Albion viking sword destructive testing

This is a video from Albions website showing a destructive test on one of their viking swords. The main reason I posted this video was for all those morons who see "How it's made-Albion Sword" and for some reason think they're pieces of crap that will break if you just look at them funny. Anyway, Enjoy.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• viking
• albion
• sword
• shield
• steel
• medieval
• midevil
• european
• katana
• samuri
• ninja
• martial
• arts
• broadsword
• longsword
• replica

[Rossowens]

valid and heterosexual

[ArranoGris]

I was wincing the ENTIRE time the guy was bending the sword back and forth. Yikes....

[eveslmatrix]

HEEEEEY THATS MY DAD!!!! :)

[volarion]

@Verradonairun why so?

[Verradonairun]

not a viking sword tho

[DathVada]

Most impressive. Just ordered an Albion Augustus Gladius. This video verifies that my money will be well spent. I'm wondering how much damage the edge took when it struck the barrel.

[MrNativeDancer]

You wait until Techno Viking sees that you broke his sword! He is gonna string you up man!

He will not be a happy bunny when he sees this video I tall ya lol

[TheBlowerUp]

Thats not Viking Sword!

[austinhh132]

that bend test made cold steels's test it's bitch

[chreberle]

@Rossowens ha! Good one - it took me few seconds to realize that this is the opposite of "fake and gay" - I'm from Germany, so english is not my native language... and yes - that's a good sword!

[Protherium]

That's why Viking swords were among the sharpest european swords ever made. Their cutting power rivals japanese swords with ease. Unfortunately almost 95% of all viking swords ever produced are not intended for cutting, but stage combat, having thick blades and blunt edges, which makes them not authentic in cutting performance and handling. That's why myths and misunderstandings are so common when it comes to capabilites of a good old viking sword.

[Protherium]

Folks, at 2:29 you can see a gorgeous close up of the cross section, having only 20° edge angle! And that's historically 100% authentic.

Well there are some guys who say "IT CAN NOT BE ONLY KaTaNaS ARE THAT SHARP, PETER JOHNSSON COPIED A KATANA NOT A AUTHENTIC VIKING SWORD!!!" I hate to disappoint those guys, but:

-- ht*tp:/*/w*ww.jstage.jst.go.j*­p/article/isijinternational/47­/7/1050/_pdf (Remove stars)

Look at Fig. 3, grab a protractor, check it. And yes, 20°! Euroswords were really that sharp.