RARE Medieval LONGSWORD from Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword

[@yeedbottomtext7563]

You’re like “forgotten weapons” but for blade auctions and I’m all here for it

[@scholagladiatoria]

As a fan of Ian's, I take that as a compliment. Thanks!

[@calkig]

What a beautiful piece of craftsmenship.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

Is it just me or the audio got cut off around 3:50

[@_Matthias_0815]

No, sound just stops.

[@Pilgrim98]

It's not just you

[@ronaldxyz1001]

Me too

[@GaryNac]

Yeah something weird definitely seemed to have happened with the audio around that time.I actually felt the need to go back in the video and do a double take.

[@Michael_Maxfield]

Matt started swearing like a sailor at that point.

[@donnajinks8349]

We really enjoy these videos giving the stats of medieval/historical swords. Thanks Matt!

[@scholagladiatoria]

Glad you like them!

[@purplepothos5794]

3:46 I had to google it, 10 sides is a decagon.

[@ZemplinTemplar]

The multiple-fullering reminds me not only of Italian cinquedeas, but also of the rather "Italian-styled" fictional hand-and-a-half sword that Boromir uses in the LOTR films. (Presumably because Gondor is meant to have a somewhat Mediterranean flair to its culture and weapons.)

[@Solitary_Scribe55]

I can't speak for the designers at Weta, but Tolkien said himself that Gondor in the Third Age was supposed to be somewhat reminiscent of Byzantium/Constantinopoli. Kind of a shame that Weta went for late medieval instead of early medieval as Tolkien envisioned.

[@RealZeratul]

And interestingly it's also quite similar (minus the central fuller) to the ancient Chu jian, which are octagonal with the central two faces being hollow-ground. Not implying this to be anything but chance and convergent evolution, of course.

[@willinnewhaven3285]

"One, two, hands of blue"

[@benm5913]

I swear by my pretty flower bonnet that this is a reference I didn't expect.

[@PalleRasmussen]

Mateusz Sulowski Swords has made a beautiful reproduction of this.

[@draven86]

Kinda reminds me of a Witcher longsword

[@nahuelmat]

It's the generic green handle longsword every guy has lol

[@TheHorzabora]

Really awesome that you have such access, but far more awesome that you put it to such good use!

[@bmclaughlan]

You have to love when it swells at the tip.

[@graycelowe7641]

i was really suspicious it had been shortened until you got to the reinforced tip and where the balance is. what a fascinating sword.

[@MaaZeus]

I wish I was a rich man because I would totally try to buy that one and put it in a glass display case, to be admired every day. 🤤

[@FortuneFavoursTheBold]

Thanks for the detailed showcase with all the measurements! Immensely helpful. Good to see a medieval original with very tight crossguard opening to receive the blade. The pommel of this sword is incredibly similar to the sword once owned by the Regent of Sweden Svante Nilsson Sture except the pommel of that sword has all the facets even on the back. That pommel also has 3 recesses that are speculated to once hold the carving of religious figures in them. Both swords are quite short and hefty (I believe the base thickness of the Svante Sture sword is over 1 cm). I can't tell if the blade is originated in Italy, as there were quite a few swords with multiple fullers running the entire length of the blades in Austria and Bavaria, though those are typical quite long, usually over 40" in length.

[@-ManusAdFerrum-]

Another sword with the same type of pommel, full facetted and with three recesses, is on display in the museum in Wittenberg, Germany. This sword has been used as a executioners sword. Originally a battlesword of the late 15th century, the point became cut off, the tang shortened and the blade was grinded to a lenticular crossection. Crossguard with sidering and straight asymmetric bars and Pommel were reused.

[@leonpeters-malone3054]

I had an audio drop around 3:50 in this vid. Very beautiful sword. A bit oddball, but I like it. One thing I'd call this? Cavalry sword. It's not long enough to really need two hands to make the most of it. At the same time, it's not short enough to be really, natively comfortable for single handed use. What it is, is short enough to be easily controlled in a single hand and long enough to strike a target from horseback. And we avoid that wonderful definition of bastard sword as given in that legal case I know of from London. A bastard sword being a sword, shorter than a two handed sword and longer than a single handed sword. Real useful definition that. It did seem to be quite short from first appearances. I wouldn't have said 31" though. I would have thought a bit longer, 33" odd, maybe even 34".

[@garrenbrooks4778]

Ever since Tods and your own videos on the topic of flaws in historical craftsmanship i cant stop noticing them lol

[@kubislav1313]

I'm glad you're using metrics in this one 🙂 No one in 21st century should measure things in feet 😁 "How tall are you Jimmy?" "I'm about 1 cow, 3 chicken, 1 foot" 😁

[@jaydavis2679]

If I posted that online as a modern reproduction, a bunch of people would be telling me it was a bad reproduction, as the hilt was too long for the blade to be historically accurate!

[@Xileph410]

I don't know why but i have a feeling that those recess could hold some gems because that sword is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship

[@henrykohver4771]

I had same feeling about those holes inside that pommel.

[@KalteGeist]

Ayyy, I have an Atrim / CF replica of that one. A little short feeling but still goes through Tatami like a dream.

[@henninghesse9910]

What a beauty! Thank you for showing this. Italian blade, German grip sounds very likely. Maybe something out of the Innsbruck area or even the parts of northern Italy that nominal belong to the HRE.

[@BitterSteel69]

That thing is SO clean, can’t afford an antique but I’d buy a replica for sure.

[@GrandDungeonDad]

Beautiful piece even hundreds of years after its manufacture pretty cool!

[@AlphonsoFrett-xz6pi]

Very cool sword

[@imagesbirds5066]

Really love the looks of such a beefy one-and-a-half-sword.

[@ThatsMrPencilneck2U]

This is a perfect blade to reproduce for theater. Most historical weapons have a really small grip, just big enough for the warrior to wrap his hand around, but this one has a huge handle for getting two hands on for flashy moves, rather than just sticking into people.

[@Matthew_Jensen]

The fullering is really appealing. Handsome sword, thank you for the video sir! Hilt reminds me of the Albion Svante

[@staffordbt]

The overall configuration, specially the hilt, reminds a lot of that one.... And the original its based on.

[@PieterBreda]

I.lovd those antique blades. They're as cool as it gets.

[@jacobmclendon4387]

Man this was a good video Glad I know what all this terminology means as to appreciate legitimate historical construction Comparing “real swords” on the internet you can buy to the real things helps me appreciate it

[@ecthelionalfa]

is such an elegant blade, while there's no way im paying 15k pounds (holy moly that's expensive) i do find it interesting the blade it self, maybe one day i would like to commision a sword like this, lovely

[@billpark8988]

Whenever you extend the sword I have visions of the blade breaking at the guard. Oops...if you break it you buy it.Just joking, great video as usual.

[@calkig]

Just a heads up to @scholagliatora: your sound goes out in the video from 3:50 to 4:00

[@scholagladiatoria]

Oh wow, it does... Well that sucks. Too late to edit now :-(

[@calkig]

still a great video, sir. I am a big fan of this history of these pieces. Its amazing to see how long something made with human hands can last.

[@outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699]

17:25 Is this a common feature on longswords or do only some have them. I wonder how many surviving longswords were meant for civilian wear and how many were forged with the battlefield in mind. Maybe a video can be made on this?

[@jonasbarka]

Longswords vary quite a bit. We got thin blades optimized for cutting cloth and flesh and on the other end very narrow and thick ones that are more like metal bars with a point. I think Matt has speculated those were most often used halfswording, almost like a pollaxe. To me this one seems to be in the middle. It retains most of the cutting ability but the reinforcement helps against armor. My wild guess is that at the time there were more civilian longswords, as even if you weren't a fighter you might wear one as a status symbol.

[@DropB]

Awesome antique sword.

[@andreweden9405]

Gorgeous sword! Might as well be a Type XVIII in terms of its profile.

[@stephengarrett8076]

Outstanding blade 👍absolutely beautiful.

[@Csarci]

Interesting sword! It sounds like it was meant to be quite a chopper too

[@raphlvlogs271]

there are 2 main types of s shaped crossguards 1s that curves horizontally and 1s that curves vertically to the blade

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

Cool sword.

[@ignacylite2415]

Wow, really beautiful sword

[@brassbandmission1643]

Glorious!

[@bobrank3291]

Well done

[@manalainen]

Not lying, seeing that sword elicited a deep and guttural ”Ooooooooooooh…” from me. What a beauty! 😍

[@lathanchurch8352]

You should do a revised and updated book with some new stuff in it

[@emmanouil9400]

An amazing sword! The guard and especially the pommel, are reminiscent of the Svante Nilsson sword, if I am not mistaken.

[@KlausBeckEwerhardy]

Very interesting vid - and sword. Thanks for sharing this.

[@rallyl7053]

You should do a video or a book called updating oakshot and do all the correct measurements

[@Atrahasis7]

Estocs had similar guard, its like a mix of both.

[@JadedJackalope]

Anyone else's audio cutting out abrubtly at ~3:50?

[@JadedJackalope]

Just seems to be about 10 seconds of audio missing for me.

[@scholagladiatoria]

Yeah, very weird. Sorry about that :-(

[@mattiasdevlin1363]

Interesting that Oakeshott's who created a system for categorizing blades of numerous types could get his measurements so wrong. 4inches or 10cm is a lot more than simple rounding error or not holding the measuring tape tightly enough. Was he eyeballing the measurements or why was he so off? Thanks for that Matt, any idea what the starting bid for that thing could be?

[@gedmerrilin9010]

Really cool sword, you mentioned you didn't list all the measurements in the video, could you possibly post them in a comment or put them in the description? I'm interested in seeing them

[@bobrobinson1576]

If you and Windlass made a copy of that I'd snap it up!

[@patrickshannon4854]

What is the estimated value of that very fine sword? How late would that style of sword been considered a useful battle implement? It has a lovely patina. It’s hard to believe that sword is over 500 years old.

[@chrisfields8077]

I would wonder if that rough guard area that would have been under the leather is rough because metal corrodes faster when touching leather, especially if it was ever wet. Eventually the corrosion was cleaned but it would leave a rough finish.

[@scholagladiatoria]

No these are file marks from manufacture - it had never been smoothed off and polished like the rest of the guard.

[@chrisfields8077]

@@scholagladiatoria ahh thanks!

[@lathanchurch8352]

Did the audio cut off for anyone else

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

10 sided would make the blade a flattened decagon.

[@Trn-u1n]

Medieval swords are much more interesting than sabers and rapiers and all that 17th+ century stuff. ❤

[@VanBurenPhilips]

How about a video on some Oakeshott types, with real examples you own/have access to? 😁

[@ecthelionalfa]

audio cut between 3:50 and 4:00

[@ZobrAz]

Slots are for gems IMO

[@Deadlybudz]

Imma go with a hard no. I spent a lot of time as a helper to a gem cutter in my youth, and I’d have to say that’s a negative. Shape is wrong for a setting. There’s no prongs. Nothing to keep a recessed gem in the pommel. Although his idea of figurines would be more time appropriate, if anything, most likely religious enamel paints depicting saints or coat of arms. A gem of that size in a sword of that make and quality of metals, doesn’t make sense. Although I thought the same thing until I seen the close up of the “sockets”. 😂

[@Professor_ross1]

Can anyone share some 15th century sources on the term Bastard Sword being used?

[@chrisfields8077]

Also curious, how close to the pob is that makers mark?

[@scholagladiatoria]

I did actually check that, but in this case they did not correspond closely.

[@spamotron1178]

What's the etiquette for sword recreation? If this video blows up and generates a ton of buzz can Matt just give his photos and measurements to say Windlass of LK Chen? Or is it expected to ask the sword's current owner for permission first, and if they say no is that the end of it?

[@thedamnyankee1]

Yo dawg, I hear you like fullers...

[@gotfrydzbouillon4191]

True Witcher sword :]

[@AGermanFencer]

Ew. Dont say Rainguard. Crossflap, Kreuzleder. Something to that effect is way better. Wonderful sword.

[@johnbennett1465]

Being off by 10cm is beyond sloppy. It is more like guessing by eye or using second hand data. Having an academic be this careless seems embarrassing.

[@Deadlybudz]

I love the slight against lefties 😂

[@scholagladiatoria]

Haha, just for the record, I am partially left-handed myself. I write and do various other things with my left hand, even though I use a sword mostly with my right hand.

[@APlayOfHopesAndFears]

Can you do a video on that topic? Been thinking if the scene from Princess Bride is realistic. Would you gain any advantage by purposefully training the "wrong" side?

[@Ava33c]

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[@Isabella-x1v1]

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