Iv seen alot of viking swords and this one seems to be a hybrid.I have seen ones with a small hilt and small butt.And ones with a big hilt and a big butt.This seems to have a big hilt and a small butt.I havent seen that.
the Vikings were not a Celtic people... and the pommel is not Celtic I think... och krullboll håller helt klart med dig på alla sätt. :-) Svensk ska man vara :-P
Aside from the glaring inacuracies (but then I'm a major norse nut) this seems like it could be a decent sword. The inacuracies have been mentioned so I don't need to say what they are but if they're fixed then Cold Steel has a definate future sale from me. And major brownie points too if you get it right because you've already got my interest from the meat and melon. Oh and the blade too. Gotta love that edge.
RATE THIS UP TO BAN THE COLD STEEL VIKING SWORD! THIS WEAPON PROMOTES RAPE OF WOMEN AND RACISM AGAINST BLACKS AND LATINOS! RATE THIS UP FOR THE TRUTH!!!
@guitaHer099 dude get a life the vikings were the greatest sea fearers of all time yes they came and conquered but what about the rest...
Racism is only a card which today is drawn when one of most minoritys (no disrespect to all races) have nothing to challange what has been said or done.
And by the way the most famous explorers raped and pillaged just like the vikings
@meatlmadviking oh so i suppose your in favor of eating babys as well? give me a break you bleeding heart lib. stop jerking off over your barrel of dead babies, for a second and open your eyes!
@guitaHer099 did u read what i wrote or is ur face so far up ur ass u keep on smell the shit u come up with i was born in africa where the black culture determines that a male first born was mor important than a female who was left to die read ur facts properly before u comment 1) i am not a satanist 2) come with more orign than speak like a parrot .... KAFFA
@meatlmadviking oh so now your descriminating on a religious basis as well. i suppose you think all white people deserve to die huh? jesus, your just full of hate arent you.
Fact : i have read the Koran & Bible both are hippocritcal, therefore i now choose paganism where no-man is god but the elements....
Fact : I am a white african i have lived within a Zulu(Black Tribe) Community for + 2 yrs learnt their culture met the King & high Chiefs & was elected for an impi (Personal Guard) of the King. I been through all the iniation neccessory through stick fighting, broken bones & spirit.
i think ur cock is too big and is preventing the blood reaching ur brain proper
or maybe ur so fucking stupid u where born without a brain
ur a typical A class NIGGER u cannot handle the truth so u make fairy tales up
next thing u will probably call me a nun lol
Fact: u'll never win u to fucken stupid pity God, Muhammad let u last so long u paithic excuse for life thinking clearly u probably were the inspiration for birth control
why cant they try something hard? a melon? a paper stock? cant they take a half meter wood and try cut trou ith with 1 blow and see how it goes xD would be very cool to see how it ends
Vikings always used their swords to peel lemons (that they gathered from their gardens and grocery stores) and cut bottles of water and shit...this seems to have so much sense!Okay...I still want one though...
Too bad they don't sell a proper shield to go with it. What can be pieced together from old sagas and common sense suggests that Scandinavian sword styles all incorporated shields.
@krullboll ''The central-groove is WAY to small, the guard is to big and the pummel is a little to
small. P.S. If any one from cold steal reads this, plz make the next model of the "Viking sword" more accurate.'' Yes but don't you think the pommel is quite a lot too small?
Broadsword is a term used to describe basket hilt swords of the late eras. You can't just take a European sword and call it a "broadsword", simply because they are all very different, because Europeans constantly developed their sword designs.
Japanese soldiers\samurais were quite heavily armored, during the war time. All the damage on the battlefield in melee was done buy yari and naginata. The katana was a sidearm, a symbol of power and a dueling weapon, not intended for actual battlefield.
So overall if you want to be prepared for anything you would want to go with a broadsword due to it's sturdiness and reliability, theres a reason a battle-hungry viking would use it you know, and in Japan Iron and steel armor was nonexistent so it didn't make sense to use heavy blades if you catch my drift... It was better to use lighter blades that could kill fast I guess.
The Katana was made for Killing unarmored or lightly armored enemies quickly and with without much work. The Broadsword was created to kill or severly injure moderate-heavily armored enemies with moderate difficulty. Lets say my enemy was an armored spartan, I wouldn't want a katana due to it not penetrating his armor. Lets say I was fighting an unarmored guy, a broadsword would kill him but it would take more effort than it would with the Katana...
European swords made for smashing??? this myth needs to DIE. all swords are made for cutting and thrusting never smashing! thats why maces were invented.
but if you didn't cut through armor such as mail the force of the swing would still cause blunt force trauma. it wasn't intended for it but that doesn't mean they couldn't do it
@haha48 a sword is made to be sharp but not rasor sharp seing as the kuting edge whod get badly bent fom hiting your enemys sword or other hard objekts unlike a kife thats not made to be parryd or blockt by hard objekts
ziosin, and that's false. That's why everyone compares katana and straight euro analogues, European bladesmithing and swordsmanship are often ridiculed. Swords don't smash, otherwise everyone would use maces.
The term "broadsword" was first used by Victorians in 19th century to describe a sword that was wider than dueling ones, like rapiers. Katana would be a broadsword too.
The sword used in this video would weight for about 1/3 less that a katana. So much for smashing vs precision, right?
Wow, everybody is comparing European Longswords and Broadswords to Japanese Katanas. How childish.
The two weapons are shaped, weighted, and made differently for a reason. They have two specificly DIFFERENT jobs. A katana cuts through tons of different things, while a broadsword can smash through the toughest metals.
They adapted differently, to different aspects of combat; which evolved differently in different parts of the world.
Point being, they're as similar as a halberd and a dagger.
There's always someone who comes along and starts screaming about how superior a katana is. The problem is they never realize how or what to compare it to. If you were to take a katana and try to fight against a medieval soldier wearing his mail or plate, you'd be shit out of luck. The katana was never made to, nor ever has been able to CLEAVE. Thus the reason broad swords and the like were invented as armor advanced.
Curved swords have been around thousands of years, the Egyptians took awhile to catch onto them after the Hittites put a whipping on them, but eventually they realized a curved sword of bronze was more practical, this was quite a few thousand years before the katana. By the time the katana came around armor had advanced to the point weapons needed to be able to cleave, or smash, not slice. The katana did NOT see very much battle outside of special ops and spy operations.
Swords were made for different purposes and anyone who comes along claiming there's one sword that's superior and somehow hung the moon over the others proves their lack of ability to see the entire picture.
A Katana is better tho.. atleast it cuts the meat swiftly and doest'nt require a second cut... and does'nt knock the mats off the spike like the sword in this vid did...
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UnHoly is right!!!! damn broad swords always fail!!!! horrible fucking weapon.. they should'nt even forge them anymore!!! Oh' I forgot.. they hardly do!!! LOL :p
European swords are forged from superior ore and are actually meant to be used in battle unlike the katana. The katana is a decorative sword and a dueling weapon. Your average samurai generally didn't even touch his katana in a battle. He used a bow and a lance.
Sorry dude, but when it comes to guarding, smashing, thrusting, durability, and overall versatility, any European blade beats anything to come out of Japan.
It was European weapons that conquered the world afterall.
You're a weeaboo fanboy who knows nothing about feudal Japanese warfare, that much is obvious.
The principle weapons of the samurai were bows and lances. A katana would be a very poor sword to use while mounted due their relatively short length, and most samurai fought mounted.
Katanas were not meant for true warfare, just dueling, sport, and decoration.
European swords were actually used in battle.
I think you're the one who needs to do his research you little weeaboo shit.
whoa youre turely just a reatarded little kid.. the first katana was used on horseback you fucking scub.. it was called a tachi!!! everyone here will tell you the same thing.. see you just made an ass out of yourself again becuz you were wrong yet again!!! go and learn he basics os swordsmanship b4 trying to tal widely sold and used sword to day!!!k to someong of my rank.. and try atleast learn what katanas were used for too!!! the best combat weapon ever made!!!
Yes, and it saw sooo much use. Oh wait, no it didn't, because Japanese swords WERE NEVER USED! Listen kid, SAMURAI DID NOT USE THEIR SWORDS IN BATTLE! THEY USED LANCES AND BOWS! YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SWORDSMANSHIP OR FIGHTING!
You miserable weeaboo shits make everyone who actually knows about weaponry look bad. Get this through your thick skull. A 2 and half foot long sword used on horseback does not work well.
European blades were superior in every way except cutting.
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And can you also explain to me why the katana is the most practiced sword in the world today? and the most used,bought,made,learned and is by fact the best sword in the whole fucking world.. you never see any tv shows about shity broad sword.. or monvies?.. its always about the katana.. so try again.. you aparently no nothing about the katana (kid). you made you first mistake when you said it was'nt meant for horse back.. and I just proved you wrong AGAIN!!! you truley are a little punk..
Hey, every sword has its uses, the katana is simply made for cutting flesh/bone, bamboo, and stuff like that. anything outside of its little ring of cutting and your dead. PS you'd probably look like a damn fool trying to cut through armor with a katana.
Because people are weeaboos who watch too much anime like you? That's the main reason. And you've yet to counter the fact that katanas cannot cut through armour. Let's not forget that they have never successfully invaded any nation in southern Asia, despite having tried several times.
And no, only Japanese things are all about the katana, virtually every medieval-inspired movie, show, book, and comic in America and Europe all feature European weapons.
And I still say katanas are not meant to be used on horseback, considering that katanas were rarely used in battle because they make for poor war swords to be used on multiple foes, just like almost all curved blades.
There's a reason why Europe preferred sword and lance combat over the horse archery used by every culture that had curved swords.
Plus, European blades actually advanced through time, Japanese blades didn't because their swordsmiths refused to give up anything on how to make them.
Not to mention that katanas were made of inferior ore to European blades. Sword smiths had to spend months just working the iron to make it worth spitting at.
In Europe, good ore was abundant, and weapons of equal or better quality were affordable.
Ever wonder why Samurais had no metal armour? So while knights were fighting in the middle east, wearing heavy mail that could turn the highest quality (still shit) katanas, Samurais were running around with pieces of wood and leather for armour.
Oh, and try using a 2 and half foot sword from horse back. You won't reach anyone. Longswords, used on horseback, were 4 feet long. Katanas, not used period, were 2-3 feet long.
Oh, and the reason I call you kid is because I looked at your profile. You have picture of a katana for a background and a smiley face after "Atheist". That screams angsty, emo, weeaboo fanboy teeny right there. I'm guessing you spend most of your time away from middle school reading cheap manga.
its true,katanas arent weapons of warfare, only of dueling with other samurai.
their fragile blades would shatter when used against european plate armor.
there are alot of miconceptions about european blades being disseminated in thise comments too. the straight cruciform swords used in the middle ages where often very well balanced and reasonable light, in the 2-3 lb range and could cut as well as any katana.
Part of what ur saying it true.. but, If you truly know anything about Katanas like I do then, You would know the Katanas dont "shatter" they only bend.. Broad swords do shatter and bend. Trust me... I know cuz im a expert with a Katana.
and if you knew anything about swords you would know that a "broad sword" is actually a modern term applied to a variety of swords none of which are really broad swords, its really just a term people that don't know any better use.
Ok mister i'll name the names of all of the double edge swords next time if that'll keep you from bitching like a woman. Oh' and never presume to know me ever again, that just means ur on here just to start shit like a little kid. And for the record you araprrently knew what I meant by the "term" broad sword whitch proves my point about your "bitching".
i was really just pissed you said they shattered and stuff easier than a katana which isn't true so i just assumed you didn't know that much about swords. Sure maybe the katana but then don't go dissing european swords, which do have more flex. and you do know that by gettting all offended i win!!! YAAH
Whoo was the one who got offended?? YOU clearly stated that you "Got Pissed". So my friend, who truly won? I did" not the other way around. And who ever said that they have more flex? Have you ever heard of spring steel? Aparrently not... This conversation boars me and is now over.
ewart oakshotte said so, and yes i am a black smith i use spring steel daily, and spring steel tempered to be hard is very shatter prone, but hard, which is why the samurai used it on the edge of the blade, the slightly softer european swords had more flex at the loss of the idcredibly sharp edge, which is why there tactics are more hack and stab based as opposed to slash and slice based. and i dont know what a male pig has to do with this (boars???)
why would anyone anywhere need to own a sword during this time and day
m1garand77 2 months ago
@m1garand77 Hang it on the wall^^ Decoration you know, or you could have it just for fun outdoors in the wild i guess.
ToweringPillarOfCats 2 months ago
@m1garand77 ZOMBIES
jauk3 3 weeks ago
That guy needs to make up his mind. Is it cold enough for that sweater or hot enough for those short shorts?
poothrowingape 3 months ago 6
0:33 real life fruit ninja
zellarsDD777 4 months ago
damn... that thing has to be sharp as shit to do that to the watermelon.. it didnt even budge.. knife through butter
xraidedlok 5 months ago
Iv seen alot of viking swords and this one seems to be a hybrid.I have seen ones with a small hilt and small butt.And ones with a big hilt and a big butt.This seems to have a big hilt and a small butt.I havent seen that.
MasterofrandomAlex 6 months ago
Why did the blade fly out of the handle on the two handed sword (William Wallace)on that Todd.0 show while chopping something ?
mwillblade 6 months ago
@mwillblade he was hitting a tree trunk
xraidedlok 5 months ago
ya but does it have a full tang peened at the pommel? or is it some crappy rat tail?
lordlen8972 6 months ago
this is my dream job
weetoddtv 7 months ago
lol do u have any time to play fruit ninjja? i think u would be pretty darn good
tangerinestealer 7 months ago
the Vikings were not a Celtic people... and the pommel is not Celtic I think... och krullboll håller helt klart med dig på alla sätt. :-) Svensk ska man vara :-P
snozzzzy10 7 months ago
nothing like a fat man cutting up his dinner with a viking sword. and that things sharp like a bitch
ApplesAreSweet 9 months ago
nothing like a fat man cutting up his dinner with a viking sword.
ApplesAreSweet 9 months ago
You guys should make a scimitar
TheEvilX338 9 months ago
Ah, my watermelon and plastic suit of armor is now rendered useless
masterhief117 9 months ago
Check out Pul Binns' works, he's doing very historical accurate viking sword models. I'd really like to see Gaddhjalt in action like this :D
Oskareczekeczek 9 months ago
Wait, are you telling me that sword will cut through cardboard tubes? No way!! I'll take five of them!
TheBerserkerHobo 9 months ago
WOw I am the 111,111 viewer
TactiFred 10 months ago
im gonna buy this to cut watermelons lol jk
eatmyfish02 11 months ago
Aside from the glaring inacuracies (but then I'm a major norse nut) this seems like it could be a decent sword. The inacuracies have been mentioned so I don't need to say what they are but if they're fixed then Cold Steel has a definate future sale from me. And major brownie points too if you get it right because you've already got my interest from the meat and melon. Oh and the blade too. Gotta love that edge.
ArgentSanguine 1 year ago
OMG IT STABBED THRU CARDBOARD TUBING
josh053 1 year ago
Could use that for my 4th of July BBQs.
AngelicSquid 1 year ago
at 0:45 that guy completely just flicked me off... DICK!
KODA0770 1 year ago
awkwardly short shorts
christafarion9 1 year ago
its videos like this that make cold steel a fun company
enjoiorange 1 year ago
you dont want to break ito a cold steel crew members house or you know
BeatBoxingDog 1 year ago
damnit! my watermelon armor is useless!
bloodbathism 1 year ago 11
I hope they didn't waste all that watermelon.
rsfrodo 1 year ago
It seems that you have a lot of barbecues in your company...that toy has nothing incommon with a real Viking Sword....
Gwdler 1 year ago
RATE THIS UP TO BAN THE COLD STEEL VIKING SWORD! THIS WEAPON PROMOTES RAPE OF WOMEN AND RACISM AGAINST BLACKS AND LATINOS! RATE THIS UP FOR THE TRUTH!!!
guitaHer099 1 year ago
@guitaHer099 your a freak
ltjosh10 1 year ago
@guitaHer099 dude get a life the vikings were the greatest sea fearers of all time yes they came and conquered but what about the rest...
Racism is only a card which today is drawn when one of most minoritys (no disrespect to all races) have nothing to challange what has been said or done.
And by the way the most famous explorers raped and pillaged just like the vikings
Up the Viking Praise be the Gods...
meatlmadviking 1 year ago
@meatlmadviking oh so i suppose your in favor of eating babys as well? give me a break you bleeding heart lib. stop jerking off over your barrel of dead babies, for a second and open your eyes!
guitaHer099 1 year ago
@guitaHer099 did u read what i wrote or is ur face so far up ur ass u keep on smell the shit u come up with i was born in africa where the black culture determines that a male first born was mor important than a female who was left to die read ur facts properly before u comment 1) i am not a satanist 2) come with more orign than speak like a parrot .... KAFFA
meatlmadviking 1 year ago
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meatlmadviking 1 year ago
@meatlmadviking oh so now your descriminating on a religious basis as well. i suppose you think all white people deserve to die huh? jesus, your just full of hate arent you.
guitaHer099 1 year ago
@guitaHer099 what religion
Fact : i have read the Koran & Bible both are hippocritcal, therefore i now choose paganism where no-man is god but the elements....
Fact : I am a white african i have lived within a Zulu(Black Tribe) Community for + 2 yrs learnt their culture met the King & high Chiefs & was elected for an impi (Personal Guard) of the King. I been through all the iniation neccessory through stick fighting, broken bones & spirit.
Fact : yes hateful of dumb fucks like U
meatlmadviking 1 year ago
@meatlmadviking Fact: thats the gayest shit ive ever heard in my entire life.
Fact: I dont give a shit how many black people youve beaten with sticks, you fucking sicko
Fact: I win
guitaHer099 1 year ago
@guitaHer099 dude u need some help
i think ur cock is too big and is preventing the blood reaching ur brain proper
or maybe ur so fucking stupid u where born without a brain
ur a typical A class NIGGER u cannot handle the truth so u make fairy tales up
next thing u will probably call me a nun lol
Fact: u'll never win u to fucken stupid pity God, Muhammad let u last so long u paithic excuse for life thinking clearly u probably were the inspiration for birth control
meatlmadviking 1 year ago
@meatlmadviking umad?
guitaHer099 1 year ago
ahh vikings my ancestors brutal and feared. Can you use the sword to slaugther zombies and or aliens
aDAMPis1913 1 year ago
can i have a slice :3 0:49
TheFunyvideos 1 year ago
VIKINGS RULE!!!!!! i love cold steel
dethmetalsuicide 1 year ago
Those last few swings are the gayest and most un-intimidating swings I have ever seen in my life.
TownPiligan 1 year ago
your fuirt killing skills are remarkable mate!
SopzYoshi 1 year ago
what the hell r u gunna do with a sword..fight romans and vikings..those days are gone
5tonyvvvv 1 year ago
i like he greek and asian swords they look nice...all the midevil swords look the same
PebBleishRock 1 year ago
man when he cut the rope you can hear the brute force of that thing also what kind of damage it can do
yeizon101 1 year ago
not my first choice in swords
YVRSURF 1 year ago
why cant they try something hard? a melon? a paper stock? cant they take a half meter wood and try cut trou ith with 1 blow and see how it goes xD would be very cool to see how it ends
Mirdamor 1 year ago
Little pricy for a rebated live steel blade, but wonderfully made.
OenghusLok 1 year ago
This sword comes in handy when you have a watermelon and many guests
joarcokru 1 year ago
Vikings always used their swords to peel lemons (that they gathered from their gardens and grocery stores) and cut bottles of water and shit...this seems to have so much sense!Okay...I still want one though...
sovarelteo47 1 year ago
OK fat boys ~!! LOL
urkingod 1 year ago
All we need is a Kenny Rogers testimonial and this could be a Mad TV skit
mymainmanrichieT 1 year ago
i want to chop a watermelon with a sword.
AndyCarnage 1 year ago
that would be awesome
tapout320 2 years ago
ok, ive watched a few of these in a row now, and i am seriously hankerin for some watermelon and ribs.
Banminator 2 years ago
I always bring my viking sword with me where ever i go!
PR0XXIE 2 years ago 22
@PR0XXIE ....lol do you get arrested on the way there?
wex313 1 year ago
@PR0XXIE I always bring my sword Cane wherever i go.. >.>
Tralfagal 1 year ago
Too bad they don't sell a proper shield to go with it. What can be pieced together from old sagas and common sense suggests that Scandinavian sword styles all incorporated shields.
Cainus44 2 years ago 3
The central-groove is WAY to small, the guard is to big and the pummel is a little to small.
P.S. If any one from cold steal reads this, plz make the next model of the "Viking sword" more accurate.
krullboll 2 years ago 37
Noted...
csknives 2 years ago 26
@krullboll True; Viking swords were built more like broadswords than anything.
lxXMETALXxl 1 year ago
@krullboll Thanks, Snorri. Sorry you had to come back from the grave to tell us this....
Zubirrex 1 year ago
@krullboll
You should make your spelling more accurate.
M4ST3RL1NKX88 1 year ago
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@krullboll ''The central-groove is WAY to small, the guard is to big and the pummel is a little to
small. P.S. If any one from cold steal reads this, plz make the next model of the "Viking sword" more accurate.'' Yes but don't you think the pommel is quite a lot too small?
jaskamakkara 9 months ago
@krullboll pommel if your english teacher read your error he/she would cry
619husoldier619 8 months ago
@619husoldier619 Being that my main language is Swedish, I don't care. =3
krullboll 8 months ago
@krullboll oh and spell 'steel' right too, thanks.
shandelear 6 months ago
@krullboll : The central groove looks fine to me. The longer it is, the skinnier it can be.
Halofreakanoid 5 months ago
perhaps it would be a good idea to test swords cutting ability on something that actually resembles an adversary
say, pig carcass in a tatami-chainmail wrapper
4mannelig 2 years ago
err they do for most everything they make.
trelane100 2 years ago
icelandic viking pride !!!!!
steinar553 2 years ago
get this sword and you too can cut through rope, plastic, and cardboard
ZJN09 2 years ago
Awesome! it chops cardboard!
yexey 2 years ago
wow it looked like very little force was used to cut the watermelon and just wondering how clean was the cut on the meat?
Darkvoodle7 2 years ago
that is a really good swordsmenship.
loveryoda 2 years ago
they must eat a lot of streak
Personally they look like they have fun at work.Chopping and smashing shit then eating steak
NewZealfighter 2 years ago 19
Yes we do, I for one have been eating leftover meat for the last month or so from the shooting of our latest proof dvd.
csknives 2 years ago 38
Why do some of the videos have cement blocks being cut but none of the swords do?
deathsminion25 2 years ago
YOUR KNIVES ARE MADE BY MACHINES!
flip2447 11 months ago
@flip2447 no.... they have 50 old chines guys slaving in the garage ,
PatriotRadioMilitia 10 months ago
@csknives is that why you all have man boobs?
coolkidcater 11 months ago
@csknives And the watermelon?
EarlOfEs 7 months ago
LOL! This guy's hilarious!! And the music..BAH I love it!!
bfunkk 2 years ago
Wow it can waste, i mean cut a watermelon. How about a cantaloupe?
thundamanstix 2 years ago
I have this sword, it's a lot lighter than I actually expected, it's about 2 and a half pounds.
mindfreakpro 2 years ago
is it durable? cuz I am thinking of buying it. But I want a sword that wont break if I use it on targets.
amadeus987 2 years ago
Hellishly durable.
It will take on targets like nothing, it's battle ready. It will go through just about anything, except for a sword's worst enemy; rocks.
mindfreakpro 2 years ago
Cool. It look pretty awesome, but I am trying to decide between it and a longer knightly sword
amadeus987 2 years ago
Yea, their both hard to decide between, I have both and they both perform equally as good, so it's largely baste on a matter of taste.
Or, depending what size your hands are, the Viking sword might be a better choice.
My hands are larger and I got the Hand and a Half sword.
mindfreakpro 2 years ago
cool...
moglinpunter 2 years ago
Broadsword is a term used to describe basket hilt swords of the late eras. You can't just take a European sword and call it a "broadsword", simply because they are all very different, because Europeans constantly developed their sword designs.
Japanese soldiers\samurais were quite heavily armored, during the war time. All the damage on the battlefield in melee was done buy yari and naginata. The katana was a sidearm, a symbol of power and a dueling weapon, not intended for actual battlefield.
Ranziel1 2 years ago
So overall if you want to be prepared for anything you would want to go with a broadsword due to it's sturdiness and reliability, theres a reason a battle-hungry viking would use it you know, and in Japan Iron and steel armor was nonexistent so it didn't make sense to use heavy blades if you catch my drift... It was better to use lighter blades that could kill fast I guess.
CrankItEveryDay 2 years ago
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Armor became obsolete because light swords could exploit their weaknesses.
deathsminion25 2 years ago
No, armor became obsolete because of firearms.
Ranziel1 2 years ago 9
Yeah, but not anymore.
qwastic 2 years ago
@Ranziel1 yea then they wore leather jackets
bob12883 1 year ago
@Ranziel1
Negative
fosty99 1 year ago
The Katana was made for Killing unarmored or lightly armored enemies quickly and with without much work. The Broadsword was created to kill or severly injure moderate-heavily armored enemies with moderate difficulty. Lets say my enemy was an armored spartan, I wouldn't want a katana due to it not penetrating his armor. Lets say I was fighting an unarmored guy, a broadsword would kill him but it would take more effort than it would with the Katana...
CrankItEveryDay 2 years ago
European swords made for smashing??? this myth needs to DIE. all swords are made for cutting and thrusting never smashing! thats why maces were invented.
nugnug616 2 years ago 4
but if you didn't cut through armor such as mail the force of the swing would still cause blunt force trauma. it wasn't intended for it but that doesn't mean they couldn't do it
aerodynamicband 2 years ago
Wow isnt like every sword able to cut fruit and bottles.
Masonaterx 2 years ago
Yes and no show swords are fake.. Ive seen some of there knifes do a better job then that sword..
haha48 2 years ago
@haha48 a sword is made to be sharp but not rasor sharp seing as the kuting edge whod get badly bent fom hiting your enemys sword or other hard objekts unlike a kife thats not made to be parryd or blockt by hard objekts
mrlegion91 1 year ago
Did anybody try CS swords in blade contra blade fencing?
I mean semi-full or full contact strikes with one blade on another, like in battles...
The fencing videos with sabres are fine, and the techniques also, but there is no power in them.
ardasir 2 years ago
ziosin, and that's false. That's why everyone compares katana and straight euro analogues, European bladesmithing and swordsmanship are often ridiculed. Swords don't smash, otherwise everyone would use maces.
The term "broadsword" was first used by Victorians in 19th century to describe a sword that was wider than dueling ones, like rapiers. Katana would be a broadsword too.
The sword used in this video would weight for about 1/3 less that a katana. So much for smashing vs precision, right?
Ranziel1 2 years ago 3
Wow, everybody is comparing European Longswords and Broadswords to Japanese Katanas. How childish.
The two weapons are shaped, weighted, and made differently for a reason. They have two specificly DIFFERENT jobs. A katana cuts through tons of different things, while a broadsword can smash through the toughest metals.
They adapted differently, to different aspects of combat; which evolved differently in different parts of the world.
Point being, they're as similar as a halberd and a dagger.
ziosin 2 years ago 2
NOW, can we all just get along and watch the man cut through meat hunks?
ziosin 2 years ago
GO VIKINGS! my kin.
dogongood 3 years ago
How are they your kin?
punchdrunkatheist 3 years ago
um the fact that my great-great-great grandparents happened to imigrate from norway and denmark an had lived the for a couple centuries.
dogongood 3 years ago
I didn't mean that to negate you, I was literally curious, lol.
punchdrunkatheist 3 years ago
oh i didnt take offence or any thing
dogongood 2 years ago
ahh me too bro
papason4041 3 years ago
Yeah me too, my dad is a swedish immigrant.
tallswede68 3 years ago
Me too!
gibsonfan3 2 years ago
There's always someone who comes along and starts screaming about how superior a katana is. The problem is they never realize how or what to compare it to. If you were to take a katana and try to fight against a medieval soldier wearing his mail or plate, you'd be shit out of luck. The katana was never made to, nor ever has been able to CLEAVE. Thus the reason broad swords and the like were invented as armor advanced.
punchdrunkatheist 3 years ago
Curved swords have been around thousands of years, the Egyptians took awhile to catch onto them after the Hittites put a whipping on them, but eventually they realized a curved sword of bronze was more practical, this was quite a few thousand years before the katana. By the time the katana came around armor had advanced to the point weapons needed to be able to cleave, or smash, not slice. The katana did NOT see very much battle outside of special ops and spy operations.
punchdrunkatheist 3 years ago
Swords were made for different purposes and anyone who comes along claiming there's one sword that's superior and somehow hung the moon over the others proves their lack of ability to see the entire picture.
punchdrunkatheist 3 years ago 3
Agreed.
dogongood 3 years ago
A Katana is better tho.. atleast it cuts the meat swiftly and doest'nt require a second cut... and does'nt knock the mats off the spike like the sword in this vid did...
unHolySamuraiXevil 3 years ago
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UnHoly is right!!!! damn broad swords always fail!!!! horrible fucking weapon.. they should'nt even forge them anymore!!! Oh' I forgot.. they hardly do!!! LOL :p
Esca767676 3 years ago
European swords are forged from superior ore and are actually meant to be used in battle unlike the katana. The katana is a decorative sword and a dueling weapon. Your average samurai generally didn't even touch his katana in a battle. He used a bow and a lance.
Sorry dude, but when it comes to guarding, smashing, thrusting, durability, and overall versatility, any European blade beats anything to come out of Japan.
It was European weapons that conquered the world afterall.
Cainus44 3 years ago 2
Unlike the katana?? are you a fucking moron??? go learn how to use a sword and do some more research b4 talking to me you scrub...
unHolySamuraiXevil 3 years ago
You're a weeaboo fanboy who knows nothing about feudal Japanese warfare, that much is obvious.
The principle weapons of the samurai were bows and lances. A katana would be a very poor sword to use while mounted due their relatively short length, and most samurai fought mounted.
Katanas were not meant for true warfare, just dueling, sport, and decoration.
European swords were actually used in battle.
I think you're the one who needs to do his research you little weeaboo shit.
Cainus44 3 years ago 4
whoa youre turely just a reatarded little kid.. the first katana was used on horseback you fucking scub.. it was called a tachi!!! everyone here will tell you the same thing.. see you just made an ass out of yourself again becuz you were wrong yet again!!! go and learn he basics os swordsmanship b4 trying to tal widely sold and used sword to day!!!k to someong of my rank.. and try atleast learn what katanas were used for too!!! the best combat weapon ever made!!!
unHolySamuraiXevil 3 years ago
Yes, and it saw sooo much use. Oh wait, no it didn't, because Japanese swords WERE NEVER USED! Listen kid, SAMURAI DID NOT USE THEIR SWORDS IN BATTLE! THEY USED LANCES AND BOWS! YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SWORDSMANSHIP OR FIGHTING!
You miserable weeaboo shits make everyone who actually knows about weaponry look bad. Get this through your thick skull. A 2 and half foot long sword used on horseback does not work well.
European blades were superior in every way except cutting.
Cainus44 3 years ago
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And can you also explain to me why the katana is the most practiced sword in the world today? and the most used,bought,made,learned and is by fact the best sword in the whole fucking world.. you never see any tv shows about shity broad sword.. or monvies?.. its always about the katana.. so try again.. you aparently no nothing about the katana (kid). you made you first mistake when you said it was'nt meant for horse back.. and I just proved you wrong AGAIN!!! you truley are a little punk..
unHolySamuraiXevil 3 years ago
Hey, every sword has its uses, the katana is simply made for cutting flesh/bone, bamboo, and stuff like that. anything outside of its little ring of cutting and your dead. PS you'd probably look like a damn fool trying to cut through armor with a katana.
desinater 3 years ago 4
Because people are weeaboos who watch too much anime like you? That's the main reason. And you've yet to counter the fact that katanas cannot cut through armour. Let's not forget that they have never successfully invaded any nation in southern Asia, despite having tried several times.
And no, only Japanese things are all about the katana, virtually every medieval-inspired movie, show, book, and comic in America and Europe all feature European weapons.
Cainus44 3 years ago 3
And I still say katanas are not meant to be used on horseback, considering that katanas were rarely used in battle because they make for poor war swords to be used on multiple foes, just like almost all curved blades.
There's a reason why Europe preferred sword and lance combat over the horse archery used by every culture that had curved swords.
Plus, European blades actually advanced through time, Japanese blades didn't because their swordsmiths refused to give up anything on how to make them.
Cainus44 3 years ago 3
Not to mention that katanas were made of inferior ore to European blades. Sword smiths had to spend months just working the iron to make it worth spitting at.
In Europe, good ore was abundant, and weapons of equal or better quality were affordable.
Ever wonder why Samurais had no metal armour? So while knights were fighting in the middle east, wearing heavy mail that could turn the highest quality (still shit) katanas, Samurais were running around with pieces of wood and leather for armour.
Cainus44 3 years ago 3
Oh, and try using a 2 and half foot sword from horse back. You won't reach anyone. Longswords, used on horseback, were 4 feet long. Katanas, not used period, were 2-3 feet long.
Oh, and the reason I call you kid is because I looked at your profile. You have picture of a katana for a background and a smiley face after "Atheist". That screams angsty, emo, weeaboo fanboy teeny right there. I'm guessing you spend most of your time away from middle school reading cheap manga.
Cainus44 3 years ago 2
its true,katanas arent weapons of warfare, only of dueling with other samurai.
their fragile blades would shatter when used against european plate armor.
there are alot of miconceptions about european blades being disseminated in thise comments too. the straight cruciform swords used in the middle ages where often very well balanced and reasonable light, in the 2-3 lb range and could cut as well as any katana.
bremenlegation 2 years ago 5
Part of what ur saying it true.. but, If you truly know anything about Katanas like I do then, You would know the Katanas dont "shatter" they only bend.. Broad swords do shatter and bend. Trust me... I know cuz im a expert with a Katana.
unHolySamuraiXevil 2 years ago
and if you knew anything about swords you would know that a "broad sword" is actually a modern term applied to a variety of swords none of which are really broad swords, its really just a term people that don't know any better use.
spleegulence 2 years ago 6
Ok mister i'll name the names of all of the double edge swords next time if that'll keep you from bitching like a woman. Oh' and never presume to know me ever again, that just means ur on here just to start shit like a little kid. And for the record you araprrently knew what I meant by the "term" broad sword whitch proves my point about your "bitching".
unHolySamuraiXevil 2 years ago
i was really just pissed you said they shattered and stuff easier than a katana which isn't true so i just assumed you didn't know that much about swords. Sure maybe the katana but then don't go dissing european swords, which do have more flex. and you do know that by gettting all offended i win!!! YAAH
spleegulence 2 years ago 4
Whoo was the one who got offended?? YOU clearly stated that you "Got Pissed". So my friend, who truly won? I did" not the other way around. And who ever said that they have more flex? Have you ever heard of spring steel? Aparrently not... This conversation boars me and is now over.
unHolySamuraiXevil 2 years ago
ewart oakshotte said so, and yes i am a black smith i use spring steel daily, and spring steel tempered to be hard is very shatter prone, but hard, which is why the samurai used it on the edge of the blade, the slightly softer european swords had more flex at the loss of the idcredibly sharp edge, which is why there tactics are more hack and stab based as opposed to slash and slice based. and i dont know what a male pig has to do with this (boars???)
spleegulence 2 years ago 3
LOL! Boars? But anyway, true point...
unHolySamuraiXevil 2 years ago
broad·sword (brôdsôrd, -srd)
n.
A sword with a wide, usually two-edged blade that is designed for slashing rather than thrusting.
broadsword
Noun
a broad-bladed sword used for cutting rather than stabbing
Ulfvaldr2012 2 years ago 2
Wow, that's freaking awesome!
motorsagmannen 3 years ago