Melee weapons of Fallout: Part 3

[@elderwulf8168]

I would also theorize that the presence of some Chinese swords could be trophies taken by US soldiers fighting in the resource wars

[@Rad_King]

Great point!

[@raziyatheseeker]

Could be. There are a lot of Chinese stealth manuals in the Capital Wasteland, though many of those could also be looted goods too. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle -- plenty of Chinese spies there, but also plenty of war trophies from Anchorage vets.

[@Me7onCook13]

Chinese spies

[@justindortheblunderwizard]

My great grandfather had a sword that stuck him in the head. And the helmet that saved him.

[@mrdumbaj4146]

That’s a good point

[@TheDemotivator1]

The absolute dearth of Chinese Officer swords in the CONUS has an easy explanation: War trophies. Soldiers often pick up a good amount of neat stuff that no one will miss, and they sometimes send it home if they can't sneak it into their stuff.

[@splint8618]

I was gonna say the same thing. Besides infiltrators and insurgents (who the PLA supplied with Type 93s) the pistols and swords are almost certainly trophies, especially since, while I can't speak for others, many of them were found in safes from my experience.

[@samh3805]

I was actually gonna say this, but you got to it first. Same thing with the Chinese Pistol and Chinese Assault Rifle. They also could’ve been sold commercially to the American Public, because during the Cold War in our Universe the Soviets and Chinese still sold Kalashnikovs on the International Market.

[@splint8618]

@@samh3805 That's a good point actually. I mean there were literal russian, german and british surplus guns in 1 and 2. And I bet there was at least a small market for replicas of Chinese swords (since they can be manufactured way cheaper than rifles and pistols,) for TV, film, stage shows like Oswald's in Nuka World and of course for collectors and scummy Stolen Valor types.

[@LordWeems]

Oh yeah One of my friends' grandpas fought the nazis in ww2 and FREQUENTLY took their medals, pistols, and other small items like pins to keep as trophies He took an SS officer's Luger and she even showed us pictures of it. It was cool as hell.

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

One of my family heirlooms is a nazi Walther PPK that my great grandfather brought back from WW2. It has eagle shaped imprints stamped into the metal on various parts. It was apparently found sitting on a bathroom sink in an abandoned building, or so I was told. I always found it amusing to bring that specific pistol on long road trips for protection, mostly because the thought of an old nazi officer's pistol saving my Hebrew/Jewish life is extremely ironic to me.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Speaking on the Operation Anchorage weapons, you can actually reverse pickpocket ALL of General Jing Wei’s clothing and weapons and bring them back to the wasteland using the Gary 23 glitch; thereby giving you essentially an unbreakable shock sword and Chinese uniform.

[@Rad_King]

How have I never done this?

[@tebTheChristanWargamer]

you can do it with every weapon

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@Rad_King it’s an older glitch sir, but it checks out. It does take some effort and trial/error to work properly though.

[@iYobuko]

@@Dank-gb6jn maybe a video idea??

[@MetuendusDominus]

I always used the Gaus Rifle Critical Hit method to get the shock sword.

[@AidenRKrone]

Finding out that the robotic alien claw from the Mothership Zeta DLC is actually an equippable melee weapon was like finding out that the presidential metro train from the Broken Steel DLC is wearable headgear.

[@theangrygermanlad1328]

Dafug

[@corndogg4279]

It’s funny you say fall asleep to I do it regularly as I pass out

[@obnoxiouspedant]

??? ​@@corndogg4279

[@Yomom12388]

It’s actually a wearable arm piece, not head

[@madmatt1998]

My two cents on the Super Sledge is that perhaps they were initially a pre-war demolition tool meant to improve upon the sledgehammer and breakaway at concrete much more effectively. Fallout 4 super sledges on the other hand are perhaps a much more intuitive take on it, since anyone can understand that making the rocket flare out before your swing will make it hit harder while the spring loaded kinetic storage could be a bit difficult to time properly for max damage.

[@sliggoomaster7213]

It is kinda strange that you cant mod a sledgehammer into a super sledge though, at least you can make it excruciatingly heavy and a good bit stronger than the super sledge by sticking a rocket, hunk of concrete, saw blades, and some sort of electrified thingymajigs onto the head though

[@c.fyffe0]

I hypothise it was used to more efficiently set rivets

[@wyattkefauver2055]

Grognaks axe is identical to an axe used by the barbarian in the art of oblivion (when you select a class in the tutorial)

[@jokig]

It is also very close to the iron battleaxe in that game

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

By azura, by azura, by azura! Now you just need to mod someone into the Adoring Fan

[@ThtSunbreaker]

The iron axe also bares a striking resemblence to both in game

[@gytrash6167]

There are pickaxes in NV however it cannot be interacted with. I really wanted, to have a Bone to pick with the Trama harnesses.

[@unoriginalperson72]

It can be interacted with with Z

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

Underrated joke...

[@catapultking8861]

Shem Drowne’s Sword! Glad it gets your seal of approval. It is my favored primary of FO4 because I enjoy goofing off with a glowing green sword. Also a ski sword is reasonable as a weapon I argue. Skis have a metal edge for improved performance on the snow. As a ski instructor and a skier since the age of 4 (age 19 currently) I approve of it as a weapon of war. They are heavy too!

[@theonlybilge]

Just don't goof off in public

[@joshuavidrine889]

I make skis for a living, and that thin metal edge is not enough material to be sharpened into a cutting edge without completely redoing the structure of the ski itself from the onset of production. Could be an okay bludgeoning weapon though, if you don't have something better nearby like a baseball bat or a length of metal pipe or a crowbar.

[@catapultking8861]

@@joshuavidrine889 ya aren’t swinging it hard enough! Ya don’t need to sharpen it into a knife edge, it’s already sharp. Just swing it harder!

[@jaytrashwade1-1]

The creation club Skyrim steel sword can be upgraded with a glowing nuclear blade

[@tenuredsky7426]

I won't lie love a good chunk of Fallout's Melee weapons. Fav has to be the Cattle Prod, meant to shock those beefy boys so the human damage and animal scaring is the perfect combo to me

[@SymphonicConvergence]

The auto axe may just be a modified angle grinder (especially considering its industrial use)

[@willmarsden7657]

I was thinking a concrete saw with modified wheel.

[@patrikhjorth3291]

Like Will Marsden said, the concrete saw is a modified chainsaw that looks just like this, except the wheel is not broken up into four "teeth". Though to be fair, it pretty much turns a chainsaw into a really big angle grinder.

[@buggy730]

The back of it kind of looks like a chainsaw, (the trigger for the chainsaw specifically,) so it seems like it's made out of a chainsaw, and some sort of random car parts that I don't know.

[@Inquisitor_Redacted]

Meteoric Iron is some of the highest quality iron we can get our hands on. Thus it was highly desirable for use in weapons and armor. it has been speculated that stories of "magic" swords through out history were weapons made of Meteoric Iron even if not specifically stated.

[@raziyatheseeker]

I could see iron deposits from meteorites being more pure than anything on Earth. That hadn't occurred to me till now. And IIRC, meteoric iron were some of ancient peoples' first ways to get their hands on iron in general. Some cultures used bronze until they found good ways to obtain and use iron, and other cultures skipped iron altogether.

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

I think Atilla the Hun had a meteoric iron sabre if I'm not mistaken

[@ayyydriannn7185]

This is untrue, meteoric iron sucks ass, it’s full of phosphorus, slag, and other impurities that greatly hamper the integrity of the material

[@wal_CAT]

The "auto axe" is whats known as a "chop saw" basically a chain saw with different plastics and a different clutch with a rubber belt to run the circular blade mounted in the shroud

[@dontbanme5583]

Thank you for this 1 hour, Atom touched, video. Also, thanks for listening to the fans.

[@Glassannon]

Thanks for sticking to long videos! Perfect for work and commuting.

[@Rad_King]

I do it for you guys, shorter videos are a lot easier lol.

[@jadezade5330]

I’ve only recently found your videos but I’ve been hooked ever since I did. Keep up the good work.

[@Rad_King]

Thanks friend!

[@misguidedErik2]

BRO, i would love a lore series on the metro series, its such a great series.

[@isaacguerrero9722]

Radking talking about resident evil would be fantastic in my opinion. I am kinda new to this channel but the content is clearly some of the best fallout related on the entire internet

[@alexwethington7764]

Oh man this video did NOT feel like an hour😅 it felt liek it whizzed right by, anyway I loved the video it was awesome! Like always your videos are premium content, stay glowing atom king

[@Rad_King]

Thank you! Anything you’d like to see in the future?

[@alexwethington7764]

@@Rad_King if you haven't done types of explosives that would be cool or you can do cut critters monsters mutants etc, but all in all your contents amazing

[@gabr.7878]

Always a good day when a hour long fallout video comes out

[@rammykins2781]

Bro it's literally became my nightly routine to fall asleep to these videos. Man I love the feeling of fallout-related information subliminally permeating my brain. Seriously great content tho fr

[@raibeartmacphadrain]

This vid is actually helping me get through a long shower after a 12 hour shift at a sawmill...but still, much appreciated.

[@Rad_King]

I’m happy I can help you decompress. You deserve it after 12 hours!

[@pyotrilyichtchaikovskyii6638]

There's indeed beta animations of Doc Mitchell showing you the Rorschach tests by picking em up and holding them.

[@thegamingkaiser2874]

We have been blessed by an hour+ of Radking.

[@shayjaco]

atom has smiled upon us today

[@Rad_King]

First hour long video. I’ve gotten close but this is the first to cross the official 60 minute mark.

[@davidfrancisco3502]

The mr handy buzzblade in Automatron doesn't have the keywords required for legendary bonuses unless you apply mods.

[@MoreBrainz]

I feel like the Chinese officer's sword being common in The wasteland is because it was a popular war trophy from Alaska.

[@nikik5567]

Having beaten a man with an axe handle I can verify that a good quality axe handle, or pick axe handle, makes a very formidable weapon.

[@benjaminbarraza8972]

Can you tell the story? In interesed

[@nikik5567]

@@benjaminbarraza8972 I mean there’s not exactly a whole bunch to tell, but ok. I was cutting grass at my older house in the downtown (I guess u could call it a ghetto, but I personally don’t think it’s quite that bad yet) area of my city. While I was putting everything away in my truck to head back home a dude pulled a gun and told me he wanted the truck and to give him the keys. Slid the axe handle that was laying in the truck (had been meaning to take it to get a new head out on but I’m lazy) back and hit him in the sternum, then proceeded to beat the guy with said handle once he was backed up enough that I could turn around and properly fight back. Kept hitting until dude stopped moving. Cops said he was dead, security cameras the house next door had installed after someone had stolen their A/C unit confirmed my story and I got off on self defense.

[@benjaminbarraza8972]

@@nikik5567 damn

[@burgerking5225]

@@nikik5567 Jesus Christ I thought you were joking

[@patrikhjorth3291]

By the way, it's interesting to me that the Brotherhood of Steel haven't developed some kind of large sword-like weapon for their power armour users. They have ranks like "Knight" and "Paladin". Why not give some of them a SciFi version of two-hand swords? It would look appropriately badass. I guess the Fallout 3 super sledge fits that role, but it seems to me like a giant sword would fit better with the BoS image. The Fallout 4 super sledge looks like a pre-war item, by the way. The way the fuel tank is integrated with the handle is reminiscent of the ripper, and looks properly machined rather than something cobbled together post-war. It also looks more like a tool than a weapon, at least to me.

[@QualityPen]

If you want them to be like knights, give them a giant poleaxe. Swords were sidearms, like handguns are today.

[@patrikhjorth3291]

@@QualityPen I know, but I'm not sure the BoS knows. They seem to be more into the "Twohander" style of knightery.

[@Recoil1808]

@@QualityPen That depends on the type of sword, and the period. During the Early Middle Ages, your typical arming sword or similar weapons were in fact a primary weapon, paired with a shield, even among knights. Likewise, a Roman legionary would laugh at you if you thought his gladius was a sidearm. Later in the Middle Ages, these swords would mostly become sidearms, except for sabers, which would remain in use by cavalry for fighting infantry (typically cavalry favored the lance for other cavalry, but the saber for infantry, though this is not a universal; this is part of why sabers have lasted quite literally across the entirety of the world that understood what horses were). That's not even getting into two-handed swords, like longswords and the infamous zweihander. Which were absolutely primary weapons, and were used by knights (among other trained specialists), though ultimately, there are just simply some weapons far better at fighting armor than others, usually blunt weapons or weapons designed to pierce weak points (which is ironically one of the things that made the longsword so useful, because you could grab it by the blade and either maneuver the tip into a weak-point or just flip the weapon over and brain your foe with the other end). More knights have probably died to a dagger than any other weapon to exist.

[@defalttheloner]

​@@patrikhjorth3291i think sword would be a very good choice, since most enemies in the world are not armored, awesome idea.

[@brbilheimer]

The meteoric sword looks like it might be a reference to avatar the last Airbender. The look is nearly identical to the sword that Sokka thanks when he studies with the master in season three.

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

Early human civilizations used metoric iron due to it being purer and easier to get than standard iron, and even now it's very desirable for use in weapons and armor.

[@brbilheimer]

@@theforerunnerreclaimer not going to argue with that. I remember seeing a pair of 1911 pistols made from meteoric iron a few year’s ago. Six figure price tag if I remember correctly, but by far the most beautiful pistols I have ever seen.

[@thesweetone]

Nice video, thanks. Great for listening to in the background while playing fallout after putting the kids to bed

[@micha5112]

Very nice production lvl. Nice theory ab out sledges.

[@issuespunkrock]

Longest video yet? I’m here for it!

[@Rad_King]

Sure is! Slice it however you please, or listen to it all in one go.

[@notoriousscoundrel9162]

You can actually weapon bash with binoculars in 76, found that out earlier today

[@yourmaninlondoncollecting5749]

Realy like these Lore videos. It gives a good insight and understanding of the world of a Fallout. I think the next Fallout will be much better now that Microsoft are "in control". These videos cut the waiting time. Thanks and Appricitaed 🙂👍

[@MidanMagistrate]

"Knock Knock" Is actually whats known as a Pulaski! They're primarily used to fight wildfires, and not to break down doors like Fire Axes, which makes the possible reference very strange Edit: And Grognak's axe is actually a reference to the Iron Battle Axe in Oblivion

[@sinjin8576]

Remembering how broken the Super Sledge was in FO2. It would regularly send people flying back so much that it was only viable in Sulik's dangerous mitts due to his absurd amount of movement

[@unoriginalperson72]

That man has the whole world in his bloodstream, I swear

[@stillmorereviews9114]

I can tell you with full confidence that getting smacked with an ax handle can ruin your entire day

[@Rad_King]

Story time.

[@dakotafogarty5901]

I made a habit of keeping one or two pool cues on hand while playing new Vegas since they are light weight and can be used to fix other two handed weapons with the jury rigging perk

[@skeel_8923]

I am a ski instructor and the skis could possibly be turned into a sword (as mentioned at 21:50) but I doubt it would last very long or be very sharp. The edges of skis have metal on the bottom part that can cut into ice (and skin) so with some grinding down to make it unusable as transportation it may work.

[@stephenelder3162]

Listening while cutting the grass, Atom bless you🙏🏻

[@KevinRider]

Perfect timing, I just finished all you're other videos lol

[@Rad_King]

I did it on purpose… lol

[@KevinRider]

@@Rad_King what a gentleman

[@reubenthompson2854]

Bless Atom for bringing his children another Radking upload

[@AustinSmith-gq5gc]

I’ve been waiting for this

[@Rad_King]

The wait is over!

[@redshiftthefox]

24:08 - The pull-start could potentially be giving a quick charge to an internal battery. Or, as the blade begins to spin after each pull, it could be that the blade needs manually turned over for the electric motor to catch and kick in, keeping the blade spinning. Similarly to older desk fans that, if holding the blades still and turning the fan on Low, then releasing the blades the fan, usually, won't move, needing a tap to get it going. This is one of the reasons why fans start on high and step down to low, then to off. A quick jolt of max power to get it going then hums along at a fraction of the power.

[@loganstewart2543]

I think the Meteoric Sword is a reference to Sokka's Meteor Sword from the 3rd Season of Avatar the Last Airbender, they even are the same kind of sword. Also Jingwei's shock sword is a 1 hit kill to almost anything with a sneak criticals build. It's absolutely nutty, disintegrating almost everything I highly recommend it 🙏🏽

[@Pigness7]

Time for me to make a minor nit pick, 76 has the autoaxe as a cut weapon, which will hopefully return later this year with the pitt coming to 76

[@davidfrancisco3502]

The Fallout 76 auto axe has the H&H Tools logo on it.

[@Rad_King]

I need you as my editor

[@Pigness7]

@@Rad_King I'd love to have a better way to contact you, need a discord or something cheif

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@davidfrancisco3502. Not sure why you felt the need to say that, but okay.

[@emiliomarquez2163]

The guitar sword could be possibly played as a slide guitar maybe that’s also the reason it’s not playable music wise since making a unique animation for it wouldn’t be worth it.

[@TerminalllyChill]

I love your channel so much and am very glad I found it

[@Ridderkruk]

You know what pisses me off. The fact that the super sledge does 2 more damage than the normal sledge (In fallout 3 of course)

[@hummel6364]

24:08 Disclaimer: I am not certain about this as I don't work much with electric motors. I think some types of AC (alternating current) motors can run on DC (direct current), if you induce a rotational impulse manually. I think three-phase AC motors can operate on two phases as well, but require the same manual startup. That would explain the pull-start, assuming the power source is some kind of battery, or MF cell (or similar) which only provides DC or two phase AC. I wish I could remember the details better, sorry. Edit: I just remembered I have an old bench grinder I use to sharpen knives, and that one doesn't work properly anymore. It works perfectly fine but only after I literally grab the grind wheel and give it a good spin. Lucky I didn't lose any fingers yet... maybe I should get a new one now that I'm thinking about it...

[@shedninjareal]

older motors sometimes do require a hand start

[@mairaineplayzgames2205]

20:21 arent guitars supposed to be axes???

[@drinkinbuddy8264]

There he is. I am excited for this. Love your vids

[@cat_clan_leader]

I was really hoping you would mention the Shredder modification for the Fallout 4 minigun Since you can't actually use it if you have ammunition in the gun, it is by all intensive purposes a pure melee weapon, and a good one at that

[@jerichohill487]

I had forgotten that I hung out in Megatron and helped out that kid from the vault. Huh, thanks Rankin for reminding me.

[@cryskingwiththetankfromMSpaint]

I own a plunger for home defense. "Why" because that's what the Mario Bros intended. Three super mutant break into my vault, I throw crap in the face of the first one while my stock Mr. Handy (that, for some reason, has a flamer) turns number two into radiation ribeye. The third begins running toward the gates. At that point, I take my three star flaming, lucky, freezing, and bleeding pipe wrench and tap the final mutie once, turning him into a reddish-yellow paste on the wall

[@Vandelberger]

I think the beast claws are a reference to the Gorgons hand blades in Warhammer

[@raziyatheseeker]

Could be! There were a lot of WH40k ideas that classic Fallout borrowed, so I could see Tactics grabbing something from the OG Warhammer. They personally remind me of Shredder's bladed gauntlets from Ninja Turtles too, including its two blades per claw instead of Wolverine's three.

[@joshuavidrine889]

I happen to be a sword enthusiast as well as someone who makes a specialized kind of skis for a living, and there is really no way to turn a ski into an effective bladed weapon. Some have thin metal edges, but the core inside is just wood or honeycomb with a sandwich of composite material on the top and bottom, meaning you can't really sharpen it into a cutting blade unless you completely revamped the whole design of the structure. You could use them as a decent club to bludgeon people with, but they wouldn't last too long and there are far more durable and damaging options in the form of a length of metal pipe or a baseball bat or something else, all being much more readily accessible for use.

[@corndogg4279]

Thank oddly enough I’m one of those who turn on your videos to help me sleep 😂 keep up the great work

[@NorthRainProductions]

You can sharpen fiberglass and the ski sword is a fiberglasd composite. I have metal plow teeth that if bolted to a ski would be a badass weapon.

[@Rad_King]

How well does it hold an edge?

[@NorthRainProductions]

@@Rad_King about as well as bronze. Not great but useable

[@gasflame961]

A snowboard might work they have steel edges

[@PinkWytchBytch]

In regards to 76 using weird shit for swords, I myself was born and raised in Appalachia and as a child one of my favorite things to do was sword fight with broken golf clubs. We’d break the heads off and use them as fencing swords. So I can say 10/10 that one part is accurate. And in case anyone’s curious, yes they hurt and yes they draw blood, and yes you can fire a golf club shaft out of a bow like an arrow (they don’t make good arrows)

[@riley2201]

Babe wake up, new radking just dropped

[@Rad_King]

💚

[@redpillproductionscanada5563]

Lovin your videos bro, keep em coming...

[@Rad_King]

Will do!

[@patrikhjorth3291]

You know, a broken bottle, particularly if used by someone who's _not_ drunk out of their skull, can cause quite significant - and messy - damage. 1 to 5 points of damage seems a bit low. The durability is quite underwhelming, on the other hand.

[@Rad_King]

Personal experience?

[@mrziiz6893]

@@Rad_King Living in Good Neighbor teaches you some things

[@patrikhjorth3291]

@@Rad_King Would I tell you if that was the case? ;-)

[@S0ulGh0st]

It's a huge bummer that the sharp pool cue can't be held as a thrusting spear/lance for meelee. It'd make so much sense: Low damage, medium attack speed, long range, but you only poke the enemies.

[@kj_drawing4768]

I actually would believe that a ski sword could be a thing. Depending on the ski of course. A racers ski is incredibly sharp to edge into the ice, and it’s quite easy to cut yourself on them, but the ski itself is super heavy.

[@ericsamoson7529]

I scrolled around and havent seen this commented yet, but the first thing that came to mind seeing the meteoric sword was sokkas “space sword” from avatar: the last airbender, which sports a similar black color for the blade and is of similar design (and is made from a meteorite🤓)

[@milksheihk]

10:55, it'd be a reference to General Chow's Chicken, a dish common in "Chinese" Cousine but this might be a western thing meant to be Chinese themed, like many westernised versions of foreign cousine.

[@themaddoctor1741]

Any reason why it would have the Troubleshooter effect?

[@SockEater4293]

Why hasn't anyone in the wasteland use normal hammers in Fallout? Sledgehammers and Super Sledges are used a decent amount but Hammers are not used, even though they would be a great weapon to penetrate armor. It could be a great early game weapon if implemented, but it never is, and it always confused me.

[@295Phoenix]

Probably the low reach.

[@jackrabbitslim8536]

I'd like to give thanks to Atom for this video. :) Really looking forward to your follower of Atom builds video.

[@hekkenschutz]

Thanks for another great video

[@bricksloth2599]

Considering the BoS's imperium of man esc attitude toward technology i think assuming that the supersledge was not invented by them but that they found the blueprints for it most likely in a prewar military facility is probably a good assumption to make. My best guess is that the prewar military invented, included it in the simulation, but never actually deployed it due to it being unwieldy in an actual combat situation.

[@incorporealfear]

What a good way to start a Friday

[@Rad_King]

Happy Friday!

[@Ferdawoon]

10:40 - About the special Sword General Chao's Revenge. I haven't scrolled all the comments but after a few pages I still couldn't find anyone mentioning the reference. There is a Chinese dish in northern US called "General Tso's Chicken", so a sword called "General Chao's Revenge" that is mostly found in DIners could be a reference to that dish.

[@KiboraVT]

I am pretty sure the Meteoric Sword is referencing Sokka's Space Sword from Avatar The Last Airbender which looks almost identical to the Meteoric Sword and was in fact forged from a meteor

[@andrewcody2181]

I love these videos but they help me sleep

[@ryanpierce6583]

General tso is a very popular chicken dish. Might be the food reference to the sword you buy at the dinner

[@Pigness7]

an hour long?! lets go!

[@Rad_King]

Bro you must’ve been busy, I haven’t seen you in a while!

[@Pigness7]

@@Rad_King Lots of work, on mods and on real life work

[@justinmckinnon7848]

That Mr Handy saw is most likely based on an actual tool, I've used it at work to cut small trees but I cannot remember what they're called for the life of me.

[@PsychoticXRabbit]

I think they're called "OSHA violations" 😂 I've seen them jury rigged to the end of weed eaters

[@mattps.3040]

The one thing with the ski sword is some are edged with metal for carving deep snow so they probably shapened that to make the ski sword

[@kingjamesii404]

I can’t wait to watch this one!

[@MaxmadV8]

17:52 why do the securitrons missile flaps open downwards? There is a hinge on the side . I've never noticed that before

[@corm7538]

@43:17 It isn't the oxygen that gets set aflame as oxygen in its pure form is just an accelerant and causes a flame to burn better, it's the magnesium wire that would be what it set on fire as magnesium is highly flammable metal, and it is tough to kill a magnesium fire. Additionally, magnesium can burn in water, forming magnesium oxide.

[@TheSkubna]

The handle of the bumper sword is also from the bumper, on many older models of cars, bumpers are affixed with a sliding tube mechanism

[@Highraven]

Falling asleep to Radkings videos almost makes me wish for a nuclear winter.

[@HovektheArtist]

I always thought the meteoric sword was an allusion to meteoric swords being big in myth, but also ic could specifically be an allusion to sokkas meteoric sword in avatar the last airbender

[@aannoyingcaat]

You actually can smack with Binoculars in Fallout 76, it works the same as gun bashing, just push the bash button and bam, new fallout challenge invented

[@awesomesource12]

I think the auto axes relation to car parts is somehow actually meant to be the blade, with it appearing like a car wheels hub cap. Pre-war hub caps must've been made out of some heavy duty stuff to not snap apart when used as some kind of metal saw blade.

[@God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd]

Break disk.

[@awesomesource12]

@@God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd that could make more sense, looks a bit like one that's been cut up

[@olivercharles2930]

Jeez, those aliens don't mess around. That probe looks more like a cattle prod than a "probe".

[@iamthekingof1omillionsunsets]

Another great video

[@Rad_King]

Thank you!

[@azrasashima3733]

thing about a katana is it was amazing considering the age and lack of technology. they took low quality pig iron and worked it into good metal as they couldnt fully liquify it to get out impurities. this was something that took the advent of the blast furnace to do without working the metal.

[@kleenexloop]

You forgot about the bloodied Chinese officer sword, looted from a ghoul near the edge of glowing sea.

[@WolfeMan2077]

Just made my day

[@Rad_King]

Happy to hear it!

[@valor1omega]

G3 synth proves that Fo3 takes place in the correct time period. Also the M. Stranger from Fo3 is mentioned by Nick Valentine in one of his old case files as well, and he hasn't been a detective all that long ether. And like I said before look at fo4 the Commonwealth Provisional Government took years(as in 200 years) to even attempt before the institute put a stop to it. As to little lamplight it's easy to see it being possible. It's well stocked, well fortified, the children clearly know how to use weapons, and they aren't exactly idiots either. FO4 town with the SAFE test looks exactly like a prewar town, just by looking at that one could say fo4 should be taking place sooner than it does.

[@roombah964]

Love the vid mate :)

[@Rad_King]

Thank you!

[@chosendovahkiin5781]

I swear at 47:38 the same words are repeated but I don't know if it was a bug or what.

[@puskajussi37]

The pool cue in NV actually has some use in crafting. With jury rig you can repair them using throwing spears and they them selves can repair high level two handed melee weapons. So basically, all of the late game super sledges and thermal lances can be repaired to max with just one pool cue and a spear donated by legion and then sold for massive profits. Even low barter characters can make EZ money even if they have to buy the high level weapon, though the required perk limits the viability of this.

[@Recoil1808]

There is actually a real historical point about Grognak's axe. Well, technically two. One, the Labrys (two-headed axe) is incredibly rare, from a real-life standpoint, at least as a weapon. It is more commonly used as a symbolic thing than anything else (and occasionally as a tool). Two, and the one I was actually interested in mentioning: having two heads with a separate design, and thus use, is the norm in the few cases we do see them. Admittedly, this is usually more in profile than in its shape when viewed from the side (for instance with one designed to cut through brush and the other designed to separate wooden logs), though that also can change.

[@raziyatheseeker]

Allegedly, plasma can be made so cold that it can literally freeze things. Hence the cryo blade for the Plasma Cutter, and potentially a way for freezing energy weapons like the Cryolater to exist. However, I haven't researched into this idea of freezing-cold plasma enough; could just be a theory at best, and googling things like "how cold can a plasma become" hasn't given me good results. Note that this coldness goes above and beyond "cold plasma", which is about room-temperature and can have a lot of different applications, including medical uses.

[@nathanmarshall745]

Isn't plasma super heated gas?

[@raziyatheseeker]

@@nathanmarshall745 Normally, yes. Superheating a gas till it becomes plasma, such as hydrogen, is the easiest way to do it. But one can also turn helium or regular air into a plasma with an electron flow. Hence another name for cold plasma: nonthermal plasma. The electrons still heat the helium or air's ions way more than normal, but not to levels that could, say, be weaponized. It's why one can touch a fluorescent light without burning themselves, compared to a light bulb -- the electron flow is obscenely energetic, but the surrounding stuff isn't.

[@MattnessLP]

I always thought the Auto Axe had its name from the fact it is based on a tool used by firefighters to cut open wrecked cars. This interpretation makes sense, since The Pitt also introduced armor and helmets clearly made out of firefighters' protective gear

[@SymphonicConvergence]

Eh maybe the antenna is less aerodynamic and would therefore require much more force to move through the air

[@Rad_King]

I’m loving your comment play by play.

[@grimnir7749]

24:45 Dude! That's awesome! :D