You're taking about reproduction yes? None of your examples are"in the black" however I am so very pleased to see young people engaging their interests in history. I personally could have done without the F" it remark at the end, but I confess I tell my apprentice at least 4 times a day that I need to cease swearing. Thank you for your video.
First time I've ever seen your channel but it popped up on my feed tonight and I will say even though I'm about 3 years late to the party I found it very interesting and I definitely learned some stuff so thanks
Well I found it interesting. BTW, how would you rank the reproducers of military swords? Can you "use" these reproductions without breaking them? I am not trying to glamorize drive by sabreing, just curios if they are as robust for combat use as the original.
Well with regards to the more functional reproductions, they seem to do okay. Most can stand up to test cutting bottles, mats, etc. What they seem to fail at is capturing the finer details of the original design. For example, Cold Steel's 1860 Heavy Cavalry Saber is very confusing... It has a hilt similar to an 1860 Light Cavalry Saber, the Blade of an 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber, and on top of that they call it an 1860 Heavy Cavalry Saber... a replica of a sword model which never even existed. I've actually been meaning to make a review video or two comparing reproductions to originals.
you can find decent originals for less than a lot of the modern replicas cost. The "newer" ones from the turn of he century will stand up to light cutting (bottles, tatami) without taking any damage. just take look on auction sites and arms fairs, if you want to use them it does not matter if they have some rust and dinks.
