The History of Knives and Daggers

[@brianfuller7691]

Great video. My dad used to explain the difference between a knife and a dagger in his classes in Medieval history. Everyone of all classes had knives or used knives. But a dagger ( large or small) was double edged and had a point. It was designed for self defence, combat or assassination . With the dagger, the point is the point

[@pavlepetrovic6846]

This lecture is like a honey to my soul and mind!!! Cold steel is really no 1 in knife production!!! I love you!!!

[@Zaragil]

Yet, the most common stabbing weapons, after all the centuries, are still apparently the utility/kitchen knives (which, what a surprise, Cold Steel also makes). The more things change... :-)

[@netrhyda8761]

and it's the women doing the stabbing!

[@MrChileno13]

@@netrhyda8761 😨

[@DoseOfReality308]

Net Rhyda ain’t that the damn the truth.

[@ifv2089]

That the truth in London cops did early doors area sweep of the bushes around and In notting Hill before the carnival.. found over four hundred cheap edged kitchen implements as well as few butter knives 😲 Like a mad version of toy story, problem is there banned and they know it!! but they just don't give a shit still sneak out and shank you

[@Zaragil]

@@ifv2089 Holy shit man! I can imagine police checking a bunch of people at some event and going... Tactical knife? Sure, let him in. Butterfly knife? Yeah, no problem. Ah, a switchblade? Looks cool man, go in. Wow, that's a nice hunting knife, dude... BUTTER KNIFE!!! CALL THE SWAT TEAM!!! 😆

[@woodsmanwhitesmith6928]

please do the history of the Bowie knife.

[@Hissatsu5]

I got a video at the Little Rock historical museum’s bowie exhibit the audio is not great because I was trying to be nice to everyone else but I cover a broad span of bowie history with real antiques. If you search Bowie knife history your should be able to find it .

[@edi9892]

In a way it might go back to pre-medieval times considering the Sax (which gave its name to the Saxons) and the clip point knife survived in one shape or another all the way until the bowie came up. It´s not as common in iconography, but like the Messer-family and the falchions, it was in widespread use (plus the latter two partially feature clip points as well and can be regarded as predecessors to cutlasses and sabers)

[@Hissatsu5]

edi you also see the big clip point blade on Spanish Navajas ( like the cs espada ) that served a similar role as the bowie in Spain and the new world

[@edi9892]

@@Hissatsu5 Indeed.

[@edi9892]

@CrimsonmileTV LOL. AFAIK, 90% of all Bowie were either Sheffield or Solingen...

[@ClassicRockLivesOn]

Cold Steel! Please make a Fairbairne Sykes dagger! We love you!

[@dreamoftheendless4504]

Yeah, that'll be cool, Clod Steel please make a Fairbairn Sykes!

[@zednotzee7]

Or you could just buy one of these - the real thing, lol. www.sheffieldknives.co.uk/acatalog/5-91.html#SID=11

[@AcidTripwire]

@@zednotzee7 That's not the real thing, it's a pretty budget reproduction. If you want the real deal you either join the Royal Marines or go to MacDonald Armouries. THAT is the real thing!

[@zednotzee7]

@@AcidTripwire Sorry, but it THIS the real thing. Read the description " Made to MOD specification ". In other words, they make them for the MOD ( |Ministry Of Defense ). I've handled a WW2 vintage one and these are exactly the same. the Mc Donalds Armouries ones are a LOT more top-end than the originals.

[@AcidTripwire]

@@zednotzee7 If that's the case then I wouldn't trust the knife or the MOD's shoddy specifications. A few people have received these with bent tangs, loose handles and uselessly blunt. Guess 'milspec' is really nothing to aspire to.

[@vybtom1]

My new Spartan is finally coming. I should have it in three days. My first CS!!😍

[@tikkidaddy]

Congratulations!

[@TheSnakeyes2013]

Congrats!!!

[@vybtom1]

Thanks, I'm so excited! I couldn't sleep since I ordered it🤣

[@netrhyda8761]

Hey Tom, I just received my own Spartan and I love it. Just be careful getting used to it!!!! ;) BTW it fits into my pocket just fine and is not cumbersome at all.

[@jasonpettit9984]

Enjoy your blade,once you have one,you always need another..

[@sanporco6600]

Very informative and educational for a knife/sword nut like me. Though a Fällkniven fan as I am (I know their knives are pricy but I love the Scandinavian design and craftsmanship that is authentically Japanese), I love Recon Tanto by CS and consider it one of the best EDC/self-defense knives.

[@ТОПКНИГ-э6е]

One of the best lessons I ever heard

[@jasonpettit9984]

Damn Lynn, every time I say,I have enough knives,you always come out with another cool blade ,I just gotta have,thanks man,I do appreciate your time and knowledge...

[@andreweden9405]

That's actually not Lynn this time, it's Luke Lafontaine. Luke's the one presenting this particular series.😁

[@BillGreen2]

Really enjoy these educational videos. Please, keep them coming!

[@edi9892]

Will you ever make a Bauernwehr? IMHO it´s pretty underrated, but you´ve already got his big brother the Kriegsmesser. It´s quite a vicious weapon for fighting in confined spaces but was often the only purpose-built battle weapon peasants had. For those that don´t know: the peasants' defense was a shortsword that looked a lot like an oversized kitchen knife (ca. 20 In blade). It had a reinforced back to make it stiffer for thrusts, but probably also for parrying and it had like his big brother a nail rivetted through the crossguard. Unlike the Kriegsmesser it was better suited for thrusting, but was still quite a slashing blade, quite like a Khaiber knife. PS: it usually comes with a companion knife and pricker fixed to the same sheath.

[@andreweden9405]

I love Bauernwehrn too!

[@hohanrodanrodan9624]

Me too!

[@brittakriep2938]

No! In old german woodprints/ Holzschnitten of the ,Bauernkrieg' era, the Bauernwehr is a knife in the size and look like a large Bowie. This knife was when necessary a weapon, but usually simply a tool. A big butchers knife, a knife for harvest work, a knife for cutting thin branches etc.. In those days not every german had the allownes or money to buy a thing , which was a weapon only. And after the , Bauernkrieg' rebellions, 1524-1526, in most german ( in those days also austrian ) regions, farmers had no more an allowness to own weapons.

[@edi9892]

@@brittakriep2938 those blades existed as well (very sturdy, multi purpose knives). Naming things was far less specific back then.

[@Jacob-bk4md]

Not gonna lie I could listen to this guy talk forever. Love the history behind these!

[@drenek1]

If you really love history, you'd better listen to this guy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fV6rmZ6MlLFsnbM Much more accurate and truly faithful to history. The Cold Steel guy just wants to sell a pile of metal.

[@MTMILITIAMAN7.62]

A knife by definition does not have to have a single cutting edge or be utilitarian. All daggers are knives, but not all knives are daggers. A dagger is a more specific term for a knife that is typically double edged, primarily designed for stabbing or thrusting attacks, as a weapon.

[@TheSnakeyes2013]

Lafontaine!! Awesome, awesome presentation. You should do this for all the blades in the line and talk about the inspiration and historical perspective of them.

[@TyAndreww]

Fascinating history behind the common chefs knife I wasn’t aware of!

[@JohnSmith-qy3nv]

Thank you very much for uploading this video. I have one question though. You say that daggers were secondarily used for everyday chores, including processing wood. Does it mean that I could use Cold Steel daggers for these purposes without damaging their edges (not more than I would damage the edges of knives)? Examples: of the daggers to which I am referring: Cold Steel Taipan 3V, and Cold Steel Hand and a Half Dagger series. By the way the same applies to the Cold Steel Laredo and Natchez Bowies. Thank you very much in advance for taking the time to answer my question.

[@lukelafontaine2502]

Hi John, Im primarily talking about uses in history. In modern times you have a LOT more options of tools to use for jobs. Im not Saying you can use a Tai pan for everything. Im talking about what medieval soldiers or peasants could use.

[@JohnSmith-qy3nv]

@@lukelafontaine2502, Thank you very much for the very quick reply. It is a pitty! I thought I could have the Tai pan on me whenever I can legally carry it, and an emergency situation I would then have two edges for all kind of tasks one could use a knife for; all at the price of half the weight and half the space of two knives on my body.

[@TonTon-jp7so]

Just curious. How come you dont put a side ring or something to protect the other side? I was wondering if the sword slash to the one that has no guard and could cut your thumb or your fingers.

[@Matthew-the-bladed-bard]

I didn’t notice his thors hammer before!!!!! Dude that’s awesome

[@holdupthestandard815]

Wow.... I would love to see these pieces of art demonstrated in how to use the guards. Perhaps a step by step lesson (s), on how to think about an attack and then parrying different attacks. That would be awesome. 🙂👍

[@scatterbug]

I would also love to see a demonstration where he wields a "main gouche" in his right hand. It literally means left hand... "here's a history of knives! they're sharp!"

[@ColonelSanders17]

I have a switchblade that is my EDC. Switchblades are legal in my state. I can switch out blades too. I have a dagger blade and a tonto blade. They are both great, I use the dagger blade more. I figure daggers have been used for thousands of years, and I can see why.

[@masterxk]

Are short rapiers? With full hand guard but shorter?

[@laztoth3104]

I love the history lesson of the knife and daggers Thanks also making me think of the " Tunnel Rats of WAR" WHICH KNIFE DID THAY USE? RESPECT ALWAYS...

[@TranceCore3]

Would any of those be considered a mail breaker? or is that a different class of item entirely?

[@robertpatter5509]

I ordered the Cold Steel Companion Dagger. Which is well made and sharp. Unfortunately Cold Steel didn't make a scabbard with an an angled clip so you can draw with the left hand which would be drawn behind your back. Instead they have a steel button on the front of the scabbard for a leather frog perhaps. They should sell a leather frog with it. Or just made the appropriate scabbard to begin with.

[@Hissatsu5]

How would you categorize the Spanish puñal it’s a single edge fixed or folding knife primarily made for fighting using the point .

[@VTPSTTU]

I love the small parrying dagger.

[@zjoaquin]

Awesome great video, daggers are just an awesome tool. And that those are two Laredo Bowies on your shirt.

[@wilowhisp]

You're making me want that cinquedea.

[@thejasonbischoff]

Is there a link for 3:20 this dagger?

[@talimatkultura6311]

Thank you for the info, its a great video

[@juandemarko8348]

Luke is a badass for real.

[@IceFoxHU]

I miss the old style blades and weapons testing

[@novicagojkovic4706]

Can someone please tell me how to make acute knife point? I was impressed with Cold Steel Tai Pan and its ability to resist damage.

[@Wideranger]

Great video. Loved it.

[@hermespino9985]

Doble edge, primarily fighting blade. Bollocks dagger?

[@lukelafontaine2502]

bollock dagger a dagger for self defense and fighting. we just dont make one for me to have to displayed.

[@hermespino9985]

@@lukelafontaine2502 originally the bollock dagger was a poor man's knife that had to function as a utility blade.

[@zednotzee7]

@@hermespino9985 You are correct. They tended to be single edged, and with quite thick blades for doing pretty much anything. In case you didn't know, Tod Cutler does some very nice authentic ones ( copies from museums and from the Mary Rose ) for a very decent price for such nice blades.

[@lukelafontaine2502]

bollock daggers changed rather quickly there are lots of double edged examples.

[@scatj20]

I just flat out f*ing love Cold Steel.

[@alexanderrodriguezmba2370]

You should do another video on the hunter s sword! Great video

[@rhyspollock7055]

And you didn't include the Dirk??? Best of both worlds

[@dick_richards]

Exactly, good point..... i think they could make a Pugio thst would be superior to All as well!

[@csknives]

Separate video.

[@dick_richards]

@@csknives Soooooo about that Iberian style Pugio......

[@PackLeader-1990]

@@csknives love cold steel knives!! Best consistent quality & sharpness

[@lukelafontaine2502]

I didnt have an example of our dirk in stock. A Dirk is still a type of dagger. It is technically a Different name for a type of dagger.The ethnocentric Highland dirk came in different forms. Single and double edged But usually didnt have any type of guard ,so I Don't know that I would say best of both worlds because Id personally rather have a dagger w a crossguard, otherwise you could lose fingers.

[@mileskeller9825]

I always thought the ring was to aid in draw while wearing armour gauntlets. Learn something every day!

[@sapphiro]

CS please make a Kriss dagger next.

[@klingerwvu5253]

I like cold steel...keep up the good work.

[@mathewrculbertson]

Great videos and Info.

[@alejandrosantos1879]

Great teacher

[@zednotzee7]

Those are very pretty things. Pricey, but very pretty.

[@david.leikam]

I love my Colichemarde dagger (and sword).

[@paulsmith8855]

Always like knowledge of the blades especially the daggers ,modern style or vintage it still one of the two greatest defense knives ,the other being the Bowie knife. 😊

[@SHAWN-rz6vu]

Imagine being hit anywhere in the midsection with a Cinquedea, guaranteed death, cinque, (Italian for 5) is incorporated into the width of the blade, 5 fingers wide. The blade is as wide as your hand when it's flat. Very scary peice of metal

[@dreamoftheendless4504]

This is a fun and educational video! It's great!

[@ethanstang9941]

This there a way to get the cold steel spike hawk, but with the tomahawk head only. I would rather make my own handle.

[@mickyashey9818]

If your blade happens to fall under the “short sword” category, does that make it more dangerous and therefore require you to register it with the government? Also, I’m not trying to be a negative Nancy, but on the newest Parrying Dagger, the ring seems to be rendered purely for looks by the Quillions sticking out more than the ring ??

[@butch3rpandarin]

Wow,I like knifes.

[@mitchellreese1120]

Oh I love that new one.

[@thefreshprinceofbelleairbeach]

Imaging taking one of these daggers and the boar spear out for a hunt. Holy shit that would be wild

[@281covfefe5]

Thnxs for uploading and sharing this Awesome knowledge !! 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@bullyt2170]

Excellent 👏👏👏👍

[@Toxica_Intoxicada]

Make a video on tantos! 💙 From traditional to American tantos

[@apachecry8015]

This is a eurocentric version for the history of knives & daggers.

[@Mr.Pennington]

"Is it a cupholder?" 😆

[@tryptamineodyssey]

What’s the difference between a dagger and a dirk?

[@thejasonbischoff]

Tryptamine Odyssey google it.

[@danhaywood5696]

Wouldn't mind having that Quillion Dagger along with the 32" Back Sword. I could actually wear them around here legally. I EDC a CS Spartan and big ring handled double edge Sickle blade by Scherade called the Shasta McNasty, along with a CS Double Agent I, and a Victorinox Sentinel single hand right clip, lightweight folding knife multitool. Wear all that and more everyday, and I do everything, including practicing out in the forest. Neat thing, is a large t shirt hanging down hides them all, yet I can draw any two of the three in under a second, and I got a badass custom cane goes with me everywhere already in hand anyway, so I'd just use it and the McNasty, or the little Double Agent I, together. Practice with Tomahawks too. I want to devise launching weighted kevlar bolos from my cane, and also a detacheable sling for exploding heads of those who run at 60 yards whatever. Im too old to run now. Ran through the forest in a raging storm the other day, and it was all I could do, so I need something for distance. I got some CS Magnum blow gun's, but they're for sniping close in. So a cane sling is the answer, if I find myself wandering the post apocalyptic wastes. I don't think the cane sling is legal. But if its apart, then it's okay. If I spent money on the Quillion Dagger and the Back Sword, I'd want to get trained, get into HEMA. I probably won't do it, because Im poor and not very social anymore. Well, I make good use of the blades I have. The Spartan is a great all around large folding knife. Really good at bushcraft because its so solid and controllable, well made. I can't justify the Expense of something so specialized as the dagger and sword unless I made it into a hobby and pursued learning, yet that would cost more in several ways. Yeah, my McNasty Sickle is highly specialized and limited in use, but it was inexpensive, and hangs easy.

[@7ajhubbell]

Thank you.

[@richardhenry1969]

Love you guys keep up with the awesomeness my grail knife is a Philippine sword maybe one day

[@journeyanddestination4959]

Cold steel, I depend on you for a lot of the possibilities for my families self defence plan because of where I live please don't change!

[@rosscurran5650]

11:05 pretty sure that's a squeaky fart 😂

[@fishsmell2570]

Thanks yo

[@lincs4life]

Thats not a small dagger, a small dagger is 5 to 7 inches, these are more like 10 or 12 inches

[@אנגלהלובמן]

Please visit our group of dress daggers collectors. Will be interesting! Приглашаю всех в нашу группу по кортикам. Заходите, будет интересно! facebook.com/groups/442521916969254

[@jlreger]

I have the same knife w/ the leather sheath. The leather has brutalized my knifes finish on the blade. Kydex is way better.

[@liamvanginkel]

You said wide and Skinny people make a choice be pc and say wide and thin or not pc and say fat and skinny (yes i have nothing better to do)

[@nachoooo7]

Cooooool

[@piersStreet]

Hello steel lovers

[@baphomet418]

Windlass products made in India

[@MrBikboi]

Wheres his neck

[@mikey52034]

Microphone! Microphone! Microphone!

[@requiscatinpace7392]

All daggers are knives but not all knives are daggers.

[@MrPWR1000]

Первый кинжал купил бы

[@ТоварищЧе-я7й]

Круто! А где кинжал из Кавказа?!👍

[@bushcraft_in_the_north]

I dont agree, we still need daggers. Alot of daggers...

[@deathinorder7919]

D I O

[@snorelaxplanet9569]

That new dagger is poorly designed good for cosplay maybe but I wouldn't trust my life with it

[@ifv2089]

Luke I'm sorry dude you guys are awsome But the content has crazy changed, love the stuff from last year but its almost like everything Woke turns to shit - Great Video man you're kit Rocks

[@SeanJohnson-qm4pu]

How many coins for your wears blacksmith, my party is heading east towards Jerusalem.

[@drenek1]

I'm NOT convinced by the historical aspect of these knives. Compare that to what Tod makes, for example and you will see that there is many important differences: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fV6rmZ6MlLFsnbM Now generally I do like Cold Steel products and the reasonable pricing. But these daggers seem to me quite far from historical reproductions.

[@tikkidaddy]

Well done!