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@shadiversity 2 года назад

Just to clarify, the comments about virginity were a joke, I was a virgin until I was married and proud of it. So people, protect your virginity until marriage and if you need any help with that I do suggest you buy some Mall ninja weapons, it's one of the few things they can properly protect.

@warcraftfan5 2 года назад

Based

@smartsmellafartfella1922 2 года назад

Based

@Cruzifix777 2 года назад

its 6:20am at work and the first thing I hear is this joke about virginity and now my head hurts cause I laughed a little too hard.

@kelmnon1393 2 года назад

Is it sad that I heard the joke and thought he was saying a virgin in combat?

@FernandoHernandez-jw4yy 2 года назад

This comment is pure gold.

@aricblackwood5563 2 года назад

The life of Shad is the story of an edgy teen who studies the blade to the point where he started to make money

@RorikH 2 года назад

Shad is me in ten years and I'm not sure of that's a good thing or a bad thing.

@quincyames2014 2 года назад

who is good at photoshop

@jakethefox9439 2 года назад

So... Shad is basically Raiden

@stcredzero 2 года назад

The highlight is when he loses his virginity? Shad should write a "Suburban Fantasy" story with Isekai elements where a Mall Ninja gets pulled into a fantasy world! Put in those sensible hard magic rules and lots of Shad-isms, and that could be a HOOT!

@bakerboy8910 2 года назад

Lmao

@lokdog257 2 года назад

Shad is just a grown up, historically accurate mall ninja

@tbishop4961 2 года назад

I guess shad didn't think it was funny 🤣

@lokdog257 2 года назад

@@tbishop4961 he admitted ad much himself, saying that the "mall ninja" was the first step many take on becoming master of the blade.

@tbishop4961 2 года назад

Ah. I may not have paid attention the entire way

@petrpodskalsky1785 2 года назад

@@lokdog257 maybe some of the mall ninjas weren't lying when they said they were studying the blade...

@Broockle 2 года назад

Ah yes the legendary historical mall ninjas of Mesopotamia. It is said they had to defend their malls from leagues after leagues of unsatisfied rice thrasher buyers and angry karens.

@PatricTheSpartian Год назад

I used to work with a guy, and he told me he was really into tactical training. I first thought it was some airsoft kind of deal with him, but he showed me a video of himself training: he was alone in the woods, wearing a black "tactical vest", smacking trees with two of those "Zombie Slayer" neon-green-type mall ninja swords. We didn't talk much after that.

@rplanet_ua 11 месяцев назад

LMAO

@Brandon_metab 3 месяца назад

I went larping with a cousin I never see, this was years back and he’s about ten years older. I didn’t know what larping was but I was excited to spend time with him until this goof pulled out foam swords and cloth bean bag magic spells. His village people emerged from the trees in their renaissance attire with shields and bows and staffs and poles and spells and capes and my only option was to play along with these grown adults throwing fire spells at eachother pretending to burn to ash. I love him but, Coworker > Cousin.

@nf4866 4 дня назад

@@Brandon_metabthat's a totally different thing though. Generally mall ninjas or people into bullshido think they have some type of real martial arts skills. Larping is just people having fun. It's no goofier than getting on your playstation and pretending to be spiderman for 4 hours.

@CWJester Год назад

Haha when I was younger my sister gave me this double bladed, double sided knife which imo was weird but I was like "Thanks, I'll use it to open packages I guess - I like my longsword Opa gave me years ago though!" My grandpa on my moms side was German and would make me longswords of different designs, send them over (even against my parents wishes lol) and I loved all of them. In 2012 when I got into longsword fencing he made me a blunt fencing longsword, and a feder which I still use it for sparring to this day. He's since passed away so no more swords but they're like treasures to me.

@jewelscoop3570 Год назад

Please upload a video of these! Id love to see the construction and different takes on swords! It would definitely be a treat!

@L1VE3V1L Год назад

Yeah me too. That’d be cool to see.

@overkill_716 Год назад

That's really cool

@Helperbot-2000 Год назад

The grand blacksmith from a far away land making you special weapons to take on your foes!

@tabkg5802 Год назад

Virgin normal gifts vs Chad Swords

@axelthegreat9 2 года назад

I love how shinobi, thousands of years later, are completely misunderstood by most people. They did their jobs perfectly.

@AsukaLangleyS02 2 года назад

Thousands of years later? Which would imply multiples of thousands. They're like 800-years-old if that.

@axelthegreat9 2 года назад

@@AsukaLangleyS02 ehh, my bad. I am extremely bad at time scales. Should've said hundreds. Point still stands though.

@plzletmebefrank 2 года назад

@@AsukaLangleyS02 Weren't there Chinese assassins that have similarities to Shinobi that existed before them?

@AsukaLangleyS02 2 года назад

@@plzletmebefrank Maybe, but this man said shinobi so he's definitely talking about Japanese people.

@lootownica 2 года назад

*found on the internet "What if every country had their own ninja, but we know only about japanese ones, because they were the worst?"

@awesomeblader45 Год назад

The Karambit is actually a traditional Indonesian knife, that has essentially become mall ninja'd. Its original purpose was a farmer's cutting tool roots, rice, and threshing. When it became popular outside Indonesia, it was turned into a "combat knife"

@skiffy8121 Год назад

my adhd addled brain"its a fidget toy"

@tabithaalphess2115 Год назад

I actually gave my brother one a few Christmases ago, and he uses it as a fidget toy

@skiffy8121 Год назад

@@tabithaalphess2115 eyy, not alone. and also nunchucks and scythes are also under the classification of "farming tools we used as weapons when we had nothing else" as they had metal chains

@B4dr4bbit Год назад

Good to know.

@aizenimpirius818 Год назад

They're still highly effective. That's the one problem I have with your statement. There is martial arts designed around them from Indonesia.

@WaywardRobot Год назад

What's funny about these is that the best swordsmen in anime usually have very plain, functional and worn down swords. Hajime Saito carried a generic nameless sword, Kenshin had a banged up reversed-blade sword, and Hiko Seijuro had a completely unadorned sword.

@jacobesterson Год назад

Those are some very limited examples. Those are all Rurouni Kenshin swords. Bleach is a good example to the contrary, and Ichigo's Shikai is close to Cloud's buster sword levels of "realism." Granted, on second thought Bleach also has plenty of sword designs that aren't absolute trash, and Ichigo's Bankai is significantly better than his Shikai. One Piece is entirely hit or miss, with the vast majority of it's swords designs being fine. Meanwhile Mihawk's sword is off in the corner *literally T posing.* Demon Slayer is another very popular anime that doesn't go crazy with the sword designs, and Attack on Titan has crazy swords but they're well explained and it makes some sort of sense under the circumstances. I'd like to say "I could go on" but most anime I've come across just doesn't go crazy with the swords. Bleach is probably the worst offender and it doesn't even come close to Monster Hunter. I'm starting to think video games are more of a culprit than anime after close consideration.

@Dovakhin94 Год назад

Yea the main dude from bleach in his final form only has a black Nodachi.

@DIEGOLOKO82 Год назад

@@jacobesterson Naruto has the worst swords ever though, those things are ugly, useless irl and mostly pointless

@Karak-_- Год назад

And then there's Guts. With a slab of iron, too big and heavy to be called a sword. A sword that was impossible to wield, forged to slay foes that didn't exist.

@SleepyOcto Год назад

@@DIEGOLOKO82 Naruto is particularly egregious since several of them aren't even swords but Naruto pretends they are. The Kabutowari is literally an axe and hammer chained together, the Samehada is a spiked club, and the Shibuki is a fucking roll of paper on a stick, and yet all three of them are referred to as swords.

@ryanalex4671 2 года назад

So one idea I had, if Shad sees this, is that there’s a mod called Fortified Whiterun that addresses some of the things Shad says in his Whiterun video. I’m not sure how much Shad still plays Skyrim but I think it would be cool if he reviewed the mod that was most likely made by a fan of the channel

@nick_steele9790 2 года назад

Yes!!

@JayAndNightASMR 2 года назад

Yeah a few fan mods can make skyrim so much better

@batguy39 2 года назад

Gaming video lesgoo

@mrexists5400 2 года назад

he hearted it! he likes the idea of taking a look at the very least!

@Brunozamp 2 года назад

There is also a fortified windhelm, but I think it's a WIP

@minecci258 2 года назад

As soon as he said " in fiction, sometimes the impractical designs are justified from the context of the fantasy world itself" i was waiting for the plug for his book

@SharkSprayYTP Год назад

For mall ninjas its not about what is the best weapon, its all about the drip.

@TheVallin Год назад

As long as that drip isn't your own blood. XD

@SharkSprayYTP Год назад

@Nikolay Kotykhov that too.

@anitanielsen1061 Год назад

As somebody whose first visit to Spirit Halloween was last fall to do my first anime cosplay, as Ichigo, I 💯 confirm this!

@117johnpar Год назад

The mall part also comes from the fact that, At least in the US, There are a lot of shops in malls or even markets that sell these kitch blade trinkets.

@doctorsnakeeater1997 2 года назад

"There is some validity and effectiveness to bladed shovels." *A thousand Kriegsmen rejoice.*

@edmundscycles1 2 года назад

*happy gasmask noises*

@christopherbilko9243 2 года назад

Nato countries standardized both the multipurpose combat shovel, but also the multipurpose combat knife

@eviltwinzak 2 года назад

FOR THE EMPEROR!

@Somewhat-Evil 2 года назад

Then immediately revert back to being doomful penitent battle-junkies. 💀

@insectslayer1374 2 года назад

**breathes heavily with trenching intent**

@CaptRobertApril 2 года назад

One important aspect of mall ninjitsu is that real swords are bloody expensive, whereas the typical mall ninja katana is well within the reach of someone working the third shift at Taco Bell.

@htenerf137 2 года назад

Until you’re an adult and you’re emptying your parents basement of $500 of worthless mall knives that you, if you’d saved, you could’ve spent on a real sword. Lol. When I look back and do the math I for sure cringe.

@InfernosReaper 2 года назад

@@htenerf137 yeah, it's pretty bad. Hell, for $500, you could've taken up friggin' bladesmithing and made your own damn weapons at that point

@sofiadragon6520 2 года назад

@@htenerf137 As a crafty adult, I did much the same with all the toy- grade crafting tools I had. Wobbly plastic loom, sewing kit more interested in being pink and making a shelf look cute than making something, scissors that I wouldn't use on paper as an adult let alone fabric... If I'd saved up I could have gotten something really great. But on the other hand, I might not have gotten that into the hobby if I didn't have those cheap things to practice on, and being able to blame the cheap kit came in handy when my initial attempts were utter garbage. 😅

@yharim180 2 года назад

500 DOLLARS? Damn, you could buy a real nice high-end arming sword (I am generic) with that.

@cherrybramble 2 года назад

@@InfernosReaper i'm young and new to sword enthusiasm, so I know i will eventually have to pass through the mall ninja phase if i'm not there already, but i'm prepared to fall to the dark side, and have promptly picked up the skillsets to *make* my shitty mall ninja weapons out of trash and hot glue rather than wasting my limited funds.

@korigamaru Год назад

The four point knife with the skull gave me an idea for a RPG character: an necromancer Rogue, whose personality is literally of a Mall ninja, but cultuates a ton of evil gods just to have their sacrificial daggers. None of them are very deadly, but he has so many of them that he seems dangerous.

@raxusveritas Год назад

I literally had an npc in a game 2 years ago but he was a merchant

@Perktube1 Год назад

I remember there was a big ninja trend in the early eighties. There were ninja magazines, crappy ninja to's, straight swords, even a tv show starring Lee Van Cleef as a ninja going around solving crimes.

@MrSkerpentine Месяц назад

surprised you didn’t mention Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

@sludgefactory241 Месяц назад

Yessir! God I remember that. Ninjas were fucking EVERYWHERE in the 80s. American ninja, TMNT, ECT. Good times man good times

@trevorjrooney 2 года назад

I have a feeling the manufacturers of these metal art pieces recognize that there's a non-zero chance one of their customers uses one of these weapons on someone and intentionally designs them to be so ineffective to prevent excessive harm.

@memitim171 2 года назад

While ineffective against anyone with a real weapon or sometimes just a brain, some of these things would make savage wounds that are difficult to put back together if you actually stabbed someone with them...the weapon itself would probably fall apart in the process...but still.

@samuraijackoff5354 2 года назад

@@memitim171 I’d think you’d harm yourself more than your opponent.

@LenoViburnum 2 года назад

@@samuraijackoff5354 Worth it. You die, the enemy dies- It's a win-win

@alicepbg2042 2 года назад

the advantages of using a shovel as a weapon, is that you can just dig the grave for your enemies right then and there.

@edmundscycles1 2 года назад

A Shap entrenching tool is very effective hand to hand .

@alexsm3882 2 года назад

mUlTeTaSkEnG

@MOZZQUESTVANYALI 2 года назад

Another great advantage is how satisfying the whack sound is

@edmundscycles1 2 года назад

@@MOZZQUESTVANYALI get it right and it goes THWACK" !

@patximartel 2 года назад

this is literally the monk's spade principle.

@TotemoGaijin Год назад

Man, I never saw any mall cops when I was a teen, but there was absolutely a "weapons" store that had me all kinds of excited whenever I went, lol. In addition to mall ninja, I was also a mall crocodile dundee with my bowie knife, lol.

@ryanvandoren1519 Год назад

That's not a knoife.. THATS a knoife :D

@bigvideosfordumdums3264 Год назад

I love how mall ninja "combat scythes" look nothing like an actual war scythe. (Think spear with a crescent-ish blade)

@thomasthecoolkid7228 4 месяца назад

They're basically fantasy scythes

@AnotherDuck 2 года назад

The quartz dagger looked really cool. And I doubt someone with the craftmanship to actually produce that piece of art would think it's a practical weapon.

@joaosturza 2 года назад

yeah, gemstone knifes are actually quite a common thing to carve semi=precious stones into, I once saw an amethyst dagger if I'm not mistaken, glass/crystal translucent handles were popular in middle eastern knives and those were actualy sold as weapons

@AnotherDuck 2 года назад

@@joaosturza I've seen a few daggers with translucent blades, mostly said to be letter openers. The handles aren't going to take nearly as much damage as the blade, and I've seen handles of a lot of various precious and exotic materials. As long as the tang is sturdy enough, you can put almost what you want on the handle. But I wouldn't try butter.

@GaldirEonai 2 года назад

Yeah, I've seen agate letter openers before. Beautiful and useful in its intended purpose but obviously not a viable weapon beyond maybe one desperate stab if you've got nothing better.

@randomcomment3164 2 года назад

It's a glass dagger teleported from Tamriel.

@mr44mag 2 года назад

@@randomcomment3164 So.... malachite? Once you mention Tamriel all bets are out the door when it comes to how metal behaves.

@egregiouscharles9702 2 года назад

That one set of brightly colored weapons doesn't look too bad. Medieval people would have _loved_ those bright colors as long as the steel was still good.

@Deadly_DoRight 2 года назад

Hello stranger! 👋

@egregiouscharles9702 2 года назад

@@Deadly_DoRight Hi! 😄

@kellynolen498 2 года назад

@@egregiouscharles9702 Howdy 👋

@egregiouscharles9702 2 года назад

@@kellynolen498 Hi!

@windminion Год назад

39:55 The problem with bladed shovels is that those blades are likely to quickly go dull if they're regularly used as a shovel... Which are still lethal ! But it's not a wise use of budget.

@jadedoptimistt Год назад

Just sharpen a shovel at that point

@jqfreezy53 Год назад

Actually as someone who has an entrenching tool and uses it regularly, it’s a lot easier to dig with a sharpened one so you will see a lot of people sharpen theirs just for digging and it gives the after effect of having a good improvised weapon, you can see military units who actually train to throw them as improvised throwing axes if they have no other weapon since you do keep it so sharp.

@liquidsleepgames3661 Год назад

@@jqfreezy53 no one has time to sit there and hack away at roots.

@Gutslinger Год назад

@@liquidsleepgames3661 ...is that an attempt at a rebuttal? Lol

@liquidsleepgames3661 Год назад

@@Gutslinger no

@lancenethken5299 Год назад

Okay but if I’m honest I would totally love to play with those mall ninja weapons, I wouldn’t feel bad abusing them and I could just slice watermelons and whatever else for hours😂

@IllustriousCrocoduck Год назад

More like minutes lol. Many of us have experienced a blade break on the first hit (often from "cutting" something preposterous. Like a coconut.

@nimarus3118 2 года назад

19:08 When I worked at Little Caesars, we had a regular customer who dressed like that. Black leather trench coat, knee pads, bullet resistant vest, straight ninja-like blade on his back, bear mace, and other stuff all over him. Everyone called him Blade, because that was the look he was going for, the Wesly Snipes Blade. Just glancing at him, you'd figure he had some kind of mental issue or something. In reality, it would be more accurate to say that he was either a person who just didn't want to fully grow up or just liked the concept of wearing functional larp gear as his everyday outfit. He's also a nice guy and our store manager always liked talking with him. I think he may have also volunteered for some kind of community work. Kind of cringy at times, but an all-around okay person.

@Gebunator 2 года назад

I can relate. I do airsofting and I honestly spend more money on actual tactical gear that has no benefit in the hobby of slinging biodegredable biopellets at each other. Seriously, I've fully kitted out Osprey carrier with a goddamn shotgun sheath on the back. For same reasons I have a BB six shooter and damned full length double barrel shotgun. It's for the cool factor. Hell, I'd wear that osprey outside hobby because looks cool and is oddly hella comfy to wear. All that gear and lugging around "real steel" machinegun (Real steel in this case denoates accurate size and weight) IS a good work out though..

@marxist-leninist-protagonist 2 года назад

As someone who carries around a katana umbrella, oh but I get it.

@bradmerilic6848 Год назад

I would always start singing the Highlander theme when I saw one of those cats.

@DaSpooge 2 года назад

I love how this video was just an excuse for Shad to travel down memory lane back to his own days as a mall ninja.

@thomasgrable1746 Год назад

The trench shovel or spade is a proven weapon from WWI. I do have doubts about those depicted with folding heads and tubular metal handles. The Russian Spetsnatz shovel is an effective tool for digging as well as hand-to-hand combat, and can be thrown to good effect. Cold Steel makes a nice one of these.

@wea69420 Год назад

I have one of those folding shovels, and it was my brother's before it was mine. He did quite a bit of digging over the years with it doing field work, and it held up just fine. He was pretty bad at taking care of tools too, and when I received it it was still pretty solid for being held together by essentially a couple sections of threaded pipe. Long story short those shitty looking folding shovels are better than they seem

@abstractapproach634 9 месяцев назад

They work well on raccoons too, and making the rest of the campsite think your crazy. You could ask me how I know, but the context is obvious .... my kids call it a harpoon now, I think I wasn't allowed to shoot my firearms for some reason ..... like my life wasn't in danger, but my kids couldn't sleep and they were trying to get into the extra tent ..... the trench shovel seemed appropriate .... either way I missed (pretty close though, scared them off real good)

@meddle333 Год назад

Re: the karambit/curved type.. as others have mentioned, I've found it really is exceptional as a work knife. Whether it's small plastic bags or a bundle of plant material or even just as a box cutter, IMHO it goes far and beyond the usual straight blade. For example if you imagine cutting a bit of string, it's far more unlikely to slip off the tip of the blade.. ykwim? And regarding the ring, I definitely wouldn't consider it essential or anything, but considering the blades usefulness in a work capacity, the ring can absolutely come in clutch if your hands are wet or excessively dirty or whatnot. Thats something I read before I got it, and it turned out 100% true in my experience. Just wanted to add my two cents! Totally recommend trying one out if any of that stuff applies to anyone. 😄👍

@NiyumiGoldpetal 2 года назад

I love how so many mall ninja weapons are incredibly flashy and brightly colored when the LAST thing any ninja/shinobi would EVER want is to be spotted as a ninja.

@saturnalia91 2 года назад

Have you ever tried to use a weapon with spikes coming out every which way? 😂Just looking at those weapons make me afraid of even coming near it. Someone from my high school knew I used to do martial arts, so he asked me to show him how to use some of his... stuff. He got annoyed when I held his decent knives the right way (not backwards). Holding it backwards might look neat, but if you're trying to attack, you have a much larger arc. By the time your blade reached me, your opponent could have knocked you out several times over. Needless to say, trying to swing his weapons (if they could have even retained an edge) might have killed the user before the opponent. Stupid toys are completely unable to be used in any real combat situation. TL;DR, keep weapons simple so they can be used. Don't try to look cool.

@boek2777 2 года назад

Having cool weapons might keep low level intruders from attacking (seeming to be 'extreme' may scare of most people). I personally have an old and dirty fireman ax from about 1780. It's an extremely bad and heavy weapon (4 kg) but sharpening it in public is a way to scare of most people. If some hostile would arrive, i would obviously choose another "decoration' to defend myself. Don't underestimate the power of seeming dangerous but prepare for the time when actual violence is needed.

@karvast5726 2 года назад

Do you really think these people are trying to mimic history accurate ninjas lol,i'm not sure they are that smart to do that,btw fun fact for you,history is blurred about ninjas we are not even sure if they even existed

@saturnalia91 2 года назад

@@karvast5726 Well we know espionage existed, and that at least is accredited to the ninja. As for any martial art (ninjutsu) accredited to them, that more than likely does not exist, and is, instead, an amalgamation of preexisting martial arts. They may or may not have done assassinations as well, but naturally we have next-to-no data about that. And as for assassinations, if it was done correctly, there would be no need for any fancy footwork, blocking, parrying, etc. So a martial art for ninjas would have essentially been if they failed, and if you did hire one for such an act, you'd be hoping they didn't fail, defeating the purpose and need of a martial art. As for a tool for the job, small, easily hidden, and simple would have worked the best, completely disproving anything fancy immediately.

@karvast5726 2 года назад

@@saturnalia91 i can imagine the ninja's would have looked like everyone else back then to blend in,probably completely different from what the movies are telling us

@spacedinosaur8733 2 года назад

“The path of the Mall Ninja is a journey to many abilities some consider to be...unnatural.”

@raycearcher5794 2 года назад

What could be more natural than SHARK FIST

@sebastijanglozinic8630 Год назад

Not the least of which is the infamous aura of cringe! Which makes all enemies within visual range cringe, thus leaving them open to your lighning fast teleportation attack.

@MoritzKrog Год назад

Regarding using shovels as weapons: when I was in German military service in 2000, we were actually training with these. Not in a very serious way, mind you. But with a sharpened edge, they actually can do some damage, when you strike someone with it. There are of course more effective weapons than this, but if you need a shovel anyway, might was well learn how to use them in combat.

@Reyd_01 Год назад

I'll take that shovel against anyone in the comments with their "styles"

@TheNextWednesday Год назад

@@Reyd_01 Glock Makes a shovel. Entrenching Tool.

@myronplatte8354 Год назад

Russian special forces can do some quite deadly things with shovels.

@Sr_ECO Год назад

Most people with shovels probably have the ones who are large and made specifically for digging, and i assume the ones you trained with were like the ones used in WW1, so i don't think it really applies your training in those type of shovels

@abstractapproach634 9 месяцев назад

I like mine, good for missing attempts to harpoon raccoons, scaring said raccoons and probably other campers (weird looks next day), but turning children's tears into laughter! Conservatively must have gone 4 meters up several times, landing on asphalt parking pad many No brand or anything but was Army Surplus (like the store) mist expensive solid one available ..... and well tested as mentioned above *I am very happy with it* I think prepper and historical weapons fans have much overlap, many if us have trench shovels. *That being said, unless I am throwing it I have no reason not to prefer a bayonet in any case I can conceive*

@FettTheWatcher Год назад

As a former mall ninja you must know that nunchucks were made that way so you could fold them and hide them in robes/clothes to sneak them in and bash someone around in close quarters.

@etazeta674 2 года назад

Very few people have the balls to admit they were a mall ninja at any part of their life. Respect Shad 👊🏻

@timothybarrett7626 2 года назад

I can happily say i was to poor to be one so i had time to actually learn about swords before i ever had the money to get one

@Sorcerers_Apprentice 2 года назад

It's not shameful to be a mall ninja, it's shameful to remain that way.

@GrandDukeMushroom 2 года назад

In elementary school i posed doing some dragon ball z attacks and the pictures turned out horibly stupid lel i learned my lesson

@carter2865 2 года назад

He has 5 kids so he's safe.

@Wolffur 2 года назад

"While you were out partying, I studied the blade" - Mall Ninjas

@MultiNaruto900 2 года назад

"Shovels can be effective weapons!" Spoken like a true Kriegsman!

@Delvien 2 года назад

I'm sure some tech priest will discover power shovel dark age technology and the deathkorps will be first on the list to receive them.

@thekinginyellowmessiahofha6308 2 года назад

Also, if you read all quiet on the western front, you’ll come to the same conclusion. They kill a lot of people with those shovels.

@HarverTheSlayer 2 года назад

@@Delvien Not if the Iron Warriors get them first!

@danielhardman234 2 года назад

They indeed are, however an unending rolling barrage before a bayonette charge is better!

@MultiNaruto900 2 года назад

@@danielhardman234 Good sir, it has come to my attention that you have misspelled "during" as "before". I can assure you, fellow citizen of the most glorious Imperium of Man, our God-Emperor shall protect the brave Death Korps of Krieg through the artillery!

@MrAkka00 Год назад

A german officer, Hermann Balck, once wrote that during World War I, on the eastern front, their Upper Silesian Jager battalion members could easily turn an entrechment tool into a deadly battle axe in a matter of seconds.

@wastelander138 Год назад

Man, watching Shad get hyped over finding pieces if crap to rip into is a joy 🤣

@natp8387 2 года назад

Shad: "I think there's some validity to bladed shovels!" World War 1: On the battlefield more people were killed with sharpened trench shovels used as axes than by bayonets or other knives.

@SonsOfLorgar 2 года назад

It's also a perfect self defence implement with plausible deniability for a professional driver, especially in rural areas or in areas that gets snow or sand drifts. An infantry shovel/spade will have 3 uses for such a driver, nr2 will be especially versatile if the tool is sturdy enough to be used on local trees as an axe: 1) call of nature miles from any rest stop. Dig a latrine pit and cover it up afterwards. 2) get the vehicle unstuck/clear the road blockage 3) self defence, and the short handle means it isn't as unwieldy inside a car/truck cabin as many other implements and it won't leave irritant residue as pepper spray will. It's primary nature as a digging tool also means cops won't harass you over having it in easy reach.

@sholahverassa8582 2 года назад

@@SonsOfLorgar I actually own such a shovel of, I believe, Russian design?.. It folds and can easily fit in a backpack, so I take it on camping trips. Works well as a shovel, sturdy and sharp enough to work as a hatchet as well. I'm pretty sure, I wouldn't like getting hit by such.

@MrAranton 2 года назад

When I was in the military, basic training did include whacking dummies with our trench shovels. Which - considering how much of dumpster fire most other aspects of the service was - gives me pause in regards to their validity as weapons....

@sholahverassa8582 2 года назад

@@MrAranton Well, range alone makes them better than knives in this regard... I gotta say, nowadays if you find yourself on the battlefield without a proper ranged weapon, you are pretty screwed anyways, so with a shovel you'll at least be able to dig yourself a nice grave.

@delvint9966 2 года назад

The russians still equip them to their soldiers, the US army has started to as well...alot of the newer e tolls which is just entrenching shovles for the US army, have edges now, including a serated edge on one side.

@LaineyBug2020 2 года назад

The bladed shovel is more of a multitool than a primary weapon. 1st use: compactable shovel, 2nd use: Hatchet/Axe for chopping wood, clearing brush, some edges have a 3rd use as hand saw, sometimes there's even a cheeky little bottle opener. Last use on the list is back up self defense weapon.

@professorwizard8916 2 года назад

Shovel knight would be proud

@Enchie 2 года назад

Basically if the engineer core gets ambushed, it wouldn't be a absolute massacre, just mostly a massacre.

@coreytaggart128 2 года назад

Shovel in a trench where you are dealing with knives, 1/2 axe vs knife. Sill would take bayoneted on rifle as short spear. But weapon of last resort shovel or sharpened shovel?

@Zolwiol 2 года назад

@@coreytaggart128 Shovels are great. Shovels are the quintessence of civilization. With a shovel, you can dig a hole just deep enough to hide yourself. Or if you gather a bunch of people with them, you can dig a fine trench. If you change your viewpoint a little, you can even dig a tunnel. You can smash a sturdy enemy trench with mining tactics (not that they get used often). A shovel is a good friend to any and every type of soldier. And a shovel is the best gear for a close-quarters fight in a trench. Longer than a bayonet, simpler to handle than a rifle, sturdier than any other tool. Not only that, but they are extremely cheap and easy to make, so they're perfect for mass-producing. Plus, I don't have to worry much about damaging my mind. This is it. The ideal piece of equipment. This is the point humanity was meant to reach. Civilization has developed the shovel as its implement.

@jamesharding3459 2 года назад

As it turns out, if you don't mind a little bit of grit in your potted meat, you can even open a tin with a shovel. I traded for some decent food, OK? Ratpacks might be edible, but they sure as hell don't taste like it.

@fenrirmp4472 Год назад

I love the restraint he has while trying to be kind... then we see the polite failure of kindness. Lmao

@RaveRaptor7 Год назад

The thing about the hook knife is that it's actually designed for a very specific style of martial art, and even then they're shortening the blade and adding weird embeleshments to them. It's for the Silat martial arts so it's bizarre seeing people use those knives without knowlege of how it's actually used.

@abstractapproach634 9 месяцев назад

Karambit right? yeah I thought their popularity was odd as well. Many reviewsputting them in top tens good ol 440 "UAE" m7 style bayonet or 1095 ka-bar does me quite well. Daily the ka-bar for prying, can opening, and general stuff one maybe shouldn't use a knife for. I use the cheapo chinesium bayonet for any hacking and carving needs (nice hilt for many solid purchases/grips) but mostly for food prep while camping (it is stainless) I'd like to try powder steels some day, but still expect a form that can peirce or slice with a reinforced point and spine. Karambits seem to wide a thin for the abuse I put a blade through.

@KurNorock 2 года назад

The folding camping/trenching shovels are legit. I keep one in my jeep for camping/off roading usage. Not only have I dug my jeep out of mudholes, but I've also chopped down a tree with it for fire wood. And trust me. The moment you hold one in your hand you realize how devastating a weapon it could be. A lot of men lost their lives to trench shovels in various wars.

@liquidacid1983 2 года назад

I also have a tactical shovel which I do use. Mine is just a collapsible shovel with a bladed side and a side with saw teeth for cutting brush or branches. It works great and saves a lot of space/weight in my pack. Which is always nice especially when jumping. Never used it on a person but I'm sure you could easily crack someone's head right open with it if you tried.

@coliander4180 2 года назад

A 'tree' tree, or a sapling?

@legostarwarsindianajones3071 2 года назад

I mean it’s soldier’s stock Meele in tf2

@LedosKell 2 года назад

I've seen a folding shovel with the Punisher skull slapped on it. This adds nothing to what you're saying, I just wanted more people to know it exists.

@captainalex157 2 года назад

The Death Korps of Krieg approves of this statement.

@Zyrdalf 2 года назад

I almost became a mall ninja when shopping for a machete to trim some plants. Luckily I relied completely on reviews. There is a surprising lack of good machetes on Amazon.

@pandoratheclay 2 года назад

Lack of machetes in Amazon, ironic

@sonoftheviper__4304 2 года назад

Go to a military surplus, plenty of cheap bladed hunks of iron

@danpit2001 2 года назад

ontario knife company has good ones

@44WarmocK77 2 года назад

Found one that - does work good enough on smaller branches, and I could strike a ferrorod with it as well. Not great, definitely not worthless, but there's still room for improvement so to speak. xD

@matthewlong9369 Год назад

At 10:54, the smaller knife in the saya was a real thing. If memory serves, they were called yamagatana (山刀) and were used as utility knives. They could be used for anything, but apparently a common use was to treat medical problems in horses, although, as I know nothing about horses, I am not sure of the details.

@Merkwerkee Год назад

I've seen Shad do a couple videos now on Mall Ninja weapons, but I think it would be objectively hilarious to see him do a video on historical Mall Ninja weapons. I'm thinking specifically of the nobleman who mounted two flintlock pistols to a boar spear but I'm sure there are many other examples

@janneaalto3956 2 года назад

I was more of a mall handyman, with a deep-pocketed jacket literally filled with tools. Though having a small anvil and a large hammer where someone once tried to punch me was very satisfying. Also when our class made a trip to the parliament and I had to unload everything at the security checkpoint, the usually-stoic guards made some priceless faces as the pile kept on growing.

@williamjenkins4913 2 года назад

The bad ass hero extended disarm scene is always my favorite.

@vseslavkazakov356 2 года назад

sigma rule #454: carry an anvil in your front pocket

@Iliadic 2 года назад

The living version of the "Impossible amount of weapons" guy/girl

@Rydax 2 года назад

...Why did someone want to punch you?

@janneaalto3956 2 года назад

@@Rydax Because he was an asshole. Assoles don't need more incentive than that.

@zyxaqc 2 года назад

"Shovels can be effective weapons." Shad is a Soldier main confirmed.

@KamenRiderRaiden 2 года назад

Me: _recalls that one catty fight where the girl _*_THROWS_*_ a shovel_ I mean, the statement aint *_WRONG_*

@jakemyers5764 2 года назад

Or he's from Kreig

@lukesomers2031 2 года назад

Or he's old enough and hardcore enough to have played beyond dark castle ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ISP9su7okHo.html

@swordofstabbingold 2 года назад

Plains of passage.

@archer9480 2 года назад

@@jakemyers5764 Guardsmen tested, Kreig approved!

@7ShadesOfBlue Год назад

I actually own the bladed throwing cards. But not because it's a throwing card... it fits in my wallet and the cut out shape of the spade makes a fantastic bottle opener that's always in my wallet when I need it!

@indigo_alligator4081 Год назад

Combat shovels are actually pretty useful because you can use the serrations to saw through tree roots and what not, and the sharp side doesn’t do a horrid job chopping firewood. Not my first choice as a deadly weapon but they’re nice to have if you’re camping

@angelocosentino9903 2 года назад

Fun fact: Trench Shovels/ Entrenching Tools (E-Tools) are incredibly effective at breaking through tree roots and rocky soil. There have also been recorded accounts of them being used effectively in melee fighting since World War 1.

@MediumRareOpinions 2 года назад

In a trench fight its also likely to be close at hand, sometimes you fight with the weapon you can *reach*

@platonicrhino6842 2 года назад

you should see the videos of russian soldiers throwing them like axes

@raifthemad 2 года назад

In soviet army during ww2 and throughout soviet times, they were also known to be used against civilian non combatant targets, since shooting them would be waste of ammo, because those people didn't fight back.

@sik3xploit 2 года назад

@@raifthemad That's assuming the conscript even had ammo.

@raifthemad 2 года назад

@@sik3xploit Well some of them certainly did, otherwise why carry a firearm if no one has ammo for it.

@GaldirEonai 2 года назад

37:57 : That's not _just_ "a gun attached to another gun". That is the legendary Zip 22, widely considered to be the single worst handgun ever mass-produced. It was only ever bought _ironically_ :P.

@reighzhor1058 2 года назад

To be honest, I would buy one ironically...

@hairypancake 2 года назад

If they're lucky they might get 2 or 3 shots out of that 15-ish round banana mag.

@Vanastar 2 года назад

Gun Jesus has an episode on it.

@spvillano 2 года назад

Nah, the epic worst was the RG23, a .22LR revolver notorious for launching its own barrel downrange and single action mode jamming, due to the sheet metal sear/cylinder lock being too long. Think they sold for something like $10 - $20, decades ago. Then, there was the Tangfolio Giueppe .25 ACP, bought one in Alabama in '82 for $35, first one went back with an inoperative safety - all safeties, half cock and lever safety being broken. FIE Titan also were rebranded models of the same pistol, with slightly better quality control. The good old Saturday Night Special days, where the firearm was as great a risk to the wielder as to the target. I keep one of each in my collection for the same reason he keeps the mall ninja toy swords about, a warning to future generations to get quality, not cheap junk.

@ebreshea 2 года назад

@@Vanastar AKA Ian McCollum from "Forgotten Weapons" and sometimes "InRangeTV" for those who don't know.

@onikoneko Год назад

All I can remember about combat shovels is a brief section in All Quiet on the Western front where new soldiers are told to forget about their bayonets, and if things devolve into close combat, their shovels will save their lives.

@DarkSithBarbie Год назад

When I first started watching Shadiversity, I thought it was about a man who loved swords and melee weapons. I have since learned that it's about a man who lives, breaths, and is passionate to the point of insanity for everything about swords and melee weapons.

@skyfiresage5980 2 года назад

If you're carrying a shovel onto a battlefield as part of your standard kit you might as well put a combat edge on it. Its already there. Never gonna be a primary weapon but if that's all you got left its still a force multiplier over a bare fist

@foxyfoxington2651 2 года назад

It's still a stick.

@tylercoon1791 2 года назад

@@foxyfoxington2651 a stick with a wide metal edge

@eyflfla 2 года назад

I worked trail crews and we kept edges on our shovels. When you're shoveling through roots and what not, it helps.

@thepaleone2369 2 года назад

I agree. the thing putting those shovels into mall ninja territory (I'm my opinion). are the extra bells and whistles apart from the blade. those bells and whistles usually have nothing to do with anything battle related. like bottle openers, or unscrewable handles which hold things like knifes (usually low quality and blunt) and stuff like screwdrivers. "oh this Christmas present needs batteries, give me one second, let me just screw open my combat shovel and get out my fillips head" xD

@MistaOppritunity 2 года назад

Hell yeah that's the mantra all military equipment should have. Why do you think the MRE spoon has a confirmed kill? That thing is fucking meaty.

@RaginKavu 2 года назад

Shad has evolved from Mall Ninja to Sword Enthusiast. Now, he's finally ready to the next step, and become a Shovel Knight!

@Blondie42 2 года назад

He could try for being a cast iron skillet 🍳 "shield" defender, like Flynn in Tangled, if being a knight doesn't . . . pan out. 😎

@Iliadic 2 года назад

And then, a Hollow Knight.

@ashcartoa6143 2 года назад

Oh my God, YESSSSS! Shovel knight was so much fun.

@spvillano 2 года назад

@@Blondie42 cast iron can easily shatter upon impact, shovels won't shatter on impact. Although, I did once jump from a gasoline filled trench I was grading out to chase a fire commissioner that was smoking a stogie near with a 10 pound hammer. Nobody thought that hefty fellow could move so quickly! He stayed away from the hole, which was all I wanted, as being on fire has long been something I've actively tried to avoid.

@Blondie42 2 года назад

@@spvillano Someone doesn't have a sense of humor. The original comment contained one and I added to it.

@Lowehart Год назад

I knew a mall ninja when I was a young teen. He had a scar on his side for failing to sheathe his crappy katana when messing around. Just missed it, bounced off the sheathe, into side.

@MustelaPutoriusFuro99 Год назад

Brothers, don't listen to this man, save yourself for your perfect ninja bride. Stay true to the code on your wedding night, and keep quick, never letting her know you were there.

@Driftingsiax 2 года назад

“Bladed” shovels were commonly used as weapons in the trenches of WW1, it was practical because most soldiers already carried them and close up (in a trench) they were much more effective than bayonets. So as mall ninja as they may seem at first glance there is historical combat doctrine built around the spade. They were used as weapons in real war, only about 100 years ago no less! doesn’t get more legitimate than that.

@TheBottegaChannel 2 года назад

Not to mention the chinese Monk's Spade weapon.

@mmacd316 2 года назад

They still issue e-tools (basically a foldable shovel) in the US Army. The Green Berets used it as the special weapon in deadliest warrior.

@IstvanThree 2 года назад

Germans on the WW2 eastern front liked their sharpened spades way more than the bayonet for CQC - especially in confined environments. On the western front there were less "to the last man" fights - good for both sides. But I wonder about the Marines over in the pacific - they also had bloody hand to hand brawls pretty often. And of course, the Death Korps use them, so: Case closed 😉

@surprisedchar2458 2 года назад

I mean you can still bonk a guy pretty well with a spade either way.

@kaltaron1284 2 года назад

I did my service in 2000 in the German army and although we didn't train with them as weapons we were still told that the foldable shovel is a decent melee weapon when absolutely needed. Not that you should of course. The examples in the video would still be mall ninja weapons as they aren't really good as shovels and have far too many edges and holes.

@commanderkruge 2 года назад

Here's a request for one of your next books: Create a utterly useless weapon, like a Batleth or that Shark thingie and have a character insist to use it. With all the consequences.

@benjaminjohnson4929 2 года назад

This deserves more likes

@darthnihilusthebestsith 2 года назад

First fight: character gets in danger, someone else saves him and tells him not to be dumb. Second fight: character is still dumb and dies.

@pearse9116 2 года назад

The character is called Mol N'inja

@jamesharding3459 2 года назад

I know what I'm asking the DM to help me with next time we meet.

@Sparkfist 2 года назад

So the character is disarmed and has the weapon destroyed every battle?

@clusterflood Год назад

i absolutely love how you can really tell how much fun he's genuinely having. good stuff

@ananonymousnerd.2179 6 месяцев назад

I love the cut to the Death Korps when sharp shovels come up...

@bloodygypsy3740 2 года назад

Shad: *laughing at combat shovels* - *Dissatisfied Gasmask noises* Shad: actually, thay might be effective. - *insistent gasmask noises* Shad: i wanna try it out - *heavily biased and excited gasmask noises!*

@LaughingMan171 2 года назад

I mean, the blade on an entrenching tool is for cutting through roots so you can dig deep enough, or branches to build over ground shelter. It's not the ideal tool for the job, but you can't easily dig a hole with an axe.

@calvertmorris2420 2 года назад

The Emperor protects

@darrianweathington1923 2 года назад

@@calvertmorris2420 yes, now kill that chaos titan with that laspistol

@Johan_the_Marshal 2 года назад

*Happy gasmask noises*

@glenecollins 2 года назад

I have never actually seen one of the ones that was foldable and or with stuff in the handle that was robust enough to survive a few hits into anything tougher than a plastic fizzy drink bottle

@ThePageofCups Год назад

A lot of these things really do look like cosplay/LARP props more than they're supposed to be taken seriously as weapons, even by the person holding it.

@TheScienceNerd100 Год назад

Shad should do an episode where fans send images of what they got and he rates it from Enthusiast to Mall Ninja

@AlricOfRahls 2 года назад

Shovels are a valid improvised weapon. There are a lot of Stalingrad accounts of especially soviet troops sharpening entrenching shovels for very close quarter urban combat. And in small rooms and corridors those would be better than knives, at the very least in my opinion.

@JayAndNightASMR 2 года назад

Shovels are just big sticks with a piece of metal on the end

@nobsherc 2 года назад

That and shovel was the most lethal weapon in WWI, where you already had it in hand for digging trenches

@KazonNystrom 2 года назад

There was a scene in ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ where Ernest Borgnine teaches new arrivals to forget their serrated bayonets and use their shovels in enemy trenches-and demonstrating why.

@galiantus1354 2 года назад

@@KazonNystrom I literally watched that movie for the first time ever yesterday. I love how that scene specifically addresses the difference between the academic study of warfare, and the practical reality of being a frontline soldier.

@HandleMyBallsYouTube 2 года назад

@@nobsherc The most lethal weapon? I think that would be the artillery, considering you know the trenches were there to protect against artillery, not against shovels. I'm pretty sure the most common cause of death for troops in ww1 was getting hit by shrapnel.

@tirirana4732 2 года назад

The problem with the shovels is more the mall ninja quality of the examples. A good military grade folding shovel can be an effective weapon, as well as a tool. The cheap survival ones suck as tools because of the cut outs and are really flimsy and too light and flexible either as tools or weapons.

@matty894 2 года назад

You can mess someone up with an etool

@jamescheddar4896 2 года назад

the greatest weapon tool is the cast iron skillet

@ryshellso526 2 года назад

I don't think autistic mall ninjas are the outdoorsy types, wouldn't expect them to dig a fox hole.

@Skarrier 3 месяца назад

Fantasy anime character: "this is my sword! The blade of justice!" The blade of justice in question: 14:41

@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies Год назад

I think a lot of the things, which you see as 'only there to look cool' are actually there so the knife can be used as a tool rather than a weapon. For example; The reverse butterfly knife looks like the non-bladed part is for prying, and then the curved blade at the base is almost certainly for cutting threads or twigs.

@pedrorodrigues6939 2 года назад

How could we have lived so long without shad reacting to mall ninja shit ? Need the more

@JewishFrog 2 года назад

Yes.

@SoulieCanolie 2 года назад

It reminds me of (forgets the channel name) reacting to fake konfu (he was a shaolin monk years ago)

@9051team 2 года назад

@@SoulieCanolie Ranton?

@marvalice3455 2 года назад

it's shocking, I know.

@noobiesmurf 2 года назад

I like how Shad measures his skill with a sword by how many kids he has.

@FinalFantasyIXIIII 2 года назад

Well, I have no kids and I also have no skill with a sword, so he might be onto something.

@libertyprime6932 2 года назад

He's talking about the other sword ;)

@kentlindal5422 2 года назад

"Two handed skill 100"

@Iliadic 2 года назад

Anakin vibes

@gannonruby1119 2 года назад

It is kinda an effective measurement though

@hypebeastmemer272 Год назад

Cleanest transition to a sponsor I have ever seen

@TheAusar Год назад

I love the shark blade, it genuinely looks like satire.

@MikeSSDD 2 года назад

If you didn’t start your sword enthusiasm by buying a mounted “demon sword” from a shop in the mall then I’m sorry 😢 Will also accept a random booth at an organized town wide yard sale.

@legoobi-wankenobi3080 2 года назад

Flea market "knife" shop

@FallenBenevolence 2 года назад

Calvary sword from a flea market. I still have it.

@Great_Olaf5 2 года назад

What about an auction at a Renaissance fair?

@gormauslander 2 года назад

I started my sword collecting by making wooden ones

@SnyperMac1 Год назад

The karambit is a farming tool the ring is so you can hold onto it between cutting vegetables from their parent plants. There is a martial art from the Philippines for fighting with it, but it still is inherently a farming tool

@unimatrix82 Год назад

And if you do not know how to handle one someone can disarm you and snap your finger like a twig.

@faxenmacher4633 Год назад

Pfft. You underestimate farmers. The Grim Reaper himself was quite a corn-feller. Death himself is a mall-ninja-wheat-farming-demi-god.

@skynyrdjesus Год назад

To be fair though, a karambit has a lot of utility as a defensive offhand weapon in a knife fight because of how easy it is to manipulate. It's not an extremely lethal weapon, but it excels at disarming the main hand by severing wrist tendons during a wrist block.

@faxenmacher4633 Год назад

@@skynyrdjesus Fair point. I don't particularly want to find out if it's true.

@alphastronghold715 Год назад

Don’t certain military units legitimately use karambits though? Or am I just misinformed?

@mr.moonthegoon4178 Год назад

To be fair to the karambit, it is designed to be used with a specific martial art, so on its own it might not be too much, but when used in Eskrima it is useful. It also is designed to deliver rapid shallow cuts, not big stabs or slashes.

@countzero1136 День назад

38:27 - the only way this would ever be lethal is if you forgot you were wearing it when you go to scratch your arse :D

@Steamrick 2 года назад

I see no problem with bladed shovels. Utility as a weapon aside, they're great multipurpose tools for digging, substituting as an axe or heavy knife, etc. Certainly something a soldier that expects to have supply line troubles would want strapped to his pack. Or, in more civilian context, something to take along on a camping trip.

@TresTrefusis 2 года назад

@@annoyanceking Just don't skimp on quality. there are a *lot* of crappy folding shovels out there. I usually just buy military surplus. They're usually dependable, and usually fairly cheap too.

@TresTrefusis 2 года назад

@@annoyanceking Nice, Gerber makes good stuff. I went with my old model from the Marine Corps and have a WWII one as well, not sure who made either, the WWII one is straight, doesn't fold, but has sharp enough edges. The other folds like you were talking about and you're right, it's good for starting a hole, good for digging trenches for runoff around the tent too.

@RhelrahneTheIdiot 2 года назад

Yeah I can honestly see the use in something like that even it it looks absurd, kinda like the Swiss Army Knife of big tools

@KermRiv 2 года назад

Excited krieg noises

@schoolsout15 2 года назад

Zombie apocalypse weapons have been done to death. That being said, if it happened, I'd actually prefer a shovel to a machete or even a boar spear. And for the longest time, those last two would have been my ideal survival tools. Sure a machete will take more punishment than a sword, and a spear keeps you where the zombies aren't, but a shovel can be used for more things.

@mysite1012 2 года назад

We have Brandon Herrara for cursed gun images, now we have Shadiversity for cursed bladed weapons images. The circle is complete. Would love to see more of this style of content Shad.

@SonofIiberty 2 года назад

Hell yeah!

@macro3751 2 года назад

There was also metatron with that one vid he made about shitty armour

@Chinothebad 2 года назад

Indeed. Shad tackling cursed bladed weapons was something we needed. Now all I want from Shad at this point is covering more cursed weapons and armor images.

@mysite1012 2 года назад

@@macro3751 The trifecta of cursed warfare.

@mysite1012 2 года назад

@@Chinothebad That would be amazing.

@eeeguba432 Год назад

I remember my mall ninja phase. It lasted all of maybe half a year. i bought a 10zł (like 3$) katana, that didnt have an edge so my dad sharpened it for me. When i headed to the forest with my friend and the sword i did a bit of swinging and pretty quickly found out it was REALLY not full tang, actually there was no tang, and it was found out by having the blade sever from the handle and fly right next to my friends face. God i was so stupid

@Sr_ECO Год назад

At least you learned not all sword-shaped objects are functional

@professionalantichristhate528 6 месяцев назад

I think quite a few of us have gone through such a learning experience.

@calebbarnes5652 Год назад

When he said mall ninja I was just thinking of a very violent mall Santa

@PlastoJoe 2 года назад

Bladed shovels could certainly be a legitimate tool/weapon combo, but the mall ninja factor comes in when design negatively impacts function. For example, the shovel on the far right has a significant curve in the side of the head, which would significantly decrease its carrying capacity compared to the others. Also, none of those shovels have grips at the ends, which would make digging harder since they're not really large enough to push with your foot like a regular shovel. They're really just weirdly-shaped axes at this point.

@TresTrefusis 2 года назад

Also on the cheap ones the locking nut (if the spade folds) is terrible and usually fails quickly. The entrenching tools we had in the Marine Corps worked well though, and they had edges, though I wouldn't call them "sharp" they would do more damage than your average home depot shovel.

@SilentSooYun 2 года назад

Second from the left isn't too bad, the rest are hot garbage... those cut-outs would make digging into anything but sand or soft loam impossible. I kinda love the "tactical trowel" though... it's just adorable

@kremlguard9544 2 года назад

Russian Spetsnaz actually use shovels as weapons. The practice was inherited from Soviet combat engineers in WW2 who were the first ones to breach heavily fortified positions with explosives and PPSH submachine guns.

@shawnwolf5961 2 года назад

I mean have you seen some shovels? That shovel has more carrying capacity than many standard shovels, so your point here is a moot one.

@maxibillionromani2885 2 года назад

In “All Quiet on the Western Front”, there’s actually a short paragraph dedicated to the effectiveness of the German shovel in trench combat. Entrenchment tools are not to be underestimated for sure.

@outlaw80401 2 года назад

The bladed entrenching tool (Shovel) is 100% a legitimate weapon and has been used in modern conflicts as a very effective hand held dealer of damage. When we slept on the ground in Iraq we kept an entrenching tool between us as a go to in the event we were surprised by an intruder in the middle of the night. Also highly effective against camel spiders, the most likely of unwanted intruders!!!!

@cerebraldreams4738 2 года назад

That's what I was thinking. Actual military organizations, in the present era, spend good money on bladed shovels because it adds an extra weapon to a soldier's kit without adding any extra weight. I think even the Russians spend money on those. It's not just the Americans.

@theotakux5959 Год назад

I have two katana, but I fully acknowledge they're display pieces and not functional weapons. They're also replicas from Kill Bill, and I have them because they look cool and I like the movie.

@solarsomnium1374 4 месяца назад

37:57 The most incredible thing about that attachment is it's in fact a real, functional firearm, it's called the Zip .22 and it is documented on Forgotten Weapons

@ragingfurball5419 2 года назад

In Marine Corps infantry school (called A.I.T. at the time), we were told about one marine that actually got three confirmed kills with an E-tool, aka the little folding shovel. I think it was during the Korean war, but it could've been 'Nam. In short, the enemy charged a trench several marines were in, and this lad didn't have his rifle in hand. So, he grabbed the nearest thing, which was the shovel, and took the head off the first enemy that hopped into the trench before maiming the skulls of two others. We then had to hit practice dummies with a shovel for two hours. So, I guess by old marine corps standards, the shovel/E-tool is considered a viable weapon.

@notgray88 2 года назад

If you go to your local military surplus store you can pick up a legit used shovel for about $50-70. my local one has about a dozen, albeit all are pretty beat up

@jadedoptimistt 2 года назад

I mean, if need be a fucking rock is a weapon.

@Zadanoire 2 года назад

*im about to sound stupid as I don’t have really any level of weapons-based combat experience, but really anything is a weapon if you are angry enough and/or are strong enough.*

@cem19771 2 года назад

@@jadedoptimistt very true but the E-Tool gives me reach and a serated edge to crack your skull open with!

@cem19771 2 года назад

I remember those damn dummies! oh the memories.

@sophia-helenemeesdetricht1957 2 года назад

36:05 - The tiny curved knife with the ring is a take on an Indonesian Kerambit. It's used in pencak silat, the Indonesian martial art, and it's used mostly for what I refer to as "spicy grappling." It's surprisingly good for controlling limbs (multiplying force on pressure points, you're the last person I have to explain that to), or failing that, severing tendons and ligaments, which... feels like an academic difference.

@corruptangel6793 2 года назад

Looks like it would be a good assassination blade too, for when you come up behind people and cut the throat or go for the brainstem. Though, and that point, any decent knife would probably be just as practical.

@sophia-helenemeesdetricht1957 2 года назад

@@corruptangel6793 it's not really long enough for that. It's good for cutting into places where you could hook against something solid and lead the person around. Or, if you don't much care about noise and mess, you could go for a major artery cut and bleed the person out. But largely, no. It's not a good assassination weapon.

@michaelsommer5255 2 года назад

Originaly it is a tool like a sickel and the ring is meant for the finger to hang the knife down, while grabbing and tie together the cutted herbs or rice straw, without putting the knife down...and like every tool, you could use it as weapon. Is it the best weapon ever? Don't know, but you don't want to mess up with people, who know how to slice with a sharp knife. And sickels are very mean weapons.

@foogod4237 2 года назад

The thing is, these sorts of blades look cool partly because the blade curves forward, unlike other knives, but pretty much all other knives curve the other direction for a reason, because they actually _work better that way._ Knives are always more effective when slicing (cross-cutting) than when chopping (push-cutting). If the blade edge curves in a convex way, it makes it easier to slice across the target and penetrate more easily (regardless of the angle of incidence). If it curves in a concave way like this, then the knife cannot move in a slicing manner easily, and the knife design actually forces you to basically "chop" through whatever you come in contact with instead, which is much harder, and your knife swing will more than likely just get caught on something and stopped, or at least require a more force to cut through things than necessary. (I think some people also think they must be effective because they look like animal claws, but claws are typically used for a very different purpose than knives. Predators use their claws to try to grab onto their targets and pull them closer or hold them (i.e. grappling), so the claws are actually designed to be good at puncturing and grabbing, but _bad at cutting_ (because if they just cut right through, they wouldn't be able to hold onto them)..)

@JimFinley11 2 года назад

Positioning it with the blade down enables you to use it as a very quick stabbing weapon (if the curvature of the blade isn't too extreme) with a hammer-blow strike with the fist. It also allows for raking the blade up and across in a slash without leaving your torso wide open the way you would if you were slashing down with the blade pointing up.

@firecrotch 10 месяцев назад

I left one of those arm braced sword/knife things at my parents house when I moved out. I came back to visit and noticed the sword/knife in the backyard with the gardening tools. When I asked her about it, she said she found it useful for cutting vines safely.

@SFoX-On-Air Год назад

In german military pioniers, there is the "Klappspaten". Its basically a tiny shovel with an slighly sharper edge. Meant to hack down smaller roots. But nothing stops you from hack down your enemy if convinient ofc..

@bdk336 2 года назад

I just want to put it out there: one can independently be both a weeb and a sword enthusiast as long as they don't confuse the two.

@SGT_RPGames 2 года назад

Just a comment on the shovels. I was in the Army (U.S.) for 18 years and my E Tool (Entrenching Tool) saw a LOT of work as a makeshift axe and also for pounding stakes into the ground. They are sturdy and are useful as "makeshift" weapons but I would not plan on it being a primary weapon

@theTweak0284 2 года назад

Legitimate question, do you have to constantly sharpen the edges as if you use it as a shovel doesn't the blade get dulled?

@SGT_RPGames 2 года назад

@@theTweak0284 I sharpened it only if the blade looked damaged, which really only happened if I hit rocks. They're pretty tough

@theTweak0284 2 года назад

@@SGT_RPGames Thanks for the response. I only ask because when I was in Boy Scouts my troopmaster would throw a fit if we dropped our knife and it went into the dirt claiming "That dulls the blade!". I wasn't sure if that was true in general or more likely because we had cheap $5 knives for the most part.

@arthas640 2 года назад

I've heard in the Soviet army they did actually plan on their shovels being a backup melee weapon for when they didnt use their knife. I know the special forces actually trained on things like throwing shovels or using them in hand to hand combat similar to how Marines train on bayonets even though they havent done a real bayonet charge since the 50s.

@FoxMarine 2 года назад

@@arthas640 Although the Marines haven't done a Bayonet charge since Korea, they were used plenty in Iraq and Afghanistan on an individual basis.

@gcewing Год назад

15:30 I think there's some logic to that one -- you pull it out and your opponent dies of laughter.

@BerserkerForAsgard Год назад

The shovels are quite effective. it basically mimics an axe. usually you use it for camping, so you don't have to bring an axe besides your shovel. and if the shovel is good balanced (like the SPEZNAZ shovel i own) you can even use it as a throwing axe. quite fun while camping :D

@MJS-lk2ej 2 года назад

Shovels are quite effective weapons, just look at WWI, trenches were filled with bodies that died from shovels. shovels are no joke.

@samnope7344 2 года назад

Underestimate a shovel in a fight and it'll bury you

@Ally5141 2 года назад

not shovels, entrenching tools

@MJS-lk2ej 2 года назад

@@Ally5141 dude seriously?

@Guderian2 2 года назад

@@MJS-lk2ej My guess he is referring to the 9-70 Entrenching tool aka Folding Spade issued to the Imperial Guardsmen in Warhammer 40k

@lolmanboss 2 года назад

Yep, you could use it like an axe since it has a simmilar principle, or in some cases you could ram it into somebody. My dad had one of those and he said he preferred that over a combat knife or bayonett (romanian army during communism). He said that he'd rather use his rifle since he almost never missed his targets (he was the best sniper in his group).

@silverknight6684 2 года назад

I wouldn't mind a video where Shad actually tests some of these "weapons" against practice targets, just for fun. After getting dressed in full body protective gear

@jesseperkins7601 Год назад

These are very amusing my friend keep it up!

@Sun-Tzu- Год назад

The Karambit is an actual historic 500 year old Indonesian fighting weapon though... It's designed to be used when grappling or in really close quarters. The curved blade is do you can do dragging cuts with minimal effort, the downward blade is because when you're grappling you can almost always only effectively strike down, and the ring is so you don't get it knocked out your hands in a struggle and so you can still somewhat grab with your knife hand without losing the knife.

@matthewlentz2894 2 года назад

This needs to become a series. Cursed fantasy weapons, cursed medieval weapons, etc.

@epauletshark3793 2 года назад

Brandon Herrera has cursed gun images, has been doing it for a while. Guns, Not fantasy weapons. Still great.

@matthewlentz2894 2 года назад

@@epauletshark3793 the AK Guy's one of my favorite RU-vidrs.

@epauletshark3793 2 года назад

@@matthewlentz2894 one of mine too.

@singularleaf3895 2 года назад

@@epauletshark3793 it's really weird with how much these two communities some how overlap.

@junichiroyamashita 2 года назад

I second this.

@Nerobyrne 2 года назад

Actually, I don't think there's anything wrong with owning over-designed, purely aesthetic swords, as long as you're aware that they're just for decoration, and isn't historical. Although, there are some instances of weapons being made less effective on purpose to look better. Usually this happened when a certain weapon stopped being overly useful, so people wore it more for aesthetic reasons than combat. One could argue this happened with the sword a while ago.

@terran6686 2 года назад

Bat'Leth, peta'q!

@Ashtor1337 2 года назад

Interesting thought.

@morrigankasa570 2 года назад

The decorative ones are better then nothing if someone breaks into your house and you are fast enough.

@eamonnholland5343 2 года назад

Hang the "aesthetic" swords close to the front door and the good ones toward the back. In case of burglary, hopefully the thieves don't have time to grab all your stuff, and just get the cheap stuff up front. Or better yet, you're home, and the home intruder wants to duel you, and grabs the nearest tacticool mall ninja garbage as a weapon, leaving you open to give him a proper lesson why actual swords use carbon steel and full tangs, or you emulate Indiana Jones and just shoot him while he twirls.

@morrigankasa570 2 года назад

@@eamonnholland5343 Or if you are fast enough you grab the "aesthetic" swords and beat them over the head with it using it's weight:) Of course that's if you don't have a baseball bat or kitchen knives or proper weapons on hand.

@Arcelux Год назад

Grats on the 5th kid Shad! Also i think, remembering anime at least, the realest ninjas were in Samurai Champloo! Also the first mall ninja weapon showed, the sword tonfas, that's pretty much Blood Rayne!

@JacobL228 Год назад

Fact: just like the medieval European flail, the ninjato is a weapon that was invented long after the time period it was supposedly used in as a highly marketable novelty with a fabricated history.

@JoeyRamone1993 Год назад

While the term "ninjato" is a modern fabrication, straight Katanas were a thing in Japan, though they have no association with the historical Ninja. They were employed by retainers who needed an affordable sword that was still reasonable quality. It was a kind of stepping stone for swords Smith's in their career, though high quality versions were not unheard of if uncommon. They would just be called a Katana or Taichi depending on how it was worn, sometimes specified as lacking curvature.

@JacobL228 Год назад

@@JoeyRamone1993 I didn't say they never existed, I said they were never used by ninja; they're basically the Belgian waffles of swords.

@JoeyRamone1993 Год назад

@@JacobL228 Katana were definitely used by ninja. The Iga-Ryu Museum has a few exhibit pieces of period swords owned by the Iga.

@JacobL228 Год назад

@@JoeyRamone1993 Again, read what I posted before responding. I didn't say ninja didn't use katana, I said they never used ninjato.

@JoeyRamone1993 Год назад

@@JacobL228 Perhaps reread what I posted? I'm not sure what the offence you're taking here is.