How to Make an Ancient Sword FROM SCRATCH: the Egyptian KHOPESH

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Powerful, spiritual, and kingly: all words used to describe the ultimate Ancient Egyptian sword, better known as a khopesh. In this episode, I cast a khopesh completely from scratch and learn some of the ancient fighting techniques behind it!
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@htme 4 года назад

As you can see from the thumbnail, I've spent quarantine time getting ripped. Enjoy the vid and comment below on what I should make next....

@phillipjohn4800 4 года назад

Maybe try making a hut or some type of early housing

@lasttarrasque6223 4 года назад

Agreed

@jackwriter1908 4 года назад

😂 Well you did more then me... How long is it until you are in the Ancient? Because I would love if you build something from my favorite Builder from the time before Smartphones... At least I don't think they had Smartphones 2000 years ago. Heron from Alexandria build the first self opening doors for a Temple. Wich I think is incredible, so please build some of them in some kind when you are there.

@lstone2456 4 года назад

Make a shield

@calebs4887 4 года назад

I heard somewhere that the khopesh can be used to latch on to your opponents blade and disarm them

@HopMan-lj3xl 4 года назад

Normal people: "dagger" Andy: "Day-ger" :)

@htme 4 года назад

You betcha! That's how we say it here in Minnesoooota, don't cha know

@da_bananananana4171 4 года назад

I think that "dagger" is the only word that we Southerners actually enunciate at all, which is information that you didn't ask for, but I think that accents are interesting.

@wastedtalent1625 4 года назад

That’s cool man, in New England we say dagga

@spacetoastgaming2006 4 года назад

So there’s day-ger, dagga and d-eye-ger?

@godihatethisplace2773 4 года назад

@@htme that sentence forced me to say it with an accent

@DontarrestmePLZ 4 года назад

"dayger"

@TracksWithDax 4 года назад

Exactly what I came down here to say

@coreytaylor447 4 года назад

carful HTME, you Minnesotan accent is escaping

@AscendedBeyond 4 года назад

that's how it is up here in minnesnowta

@john5311 4 года назад

im canadian and i say dayger

@mandarin1257 4 года назад

"Tis but a scratch"

@Yachii 4 года назад

Proceeds to get all of his limbs cut off

@lizizme8236 4 года назад

What are you going to do, bleed on me?

@lordred2830 4 года назад

A scratch!? Your arm's off!

@jammehrmann1871 3 года назад

@@vichar4923 noserohw

@CookieCraftMedia 4 года назад

Crafted using cutting-edge technology!

@maxcai3795 4 года назад

Lol, that should be a Minecraft splash text

@floofyproofy9374 4 года назад

Cheesy but such a good line

@mrpepperonipizza3287 4 года назад

Take your like and get out

@Legion849 4 года назад

Take my like and go

@amicrowavedrock6644 4 года назад

Ohh god no

@Will-on4om 4 года назад

If this project doesn’t end with the space age and you building a rocket and going to space I’m gonna be sorely disappointed. 😂

@ruben307 4 года назад

maybe biomods will come after space age.

@ivarlaupet8972 4 года назад

😂

@ivarlaupet8972 4 года назад

Maybe in 10 years😂🤣😂

@zeta970 4 года назад

@Will Patreon

@some1else947 4 года назад

That reminds me of dr.stone

@thecodemachine 4 года назад

"Whey o whey oh, ay oh whey oh, Fight like an Egyptian"

@snowgods2195 4 года назад

Was thinking the same thing, Damn RU-vid's stringent copyright enforcement

@ambulocetusnatans 4 года назад

Darn, I was gonna say that.

@junichiroyamashita 4 года назад

That is the first time i saw someone knowing that song.

@floofyproofy9374 4 года назад

“Swords have been romanticized” 3 seconds later “LIGHTSABER”

@htme 4 года назад

potentially the ultimate sword

@dovahbear0 4 года назад

@@htme if it could work out like in the movie and books... I personally dont want to turn my enemy into exploding bombs of bodily fluids right next to me though.

@ZzraphMedia 4 года назад

@@htme When are you going to make one of those?

@ethanfields3853 4 года назад

@@dovahbear0 actually a lightsaber cut would cauterize whatever kind of flesh it cut through. There would be little to no bleeding

@DisKorruptd 4 года назад

@@ethanfields3853 yes but you forget about convection, that cut is going to do a lot of vaporization and trap the now heated blood and bodily fluids to make the body go pop, look for Because Science's video on it

@CoGamer103 4 года назад

Looking at the symbols on the Turkish swords: “The Triforce? The legend is true!”

@CoGamer103 4 года назад

The Egyptian sword is connected to the gods and looks alien. Are they real? ALIENS!

@knate44 4 года назад

"It's dangerous to go alone, take this!"

@Tonks143 4 года назад

You know the Triforce is just some Japanese symbol?

@ssholum 4 года назад

@@Tonks143 The emblem of a particular house. I don't remember which, though.

@calebschroeder9450 4 года назад

@@ssholum the Hojo clan

@JustinRed624 4 года назад

13:31 You've heard of fruit ninja, now get ready for fruit pharoh!

@theJellyjoker 4 года назад

Daygers don't become swords, the become nightgers.

@theblackbaron4119 4 года назад

Or duskers.

@theblackbaron4119 4 года назад

D: feather duskers. Wait! This one is better than my last comment.

@Benyamean 4 года назад

2 letters from an altercation

@scottyj6226 4 года назад

If a female horse works night shift, Does that make it a nightmare?

@spacetoastgaming2006 4 года назад

If you keep going does it loop back around and turn into a dawnger?

@BrandonPilcher 4 года назад

Hey, I'm the one who drew the picture of the Egyptian soldier with the epsilon ax at 8:32! Thanks for using my artwork!

@lukapichler3666 4 года назад

awesome! great job

@gaverage2218 4 года назад

Upvoted for recognition - credit where credit is due yo!

@jerrywhidby. 4 года назад

The man pictured doesn't look Middle Eastern though.

@kurobeard9467 4 года назад

@@jerrywhidby. The ancient Egyptians weren't Middle Eastern just like the Native Americans weren't white.

@ChromeMan04 4 года назад

Kuro Beard and he doesn’t black either, looks more brown

@Moonsauc3 4 года назад

Hey, I really enjoyed this episode, the history, effort and experts featured.

@skipmage 4 года назад

"refers to the foreleg of a cow" shows rear leg.

@Joe1729 4 года назад

I'm looking forward to your upcoming "How to Make a LIGHTSABER From Scratch: Entering the Jedi Order" video in a few months Andy, don't disappoint me please

@Mireaze 4 года назад

3:53 "and I'm about to start going to Europe" (X) doubt

@benm5913 4 года назад

Why doubt?

@satakrionkryptomortis 4 года назад

@@benm5913 currently there may or may not be a slightly problem with some coughing stuff.

@Superbug-tf8zy 4 года назад

next up: making my own army to conquer europe and remake the roman empire

@gregwenderski9147 4 года назад

Yes, the plague had bad timing.

@LA-MJ 4 года назад

US citizens will likely not be allowed in (or face forced-quarantine) before the vaccine. The incidence rate in your country is too high.

@HomemadeChemistry 4 года назад

That thumbnail though.... OMFG awesome!

@iBuzzinga 4 года назад

8:14 I have never seen a bull with a rope through its nose

@austinbevis4266 4 года назад

Are you serious

@jasonyoung6420 4 года назад

Asian technique

@ataphelicopter5734 4 года назад

You need to make a clay chimney foundry for smelting iron ore, basically just a tall chimney with a hole at the base for adding firewood, and letting air in, made of clay, sand and straw

@Urbansprint5100 4 года назад

Damn, I love the Egyptian khopesh. It's my favorite sword.

@garethbaus5471 4 года назад

I am more of a xiphos kind of guy myself, but the khopesh is still a very attractive design.

@WintrBorn 4 года назад

"Beware the sea people" That one took me off guard- almost woke the husband laughing.

@_syedmx86 4 года назад

"...becoming a mainstay of history..." *shows Monty Python* Nice.

@temmiewithasmile2169 4 года назад

I love this series and u can see how more professional it has got since you first casted obsidian

@sircouch7177 4 года назад

Great video! I really enjoy your series. I binged all of them the other night!

@jasperek3973 4 года назад

The Egyptian episodes are always the most interesting! Thanks for the entertaining lesson, would love to see more videos about Egypt, when relevant!

@antarchs9744 4 года назад

I’d like to see you try to make the casting media, especially the wood box, before you keep using them to cast things. Seems disingenuous to the project. I understand the crucible and forge, as you proved you could make those primitively, but the perfect casting boxes held together with SCREWS is a stretch

@henryattey3407 4 года назад

Antarchs I totally agree I was about to comment the same thing

@stage4901 4 года назад

Technically he doesn't need to create a wooden box at all. He can create a mold from clay, which we know he can do.

@Mostlyharmless1985 4 года назад

He’s successfully casted in clay using the ancient method, that gives him a pass to using the refined methods.

@akhasshativeritsol1950 4 года назад

Definitely agree, seems against the spirit of the reset

@bordenfleetwood5773 4 года назад

I gotta say it: building a casting box with nails and hide glue would be sturdier than the box held with screws. And since the perfection of the box shape lends little to the finished product, I say let him have this one. There's no real point to it, since a box is a box, and it just needs to be big enough to hold sand around the mold.

@theannechann642 4 года назад

Amazing video! I love watching these. They certainly help me with my writing.

@Someone_that_is_very_tired 4 года назад

Dude this series is saving me in this quarantine, thank you so much for this great content!

@lilcooper4492 4 года назад

4:30 look the furnace is going super Saiyan

@konisama6874 4 года назад

Maybe that was the inspiration ? O.O

@JanTuts 4 года назад

7:01 "You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They have curved swords! CURVED... SWORDS!"

@rachelpalitto8764 4 года назад

Da’Mon was so knowledgeable and made what he had to say so interesting. I bet he would be a great teacher/professor

@kurtmcfc1629 Год назад

mix of history, experts in said field and the work you put in really culminate in a great episode.

@andrewkaiser1606 4 года назад

Your casting skills have improved so much!

@Grooth 4 года назад

You guys always find the best experts on some really kind of niche things.

@josephgarcia7030 4 года назад

I am LOVING this series!

@ehsanalmassi453 4 года назад

Awesome vid I love how often you upload!!

@AngloSaxon1 Месяц назад

Im glad you had Damon Stith in your video, He is someone with great knowledge of these weapons and most importantly, he knows how to use them as well.

@jErK24seven 4 года назад

It is WAY sharper than I thought! Great job!

@MartinAhlman 4 года назад

Bronze always looks so good, and it worked for a long time! Nice one.

@cringebomb9667 4 года назад

2050: how to make an ancient laptop: the windows 95 thinkpad

@ssholum 4 года назад

Ah, those were the days... back before IBM got bought out by Lenovo and the ThinkPad product line went to crap.

@monkemind420 4 года назад

@@ssholum ok boomer

@ssholum 4 года назад

@@monkemind420 Nope. Millenial. Moomer? Memer.

@poppylee4199 4 года назад

Great job, I enjoy and love your videos

@doubla871 4 года назад

The Kopësh is probably my favorite type of weapon I’ve seen it just looks so cool (I was the Pharaoh in a production of Aida so me and my friends got to hold them a lot)

@gregwenderski9147 4 года назад

Epic sword & epic battle--go Andy and man-at-arms Da'Mon!!

@greysonjones9578 4 года назад

The experts made for such a great episode.

@immanuelmiller5064 4 года назад

Those slow mo shots were epic.

@wanderingdachshund4296 4 года назад

The thumbnail looks really epic

@raphlvlogs271 4 года назад

The greatest disadvantage of the khopesh when compared to a straight sword is that khopeshes are more difficult to draw from the scabbard.

@philipthesquid4979 4 года назад

YES! I asked for this a long time ago.

@knightshousegames 4 года назад

I hope you do a shields for some of these swords, like from simple hardened leather shields to viking round shields to later heater shields and such to go with each era of sword.

@gooball2005 4 года назад

It looks so cool

@samuelborsellino2553 4 года назад

I love your channel!

@landrylee5260 4 года назад

Next up we made the ancient British pistol

@Dutchwheelchair 4 года назад

Good edge alignment man!

@nickwoo2 4 года назад

I'm working on my own bronze kopesh hope to cast it soon

@worldmemewar2776 4 года назад

Who else is on mobile and doesnt like the new place where the comment section is?

@Yachii 4 года назад

I haven't updated my RU-vid in a while. Is it a bad update?

@worldmemewar2776 4 года назад

Yhea keep it as it is

@worldmemewar2776 4 года назад

@@Yachii normally it's at the bottom and now its like under the video

@mesinovict6316 4 года назад

I don't like it as well

@xXTobias_Erin_RogersXx 4 года назад

It's horrible.

@monnomestbizarre 4 года назад

Literally no one: HTME music: *drill sounds*

@storyspren 4 года назад

Finally we get to see the bronze blades be work-hardened

@glumpy6079 4 года назад

Wow! You made a cool thing!

@tildessmoo 4 года назад

An important thing to remember about ancient swords is that that weren't primary weapons like they were for medieval knights and samurai. Ancient soldiers used spears, axes, clubs, and javelins well into the iron age, with swords as ceremonial weapons and weapons of last resort. While fighting styles would have existed for swords like the khopesh, they likely weren't used much on the battlefield at all, meaning their ability to parry or penetrate armor wasn't really relevant. Instead, they would have been used mostly for executions, probably mostly of high-ranking enemies by high-ranking officers or nobles, and for fending off likely-unarmored (in order to get close) assassins by royal guards. On the battlefield, they'd be used to signal charges and retreats (just like in movies, really; shiny and uniquely-shaped weapons are useful for that) and as a weapon of last resort when disarmed and surrounded, much like the Greeks and Romans treated the xiphos and gladius, in spite of the fact that both were more practical and less ceremonial than the khopesh.

@Mr_Promise_ 4 года назад

man i love this channel so can you make the next video about spears

@rafiqkatana 4 года назад

The Wilhelm Scream. ..awesome.

@henrymach 4 года назад

When you say daygar, you actually means dagger, right?

@tinovanderzwanphonocave544 4 года назад

with a staight sword the line of thrust is always in line to were the sword is pointing and going behind a shield means going around and behind it with a curved sword you can use the curve to get behind the shield leaving you less exposed to counter attack.

@OoMzHowTosandMore 4 года назад

Loved that you put the black knight in the montage 😂

@ybox1054 4 года назад

Nice! Your Fruit Killing Skills are Remarkable

@F2p7YshCn9 4 года назад

You should make a Spring and Autumn/Warring States period Jian. Like a replica of the Sword of Goujian or something similar.

@KriegZombie 4 года назад

@1:25 These ancient swords have the symbol for the Hero of Time. How fitting.

@ipercrayy4797 4 года назад

Cant wait to see gen 3 HTME

@Hoosier868 4 года назад

I can’t wait for Andy to try to make a plane

@Hoosier868 4 года назад

Captain Firepower it won’t kill him if he does it right

@BorealBlizzard 4 года назад

Andy out here walkin like an Egyptian

@American_Innovation 4 года назад

Keep up the casting

@Cooleatack 4 года назад

Great, now I want a khopesh

@intellectualiconoclasm3264 Год назад

The kopesh was originally a grain club. Over time they became edged as the association between sueface area and force became understood. Then they became outright blades. It's fascinating how one weapon becomes an entirely different class maintaining the same asthetic. The same with the martial flail. It started out doing the same work as the early kopesh, threshing grain from husk.

@Max-ek4dn Год назад

I dont try to question you but where can i find more on this?

@nuranbintangsabihat4032 4 года назад

Nicee very successful video, proud of you hha

@ash1060 3 года назад

i love how andy gives us a tutorial even thi we are definitely never gonna do this

@ericsingletary2603 4 года назад

I'm starting to think you also live in Austin lol I've gotten alot of inspiration from your videos. I'm currently making pigments for a painting similar to your video

@smoothkid765 4 года назад

"The evolution of the sword came from the dayger"

@Ryanrulesok 4 года назад

The khopesh was made that way so you could disarm opponents and the curve allowed a long, more powerful striking motion downwards. That's why the rich mainly had them as they were perfect to use on chariots. Some of the poor had basic versions for cutting papyrus along the Nile

@biscuit_boy8316 4 года назад

The thumbnail is 10/10

@MathGoOli 4 года назад

you should make a ballistic gel to test the edge. It would be nice. ;)

@lakenwissink4034 4 года назад

Awsome love vids

@Sketchy_Dood 4 года назад

HTME's excalibur!

@lilykep 4 года назад

That last scene was like a real life version of Fruit Ninja.

@Teee6 4 года назад

Bonus points for the Wilhelm scream.

@chrisfox961 4 года назад

I love the melon Wilhelm scream! Also - you should get Fruit Ninja to sponsor this video!

@TYDescartes 4 года назад

I love the way you sound dagger, dude. "Day-ger". Hilarious!

@howdycrusader355 4 года назад

1:30 holy shiet. THATS THE MASTER SWORD

@mariemacfhionghuin11 4 года назад

I'm here within the hour of posting, that's impressive if I say so myself, and I do, cause I usually show up two hours late.

@jelger6842 4 года назад

Gotta love that thumbnail

@lukethegoodluck2540 4 года назад

Da'mon looks exactly like the fighter drawing in the D&D 5e player's handbook with that armor

@theunholysmirk 4 года назад

doesn't this... break the new rules? This feels like something much more fitting for before the reboot

@nickg5250 4 года назад

best channel on youtube. bonus points for klingons and python

@nickbiaz9070 4 года назад

i love the cow hide pattern on that shield it makes me think of the zulu

@jaypab 4 года назад

The Bangles: Walk Like an Egyptian HTME: *Fight* Like an Egyptian

@scottr3237 4 года назад

Oh man, he's going to war with Primitive Technology.

@pandapearx3 4 года назад

The fruit ninja scene where you cut the fruit mid-air gave me flashbacks to when Ryan Higa tried it and had to go to the hospital after a watermelon hit the sword which hit his face.

@efrensanchez2274 4 года назад

Andy is basically preparing for the rest of 2020

@putteslaintxtbks5166 4 года назад

I can't remember who put out a vid, I think it was for Viking sword, they used two large rocks and carved out the sword releaf (sp) as the mold to pour the bronze into rather than green sand.