Royal Armouries history of British Cavalry sword film clip

[JTWilliams74]

The 1796 is a vicious thrusting weapon, I advise you to check out Cold Steel's highly accurate reproduction of the 1796 light cavalry saber. Not only is it an effective thrusting weapon, but the curve of the blade allows you to turn the blade and catch your opponent even if he parries.

[tallswede80]

"it [1796] could not be used to thrust effectively" what a load of horseshit. Only a fool would make such a statement. A curved sword can thrust just as effectively as a straight sword.

[copypacercopypacer]

Whats the difference between a calvary saber and a sabre? which is better if ur going to defend against a person like a katana or something?

[FinalFreek]

@copypacercopypacer the cavelry sabre was made to be used on horse back so it was mainly a weapon for cutting and slashig meanwhile a infantry sabre was used for cutting,slashing and thrusting and had a shorter blade becuase you were on foot.

[elgostine]

@FinalFreek to add to that, japanese swords followed two distinct patterns,

the tachi, which was worn slng from the belt much like the western sabre, had a similarly deep curve like the 1796 LC sabre,

this was the sword used during the sengoku period, espcially in the earlier battles where cvalry action between mounted samurai who firs duelled with archery then chargd with Yari spears, finally coming to the tachi

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[elgostine]

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the sword synonemous witht the samurai these days was the katana

it differed in these main ways, it wasoverall shorter, and during the sengoku era a normal katana longsword was the backup to the tachi as ive occasionally heard, though the samurai could use iron folding/ signalling fans, a sortof armour puncher called a hachiwara

but the katana was always stuck into the belt, andwas MCH better suited to fast unarmoured, urban fightslike in the movies, btween footmen in the street.

[akosigundam]

I'd be impressed if they can slash and thrust to the front, and not just from the side.

[masterco93]

the sword is so flexible, did u notice that at 0:54

[GladiatorShield]

What fruit was that

[eddiedaskull]

that must have cut skulls in half

imagine cutting a human skull in half?

[Divertedflight]

I know. It's not a pretty thought.

[jannevellamo]

My neighbour actually did that to his brother. With a baseball bat. The brother can already walk, but will never work.

[JamesKingsly]

No melons were harmed in the production of this video

[infernol28]

=))))))) You're right ! :X

[Divertedflight]

Notice the degree of flex in the 1796 sabre.

You get this with the single wide fuller.

This is ideal for providing resistance of compression through the width of the blade in the cut.

But allows too great a flex in the thrust.

Aiming the point is harder with a curved blade, but this is a major reason the 1796sabre wasn't a good allrounder. ( and was never intended to be)

However this did matter in the 1820s when they replaced it with a blade that was straighter but had same wide fuller.