We need more post credit endings like this one. These interviews are edited so well that it makes these rare artisans seem like heroic demigods with unreal skills. It's nice to see them in a moment that makes you say, "Oh! He's just some dude!"
Humans have always been "just some dudes". People in the field always fall into the trap to prioritise functionality over everything and go "they wouldn't have still worn X if Y was available or they would never have brought Z to a battle, it's purely ceremonial" when we all know dudes have always been dudes and some would have chosen to have their shiny brass abs visible and wear a baller plume on their helmet in battle because it's f*cking cool.
Seeing all this armor reconstructed is truly incredible. Also incredible are this guys' ARMS. He looks like a Hellenistic statue of Hercules, or maybe The Boxer.
@@frostincubus4045 I would usually expect a weaponsmith to forge superb arms, but this man opened my eyes. Who would have expected that recreating old armor would also give you massive guns?
When you do this type of work, you build the muscle... which is why every apprentice is stick thin (can't keep fat when your doing that kind of work) and every experienced smith looks like a prizefighter (the muscles are the bodies protection from injury as much as for doing the work). I used to be a helicopter mechanic and did blacksmithing as a hobby, then life circumstances changed and I'm now stuck doing office work in a tiny apartment; my wedding ring is now unwearable because of the loss of muscle in my hands alone.
Αδελφέ μού δέν έχω λόγια, μόνο θαυμασμό γιά αυτό πού κάνεις καί πού είσαι. Ένα τεράστιο ευχαριστώ γιά αυτό πού προσφέρεις στήν πατρίδα μάς καί στήν ιστορία μάς. Νά 'σαι πάντα καλά καί Ο ΘΕΟΣ κοντά σού αδελφέ μού.
Τι υπέροχο βίντεο από ένα υπέροχο κανάλι. Από παιδικά χρόνια τώρα σας βλέπω να διευρύνεται την εμβέλειά σας σε πολλά θέματα και πολλές κουλτούρες. Χάρηκα που πάτησα σε αυτό το βίντεο. Εύχομαι σας πολλές επιτυχίες!!
His Greek-Byzantine armour is a God sent for Byzantinists. Not only does it perfectly reflect the Orthodox Christian art, it also shows the equipment universalism among all Orthodox Balkan countries. ☦
This popped up on my feed, and it took me a whole minute to realize you guys were back!!! So happy :) love the video you guys made and looking forward to more bangers.
Very nice! Congratulations for his work! The time spend to research ,find ancient sources, to find right materials and construct the armor must be unbelievable !
Holy cow that brother is stacked. Not sure who would come out on top in a head-to-head, he or the Rock. I mean they are both rocks amirite? But his skills are even more impressive. Very fascinating!
I remember the Athens gift shop owner explained the difference between Greek armor vs the Roman, the Roman soldiers travel far distance, hence the Roman empire. Alexandria the Great did expand his empire but not as long as the Roman. I like history, to see Alexandria 's name on the wall of the Luxor temple, Egypt in heligraph just blew my mind.
Those armors are magnificent! If only he tried them on, I'm pretty sure we could see a real life ancient greek's heroes resurrected in the present world😅
300 is fantasy comic end movie/film inspired by history, it's not an historical documentary and was never intended to be. War rhynos, horror movie war masks, bladed arm giants and lot more are easily recognizable as fantasy and non historical elements even by a child
He's wrong on the question of Spartans. They actually did go into battle virtually naked, however the era and helmets were wrong from the silly film. Circa Thermopylae they likely did have near full panoplies for the time, however by the point of the Peloponnesian War, the Spartans had ditched almost all of their armor, opting only for a red robe/tunic, a pilos helmet with a brim, and their aspis.
@@arturoroldan4839 Yes at Thermopylae, however not much later the mocked equipment in the 300 film wasn't that far from the truth, the only issue would be they wore tunics instead of leather speedos and wore kettle helms. However the idea of the Spartans always being this heavily armored force is false, they progressively stripped their kit down to be lighter and lighter as time went on.
@@aokiaoki4238 And your source is that you made it the fuck up? Spartans progressively shed armor after the Archaic Era until the time of the Peloponnesian War they had abandoned almost everything save a helmet and potentially greaves, otherwise leaving their torso and arms bare beyond a crimson tunic which was effectively their uniform. They would begin to wear more armor later on, but in the era of the League's wars they focused on lightness and agility, with the aspis being sufficient for bodily protection.
@@wyattw9727 pretty sure they kept the helmet shield and greaves because when in a phalanx that covers the entire body and the rest of the armor is excess weight and very expensive
