SAPS, BLACKJACKS AND SLUNGSHOTS: A HISTORY OF FORGOTTEN WEAPONS, THE BOOK tells the story of the most forgotten weapons from history for the first time in history. 2018 Independent Author Network Awards... Finalist Non-Fiction, History. Amazon #1 New Release in 3 categories. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Al Capone, William Shakespeare, Jules Verne, Hank Williams and Frank Sinatra are just some of the notable people that are encountered in this wide ranging and previously undiscovered tale. The book was exhaustively researched and is, I am told, quite entertaining.
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My interview about sap history and use on the Martial Thoughts podcast (episode LXIV) is linked below.
Good video. I love the workmanship and ornate wood design. Even passenger cars back then are comparatively luxurious to bland and cramped travel spaces of today.
Khanjars were made in India by hindus artisans,and traded to persia thereafter mughals liked it and started to buy in 15-16th,later on mughal started to make theirs own khanjars with same designs.Koftgiri from india was early version of damascus kife,but it was not rated in india thus became famous in damascus.
My Dad used to be a police officer here in the UK, when he started, they were still using Lignum Vitea wooden batons like they did in the Victoria Era. Lignum Vitea is so dense that it sinks in water.
It is, someone else pointed that out. I found it when looking for useful images and it just said mountaineering axe. I'm going to incorporate into my video on the heart shape proper, pretty interesting that the Japanese and Native Americans both had that. I know of the European swords that do so needed to be educated about this part (had no idea).
Figured you'd like that one! I never knew the heads were sometimes pewter. Makes sense for a purely ceremonial one... why bother working with harder metal that's never going to cut anything?
That axe with two heart indents is actually a Japanese Ono axe. You can tell from the distinctive hammer side. Also it's not really a heart, it's a boar's snout, it's upside down. It's possible, I've seen a Plains Indian posing with his katana. Not sure where he got that though
@@yokaiou5848 Woah! I just saw that it was a, "mountaineering" axe. Wish I'd noticed the country of origin. I will definitely point that out in the follow up video about the heart shape. p.s. I've also seen that picture of the Native American with the katana.
Oh, wow...that braided convoy in the thumbnail sure brings back memories... Back in the late 70's all of those old school bulls carried blackjacks & they would part someone's hair with one in a heartbeat...
I have a solution. And I’ve seen this method when ppl make necklaces out of them. What would you need is to those grooves in between each link that allows them to individually rotate. It keeps the chain fluid. Idk what exactly it’s called but you probably know what I’m talking about
Honestly I don't have that anymore, I ditch most of what I dig up for these videos bc otherwise I'd just end up with gobs and gobs of data. If it's something I think I'll need again or use in a book I hold on to it but didn't with the parts list/pic. If you screenshot it and do a Google image search I bet it would come up very quickly.
i dont know why so many ppl stucked up on wood i made by chucks back in 90s from solid titanium bar shifted center of weigh to back of handles and it was indestructible murder weapon to the point i never aimed at peoples heads half power to hands or lags were always enough to make them roll on grass
With that material and shape they must have had serious power, yikes. Yes, metal clearly makes more sense- it's just that the wood has that traditional appeal.
@@ObjectHistory it should be like 300-400 grams per handle to crush stuff well and more weight concentrated on the back of handles i had steel bolts screwed into back of each handle
@@pycJIaH77 Nice set up. I know the Philippine equivalent of the nunchucks sometimes had wider ends to give the kind of weight distribution you're talking about.
@ 2:01 See that fence just of center right.....a water grate resides there...and the grate was in front of the fence in 1963, in the days after...a fence was installed in front of it...
Hey, I recently picked up a tomahawk from a from thrift store and I antique thrift store and I was wondering if I could send you some pictures and you could tell me if if it’s not authentic or not
What about sunken continents? If California fell off into the sea, I can think of something evolving into the story where, san andreas is something holding the SHELLF and they dropped it If a large crust shift causing islands to rise into bigger masses.. primitive man may say it's a blank shell. What if we were living there and it was Eden, and it sunk again?
I think star wars is trying to explore other ideas and concepts thats it's core audience has no interest in. It's a bit like Lego. (Indeed Lego done well with star wars crossovers). But there's nothing left to tell. Even going back to an older style is just retreading the themes of 3 classic movies that will never be topped. I feel disillusioned with star wars ,it no longer has a prestige and mythological feel to it. What does a society do when it's myths and stories are no longer relevant and useful to the challenges of the times.
I don't have any issues with Star Wars exploring new ideas and stories, the Nightsisters were amazing characters in the Clone Wars series, but the proper setting for the kind of mucking about the Acolyte tried is nearer the inception of the Jedi order. Heck, the Acolyte story would have been almost PERFECT for Disney to explain how the Sith order was first established.
The Jedi are really pretty horrible. They kidnap children, murder without consequence, are a hereditary aristocracy without any external checks, so on and so forth. They also jave a policy of forcing Force users to be part of their cult and reduce the unimaginable richness of direct union with the inner workings of the cosmos to fighting old battles with the Jedi's enemies and uncritical adoption of a very limiting dualistic philosophy.
The correct pronunciation Waha -Ika The bitten fish / fishes mouth. Referring to the enemy as fish/ food for the taking The Hook above the carved figure was for many uses as mentioned but also specifically penetration of the skull letting blood drip down to 'Feed' the Aitua/ god , or ancestors. The notch on the opposite side was duel use also as mentioned to snare the opponents weapon, but also to fit into the side of the enemy skull above the ear where with a flick of the wrist the head could be opened exposing the brain / bread fruit to the gods.
i was scrolling pinterest while crying (as i tend to do) and i came across a monkey by Kano Sansetsu, which i found delightful, so I ventured to learn more by searching about it here which brought me to this video. this is my long-winded way of saying, your video granted me some sweet respite from my own thoughts, and for that i must thank you :)
I just picked up a S&W M13 one of these at a great price. The revolver at some point in its life had a catastrophic failure but was repaired at the armory. All #'s matching (even on the inside of the grips) with the cylinder being cut in half and repaired but still shows at least 4 digits of the serial # on the original half. I knew these existed, but to actually find one in the wild and just binging on people's research is fantastic. Keep up the great work man!
I have a 2” Commando in the original box that was carried by a intelligence officer in WWII. I also have his Union switch & signal 1911 and standard mfg M-1 carbine
Seems to me these would be used more to cover a retreat perhaps than to try and lob into an enemy. I say that mainly because i have a feeling the added powder wasnt meant for more boom affect. Its not pressurized enough to help that too much. But... it would create a boom from the grenade plus alot of smoke and fire from all the excess added black powder. I dont think it would help the fighters if the smoke was all generated on the enemy side during the fight. It would conceal them and help the enemy instead. Then if your team dont wind up needing to retreat etc, just loot the powder inside and ditch the mug. So it likely was a dual use way to carry extra powder too. Never knew about these till now good video bud.
Witnesses stated the shooter was not Oswald. Warren Commission only purpose was to find Oswald was the shooter. Now we know Oswald worked for fbi, cia. The Russian defect was part of a false defect. Oswald shot no one. Not even Gen Walker. Research it yourself
