The Winners from the We@pon Design Contest!

[@Skallagrim]

Here are the honorable mentions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3OXk4CrhbFnjLs

[@AdlerMow]

Why don't you use a small mace head as a pommel in the Cooper Khopesh? I'm sure you can make it work!

[@Alsadius]

Can you add a link to the original contest rules, into the video decription? I'd love to see it too.

[@MichaelThomas-ec4dq]

That is a frigg'n Sword Spear I been talking about that for about 6 months now

[@HeyItsFreeman427]

I was so busy with art schoolwork I had no idea you held this contest. Really disappointing I couldn’t be a part of it, but I honestly loved the variety of ideas people came up with. I hope someday we can see something like this again!

[@vittalgunja9830]

looking at the wyvern claw...... I can't help but remember the jian techniques I saw swordsage showcase on your channel, especially that wrist movement during a thrust . edit: found his name

[@piercemcstabey8389]

you should make a page showing the entries just would be cool to see the ideas from the internet

[@junichiroyamashita]

True,it would be a nice inventory

[@kovi567]

Yeah. Maybe make another poll that checks your e-mail for a consent form, and put it online somewhere, maybe as a rar/zip if too big.

[@lamxung5000]

anglo-saxon long sword 10/10 would buy

[@MaaZeus]

Agreed. The Saxon and Nordic aesthetics really speak to me. I like Longswords in general but if this design would have existed in real life I would have liked it more than any other longsword out there.

[@lamxung5000]

@@MaaZeus I just always loved their blade shapes really them boys thiccccc

[@MaaZeus]

@@lamxung5000 Yup. Thats why I also love Albion Principe that Skall reviewed. That wide blade looks nuts in a good way.

[@reptiloidmitglied2930]

Had the idea of making a two-handed viking sword that would've based on the sword of the norse fire giant Surtur. Unfortunately I came up with the idea too late and I'm really bad at designing something. So I'm very pleased with the anglo-saxon longsword.

[@jameswhite153]

yeah,same

[@Neiot]

To all the five hundred and more who participated in the contest, thank you! For the last couple of months, it's been a pleasure seeing all of your unique and interesting designs. There were so many entries that we all liked. :) A massive thanks to Skall in particular for letting me host this contest on his channel. And an equally massive thanks to Blargedy, Vaughn, and Quinn, who not only contributed prizes, but helped prepare and sort entries. Congratulations to the winners! All of you are super awesome. ♥

[@Skeezik1998]

Hey, would it be possible to make this a yearly thing? I think it would be so much fun just to see all the designs people come up with. Of course it'd be even more fun if I won, but that's beside the point. Doing this contest and designing something was so much fun.

[@panzerpriest9220]

Thank you for coming up with this idea. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finalize my design in time to submit, but it was great to finally but my design classes to use!

[@Neiot]

@@Skeezik1998 Hosting challenges like these would be a ton of fun. But there will not be as many prizes the next time. This is Skall's channel, so if he's up for another round, it would be his decision. :)

[@Eyeofdimensions]

Thank you and other guys for making this contest possible, i was waiting for contest sooooo long :D about two years :D ... i hope my entry went through and I wish to be at least in honorable mentions :)

[@V_Muray]

You did quite a work. Thank you very much!

[@True_Bits]

Skall: We sorted out troll entries. Also Skall: B A N A N A F A L X.

[@bradeki2997]

Guy just wants participation trophies for his weaponized Nike symbols

[@why9078]

Coughs* C H A D B A N A N A F A L X

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

I think skall could tell that the guy was hiding behind satire to avoid feeling vulnerable if he didn't make it because the design itself was nice

[@bradeki2997]

@@vitriolicAmaranth absolutely. That's a technique I've employed many times in the past. It usually doesn't work, but still.

[@Likexner]

@@bradeki2997 Its a very feminine thing to do.

[@Iustusian]

I'm honoured to lose to these designs. Mine was kinda trash, compared to them. Good job everyone and congratulations to the winners!

[@wamken619]

For me it stings a bit, especially when I was constantly asking my friends for their input and they genuinely thought my design was good. But MAN those winners were all really good, I felt like I over-built mine. If there is another contest in the future, I'm definitely going to refine my original idea. Congratulations winners!

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

Losing with dignity. Refreshing to read

[@Barberserk]

@@wamken619 I wish this contest was made regular, perhaps annual.

[@GoulouMalouku]

@@wamken619 you made me curious about yours, is there a way I can see it somewhere? Thx

[@alexfilatov1226]

wamken619 witch one was yours, is it in honorable mentions

[@Ghostking5904]

The Cooper Khopesh is such a good design in surprised it wasn't used in history. It seems like a really practical weapon for line infantry

[@williamnixon3994]

It probably wasn't used for line infantry because of it being extremely complex to make compared to making a spearblade, which is basically a large dagger blade stuck onto the end of a wooden stick

[@BlueRoseShilloh]

I would love to have one cause i’m such a huge Sly Cooper fan

[@dowdpride1]

I imagine primarily because it would require training and a specific fighting style to use effectively, and lends itself more to individual combat, wheras a spear is basically "pointy end go in bad guy" and its super easy to use as a group

[@nerfer200]

The Mancatcher comes to mind when I look at the Cooper Khopesh, though I can also see why it would actually be more of either a tortures tool or an executioner type weapon

[@project4061]

When you breakdown the blade shape, an remember what most pole arms were designed as, the main blade would have been extremely difficult to shape the blade. The actual kopesh was thick to help with the shaping, and the Cooper design had a much thinner profile, which could break off while forging.

[@savitbharadwaj4023]

The great rapier is definitely a job for the guys over at That Works!

[@bartonbrevis3831]

Yup, definitely a job for Matt & Ilya.

[@samfish2550]

I like to think that if it had won that Skal would rent a moped to test it's use while mounted.

[@pignebula123]

Oh man that sounds exactly like a project they would do.

[@victorlarignon2814]

I was thinking to the second one, the anglo saxon longsword, but they both are really interesting !

[@JohnSmith-ty2he]

The great rapier was easiest the best design imho.

[@Howler452]

That anglo-saxon longsword gave me hot flashes. I fell in love with it.

[@Y0G0FU]

Can Quinn make a Video Series about how he makes this Copper Khopesh? It would be pretty dope to watch this cool looking design take Shape. :D Congratulations to the Winners! All of these designs looked pretty awesome.

[@Garrett-Y]

I Second this idea!

[@taphorphicexonyct]

Garrett-Y me too

[@rossnorris2351]

@@Garrett-Y beautiful design man. Do you mind if I use that for a D&D weapon?

[@Garrett-Y]

@@rossnorris2351 go ahead. Idk if it would be a halbird or a glave. I'm thinking glave

[@rossnorris2351]

@@Garrett-Y your design looks more... halberdey? (Random word there) So that's how I was going to handle it.

[@Sorcerer115]

The script used for the "Wyvern's Claw" blade looks like the Glagolitic script, the oldest known Slavic alphabet! It was famously used in The Witcher series. This specifically looks like the angular variant that was used in Croatia in the Early Medieval Period.

[@minu2910]

Dwarvern*

[@Eisenwulf666]

Was thinking the same thing!

[@ct7567CaptRex]

I just had a shadiversity ad on skalls channel. Didnt expect that

[@metaldumbass]

I got it aswell

[@Zanemob]

Same

[@bigsepticc9948]

MATTEO FEUTH same

[@slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153]

Same

[@RatKingDelta]

Same, I thought it was part of the video for a sec hehe

I didn't win, but I'm not even mad about it. Those are some really good designs. Congratulations to the winners

[@michaelt.5672]

Same here. Sad to see my design didn't make it, but I can't really fault Skalls descision.

[@artur_art_92]

Thank you Skal, I'm glad you like my Anglo-Saxon sword! I'm honored to be mentioned among so many great looking designs, well done everyone! Also, thank you to everybody who helped to organize the contest!

[@bladewhite7402]

"Thrust oriented polearm" isnt that just a spear

[@LiveErrors]

that very much sounds like a longspear

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

Yeah, that's just a spear.

[@comradesoupbeans4437]

hey now, there are many thrust oriented polearms that aren't *just* spears, for instance spears with wingy bits

[@scottmacgregor3444]

Swiss halberds are apparently thrust oriented polearms. Thrust oriented polearms with additional options.

[@helgenlane]

@@scottmacgregor3444 can they also open bottle caps and canned food?

[@ngu0061]

usually i've seen videos where a contest is concerned, the winner would be announced at the end. skall: *uno reverse card*

[@Likexner]

Its a welcome change as far as i am concerned.

[@Randerggan]

The winner not being called "The Koopersh" is just baffling

[@adamcappella8088]

I'm so disappointed in myself for missing this.

[@matthewmuir8884]

Same. I had an idea I wanted to submit, but I couldn't find a way to make it work, so I didn't submit it. The idea was a sharpened gauntlet; basically, it would be a fully functioning gauntlet that could also function as a short-range bladed weapon. That way, the wearer can never be disarmed.

[@adamcappella8088]

@@matthewmuir8884 that's a coo idea. Mine was just a sword of my own design. Nothing crazy, but it's all measured out and everything before this contest started. I just wanted to do a final draft. But all sorts of personal shit started happening and I put it in the back burner thinking I had plenty of time. Things slowed down towards the end of the month but I forgot about this cause of everything that was going on. I realized I forgot about it the 2nd of this month.

[@slimetank394]

same. i have an idea for a 3 blade twisted great sword. it's a redesign for a drill-thingy sword from FGO so it focus only on thrusting. but i totally miss these design contests

[@Leubast]

@@adamcappella8088 I was in the exact same situation. I hope we get another contest. They're fun things for the community.

[@Ake-TL]

I’ve randomly come up with idea during video introductions but couldn’t when it was announced 😩

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

I whole heartedly agree with posting the entries pictures online! I wanna see them all! (Including the plagiarism and copies)

[@woo0018]

Dude you should see if Matt and Illia at that works would like to make the Anglo Saxon longsword

[@tollutollu]

yah if you want it to be 7 feet long and 15lbs, they're michaelcthulhu with more funding :0 always looks damn pretty tho

[@Garrett-Y]

Honestly if anyone could pull a beautiful design like that off it would be them

[@dearcastiel4667]

For once in the french language, you do have to pronounce the "s", at the end of "fleur de lys".

[@bishop2286]

Screw language in general

[@sogghartha]

Can France make up its mind about whether last letters of words are pronounced or not.. this is confusing 😆

[@dearcastiel4667]

@@sogghartha To be honnest tho, the correct prononciation in english is without the "s", but since in french it is pronouced I am pretty sure it's just a mistake from the people who brought the word into the english language thinking the "s" at the end was silent like in any other french words not knowing it's an "exception". As to why it is pronounced, it's because it's a latin word and in latin you pronounce the terminal "s". Simplicity was never an option in french.

[@ThunderLord1]

@@sogghartha We just like trolling you too much. Keep guessing.

[@petitpanierdosier3206]

@@sogghartha though and tough LOL get your pronunciation right

[@thatguy-yn8ji]

the last thing that needs to be done is getting all of the competition contestants to fight to the death in and arena armed with the weapons they conceptualized so we can see which of these is truly the superior weapon design.

[@Duxxmachina]

I bet on CHAD BANANA FALX!!!

[@JarrettAlley]

That 2nd place winner is just...gorgeous. Would love to see this made. Btw, artist's name is in the lower right corner. Artur Zima

[@Garrett-Y]

OMG! Thank you so much skal! Honestly never thought my design would win, and really enjoyed the other winning designs. Congrats to the other winners and thank you so much skal!

[@Neiot]

Congratulations, Garrett! :D

[@Garrett-Y]

@@Neiot thank you!

[@Garrett-Y]

@@Neiot hey I'm just curious when the emails were going to be sent out.

[@Neiot]

@@Garrett-Y They should be going out already. I'll have Quinn contact you.

[@Garrett-Y]

@@Neiot alright, thank you

[@nahuelmat]

That anglosaxon longsword looks like someting Conan would use.

[@Sableagle]

If they make enough books and movies, eventually EVERYTHING becomes something Conan would use.

[@faegirdariusson2151]

18:30 That actually a Glagolic Script a alphabet that Kiyevian Russians used shortly before the Cyrillic was invented.

[@RockPunkBallerina]

It was also used for a while in Croatia. I reside there so I recognised it.

The older, rounded form was also used in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Ukraine and Russia. But this so-called angular variant was used only in Croatia, between years 1100 and 1965 (Vatican II). The text in the video is mostly gibberish, with some English words. The Glagolitic script is totally unsuitable for English, but works great for most Slavic languages.

[@shadowstorm79mc]

I hope you do this again seeing the designs of these makes me know for certain I should have entered

[@davidgeldner2167]

PLEASE do more videos in this vein I’m loving loving loving the creativity and it’s f’ing beautiful. Bravo sir.

[@FrozenLemur]

This contest was one of the best ideas your channel has ever had! Absolutely loving it.

[@leppeppel]

These are some fantastic designs, and I mean that in every sense of the word. Congrats to all the winners!

18:13 As someone who can fluently read Croatian Glagolitic, this inscription makes little sense, it's mostly gibberish, with some English-looking words. Glagolitic script was developed for Slavic languages, this variant specifically for the Croatian variant of Old Church Slavonic. It is totally unsuitable to write English. The left side reads: DHU . GAETH ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE PB TIP - BOTOM YV GROP IZ - FUŽER Ž - NECK YB - TOP CUT - ÖITH - TIP - TO - BŽED HIDE - ?OUR - BŽADE FINGER - OVER - GUART DO - NOT - PROVOKE MAGIC - ÖIŽ - BETRA? ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE - YIŽ * * PROTECT - AŽ CARVE - BUNES - ON - FUTER RuNES - HEAT - ON - USE FEYU - EM - ÖITH - BŽOYU EŽYUER - SPECH - IS KE? BECAL - ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE BECAL - ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE BECAL - ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE ESEA - ?N - AER - FRAEREN AE - VA - VORT - AEP - TIR- NA - CARN

[@jaredsardella2170]

Wow, these are all great. But I have to say, I love that Anglo-Saxon style longsword, I think it's one of my favorite weapon design I've seen a long time.

[@mateofantasma]

Great video! I am floored by the quality of the concepts submitted. I think you chose the most interesting one as the winner, but the top three are amazing. Also, a few of the others are super cool, but also would work. The trident, the great rapier, the mace and the nordic blade were also very inspiring.

[@pollyphemeus]

"virginity intensifies" Skal knows his audience.

[@-Anarion-]

Congratulations to all the winners, kudos to all participants. It was a really nice competition. Thank you Skall for this.

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

There has certainly been a lot of hard work in those entries and the detail is just amazing, well done to all those that entered.

[@kevindenis9551]

I would love to see all of these weapons in a fantasy RPG game or even a movie, they’re all awesome with form and function as all great weapons should have. My favorites were the pole arms and the Nordic sword.😋

[@jonwassing]

I’m so sad I didn’t find out about this contest until June 2nd. 😢 these look awesome though! 😆 hope you guys all do another of these!

[@SomeStrangeDane]

That anglo saxon longsword was absolutely amazing, some glorious designs in there but that one damn...

[@whitecrow7600]

I really liked all of the designs.And concuratilatons to all winners :D And thank you skall for making this contest,it was fun to work on this and i see i have yet a lot to learn about designing swords,axes,daggers etc. Maybe i didn't win but i had the chance to see some really beautiful designs. :)

[@michelleburridge3964]

congrats to all the winners! cant wait to see the big ol khopesh in action!

[@raics101]

Thanks for hosting the competition, Skall, and everyone else for the prizes and support. Expected to see mine in wack designs video, but this works too, congrats to all other winners, there are some really fun designs there :)

[@adrenalinegroove]

The sunlit sea is cool. It reminds me of the two handed swiss saber in the Wallace Collection. When Tod Cutler recreated that, I fell in love

[@burtismydogsname]

I think with the trident’s long blade is long enough to kill before the shorter blades hit and they would be useful as a stop for the weapon as well

[@TerkanTyr]

This makes me wish I'd gotten around to finishing mine. I had a few sword drawings I liked from some years ago that I wanted to refine into a final design, but I lost faith in the project as I was trying to figure out the handle and guard. It shared some of the things you mentioned as very positive, so now I think it maybe would have been well received. Nevertheless, I enjoyed seeing the winners, they were well deserving, this was a really cool competition.

[@Ironswiftness]

Cooper Khopesh is cool until you decide to stab with it and it becomes a harpoon. Loved that Kriegsmesser looking one.

[@simfer_6782]

Yeah that design is horrible. I dont know why this stupidity win

[@aarotul9035]

well i mean khopesh swords were used more for cutting flesh not so much for stabbing

[@CallanElliott]

Well, I mean, you can use it more like a halberd, or a guandao or pudao, or similar weapons.

[@aarotul9035]

i mean yeah but the design intends the cooper khopesh to be used more like you would use an axe with a hook

[@Ironswiftness]

@@matyas_laczko exactly. I just think a historical user would end up wanting to stab.

[@barretharms1432]

I'm thinking I would call that one the widower's lock shear as what would normally be the falsetto side is more like a Vine clipping side it would definitely do a fine job on the Briars around my yard

[@itsjustme6460]

18:00 It's glagolitic script for anyone wondering. Old slavic alphabet

[@jameswoodard4304]

I loved this! Great job everyone! I do have a question about the short "mercenary" pole arm: how would it be used in formation? It seems possibly too long for use with a shield in the other hand, but too short to stand up to formations of longer pole arms. It looks great for one-on-one two-handed use, but to me "mercenary pole arm" screams units in tight formation like the Landsknechte or Swiss pike.

[@primalwolfe4711]

I could see pharaoh guards using the coopers khopesh. It's a very nice design. Everybody's designs were amazing.

[@fabriziocolucci3041]

Can't wait to see the honorable mentions!

[@TotallyNotLoki]

That hybrid chopper is pretty damn close to my design, although it was executed and explained much better. Great minds think alike, I suppose.

[@Zander10102]

The great rapier is easily my favorite. That's my ideal weapon.

[@ChristianMartinez-it6sj]

Omg yes, Sly Cooper! Thats such a simple change to his cane yet it's so genius! Love it, great pick!

[@Garrett-Y]

All the love for the ringtail :3

[@taphorphicexonyct]

I would really like to the ‘great rapier’ replicated and tested? That sounds very interesting and practical

[@davidjandrow1098]

That first weapon was absolutely gorgeous

[@cornekosse201]

When you’re about to watch skallagrim and get an ad from shadiversty

[@acvaticlifE]

Hello Skallagrim! Are you planning to do another one of these in the near future?? I would be very interested to take part! I do not care if you have an entry tax :D

[@shawnwolf5961]

I get on here and see "Neiot and Quin helped SWORD out the entries" AHAHAHAA

[@Neiot]

Mwuahahaha.

[@chickenbob562]

exactly when i read it, he said it, nice i love those moments

[@scottmacgregor3444]

Auuuugh. Good one.

[@guillerhonora717]

Same

[@dajolaw]

These were so good! Great blend of creativity and realism.

[@JacobthePoshPotato]

These were so cool! I love seeing innovation especially ones that were possible historically.

[@rawovunlapin8201]

Such good designs here, I can definitely see how it would be difficult to choose between these

[@Ardjano234]

If you worry about the detachable halberd: make it like a bayonet. That's real sturdy. It is an L-shaped cut out of the steel that guides a pin and secures it in the thrust direction while easily being removable by turning then sliding it off. If you are afraid it turns by itself, you can add a flexible rod as a spring that makes it slightly harder to turn as it catches behind the pin

[@Ardjano234]

Look up a conventional bayonet to see the main idea

[@orsettomorbido]

I didn't know the circle mace and the extra curled sword were real! Cool! I personally LOVE the second place. TBH, I always had a hard time understanding what, for me, constitutes an aesthetically pleasing sword/cold steel weapon and THIS is probably the closest thing that made me NOT think too much about it!

[@BrandydocMeriabuck]

Holy shit, i came up with something really similar to the cooper khopesh for my fantasy world based on some of the things I’ve heard Shad and Skallagrim say about weapons. When I made it I thought it’d work really well but I ended up leaving it because I don’t actually know anything in great detail about weapon mechanics and decided it was probably a stupid idea. Guess I’ll add it in after all!

[@adcyuumi]

The kopesh polearm and great-rapier are weapons I know well. Both of them have been part of my DnD fantasy setting for almost two decades now, part of a collection of functionally sound non-historical weapons. It does not surprise me much to see such designs mentioned as stand-outs, or that one of these designs won the contest. (The only reason I did not enter one of them myself was that I didn't think they would win, and I had an interesting idea to share with Skall.) ------ I read through the other comments, and a lot of people seemed interested in the great-rapier. I have built a working version of this weapon three times in my life, have practiced quite a lot with them, and so have some observations. It is great at blocking -- it is two-handed, light in the air, and the hilt doesn't go past the elbow (critical to your defense options). It is great at zoning against any weapon shorter than itself, due to its speed and the level of stability you get with two hands. It is a FANTASTIC thrusting weapon, superior to a spear for about half a dozen reasons that I won't get into here. It can be used well one-handed if you are fast on your feet and have some space to maneuver in. But it utterly sucks at making deep cuts (relative to most other blades) or dealing with bigger shields. In terms of design, the main details you want to include: -- a 2 inch gap between your hand and the crossguard, to assist the crossguard in protecting your hand -- enough weight in the hilt to balance the blade at 4 to 6 inches in front of the guard, along the blade -- a wide flat-bottomed pommel so that you can ram into it with your torso to drive the point thru armor -- no guard on the back half of the cross-guard, if you need to use it one-handed (example: fighting injured) ------ My own entry was a lightweight two-handed weapon trapping tool with about a 3ft reach past the guard; something of a horseshoe on a short stick, but each prong of the horseshoe was shaped something like a scimitar. You advance, force confrontation, trap the enemy weapon, then proceed to pretty easily murder them without letting their weapon go as you do so. The off hand's grip was designed to manipulate the weapon alignment with some leverage, and also allow "axe swings" of the weapon from about 4ft past your hand. There is also a short spike between the prongs, in case you needed to stab into a trapped arm. I've never seen anything like it even in fantasy art, but it's sound in concept and I thought it original enough to win. ------ Seeing the other entries... I wish that I had styled up my weapon schematic a lot more. I didn't realize that the weapon-smiths wouldn't be taking artistic liberties with design, so my schematic looks a bit modern relative to the fantasy drawings shown in the video. I could have had twisting metal, animal heads, ancient runes, and such. Certainly there was a ton of room for it. ------ I'm curious about all the entries that didn't make the videos (this one or the next). Is there a place where we can go to view all the submissions? That would be interesting to me.

[@georgerausch4408]

I kinda hate myself for forgetting to enter but honestly I love these designs so much that if I had won I would have thought something was up. Seriously cheers to these winners, they deserve it!

[@barretharms1432]

Guess which weapon but it will finish them off quite rightly honestly I prefer the name dragons fingernail and may be used as the fleur-de-lee to a dragonlance

[@mjb7015]

Congratulations to all the winners, there are some really fantastic designs. I'm looking forward to seeing the honorable mentions as well!

[@storyspren]

Hearing the name "Cooper Kopesh" and seeing that design immediately took me back to 2004. Also this list is just chock full of things that look super insane and functionable. Definitely yoinking some for a homebrew D&D setting lol.

[@bu55c]

I personally love that modular Halberd as well!

[@mrh4900]

That feel when you accidentally submitted your entry too late, because you misread the deadline... lol

[@Leubast]

So disappointed I didn't get mine in on time. Just too busy with work.

[@slcow12345]

The Hybrid Chopper is 🔥🔥🔥 10/10 Would break the bank for one. 12:40

[@Neptune0404]

Welp, no price for me, but I see why. These are some amazing entries and I see why they won and had a lot of fun looking at all these. Looking forward to the review of the winner as well.

[@lucassmith992]

Dang, guess my design wasn’t up to it. But congrats for the rest of these people cause those were awesome

[@chaos_omega]

Let's hope we'll be in the honorable mentions!

[@Ilyas-ty6cy]

Wow, I just can't stop to get amazed for how cool and innovative the design is, these winners really deserve their place.

[@7ali7]

Awesome video Skall, great idea, great way to reach out to the community, very interesting stuff. More of this! Thanks and keep well

[@barretharms1432]

If there was a hook on the back of that blade it would be a Siemens ax with a sword style handle a Siemens ax usually had a fire poker style handle as they were usually quite effective tools while rendering

[@volatile100]

hmm I got a shadiversity ad for his movie of the book.

[@akaaoife2312]

Lmao same

[@chaos_omega]

Thought I clicked on the wrong video for a sec!

[@tylercoddington1990]

So did I

[@sycoutuber92]

So did i

[@AdamSamson1991]

Same.

[@CoachAlexandreChamberland]

This contest was an awesome idea. If possible it would be great for this to become a yearly event!

[@CAIR-Duragon]

Damn, those were all some interesting designs. Congrats to all participants.

[@marcosechi8820]

I think the second one should have his sword made, yes, it's very complicated, but man it looks so nice. Also the third last sword was beautiful.

[@desterotheking5034]

Just here to spread some information. That language which we saw with the Wyvern's blade is called Glagoljica. It comes from the middle ages and it comes from the world Glagoljati which means to talk. The language was most predominantly used in the current Balkan region of the world and there are still many stone engravings left of the language.

[@barretharms1432]

Yes that is a finger coil for the grip I can see that much and the offset of the blade would be much like the offset of the soil that bullfighters use this this sword would be to give the dragon the point of your argument straight because she/he brought it to Grapple

[@drofseh]

Congrats to all the winners. Looking forward to seeing the honourable mentions next.

[@ArcheustheWhite]

Hmm... The first place looks a bit like a Bardiche, but without the handle anchoring the upper part. Not dissing the design, just pointing out the first association I had.

[@reptiloidmitglied2930]

It reminds me of a weapon from Assassin's Creed Origins. If I remember the name correctly Ubisoft called it a serpent axe.

[@LuxisAlukard]

18:15 Skall, it's glagoljica, first Slavic alfabet (also seen in Witcher games) But video is great, I couldn't imagine so many great weapons!

[@barretharms1432]

The fourth Prize winner would be easily mounted with a net that would lock it into place much like a Chinese short spear locking ring only my preference would be threaded in addition it would be an excellent way to solidly mount the blade as the blade would set in a rest and the nut would move thereby allowing for built-in flop and being able to remove the slack at will

[@nigelliotta3440]

I wish I'd gotten an entry in... oh well, next time, I guess.

[@ozmoses2492]

I ABSOLUTELY love the Great Rapier. Very cool.

[@dhruvchandra6049]

This is a really great idea, Skal! Such great ideas!

[@blackalpha3063]

One quick problem with the TARWOS is that the bottom spot of the blade where its just a thin piece of metal is that when giving off powerful blows is that because of how thin piece of metal is and just the fact that its smaller than the blade itself and when you give off a powerful blow with it theres a good chance that it going to cause catastrophic damage to the strip of metal, that is if it doesnt just snap in half completely, Love the idea and all, but that strip of metal is a catastrophy waiting to happen, other than that great blade!

[@patentebleue45454545]

Hearing Skall say The Mercenary Hellspear has made me happier than i've been in a long time.I thank you. Congrats to all the other winners and i can't wait to see the honorable mentions!

[@mausolus8466]

I really look forward to Cooper Khopesh. I saw similar design on one of the miniatures in W40k (Thousand Sons Legion Praetor, for those who would like to know), where it was called Force Axe, and I was quite impressed to its visual design. I was wondering how it would fare in combat (in terrestrial conditions, of course), but I was a little worried to ask (some people unfortunately tend to take fantasy designs as personal insults), so, here is (or will be) the answer

[@lathanchurch8352]

Please do another competition, I would love to make submissions, or maybe open a discord where people submit designs and you just do videos looking at them and talking about them

[@LilLancier03]

I could act like I do with most contests and lament on not winning, or my entry not being shown. However all of these other entries look amazing, and I just can't hate them.

[@Riverfilly153]

Amazing designs all around. I was prepared not to make the list due to the firearm aspects of my designs, but I'm honored to have participated in this bit of Skall history. Touche friends, touche.

[@johnbennett1465]

I think a lot of people would like to see all of these made. If many different sword makers each made one as a showcase piece it might happen. As an incentive, Skall could agree to do a review of each one as free publicity for the maker. After the review, the swords could either be returned to the maker as a display piece or auctioned off with the proceeds going to the maker to cover the cost of making it. What does everyone think?

[@Waterwolf221]

When i saw the 1st place entry i immediately thought of Sly Cooper's cane. I've always thought that his cane was such a unique looking weapon.