In a parallel universe, this channel is completely focused on swords, and this is the first video about a pistol
@TheWraith1413Ай бұрын
Shadiversity doing a video on a gun lol
@TheHalflingLadАй бұрын
@@TheWraith1413 Shadiversity's a LARPer, you'd need someone more scholarly for this joke. Matt Easton, maybe? 😁
@joshuagabeАй бұрын
@@TheHalflingLadMatt does gun videos sometimes
@GhelasinАй бұрын
This isn't actually Ian's first Sword video though.
@viperscot1Ай бұрын
Exactly
@unidentifiedbonesАй бұрын
How I wish all KZbin history were done like this. No irritating background music, no hyperbole, no reconstructions, just learned people talking about their subjects, admitting they don't know everything, but sharing their huge depth of knowledge and their passion for the subject with us. Superb, absolutely superb, video, thank you.
@DeadManSinging1Ай бұрын
History Squad is like that
@slashes22Ай бұрын
You say that, until someone fanarts the Museum Curator as Sword Thor of something like that.
@markfergerson2145Ай бұрын
@@slashes22Okay, now we need a sword Thor. Skallagrim has said many times that he’s not the sword equivalent of Gun Jesus despite looking the part of sword Thor, and so have all of the other sword tubers I can think of including perhaps the best qualified, Tod Cutler. Any other candidates?
@mohsinabdulshukurАй бұрын
@@markfergerson2145how about sword superman Checkout robinswords
@spencerbaldock4969Ай бұрын
Yes, I like that they only report what they know with little conjecture and no guessing. Well done!
@juliuscaesar5197Ай бұрын
Its a weapon so forgotten we forgot not only guns count as weapons
@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401Ай бұрын
Next video talking about the Samurai's blade
@FruhmpleАй бұрын
Damn Caesar, you're right.
@greycatturtle7132Ай бұрын
Yup
@nikburisson9-pissedoffpeasant-Ай бұрын
U.K. wants to ban "assault" kitchen knives. Everything can be a weapon. I was suspend for 2 days in grade school, for having an "assault" paper clip...
@bringer-of-changeАй бұрын
Hey not me man lol. Swords are part of my loadout.
@eduard252Ай бұрын
0:15 my brain registered that as "authentic viking-age AKs" at first
@samuelmendoza9356Ай бұрын
A relic of the Wars of the Ragnarok.
@fridrekr7510Ай бұрын
@@samuelmendoza9356 More like a relic of the Aesir-Vanir War. Ragnarok hasn’t happened yet.
@LedosKellАй бұрын
Finno-Korean Hyperwar relic
@Dawn.tless.Ай бұрын
Pretty sure those are called Norse crossbows
@johan.ohgrenАй бұрын
@@fridrekr7510The vikings are gone so maybe it has..
@GazalAlShaqabАй бұрын
"Couldn't find a cool rock to show you": I love the Icelandic humour! :)
@Jesses001Ай бұрын
They do have a rather good sense of sarcasm.
@markfergerson2145Ай бұрын
Considering how much of Iceland consists of rock, much of it molten…
@myfirstnamemylastname2509Ай бұрын
@@markfergerson2145 well, molten rock is definitely not cool!
@murrayscott9546Ай бұрын
@@markfergerson2145Lava-thrower ?
@trollerifficАй бұрын
@@markfergerson2145 You could own a chunk of lava for home defence, but there was a mandatory 14 day cooling-off period... I'll get my coat.
@1stSandАй бұрын
Finally we got there. Waiting for magical artefacts now
@michaelrogers4157Ай бұрын
+4 Frost Damage, when fighting on snow-covered ground.
@lancerevell5979Ай бұрын
A +5 Vorpal Sword would be great. 😎👍
@OmegaBahnАй бұрын
@@lancerevell5979 best enchantment
@malcaniscsm5184Ай бұрын
"Now this is a really unusual Blade Of Westernesse, with a really interesting provenance. You'll have noticed some damage to the blade..."
@JPR3DАй бұрын
Did someone say [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker] ?
@pablowentscobarАй бұрын
"Next up on Forgotten Weapons, we have a fine selection of Icelandic Rocks."
@stephencolley334Ай бұрын
LOL 🤣🤣🤣
@Psycho-SsnakeАй бұрын
LET'S GOOOOOOOO!
@NanoElite666Ай бұрын
Well he did do the April Fools Day video about a rock a few years back, so it's not completely outside the realm of possibility.
@GrubnarАй бұрын
The problem with rocks that were used in combat in Iceland during the Viking age, is that most of them are at the bottom of the sea in Húnaflói, Northen Iceland. That is the only real large scale sea battle (strangely enough) that was ever fought in Iceland. There were other instances where rocks were assembled to be used in battle, for example Borgarvirki the only siege in Iceland. But since the defenders were able to trick the attackers into thinking they were far better supplied then they really were, the attackers decided to give up and go home, so no actual battle took place. So any rocks that were not used, were just repurposed for building later.
@markfergerson2145Ай бұрын
You know, having thrown a few rocks myself, I wouldn’t mind hearing a specialist in the field talk about the best size, shape, weight and composition of rocks for throwing. The thrown rock is allegedly our oldest weapon after all.
@DSlydeАй бұрын
A surprise but a welcome one for sure!
@sebastienlopez165Ай бұрын
get out of here palpatine
@sillygoose7646Ай бұрын
@@sebastienlopez165excuse you, his name is “The Senate”
@sebastienlopez165Ай бұрын
@@sillygoose7646 yes please don't order 66 me
@tomaspabon2484Ай бұрын
I am so here for sword arc Ian. You might want to look into Ulfberht swords. The first brand of weapons to be faked, that we know of. Edit: I spelled Ulfberht wrong, Old Frankish is hard, yo.
@stuborn-complaining-germanАй бұрын
Yes, immediately thought of Ulfberth too. Actually there are still "Ulfberth" swords made today... 😅
@magnemoe1Ай бұрын
Agree, now I guess people faked wine back in Rome and probably much earlier. And copyright or patents was not an thing, but the Ulfberth swords might be the first weapon brand.
@masahige2344Ай бұрын
I've got an 'Awaguchi Ikkanshi Tadatsuna' branded kozuka knife from about the late 18th century. The brand is still produced in Japan today, and the period knives were so heavily and successfully faked that few experts would even hazard a guess as to whether one was 'real.' I expect the first brand-name forgery is exactly as old as the first brand name!
@andersjjensenАй бұрын
"Ulfberht" not "Ulfberth".
@tomaspabon2484Ай бұрын
@@andersjjensen oop, thats my b, corrected it
@Matt-xc6spАй бұрын
Buried in Pagan grave for centuries? That’s a forgotten weapon alright
@Puffball-ll1lyАй бұрын
Weren't worth desigrating the grave for
@Matt-xc6spАй бұрын
@@Puffball-ll1ly Not a chance. This guy is the most popular dude in Valhalla today. His bros are buying him drinks even though the mead free and infinite.
@brittakriep2938Ай бұрын
@@Puffball-ll1ly : In my swabian homeregion in nearly every village graves of allemanic persons from 3th to 6th/ 7th century had been found, those grave items tradition of non christian reason ended in 7th century, noblemen practiced this after adoption of christianity some time longer than commoners. Those graves, sometimes large graveyards, are mostly found , when there are large constitution works, for example a new complex of houses, a new rsliway line or similar things. In many cases the use of old pagan graveyards ended, when churches had been build, and christian graveyards are , or had been until few decades ago, arround church. So with christianity the nonchrisrian gravesites had been forgotten, and are found now by coincience. Sometimes it also happens, that when old churches are enlarged, modernized or renovated, a grave with items is found. Assumingly the grave of a nobleman, who switched to christianity, ordered to build First church, but was burried in germannic tradition.
@cheyannei5983Ай бұрын
@@Puffball-ll1lyordinarily I agree but you can't own all land forever. People have existed for thousands of years and yet people only see/care abo5 normal graveyards from the past 100 years. Being buried somewhere shouldn't condemn it for human occupation forever.
@HighlanderNorth1Ай бұрын
🚫 Yeah, but this sword was originally owned by my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great(x3) grandfather....... ^He handed down a scroll that described in detail how this particular pagan Viking stole it from him! He made it clear in his will that he expected later generations to ensure that its returneded to our family where it belongs.
@G-nb6mbАй бұрын
Honestly, I’d love a series on the weapons of the Aztecs. The atlatl is one I find interesting, and the shields look beautiful in the manuscripts.
@dbmail545Ай бұрын
Just sayin' the atl-atl predates human occupation of the New World.
@electronkaleidoscope5860Ай бұрын
yessss these's some folks today who still practice the art of making them and Ian talking with someone like that would be awesome
@ragingjaguarknight86Ай бұрын
Yup, it'd be awesome to see Ian reviewing a macuahuitil and a tecpatl. 😎👍
@leonardo.1024Ай бұрын
@@ragingjaguarknight86 oh yeah, the atlatl is impressive, but hardly Aztec exclusive, while I don't think we have any evidence of anyone else using embedded flint/obsidian for swords.
@ragingjaguarknight86Ай бұрын
@leonardo.1024 No, not an atlatl ( but that would be cool) but a tecpatl. A flint knife, basically.
@marcondespauloАй бұрын
"Matt Easton here, from Forgotten Weapons and I'm Ian McCollum from Schola Gladiatoria" The crossover I didn't know I needed.
@ruebenblack3495Ай бұрын
Matt has been talking about those dueling pistols lately....
@EuTrabalhoParaSagres51029 күн бұрын
*These are a few of my favorite thiiings* 🎶🎵
@scholagladiatoriaАй бұрын
Fantastic video!
@thunder2434Ай бұрын
A most excellent video! To explain about the tip thing. The Spatula tip actually cuts through cloth and flesh as you stab through with it and does this quite well. It's not so good at piercing maille or plate, for that a pointy tip is better. So cutting more than thrusting oriented but vs soft armor it can do it. The rounded tip can be used to do a cast blow that hits with the tip (a percussive tip shot rather than a normal cut in a way that is good at defeating cloth armor. Probably on Iceland at this age maille was not common but wearing heavy clothing was, due to the weather. So the spatula tip is optimal for a sword. The spatula tip was common in Scandinavia at the time as well but there were sharp tipped swords also used. Maille was better defeated by a Spear anyway.
@vidard9863Ай бұрын
That's a strangely interesting point. Odds are swords were sort of an "EDC" and would face cloth frequently, while if battle called you would reach for a spear, less easy to carry, with better range and penetration.
@jackbrown3689Ай бұрын
remember its quicker to switch to your bearded axe than resharpen your sword
@yetanother9127Ай бұрын
More like it's quicker to switch to your sword than go running back to get a new spear. Swords and axes were both side weapons; the primary weapon of the era was usually a polearm like a spear or longaxe.
@jackbrown3689Ай бұрын
@@yetanother9127 true
@andersjjensenАй бұрын
I_understood_that_reference.jpg
@hamstsorkxxorАй бұрын
@@FreiherrDinkelacker No, the main weapon of most vikings was a spear, which uses even less metal than an axe. Also, viking battle axes were definitely not used as tools, they have very different geometry than any cutting or splitting axe (battle axes were thinner, sharper and lighter than tools)
@yetanother9127Ай бұрын
@@FreiherrDinkelacker That quote is from the retail website Horns of Glory, which is not an academic source; it is a commercial operation whose business model is to sell fantasy "Viking" tchotchkes to people who can't tell a thegn from a seidkonur. The claims it makes are highly suspect for several reasons. Firstly, it treats wood axes and battle axes as the same. In reality, battle axes were purpose-built weapons with much thinner blades that wouldn't be suitable for chopping wood, and a wood axe would be much too heavy and unwieldy to be use in combat except in the direst of circumstances. Secondly, it associates the axe with Thor, even though Thor is far more associated with his hammer Mjolnir than with any axe. In fact, very few gods are directly associated with axes. Thirdly, it doesn't address the massive importance of spears to Viking Age formation warfare; spears were the foundation of all battlefield tactics, whereas the axe was merely a personal weapon. Where other gods wield swords, hammers, and rarely axes, All-Father Odin wields a spear. Nobody is arguing that axes weren't common and effective weapons. But they weren't foundational to Viking Age warfare the way spears are. As in both earlier and later periods, a battle axe in the Viking Age was a side weapon, something you'd wear on your belt for occasions when close combat became necessary. Swords served much the same purpose. For fighting in formation on a battlefield, the spear was overwhelmingly dominant.
@polhokustaa4989Ай бұрын
Mikko Moilanen has done a lot of research about Viking age swords in Finland and has at least one book about them which I own. Can highly recommend!
@jten1116Ай бұрын
I have to check on that. I was born and raised in a region of Finland that according to a local legend kicked viking a$$. I had an article of that incident that was on our local newspaper some 30 years ago. I can just picture in my mind these caveman like hillbillies, waking up drunk/hangover, to some vikings boating past their village and gettin pi$$ed off of the noise so much that they sink the boats and beat the sh!t out of the vikings, followed by more drinking, because Finland. My buddies in Finland still have the article framed. I've been living in USA for the past 20 years or so, but still proud of my heritage, perkele!
@andersjjensenАй бұрын
@@jten1116 It is very likely that they, or at least the men of the highest ranking in the area, went on raids themselves. It's a misconception that people were either raiders or victims. The law at the time was pretty much "It's only yours if you can defend it". And alcohol distillation wasn't common until some 300 years later, so they would have been drinking mead and ale like everyone else. It's not until the Russian occupation that Finland developed a vodka culture (which is a perfectly valid reaction to Russian occupation if you ask me). Yes, I'm fun at parties :P
@finrugbyАй бұрын
@@andersjjensenSahti-drink is about 2000years old invention. But they did not drink all the time, more like couple times a year during festival time...
@basillicus395924 күн бұрын
Interestingly, there are more than 400 viking swords found from Finland although Finland was not ethnically "viking" as such.
@andersjjensen23 күн бұрын
@@basillicus3959 A large part of Finland, as the bordres stand today, is old Swedish territory (and they have a large Swedish speaking minority).
@brittakriep2938Ай бұрын
I am german, Brittas boyfriend, ln my swabian homeregion in nearly every village , especially when the name ends with -ingen, graves of our allemanic ancestors have been found. Depending on warriors wealth, you can find blades of seaxes and spathas, axeheads, and speartips, lesser arrow tips. Helmets or armour are rather rare, but shield bosses very common. For the case, some readers of my comment want to visit Waffen( weapons)museum Oberndorf am Neckar ( Mauser, Heckler & Koch, Feinwerkbau, Königlich Württembergische Waffenfabrik), pllease visit also the Heimatmuseum (Homeregion museum). It is in the same building, you can visit both museums with the same ticket. In Heimatmuseum there are the allemannic weapons relicts, found next Oberndorf.
@MikeUSA67Ай бұрын
Grüße aus Tuttlingen 🙂
@brittakriep2938Ай бұрын
@@MikeUSA67 : Wohne im Raum Stuttgart, und da sind solche Schwertklingen nun wirklich nichts ungewöhnliches.
@MikeUSA67Ай бұрын
@@brittakriep2938 Bei uns haben sie vor ca. 2 Jahren eine Neubausiedlung gestoppt, weil sie was römisches gefunden haben 🙂
@marietteestabrook409821 күн бұрын
Ooooo Something Roman? How novel!
@brittakriep293821 күн бұрын
@@marietteestabrook4098 : Is in those areas of Germany ,which had been in time of Imperium Romanum the roman provinces Germania Inferior, Germania Superior and Rhaetia nothing uncommon. For example in region Ellwangen/ Aalen you can walk for kilometers along former fortified border Limes, similar to Hadrians Wall. Was formerly a stonewall , the relict is a well visible little rampart (?) ,covered with many bushes. Strange (???) coincidence: In Aalen once a large roman cavallry unit Ala had its fortified barracks. A note: In english wall means a wall of stones, bricks or concrete, in german a Wall is made of wood, earth or sandbags. And in addition to Roman relicts, alemannic relicts , my homeregion has relicts of celtic fortifications/ Towns, inform yourself about Heidengraben, Heuneburg or Ipf. But thats not all, there are dozens of medieval Castle Locations. So finding relicts, being very old is in european countries nothing unusual. A huge problem are this Treasury hunters with metal detectors, this criminals destroy historical sites for their greed for historical items, they make historical sites often worthless for serious scientists.
@umbralobserverАй бұрын
Definitely one of the coolest episodes here. Only thing I'd ask be added to it would be - if there are any who do it - a smith who specializes in forging new swords like these, using the original methods if they are known. What's especially cool here is that it seems the decorations on the sword pommels served as a kind of personal heraldry for their owners.
@Psycho-SsnakeАй бұрын
There are plenty of channels who forge things as traditional as possible. There's always going to be someone who has to complain "that specific hammer head wasn't made a bazillion years ago tho" who can kill the fun in the comments. Iliya made a viking style sword as traditional as possible even going so far as to have an iron Puck smelted from rudimentary stuff and all. I believe that video was in the channel "AWE me" or "Man at Arms" or something like that before he and another guy went and started the channel "That Works". I suggest you watch Iliya work in ANY of those channels because it is really interesting stuff.
@brightblack0Ай бұрын
Have you heard of the mastermyr find? Black bear forge on KZbin has a couple videos making anvils and hammers based on this find out of a Viking archaeological site, but he doesn't make swords. I would look up the mastermyr find for more content related to authentic tools, weapons, materials and methods.
@markfergerson2145Ай бұрын
@@brightblack0KZbin probably wouldn’t allow a demonstration of sword smithing. People might start making ghost swords…
@atom8248Ай бұрын
@@markfergerson2145They do though. That Works, Yasha Yukawa, Taro Asano, Man At Arms, Alec Steele, Forged in Fire etc. are all on youtube
@doratheexploder286Ай бұрын
thors forge, a swede makes viking era swords, dane axes, spears etc, highly skilled, and every one that has bought one of his dane axes are giving rave reviews. He uses both modern steel, and goes bog hunting for iron ore to make it in the traditional way, but with power hammers and modern heat treatment to save time and labor. The more historically accurate you want it, the more expensive it gets for obvious reasons. He has a youtube channel if you like to check him out.
@andrewsuryali8540Ай бұрын
I know he's describing the way historical judicial duels were fought, but that's basically turn-based RPG mechanics there.
@Psycho-SsnakeАй бұрын
Building up that limit break meter!
@evanweiss71Ай бұрын
ian hittin us with the "Today, we have a very special episode"
@AtlasJotunАй бұрын
The only Viking blade I've ever seen in person was one of the Type X Ulfberht blades when it came to Denver. Absolutely gorgeous, heavy steel quillion and oversized rectangular pommel, in shockingly good condition with virtually no delamination. Really happy Ian's covering this sort of material, discussing the who, what and where of sword-making a millennia ago.
@mursefanecaАй бұрын
Cant wait for him to start showcasing crossbows.
@dbmail545Ай бұрын
If only!
@robertosswald5896Ай бұрын
"let me show you its features"... Oh, sorry, wrong channel :)
@austinhughes1924Ай бұрын
That would be awesome!
@SlackActionBumbleАй бұрын
Oh hell yeah. Give me the weird stuff. Way more interesting than "Random AK knockoff that looks just like a normal AK"
@stevehangzo7159Ай бұрын
I hope Ian talks about swords more in the future as well! From the Arabian to Persian all the way to Japanese and Southeast Asian blades!
@TheRoyalSh0tАй бұрын
Never clicked on a video so fast
@DrygdorDradgvorkАй бұрын
Me neither lol
@msumungoАй бұрын
Ditto!
@finnishculturalchannelАй бұрын
There are several hundreds of swords found in Finland, and more are earthen as metal detecting hobbyists grow in number-including some of those most famous swords. In Finnish media archaeologist, author and blacksmith Mikko Moilanen is often the person, who has been interviewed about the swords found in Finland. The National Museum of Finland might give a private tour too, who knows. They have in their collections E.g. The Suontaka Sword and this ring-sword: "Collections of the National Museum of Finland: Sword from Pappilanmäki, Eura". Thinking of bladed weapons topic, in Finland there are also puukkos, which have their own history and collections.
@matt79deАй бұрын
"Forgotten Weapons, not Forgotten Guns" was my first thought, when this ep. showed up. Very cool. I hope we get to see more of stuff like that, even if it means "episodes that have nothing for Ian to play with". 😉 Thanks, Ian.
@marcusiljitsch6176Ай бұрын
at first I thought I was tripping, then I clicked. Its good seeing a modern weapons channel cover pre firearm era weapons. This just gives me Tod's Workshop, Skallagrim, Metatron and Shadiversity vibes
@doratheexploder286Ай бұрын
shad? how is this video in any way comparable to that lolcow larper?
@oconnorsean12Ай бұрын
Not only is the back drop beautiful but the culture that produced these incredible relics is a fascinating life of the past that still has a very wide impact on the world culture
@ptonpcАй бұрын
A nice change of pace. Nice to hear from Ármann Guðmundsson, and Reynir Óskarsson.
@fredrikkilander4044Ай бұрын
"That's a heavy knife." "That knife is supposed to be heavy!"
@nonyobiz-records23 күн бұрын
nákvæmlega
@buddha4242Ай бұрын
What I found wonderful about Iceland, was that everyone spoke English at least this well. It was easy and fun to engage with lots of light-hearted people.
@TheRoulette77Ай бұрын
25 min..... wish this one was an hour and 25 min...... great video thank you
@samdoak1222Ай бұрын
Outstanding information- history, usage, and general things. More like this !!!
@PaulaOwen-wk1rgАй бұрын
You're onto something good, keep it rolling
@thepjup4507Ай бұрын
forgotten weapons was onto something good almost 20 years ago, thats why its still here :)
@md_vandenbergАй бұрын
@@thepjup4507 You just replied to a bot.
@g54b95Ай бұрын
SILENCE, ASSBOT!!!
@swedeson6188Ай бұрын
Its easy to think that forgotten weapons is all about guns, but this video reminds us that it isnt! A thumbs up for the Island museum staff that told us some of their history!
@AKIS_ProtoАй бұрын
These swords are probably more powerful to witness in person. One must certainly feel the energy eminating from them, and to think these swords still exist is unimaginably complex.
@GetpojkeАй бұрын
Excellent video, would like to see you tread this path a bit more often. You have an ideal "in" with the friends you've made at the likes of the Royal Armouries Museums. May take a little practice to do a "quiver dump" at the end of any archery videos though. 🏹😆
@brandonstimson2715Ай бұрын
Quiver dump, that's funny. I'm still laughing 5 minutes later....
@TheWelshVikingАй бұрын
A splendid video and a wonderful example of collaborative work with museum professionals. Thank you very much!
@user-wc9kk4ux9n20 күн бұрын
i love gun jesus for truly deferring to an expert and listening intently. prompts, but does not try to talk over his guests. a thoughtful man.
@Big_LooАй бұрын
As much as I like firearms, it was really cool to see swords. It'd be cool to wxplore other weapons like bows, slings, etc.
@HazelS71Ай бұрын
Love Love Love the fact youve done a video on ancient swords of the Viking Era absolutely fascinating thank you Ian and thank you Armann & Reynir for your brilliant knowledge!
@hunter_0221Ай бұрын
It's interesting how we've come to believe that this channel is only supposed to do firearms when in reality videos like this are fitting the channel name just as much - if not more - than videos about 20 year old guns from small, obscure countries such as "Germany" or "USA". Kudos, this is a really great video, and kudos to the friendly Viking from the museum showing us his ancestors' forgotten weapons.
@jackelewish1568Ай бұрын
I've been scrolling forever and I haven't found a single comment complaining about the video not being on firearms. Only people defending it. Im pretty sure 99.99% and Ian's fans are fans of weapons and history I general, I don't see his viewers getting upset about him discussing weapons outside of firearms.
@bulukaki7063Ай бұрын
This is an excellent episode! A follow up on how they used rocks as weapons would be really interesting
@TheKickassKАй бұрын
I am literally in the process of making a langseax. Thank you for this
@noahcount7132Ай бұрын
Excellent history lesson. Thanks, Ian. 👍 May we expect more videos focused on rocks as forgotten weapons and the cultures that employed them?
@exstockАй бұрын
Very cool! And a very rich field for you to dig into, Ian- I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d be fascinated to see more! Swords, battle axes, polearms, etc… even shields could be weapons!
@dbmail545Ай бұрын
Too rich? Very much studied in the last 200 years with the surface only scratched.
@someonequiet3365Ай бұрын
Ian really showing his interview chops here; really good open ended questions to bring out more information. Great video
@christophermason9339Ай бұрын
On top to this, listening patiently and letting those whose first language isn't English to feel comfortable to articulate the best they can and share their thoughts. Bravo
@stevenlord782Ай бұрын
I'd love to see more swords covered if possible please. This was absolutely fascinating.
@gravygraves5112Ай бұрын
I saw the Viking sword and thought "Well, it is weapons not just guns. How's Ian going to present this one?"
@user-xb7to4ue1sАй бұрын
I love Viking history. Very important to understanding northern Europe. “The Last Kingdom “ series is a must if any of you haven’t seen it.
@droidism23 күн бұрын
Death... Death is coming.... Death is coming... DEATH IS COMING!!! GRAB YOUR SWORDS!!! Incredible scene from season 2 episode 6.
@ticket2spaceАй бұрын
Ian! WOW man nice job here. I think you really have a great idea venturing into other kinds of weapons. Most of the worlds forgotten weapons arent even guns! Thankyou for this one Ian incredible work my man
@ihcfnАй бұрын
Their duelling sounds insane! Would be interested to hear more about how it worked.
@mauri.m3 сағат бұрын
It was called holmgang (holmgång) in Sweden.. Two men went to a small island and only one came back. In Finland we have a narration of one between a Tavastian guy who fought against a Novgorodian one. In Sweden the victor got all property of the loser. Later duels became illegal because a small group of men became professionals in duelling and it started to disturb the community.
@BeandealerАй бұрын
Can't wait for Ian to review the tesseract
@herosstratosАй бұрын
6:07 In the 10th century, an English bishop wrote, that all good iron in England came from Wilandisdorp (today Wilnsdorf, Kreis Siegen). Wieland (Velent, Völund, engl.: Wayland) is acc. Germanic mythology a master blacksmith who forged the swords Mimung and Balmung.
@famalam943Ай бұрын
I love this. It’s a change up from the normal content but still welcome. Any videos on old non firearms would be super interesting
@mattjohn836Ай бұрын
Been listening to this channel for years. Loved the videos on craft weapons and conversion of home made guns using sten magazines. So cool to see a branching out of gun topics. If you ever cover “Hammer” axes from the beaker culture or earlier that would be pretty cool. Although my tree of life is different, there is a lot of similarities in runes, warfare and religion with the Ash tree. Older yet we used to gift our weapons to the sea or water. Mainly I was told by my father to preserve them for the next ice age. Didn’t believe a lot of his teachings until genome testing. Cool that Iceland has such diverse genetic origins. Even if the Irish monks didn’t like the uncouth barbarians and left. “Arth Wen or Isbjorn” is my nickname but I’m just a part time nerd. Love the content Ian, keep it up!
@iankiller1Ай бұрын
We got swords now! Hell yeah!
@MrTEamonnАй бұрын
When I saw the title I had to check that the date wasn't April 1st and when he mentioned the rock it made me laugh :-D Very interesting video, more of this please, if you get the chance.
@dbmail545Ай бұрын
The first weapon, closely followed by the fire-hardened pointed stick and eventually the sling.
@DNchap1417Ай бұрын
Ian should do more episodes dedicated to swords, shields, javelins, spears, crossbows... hence fully earning the title Forgotten Weapons.
@I_Willenbrock_IАй бұрын
Awesome. As a medieval reenactor, I'm always thrilled to see someone showing originals
@SovreiignTheMakerАй бұрын
I love hearing you talk about guns but this is the video I've always been waiting for! This is perfect more please!
@lancerevell5979Ай бұрын
A very cool video! I've been collecting replica swords for years, bit have only one "Viking sword".
@Ian_BungyАй бұрын
I really like the idea of presenting more weapons from before the Advent of modern firearms
@aharonsidorov5145Ай бұрын
If you can bring on a sword/melee weapons guy full time at some point that would be awesome. This can be a complete historic weapons education channel.
@causewaykayakАй бұрын
Wonderful account of the Peaceloving Icelandic Farmers doing recreational honor building. MANY THANKS for introducing us to the excellent curator and his work. We are hearing much about the Norse travellers in this distant past. Much seems to have depended on their iron working skills. Seems to have been proven now that the first Europeans in N America were Vikings. There are reports that they made bog iron in their Labrador settlements - to renew the iron nails in their boats - and thus get home. Versatile improvisers is the Take Away I get from this. An unusual episode but very welcome. I wonder what ancient items the UK Royal Armories has in storage ? (Broad Hint there Ian & Jonathan). Good luck to Icelandic Archaeolgy in their systematic search for pre christian burial sites. Fascinating Country and more power to it's people. (from 🇬🇧)
@allangibson8494Ай бұрын
Eric the Red was expelled from Norway to Iceland over an armed dispute with his neighbours. His son Lief Erickson was similarly excluded over a similar dispute in Iceland.
@causewaykayakАй бұрын
@@allangibson8494 Were they the same family legend has it 'discovered' Vinland ?? Legends often have a lot of truth in them. EG, the Sunstone crystal.(Iceland Spar ) I got hold of one and it really works.
@allangibson8494Ай бұрын
@@causewaykayak Yes - exactly those guys. They had a “history” of violent neighbourhood disputes leading to a number of deaths on both sides.
@causewaykayakАй бұрын
@@allangibson8494 Thank you for that.❤
@garrettowen961Ай бұрын
Ive been waiting for something like this for years! Ian you're awesome!
@nathanjordan1782Ай бұрын
I’m absolutely down to see the channel expand beyond firearms into all weapons of all types
@pharmdiddy5120Ай бұрын
The fact that these are still as intact as they are is mind-blowing
@user-tv4lz5ie5uАй бұрын
Ok, are you watching this Matt Easton? It's about time for a colab with Schola Gladiatoria, Ian. Some of us have been waiting for this for ages...
@fridrekr7510Ай бұрын
He’s really the gold standard when it comes to swords, and he also knows a fair bit about black powder firearms. Some collab on 16th-19th weapons, including firearms, swords, pikes etc. would be very cool
@michaelmoorrees3585Ай бұрын
Well Drachinifel has shown up at Matt Easton's shed, a couple times, and also a guest of Othias & Mae (C&Rsenal).
@@AGS363 Shadiversity is a moron, sorry to say. Just like we shouldn’t discredit the work of people based on their views, we also shouldn’t credit people for their work based on their views. Shad is an ignorant charlatan, regardless of me actually agreeing more with him than Matt politically. I only see people supporting Shad because he’s “not woke”, never because of his knowledge of history and archaelogy (which is non existant).
@mementomori4972Ай бұрын
@@AGS363 f*ck shad and his pseudo knowledge
@stewrmoАй бұрын
Loved this. Thanks to all involved, very, very cool.
@OmegaBahnАй бұрын
This is awesome fun. Reminds me of a book I purchased decades ago, it was about Small Arms. Small Arms to me are our firearms but the book prefaced ancient civilization, different age weapons until the modern times. There are real forgotten weapons more than out muskets.
@loganspena1782Ай бұрын
Excellent video. Loved seeing the swords themselves and then hearing about their use in Icelandic society.
@jjforcebreakerАй бұрын
Very interesting episode!
@higfnyАй бұрын
This was very interesting! There is a lot of interesting history regarding all kind of weapons and you've got a very good flair for presenting and telling the history in a good and interesting way. Thanks a lot!
@spencerbaldock4969Ай бұрын
I can't believe i just watched 25 minutes of two guys talking about old swords.😂 Very interesting. Good video.
@sadnessinside123Ай бұрын
I truly appreciate this video. Happy you had such a wonderful opportunity.
@lothbrokeАй бұрын
Very cool! Please consider doing more of these types of videos.
@davewright6368Ай бұрын
Great video Ian. Thanks for covering this
@xltrtАй бұрын
Ian, this was extremely interesting and entertaining. Enjoyed it very much. One of your best. Please do more of these on this subject and with the Scandinavian people. A+
@GordonjSmith126 күн бұрын
One of the most interesting and enlightening videos Ian has done in a long time. An insight in to the cultural use of 'forgotten weapons' - really excellent.
@bushsbakedbaby1374Ай бұрын
When can we expect a range day with these?
@markfergerson2145Ай бұрын
“Using one of these left-handed is not as much of a problem for the user as you might think. Against a right-handed opponent it can be an advantage if they haven’t fought a lefty before. But to keep things fair, today I will be competing against my guest, the Sinistral Rifleman.”
@ArcticNemoАй бұрын
Collab with Shadiversity?..
@terrycruise-zd5twАй бұрын
@@ArcticNemo that guy is a tard
@mwhyte1979Ай бұрын
And in our next video, Ian and Matt Easton from Scholagladiatoria will now disçuss the ballistic characteristics of early crossbows.
@doratheexploder286Ай бұрын
Ian will be the french crossbowman, and Matt the english longbowman.
@madaxe606Ай бұрын
18:13 "Away from his arms in the field, a man should fare not a foot, for never he knows when the need for a spear shall arise on the distant road". My absolute favorite stanza in the Havamal.
@axeljonsson2441Ай бұрын
Greetings from Iceland. I hope you enjoyed your stay here.
@eltadashi1Ай бұрын
Really interesting topic! If possible I really would love to see the suontaka viking sword in a video. Please make more these kinds of videos. Thank you.
@OstenjagerАй бұрын
Hurstwic shout-out! That’s very cool!
@smiddymanАй бұрын
This is awesome! Happy to see the channel branch out explore other weaponry.
@Ironclad90Ай бұрын
Definitely like the idea of sprinkling in cool and interesting medieval weapons going forward
@loomspaceАй бұрын
Remarkable how few Viking artifacts we have found.
@doratheexploder286Ай бұрын
remarkable that we have as much as we have, mostly it`s small bits of bronze, silver and gold jewelry, because iron and steel rust away in the harsh climate. It needs particular surroundings, like oxygen deprived clay covering the site etc.
@MiningpastpresentfutureАй бұрын
Great episode! Please cover more alternative or pre-firearm weapons as you find them. Crossbows, bows, edged weapons of all types are very interesting. Thank you.
@masahige2344Ай бұрын
This brings me back to writing college papers on Viking swords for my medievalism minor. Great stuff!
@janne65olssonАй бұрын
So cool! I did not see this twist of direction comming. Giv us more Ian. 😎👍
@dekuleader5372Ай бұрын
An interesting change of pace on this channel. Wonder if you'd cover other ancient weapons forgotten by history at a later date?
@MrKronikDeceptionАй бұрын
Great video. Bit surprised they didn't talk about the construction of the swords or the one account from the sagas (iirc, Egil's) where in the middle of the fight both sides paused to straighten their swords. I highly recommend Lee Sauder's work on the construction techniques. As a blacksmith, and viking living history nerd, his solution exactly replicates the manufacturing artifacts of original swords.
@hb914525 күн бұрын
The best swords were generally Spanish of Frankish import and were very expensive. A sword could cost the equivalent of 16 cows, according to Icelandic sources, so it was a weapon for the wealthy. Many other swords were sub par, and there are several sources telling of swords breaking during dueling.
@wigster600Ай бұрын
Superb looking collection in the background, lovely bindings there.
@johnsanko4136Ай бұрын
While I'm normally her for the pews, I do appreciate videos on the pokes. I really enjoyed hearing about how the culture dictated duels, because understanding their culture really helps explain their tools.
@MrInsaintАй бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for sharing Sir!! And 🍻SKÅL🍻⚔🫡
@capt.bart.roberts4975Ай бұрын
But, but, they don't go bang! I've a replica pattern welded Saxon Sword. A high middle ages, bastard sword(hand and a half sword), and a two handed Swiss Flambard. Also an assortment of axes, paired katzbagels, and various time period English favourites, nasty, pointy, sticky things on long sticks!
@brittakriep2938Ай бұрын
What is a Katzbagel? A bagel made of cats? Or perhaps a Katzbalger?
@ElChris816Ай бұрын
This is very cool and extremely interesting. Hearing that the swords used had "spatula" tips, and not used for piercing, is very interesting to me. Great project.
@GamingMjukOst25 күн бұрын
oh man i never thought there would be a video about the viking age swords and weapons from you but im all here for it