1830 Napoleon Saber : Cold Steel

[PJChillOut]

if cs was supplying napoleon i'd be speaking french

[Acroix707]

his artillery where what won him his battles

[TheLoserKingdom]

I wonder if they happened to get their design from the Katana.

[TheLoserKingdom]

@TheLoserKingdom Oh, that was a question :)

[zdkezios]

@TheLoserKingdom Napoleon or Cold Steel? If you mean Napoleon, his sabre (and pretty much all sabres) was derived from the sabre used by the Mongols from the 1200s. And their sword is thought to have been derived from the Chinese sabre/dao. Katanas were probably derived from the same Chinese swords since there was a lot of contact between the two places.

[TheDaniiboy]

napoleon saber ? i thought that the napoleon wars was in 1800-1805 ???

[csknives]

@TheDaniiboy this Cavalry Saber was so popular (due to its cutting and slashing ability) that it continued to be used for many years

[TheDaniiboy]

@csknives oh

[JTWilliams74]

@TheDaniiboy 1795-1815 (1815 was the battle of Waterloo where Belgian, Dutch, British, Brunswick and Prussian forces finally defeated Napoleon)

[trotskychu]

@TheDaniiboy 1796-1815

[jord505]

people underestimate the cardboard tubes. they are at least 5 times harder to cut than bamboo

[rmefail]

Not a troll or anything but what do you guys do with the meat when your done ?

[csknives]

@rmefail All of the meat we use in our videos is carefully preserved and donated to the Ventura County Rescue Mission

[rmefail]

@csknives Very nice of you guys =)

[ElmortoSen]

@csknives why not have a great barbecue after a cut test?

[csknives]

@ElmortoSen When we do large-scale cutting tests like this all of the meat utilized is carefully preserved and donated to the local rescue mission

[ElmortoSen]

@csknives i know, but why not use some of that meat that you would donate for a barbecue?

[csknives]

@ElmortoSen It's been known to happen, but the majority of what we use we donate

[ToweringPillarOfCats]

@rmefail You should first check the desc of the video before asking questions, saves time :)

[beaubert8]

what type of grind is it?

[INbredMonarchy]

0:40 careful there Johnny Reb tends to fight back lol

[perkelepower]

what about cold steel lightsaber ?

[Skullchaser08]

@perkelepower They'll make one as soon as they find out how to warp physical reality.

[JohannVF]

Is there such a thing as an infantry sabre, or a civilian sabre? I've seen classical fencing sabre videos that look nothing like how you'd use one of these (these'd be too heavy, I would think).

[903lew]

@JohannVF

Yes and yes. Google is your friend.

[TheKeyWestian]

Why the hell does that one guy shout in all the easiest cuts??

[perkelepower]

@TheKeyWestian orgasm ?

[MrJohnWatches]

i want a job here

[GrizzlyMints]

lol i could do all this with a butter knife

[LamentOfInnocence1]

>1830

>napoleon

Silly cold steel, that's not how you history.

[druisteen2]

real mane is an XI light cavalery saber !

[druisteen2]

@druisteen2 and this look like the F1 saber actually in use !

why buy the copy ? buy the original made in france and not in ann other country !

[TheKrodgib]

Hey I don't know much about sabres but are they considered a European weapon??

[OusanYmon]

@TheKrodgib Yes, they are generally considered to have originated from Eastern Europe.

[AndyRaslan]

1:39 George Lucas using a saber! Wait, why isn't it glowing? :(

[WandererOfWorlds90]

Napoleon was dead before 1830...

[ToonandBBfan]

This is the nicest looking saber (I think so anyway)

[LordofDragns]

Would there be any difference in combat style between this weapon and the 1860 U.S. Heavy Cavalry Saber?

[ToonandBBfan]

@LordofDragns

I think the US 1860 is a little longer but this is a better cutter

[LordofDragns]

@ToonandBBfan I see. Thank you.

[ToonandBBfan]

@LordofDragns

I could be wrong my friend. Upon closer looking, the 1860 is heavier and has a slightly thicker blade than the 1830. Which would make the 1860 the better cutter

[LordofDragns]

@ToonandBBfan That could be true... but wouldn't the fact that it is heavier make it a bit slower and more cumbersom?

[ToonandBBfan]

@LordofDragns

Possibly slower but when it landed on flesh and bone the 1860 would probably do more harm. Perhaps Cold Steel could enlighten us as to which they believe is the better cutter?

[LordofDragns]

@ToonandBBfan Cutting well is all well and good, but I would also like a well balanced weapon that can be easily wielded in combat.

[Fart6661]

at 0.50 c'mon mate your cutting pig not playing tennis

[dexterious006]

I kind of wince when I see the bend portion of the British Proof Test- you can do it once or twice & get away w/ it, but if you do it once too many times, you can damage even a good sword. Still, very impressive. Thwak!

[MusicbyMitar]

wow I actually really like this sword and I don't collect knifes

[billbatchBGB]

@MusicbyMitar **knives

[somepplskids]

they do more in the way of proving their quality than any competitor i've seen. looks like they've been cutting things up for a while by the change in videos. and how much bone crushing can one really do anyway? i haven't had a sword fight in at least ten years.

[endamcg1]

0:55 Happy Thanksgiving!

[Thecando]

Their tests really aren't that bad actually. I feel that you guys are trying to compare it to two handed swords, such as a Katanas, which have more leverage and power because of their two handed nature. These things will do just fine with unarmored human targets. Also, traditionally, if you look at calvary of the old west, sabers were kept on the duller side so that they would not stick in human targets by cutting too deep.

[xXsoutheastbeastXx]

The way they cut, with thier arm or leg nearly in the path of the swinging blade because of an untrained stance. Someones really gonna lose a limb one day. I just hope they post it up so i can see if these swords go through a real human instead of a chicken or cardboard

[druisteen2]

it's a 1822 cavalverie sword

[bluenoserr]

Note that they didn't show how well these things did against infantry squares! :D

[ToonandBBfan]

The 1796 saber may be a better cutter but this sword looks nicer (I think so anyway)

[AntiTheory]

These swords would actually impress me if they did the tameshigiri test correctly. They either do the tatami mats or the bamboo, but I've never seen both together. Also, the meat cutting tests are not exactly credible either. It's been de-boned already. If you punched it hard enough, you'd probably break it in to 2 pieces all the same, just not as clean as if you cut it with an edged weapon.

[ChishioAme]

@AntiTheory Yeah, I have that same issue with their meat tests. In addition to being de-boned, they've also had their guts removed completely. If they REALLY wanted to show what their swords could do, they'd get a whole pig with all its innards and THEN cut it up. Probably a bit messier, but, well, it just proves that their swords can ACTUALLY cut up pigs, not pre-gutted slabs of meat.

[vampire847]

@ChishioAme the toughest thing to cut through is the bone... they demonstrate how the blades glide through meat...and chop through bones... organs are no harder to cut through than meat...

[vampire847]

@vampire847 talking bout the other videos they are cutting meat not this video>.>!

[onabreeze]

My favourite now thats classy as swords go.

[stefciok]

0:56 Just like my mother preparing a meat for dinner:)

[ckashmir]

lol the "British Proof Test"

[tamurasse]

Napoleon troops were definetely at their best when encoutering dangling turkeys that brittons would hang around to defeat them.

[halfassedfart]

@tamurasse They're French.