Interview with, Dr. Tobias Capwell!

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[@cheese4432]

"A good armor book should be thick enough to be used as armor." That is an excellent quote

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

"Booken Fechten " 😉 -Reece

[@mysticdragongames8492]

Would love to "nerd out" with Tobias sometime.

[@phillip0537]

A video with Dr. Tobias Capwell, how fast can I hit play?!

[@willek1335]

I’ve recently started studying tailoring, bespoke suits. After having read his book, it’s interesting seeing the essence of creating a custom suit to a suit of armour are in many ways similar. Regional styles, detailed attention to personal preferences, and so forth. Cheers

[@MRKapcer13]

I'm so excited about the second book, which if I recall will be about 1450-1500 ish, but by God I can't wait for the third book about imported armour. I want to see some Milanese and Gothic styles :D I really want to get into armouring but currently live in a flat. Maybe in a few years I can finally take it up as a hobby. In the meantime drawing is all I get to do.

[@carterhickenlooper8784]

Trust me, those drawing skills will come in handy. Being able to draw a piece with all it's lines and dimensions is much faster than playing with steel. It gets the shape in your head.

[@OzzyCrescat]

I am currently reading his book. So well written, so insightful. Regarding XVIth century armour, I think many people like it (how couldn't you? that stuff is georgous) but it is really a cost issue...

[@manatoa1]

Buchenfechten: when words CAN hurt you!

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

Haha! Yup! -Reece

[@derekfish7768]

Toby is my idol!

[@thoughtheglass]

I want to come to the next one; what is it like taking your armour on the plane?

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

Definitely recommended! I actually ment to cover that in a video and never got around to it...might need to change that soon. 🤔-Reece

[@Miki112xD]

Great guy, extremely knowledgeable but not condescending

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

%100

[@Velkan1396]

The man himself, yeah, I wanna go to the wallace collection and hopefully meet him personally

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

He's a real nice and approachable guy. We ended up taking about medieval prosthetics and the like. Definitely worth the trip 👍-Reece

[@Velkan1396]

PursuingThe KnightlyArts Hey! How cool man, I hope to be able to meet him. Kind of my hero as well

[@lakewooded]

Good catch! Big time.

[@some_sewing_nerd]

Oh I would love to take part in this event, but I guess it is just for legends in this field and not for common people or beginners?

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

No, it's absolutely not. Anyone can attend 😁-Reece

[@some_sewing_nerd]

@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 thank you, I will look into it! :D

[@aleksacrkvenjakov4693]

I've been using KZbin for years but this would be the first time I comment, I can't miss the chance anymore of saying congratulations and thank you for the excellent content you guys have been making. I'm looking forward to all your videos and hopefully will bout with you one day (using the same techniques you've taught me!) Do you plan on covering any bohurt style events such as Battle of the Nations? Cheers!

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

Thank you for the kind words! We're really happy to hear you've found the channel to be so helpful! 😁 We focus on the documentable historical martial arts (historical treaties) for armoured combat during the middle ages (Harnischfechten). We're looking at historical sources for tournament fighting and have yet to see historical tournaments that fit the current format of HMB/ACL/BoTN. Still sifting through sources. 😉 -Reece/Ben

[@zizkazenit7885]

*Capwell fanboying intensifies*

[@alexbuckley5178]

Completely agree on the arms and armor book being so thick that you can us it as armor and as a weapon lol. The great knowledge in the book is a bonus to us who love this stuff. Lol

[@dimitrizaitsew1988]

Give the video with the lecture now and nobody will get hurt!

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

Soon...Toby wanted to review it first and he was going to give me the pdf of the slides. Been encountering some errors with my video software for some reason, it's not rendering it properly. But, It's on the priority list 😉-Reece

[@TyLarson]

Now I am imagining internet trolls creating a code duello for buchfechten and book jousts.

[@KryllKiller]

Anyone have a link to the thing that the Met is doing next year for Emperor Maximilian's 500th?

[@TyLarson]

I thought about the sacrifices for mobility v protection v comfort also applies to weapons too just with different factors. Try and balance too much and you get the spadroon lol.

[@andywilson8698]

Ah ,the spadroon the greatest of the worst swords .

[@joost1120]

@@andywilson8698 There's nothing inherently wrong with spadroons, that's just a meme. Contrary to the meme, most spadroons were well liked weapons. It wasn't until the end of the 18th century when they introduced a standard officer's sword. The sword they chose was a very poor execution of a spadroon, which is the source of this meme.

[@andywilson8698]

@@joost1120 no , no don't come here with ur lies and blasphemy. Ur just a macbane wanna be . Shame !shame !shame on you for such ungodly think ,the sword Gods hilt is shaking like some metal rattle snake tail . I hope very mean things happen to you, blasphemy I say .

[@joost1120]

@@andywilson8698 :(

[@andywilson8698]

@@joost1120 no ,no ,no ,you can't play the victim here !That's what I was going to do if the conversation didn't go my way.

[@charliejackson5096]

Hello I would like to ask you a few questions about fighting on horse back ? I am leaning towards the Italian armor. But I will be riding a clydesdale of course I will need armour for him. What is my best course action for that?

[@viridisxiv766]

what you cant see is that the camera man has a sword leveled at tobias, and thats how they secured the interview ;)

[@tonywilkinson6895]

Great vid lads ,now I know I’m not alone in being romantically attached to these times.

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

Thanks! No, you're definitely not alone! :D -Reece

[@TheSeanoops]

What part of the world are the members of Pursuing the Knightly Arts from? You guys seem like an awesome group and I’d love to meet other people with the some of the same passions as me.

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

Kansas City, KS. United States 👍-Reece

[@TheSeanoops]

PursuingThe KnightlyArts Aw, such a shame, I’m from New Jersey. Thank you for your response.

[@zizkazenit7885]

Is that lecture video still going to come out?

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

Yeah, been working on it for several weeks. Had to reach out to several of the museums to ask their permission to use their images, to avoid copyright infringement. We would like to have, Dr.Capwell, back on the channel and not have him get in trouble with his colleagues. The video itself is fully edited, so just waiting to get the proper permissions from the museums. Thanks for your patience in the matter. -Reece

[@zizkazenit7885]

@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 Awesome! I'm glad to hear it's on the way. Thanks for the work you're putting in to do it right

[@kimosabe6692]

Hoodie and suit jacket. Just screams I dont care what the man thinks

[@Cavouku]

...It was hard to tell by the way you were standing, but were you not wearing your leg for this interview?

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

No, I was using my crutches. I can only wear the leg for so long till it's uncomfortable. -Reece

[@Cavouku]

@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 Perfectly fair. Obvious that your balance is great though, it barely looked like you leaned on them at all. To actually provide some content: fun interview, definitely get footage of Toby in combat if you can, always glad to hear about more books from the Doc himself.

[@chezekeeper]

How much armour dose Dr Capwell own?

[@Velkan1396]

Colin Finnell I thinl he's has around 15 harnesses, obviusly he's selled a lot of them. I'm guessing he conserved his black english hanress and his avant harness

[@callumtostevin-hall2044]

@@Velkan1396 Nope he sold the Black English harness and he recently sold off the cuirass and some other bits from his Italian harness becuse to my knowledge he is currently having a new harness made.

[@metacruft]

I think he trades them through rather than hoarding them.

[@DoktorWeasel]

I'm imagining the Wallace tracking down and buying all the old ones one day, and setting up a collection of just the armors of Dr. Capwell. That could actually be rather interesting to show the evolution of his understanding of armor and interest in different types, as well as the development of the reproductions.

[@christophe7723]

buchenfechten...

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

Needs to be a thing... 😉-Reece