"Hey guys, thanks for tuning in to Fantasy Weapons, I'm Skallagrim Nilsson, and today we're looking at the Atlantean sword..."
@nextcaesargaming54694 ай бұрын
I would LOVE a full blown Forgotten Weapons-esque show about fictional armaments. Ian's videos on Halo and Fallout guns may be awesome, but they are few. We must have MOAR.
@avlinrbdig57154 ай бұрын
@@nextcaesargaming5469did this happen? Where is the vedeo? Skallagrim in forgetten weapons style is amazing
@nextcaesargaming54694 ай бұрын
@@avlinrbdig5715 Ian McCollum did a few videos on weapons from Fallout and Halo, while larping in universe as if the channel was within the worlds of those game series I would love to see Skallagrim do a forgotten weapons style covering something, hence my comment
@avlinrbdig57154 ай бұрын
@@nextcaesargaming5469 yeah i knew that Just wondered if skallagrim did one in the forgotten weapons style too. Would be cool af
@nextcaesargaming54694 ай бұрын
@@avlinrbdig5715 Unfortunately, no But yeah, that would be absolutely awesome if he went and did that
@JasonMBroyles4 ай бұрын
"Are immortals magic?" Yes. A special kind of magic. 🙂 Honestly, the Kurgan sword video was how I discovered Skallagrim. Thank you for this follow-up. 🙂
@MidnightLost014 ай бұрын
I see what you did there
@tanuvazi4 ай бұрын
Queen sang it therefore it must be true.
@DarmokAtTinegra4 ай бұрын
That's not quite the line or lyric, but yes, good! 👏
@Son_Daughter_of_Slaanesh4 ай бұрын
Hell yeah fantasy weapons scrutinized is back Baby. I love it.
@shinomori694 ай бұрын
1) recently went heavy into Warhammer 40K and I love your name. 2) I would geek out at this store so hard.
@BlazingSteel4 ай бұрын
The sword was lengthened a bit in Conan the Destroyer. The blade and handle were each made 1" longer.
@bethholley96594 ай бұрын
I was going to say same thing, the sword is longer in Conan the Destroyer. I would pick it up when I was at Sword and Stone. Felt over 8 lbs /3.6 kg or heavier.
@Bubben2464 ай бұрын
So, you're saying it's all about that last two inches?
@BlazingSteel4 ай бұрын
@@Bubben246 that's what counts in the end ;)
@lalli81524 ай бұрын
@@bethholley9659i think you meant to say 3.6kg not 8.6 if it felt like 8lbs
@bethholley96594 ай бұрын
@@lalli8152 You are right. I have corrected my mistype.
@Bonedraco10274 ай бұрын
"Are immortals magic?" They're, certainly, not aliens
@wlg26774 ай бұрын
It´s a Kind of Magic.
@CSSuser4 ай бұрын
How do you know? Have you seen aliens?
@Kamamura24 ай бұрын
(Hidden Narrator) - "... Immortals are actually aliens from planet Zeist".
@weldonwin4 ай бұрын
I mean they are the Princes of the Universe
@90lancaster4 ай бұрын
@@CSSuser Do Tikki & Plagg count ? As Magical Aliens ? Or Immortals for that matter.
@lordjerle84814 ай бұрын
Nervous shop lady did an excellent job.
@geleto24 ай бұрын
To be fair, the average customer would be just as likely to stab themselves or others doing moves like that.
@nekrataali3 ай бұрын
She has the look of someone who has seen a thousand weebs poke out a thousand eyeballs while making lightsaber sounds and Naruto running through the store.
@Bornwithastickisnotachick3 ай бұрын
And she was cute.
@Bornwithastickisnotachick3 ай бұрын
And she's cute.
@AlFonso-p6pАй бұрын
@@nekrataali she's used to it but also keeps a close eye on it every single day! It's a crap job but somebodys gotta do it! These nerd fantasy weapons won't sell themselves! lol
@abytemonkey4 ай бұрын
Kurgan sword: like Queen said It's a kind of magic
@Kiwi-Araga4 ай бұрын
If we ignore the second movie, which should not exist, we can say that everything is magic.
@Blake_Stone4 ай бұрын
I've read all of Marvel's Conan comics up to 1980 so far (the 1982 film mostly came to be due to the popularity of those comics, moreso even than REH's original stories), and Conan has a completely utilitarian attitude to swords - he generally just uses whatever is lying around or takes them from dead bodies etc, and thus doesn't have any particular iconic sword of his own (same in REH's original stories, though his fondness for Irish weapons often led to him wielding "broadswords", despite the fictional time period). Almost all of these swords are one-handers, generally your basic arming sword - but occasionally curved blades of local varieties in say, Turan and places like that. Sometimes axes when the plot calls for it. But never a longsword or two-hander, it's possible that the comics creators weren't really familiar with anything beyond the stereotypical knightly arming sword, in fact larger swords seem uncommon in contemporary fantasy art too - I have yet to find a Frazetta illustration of any sword beyond single-handed length for example . I think the association between barbarians and larger swords must have developed later in the 80s or even in the 90s. In any case, the filmmakers' points of reference in the comics and wider Conan and fantasy art scene were almost entirely straightforward blades of the kind we'd refer to as "arming swords" now, so that's what they made. Aside from the handle being a little long, that seems to be a common thing in film for some reason.
@Theduckwebcomics4 ай бұрын
I believe Conan's movie swords were made that way because the cast were trained by a Japanese swordmaster,.and I think John Milius probably had a bit of a thing for Japanese swords... So they're basically European katanas 😅
@Wright8054 ай бұрын
Personally I suspect the "barbarians using longswords" thing is mainly due to the Heroquest board game.
@trikepilot1014 ай бұрын
@@Wright805 These are all good points. Thanks for sharing.
@julietfischer50564 ай бұрын
Well, for movies you must have merch. No swords or other weapons that look like they've guest-starred in movies since the days of Errol Flynn!
@Wright8054 ай бұрын
@@trikepilot101 You're most welcome.
@ΣτελιοςΠεππας4 ай бұрын
I like how the lady in the video had a slight "who's this nerd and what is he talking about" expression at the beginning of the video 😆
@romgl45134 ай бұрын
They all bowed down before him as he was leaving the store.
@CidsaDragoon4 ай бұрын
I thought it was more just nervousness about being on camera. I can't imagine someone working at Fire & Steel being shocked by nerds at this point (they go to all the conventions) lmao
@CursedLink6664 ай бұрын
That's some good customer service, helped him find stuff and even helped with his video.
@ImRonDurden4 ай бұрын
Then at the end she's literally fingering herself in front of him. Not a joke 7:55
@TheLithp4 ай бұрын
Funny, I was actually wondering if she knew who he was. Either way, surprise cohost.
@wheatlandsoul4 ай бұрын
With Kurgan’s sword, where he assembles it, I think the filmmakers wanted to get the effect of assembling sniper rifles and such like you see in action movies
@Kamamura24 ай бұрын
... it's still no less stupid.
@KevinJDildonik3 ай бұрын
Absolutely. It was just a movie trope. And as for durability, yeah it's magic. That's fine. It's not the dumbest thing in the film.
@murasaki8482 күн бұрын
I got my first practice katana when I took up iaido while stationed in Japan. First thing I learned is that even a six foot gaijin like me can't hide them in a trench coat. The movies are just the movies.
@oskareriksson38354 ай бұрын
The Atlantean sword IS a one handed arming sword. Remember, Conan found it in a tomb, where the remints of the original owner still had a good grasp of the sword. And if you look at the actual remains, the bloke was absolutely massive, where the sword would be just enough for one-hand use.
@VanGugenhiemer3 ай бұрын
Came here to say the thing. The King in the tomb was a Giant.
@KevinJDildonik3 ай бұрын
It's perfect that it's broad and relatively short. Conan was king of thieves in the movies. As a king he gets a spear. And it works as a gladius, sort of a shield breaking crowbar. And it can be heavy as heck. It's Atlantean magic and Conan is huge. It's like Mjolnir. It could weigh 200 tons and Conan is fated to wield it regardless.
@Mugthraka2 ай бұрын
EXACTLY Its a detail that i myself missed for decades, till one day i looked closely when he reaches and takes off the skeleton's hand off the pommel of the sword and you can clearly see that the Atlantean's hand is TWICE de size of arnold's Cause in Hyborean lore, Atlantis citizens where Giants, descendants of the People of Mu who where Demi-Gods like beings. So it ABSOLUTLY makes sens that the sword's dimension and weight, would be off for a "normal" human
@marcdedouvanАй бұрын
THE SKELETON WAS SCULPTED TO BE HUGE (MORE TAHN 2 METTERS TALL, PROBABLY 2,5: LOOK "CONAN UNCHAINED", THE OFFICIAL MAKING OF). SITED, HE IS ALREADY SIZE OF CONAN WITH WAY BIGGER HEAD. IT ADDS SOME FANTASY IN IT AND SHOWS A DISAPEARED SUPERIOR RACE.
@driver8sk4 ай бұрын
I'm guessing with Conan's sword they went shorter than expected so it would be easier to keep the whole blade in frame during shots. And it's bulky because they didn't want it to look like a toy next to Arnold.
@yokaiou58484 ай бұрын
I've heard their sword trainer was a kenjutsu guy. So they made the sword with katanaesque proportions.
@schwartzy654 ай бұрын
Also in the film conan gets the sword from some giant king in the cave.. so for it was def one handed sword for the king.
@drhkleinert82414 ай бұрын
@@schwartzy65 In the movie the skeleton hand looks really big. And Arnold was 1,88 m and had a weight oh 108 kilos (slims down to 98 for the crucifiein scene) and by decades of barbel grabbing and holding his hands were really huge and strong. So a "Katana" would look like a thing stick...
@hafirenggayuda4 ай бұрын
Yea. It seems Arnold just too big and tall, normal looking swords seems unremarkable
@epronovost65393 ай бұрын
To give it some credit to the universe building, Conan's setting is supposed to be primitive and forging long and slender blades is very difficult. Early iron age swords tend to be shorter and rather bulky compared to late medieval one's for example.
@princecharon4 ай бұрын
The Kurgan's sword appears to be someone in the film crew (not necessarily the prop guys who had to implement it) taking the concept of a takedown rifle (with the stock and barrel being separate pieces from the main body of the gun, for ease of transportation... or smuggling) and applying it to a rather long sword without putting enough thought into how guns and swords are different. I wonder how many props they made for the sword, since I'm like 99% certain that the prop being assembled in the hotel room scene is never used for the fight scenes at all.
@romgl45134 ай бұрын
They have the technology...
@trikepilot1014 ай бұрын
I am picturing a sword tip with a cable attached to it and sections of blade that thread onto the cable and connect to each other mortise and tenon style. Then when you screw on the pommel you tension the cable. Possible, but maybe not likely.
@julietfischer50564 ай бұрын
@@trikepilot101- Still not workable for a proper weapon. Joined metal sections used in blade-on-blade fighting wouldn't have the resilience of a single piece of metal.
@dhorn40054 ай бұрын
I assure you 100% the atachable sword was NOT used in the figths. In every movieN dozens of props of each weapon are made; some simply for securitty reasons (if one breaks, you need to have another one just in case) and more for different uses. For combat they tend to use fiberglass or rubber replicas painted silver to ensure safetty of the actors and only in closeups or in scenes where you need the ligth to reflet or shit like that you actually use metal swords. Theese are called the 'hero swords'; as they need to look really cool. Sometimes the sparring swords may be made of metal (cause painted fiberglass may not be shinny enougth for the directors vission) but they may do some bendy dull swords for the figth (reduce risks as well as possible) and steel ones for the 'hero shots'. Appart from that, they migth produce even more replicas if a sword suffers some change: if it's stained with blood, oxidation of suffers some chip, dent or even breaks; you make a specific sword for that scene in particullar. The modular sword in highlinder falls into that category. They most deffinetivelly dessigned a 'hero sword' made out of metal and with the ansembly mmchanism just for that scene only... maybe it was the same as the one of the scene where the spikes come out... but this migth even be a different prop. Finally, in modernmovies, they tend to do 'half swords'. This are very speciffic swords for figth scenes. Aa they name sggest, they are not complete; just the handdle and a 10 or 20 inches of sword. The idea behind that is that the rest of the sword can be digitally added later; so the actor, can figth around without any fear of injuring the extras, making very reallistic acting of stabbning or cutting througth people. You gain a lot of combat fluiddity with this, alongside quite some safety... but sometimes it may increase the 'ligthsaber effect'; as not having real contact mmakes the illusion that every sword-swing can go trhough flesh, bone and armour as a hot knife througth butter ...soooo half a dozens sord would be made more likelly; and no; the 'lego sword' would never be used outside of the close-up asembly scene.
@julietfischer50564 ай бұрын
@@dhorn4005 - We know the 'some assembly required' prop wasn't used except in that scene. We're speculating on how it might be done IRL (even though it doesn't work as a weapon).
@Guillotine11234 ай бұрын
The best part is there’s 2nd part coming!
@Ossory884 ай бұрын
So the 2nd part is the best part?
@Guillotine11234 ай бұрын
@@Ossory88 idk about that, i’m just glad there is another video about this is coming
@ShaunCushley974 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video Skal. Looking forward to the rest of this series. Always nice to see you looking at fantasy designs.
@devilsmessanger4 ай бұрын
I genuinely like how invested the lady is in these weapons , not just a sales(wo)man but seems like also a fan .
@JohnBrown-no4od4 ай бұрын
There were TWO Atlantean swords. The one from Conan the Barbarian and the other from Conan the Destroyer and they were slightly different from each other. The one from Conan the Destroyer, if I remember correctly, had a longer (3/4" maybe?) grip and the wrapping around the grip was darker. The one in your video appears to be modeled after the sword in the Conan the Barbarian (first) movie.
@garynevills55624 ай бұрын
I vaguely remember a behind the scenes bit about the Atlantean sword where they said they had to make it a little larger than normal so it would look normal in Arnold's hands. Apparently, the original normal sized sword looked tiny when he held it, so they had to upsize it a bit, like 10%, I think. I looked up how big he was in the movie, he was 6'2" and 210lbs (95.5 kilos and 1.9 meters tall)
@JohnBrown-no4od4 ай бұрын
@@garynevills5562 The Atlantean sword from the first movie was 38 7/8" total long. The Atlantean from the second movie was 41" total long. The second one also weighed 7 oz. more.
@Skallagrim4 ай бұрын
@@garynevills5562 That makes sense. I was thinking that the scale looked similar in hand, but obviously Arnie was a lot bigger, so the prop must have been larger.
@hyperguyver24 ай бұрын
@@Skallagrim if it helps Marto still makes the original Atlantean Swords if you really want to go down that rabbit hole
@Velesus1014 ай бұрын
God damn this takes me back. Who also was around when Skall talked about these swords in the good old days?
@MichaelScheele4 ай бұрын
1980s fantasy movies turned up "the rule of cool" to 11. Realism and practicality were secondary concerns at best. Their primary constraint was having practical props that could be made on budget. If Conan the Barbarian and Highlander do not get you interested in swords, few things will.
@Malboja4 ай бұрын
The subtle Conan theme in the background ❤
@mrmaster98014 ай бұрын
It contributes to the mood of the video, without interfering with the dialogues. A really good choice, in my opinion.
@peterjorgensen10864 ай бұрын
To anyone interested in the topic I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's video on the sword in the Irano-Germanic culture. I'd love you Skall to cover his channel at some point
@Chauntecleer4 ай бұрын
This is a fantastic series idea. I love the mix of travel + interacting with (presumably) fans of the channel with doing your usual work of analyzing fantasy weapons
@mostcomplicatedman81154 ай бұрын
great effort that you actually traveled there and handling them in person ^^
@seanobrien7984 ай бұрын
Last time I was this early the Sons of Aryas had not yet risen.
@romgl45134 ай бұрын
But the oceans already drank Atlantis?
@bretalvarez30974 ай бұрын
Based Hyborean comment
@weldonwin4 ай бұрын
But was it an age undreamed of?
@seanobrien7984 ай бұрын
@@weldonwin It was days of high adventure!
@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t4 ай бұрын
@@seanobrien798 Like when Harold and Kumar went to White Castle?
@darthplagueis134 ай бұрын
The funny thing to me about the Atlantean is that it feels like they basically took the look of one of the large Renaissance two-handers (Montante, Spadone, Zweihänder, whatever you wanna call it) and then decided to apply it to a much smaller weapon. Like, it almost looks like you've got the ricasso ending in two very stunted parrying hooks, so it's basically just shrunk in most dimensions. Imagine the grip being twice as long, the crossguard extending like three times as far to either side (whilst being more slender) and the blade being also about twice the length, the parrying hooks a bit longer, and you've basically got the lay-out down.
@Liethen4 ай бұрын
Perhaps it was longer, broke, and then had a new tip worked onto it.
@julietfischer50564 ай бұрын
Twice the length, but appropriately thick (the one in the movie is too thick for the length), with a proper taper.
@julietfischer50564 ай бұрын
@@Liethen- No king is buried with a refurbished sword.
@Liethen4 ай бұрын
@@julietfischer5056 unless it has some important part in history. consider the original curtana was a supposedly short and blunt tipped because it broke in battle.
@ollnerlandwolf71134 ай бұрын
Very interested to see what other videos will come from your visit. I'm a sucker for pop culture weapons and how they would work IRL
@necroseus4 ай бұрын
Ha! What a lovely video idea :). I'm happy they allowed you to do this Thanks, Skall!
@hraefn18214 ай бұрын
Hope there's more content from this visit! Looks like a ton of fun. I also have a soft spot for the conan swords and I think all of us sword nerds have tinkered about with making the design more efficient XD
@Ranstone4 ай бұрын
Skall vlogs! Skall vlogs! Skall vlogs! (Plenty if old vlogs in the woods, or hiking/biking, but vlogs with other people is rare nowadays! LOVE!)
@youtubevoice10504 ай бұрын
"It feels like it wants to be a bigger sword than it is" ... 😏
@stevedenis82924 ай бұрын
That's what she said.
@AlFonso-p6pАй бұрын
This dude fell in love with that steel right then and there! You know he went back and bought that thing after the video and paid state taxes lol
@snorlax66914 ай бұрын
This will be a fun series! Looking forward to more!
@youremakingprogress1444 ай бұрын
Great, fun breakdown (would be a literal breakdown if you used the Kurgan sword in real life). I like that you included the store attendant and got her input, as well.
@mrSaber794 ай бұрын
This was super cool to see! I totally would love if this became more common! Great video and compliments to the store for inviting you in to check out their stuff!
@andrashavas4 ай бұрын
You know the biggest attraction of the original Highlander movie was when the sword hit the concrete pillar in the parking lot and cut into the stone. When the blades met, sparks flew. Kurgan put his sword together from several pieces. And when one died sparks flew and lot of electric interference, telekinetic chaos happened. All nonsense, yet these things made the movie great. A true movie where anything could happen, just for the story. Conan was a lousy story, yet the orchestra and Schwarzenegger was fantastic. These stories had heart and soul. Who cared about reality? Yet it always brings smile to my face when I see scenes from these titles.. Where are these kinds of movies today?!!
@AlFonso-p6pАй бұрын
You mean my sword isn't supposed to spark like this with electricity!?!?!? THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Daspletophysis4 ай бұрын
Wonderful to see two weapon geeks approaching these fantasy designs from different perspectives of practicality. Loved getting to hear about the engineering challenges of remaining faithful to the original prop design while also incorporating the functions of the weapon as observed within the film; it is an I interesting balancing act!
@eazy85794 ай бұрын
Love to see this series comeback!
@raenfox4 ай бұрын
Yay, those are the kinds of videos that got me hooked on this channel in the first place, years ago.
@thehorsefromhorsinabout4 ай бұрын
lol at the cut from Arnie holding the normal sized Atlantean sword prop, and you holding the mini one, makes you look like a giant.
@TresTrefusis4 ай бұрын
excited for this series. I enjoyed this video, can't wait for the followups!
@vytas55843 ай бұрын
Good on you for getting it there and interacting with the fantasy community in your latest videos!
@TheFrozenMonkeyKing4 ай бұрын
Yes! Looking forward to the next videos!
@duaneho5554 ай бұрын
Looking forward to the next one of these videos. I love them.
@normiesalvador18544 ай бұрын
I love that you can handle and wield the actual weapons as you speak about them.
@markbastings44513 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video, as were you I wasn’t thrilled with the shaking of the Father’s sword. However it did look good so I was happy to see it.
@Sadbringer4 ай бұрын
That's certainly a cool series. Looking for more coverage of fantasy swords/movie props!
@m.dschneiderofficial67474 ай бұрын
remember my dad showing me the first highlander when i was a kid and him going on a rant about how impractical the kurgan's sword would be thank you for bringing a fun memory back to my brain and great video as usual
@Jinkaza18824 ай бұрын
Steel Dawn's swords! I have wanted one since I watched the movie as a kid. Classic post-apocalyptic sword and honor flick.
@DarmokAtTinegra4 ай бұрын
AKSHUALLY in both the World of Darkness RPG setting and the proprietary Highlander RPG, the immortals can channel their... Quickening chi energy in a way similar to Jedi using the Force, allowing them to move faster or jump higher, but also imbue weapons with it, increasing damage or making them unbreakable, which retroactively explains why we see them cutting through cars and concrete pillars without being damaged, and is also the source of the sparks when two imbued weapons meet. Soft canon/secondary source though it may be, it is a very handy explanation for how Kurgan's take-down sword could work.
@seanrush37234 ай бұрын
Oh helllllllll yeahhh! Missed this earlier today, I'm so hyped
@schizoidboy4 ай бұрын
When it comes to the scene where the Kurgan puts his sword together it was like one of those scenes where an assassin opens a suitcase and pulls out the parts for a sniper's rifle. Granted it is helpful to be able to conceal such a weapon, but the notion the sword could be broken down into parts and still function is pure Hollywood.
@Madar_Chod0694 ай бұрын
I think with the Kurgan sword in the movie they were going for a scene like where you see the bad guy putting his sick sniper rifle together but because immortals fight with swords they just did the bit with a sword and didn't think about it too hard (maybe because of all the coke). I had no idea the Conan sword was that short, I always thought it was longer. Maybe I need to watch those movies again.
@TheWilkReport3 ай бұрын
Apparently the parts of the Kurgan's weapon lock into place, but the novelization expands on that sword's design by explaining that it's a re-creation of his original sword, which as the centuries passed became too large and bulky to carry around without drawing attention, and so he commissioned a version of it that could be disassembled and transported more discreetly.
@killgora14 ай бұрын
Excellent video. I'm excited to see more of these.
@nextcaesargaming54694 ай бұрын
That gladius over your left shoulder, especially at around 3:50 to 3:55? I own one of those. I won't *necessarily* regret owning it, since it was a kind gift from family, but... yeah, it's 1000% a wallhanger. Pretty, but a wallhanger.
@robertagu55334 ай бұрын
Yeah.. that opening... Can see a future episode "Thanos' Sword critique"
@silverhand99654 ай бұрын
The first problem with Thanos' weapon is that it exists
@GryphonBrokewing4 ай бұрын
In the White Wolf RPG system, they included the Immortals. They could imbue their blades with some magic (mostly damage related, so not sure how relevant), so maybe that's how the Kurgan was able to affect his if he counted on his own size & strength for damage. Other traits of the Immortals was greater speed & strength than humans (not on par with Vampires, but up there) and their blood wouldn't nourish the Vampires, though one of the clans wanted them for research purposes. Were-beasts generally didn't interfere with the Immortals, as long as they stayed out of the Were's way.
@ankokuraven4 ай бұрын
Cool vid Looking forward to the rest
@The_Modeling_Underdog4 ай бұрын
Well, Skal. The Kurgan is played by Clancy Brown. So... Yeah. He can make a Ginzu knife into a sword. Legendary actor.
@robertreid56323 ай бұрын
I've been watching a long time, love the channel, and keep up the good work, man!
@joxerthemighty91484 ай бұрын
agree on both. Lean up and lengthen the Conan sword a bit and it can be beautiful and far more functional. The Kurgan sword as one solid piece would be cool and far more.... realistic ?
@troywestleybailey4 ай бұрын
looking good skall. looks like you are definitely making progresss!!!!
@SillyCatSteven12344 ай бұрын
Eagerly awaiting the rest of the series. And I really REALLY want that Loki scepter! Edit: I wonder how good it is in a real fight, compared with or against a more traditional quarterstaff or spear or mace. (Minus the magic/energy blast, of course)
@iangreen45724 ай бұрын
Kurgan's sword in Medieval Scotland had fixed blade catchers, they only popped out on his suitcase version when he fixed the blade on.
@canhelpwithgames4 ай бұрын
Great video as always and it seemed like both of you were perfectly awkward on camera talking there at the end 2 fellow weapon 'tism nerds! lol though I think everyone that watches is touched by that fancy/ 'tism #swordsarecool
@fanta48974 ай бұрын
I actually really really like the design of Kurgan sword when I thought about it more. I can totally see him sticking to overall old design since it's the design he's familiar with. And since he fights with it for centuries he doesn't want to let go of it. But then eventually coming across some swordsman that had a parrying dagger with that design, fighting him, and even though defeating him, being like ''I really like that, I want that for my sword'' and ordering his sword to be upgraded like that, even though it makes little sense for his sword design. Then not touching it for several centuries again and then modern times come and he's like ''actually it wouldn't be bad to have a more compact sword now that it's not common to carry it around'' and again ordering, by then probably a machinist instead of blacksmith, to make it come apart into several pieces. Also I'm pretty sure those weapons either have to be magical or have some unimaginable metalurgical properties since in the first fight scene, we see them cutting into concrete without much if any damage to their swords, weird sparks flying everywhere, etc.
@julietfischer50564 ай бұрын
In movies like that, nobody's paying attention to how real swords work.
@willemverheij34124 ай бұрын
And now I am picturing a battle between Conan and the Kurgan. Would have been an interesting crossover.
@Rodclutcher4 ай бұрын
Great video Skall!! Love videos like these
@Markbell734 ай бұрын
Full marks for that And Justice for All t-shirt. I digged seeing Kyojuro's Flame Nichirin on display in the backround. Still my favorite Nichirin.
@ericement65684 ай бұрын
Skallagrim: "are immortals magic?" Everyone: "It's a kind of magic... One dream, one soul.."
@Tamalain3 ай бұрын
Spring-locked bearings inside the sword would lock the parts together. A magnet on the end would also help keep the parts seated and aligned.
@robertmiles16033 ай бұрын
The reason Ah-nuld's sword was so great was the architectural connection with the rest of the Atlantean tomb where he found it. It all followed the same design with some logical features (such as the skeleton of the king on the throne wearing greaves and bracers, which some real ancient warriors did), making it seem plausible that this civilization could practically have existed in the setting.
@michaelwoodby52614 ай бұрын
There have been a few movies, Legend of Zorro and The Scorpion King come to mind, where someone will be using a sword, and then unlock it into two swords. Don't know that the concept is worthy of a video but it's one of those movie inventions that are entertaining but I assume entirely impractical.
@DavidIvan-AC4 ай бұрын
Honestly, I think an immortal would probably have access to enchantments so he probably enchanted his sword to be able to come and self-weld together sort of like a magical Nanotech of some kind
@Wright8054 ай бұрын
Beg your pardon but have you actually SEEN any of the Highlander franchise? While there were a few Immortals with supernatural abilities (Coltec, Cassandra, Garrick etc.) that kind of "enchantment" didn't exist. At no point did we ever see anything like it.
@chriswolfe4034 ай бұрын
I know they're fun wall hangers, but the clicking of Conan's father's sword is killing me :D
@PAD9964 ай бұрын
In the expanded lore of the Highlander universe, they can actually imbue their weapons with power, especially once they've bonded to it. This is why sparks can often be seen coming off when they parry each other, and how they can cut through things like concrete pillars and steel pipes, and even (I believe either in the third movie or the first TV series, I forget which) slice a car door in half. The nerd-theory (lightly touched upon in the canonical lore) is that there is a channel of energy which passes up through the spine and skull of an Immortal, which is understood to basically be the "kundalini" energy in yoga (the Indian mysticism kind, not the "white-ladies-pretending-to-exercise" kind), which also corresponds to "chi/qi" energy. An Immortal is basically a person (or... whatever) that has their 'chakras' perfectly in alignment and thus is immortal unless that channel is severed and the energy siphoned off by another Immortal. They can learn to channel this energy into their weapons to make them more powerful, or into their senses to give them psychic powers (clairvoyance, for instance). -Edit: Theoretically, the Kurgan could have kept his sword together with his mystic abilities, but I still think the "take-down" design is silly. Especially since the original movie only hinted at these abilities and didn't make it explicit.
@creightonfreeman80594 ай бұрын
I was admiring the Klingon Batleth (sp.?) on display in the background. As I recall you did a video on it some time ago.
@billpark89884 ай бұрын
I think Matt Easton did a review of the Conan sword while visiting Windlass. I think they were live blades, such as they were. I enjoy reviews from different perspectives. Good job.
@johnfromscotland10503 ай бұрын
The Conan swords ( Atlantain and father's) I have the originals from United Cutlery and there quite heavy, but beautiful to look at.....oh, expensive as well.....brilliant video.
@makeitsonumberone13583 ай бұрын
Not the question i asked but answer i needed, love these films
@Highlander15183 ай бұрын
I’ve always thought of the four-piece Kurgan sword as Kurgan’s ‘training’ sword which he used to train with (motel scene). Kurgan’s actual ‘functional’ sword would’ve been stored away somewhere which he used when out ‘hunting’ for other immortals. At the end of the day the four piece Kurgan sword was meant to look ‘cool’ on film and it was.
@StevenHouse19804 ай бұрын
The Kurgan Sword in the film is basicly a four part sword, made to fit in such a small case. It's stupid to brake the blade like that, without having a better way to reconnect the parts. A three part sword seems logical. Part 1 Handle and Pommel as a nut on the end, Part 2 Blade with the Tang ending as a bolt. Part 3 Crossguard depending on how it attaches to Blade Tang (like a clasic Vice), or directly onto the Handle. An interchangeable crossguard could provide more of a problem for the opponent in a number of fights.
@irishijo14 ай бұрын
On the topic of the Kurgen, Jörg Sprave did a mockup of the sword in relation to exactly how it works in the film, segmented blade and everything
@trikepilot1014 ай бұрын
Really!?!!? I will go look that up!
@inisipisTV2 ай бұрын
He used wood mockup with the two blade pieces held by a long rat tail screw from the pommel. I don’t know if can be applied to real hard steal blade, however looking from the suitcase there doesn’t seem to be a long screw to attach the two blades together. Even if it does it’s not enough to take even one hit before it splitting.
@timhorn38293 ай бұрын
I love these old fantasy movies. I grew up with like Conan.
@askedoutofcuriosity32474 ай бұрын
MOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRR! I need moar of this! Now that I know there is more footage
@davidetherington16724 ай бұрын
Oooh i know something, alot of movie swords that are "one handed" swords have longer handles because we as an audience enjoy that epic moment the hero lands the final devastating blow, and that blow is expected to be two handed. Todd did a video about it.
@chrisdiokno56004 ай бұрын
Great work as always
@owenamenta14 ай бұрын
Can't believe you haven't done this sooner
@bassemb4 ай бұрын
oh hey, Fire and Steel. They always have a big kiosk in the cons I go to around the GTA. Fun people.
@PsylomeAlpha4 ай бұрын
Skall has gone through the "hating fantasy weapon designs" phase every martial arts nerd goes through and has come out the other side with the ability to appreciate them as art pieces once more
@daverage47294 ай бұрын
Something I wasn't expecting today...seeing Skall with the Conan and Kurgan swords. Life is full of fun little surprises.
@ultimatebobafett1304 ай бұрын
the more realistic of the two is the Kurgan sword imo. I've only seen Highlander so that might be why Im saying that
@Rensune3 ай бұрын
I ❤ how she said "Yeah"
@Verbalaesthet4 ай бұрын
Cool. I hope there is a part two with even more swords like that :D
@Jay-ql4gp4 ай бұрын
I loved this! Thank you so much! I have the Father's sword, and it makes that same noise! lol
@Necropheliac2 ай бұрын
I think the reason you would want a heavy sword is because people are throwing their bodies at you with momentum, on a battlefield. Maybe that makes sense for Conan. For the Highlander that’s simply not their situation. They’re doing fencing/sword duels which someone would prefer a smaller and lighter sword. The huge, heavy sword looks cool but it would be completely impractical for a duel.
@MizanQistina4 ай бұрын
If you're an immortal in the Highlander universe, what type of sword will you choose to fight another immortal. Take a note that you must always have to chop off the head to really kill the other immortal.
@daredl8073 ай бұрын
A falchion 100%. The thing has enough stopping power to hurt a man wearing full plate, and if there's one thing falchions do well it is chopping.
@MizanQistina3 ай бұрын
@@daredl807 I don't recall the immortals in The Highlander wearing full plate, they're immortals anyway, the only thing they should worry about is their head from getting chopped off.
@kobyhughes88694 ай бұрын
Never stop making videos skal I love you😂❤️
@StillRimmo4 ай бұрын
The assembling Kurgan sword from a carrying case is based on those 80s movie scenes where a guy slowly assembles a Sniper Rifle from a carrying case.... except this time it's a SWORD, BRO!!
@robertspencer52194 ай бұрын
Those are some of my favorite fantasy swords of all time.
@Hanashibi4 ай бұрын
If I made those two sword recreations, I'd probably make two major prop changes. First one is I'd make the handles more ovoid for practical edge alignment. It would do very little to change the asthetics but add a whole level of function. Secondly I'd make sure the Pommels where heavier so they actually shift the weight balance of the sword to a more proper position. A heavy blade for sure, but one that's surprisingly well balanced. Lightening the blade would be done by hollowing out forward parts that won't take much stress. Such as how they made the cross-guard on the Kurgan Sword hollow, yet still fully functional.