The Weirdest Combination Weapons in History

Here's a fun look at particularly odd / rare combinations of swords, canes, axes, barrels, and other things. Including a sword that you unsheathe from a gunstock...
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[@Goldendriger]

"PUT THE GUN DOWN!" *Puts gun down, unsheathes sword* "Shit, he's got us there"

[@theblackbaron4119]

"Parry this you filthy casual" comes to mind :)

[@TheCryptYard]

No sword ls allowed

[@assfucker6997]

In post apocalyptic scenarios one of the main issues with using guns is that you have ammo, another main issue is going in quietly. If someone managed make a modern firearm function this way, it could be appealing to the people with Flintlock Cutlery paranoia, and appealing to people that are both gun nuts and sword enthusiasts like the creator of this video. Time to go watch the video of him going over Dungeons & Dragons weapons

[@leogazebo5290]

Soooo Basically Germany: weaponize everything India: dual purpose anything Burma: makes something

[@CanalRadioMax]

Anyone else tought about Joerg Srpave and the slingshot channel?

[@sargentpickles3777]

I dont like how accurate this is lol

[@ChadKakashi]

Burma: makes something... AMAZING!

[@StormDatIsApproaching]

@@CanalRadioMax Let me show you its features

[@Craig-j2e]

The West: wants to replace the population with bizzare disabled people who love to make themselves stranger, corrupt themselves and the world, and live in care homes.

[@acardboardbox3610]

Saber with revolver: when you gotta be gun-slinging in the west at 6 but robbing merchants on the Caribbean at 8

[@defaultset]

Battle axe with sword: When you gotta raid lindsifarne at 6 but you gotta duel that little fuck Mateo de Florencia at 8

[@kevingooley9628]

New from Disney! Cowboys of the Caribbean!

[@theone2-three438]

*gunsword*

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

When you got to be gun slinging in the west at 6 but charging with the light brigade at 8

[@pedrourbano501]

Anime: we have really strange weapons that don't seem plausible in real life Germany and India: We are four parallel universes ahead of you.

[@adriantepes4355]

As an Indian myself I confirm this

[@thicclegendfeep4050]

As a German myself, I can confirm this

[@zearcjustice7837]

as an anime myself i confirm this

[@NenMagem9106]

As an Indian anime guy who lives in Germany, I can confirm this.

[@bigdongroma539]

germany and india were more anime than japan ever hoped to be

[@gamecubekingdevon3]

next step: go back in the past, and bring 21 century animes into 1700's germany and india, then, just look some made in india/germany loli-mecha-fury throwing energy balls with their hands

[@rickc2102]

Germany and India were full of engineers, while Japan was full of artisans.

[@nyxira6964]

Where do you think they learned it from?

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

There were more Mongols in Japan than anime weapons.

[@WiiMan25]

Well...anime became a thing after WWII. And who was Japan allied with in WWII? Germany. They had to have gotten it from somewhere. Hell, from my understanding that's pretty much how Japan got most of its stuff. They take stuff from other cultures then modify it to suit their own needs.

[@robertmatzenauer1456]

smith: so do u want an axe? or a sword? or a dagger? or a pistol? or a hammer? 17th century dude: yes

[@corpsman1980]

He would say "Aye" ... easy mistake.

[@onoe6007]

@@corpsman1980 He'd say "Jawohl, werter Recke!".

[@theXEN0KID]

*unsheathes sword from gun* Assailant: _WHEREFOR THE FUCKETH?!_

[@mightygunnergaming5458]

*when you realize there is no law about carrying muskets or swords* why not both

[@KyleOber]

lmfao

[@EPWillard]

Would be a hot sword handle though

[@gotem2609]

What even is that dialect

[@IAmMuchAnger]

@@gotem2609 Fancyc englishius dialect

[@ColdNorth0628]

Nobody: Germany: DID SOMEBODY WANT A 5 BARREL BOOM HAMMER.

[@alexcavera6200]

Yes, yes I did.

[@RenTerra25]

“DID SOMEBODY SAY BOOM?!” -Sandy Cheeks

[@Miraihi]

*Excited Torgue noises*

[@ChadKakashi]

No response: Germany: yep, we're doing it.

[@Lastchancetwist]

that hammer gun was my favorite forsure. Super badass

[@Losgansosalvajes]

So, Germany was doing Bloodborne before Bloodborne.

[@xianmata8878]

Trick weapons lul.

[@sebastianb.3978]

Because we're fucking awesome!

[@gutstheberserker4378]

Thank god someone noticed!

[@lassim3111]

I was just saying those weapons suit bloodborne

[@davidpotts7116]

Sa Fr boom hammer meet pistol axe lol

[@leftistadvocate9718]

when you playing D&D and one of the players asks the DM 'can I have a custom weapon'

[@moritzk4795]

When the DM says: "this won't ever work", I watch this video with him and watching him go mad

[@DrDeathpwnsu]

I want a halberd with a man-catcher on it. It could attack with blunt, piercing or slashing damage or be used to grapple the enemy.

[@dthunt3r89]

@@DrDeathpwnsu You would have to give up the spike for the man-catcher or have the spike at the other end of the shaft

[@DrDeathpwnsu]

@@dthunt3r89 I would grant that's probably most reasonable and say good attention to detail. Unless it's you know magic or some kind of fantasy mechanism.

[@lucifaerislifeandstuff5181]

I am a gun hammer barbarian Look at the stuff I'm carrying

[@esper6119]

never before have i felt such an urge to type the phrase *unsheathes barrel*

[@emberkryska9265]

laughs in adam taurus

[@nodrugshere300]

While you studied the blade, I studied the gun blade.

[@someboiwhogivesadamn]

And he Carries a steel barrelled sword of vengeance

[@donlars1]

Pointing a loaded gun at your own face everytime you take a bite... That's exiting eating.

[@randomdudewithsomecommonse5281]

My kife is danger

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

4:38 "Monster Hunter is not based in reality" Remember that revolver hammer? Yeah.

[@lancehandy6648]

Or the gun lance. Or that switch axe. Anyone who wanted just an axe in that game got screwed big time

[@jasonleejames_official]

@@lancehandy6648 hypothetical conversation in game. Cautious Hunter - Can I have an Axe? Blacksmith - we got 2 kinds We got your Switch Axe and your Charge Blade, what path are you thinking Jagras, Anja, Tobi? Cautious Hunter - No Just an Axe Blacksmith- What do you mean just an axe? What? You don't like Explosions? Cautious Hunter - I just... Blacksmith - You just what? Can't handle the Magnificence, the Magnitude, the burning hot Magma of a Halberion Blade? THE SHOCKING THUNDER of Kadachi Kaina? The Freezing Mists of Gigafrost II? Well go on why can't you just use one of those? Cautious Hunter - bbbbccccause, because, oh forget it just give me a hammer...I'll be fine

[@draw2death421]

Or bloodborne. Remember boom hammer?

[@nickythenickname]

Makes me think of the Killing Floor Pulverizer. A sledgehammer that fires shotgun shells from the head when you hit things

[@kristyandesouza5980]

ARE YOU CALLING DAUNTLESS MONSTER HUNTER?

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Germany went full steampunk with the pistol hammer

[@andreasmuller4666]

Heck germany invented steampunk way before it was cool ... ultimate weapon hipsters.

[@Oregonxsaint]

More like full RWBY

[@MrAbsolutedance]

Germany sees steampunk, entire nation goes: "Ja! Das ist got!"

[@tomimakirinne]

Am I the only one thinking Pinomon when seeing the 5-barrell pistol hammer thing?

[@yamiyomizuki]

That thing is right out of bloodborne

[@SirDeathDark]

It's strange how we look at these and think "Why would you do that?", but then we look at a Spear-Axe-Hammer and say "Oh yes, a pollaxe -- how normal."

[@ESPorygon]

Sometimes, you just get it right. History tends to remember the few combinations that stuck and became commonplace better than the many that didn't.

[@cerebraldreams4738]

Pole axes actually started out as simple pole axes, with no spear tip or hammer included. Hammers were done the same way. The spear-axe-hammer combination took three of those weapons, and combined them in a way that didn't change any of the handling characteristics. If you wanted a spear, then wield your weapon the same exact way that you would wield a spear. If you wanted a pole axe, then wield your weapon the same exact way that you would wield a pole axe. If you wanted a war hammer, then wield your weapon the same exact way that you'd wield a war hammer. It was three weapons in one, true, but the magic is that none of the handling characteristics were changed.

[@JerZeyCJ]

I'm surprised the sword-hammer-pick from the video didn't catch on.

[@dangerjoe8911]

Just a reminder that an Axe-Sword-Spear is real and called a Gleve.

[@ssu7653]

@@cerebraldreams4738 Not sure the heavy head from an axe+hammer makes for a great spear, or that the light end of a spear makes for a great hammer/axe. Hammer+axe make sence as they are bouth top heavy

[@Jirachimaru1]

3:11 How did nobody yet mention the irony of stabbing someone with the pointy end just to have the victim pull the trigger on you...

[@victorqwilleran3331]

Fucking lol.

[@Spielername]

🤷🏻‍♂️...✊😂👍

[@silic8873]

0_0

[@018FLP]

exactly what i was thinking!

[@CannonGerbil]

That's a matchlock weapon, you only have one shot so if you are swinging it while it's still loaded something has gone terribly wrong.

[@LawrenceReamon]

Nobody: 1700 Germany: It’s a pair of glasses but is also a mace-pistol

[@azekia]

A pair of glasses but the legs are folding knives

[@ladytaz6137]

A pair of glasses but the nose pieces are LAW rockets.

[@sunwukong3108]

@@azekia That actually sounds really useful

[@user-vz5wu8ty3z]

@@azekia wHat

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

@@azekia just don't put them on too tight or you lose your ears 🤣🤣🤣

[@melonenstrauch1306]

The "Sword/Cane/Hammer/Musket Rest". We Germans used to combine weapons like we combine words!

[@RinKokonoe]

Mensch Friedrich, hast du deine Schwertgehstockhammermusketenstütze dabei?

[@mirtul1]

Good ol' Schwertgehstockhammermusketenstützgabel, one of the finest inventions ever made.

[@hammer_ttk]

What are even doing if you don't have your Schwertgehstockhammermusketenstützgabel with you at all times?

[@RaspK]

That one was very nice; that and the Burmese gunsword.

[@Lyulfr]

My favorite is still the Flammenwerfer, it's just fun to say!

[@cadunkus]

Guy: "So how much for a halberd, a sword, two hammers, and a musket?" Smith: "A lot." Guy: "...How much for just one weapon?"

[@Dualbladedscorpion7737]

A druken bard: "hup..hup like he said a lot..hicup" *plump* "zzzzzzzzz"

[@norgepalm7315]

@@Dualbladedscorpion7737 go roleplay elsewhere

[@inomad1313]

EvilUnicornLord Smith: A lot more. But for you, half price.

[@silvertheelf]

Me:”Well, that’s, interesting... I’ll just have a flintlock cutlery...”

[@tron-do7ii]

11:00 Soldier: "There's the riflemen, he's spent his shot! Rush him!" burmease riflemen: *"evil chuckle"*

[@monkeytime3169]

8:24 Eating your breakfast when all of a sudden *BOOM* your meal is all over the place and there is a steaming hole through your table

[@Valchrist1313]

Good dieting device, though. Imagine how little you'd eat if you had a fork and spoon with a loaded cartridge aimed at your face!

[@gotem2609]

The barrel faces the other way

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

Flintlock cutlery for when you have to kill your food again at the dinner table

[@stadnikds]

Considering the love for almost raw meat in western world it sounds legit

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

@@stadnikds when I go to a steakhouse I tell them here's what you do you bring the 🐄 to the table cut its head off wipe its ass and throw it on my plate and bring me enough rolls to soak up the blood

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

@@stadnikds hell here in merica if you ask for your steak well-done will tell you firmly yet politely to leave

[@greulich9635]

HANS! THE STEAK IS EATING THE SALAD!

[@dantebanducci235]

Wife: He likes his steak still mooing.” Butler: Of course ma’am. (Brings a live cow) Husband: “Everyone’s a comedian. Well jokes on you! (Shoots it with a spoon)

[@LiliaArmoury]

the gun hammer sounds like the weapon you wield when you want something to go boom as you strike it full force with your hammer how vary warhammer 40k

[@AuburnTigers111]

Reminds me of the Adeptus Custodes halberds.

[@mr420quickscops2]

I could totally get behind a Melta Hammer. That’d be fucking scary

[@SamLaw00]

Sounds like the rokkit hammers of the orks

[@estebangrafeuille9111]

@@AuburnTigers111 i genuinely think that the Watcher Axe form Trajann Valoris works that way

[@iamdanyboy1]

That's the Ghal Maraz right there.

[@bertegue5162]

Nobody: Burmese fighter: *misses several times with gun then grabs hot barrel to draw sword in self defense*

[@Anon26535]

He drew his sword When out of ammo Turns out it was Too hot to handle Burma Shave

[@Spoon80085]

*Eating dinner at germany* So I like the ki- Gets shot by shotgun hidden in spoon

[@vincentpost7003]

In germany we don’t really like shotguns in spoons, we put them in the forks.

[@johnnygreenface4195]

@@vincentpost7003 obviously

[@EvonixTheGreatest]

The spoons are landmines

[@Liezuli]

@@vincentpost7003 Well that's exactly why the spoon was used. If it were the fork he would've seen it coming and blocked it with his parrying dagger hidden within his napkin.

[@GhostHax0r]

At first I thought the flintlock mechanism was a mini shovel

[@leonardoyangzon9834]

Didn't know people played bloodborne and watched rwby centuries ago

[@SuperAmaton]

Same thought.

[@jinx3472]

Yeah they are bloodborne like sadly came here looking for a real threaded cane

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

@@jinx3472 sadly that doesn't exist :(

[@mr.q337]

LOL, Steam Punk RWBY. Now thats an anime I would watch =))))

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

"those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it" *We've completed the cycle.*

[@Rodrianius]

"Halt! Dies ist ein Mittagessen Überfall!" "Nein! Du wirst nicht nehmen meine Weißwurst, Schweinehund!" *cocks Flintlock cutlery*

[@mayroepstorff7239]

Meine nehmen*

[@ineedclosure4163]

the war hammer cross guards would actually be highly effective when half-swording

[@rayanderson5797]

^Y'know what, checks out.

[@pifilixxiv3192]

Ya know. That be freaking good during a fight, just flip it and go half sword and basically got a neato warhanner

[@robertharris6092]

You mean murder stroking/mordhau?

[@pifilixxiv3192]

@@robertharris6092 True, sorry. Got the terms confused

[@S3b4P]

Nothing like shooting your food in case it is still alive

[@EternalVirgin]

*in case it's not dead enough

[@marianmarkovic5881]

How did he died? He was just eating meat when his fork went off,... It must be quite bloody tought meat,...

[@Nelekmaar]

It's just another way of seasoning your food.

[@notatroll2773]

@@Nelekmaar nothing like black powder and lead in a steak

[@jeffreydahmer3995]

Sebastian Schweitzer I think ur supposed to skin it with the sword gun Lol

[@Manglet762]

ProZD: My sword has a gun on it. India and Germany: that's cute.

[@zaodedong9935]

Burma: *pulls sword from gun* "Are we a joke to you?"

[@zaodedong9935]

@Kingly Crustacean 😂

[@subrsubrr334]

I'M LYSANDEROTH'S BROTHER!

[@chargemankent]

Nobody: Literally Nobody: Me: Gun Key is definitely the upgraded version of Keyblades

[@code066funkinbird3]

Japan be like:

[@stalhandske9649]

"This is 16th Century Holy Roman Empire and welcome to the Slingshot channel."

[@leichtmeister]

Let me dhow you it's features!

[@jatisoem7472]

@@leichtmeister hahahaha

[@urbypilot2136]

"Choppy, stabby, shooty thing." Exactly what the Orks ordered!

[@arnco1461]

As a german I can confirm we like to combine stuff Germany for example

[@sambakich7494]

Germany is a combination weapon confirmed.

[@CrazyPangolinLady]

And many of their words.

[@sanguinoid8919]

This made me laugh real hard

[@op-bv7cs]

Poor Poland

[@jacob_vt]

Beer with coke *cough*

[@sarcastic_slob]

"You want a Gun, sword or axe?" "Yes"

[@Manglet762]

Monster Hunter Charge Blade has joined the chat

[@theblackbaron4119]

@@Manglet762 The charge blade is by far one of my favourite weapons. It is creative, smooth to use with hunting styles and even more so in world.

[@code066funkinbird3]

I miss rwby

[@MsFrostitute]

*You need 10 Strength, 5 Science, to wield this Weapon*

[@kaarpiv375]

And 8 Devotion, what the hell? The attack magic for Feats (save for Testament) are shit, and there isn't a limit on healing items. Devotion can fuck itself.

[@Pleasestoptalkingthanks]

I put too much into Faith, is there a respecc option for this game

[@theedgyweeb968]

*see my own stats ...fuck, need to grinding more for my lvl now

[@istvanpalanki5316]

my enemy mocked me for bringing an axe to a gun fight, so i shot him with my sword

[@lb9671]

you win, this comment is gold XD

[@PhoenixGC89]

"It's the Germans again." lol

[@mennograafmans1595]

Now you know how the Netherlands feel, especially during summer on the beach.

[@raemont1328]

We Germans love our over-design weapons.

[@_chew_]

"It's the Germans again." -France, 1940

[@HiopX]

It's all about efficiency

[@hammer_ttk]

No progress without "a few" mistakes

[@trashyalice1756]

Combine these 2 things Claymore and claymore mine

[@CThyran]

And call it the Clay-MORE

[@trashyalice1756]

@@CThyran indeed

[@darkpixel1128]

Yes. Just yes.

[@junichiroyamashita]

A claymore with"FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY"on the blade That activates mines when stuck in ground

[@darrianweathington1923]

Jumping Buddy the claymore has a claymore pommel

[@comingviking]

The Burmese "Sword blade in gun stock" actually struck me as practical. If you all of a sudden get more up close and personal with the enemy than you would like, and your gun is not loaded, you can have a sword in your hand out o thin air. Could be some tactical advantage there.

[@ChadKakashi]

I hope the barrel isn't hot when you "unsheath" it.

[@steirqwe7956]

It shoots single projectile per minute at best, it wouldn't heat up at all.

[@thearisen7301]

I suppose but a dedicated sword would be better I think.

[@lettuceman9439]

Russian cosmonauts has a shotgun with a machete stock soo

[@EHyde-ir9gb]

It's the kind of thing that would save your life in the revolutionary war, but was too expensive to make in the revolutionary war if you weren't wearing red

[@neotickatelreydelasarenas6491]

1:09 Are you fed up of the keyblade? Do you want something innovative? Keygun in your nearest store

[@Kaboomf]

That’s not rifling on the katar. If you could examine it up close, you’d find the «rifling» only extends a few mm into the barrel. This was very common on pocket pistols and on various combination gun/blade weapons. What looks like rifling is actually the equivalent of a modern torx screw head: the gun would have originally sold with a special wrench or key that fits the false rifling for unscrewing the barrel from the receiver. These are not loaded through the muzzle, instead you unscrew the barrels and load them from the chamber end before screwing them back onto the receiver. Makes sense when there’s a sharp blade right next to where you’d otherwise have to place your hand if using a ramrod. This system also has a ballistical advantage in these short barrels. It allows you to use a bullet slightly larger than the bore diameter; these barrels are bored a bit wider at the chamber end specifically for this purpose. The oversized bullet gets squeezed down to fit the bore by the force of the gunpowder exploding, briefly acting as a bore obstruction so chamber pressure increases dramatically. This makes for higher velocity than would otherwise be possible with black powder in such short barrels, which is why this was often done with pocket pistols.

[@CZProtton]

The more you know... Would never have thought of that.

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

Makes sense.

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

The musket rest sword thing makes complete sense if you look at it as primarily a musket rest. You stab it into the ground, so you can rest your musket on it. But suddenly, the enemy enters the melee way faster than expected. You need a weapon right now. Well, you can pull your musket rest out of the ground and fight with it. It's not ideal, but it will do in a hurry.

[@weldonwin]

I initially thought maybe this was for a gentleman out hunting. He could use it to rest his hunting rifle on and use the sword or hammer to finish off wounded game

[@cerebraldreams4738]

Especially if you also have a bayonet, given that musketmen didn't typically have shields on hand.

[@valentinmitterbauer4196]

So the thing was this: We are not talking about this elegant, thin muskets from the 1700s, we're talking about the half- arquebuse/ half- musket- in- devlopment- things of Thirty Years' War in the early 1600s. The musket rest wasn't really optional at this time, but necessary to have a somehow aimable weapon at all. It also wasn't a "gentleman's hunting weapon" at that time too, since it was unreliable and completely useless not even in rainy, but also foggy weather. Also it was much louder than modern guns and stank like a firework rocket, rendering it even more unfitting for hunting. In my opinion, this combi- weapon was a great way to loose weight, since rest and side- arm are one now. In my personal opinion i would just go with the rest- warhammer, since swords, if they aren't as long as a man, trend to loose against armoured soldiers of that time and if you really needed something pointy, you still have the bajonett on your boomstick.

[@matthewmuir8884]

I once read that the Russians in the 17th Century solved the problem of enemies entering melee range too quickly by using their bardiches (two-handed axes) as musket rests.

[@Omegaroth666]

"Choppy, stabby, shooty thing." One of the best lines of dialogue ever spoken.

[@samiamrg7]

*puts multi-barrel wheel-lock gun in end of warhammer* German weapon smith: “What could possibly go wrong?” Everything, everything could go wrong.

[@XS69]

But in an awesome way :)

[@xaga8794]

I like the BOOMhammer

[@rhett5058]

German engineering is a double edged warhammer cane sword gun wine opener

[@akumaking1]

Sounds like a typical day at the college of Nuln

[@pedrourbano501]

Germany and India: I'll fucking do it anyway.

[@Harshhaze]

"Choppy-stabby-shooty thing" *Laughs in American*

[@shinobutakumi6924]

*Raughs in Asian* You haven't seen shit yet

[@theblackbaron4119]

@@shinobutakumi6924 I wouldn't provoke a retaliation from America, you know how it ended last time for Japan ;)

[@shinobutakumi6924]

@@theblackbaron4119 Yeah I know what happened. My grandfather saw the huge explosion and the mushroom cloud that followed they were living miles away from Nagasaki and he was 9 years old then

[@wackpendejo3000]

@@theblackbaron4119 you know that asia also means vietnam right? :))

[@gunnar6674]

Ah, the old Buffyspeak.

[@dominiklehn2866]

"i eat" "roll evasion" "oh shit,forgot about the gun in my fork"

[@geophrie8272]

When engineers get bored and drunk

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

Duh. These were Germans. Germans are drunk by default.

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

So what you mean is... Engineers?

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

We are we are we are, we are the engineers HEY! we can we can we can we can demolish 40 beers HEY! So come along with us Cause we don't give a damn about any old man who don't give a damn about us HEY!

[@gotem2609]

Russian claymore vs. US claymores.

[@chronicnightmare.]

@@gotem2609 Ah, Yes. The Clay war

[@deathbringr0005]

I can hear Bloodborne fanboys squealing miles away from here.

[@PhantomAlucard]

Me. That was me squealing.

[@terotimonen8465]

BOOM HAMMER time!

[@TeamKhandiKhane]

There is no part of this video I don't absolutely love. *Levels Bloodtinge*

[@Enderborn272]

i think that's only half of what you hear, the RWBY fandom is rather loud as well.

[@deathbringr0005]

@@TeamKhandiKhane Are you for real? Why not level Arcane for the Holy Moonlight Sword? Filthy casul.

[@Fede_uyz]

Soldier: Dont bring a knife to a gunfight Me, an Intellectual: what if your gun is a sword? Soldier: oh like a bayonet? Me: no, like the barrel is the handle for the sword, and the blade is hidden in the stock. Soldier: you win

[@gibbous_silver]

Rifle-halberd

[@jasonmccord1287]

What about a gun-bayonet but on a rifle

[@mabarbe9545]

Hello, for the german axe-gun mystery, it's maybe a piece made by an apprentice at the end of his studies. It's a tradition for artmakers (blacksmiths, jewellers, painters,scupters, ...) to do a piece like this, which is not fit for a fight or battlefield but who shows all the abilities of the new master. They're also called "masterpiece"... This axe-gun shows than the maker was master in blacksmithing for the axe and axe handle AND all the fine work of the gunmaker. But all of this is only my thought about and maybe I'm full wrong.

[@andryuu_2000]

It's all about the flex

[@revantheno-lifedemon885]

Don't you lie, it was obviously made for a ceremonial purpose

[@Ceral333]

@@revantheno-lifedemon885 the good old german shoot-stab-hammer ceremony, my favourite time of the year really

[@thewordywarlock7159]

Dude, 5:59 is just the logical conclusion of the murderstroke you love so much.

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

@Rikhard von Katzen well of course, don't you bring your helmet smasher with you as you walk the town?

[@ChadKakashi]

Was thinking about the same thing. Also that design looks awesome.

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

I want that thing.

[@frogman4700]

The best combination is the sword and pommel, pommel being the primary weapon and used for throwing, while the sword (rarely being used as the pommel was so effective) was the secondary in case of emergency.

[@liammorris9372]

Nick Mavrodiev Of course, why else do you think that when swords are sheathed, the pommel is closer to your hand than the hilt of the sword? It is obviously the primary weapon and, as has been stated many times, swords were almost always considered a back up weapon.

[@juanpablogonzalez8528]

Swords where just a backup for when you run out of pommels

[@mukaonline3]

Sword +musket that shoot pommel

[@mikeoxlong1395]

No wonder there's a lot of hybrid weapons. People saw the power of sword+pommel combo so they were forced to try and come up with a better weapon. That's how we eventually reached firearms. Alas, you can't further improve perfection.

[@Certio0]

But what if the pommel is actually a grenade?

[@thelonecabbage7834]

"What if this could be this, but more?" - Germany

[@Darkfreed0m]

8:40 In case your food is so raw, it could run away.

[@EskChan19]

Gordon Ramsay would love these.

[@MaxisGameplays]

Duude.. missed opportunity to combiname them all. I did it for some of them, like the Swaxe, Flaxe, Shotgaxe, Matchaxe, Flashgun, Swane, Muskswane, Pocket knistol, Flintlery, Guntarrh, Rifletarrh, Guburma and of course the Swird.

[@thecreator625]

I think that's because he's not German.

[@codenamemod2042]

Flintlery is now my new favorite word!

[@HaydenX]

"The swird swird swird, the swird is the word, I say the swird swird swird..."

[@scottbruckner4653]

Imagine if some guy made a swiss army knife that was fixed to the underside of a six shot revolver

[@humblesoldier5474]

You forgot the all steel war hammer with armor penetrating rear spike with impact triggered penta barreled wheel flint lock hand cannon.

[@alphaxtitania5597]

That last gun sword is freaking awesome. My new life goal is to own that thing.

[@sickturret9350]

Thought the same

[@soyhugo390]

I will make that thing (But like in 10 years)

[@NecoLumi]

RWBY Fans: "I'm a man of history myself"

[@JukkaETC]

It's also a gun.

[@colleennewholy9026]

And they think RWBY is mad with combination weapons...

[@slimetank394]

@weiss schnee have you ever heard of the term "joke"?

[@connieannemcentee1892]

Right? I kept thinking of Professor Port and his blunderbuss double-headed axe.

[@rickydodson1539]

One thing I can appreciate about most of these, they look badass.

[@Riceball01]

I wonder if a lot of these odd combination weapons were made more as novelties or to show off the skills of the smith more than as a real weapon. In the case of those katars, I wonder if they weren't made to appeal British military personnel, colony administrators, etc., something for to sell to sill Brits for them to take back home with them and show all of their friends and family the kind of odd things that they have over in India.

[@paweplaczek2191]

It sort of makes sense at very short range. You still have enough rotation to side shift and aim along lenght of your forearm, and blade.

[@robbert-janmerk6783]

The five-barral wheellock warhammer certainly must have been a mantlepiece / demonstration of skill. Technically very impressive but utterly useless as a real weapon.

[@darrianweathington1923]

Next video. A bazooka that shoots guns that shoots bullets... borderlands

[@OpiumusPrime]

Or Enter the Gungeon

[@12isaac00]

A shotgun that shoots a sword that explodes on contact and releases a lot of tiny swords everywhere

[@theblackbaron4119]

@@12isaac00 *SWORDSPLOTION* Because Mr. Tourge said so!

[@44WarmocK77]

@@theblackbaron4119 I think I'll rather stick with the Carnage (especially with the UCP installed)

[@julianwendel2807]

Well did you hear of the german Panzerwerfer

[@simtexa]

The German gun-axe at 4:18 looks awesome, that would make a great weapon for some kind of gothic steampunk universe.

[@jamarbaileyiii2102]

Skallagrim, how did you get early access to the Bloodborne 2 weapon designs?

[@gameinsane4718]

Nah man, these are for the background characters in RWBY

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

So basically Germany and India could have ruled the world if they joined forces. Also, there was some sort of old Western gang that had combination revolver/dagger/brass knuckles weapons.

[@davispeterson1876]

I know the weapon you're talking about, it's actually French, though it was apparently popular with street gangs in Paris

[@SantaMuerte1813]

The HRE could probably have conquered the world on its own, if it hadn't been bugged down by its member states constant infighting

[@ObservingLibertarian]

Is it over engineered? Probably German. Is it of questionable utility? Probably German. Does it combine a multitude of functions but do so in an overly complex way? Probably German. Does it involve delicate mechanisms attached to tools which are ordinarily robust by necessity? Probably German.

[@sylnar741]

Well we still havnt Been able to shoot what would be self sustaining taserrods.... If i Get around to it i will try to mounts it to a dagger if you like

[@ObservingLibertarian]

@@sylnar741 Yeah well, after we create room temperature super conductive materials I have no doubt a German fellow will get around to making conductive rods with micro-generators in the base which will shoot out of a knife by means of electric current rails similar to a railgun. So I give it 10-15 years for a dagger which shoots self sustaining taser rods to exist.

[@A-G-F-]

Has all of the above? Definetly German

[@LJ-ej3fv]

Questionable utility? Pff, you lack imagination.

[@basteala525]

@Rikhard von Katzen In all fairness, Gothic armor is considered to be a great example of armor for its time, and by the Renaissance, kings and upper nobles probably had the money to shell out more comfortably for such a thing. On the other hand, larger hinge plates were probably way better against impacts.

[@Huy-G-Le]

a Child at the dinner table be like: “Oh a forks!? I wonder what this lever do???”

[@chopinbloc]

I really want a choppy stabby shooty thing now. Because reasons.

[@officialluckyturn]

Your username makes this comment even better :D

[@giuliodurante2572]

Is this bloodborne weapon review?

[@williambernkastelalucard7318]

Giulio Durante i was just abou to say the same

[@SuperAmaton]

I thought it was a RWBY-Weapon-Review.

[@lukatosic09]

@@SuperAmaton bb has superior weapons. Change my mind

[@SuperAmaton]

@@lukatosic09 Sure... but they aren't combo weapons.

[@AL-lz6px]

@@lukatosic09 I like to imagine that BB's weapons are what Rwby's medieval weapons looked like.

[@Photoloss]

Are you sure the "musket rest cane" was not their equivalent of sports equipment? Seems _a little_ more practical for a hunting trip, with the hammer/spike to be used on animal bones rather than some rogue knights searching the back alley for your honor.

[@CrystallizedBlackSkull]

"Warhammer cane sword" Assassins Creed: Syndicate

[@darrianweathington1923]

I can imagine eating with the silverware gun... man this steamed broccoli is really evasi~ BANG!

[@erikm12]

I think many of those combo firearms were made by those gunsmiths just to prove that they could and to show off their craftsmanship, much like the Kolibri pistol or miniaturized versions of normal sized firearms. It shows that you have the ability scale something way down without sacrificing quality, or to cram a functional gun into something that was never intended to house one in the first place while still technically being useful as a fork and knife or warhammer or what have you.

[@ShapelessElephant]

I work for an antique armory dealer and a sword/dagger concealed in an axe/cleaver is pretty common in 18-19 century India. It's called "Gupti" and I think it's Sanskrit word for "secret". India definitely has some of the most bizarre weapon designs.

[@robonerd125]

With modern tech, you could probably make that gun hammer work wonders... we need more insane craftsmen, making random shit just for the hell of it.

[@allangrant651]

If I had any of the necessary equipment I would accept that challenge.

[@TSotP]

And impact shotgun was my first though when I saw it. And i love that Burmese Gunsword.

[@Brownducky]

Colin furze is a crazy KZbin inventor he’s probably up for a challenge

[@masonlaw7628]

Why did you say we need a more insane craftsman? We definitely have quite a few of those 😂

[@emberhydra]

9:38 I think we found the inspiration for the plasma melee weapon (AKA: Energy sword) that one shots anyone

[@nomblob5592]

Ember Hydra A steampunk prototype

[@Sikraj]

Some of these weapons could pass for weapons in bloodborne

[@gameinsane4718]

Or RWBY. Just sayin’

[@EHyde-ir9gb]

I think one or two of them ARE weapons in bloodborne. Like the boom hammer or the reiterpallsch

[@SwitchbackCh]

RWBY: *furiously taking notes*

[@mnk9073]

That burmese sword-gun (gun-sword?) is the coolest thing ever. Imagine the look on a swordsmens face when he's charging the musketeers, weathering the volley with heavy causualties and going happily at the now thought-to-be defenseless gunners only for them to unsheath those badboys and charge him right back...

[@Sinsyke117]

Wouldn't the barrel be too hot to grab after firing though?

[@DaddyMouse]

@@Sinsyke117 That's exactly what I thought!

[@backonlazer791]

It wouldn't be hot after one shot. The barrel heating up is only a problem with more modern firearms with faster fire rates.

[@humblesoldier5474]

I'd go from I got you now! To dude where did you get that awesome weapon.

[@charlesbrooks94]

France 1871: The Germans are invading! France 1914: The Germans are invading again! France 1940: It’s... the Germans -sigh- again...

[@unholystryke1865]

no wonder they lose so much

[@charlesbrooks94]

unholystryke 😂😆🤣 true

[@rogerjolly1358]

@@charlesbrooks94 but the US only wins with them! They try Iraq the last time without them and are not finished til today :D

[@brennenderopa]

To be fair: Napoleon

[@chronosschiron]

@@brennenderopa didnt french people be the first also to goon the crusades? so after all that and napoleon Germany had it

[@virgilmcmath6363]

the gun hammer sounds like you would strike them with the hammer and that would trip the gun mechanism that would fire all five barrels right into what ever you struck

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

"You only need to hit them once."

[@rakushun121]

And what would be the point of shooting something that has already been struck by the huge axe head or spike? Don't get me wrong I'm all in for blowing in a hole in somebody's gut, head, chest but I doubt anybody getting up from a blow from that bloody thing.

[@ottovonbismarck7646]

I think I'm now going to invite the entirety of France for supper.

[@MadeByYamatsu]

"Good for the Red Wedding" best game of thrones refrence ever

[@MrAlexH1991]

When you finally see where the design for Divine Axe Rhitta (Escanor’s sacred treasure weapon, from the Seven Deadly Sins anime) got its inspiration from. 1:37

[@anonymous_protagonist]

"snort some protein powder and have a steroid enema" is my new morning routine! :D

[@ravioli_826]

I think it’s obvious that the concept of fantasy wall hangers is older than people give credit

[@Seelenschmiede]

I think that too

[@OnlyKaerius]

I'm sure some of these saw use... like the swordcanehammer, probably some noble's personal defensive weapon. Wouldn't be surprised if the katarguns saw use either... India has had some weird weapons even in professional armies, like gauntlet swords(Pata) and whip swords(Urumi), and the English liked their Howdah guns.... and the English royal navy at one point had Duck's foot guns...

[@pgp555]

the sword hammer actually looks pretty cool and useful for half-swording

[@mindyauron9137]

I now know where Monty Oum got the idea of “Its also a gun” for the show RWBY

[@alaskarii007]

? elaborate please?

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

It's "It's also a gun". He mistyped and hit F into of G.

[@mindyauron9137]

AntiSkillshot she and no my stupid autocorrect does this shit all the god damn time

[@ESPorygon]

Huge nerds have been attempting to integrate gun mechanisms into other weapons for... probably about as long as guns have existed. Some things never change.

[@kameshimayama2195]

honestly 5500 for that sword gun right before the final pata is kind of a steal considering its age and rarity

[@nudge7006]

Pineapple on pizza is the strangest weapon combination

[@officialluckyturn]

Talking about weapons of mass destruction ...

[@ChadKakashi]

That's what I thought when I saw pizza with spaghetti on it.

[@insertvegetablepunhere2124]

What TF Did You Just Say

[@williameblen3474]

Heratic

[@schrodingerskatze6192]

Good thing I'm a german weapon master. Love me some Pizza Hawaii 🍕

[@CrimsonCQB]

Anybody else immediately think of the "trick weapons" from Bloodborne??

[@samiamrg7]

The gun-hammer is very RWBY to me. The gun-axe-dagger is very Bloodborne. So is the gun-saber.

[@Manglet762]

With all the multipurpose weapon's shown in the video, I imagined a scene where Gherman and Gascoigne are having dinner together, then a beast charges into the room and then one of them shoots it with something like a shotgun hidden in a spoon, then just go back to eating.

[@silverhand9965]

imagine sticking an axe and a hammer on a spear lol Wait hold on.....

[@Corvus__]

History beat ya to that pal.

[@Corvus__]

How's about a tonfa kama combo weapon. I'd call it the mantis sickle, or mantis blade. Maybe put a single edged blade on the short end? Badass.

[@Skycube100]

LMAO

[@Corvus__]

@@Skycube100 That's "LMFAO".

[@christophersavignon4191]

@@Corvus__ Don't go assuming things. You don't know if his A is F.

[@JerkingtheGerk]

I know it's been mentioned but, it's interesting to see where the Bloodborne design team drew their inspiration for the trick weapons. That German hammer with the five barrels looks incredibly similar to the hammer trick weapon that was added in the dlc even if they have different abilities.

[@Gilgwathir]

There's one of these axe gun thingies like at 5:00 on display in the Tower of London. I have recently been there and as I spotted that thing, I though "oh, Skall might have fun taring that abpart"

[@THEMARCKNIGHT]

I saw it as well in august, the tower was pretty cool, i really liked the ravens ^^

[@Kolajer]

12:05 the sheer WTF of it would have stopped me dead in my tracks.

[@mr.q337]

You would've think twice before charging in who ever it is LMAO

[@andrewappleton-clark3987]

12:50 Pidgeot used....ass-stab?

[@AlEx-uj8rj]

It was super effective.What! Enemy's pokemon got pregnant

[@shortfuse875]

Critical Hit!

[@3gunslingers]

6:33 That sword-cane-hammer actually makes a lot of sense I think. If the enemy is still closing in after you fired your musket, you either want a sword to defeat unarmored opponents, or want to crack open a knight.

[@TzianSjet]

Hunterweapon, hunterweapon, hunterweapon, ... and hunterweapon

[@theoshodi]

And dont forget a Hoonterweapon

[@BornStellar-yp5st]

You poke fun at Murica for having a pistol mounted to a flashlight but forget Europe had a gun and a hammer mounted to a saber. Edit: Don't get me started on the pistol attached to eating utensils.

[@robertharris6092]

While the gun hammer sword is already a self defense weapon. Just like that derringer with a knife. A flashlight is a flashlight. Though the eating utensils... yeah...

[@Shotokan1001]

@@robertharris6092 flashlight mounts on guns are extremely popular for home defense in the modern time, so it was not at all a crazy idea

[@pills-]

@@Shotokan1001 It is if you're defending with .22 rimfire...

[@gibbous_silver]

Double-barrel spoon

[@bostonrailfan2427]

he missed a lot of others like the gun/sword/cane, handguns with huge club ends, pen pistols, umbrella pistols etc.

[@juice6199]

that gun blade at 10:56 is exceptionally well designed , I agree with Skall completely and I assume the only reason we haven't seen something similar in books or movies is because it isn't known about by alot of people.

[@luckyshot2574]

14:19 Maybe the barrels are meant to speed up the weapon when you use the spike on the hammer. Like the "Super Sledge" from Fallout 4, or the hammer from Reinhardt from Overwatch.

[@richard6133]

In general, the more jobs a tool can do, the less well it will do each job. On the other hand, there is something to be said for the ingenuity of the human mind. It all comes down to whether or not the total operational advantage is greater than the sum of individual performance of each function. That's why things like the bayonet and the Swiss Army knife were so successful, and the things featured in this video weren't. That being said, my original Leatherman PST has been the single most useful tool I have ever owned. I have carried it nearly every day for 16 years, and it is still going strong. Though there are more advanced versions available today, I have absolutely no plans to upgrade or replace it.