How to Make Conan's Atlantean Sword Better? 

Yeah! Why should Arnold have to use such a light sword! He's gonna get out of shape! Note: I am joking.

he did alot of swordfighting taught classes before the film(which you can tell) so he was probably used to more practical swords from those classes.

@@rickarda9232 plus, the OG Conan sword is (in)famously well-made but horribly designed, heavy, cumbersome and illbalanced. I've handled a replica of the original and it's like handling a steel bar, not like handling a sword. It was made to look impressive, not to be functional. And it shows. Still don't want one of these in my collection - want two, at least.

Actually happenned to me in during a D&D cession. I was unknowingly weilding a sentient vampiric sword and it took over my mind for a moment, my character murdered a guy in the middle of the street and then I had to explain what happenned to the guard. I attacked them and my party members helped me, then I blamed it on the sword.

Dear Castiel Fuckin' Craven Edge, am I right?

D&D is great, I pretty much broke the game by seducing everything the game master threw in our path, everybody hated me because my character was so stupidly op.

It will not return to its sheath until it has spilt blood

People don't kill people, swords that crave the blood and innards of your enemies do.

interesting thought

I had the exact same thought. It's the only way it makes sense to me.

Something Random Inc. that is part of the reason but the other part is the weight. I believe Arnold Schwarzenegger already thought it was really heavy as that version of the sword so they kept it short. I seen this in some other weapon channels. sorry can't be more helpful for my sources on that.

but why wouldnt they just make it thinner in that case?

If Arnold Schwarzenegger thought it was heavy, it must've been lol.

WVMADMAN1 exactly

why block it when you can redirect the momentum of the less nimble blade and make him overextend

+LaughingOwlKiller exactly. Have it roll over to you side when blocking it to redirect the blunt force of the attack.

It's also worth noting that the sword dimensions hearken to bronze and iron age designs, rather that medieval sword technology. If you compare it to scaled-up weapons from that period, it's just about right. I think the blade thickness suggestion is an interesting idea, though.

@roguishpaladin: Precisely! Many real-world late Bronze age and early Iron Age swords were rather short. The fictional time and place in which Conan exists is heavily modeled on those time periods. Longer swords became more popular in the late parts of the iron age and in the early medieval period. Thematically, Conan should probably not have a greatsword, katana, kriegsmesser, claymore, or zwiehander, but rather a Kopesh, Gladius, Jian, or other short type of sword.

still got most of my conan stuff from the 70s and frazettas on walls of living room

My father introduced me to Conan comics as well, Robert E. Howard was a genius and created such a beautifully savage world.

I've still got the action figure!

It's good fun but all the racism in Robert E. Howard's work feels very dated these days.

+DJ Doc's Videos Aye, its racism should be updated to modern standards, like rambling about the evil privilege magic of Cishet White Men.

In this case, a very tired hand.

What is the hand compared to the will that compels it?

DOOM, DOOM, DOOM

More like a carbine loaded with .50 Beowulf, at only 10 rounds. Perfect for Arnie to concussively knock out armored guards who was the only actor on set able to swing the heavy sword effectively

I remember Conan fighting his enemies, with a metal sword or with bare flesh fists. I don't remember Conan running down tunnels like a rat.

best soundtrack ever confirmed

It's one of the few movies I'd recommend on the soundtrack alone.

I listen to the soundtrack more than I have seen the movie. I can actually see the scenes in my head while listening to it.

Jason Doe adds pommel meme

No: It's a weapon to fight like with like; hollow pommels to end rightly the hollow headed...

It's a pretty small space for beer. Maybe it was something stronger... *Unscrews pommel to end the day rightly*

something to end your consciousness rightly

Nothing beats a good drink after a hard day's war i say

Hollow pommels are for hollow knights...

Thats why Groo has that pair of shoto?

But RU-vid is his job, so we would get far fewer videos...

There are full blow companies which already make historically accurate and or custom weapons/props for film/tv and they do so on a regular basis. Where I find historians are usually "ignored" is whether something is accurate for the time period (think Braveheart with the kilts being 200-ish years early, i think). Sometimes this is a legitimate oversight and other times they know it is out of place but run with it as what should be used is aesthetically displeasing...

No one ever listens to consultants ask the guys and lady who worked on "Kingdom of Heavens"

I forget the name of the movie but I've heard that in the film where the concept of the knight being winched onto his horse first appeared, the historical consultant begged the director not to do it. But they did it anyway. And it became the equivalent of a meme, copied from movie to movie until a significant part of the movie-going population was convinced that it was historical, and it took pretty thorough debunking to break that stereotype. Some people still think armor is that heavy, and the theme survives and thrives in online games and RPGs. For a more modern portrayal, look at the show Vikings, where the vast majority of armor and clothing better fits the fantasy stereotype of vikings than the historical evidence of norse culture. And another point in braveheart where the historian was most likely ignored is in the ridiculous use of the shield wall. As far as I know, no army that ever formed a shield wall would break formation to rush the enemy headlong (much less to jump up and onto the enemy *formation's* weapons), and I'm pretty sure a historian would know that too. Movies made in a certain time period are ATROCIOUS at historical depictions, and I'm sure we can all name dozens of films that do this. Directors are getting better in this regard, probably because the internet means people can do their own research from home so film companies are under more pressure to get things right, but there are still a lot of examples where history was completely ignored in favor of the stereotype and general "coolness."

Braveheart? The story of William Wallace, the rich Scottish noble and knight who lived about 100 years before claymores became common? Yep, definitely historically accurate.

So Sven-Ole Thorsen, Denmark's Strongest Man (83) and Europe's 10th Strongest Man (82) is a weakling?

buttsu fancypantsu I regret it. 90% of the comments, regardless of topic, are about pommels. it passed up annoying a long time ago.

Yeah, it's gotten me to the point where I want to end them rightly.

buttsu fancypantsu I still enjoy the comments. it's nice to know that he has a community big enough and dedicated to continue memes only they know about. that's pretty cool. I've always wondered what video everyone gets the pommel jokes from, seeing how I've been subscribed for almost a year but haven't seen Skall mention anything of the sort about "ending them rightly" and any extreme fighting situation reguarding using pommels.

"End Him Rightly" - A bizarre tactic in a Medieval fighting manual (Gladiatoria MS KK5013)

Na, the Master Sword is.

Azure Griffin Not even close

Looks like a kitsch. It looks like it fucking escaped from china town. Ugly as fuck if you ask me.

@@rollothewalker5535 blade looks more beautiful then your sister mate

Says the Mjølnir.

True, that's a dagger. To be correct, the altantean general is 2.5m. Said by Millius.

@@seighta5714 From what i have heard it was a Short sword the Giant used with one hand and was part of a matched set he duel wielded, although its brother was never found.

@@Knight121198 i never heard about this. I read the interview and it is not mentioned.

I just recently realized that and I wanted to comment on the subject. In the movie you can see Conan moving the hand of the Atlantic man and it is huge. I don't know if it is a dagger but surely is meant to be used one handed!

@@AutoFirePad This is the scene: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pmnbK9VR7VM.html There is a full shot of the throne and you can see that the hand of the corpse can easily grip the sword one handed.

When holding the monado "I'm really feeling it!"

Goku Uzumaki you know it!

''can you feel it Mr Conan ??''

what a necromeme~

The sword's previous owner was even bigger, though. Well, taller at least.

I think it was supposed to be a giant's short sword.

all the above my friend, all the above...

None of the above. The sword was made katana-length because the actors trained with katanas.

really? i wish i could see it in action in real life

They are treated more like flails than swords though. In-game they count as little more than glorified daggers that he swings about like yo-yos. Awesome to play, awesome to watch. Same principal as the Witcher combat; you can see what they were going for and, for the character it was designed for, it works. But practicality? Pffffft

According to the wiki, they are falchion-like blades. But yes, they are a bit stubby.

Please answer my question about another video game weapon. How effect would the penetrator (sr3 dildo bat) be in real life?

that would be a cool one to review

see brother banzai

Thanks. They even have Link's sword. Want.

Rich Stone I have the Atlantean Sword. You're absolutely right. It's nearly unusable.

Rich Stone Which book was this? Im familiar with original Howard stories, but not ones by future writers.

Think he means the novelization for the film

Rich, think of it as an iron age sword for a giant. Then the dimensions might make more sense.

His father's sword was cast iron, so it would have to be short and stout to have any utility at all. The real riddle of steel is how anyone in that world built a good sword in the absence of proper forging techniques.

King Kessef An AK47 Is actually pretty lights.

@@carbonbasedlifeform6693 an ak weighs close to 7.5 pounds.

antimatter fuel would end the use of fossil fuels rightly

Dick Kick'em double pommel

Double pommel.

+Mr Teepawt Nah, I don't do cooking anymore, my girlfriend does it for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

what if you cascade pommels? or put two pommels side to side at the end of the handle? do you have two pommels or just a technically still one but weireder pommel?

HELL SPOON 30 minutes or it comes with a free extra pommel?! Excellent!! Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

not much point when there is the guard on the blade to hold the sword similar to SOME great swords ( i.e www.coldsteel.com/two-handed-great-sword.html ).

Accurate depiction of the alleged conversation between the two.

Hit with the cross guard I suppose. Just hope the smith didn't make that hollow as well. And besides, a pommel is still a pommel, and you can throw them in Mordhau.

To answer, Not fully. If it's good metal the Pommel's shape and thickness will still allow it to preform it's function. If it's bad metal you may just fuck up your pommel... or your entire sword. given bad metal often doesn't hold up well in a fight.

The Livid Dead Bad metal also sounds like shit.

"bad metal" sounds like a highschool metalcore band.

The Livid Dead thanks.

Yeah, with its weight it would essentially be a crushing weapon on top of a slashing one. And its short size allows really accurate thrusts, which is important for hitting weak spots in a creatures hide. Its not the best design for a weapon, but given the universe where monsters are almost as common as people, you need specialized weapons.

Especially against monsters you'd want to have more reach. Plus a longer blade gives you a bigger force of impact because in the same swing the tip of the sword will move faster than that of a smaller one.

Conan does PVE, not PVP

While that makes sense to make a heavier weapon to fight tougher enemies, it's the distribution of weight that is the problem. A heavy blade isn't bad, but when more than 50% of the weight is in the half closest to you it would make the blade harder to swing. If the false edge was uncovered and on the other side of the sword (Like Fire Emblem's Armour Slayer sword) it might work that way, but not the way it is currently balanced.

Monsters? => Axe / hammer / spiked mace A sword is not supposed to be a bludgeon, that is contrary to its design. Also, if it's too heavy it limits the velocity of the strike, which in turn lowers the kinetic energy that can be generated. Velocity increases the energy at a faster rate than mass does.

That can't be Right.

Better yet, reforge the steel and make a bunch of pommels instead of a sword.

Oh, fuck you, I wanted to write that... On the other hand - I'm glad I didn't... an overused joke by this point.

Yes, it's close to becoming cancer. We need more medieval jokes

Pada LAN A peasant walked over to his friend. The peasant says "I just turned 20 years old!". His friend would look at him and say "So what should I wear for the funeral?".

SavageHjerte - ᚱᚨᚷᚾᚨᚱ make sword secretly have a sling to throw your pommel farther.

carlos conde Hidden sling inside the handle..... That's brilliant!!

So that you might end him rightly!!

"With face in Palm I say" I must now kill yoy. I know you are joking, it's all fun and games till I start to cry and people start to die. I'm sorry, but a threaded pommel killed my family and my dog. Raped brother and burned down my gazebo. I have dedicated my life to destroying any evidence of the concept of a threaded pommel. I shall make the world as though they had never been. I mean who the fuck has the skill set to temper a blade yet can't manage a kindergarten lvl technique like hot peining a god damn tang so. I don't understand how guy like the man at arms guys justify this shit. They shall drowned in lakes of blood now they will know why they fear the night

Actually, historical swords seldom had pommels that could be unscrewed. That would be a mark of a cheap, unreliable sword.

A lighter sword would be even deadlier in the hands of a strong man than a very heavy one.

Sherrig Ofdenmark what if the sword is too big to be called a sword, too thick, and too heavy.

It would be a club I guess, If it has the right proportions to classify as a sword but was simply larger then it would still be considered a sword but if it was made for a human then it would just be a very stupid sword.

+Elrozzo Seicentoquattordici So Guts has an excuse for weilding the Dragonslayer but Conan doesn't for weilding Atlantean?!

+ComradeStirner Exactly, the Atlantean sounds normal compared to the Dragonslayer.

No, Ron Cobb designed the Sword. Samson "only" forged it.

Hear*

It's not for mortal men. It's Atlantian!