in his childhood, Zaharoff was employed at Istanbul Fire Dept as... an arsonist! He would've set property on fire, for the fire dept then to extort money for their services from the unlucky victim. Thus, in a way, Zaharoff never ceased to be an arsonist - just bringing that to a world level.

[@lemeres2478]

So you are saying that zaharoff is, partially, responsible for arming BOTH world wars, thereby insuring their lethality and horror? Lovely.

[@savioblanc]

Oh that would be the banking conglomerates - they literally funded everyone and they made sure the ones that owed them more money won the war.

[@benjaminpont220]

Your channel growth is insane man, keep up the good work you certainly deserve it!

[@azalkathegunpowderdragon9439]

Arms dealing is as honorable as being a blacksmith. Your clients could use it for hunting, war, protection, sport, etc.

[@Sky_Guy]

I get your gist, but your second sentence makes little sense. One wouldn't use a machine gun to hunt, as one wouldn't use a chainsaw to prepare meals.

[@LowestofheDead]

Ah yes, I love selling submarines and machine guns to opposing armies which they will use to *ahem* _play sports_ with each other

[@LordDarthHarry]

@@Sky_Guy "wouldn't use a machine gun to hunt" Meanwhile in Australia in 1932: "Oy mate! Take this Lewis gun and deal with those bloody Emus!"

[@TradingLaboratory]

So glad your channel took off. Keep it up and ride the momentum!

[@TheArklyte]

"Naturally there is a little good to be said about Merchant of Death..." Every small country in history that has to defend against major power without having its own domestic arms industry of sufficient capacity: are you sure about that?

[@Sinn0100]

Agreed...he's obviously British and anything firearms related is socially unacceptable too them. There is no reason anyone should need a gun but a knife for stabbing is just fine by them.

[@vis7040]

very well made animations, graphics, love it!

[@commisaryarreck3974]

2 comments 14 comments None visible KZbin moment

[@savagepro9060]

sending me crazy, thought I was hacked

[@Nothing-vu6qq]

I love how much details you've put in your videos, flintlock pistols mechanism had me laugh

[@MonsieurDean]

Also 0:00 Amongus

[@JustaCastle]

5:40 Snatch is such an under appreciated film

[@ronaldmacdonald8667]

Zaharoff's submarine deals reminds me of this story about Elvis Presley's manager. He wanted to make money off of people who disliked Elvis, so he produced these "I hate Elvis" badges and actually made sales

[@phil-jc8hp]

These are the best animated and narrated history videos on KZbin. And they even have a regular upload schedule. One of my favourite finds on KZbin

[@mikeoxlong91111]

A Jewish billionaire family plays both sides of ever war for the past 200 years. Interesting.

[@fernandostagl5541]

omg here we go with the far right conspiracies

[@mikeoxlong91111]

@@fernandostagl5541 well I'm not far right, conspiracy is a psyop term to discredit real evidence, and it's not like it's not obvious. Wikipedia is free.

[@fernandostagl5541]

@@mikeoxlong91111 Look al i'm saying is that some people lately start to believe the propaganda and specially when it comes to jews. But American organizations have spy, sabotage and conspire against neutral, enemy and allies governments and individuals alike, does that mean that there is an american problem, that requires a final solution for all americans ? of course not. Likewise because some people that happens to be Jewish did some bad stuff, it does not mean all jews share those attributes. Assuming such thing is a fallacy of composition

[@themysteriouscrumpet]

@@fernandostagl5541 Somehow he didn't pick up on the fact that most of the large arms dealers described in the video weren't Jewish. Or that the Greek Basil Zaharoff helped Germany rearm and therefore made it possible for Uncle Adolf to take a swing at making his dreams come true.

[@mikeoxlong91111]

@@themysteriouscrumpet oh no I love the Jewish people, and I love Americans, I am one of course. Now who I don't love are the top elites in any group that seek to subvert and divide other groups of people. Now, do some groups proportionally do these acts more than others? You betcha.

[@ivartheboneless5969]

Glad this channel seems to be finally getting the spot light it deserves

[@moichol]

Truly great video, first one i actually got a notification for, after discovering and binging all previous vids about a week ago! keep up the amazing work:)

[@TysonJensen]

I hope someday 100 years from now there is a SideQuest about the tyranny of the KZbin algorithm. Love the channel!

[@SuperP37]

Bravo. The snatch reference was quite delightful.

[@isaachan767]

5:44 that "Snatch" reference is perfect!

[@dapez1913]

good to see you. glad you are still with us

[@boad6484]

each video you post is wild. its simply amazing!