Why do People do Such Weird Things with Axes...?

What could possibly go wrong? No, really... seems perfectly safe. :D
An axe on a chain that might come flying back to embed itself in your foot... a spring-powered steel contraction strapped to a fragile human leg with an axe head right on the toes, hacking into solid objects... May the gods of the interwebz bless content creators who sacrifice their personal safety on the altar of entertainment.
The videos I'm reacting to:
"Flail Axe - Painful or Useful?" by ‪@TryingToBuildStuff‬
• Flail Axe - Painful or...
Weird Weapons - 'Bike' chain flail by ‪@tods_workshop‬
• Weird Weapons - 'Bike'...
Forearm mounted "hand axe" by Jacob Witzling
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"Making an Axe Leg Kicker" by ‪@Ididathing‬
• Making an Axe Leg Kicker
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Chain Blades and Axe Flail vs. Zombie - Do They Work?
• Chain Blades and Axe F...
Over-Thinking the Switch Axe: Could it Work? (Monster Hunter in Real Life)
• Over-Thinking the Swit...
A REAL Whip Sword... Functional, but is it PRACTICAL?
• A REAL Whip Sword... F...
Badass Fantasy Billhook (Axe / Sword Staff Hybrid) Tested
• Badass Fantasy Billhoo...
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[@giggityguy]

That's the problem with exoskeletons. To quote Randall Munroe: "It's fairly easy to develop a design to the point where the human is the weakest part."

[@aedes947]

Considering humans are pretty good designing things were the human is the weakest part, you don't need that much effort

[@judgedrekk2981]

can we just fast forward to the part where Mobile Suits are a thing?? thanks a bunch.....ugh and no i don't mean the power loader or power armor, I mean 10 story human piloted robots.....okay, thanks a bunch again lol

[@josephburchanowski4636]

@@judgedrekk2981 So giant Mechs? Unfortunately no, physics makes them practically impossible. And even if you were to successfully make a giant Mech; a tank using the same tech will always mop the floor with it.

[@Dan_Kanerva]

​@@josephburchanowski4636 depends . If is just a human shaped robot , a tank will make it fall with one shot... if is the alien-based exoskeletons from Evangelion , nope

[@Bubben246]

@@josephburchanowski4636 Unless it somehow made cannon-type weapons obsolete, yet was vulnerable to hand-to-hand...

[@datyeen]

Aussie: "protection for my feet" Skal: YES! PROTECT YOUR FATE!

[@anoninunen]

eef yah cud kange yar feht

[@michaelclark7787]

​@@anoninunen Jesus I think I had a stroke reading this 😅

[@zardzewialy]

feeyit?

[@BobGeanis]

His Faet

[@tomhossain2099]

@@anoninunen WODJA

[@mystic-malevolence]

First one reminds me of a weapon from Runescape. Full-fledged vampires in Runescape appear to be immune to damage, and the game's explanation for this is that they have a low level of precognition that allows them to avoid any attack. The solution? Apparently it was to put a silver sickle at the end of a chain anchored to a staff. The resultant weapon being so unpredictable, not even the wielder will know what it's going to do, thus the vampire is unable to predict its path.

[@42Mrgreenman]

I believe that's called a Kusarigama in Japan...a hand sickle attached to a length of chain...like the axe, if you twirl it around your head, it's pretty damn intimidating and the wind might actually align the edge properly...

[@johndododoe1411]

​@@42MrgreenmanThe Metatron has clarified that that particular contraption serves a different emergency purpose.

[@eddard9442]

Really weird I came across this video and your comment, I just completed a taste of hope yesterday and I'm halfway through sins of the father

[@dima_keller]

That's amazing 😂

[@dima_keller]

​@@42MrgreenmanKusarigama is a different beast and you're supposed to swing the wight at the end of the chance not the sickle

[@UncleRJ]

Skall: "I saved the best for last." Me: "Oh lawd, who is it gonna be?" Skall: "It's Ididathing." Me: "Of course it's the Aussie guy."

[@alendonvaldor5808]

I saw it, recognized it, and had to click. He is a madman.

[@joeydr1497]

I think Alex with the foot axe used steel toe boots but anyone who regularly wears steels knows to tuck your toes.

[@Menuki]

Ididathing raises concern for everything he does

[@GladstnJones]

The perfect crossover doesn't exi- "Skall reacts to I did a Thing"

[@semi-useful5178]

Given the last crossover that that australian cretin did I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to get support to ban swords swords too.

[@lucianocane108]

we need more

[@sageofsixpathskakashi3742]

He responded to Weponism recently on the saber video they put out. They asked for a Collab and Skall said fine but we don't know for sure what will come. _That_ would be the perfect crossover

[@oldhunterundol3243]

Multi verse is expanding 👀

[@GladstnJones]

@old hunter undol now we need a three way collab with Skall, Ironmouse, and Ididathing.

[@PieboxAnimations]

Ah yes a flail axe This couldn't possibly end in tragedy

[@marcogenovesi8570]

it's perfectly safe, if you don't touch it and leave it there under lock and key

[@Jack_Woods]

Flail Longsword

[@killerkraut9179]

Combine it with a engine !

[@thoro1932]

​@@Jack_Woods No, Flail Handgranate thats the shit

[@helcaraxe301]

Last time that happened, a certain Greek bloke contracted magical vitiligo.

[@soulknife20]

Ididathing has no regard for his own safety. He made a hammer that had a .50 cal blank inside of it. Dude is insane

[@elatrocidad5953]

And he does most of it with no eye or foot protection and will usually wear shorts while doing this stuff. That was one of the few videos where he actually wears shoes. It's almost unbelievable that he hasn't at least lost a toe at this point

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

@@elatrocidad5953 I wonder how exactly he plans his filming to maximise the image of insane unsafety while maximising actual safety

[@andregon4366]

​@@bacicinvatteneaca I don't think he plans.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@bacicinvatteneaca his safety plan relies exclusively on reflexes and luck

[@Dell-ol6hb]

@@andregon4366 well he does to some degree of course otherwise he'd be dead, if he took asbolutely zero precautions he would maimed or dead by now with the shit he does

[@TheVodkaHaze]

I think a flail axe is not only a bad axe, it's also a bad flail. Part of what makes the flail work is you don't have to worry about edge alignment. When you have a flail that does make you worry, it's a gamble whether it'll even hurt your opponent on hit.

[@SIS3W3N]

It's not even a good paperweight. The chain gets in the way.

[@Kelta13]

It's and epic flail. I mean fail. :D

[@realah3001]

Just spin you’ll hit them eventually

[@Aliraldd992]

I'm pretty sure you can count Backyard scientist's Roket propelled quad bladed knife as an axe...so yeah, someone already did it

[@robertnett9793]

So the last solution stays nukes then....

[@riffhurricane]

I've had the pleasure of putting an axe into my foot before... I split firewood every day during Winter to heat my house & one time the grain of the log sent the thing out diagonally - through my steel toecapped boot, my sock & then into my foot. If I hadn't had been wearing the boot I'd be missing my big toe. That said 120 days a year for 16 years & only one accident isn't a terrible ratio, though even one is too many.

[@Jack_Woods]

Moral of the story, Steel Cap Boots are a scam those things are made of thick aluminum

[@riffhurricane]

@@Jack_Woods The tough thick leather was the thing that really protected me. The cap was only slightly clipped by the axe anyway.

[@Seelenschmiede]

I nearly chopped my last part of my thumb off thanks to a hidden nail in the log... the hand axe bounce back and came back down on my hand. Luckily it was still attached by a splinter of the bone and some skin...

[@riffhurricane]

@@Seelenschmiede Thank you, my blood ran cold reading that! Decent gloves might be a good investment for the future. ;)

[@MyVanir]

@@Seelenschmiede Yikes bro. Though tbf, I shaved the back of my hand on a bar of metal while installing tents during my army days and sliced through ligaments and fractured the knuckle bone above my right pinkie. Thankfully I was in the army and the surgery to reconnect the ligaments was covered by tax-payer money.

[@yuyuhaio]

The clip where you threaten the tatami mat with a chainsaw never ceases to make me laugh! Thanks for that Skal!

[@forestwells5820]

First time I've seen that. I just about died.

[@wiredweird]

i never thought i'd see an I Did A Thing video on Skallagrim 😂

[@Skallagrim]

Expect the unexpected on my channel. ;)

[@Stalthdan]

@@Skallagrim But then the unexpected wouldn't be unexpected if I expect it!

[@Skallagrim]

@@Stalthdan Indeed. So just expect ANYTHING.

[@newtybot]

@@Stalthdan the answer to this paradox is: “It’ll just happen anyways”

[@Wafelkowiec]

As wise man once said: "Stick is good". So by leaving the stick part in the axe you make axe good.

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

I wouldn't call Shad M. Brooks wise

[@andregon4366]

Stick is good, leg has bone, bone is like stick, leg is good.

[@Adam_okaay]

​@@robinrehlinghaus1944 his sycophants think he's some kind of genius. It's super cringe.

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

@@Adam_okaay As someone who is very fortunate to be able to claim to actually be educated on the topics he likes to so captivatingly ramble about, I sadly have to agree. Very concisely put lol

[@Dan_Kanerva]

​@@Adam_okaaynot a genius but not dumb wither and he is educated

[@Sableagle]

Obviously you need to combine the best features of all the designs: 2.5 metres of wooden haft, then 1.5 metres of double-bit axe heads linked together with one-axis hinges, not chain links, to maintain edge alignment. Have steel armour on the haft so they con't cut into it, and flare the base of the armour out to keep your hands down on the "far enough from the top" part so the axes don't cut into those either. Also, hire someone to carry it for you when you're not swinging it.

[@maddockemerson4603]

This design is so heavy and overbuilt it sounds like a Monster Hunter thing.

[@llamatronian101]

Yeah but how are you going to attach it to your leg? 😉

[@hariman7727]

@@maddockemerson4603 >.> .> Look up "Wyvern Ignition Greatsword". It's a rocket powered greatsword, and it looks awesome.

[@Enyavar1]

Or hire a carrier, outfit them with that steel armor and the axe head on a regular pole, and call them your bodyguard.

[@maddockemerson4603]

@@hariman7727 Psh. MH made the _Gunhammer,_ and several entire weapon classes whose gimmicks are transforming and exploding. That doesn't even surprise me.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

That's basically an axe nunchuk. Because why just hit yourself with a stick when you can hit yourself with an axe blade

[@Kyvord]

Darwin awards coming in strong this year

[@rhokesh4391]

Yeah, flail-axe guy hopefully not pass on *those* genes^^°

[@andregon4366]

I Did A Thing is on a whole other league. That's not Darwin awards, that's *I put myself and everyone around me in mortal danger award*

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

me seeing the flail axe

[@knightjack]

Lol, Brandon Herrera-Skallagrim Collab would be sick

[@MattMurphyMusicTeacher]

Nice

[@SonatoArtico]

But the difference between Ididathing and other yt channels is that he creates all this kind of stuff in a stupid, useless and dangerous way, on purpose, In a good "don't try this a home" style. Always love to see his bare feet covered in incandescent sparkles from grinded metal

[@matthewhooper1508]

Conversely, someone gifted Nicole Conen with a sword designed to chop wood like an axe. It’s clearly less good at wood chopping than an axe, but she’s having a blast, and it helps to demonstrate the differences in a sharp axe and a sharp sword.

[@Blargedy]

Spring powered chainsaw mounted to the pelvis

[@danielbickford3458]

I think I've ran across a pelvic chainsaw in a Harry Potter fanfic once. I'm pretty sure that this fanfic was designed to be worse than my immortal.

[@PiiskaJesusFreak]

In warhammer fantasy, dwarven doomseekers dual wield these types of chain axes. As the name would suggest, they are actively trying to get killed in battle.

[@Rajamak]

The flail axe could keep a gang at bay if you spun it around your head but apart from that you’re gonna end up axing yourself somewhere unexpected. 🤣

[@thisaccountisntreal107]

I think the guy who makes the weird multi headed axes and flexible axe is kind of cool but he's definitely going to hurt himself

[@Jack_Woods]

I think there's got to be a way for the sharp side to be weighed and somehow give it enough inertia on a swing for it to always hit with the edge

[@petersmythe6462]

Only if you give it a wing on the back to stabilize it. Objects don't fly heavy side dust unless there is lift or drag applied.

[@Poisonedblade]

If you're gonna screw around like this, wear some kind of armor. At least wear work boots. I was chopping wood for my mom with no protection and doing great. Then for some weird reason, I put on some shades to protect my eyes. The very next hit, a piece of wood flew off and hit my shades. I got lucky.

[@ember3579]

One would think that FNAF has cured humanity of any fascination of putting spring-loaded machinery on the human body, but some have more vision in these matters than I do I guess.

[@edspace.]

Funnily enough, I did hear a story about a rocket propelled ax. That said it was something the guy who told me (who'd served in Iraq) was skeptical of. Supposedly an RPG-7 was found after an engagement or captured of an insurgent and someone tried to make thicket clearing quicker with it, by loading the RPG launcher with a felling ax and firing it out the RPG launcher at the thicket they were trying to clear. I wasn't sure if that's possible since I thought RPGs don't fire without the ignition charge in the warhead and so there'd be nothing to launch the felling ax with.

[@laurencefraser]

There are ways you could get something to that effect, but I'm pretty sure you couldn't just stick an axe in an RPG launcher, no. Modify the round so it's more of an RPA (rocket propelled axe)? Would take more work, among other things, but might produce something that did... well, perhaps not what one was Trying to do, but at least what one should Expect...

[@edspace.]

@@laurencefraser I certainly wouldn't want to try it, granted the people who supposedly did this were combat engineers so perhaps had a better idea how to make this work but sounds like a bad idea.

[@DIREWOLFx75]

Hmmm... Rocketpropelled axe-head... Sounds like a GREAT idea. ;)

[@renato2354]

Skall running towards something with a chainsaw needs to become a gif right now

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

I think the foot axe might have been inspired by the design featured on Shadiversity's design in his video on weaponry for flying people. Those things weren't spring propelled though, they were just regular axes attached to feet so the flying person could theoretically swoop down and slash at people with the part of their body that would already be closest to the ground

[@napalmholocaust9093]

I have had the rare extreme pleasure to know a flail ax maker. He's everything you'd think he'd be 😃

[@judgedrekk2981]

insane? with wild darting eyes and frayed hair like Einsteins and a spring in his step???

[@thisdude9363]

Crippled?

[@marcogenovesi8570]

did you speak with the dead?

[@metalismedicine5499]

I’m sorry for your loss.

[@napalmholocaust9093]

😂

[@rustyshackleford1062]

Dude from the first vid literally admits how stupid he is in the description. He knew what he was doing, he did it because its entertaining, he whored his personal safety out so that people like yourself and in turn us would give him attention. This is ultimately the most rational explanation for this and various other similar internet phenomena that I've been able to come to.

[@GlassVault]

“If at first you don’t succeed at axeidentally maiming yourself”

[@le9374]

Great video. Loved how you included al the sketchy things you’ve done with weapons 😂. You’ve got a good sense of humor

[@ezrafaulk3076]

Uh, *yeah* , the spring powering is a really *bad* idea; I actually have a similar concept that I was planning on making a player weapon option in my TTRPG system I'm writing, but the *big* difference is that it'd just be a specially shaped metal *cleat* that'd be either fitted over a *sturdy boot* , or if it *was* fitted to the bare feet, would go *around* the toes before tapering into a sharp edge a decent ways out *ahead* of the toes and heel, and would have a decently thick layer of *sponge* covered with a layer of cushiony fabric attached to the inside to cushion the impact to keep one from breaking their toes when they hit a target; hence my calling them *Cleat-axes* . There'd be absolutely *no* mechanical assistance so that they can't hit *any* harder than the wielder can throw a kick on their own, which reduces the likelihood of breaking any foot bones even *more* One of my two inspirations for the idea was the Grieve Edge weapon that CaS characters can wield in Soulcalibur III; I wanted to come up with a *realistically functional* version of that type of weapon because there's a number of kicking oriented martial arts that I honestly think a weapon like that would *really* work for!

[@Mabari1Hound]

There is always the famous villain favorite gadget weapon: the stilleto shoe, with a small switchblade coming out the top, bottom or outside of the shoe. Left side for left foot, right side for the right foot. Kicks would be either sweeping, to cut with the side blades, or heel/toe kicks to pierce with. A heel dropkick with a thick but short spike at point of impact could probably cause some decent damage, I wager. Do with this info, whatever you want...

[@ezrafaulk3076]

@@Mabari1Hound thanks.

[@andregon4366]

I did a thing is one of the most insane channels in existence. It's like if Michael Reeves made something to be dangerous on purpose, instead of something with a function that happens to be dangerous. I love it. And Michael Reeves too.

[@pedroalmeida2000]

I mean, either it works or it fails, that 50/50 is better than most odds in life 😂

[@leemcgann6470]

Skall you have had some great “oh shit! I cant believe he did THAT!” Moments too

[@anoninunen]

**ahem** 'rocket-powered obsidion sword-chucks'

[@danielbickford3458]

The axe boot thing is from I did a thing. He does weird stuff with everything. Even if he shouldn't.

[@bencheevers6693]

You know there are a couple of gruesome injuries every year when some farmer decides to do a haunted hayride in the fall and gets their son/brother to chase the wagon with a chainsaw, just the regular tool that they use for regular work, doesn't seem odd to them as they're competant and familiar with it... and then they trip in the dark or even if it's light out they've got a hockey mask on and trip and the chainsaw, which sometimes is still throttled up, connects with something you hope to god it never does. Edit: That's what I thought of when you played the montage at the end and somebody ran at a dummy with a chainsaw

[@pubcle]

The flail axe remains one of the most "I hate my shins" thing I've seen. The cabin guy also almost certainly pre-cuts some of his wood. It's very obvious on some of his "axes" that in order to get through that it was chopped before the shoot.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

"fell from a step ladder" sounds a bit too much like the step sister in the washing machine

[@thefeatheredfrontiersman8135]

I remember when he simply built a homemade underwater spear gun to fishing with. I didn't know that he took on this kinky sadistic outlook on many other things.

[@MyVanir]

masochistic*

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

It would be sadistic if he was attacking other people with these implements, doing stuff that hurts yourself, or getting others to do stuff that hurts you is masochistic, as the other person pointed out

[@josephphelps5213]

I love your basics videos. That edge alignment talk is fun on a migraine day.

[@fwiffo]

If you insist on making an axe flail, you can do a lot of things to reduce the alignment issue. Rotate the blade 90 degrees, then extend the edge around in a circle. Like the head of a disk mace. Or a flat planet Saturn. Actually makes me think that disk maces might be pretty underrated.

[@AburridoDeTodo]

If someone one day makes an automatic "gun" that shoots swords I can imagine skall doing the most wth and frick yeah face ever at the same time

[@aedes947]

Depending on where you draw the line between a sword and a dagger, it's not that hard to make

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@aedes947 A couple KZbinrs and their knife-throwing guns: kzbin.info?search_query=knife+throwing+gun

[@l0sts0ul89]

I think Jorge made something similar

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@l0sts0ul89 It wouldn't surprise me if he did. Dude is like a friendly and wholesome mad scientist.

[@MainCoreNightcoreAMV]

You're the only channel I watch on youtube that does this type of content, but sometimes youtube will just make u disappear from my recomendations. And even though it is bad that it happens, I'm glad that whenever a new video does appear to me, I have a lot of new videos to watch non stop.

[@juliustausch7377]

Ah yes, how my shins remember the regular axe glancing blows from almost two decades of wood chopping.

[@thomasfplm]

For the flail axe, maybe making a disc perpendicular to the chain (when you leave the chain hanging). (I'm not saying it would be safe, just that it would be more effective for edge alignment)

[@peteranon8455]

I like the disk-ax-flail, but love the ax-morningstar-on-hinges!

[@Seelenschmiede]

So a disc-mace-flail?

[@thomasfplm]

@@Seelenschmiede, but sharper.

[@Franky_Sthein]

Ahh, a new video from Skallagrim, a new day saved. Seriously you are one of the best youtubers to me, stay as you are and stay healthy.

[@Skallagrim]

Thanks! :)

[@TheCrnic]

​@@Skallagrimrocket propelled axe, Mythbusters did it and split cars in half.

[@isn0t42]

You're not gonna surprise a paramedic, brother.

[@turtlesaredifferentfromtor6745]

I like how after you end by talking about how you have no right to be lecturing on safety, the recommended video is "risking my hands to test the mordhau."

[@tamasf3465]

keep up the incredible infotainment that you sir create. i follow this channel hell knows since and i never felt like it's getting bored. so thank you Skall and stay awesome.

[@MattsGreatHall]

Axe-idents 😂

[@ilustradorel-javi5566]

"Look at this crazy dude! Never imitate him but definetivelly watch his stuff"

[@ThePuppyhunter]

4 of the most dangerous words I’ve ever heard, ‘I have an Idea’. Which is sometimes preceded by another set of hazardous words which are ‘I’m bored’.

[@Patchesy]

Another Skallarizz video boys

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

My mom: why men live less?

[@mikepette4422]

Oh god When the leg kicker contraption was shown I almost fell out of my chair laughing. Well thanks for improving my dour mood.

[@ioanbugheanu6836]

There is a point at which stupid stops being kinda cool and just becomes painfully stupid

[@ugandanknuckkles9667]

Axes are only good if they are 2 headed and weight 15 pounds.

[@OpalDruscilla]

I knew a guy who once cut a slice out of his scalp with a 2 headed axe that he decided to chop wood with, I shit you not, he hit a clothes line he didn't notice and it bounced back and scalped him.

[@Duckrabbit_Forging]

Have you seen the new zombie tools blade?

[@hankshill71]

The guy with the axe leg makes all sorts of random cool shit, like giant beyblades for deconstruction of your house.

[@baraka629]

the sword ceiling fan was truly the highlight

[@PiiskaJesusFreak]

Speaking of fantasy axes, I would want to have a Dane axe with type L head with a small hammer head on the backside of the blade. I think that would be cool axe for a dwarf.

[@FerociousSniper]

Wait. Edgy metal head? Or edgy Metalhead?

[@OverTheVoids]

^ This guy gets it!

[@compedsushi9030]

Some people have no idea what danger is, everytime I use an axe or chainsaw or honestly just holding a gun or driving, at anytime someone can die so easily.

[@TryingToBuildStuff]

Oh hey! That's me in the first vid! And to answer your question: it was at least 10-15 takes edited out 😅

[@ArniesTech]

1:32 judging by the vadtly different lighting, probably the entire day 😂😂😂

[@uaputte]

About Tod´s bike chain flail i think it was supose to be used when mounted so you dont hit the horse, but still have the effect on the target!

[@astranix0198]

4:53 Ah yes, the *Axe Kick 2.0*

[@StopChangingMyNameYoutube1]

That does raise an interesting point about a suit that enhances your physical abilities. Unless there is proper levels of shock absorption, you're gonna get ripped apart in something like an iron man suit.

[@LazerBrain11]

I tried to chop a wet log with a blunt axe many years ago. The butt of the axe split my forehead open on the rebound, still got the scar 35 years on. It did nothing to dissuade my fascination with sharp metal things but I learned a valuable lesson & instantly gained the respect you need when handling weapons & tools. Love your videos & love that you also watch 'I did a thing'.

[@Volkaer]

Oooh this video is extremely inspiring! I have a bunch of ideas with axes I'm going to try now - thanks! :)

[@jacobcox4565]

The same guy who made the axe boot also made a functioning axe flail with a retractable motorcycle chain. It can switch from a regular axe to a flail axe and the motorcycle chain makes sure the axe head is always facing the right way.

[@Harbinger359]

Best thumbnail. Exactly how I felt watching these stunts...especially that last one.

[@bvoyelr]

5:22 - wasn't that a trap in one of the Saw movies? "Would you like to play a game? I've connected your leg to a spring loaded axe. If you don't find the key, the spring will trip, causing you to forcefully kick a wall, breaking myriad and sundry bones."

[@SirStrangefolk]

It's not really an axe, but the backyardscientist's rocket knife comes pretty close to the rocket propelled axe idea.

[@wolfrainexxx]

Axe is such a good design, that it required thousands of years to be replaced by a petrol powered beaver.

[@andrewkelly6828]

Love IDAT. Just glad he bothered to wear shoes for the axe leg. Also, the second dude with the forearm axe also made a flail axe that seems to work quite a bit better than the first video with one.

[@Oroberus]

Tbh, those ideas which are in line with the "What could possibly go wrong?!"-vibes are the fucking funniest things possible, a lit of the time at least *g*

[@mksmike]

Making something more complex is not the same as making it less stupid. This is the one rule that has always been true for literally anything invented by humans and one that we often forget.

[@StraivtorS]

The funny thing about that springpowered leg axe is: if he actually learn how to kick, how to put his body weight behind his kick, he can do all of that without the springs. We strapped a blade to a senior's leg in our muay thai club. And he spit wood, bones, bamboo effortlessly.

[@annslow41]

Lol I like how you called yourself out on safety at the end before somebody else could. Smart

[@HaltoxTV]

I love how this sounds like a roast at times, but you're just over here vibing with aussie ridiculousness! xD

[@EmulatorNoob]

There's a good reason why axes have basically remained the same for thousands of years

[@rosstremayne1854]

Awesome video! Loved your commentary 😂😂

[@ryokkeno]

Hey Skall, Jeorg wears a shirt to protect the hazardous spalling and fragments from his skin. (Also, i havent seen him use anything he aims at himself yet) That guy with the spring leg brace....and the one with the forearm axe... ooof, reminds me of this one great story that i wont share except this infuriatingly tantalizing tidbit: It involved rockets and a bungee cord... :)

[@laurencefraser]

I suspect he's more protecting his skin from the spalling and fragments rather than the reverse.

[@jackflash8218]

Good Lord, him running at the dummy with a chainsaw REALLY got me! 😆😆😆😂😂😂

[@sovcast8760]

No Skall, that's a, "What could possibly go right?, moment.

[@yokaipinata1416]

That clip with the car was priceless, I need to know what video it is from. It's like the real life version of "Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword!" and I'm all for it. ❤

[@blumoogle2901]

Stick+metal bit, with the occasional flexible connection between the parts is a tried and true method for effective weapons. Making the metal pointy or sharp is even more efficient. Now I want a spreadsheet for weapons with number of sticks, number of metal bits, number of connections, length of sticks, length of pointy bits, width of pointy bits, orthogonality of connections between bits, strechyness of connections and straightness of sticks and metal bits as variables, add sharpness of metal bits and see what traditional and non-traditional weapons pop out.

[@chameleonx9253]

At least an axe isn't the MOST absurd thing to put at the end of a chain.

[@gigatonwatch]

These axeheads got people acting unwise.

[@Tletna]

I liked the end where you show *some* of the dangerous things you've done. What's crazy is how that's just a fraction of them though. Haha.

[@Yea___]

I like this video and the concept for it in general, i think it should have way more views

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

Good day today - a post from both Skal and Matt Easton. Great way to end another dismal week. Thank you. Cheers!

[@stevenreckling203]

I think a rocket axe would just be a big version of the rocket knife that backyard scientist did a while back.

[@henrygvidonas9573]

_"Oi godda prodect me fait! Cain't wock wee'out 'em, cain yah?"_

[@michelleslutpuppy4355]

I love your shows they are fun to watch at anytime of the day

[@vanholloman9918]

I was all ready to get into a serious mood when dealing with safety with weird things. But when using the "concerned" cartoon/meme made me laugh.