The spadroon and the hanger were my two faves. Thanks for sharing these beautiful antique pieces!
@sinisterswordsman252 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I would also go with the cutlass for sure, beast. I personally think that the chains on the guards were to help keep the weapon in hand rather than just being decorative or a guard. We can only speculate but it was probably a little bit of A little B. It looks fancy, helps you hold on and might keep your fingers on your hand. Lol. Love these videos more please
@jackrice2770 Жыл бұрын
I think he's overlooked one thing about swords: these men would choose the appropriate weapon for the task at hand. Many pirates also attacked settlements all over the world. The best sword for land warfare wouldn't necessarily be the best sword for shipboard fighting. I would guess that the average sailor or pirate only had access to a cutlass and boarding axe, but others, especially the leaders, would have different weapons for either land or sea battle.
@armsarmorinc.4153 Жыл бұрын
good point, there is little info on this though some and a group with mixed weapons seems to have been favored.
@activelyrandom7652 Жыл бұрын
And the one thing pirates loved best was their flintlocks
@patrickkelly10702 ай бұрын
Those are some really beautiful examples.
@rallyl70532 жыл бұрын
I always love seeing original pieces. What an incredible resource!
@armsarmorinc.41532 жыл бұрын
We agree!
@killerkraut9179 Жыл бұрын
@@armsarmorinc.4153 Maybe i could be Wrong but the transitional rapier looks a bit like the sword from the Rob Roy movie what the Villian Archibald uses !
@armsarmorinc.4153 Жыл бұрын
@@killerkraut9179 it does
@killerkraut9179 Жыл бұрын
@@armsarmorinc.4153 I think Matt easton made a Video about that sword of Rob Roy i think he didnt find a answer maybe inform him we have a similar sword found !
@raphlvlogs2712 жыл бұрын
hangers and cutlasses also differed a lot in sizes
@adcaptandumvulgus4252 Жыл бұрын
...if they could choose...I'm guessing the cutlass for hand protection & boarding actions/close quarter fighting, yes?
@raphlvlogs2712 жыл бұрын
people don't often use the best swords for the context they are in they just use any type of swords that are available to them
@edogould98652 ай бұрын
Watching the first part of this with the 46" rapier I couldn't help but visualize a comical scene wherein the captain bows to the fancy lady in front of him while the end of his sword suddenly lifts up the many skirts of the fancy lady behind him.
@armsarmorinc.41532 ай бұрын
thats called good blade control
@Lord_Humungus2 жыл бұрын
SPADROOON!!
@wayneparker93312 жыл бұрын
Excellent and very informative video. Thank you.
@jarodmasci34453 ай бұрын
I'd add hunting swords/cuttoes to this list for the regular sailors. Although some were fancy, most in the Americas by that time were tools first and weapons second. Kind of like a bowie knife in the centuries afterwards. I have an original, and it would be devastating in close quarters grappling distance especially.
@bakters Жыл бұрын
The chain on this midshipman's dress sword is copying the original middle feature often seen on sabers. The chain was added, so the rider could use a sword-knot. Useful thing, if your primary weapon is not a sword, but you want a very quick transition to your sidearm.
@brianfuller7579 ай бұрын
The cutlass was the perfect maritime sword and it just did the job. It was called the sword of the seas for good reason.
@mallardtheduck406 Жыл бұрын
You guy's have a lot of toy's to play with!!! Awesome collection, enjoying these videos!
@Renwoxing132 ай бұрын
Automatically & automagically, the word that instantly comes to mind, is : 【 *The CUTLASS !¡!* 】
@nothim73212 жыл бұрын
Baskethilt Backsword/Broadsword.
@killerkraut9179 Жыл бұрын
In the artworks of the time there where often depicted with complex hilted Dussack like swords !
@dogstarstudios718 Жыл бұрын
Hangers, Hunting, & Half-Basket Swords! 🏴☠️
@martinbuckley64002 жыл бұрын
You’ve got some amazing rapiers in the Oakshott Institute, you guys have any plans to recreate them for purchase? The transitional one in particular. If not, would it be possible to commission it as a custom piece?
@armsarmorinc.41532 жыл бұрын
It might be possible. We do want to do some of them in future but need to get our queue down to a reasonable turnaround before we can look at that.
@martinbuckley64002 жыл бұрын
I’ll hopefully look out for them in the future, the two in this video are absolute beauts. Another question for anyone who could help, how common were hollow pommels during the 17th century? Larger pommels certainly have both aesthetic and functional qualities, but some seem very very hefty.
@georgerobartes2008 Жыл бұрын
Great info for budding " Steve The Pirates " . Alonso de Sahagun ( Sahagun a beautiful town in Leon Northern Pain ) is the Gucci of the late 16th C , much admired copied and Sahagum or Sahagun mark often used as a quality mark as well as a cover for cheap blades , so buyer beware . The hanger was primarily a hunting weapon often hung from the saddle to deliver the coup fairly safely to large game like stags , wolves ( hunted to extinction in England )that could cause injury when shot by bow or musket . A handy length with a broad blade designed to fatally damage organs in large animals when thrust and generally curved for slashing and clearing undergrowth to recover the kill , the finest pieces owned by the gentry for hunting . Hounslow produced many thousand munition quality for use in the Civil Wars and no doubt many of these would have accompanied their users after this conflict into a career of piracy in the second half of the 17th C . Birmingham also produced swords of lower quality in steel and finish and gave rise to the phrase " Brumigham Blade " describing anything of poor quality . Probably the most practical sword of any devised it still found use in England as the sword used by constables in the 19th C . Perhaps the most useful single source for describing swords in use in this period is Randall Holmes " Academie of Armourie " c. 1680 which refers to and pictures the Cutlash , Cuttoo etc of the period . Easy and cheap to replicate and first choice for any " Steve ".
@VillainousLife Жыл бұрын
imagine if devil fruits existed back then😂
@serow Жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFUL!
@armsarmorinc.4153 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@imperialguard282 жыл бұрын
Why couldn't the 11 year old get into the pirate movie? It was rated ARRR(R)🏴☠️🦜
@hippis5635 ай бұрын
God one but i miss the Cutlass !
@hansg6336 Жыл бұрын
At 6:25 you claim that all the fighting during the golden age of piracy occurred shipboard. However, a significant degree of armed combat during the time occurred on land eg.,. Henry Morgan's infamous sacking of Panama where the majority of fighting took place on land.
@althesmith Жыл бұрын
They basically used what they liked and could steal.
@elgostine2 жыл бұрын
my better question is when cutlass BECOMES a word for a sword used on a ship in parlance
@PaulTheSkepticАй бұрын
I'm interested in the kinds of swordfighting they'd do. I'm working in this D&D character who's a bit of a swashbuckler. Would he carry a buckler shield? I've also seen it where a guy will hold out a sword in front of him and have some kind of dagger or dirk or whatever in the other hand. What's that one all about? Anyone know?
@JumoFrazer-s3m5 ай бұрын
I got 3 rare swords for your collection
@robertvondarth1730 Жыл бұрын
That long sword, would we call that a war rapier? Ala Saviolo
@armsarmorinc.4153 Жыл бұрын
Hmm not sure I think they called them all rapiers or swords to their preference and they would choose something appropriate per the situation. We come up with lots of names like that but they seldom created such categories.
@Jim582232 жыл бұрын
Are images of these pieces on your site?
@armsarmorinc.41532 жыл бұрын
The originals we have 3D interactive models here www.patreon.com/oakeshott some of the custom ones maybe in our custom section on the website, hoping to get more up soon.
@Jim582232 жыл бұрын
@@armsarmorinc.4153 thank you
@sailingwithyoshi7 ай бұрын
We have a sword that was found in florida we think is the last or second to last sword pictured here. It still has a maker's mark on it! I even posted a short about it recently. Any way you could help my dad figure out anything about the sword?
@armsarmorinc.4153 you got an email address?? I can send some pictures to you!
@JimHawkins-i3c8 ай бұрын
cutlass they use
@elshebactm67692 жыл бұрын
🤠👍
@ヒロシン-s9i5 ай бұрын
海賊🏴☠️の剣🗡️ですか…俺も工作で作ろうかな?
@armsarmorinc.41535 ай бұрын
ok, cool if you have the means.
@BU1Lander8 ай бұрын
Perhaps it would be better to say that a hangar is a group of swords. In other words it could be said all cutlasses are hangars, but not all hangars are cutlasses. Cutlasses might be similar to other hangers, but sabers would also be included in what hangars are.
@armsarmorinc.41538 ай бұрын
Yes there are often gray areas in terminology of swords as the original users could often use different terms for them and these adjusted over time due to fashion and dictate as humans do with their tools. :-)
@MatthewCross22 жыл бұрын
Havent watched the video yet, but love the topic already... lol
@nothim73212 жыл бұрын
Espada ropera: translates more to dressing sword...