Sword Fails: Don't Do This! - Showing Off Gone Wrong

[@frankraymondmichaels332]

"Certain levels of stupidity just get punished instantly." Words to live by.

[@AxxLAfriku]

I STRONGLY DISAGREE! Being as famous as I am on KZbin, I know that it gets hard to read every comment I get. I try my best, but I am just so famous, that I can't do it much longer. Sorry, dear frank

[@effigytormented]

@@AxxLAfriku wat?

[@theinquisitorisamage1653]

@@effigytormented Ignore them, they're a troll.

[@GameTimeWhy]

Skallagrim-isms

[@SantiagoMenendez]

Or to die by...

[@dasgaardhistory4387]

Amazing how Skall's advice applies to literally any subject, don't show-off what you don't know, don't put yourself in front of deadly stuff and don't be stupid.

[@Skallagrim]

It also falls under common sense, which unfortunately seems to be a rare superpower. :)

[@migueeeelet]

That's called common sense

[@dogman9291]

@@Skallagrim Especially in communities that revolve around showing off, being stupid, and exposing oneself to danger, such as whatever we call the edgelord one. Mall ninjas, maybe?

[@robertbodell55]

@@Skallagrim the great lie of common sense, is how surprisingly uncommon its possession is

[@CharlieFoxtrot]

Guns, swords, cars; my big three hobbies where those rules apply

[@davidresetarits5616]

"Don't try to show off when you don't have the skill" is something you can't say often enough. I once hit myself on the back of the ear with a falchion while flailing around. Luckily it hit with the flat, otherwise i would look like Van Gogh now.

[@Wingzero90939]

Yeah to be fair professionals do injured themselves as well, it’s just their likelihood of doing so is much lower.

[@davidresetarits5616]

@@Wingzero90939 Mistakes often come from doing something not the right way. If you know how to do something right, you can avoid most accidents.

[@scottmacgregor3444]

Everyone does dumb things. The dumb people are the ones that don't learn from those things.

[@KnightofLondor]

Yeah, and the unlucky people are the ones who do dumb things and don't get any second chances, which is why doing dumb shit shouldn't be justified or excused

[@freedustin]

Or you know...just buy a shinai and show off with that.

[@tydyman2003]

this is exactly why I play around with wooden swords, it hurts when you get hit but you don't cut yourself

[@spartan9458]

Precisely, though I use Polyethylene trainers personally (ironically they are so indestructible that you could probably break most swords on them); they hurt when you hit yourself, but they also flex and bounce off. you go "oh crap" but then you learn without cutting yourself. I always make sure I do a lot of practices of a motion before I try it with my actual longsword, and I mean like at least a week or so, where I have developed muscle memory and don't have to think about the motion as much as my footing or position relative to the blade itself.

[@ashwynnnewkirk]

It's a great way to learn. Pain is the best teacher and wood, unlike steel, is not a permanent marker.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@ashwynnnewkirk "Steel is a permanent marker" has a certain ring to it, I like it!

[@helmuthvonmoltke3727]

@@spartan9458 I have a pair of those myself, I'm very fond of this material. Although as a male I have to give a word of advise: if you don't have any protection on your body, at least wear tight underwear.

[@bloodyhell8201]

@@helmuthvonmoltke3727 why tight?

[@edi9892]

Regarding dual wielding in particular, but also life in general: nothing is more harmful than an amateur who learned something and now thinks he has mastered it...

[@Wingzero90939]

Except I highly doubt these guys thought that, they just probably thought it would be cool for a video. Even stunt guys who do duel wielding for films practice for months before they are slated to shoot. So they can at least be competent on camera.

[@joe125ful]

Lol?

[@alarson1799]

@@Wingzero90939 They're also using extremely dull blades (if bladed weapons at all) in films

[@yewtewbstew547]

@@alarson1799 Yeah true. And sometimes stuff like swords that only have half a "blade" with the rest filled in by CGI.

[@raden1287]

@@yewtewbstew547 and the fact sometimes they still have an expert and first aid nearby just in case even with months of training

[@OldNavajoTricks]

A clever man learns from his mistakes, The wise man learns from others mistakes.

[@gallaros9]

My biggest sword fail was saying No to a HEMA club when I was 17, then 2 years later, i got interested, but it closed down

[@maccurtis730]

Did you find another HEMA club later in life?

[@gallaros9]

@@maccurtis730 nope, took up swimming instead. Would've grabbed HEMA if there was any

[@NetAndyCz]

I can relate, I have been playing tennis for a while, but it is not the same as holding a sword :p

[@Stephetheon]

you have filled me with primal rage, good sir

[@VOIDRepresentative]

I feel your pain.

[@runswithfeathers47]

It's weird how I can calmly watch someone's spine get ripped out in a game or movie, but had to spend this whole video with a pit in my stomach, constantly looking away

[@robbikebob]

Me too, me too.....

[@zequack]

Seems like a case of "being able to tell fiction from reality" to me :)

[@sebastianriz4703]

I congratulate you for being able to distinguish fantasy and real life. Its a rare thing nowadays

[@thecrabmaestro564]

Shows that the whole "desensitization" thing is fake and that real injuries are just as impactful no matter how much cod you play

[@AtlasNL]

@@thecrabmaestro564 Not really. Cod is a bad example. I used to visit r/watchpeopledie occasionally along with other “people hurt themselves or die” places (out of morbid curiosity) and after a while it felt less shocking and more of a “eh” reaction than when I saw such a video for the first time. These idiots playing around with swords and injuring themselves DOES make me feel weird in the stomach whereas people getting run over and turned into a meatcrayon, getting their guts torn out by a bull and other things don’t. It might be because I have more experience around swords and not with all the other things but desensitisation seems to be a thing to me due to the examples I’ve given from my own experiences with this kinda stuff.

[@2000Meilen]

So the rule is basically don't be an edgelord ESPECIALLY when your sword has an edge.

[@trucid2]

No matter how much you try the sword will have the sharper edge.

[@pepebeezon772]

@@trucid2 don't bind the sword's edge with your own

[@brolohalflemming7042]

It can be a double edged sword. Worst accident I saw was a trip with one. Bloke went to break their fall, offhand landed on blade, and needed microsurgery. Best comment on safety for me was from my kendo sensei, who explained that we train with wooden swords because live blades leads to a very high student turnover. I also blame Hollywood for popularising flashy but ineffective swordplay, when in reality it's really about economy of motion.

[@teathesilkwing7616]

@@trucid2 fool I sharpened my bones! I can’t move without stabbing my self!

[@Casedilla73]

@@brolohalflemming7042 “Economy of motion”?

[@chadestioco]

Look how fast the pommel came off that $20.00 sword. Not only does it end rightly, it does so swiftly. Best sword of the bunch. Skall can only cry with his $800 Cult of Athena Warblade.

[@dikkie1000]

You mean it looks like a safety feature, that it falls apart before you can actually hurt someone* with it? (*except your own pride that is.)

[@gunnar6674]

@@dikkie1000 As we all know, the pommel is the real business end of a sword, and it's the most dangerous when it's been freed from the handle.

[@bombastikderteutone6858]

"this is how you impale your neighbours cat" Imagine if you was that stupid and really did impale your neighbours cat... like what would you say to them, having a Cats corpse with a giant Sword blade run through them, blood all over the place and a dead kitten at the end like on a toothpick. maan

[@paulpolito2001]

The *UNBRIDLED POWER* of the Pommel then ripped a small tear in the space-time continuum and - prophecy foretells - will bring about the Coming of the Apocalypse in years to come.

[@chowlie95]

15:38 As someone who knows a little Japanese, trust me when I say that inscription is premium weeb cringe. It says "Samurai Haato" (Samurai Heart) as if it was written in crayon by a kindergartener.

[@Knoloaify]

The fact that it's all written in katakana makes it even worse.

[@johndododoe1411]

@@Knoloaify Is Katakana the one that is a transcription of pronunciation of foreign words?

[@OnlyKaerius]

@@johndododoe1411 It's used for that, also it's the first one kids learn to read and write in(along with Hiragana), so things for children will often be written in it.

[@Knoloaify]

@@johndododoe1411 It is. So while it makes sense to write "heart" in katakana (still cringe), "samurai" should be written "侍" which would both look much better and take less space (it would still be a sword for weeby edgelords though).

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@OnlyKaerius Oh god, japanese Comic Sans.

[@Canadian-Crusader]

"Project Badass: Samurai Sword," that title is such a product of the time lol

[@alexsm3882]

If you chop your own leg off you deny your enemy the opportunity to do the same

[@Yellow.1844]

Tactical Amputation

[@AnotherDuck]

Well, you have two legs...

[@Metalalbumreviewers]

*shoots self* Alright. Step one complete. Unsure how to proceed.

[@weswolever7477]

‘‘Tis but a scratch

[@Zazar-g9l]

The opponent can't kill you if you do it first

[@leon1san]

Who would have guessed that playing without proper training with something that was made with the sole purpose of swiftly killing a human being could be dangerous

[@KageNoTora74]

Some of the "swords" featured are only swordlike objects that aren't going to be very good at killing someone the way a real, functional sword will. Many high fantasy "swords" are little more than wall decor.

[@karvast5726]

Indeed.but even these dulls display pieces can be dangerous when these brain dead are swinging it and the vlade and handle fly apart

[@schoolsout15]

This is kinda why I kinda envy the firearm community in a way. I could be wrong about this, but it feels like most people can look at a shotgun or hunting rifle and understand why they shouldn't be reckless with it.

[@irrelevantfish1978]

@@schoolsout15 Unfortunately, you are very wrong. I've personally witnessed way too much reckless behavior with firearms to believe common sense is at all common, even though I've never owned a firearm nor lived with someone who does. Thankfully, firearms are too loud for most people to use them unsupervised without an actual adult showing up to make them stop. Licensed shooting ranges are pretty much the only places most people have access to where they can play around with guns without the cops being called, and the level of dumbassery displayed in this video would likely get you blacklisted from those very, very quickly. With swords, on the other hand, you can be as foolhardy as you like within the comfort of your very own apartment, backyard, or even local park, as demonstrated by the poor fools showcased here. None of them engaged in their shenanigans somewhere they could discharge a firearm without seriously irritating local law enforcement, with the sole exception of the woman who cut up her leg.

[@elitemook4234]

May the good lord protect our spines from the cringe we are about to witness.

[@JanetStarChild]

Is that like a Viking lord you're referring to?

[@danni222]

@@JanetStarChild hes talking about jesus

[@JanetStarChild]

@@danni222 Hmm... That doesn't sound Scandinavian.

[@jacob1121]

I think my spine got obliterated, cause I found myself wanting to become a politician.

[@Chhangte2006]

8:34

[@justanothajoe]

One of the most disturbing feelings is selling someone a large sharp blade and finding out they spent the night in ER getting tendon reattachment surgery..

[@gordonpromish9218]

congratulations! this vid made my left hand try to retract into my shoulder

[@VexRavenhardt]

"If you dont have formal training...dont try to show off" This applies to everything, not just swordsmanship

[@nikopulkkinen]

not everything is dangerous

[@lanasmith4795]

You just ended literally every professional skaters entire career with that comment

[@Wingzero90939]

Also you can actually be very good at something without formal training, most famous musicians didn’t go to school for music or have formal training. None of the Beatles did haha. It’s important to push your limits but there’s a difference between knowing what you can do well, gradually pushing your limits/ practicing that safely vs being an idiot.

[@sebastianriz4703]

good advice for sound cloud rappers

[@slydoorkeeper4783]

@@Wingzero90939 I mean, the these people in the video are doing is like going from 1 to 10. I'm pretty sure the Beatles didn't just do that, but more of took segments, got those down. Then went about and further increased their skills.

[@0num4]

"You're the softest thing in the shop" -AvE

[@normang3668]

Yep. You are the primary thing that swords were designed and intended to cut through. It's very good at its purpose.

[@han5vk]

Lol, yep. Always nice to see viewer overlap among my fav channels.

[@ManiacalForeigner]

Who's AvE?

[@jerod5636]

@@ManiacalForeigner a Canadian KZbinr. He does item review tear down type stuff. Sometimes he explains stuff about maching or electric stuff. All kinds of stuff. Worth the sub if you are into engineering.

[@blackhawks81H]

@@ManiacalForeigner Crazy Canadian KZbinr. Part Trailer Park Boys, part MacGyver that does a bunch of stuff including honest non sponsored tool reviews where he takes them completely apart down to the smallest peice. Machining, building random shit, fixing random shit (usually stuff he broke in the first place lol), occasionally destructive testing of certain items, and more... Complete smart ass, total goofball, foul mouthed, irreverant, old fashioned, and twice as Canadian as Gordon Lightfoot. Excellent channel.

[@primoknows6569]

Imagine this: going to the emergency room saying you hurt yourself with a sword...the doctor says “do you have any training”? And you say......

[@CarrotConsumer]

Still probably the least embarrassing thing the doctor saw that day.

[@scottmacgregor3444]

"No." And the doctor says. "Well at least I didn't have to extract it from your rectum."

[@nosajimiki5885]

"At this moment, I think it is the quality of your training that we should be focusing on."

[@J.J.Jameson_of_Daily_Bugle]

Trust me, it's not the dumbest or weirdest shit that doctor has seen that day.

[@a-blivvy-yus]

..."I thought I had the power of God and anime on my side" (not really but you know someone's said it)

[@Captain_Hapton]

"Never walk around wth a sword with the tip pointed forward!" But Skall, my dear sir, how on Earth will I spent my Saturday nights?

[@carloscjr23]

How are you supposed to defend your honor?!

[@dimas152mm]

point it upwards

[@boulderthefat154]

Carlos Juarez pistols at dawn my good man🧐

[@raindrain1]

@@carloscjr23 Keep it raised up, guard to chin level and slightly tilted to the right. Then whenever someone insults you you're ready to cut them up.

[@ktmrdr617]

So a word on the Project badass, Um use a baseball bat, Watermelon goes boom and your tendons stay together.

[@Hunter_VanderMatthews]

*Shatters all bones in foot*.

[@CamperWen]

7:43 "Hopefully it wasn't too bad..." *After transition* "It was quite bad actually." Damn, that's basically the mood of the entire past year going into 2021 honestly.

[@Richard-mo1nc]

A lot of people discovering how well blades cut into flesh when playing with real sharp and pointy swords.

[@Fontan_]

Who would've thought that sword can do exactly what they were designed to do

[@MyNameisRevenant]

@@Fontan_ for real

[@justguy-4630]

And how easy it is to injure and incapacitate someone. Not even a quarter inch deep and they're out of the fight. Not even a slash to the foot, just a tap to the tendons, and you won't walk the same again.

[@gius-pe]

pre-sword video safety routine: - swap your sword with a dull - dip it in red body paint - do whatever you were about to do - stop - find a mirror, and take a long look if you then still assess that´s the case, swap the dull with your regular sword.

[@Charles-A]

A dull sword is more dangerous than a sharp sword. If you need to apply more force into your cuts, the edge can slip and cut you. Wait, that's how it worked, right...?

[@insertname3977]

@@Charles-A No they mean if you're going to be twirling the sword around, and doing "interpretive dance" with one then use the dull/blunt sword dipped in paint first. Then when you're done you can check yourself and see if at any point you hit yourself and left red paint.

[@Charles-A]

@@insertname3977 It was a joke alluding to how that's the case with knives

[@JebeckyGranjola]

Repeat, but for step 1 substitute glow sticks. Step 2, techno

[@mistakenotou7681]

I think blunt is the better word here bit this is quite a good idea

[@theprancingprussian]

People using swords like baseball bats is the root of many safety concerns like overswinging or giving it uncontrollable energy that isnt necessary for a blade

[@parryhotter4283]

Honestly i would not be surprised if some day a dude comes into a hospital because he stabbed himself straight through the back with a massive overswing

[@chaotixthefox]

Would be done by an axe or a wannabe swinging a farmer's scythe most likely

[@isaactate9853]

I have no doubt in my mind it’s happened before (you wouldn’t believe half the shit that walks into an ER), but I can’t find any articles on it; however, I did find a few on a guy in Virginia who was carrying a sword down a set of stairs and stabbed himself in the balls with it (severed his femoral artery and bled to death.) I heard he’s front runner for the Darwin awards this year.

[@poilboiler]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone has managed to shoot themselves in the back with a longbow.

[@parryhotter4283]

@@alfen1942 i work for the police and there was a guy once who wanted to stab a person lying on the floor while looking at me and he literally stabbed himself in the thigh

[@MeepChangeling]

A friend of mine did that one already. Except he didn't go to the hospital, he made me burn the cut shut. Which was extra stupid, because I had the relevent training and tools to properly stich the wound following a proper disinfectant.

[@meatlemonade9938]

sword fails are one of the things that make me cringe the most. just as long as someone who is clearly unskilled or just doesn't care about safety, my entire body is clenched because I know whats coming

[@theprancingprussian]

Unlike watching firearm safety fails where that person may just not know things These make you doubt others common sense

[@QuakeSphere]

Didnt think I'd enjoy a "fail" video. Your observations and attention to details are highly developed. I will dive into more of your videos

[@Skallagrim]

Thanks!

[@piteoswaldo]

Also, thank you for not showing the results of those accidents.

[@ElizabethMoon-n8m]

Absolutely. " Don't mess around with a live blade"....literally words to live...and not die...by.

[@IndianaJoe3]

I think the reason why, "21 foot rule knife guy" was running at an odd angle was because he was trying to simulate dodging gunfire.

[@TresTrefusis]

Yeah I agree, point could have just as.well have been served with a stick or a plastic training knife though

[@gregcampwriter]

I was thinking that, but his legs were doing most of the swerving. His center of mass presented a consistently easy target.

[@cmdrsocks]

Ah, I see, but as someone who does competition shooting, I will simply observe that his head and torso were within the width of one fence panel for over half his run. I am pretty sure that most of the guys at my club could have put 6 bullets in him with no more than +/- 2 inches wrist movement from centre (gun already in hand). All the side to side movement does is slow down the advance. Anyway I was under the impression that 12 feet was considered minimum clearance from knife man if you have a pistol already at low-ready or aimed. If the pistol is holstered, which is where the "21 foot" comes from (original test was 20 ft) then a direct straight line rush is better. 21 foot guy doesn't even seem to understand what the 21 foot rule is actually about!

[@CarrotConsumer]

@@cmdrsocks I think anyone could hit him at that distance, lol.

[@cmdrsocks]

@@CarrotConsumer Interestingly, officers who can hit the 9 or 10 ring 98% on the range drop to about 14% hits on bad guy in actual confrontations. That's the difference stress and adrenaline and "OMG Mad Bastard Coming At me With Knife" makes in training vs real life.

[@danieltoth3890]

I learned my lesson about hand placement real quick after accidentally stabbing my offhand with a knife. Now it stays out of the way

[@Str4vv]

The watermelon girl: "It was a deep cut and it resulted in cutting all of the tendons in my ankle." Holy smokes^^

[@Medved725]

Holy shit, she is never walking the same way again.

[@d1zputed23]

Holy shit

[@RicardoMoralesMassin]

: ¬ |_____D

[@larryc835]

Never use a sharp sword like that. These fools need plastic or wood lol. Oh my! 😠

[@mckenziekeith7434]

Good on her for posting the object lesson for the rest of the internet.

[@trucid2]

8:18 The girl not only ended up in the hospital with stitches, she had to go back for surgery because she severed two tendons and had to wear a cast for over a month and a half.

[@akrocanth]

"Hopefully this is not TOO bad of a cut..." *We now rejoin our hero, Skallagrim, after he has assessed further video* "...it WAS....quite bad, actually."

[@JebeckyGranjola]

Arrested Development Narrator

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

Yeah i mean, what a surprise, a metallic sharp object strikes with force on completely unprotected skin. Of course it's gonna be really bad.

[@BigPuddin]

Yeah, she cut ALL the tendons in her left foot where she sliced like an idiot. Then she disabled comments and the like-to-dislike ratio for reasons we all know.

[@TristenSarelvun]

@@BigPuddin I understand that tho; I mean, she _knows_ she failed, and after so many people yelling the same thing at you and calling you names, you don't wanna hear it anymore. I just hope she (and people watching it) took the lesson to heart.

[@BigPuddin]

@@TristenSarelvun Then she should just take the fucking video down to hide the entire incident. It's like she's strangely proud of her own stupidity.

[@helmuthvonmoltke3727]

8:53 it honestly looks like he is cutting himself every time and the entire sequence is just caused by agonising pain.

[@rodeanalfanteforcadela7645]

These twits are the kind that make you say "You continue to impress me, but never in a good way."

[@1IGG]

Good one!

[@thitsugaya1224]

I'm remembering that one.

[@jonburgart8649]

9:26 someone finally brave enough to say it. Issue is that if youre that isolated onto your fandom you may not care to see what other people have to say online. They dont realise...we're all nerds here. We're just trying to save face.

[@mr.meowgi9876]

Super yikes to the guy that took his palm out

[@nothere1734]

Oh boy, I'm starting the video and this is the first comment I see

[@It-b-Blair]

Yeah... that initial red isn’t watermelon 🤪

[@user-xf7wx3zk8j]

so swords are just as unsafe as guns

[@mr.meowgi9876]

@@user-xf7wx3zk8j anything is as dangerous as anything else its how you use it

[@Weird_dude265]

@Stop Banningme I paused the video before he took his palm out and I don't know if I want to watch the rest now.

[@VosperCDN]

"So, don't try this at home, I'm what you call a professional, and thanks for watching the 'Sword Fails' video" - Skall, if his name was ...

[@thitsugaya1224]

Paul is one of my favorites.

[@hariman7727]

I understand that reference.

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

As with any weapon: USE IT RESPONSIBLE, TRAIN WITH IT. DON'T BE STUPID

[@silverhand9965]

Yeah,weapons aren't toys If you use them like toys,you just might end up lose a few bits of yourself

[@alvaroasi]

"BEING-STUPID" is a common middle name...

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

@@alvaroasi "Be B.-S. Stupid" is a common name under idiots, i reckon lol

[@BigPuddin]

Nah, brah. I wanna down a few Natty Ices and cut my own dick of screwing around in my backyard with a langesmesser.

[@aliproductions4864]

I agree. It reminds me of this one movie scene where the swords man shows off and just gets shot to death😂

[@achimsinn6189]

When I learned cooking the first two things I learned was to never cut towards any of my bodyparts and to never run around holding a knife in my hand.

[@ghin780]

lol I remember in university someone wanted me to bring home a practice sword and didn't understand why I didn't want to walk home 2 miles through the city holding a practice sword.

[@raindrain1]

I mean, there was a case, right? Or at least a sheath of some kind?

[@moonrise6806]

i carried a wooden katana on my belt through the whole city on several trains. got a few looks but i didnt mind it much

[@riks081]

@@moonrise6806 oh god i bet you did too. Weebs are the worst. You guys can't even tell real Japan from anime Japan.

[@moonrise6806]

@@riks081 ok

[@atfrench22]

As a butcher any time we walked around a corner with a knife we had to put it to our side and announce “knife!” no matter what

[@connormoore8430]

Remember my U.S. friends, a new(even a better) sword costs a LOT less than hospital bills

[@0num4]

Hell, my car costs less than a US hospital bill...and that's with insurance.

[@0num4]

@@barongerhardt nah, I'm good. I actually repair my car and keep it in working order. No need to spend big money on a simple conveyance.

[@Pupil0fGod]

@John Doe I once bought a sp101 in .357, went afterwards to my GF house and was showing it off to her and her family. I unloaded it first, but did not tell them. the Wife and daughter each looked at it and held it respectfully. the father who was from New Jersey who spent 20 years in the Marine corps (without checking) pointed it at the TV and pulled the trigger 6 times (5 shot revolver). Most of us have good sense but there are those special idiots 😉

[@Pupil0fGod]

@John Doe yeah, no this guy was bad. every bad Pollack and new jersey joke wrapped in one guy. I wouldn't trust him with a popcicle stick. Also I agree with the service comment. My father was in the Airforce and later Air National Guard and I hear fake useless garbage out of his mouth all the time. Hell, even some infantry don't take the time to learn or understand the firearms they used.

[@GeldtheGelded]

Man you did it, you erased cancer from existence

[@fenriswhispers]

Just watched a few of your videos. Got to say I very much enjoyed them. Very informative and I like how you are not trying to berate those that seriously screwed up and instead decided to be more diplomatic and used the mistakes as a learning tool. Cant wait to see more.

[@OnlyKaerius]

When it comes to katana vertical cuts, that's one of the first ones you practice in most sword based martial arts, with a stop at waist height, this works because you have both hands on the hilt.

[@DerplingKing]

And because done properly the body structure supports both the motion and the stop.

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

And the stop is necessary because in kendo you can't follow through someone's head, and in historical combat you wouldn't want to overcommit and get your blade stuck.

[@everlastingdragon4520]

One note about the video with the sword that instantly fell apart: that guy was swinging *dangerously* close to his head.

[@OnlyKaerius]

The first thing I thought about when I saw this was the old Fruit Ninja video with the guy who dual wielded and cut off part of his hand.

[@SilverShadow02]

How did he do that? You have the link?

[@OnlyKaerius]

@@SilverShadow02 The youtube videos with it are all age restricted, but here's an article: rachfeed.com/youtuber-accidentally-cut-playing-real-life-fruit-ninja/

[@Alkis05]

Now I know what a critical fail looks like for characters using sword. My players are gonna love it.

[@Entiox]

Just thinking about how many times I hit myself with sticks when I practiced escrima I can say with certainty that I would never try it sharp swords.

[@brianmcgarry1632]

When Skal was swinging the sword 4:54 backhanded hitting your head was exactly what I thought of.

[@Entiox]

@@drgrandmaster3786 yeah, the number of times I've hit myself in the head, elbow, and shoulder I would have a patchwork of scars if I'd been using a blade. I just recently started practicing again after not doing it for years and have given myself quite a few whacks in the last few weeks. I've also been swinging indian clubs for exercise and will do heaven 6 with them and let me tell you cracking your elbow with a two pound club causes a dazzling spray of pain.

[@Seelenschmiede]

My Kendo practice would have killed me more than once if I did it with a sharp sword instead of a wooden...

[@0num4]

100% I'd prefer to avoid those mistakes with a machete.

[@sebastianriz4703]

I always give kudos to people who train with safe weapons rather than live blades. I wish I was one of those people. However I have always wondered how one manages to hit themselves with their own weapon. I started my journey with live blades and I have never once hit myself, even when trying goofy stuff. Maybe its because I am more cautious because I am aware of the weapon I am using? It always comes to mind when I see comments like this. Or maybe its just because I take my mantra of sharp weapon handling to heart: if you cut yourself, you deserved it.

[@Gottaculat]

I've had no formal training in swords, just things I pick up from channels like yours and Shad's. I practice with my real sword, but I go through motions very slowly, and think about where the blade is going to go through the whole arc of the swing (something we were taught in the Scouts when chopping wood with axes and chainsaws). I like using the real thing for practice, because it keeps me honest - I'm not about to dick around with something that can take a limb off, y'know? It's the same I've done for well over a decade now with knives. I can do a few little tricks like flipping the blade end over end then catch the handle, but the second I detect the flip was bad, I back the hell away and let the knife fall to the ground. Better to drop a knife than slice open a finger. 'Course now, I've moved away and gotten into guns. I have yet to do a revolver twirl/spin, and no friggin' way am I practicing that with any rounds in the gun, and I'll practice it ONLY on a single action revolver (think for a moment why) with the hammer down and on an empty chamber. In fact, even when I get good at it, the only time I'd ever do it with anything in the cylinder is if I've fired all rounds. Just way too dangerous to do it with a live round in the gun. I guess my point is there's nothing wrong with learning weapon tricks, so long as you think it through and take the safety precautions to do a stunt as safely as possible.

[@Userius1]

Not a sword, but one time I was drill swinging a 5lb shortened Dane Axe and whacked my head with the handle opposite the blade when I turned to the side to check a mirror. If it somehow turned the other way when I whacked myself, I would be dead af.

[@migueeeelet]

Not just dead, but dead af. I assume that'd be in the reign of decapitation

[@warrensteel9954]

@@migueeeelet in this case he was only mostly dead.

[@MrGREY-bs9lu]

When I was training a sword swing, I was using a heavy wooden training sword to build my muscles, and I accidentally bonked my head with it. Significantly less damage than a blade though.

[@raindrain1]

@@MrGREY-bs9lu I assume you didn't bonk yourself with the bladed end, though. That would be quite impressive.

[@williamhuntington5695]

Hey Skall, I just wanna say thx for your work and a big thx for NOT really showing that blood stuff. I guess we all have enough imagination and that should do. So again great work. Best wishes to you 💫

[@EliotChildress]

When I was younger and stupider I once tried doing that legolas thing where he stabs someone behind him. Ended up looking down and seeing the blade going right through the middle of my shirt. Honestly thought I had killed myself until I realized the blade missed my body by some miracle. Be safe y’all. And think before you play with blades.

[@authenticbaguette6673]

..... Dear good lord of heaven and earth...

[@sanjurokuwabatake9960]

Fortunately humans did not discover Lightsabers.

[@mnk9073]

Considering the rate at which even trained Jedi lose limbs I'd say THIS will be humanity's extinction event.

[@pws354_8]

Wrong, because Hacksmith's KZbin channel in Canada has already reverse engineered functional proto-sabers based on more elusive and canon Star Wars lore! Look it up on the KZbin search bar.

[@brittakriep2938]

Perhaps twenty years ago, a man in my homecounty was hit by a sword, his drunken friend wanted to ,knighten' him.

[@Apokalypse456]

did he live? i can imagine a few pretty dangerous and deadly ways that ended.

[@brittakriep2938]

@@Apokalypse456 : I am german, the incident happened perhaps ten kilometers away from my homevillage. As far as i remember, it was the flat side of an unsharpened ,wall hanger'. The man survived for good luck with a not so dangerous injury, but when you are hit with an iron object, this can be deadly. And drunken people often have unusual ideas, in this case the ,knighting ceremony'/ Ritterschlag ,where the king touches head and shoulders of the new knight with a sword blade.

[@herrdrizzt9547]

@@brittakriep2938 little did they know that this is rather unnessesery part. The main part is granting new knight a pair of spurs.

[@brittakriep2938]

@@herrdrizzt9547 : This men had surely more knowledge how to make bottles empty, than knowledge about medieval ceremonies.

[@herrdrizzt9547]

@@brittakriep2938 i believed they trained a lot)

[@raindrain1]

"Oh boy. The edge is real". Took me a minute to figure out Skall wasn't talking about the actual sword there. XD

[@Dinoslay]

That was the best part. 🤣😂

[@matteocesa9017]

I used to practice olympic fencing (cause there was no hema club in my town), one time during sparring a thrust landed on my off hand, which was in the back as it should, and almost went all the way thru it. Fortunately it didnt do permanent damage, but the pucker factor was pretty high

[@lanasmith4795]

You got pierced with a sword that was specifically designed not to do that? That's a bad day

[@matteocesa9017]

@@lanasmith4795 a bad day indeed, before then I also had thought something like that to be impossible, yet reality doesnt care even when you do your best to be safe

[@sebastianriz4703]

Murphy's law in effect

[@Ramash440]

"Don't walk around with a sword pointed at people" I'd go even further and say don't walk around with a sword out, period. Keep it in the scabbard until you're actually going to use it, kinda like how some ranges will give you shit for walking around with a loaded gun even if pointed in a safe direction.

[@rickplayzyt6277]

Basically, don't draw your sword unless you intend to use it. Pretty sure I got that from a song of ice and fire but it's generic enough to be from anywhere, lol.

[@Ostsol]

"Never ever swing toward you hand." Yeah, I've been there and suffered the consequences... Not with a sword, but an Olfa knife.

[@GlidingZephyr]

One side of my right thumb only has partial feeling left because of an "oops" involving a traditionally forged Tanto dagger. I didn't sever anything vital, but it had to be glued closed in the ER and I couldn't move it until it fully healed.

[@Ostsol]

@@GlidingZephyr In my case I sliced off the corner of my left thumb and it never fully grew back. Fortunately, the only problem that resulted is that I can no longer two-thumb type on my phone.

[@DeanCalaway]

I like these videos, so chill, the window view with the rain just makes it all so cozy.

[@Mentyr]

This shows the not-so-subtle difference between blade master and edgelord

[@ChrissieBear]

I think a lot of fails can be summed up with the lesson "Swords are not baseball bats.".

[@MaliciousMollusc]

I love how the girl twirls her wrist mid swing, like it's a badminton.

[@michaelbranz101]

You're videos have been way more informative about practical technique recently A+

[@MSilva-ee7nc]

I think the first green sword was a runescape scimitar

[@jackharley6453]

The only thing I would add is stay away from any sword that says it’s battle ready. It usually means it’s sharp not well made

[@grooorglaserdeth8823]

Jeez, I was really uncomfortable during that vid where he stabbed at the cameraperson.

[@Celticelery]

I was sure that the cameraman was going to get shanked.

[@silverhand9965]

@@Celticelery Yeah,was awfully close too It could have ended with a dead person really quickly

[@Ocker3]

Broken lights can cut exposed skin pretty painfully :/

[@rubbers3]

@16:12 Additional point to not resting the blade over your shoulder - *there's a reason you need a red rag on the back of long elements that stick out from your car!*

[@mrvontrips]

Last time i was this early Skal still had the green Mohawk.

[@bloodking73]

Those were the days

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

"So these were weapons made for the sole purpose of killing people....hey lets toy around with them"

[@francesbadger3401]

At least that wall hanger has an easy access pommel.

[@lucasschigart2721]

Me: ooh, that should be fun. Also me: holy shit everything hurts from looking...

[@kenny9021043]

Daaaaamn bro that Watermelon was like “Tis but a scratch!”

[@Youkai2100]

That first cut was even worse than Skall saw, Follow up video revealed that she severed 2 tendons and the doctors needed to cut further up the leg to get them back

[@drive_6665]

3:18 sword=baseball bat That's just common knowledge xD Also, can someone please make a silly song with Skall's pop wrist sound?

[@beckonerseven9517]

Just like Rey Palpatine

[@daboss640]

That guy that slipped also came really close to cutting his leg while running side-to-side like that

[@erichusayn]

Anybody remember the experienced dudes katana through the arm video? Been trying to get him to put it back up, but to no avail. Saw that early on when I was getting into cutting and it really made me be more safety conscious.

[@VeganJutsu]

That sounds wild bro!

[@TresTrefusis]

Yep remember that one

[@ThaRedPitbull]

What exactly happened in the video that you're talking about? I've never seen it.

[@erichusayn]

@@ThaRedPitbull dude went to draw the blade and his arm got caught in his sleeve causing him to put the blade into the bicep and out the tricep. Clean through. Took like 70 something stitches.

[@VeryPersoon]

This makes me interested to see you make a video covering the very basics of practicing cuts/techniques for beginners (with dull practice swords obviously). I don’t know if you’ve previously made a video on this. But, it would be cool to see.

[@OriginalWarwood]

"Watch how I cut the ever-loving-f**k out of myself/my assistang" the montage

[@Skallagrim]

AKA "hold my beer". xD

[@dogman9291]

"...And then post it to youtube, naturally, thinking I look badass."

[@OriginalWarwood]

@@dogman9291 with their skills, hurting themselves is probably the most views they ever got playing with sharp objects.

[@theprancingprussian]

Your own darwin award series fr

[@jephilologist]

"Even well trained people should not show off." -Confucious

[@yujiyamauchichanel]

You can see all this safety precautions on your video "Tatami Cutting: Not Easy, Even With a Katana! (Tameshigiri Reaction)". Even being skilled and trained, you can see that besides the cutting for itself they move slowly and carefully. For those who don't bother about safety, it seems like they are afraid of the blade. Really like your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@GeistDrachen]

"Stupidity should be painful."

[@SirDigbyChikkinCaesar]

This is why carrying bladed weapons should be brought back into vogue

[@ALICEFREAK13]

it is, unfortunately not always for the stupid people, but the people who have to deal with them

[@pacobell97]

This video was a nice change of pace and it was pretty entertaining thanks skall.

[@lyowa4027]

I remember you once did a video on a bunch of guys fighting with an actual sharp axe and one of them got injured through the wooden shieldand and other guys fighting with sharp swords and one got cut Anyway, great video, stay safe!

[@seanirish331]

Not sure when KZbin decided to nope me from this channel but I've resubscribed

[@eddys.3524]

Indeed, some of the movies were in the category "Darwin at Work" (stupidity can be fatal)

[@dg4262]

16:30 , Ok, next time I will be walking around the city with a sword, I will remember that advice

[@vonclaren1]

That 1st girl, the "badass", severed 2 major tendons in her foot. Couple months in a cast to immobilise, let the tendons re-attach

[@yewtewbstew547]

It looked like she just needed stitches based on the full video on her channel. No cast or tendon reattaching (tendons can't reattach themselves anyway, you need surgery for that).

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

@@yewtewbstew547 I think he means two months in a cast AFTER surgery, to avoid forcing the stitched back tendons while they heal

[@vonclaren1]

@@yewtewbstew547 Watch the follow up vids. 2 major tendons cut, yes with surgeries to re-attach, 2 casts and 2 months on crutches. You aren't very good at research ay?

[@BeetleBuns]

If I ever get attacked by a knife wielding maniac, I want it to be the 21 foot rule guy, because he's just as likely to kill himself as he is to kill me

[@luzimm]

The amount of anxiety this video have me was, at times, unbearable. I really just looked away at some (a lot of) moments

[@markopolo2172]

I couldn't Bring myself to watch half of it either I had volume down and looked away for the most part it's just cringe worthy to see this and not even the basic common sense being applied

[@authenticbaguette6673]

I know some of you clicked for the sake of schadenfraude, but I actually like it when he points out things I genuinely could not have known for myself. It's better not to learn about sword safety through trial and error. Listen to the veterans, people.

[@emothegunslinger]

Show off safety - maybe an idea for a new series^^

[@vonrelevanz1963]

The literal two other kinds of people in my life when it comes to blades: -Hoplophobiacs who expect people to get hurt the moment anything even the size of a kitchen knife is being held by another person in the same room -People who manage to injure themselves by handling a wooden spoon This video exists for a sad reason, glad it does. Let's hope it will get enough attention to prevent some unneccessary accidents.

[@functionatthejunction]

The fail in a lot of this videos isnt the sword, its Darwin. Because they survived.

[@dogman9291]

Not for long, they won't, I imagine. Not at this rate.

[@johan.ohgren]

Darwin award is for winners. These people are second placers or worse.

[@OmegaPaladin144]

Interesting to see both of my favorite sword channels getting into sword fails.

[@mattbowden4996]

Is it me, or could at least some of these injuries have been prevented by actually wearing some goddamn clothes? So many of these people are wearing sleeveless vests or are completely shirtless and most of them are wearing shorts too. Obviously fabric won't protect you from an intentional cut, but it can certainly stop accidental light blade contact from piercing the skin. I physically cringed when I saw that woman waving a sword around in open toed sandals - that's just asking for a foot injury - and the cut she inflicted on her leg would probably never happened if she'd been wearing jeans.

[@robbikebob]

I accidentally brushed my leg with a sharp sword while wearing combat trousers. It cut through the outer pocket, inner lining, the combats themselves and took a 3cm scoop out of my thigh with very little pressure applied. So regular clothing doesn't stop much....

[@saudade7842]

One of my mother's friends once cut into their shin with either a machete or an axe while playing in the woods. He damn near bled to death.