Plywood shield vs broadsword, katana, axe, kriegsmesser, and war hammer

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The making of this budget center-grip shield:
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Its measurements are authentic but the material of course is not (plywood instead of planks made of linden, fir, spruce or pine, and canvas instead of linen).
The weapons used in this test:
1.) Scottish basket hilt backsword by Hanwei
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2.) Ko katana (Dojo Pro line) by Ronin Katana
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3.) Shirasaya katana (traditionally forged differentially hardened blade)
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4.) Viking light axe by Sharp Blades
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5.) Two-handed Hungarian axe by Arms & Armor
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6.) War hammer by Arms & Armor (older model)
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Who doesn't like random acts of destruction, eh? :) The shield held up pretty well. The plywood seems to have a little more resistance against cuts than planks do. It's only a 3-ply board though, with the grain of two out of three layers running in the same direction. Even after repeated attacks it would have still offered pretty much the same protection.
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@PDeRop 8 лет назад

No, the two handed axe doesn't do much damage to the face of the shield. But the impact would sure be fealt by the person holding it.

@AvalonianRemedy 8 лет назад

Yeah the shield would be intact but after a few strong hits your arm could have broke

@hismajestylordsmenkhkare 8 лет назад

Depending on how you hold your shield and the type of shield, viking yes wrist and likely forearm broken as you hold the shield away in a fist, an english kite where the forearm rests against the back of the shield then unlikely if you pull the shield back as close to your bosy as possible to absorb the hit, hold it away from you and you likley wont break anything but your shoulder and/or elbow will be dislocated if the strike from a two handed axe or war hammer mace or greatsword hits well and directly.

@TonyHans99 8 лет назад

you can just throw the pommel

@CaptainPeelz 7 лет назад

P. De Rop still better than being whacked in the face with said axe.

@rachdarastrix5251 7 лет назад

Unless I'm a complete idiot and don't know what I'm talking about (not impossible) while that would work great on a wooden shield a leather shield would just cushion the impact. I... think?

@EmberEagle 9 лет назад

I have a new found respect for Ikea furniture.

@connormcgehee9349 4 года назад

Fun fact IKEA furniture needed to be made from plywood because Vikings would constantly attack and liked to destroy furniture so IKEA made all their furniture viking resistant

@jaimeforestier463 4 года назад

Avoid hitting the shield

@jaimeforestier463 4 года назад

Axe spike was boss

@MrKnight19971 4 года назад

They could at least use stronger word.

@seekingfurtherlight34 3 года назад

I think ikea is particle board not plywood. Big big difference

@ax3l0lrat3r 8 лет назад

note to self. aim for the person, not the shield.

@mercylessplayer 8 лет назад

seems like a good idea

@Jarlemoore1 8 лет назад

That's the idea.

@brucejedilee5290 8 лет назад

Problem is getting past the shield

@hismajestylordsmenkhkare 8 лет назад

Well if you have a warhammer and youve trained like old medieval knights would have (conscripts, so the peasant ha gambeson and a spear, maybe a cheap arming sword and a wooden shield but more likely gambeson and spear) the strength behind the hammer even if it only cracked the wood, would cause significant pain, dislocation or breaks to the opposing person shield is a good target especially if you have your own to protect yourself and they have an arming sword not a hammer or mace XD

@Ezio999Auditore 7 лет назад

*M&B flashbacks*

@OfficeThug 8 лет назад

It's quite a misconception that shields were made entirely out of metal. This was rarely the case and was mostly reserved for purely decoration shields. Even the Roman shields used in "turtle" formations were made predominantly out of glued layers of wood covered with leather. The misconception arose from the fact that there simply aren't many surviving combat shields (because wood rots away). It makes total sense, wood is light and cheap, and when you are trying to maneuver what is essentially a large sheet around to protect yourself and deflect swings, the lighter the better. Metal shields were much tougher, sure, but it can't block shit if your opponent takes a swing at you and you don't have time to turn your shield to block it. And as we can see here, wood was still a pretty solid material for shields. Even though thin and dense plywood was a late 17th century material, layered wood made with tougher woods was common in shield construction.

@TomSmith-li5se 5 лет назад

The Roman shields were made of wood covered by iron in fact

@fishyjishy2867 5 лет назад

Tom Smith whilst they did have iron on them they weren’t covered. If you are talking about the early days when they used hoplons then you would be correct but the scutum was plywood and a bit of iron around the edge and in the centre.

@shockwave6213 4 года назад

Hoplite shields were made with wood planks, leather or hide and a layer of bronze. The classic Roman Scutum was made using planks of wood, covered in Canvas or lether with an iron or bronze boss and outer rim, depending what era it was.

@DimitryDonskoy777 3 года назад

Indian,knight & spartan shields were metal ones

@todo9633 3 года назад

@@DimitryDonskoy777 There were some indian shields made of steel but the vast majority were made of leather or wood, the steel ones were generally fancy ones owned by noblemen and probably saw more use as a display piece than as a tool of war, since they tended to be decorated with silver, gold and jewels. I have no idea where you heard that knights used steel shields, I mean some shields used by knights may have had a boss that was metal or a metal rim but I've never seen a source for a fully metallic shield. Spartan shields were also mainly made of wood, they were just covered with a very thin layer of bronze or copper to increase their defensive capabilities, and even those may be over-represented in the historical record because metal tends to last longer than wood or leather and this may have skewed the perception we have of the period by making our archaeological finds less representative of the reality.

@calebtimes453 8 лет назад

I feel that the katana is one of the most overestimated swords on earth.

@Skallagrim 8 лет назад

+Sergio Milho I agree.

@calebtimes453 8 лет назад

+Skallagrim for me if I am up against an opponent with a shield I prefer a axe or a war hammer as you showed it to be extremely effective. Which weapon would you prefer?

@calebtimes453 8 лет назад

***** Well I guess if it works for you. And if you are more familiar with that weapon.

@Raymondsun33 8 лет назад

+Sergio Milho Since you didn't specify, I would prefer a modern British Centurion Tank.

@calebtimes453 8 лет назад

Todorius Nice. What melee weapon would you prefer?

@de0509 8 лет назад

So basically, whats shown in this video, any shitty shield is going to take a lot of hits before breaking apart

@mahir8775 8 лет назад

+de0509 Pretty much, though plywood is actually very strong. So it's mostly downhill from here(with wooden shit).

@1998wiwi 8 лет назад

That's why shields are just so good

@bobmcbob49 8 лет назад

Yeah- a lot of people don't realize plywood is as strong as it gets for non-petrified wood, because it has no grain. In the video it doesn't look like plywood though. Pretty sure it's particle board.

@Ezio999Auditore 7 лет назад

*M&B 84% difficulty huscarl horde PTSP intensifies*

@Skyblade12 7 лет назад

Um, particle board doesn't splinter. It crumbles.

@ItsZorroDood 9 лет назад

You should have thrown a pommel at it.

@Abudzin 9 лет назад

Since Skall ignores the katana jokes, we should make a lot of pommel throwing jokes now :D

@Yamifira 9 лет назад

ZorroDood yes throw thy pommel to end thou opponent's shield rightly!

@chadmagnus5850 9 лет назад

ZorroDood Whoa! Whoa! Take it easy man! Skallagrim needs his testarea in one piece. Don't make him take risks!

@thisisMYname223 9 лет назад

csaba toth one mistake with a pommel and the whole building would be toast.

@thisisMYname223 9 лет назад

Fegelmast Who Is An Autistic Bagel Humper the sword is just an accessory. It helps to counterbalance the incredible weight of the pommel.

@JeremyNoblitt 4 года назад

All I learned from this is that even a garbage shield is a good shield.

@grimmig13 9 лет назад

Once again, when it comes to weaponry, the Germans come out on top :P

@alfa0i0omega 9 лет назад

H. M. J. Stupid sexy Germans! >:(

@TheAlexagius 9 лет назад

H. M. J. Once again?

@grimmig13 9 лет назад

***** The Mauser 98, the MP18, the Bf109, the Bismarck class battleship, the MG34, the Tiger tank, the StG44, the Me262, the Leopard tank and some stuff H&K makes today... all world's first of it's class, outperforming their counterparts and, oh so German :} So, considering the Kriegsmesser - a German sword - outperformed the other blades in this test, I'd say it *once again* proves good ol' Jerry knows a thing or two about designing weapons. Also, can't you tell I'm a total German fanboy? :Đ

@Daetaur 9 лет назад

H. M. J. But let's not talk about the G36... :P

@sikamaru666 9 лет назад

H. M. J. Bismarck clearly wasn't the best just compare it with Yamato.

@frostaegis8653 9 лет назад

note to self: troll all katana wielders with a wooden shield.

@portkapul1283 9 лет назад

Jagr Melo katanas are not that extremely curved nor are they meant for thrusting, but whatever

@javonyounger5107 9 лет назад

Jagr Melo he is correct they are not meant for thrusting

@portkapul1283 9 лет назад

okay I don't want to be a (insert insultive term here) but the only sword I know that was curved for the sole purpose of getting around shields is the African Shotel, and that has a curve closer to 90 degrees, while Japanese swords average at a curve of 10 degrees, links! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotel

@thisisMYname223 9 лет назад

The only reason his katana didn't cut the building in half is because he's been spending too much time on the battlefield. He needs to kill more peasants with it in order to show its full potential.

@MrBombastic799 9 лет назад

Port Kapul God, that is an ugly sword. En mis opiniones.

@Deh9o11en8or 8 лет назад

0/10 did not end the shield rightly

@adrianjavellana359 8 лет назад

how about we make a shield with pommels?

@ChadKakashi 8 лет назад

+Adrian Javellana So you can Block Them Rightly?

@kylec.9092 8 лет назад

Should have rigged the thing with an explosive and did it outside so it looked like the pommel demolished it.

@dominikadam4619 6 лет назад

How 2 Basic needed.

@manictiger 3 года назад

He wanted to break it, not create a nuclear explosion on it.

@SargonofAkkad 9 лет назад

I've seen a lot of videos with kriegsmesser and grossmessers, and they are such ugly weapons, but so effective.

@Askorti 9 лет назад

Sargon of Akkad But this one is beautiful!

@bloodymirror5933 9 лет назад

Sargon of Akkad Well, I guess you can say that aesthetics isn't everything :D

@maxkaspersson2584 9 лет назад

Sargon of Akkad What the hell? Surprised to see you here.

@Vini-zv3lr 9 лет назад

Sargon of Akkad I find the Kriegsmesser actually pretty gorgeous ( at least Skall's model)

@sinine1100 9 лет назад

Sargon of Akkad Beauty is subjective, especially with objects. I quite like the sword's looks. :-P

@givesyouthechills 9 лет назад

If only Wooden Shields in RuneScape were this resistant to metal blades.

@givesyouthechills 9 лет назад

Ikr xD Wel in RS3 I have all the oldschool weapon/armour overrides so I love it. Plus I play RS2 and RS1 too

@cardenw 9 лет назад

***** Woo Runescape Don't insult the mighty wooden shield though, works well with shield abilities :3

@givesyouthechills 9 лет назад

ikr

@nohbdy1122 9 лет назад

Derpenshire~4lif Bruh the current designs look sick I love fantasy weapon designs even though in real life you'd be better off with a butter knife lol

@nohbdy1122 9 лет назад

Derpenshire~4lif Yeah I don't really care about realism in games at all. I agree about the Zammy Godsword though, I have one myself it looks so sick.

@elekonas 9 лет назад

I think that people are a bit confused when they say that katanas were effective against armor... they weren't. I don't know if you got this from anime or some shit. I'm pretty sure they were just made to slice up flesh. As we can see in this video they are even kind of brittle. It's kind of a basic sword in my opinion and very over rated because of popular culture.

@cloroxbleach9222 9 лет назад

It was more rather a agility sword then destroy and cut.

@hristokuymdjiev4225 9 лет назад

The katana is not an agility sword. I don't know where people get that idea from. Perhaps they think the katana is lighter , but it really isn't. Even though it has no metal pommel nor a larger guard the blade is actually really really thick which is why even though it is smaller it isn't lighter.

@T1Oracle 9 лет назад

+Muhamad Harith Akmal Abu Bakar That would be the rapier. A rapier is the ultimate agility sword.

@jaredhenson8316 9 лет назад

A well made katana is not at all brittle, and does pretty well against wood. I'm not an expert by any means, but the katanas in the video don't look like folded steel. Head over to the csknives channel and check out the Cold Steel katanas, those are very high quality.

@T1Oracle 9 лет назад

Jared Henson From the reviews I've seen, Cold Steel seems to be low quality. Their swords lack distal taper.

@DevilsAdvocateofnazareth 9 лет назад

surely the 2 handed axe is designed to go *over* the shield.

@Mathos93 9 лет назад

Devils Advocate surely that was not the point of the video

@MusicMan642 9 лет назад

I think a lot of weapons used in periods where shields were prevalent were designed to go around not through. The Iberian Falcata and Greek Kopis come to mind. Or designed to negate the shield like the Roman Pilum. Where the long metal tip would penetrate the shield and bend forcing the shield to be discarded.

@KaiserAfini 9 лет назад

Devils Advocate While it can go over the shield, if the user keeps a minimum distance from the shield to his body, it can completely void the extra leverage. I think a Shotel is more specialized for that kind of attack.

@Stipopedia 9 лет назад

Michael Fenton I always wondered why these weapons had such a seemingly impracical form.

@KaiserAfini 9 лет назад

Stipopedia Which ones ?

@RetroEcoChicken 7 лет назад

isnt the sword getting stuck a big advantage for the person with the shield?

@Skallagrim 7 лет назад

Yes.

@RetroEcoChicken 7 лет назад

germanic tribes, the celts, vikings and both the vistrigoths and the ostrogoths.

@valeblackwood9798 7 лет назад

Metal armour is very expensive, for a start.

@roguenine9LU 7 лет назад

The Romans designed the Pilum specifically to get stuck in shields so that they could render them useless. It obviously was a onetime use a weapon that is meant to be thrown, but if you have another weapon to switch to, then your sword getting stuck is just making the opponent's shield heavier and harder to use.

@roguenine9LU 7 лет назад

Japanese armor often had iron (and later steel) scales or plates, making it just as effective against the Katana as a lot of European armor would be. In an actual battle, Samurai would primarily fight with spears, while the Katana was usually a secondary weapon and would be more analogous to a modern military officer having a handgun. It could still be used against armored opponents (by going for gaps) but wouldn't be as effective as a spear.

@toxicmongerofthehatefulbro5745 9 лет назад

So, I noticed this. And this question above all else needs to be answered. How does a shield fair against a Pommel throw?

@2bingtim 7 лет назад

Pommels would bounce or glance off.

@Slrflr-qg6bp 5 лет назад

2bingtim it wouldn’t bounce off bc shields can’t handle that much rightness so the pommel would go through the shield and it would end the enemy rightly

@plaidpvcpipe3792 5 лет назад

You'd need to step far back and go behind a blast shield. Of course machines would be used to toss it.

@_Sterben_ 5 лет назад

No contest. The pommel would go straight through, embed itself into the body, then explode, fly back to the user, and re-attach itself the the users weapon.

@tahabashir3779 5 лет назад

The shield would break rightly.

@factsabouturmum9250 9 лет назад

My katana was forged by a master Samurai Wizard using ancient techniques. It is made of magical steel, folded 10,000 times and tempered with the breath of a dragon. It could cut through that shield just by being dropped gently onto it. Desu.

@erikaitsumi7198 7 лет назад

Homini Lupus nani?

@TheWindows72306 6 лет назад

omai wa mo shineiru

@micohazakin8576 5 лет назад

Lemme use a Kriegsmesser on you

@hendimubarok7646 5 лет назад

Good joke.

@nasserfirelordarts6574 5 лет назад

Nanio deska

@sebastjansslavitis3898 8 лет назад

I see how it goes. You struck his shield - he cuts you up. Seriously, every time you weapon stuck, even for a brief moment, this is a death sentence. You can't stand in front of your opponent with extended arms struggling for your sword.

@silverhand9965 8 лет назад

that's exactly one of the points of wooden shields I think,you opponent can't do a lot if he's stuck in your shield,if you don't take a year to react he's dead

@andreastheshadow 8 лет назад

Well no-one was holding the shield so he had to struggle, if someone was holding it you'd kick the shield and pull it out.

@dredlord47 8 лет назад

Well, their shields WERE meant to be disposable.

@pumancat 8 лет назад

no they weren't

@dredlord47 8 лет назад

pumancat Yes they were. When the shield gets damaged it becomes a terrific tool for disarming your opponent. Sure you want it to stay together for a long time, but a damaged shield is more useful in a melee. If an enemy sword or axe cuts into your shield then you can just twist it and they would no-longer have a weapon unless they had super-human grip-strength. Being able to control the enemies weapons is extraordinarily important in a fight.

@Rangernewb5550 8 лет назад

B-b-but muh glorious nippon steel would have surely cleaved though plywood...

@arisupersnake 7 лет назад

Jack Ryan Not those 400 bucks piece of shit katanas. Try a 2 3k one.

@erikaitsumi7198 7 лет назад

Jack Ryan you ain't got throwable pommels your steel cant do shit

@7000_Skeletons 7 лет назад

I was just about to type the same comment. Good play sir!

@Volosous 7 лет назад

tfw no name dude. Come the fuck on. I've handled a fucking laser sharpened katana, they don't cut through plywood.

@jacobstaten2366 7 лет назад

This sword is stronger than the katanas of the time they were used. I bet they would have broken.

@khhnator 8 лет назад

i think all the comments in this video miss the fact that is FUCKING PLYWOOD people have this idea that plywood is something bad since we have furniture made with it and is old as the romans... guess what? is not. plywood is pretty much one of the best materials available even today when comes to strength/weight ratio. it was less than 100 years ago when things that plastics, fiberglass, carbon fiber and etc started to challenge plywood

@louismonkeybusinessswanepo5161 8 лет назад

+khhnator ply wood is amazing but incredibly bad when you add water think the strenght comes from the way in witch the wood is layerd with the grains between sheets being layed perpendicular to one another

@rachdarastrix5251 7 лет назад

Perhaps they mistake it for drywall.

@uninterruptedrhythm4104 6 лет назад

plywood is relatively new, it wasn't around with the Romans

@thepurehealer1279 6 лет назад

louis monkeybusiness swanepoel you could keep it clothed up...

@rich1051414 6 лет назад

Plywood is new, but veneer is not, and neither is layered/weaved veneer. This is similar in many ways with what we may call 'plywood' these days. Ancient romans did use wood veneer, but the civilization that really mastered the art were egyptians, who did not have wood to spare. You should look into it, quite interesting.

@adobo777 9 лет назад

Bu..buh..but Katana best sword folded over 100,000,000 times! Filthy gaijin.

@zanderrose 9 лет назад

But a katana doesn't have a pommel, so you can't end your opponent rightly.

@deck444 9 лет назад

adobo777 This test proved that the deadliest weapon is a Home Depot forged nail. To damage a katana that nail most have been bathed in dragon´s blood and the tears of a thousand virgin geishas otherwise it would have been pulverized by all the power of nippon steel. ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY NAIL!

@Woofdeath13 9 лет назад

adobo777 The strongest were folded Zero times. Cut wing off strongest american birds no problem comrade.

@canagan9967 9 лет назад

The reason kata as were folded is because the iron used was extremely shitty, so if a blade needed 1million folds you were basically using a giant block of slag...

@isphus 9 лет назад

This nail must have been folded at least 1.000.000 times.

@blaziiclan8846 8 лет назад

It's confirmed, everyone on Skall's channel needs to treat the kriegmesser as weebs do the katana

@riploljustforfu9929 7 лет назад

Blazii Clan yesssss

@Huy-G-Le 5 лет назад

Messer beat katana. 1. Half swording is an option. 2. One hand and 2 hand different varieties. 3. Same length as the katana. 4. An actual guard.

@-V-_-V- 4 года назад

His kreigsmesser is a $1700 sword. It's going to be impressive bc it's of superior quality not bc kreigsmessers are God tier swords

@terner1234 4 года назад

@@Huy-G-Le "half swording is an option"? you don't use the messer to thrust, you use it to cut

@ttchme9816 4 года назад

@@terner1234 I think he meant murder stroke.

@SuperRichyrich11 9 лет назад

If he used an actual Katana, the shield clearly would have exploded into a million little splinters. and then everyone would die

@S.A.Masquerade 9 лет назад

Julius Cheeser what's worse these katana jokes or chuck Norris jokes? Both are not even funny.

@SuperRichyrich11 9 лет назад

They're not all supposed to be funny per se. It's more just fucking with Katana cultists and COD pussies.

@S.A.Masquerade 9 лет назад

Julius Cheeser Ah thanks for explaining, have a great day sir. (lol)

@kareemadham7166 9 лет назад

My katana is folded -3 times.

@ProStateExaminer 9 лет назад

***** Or they might be protecting their virginity with a katana. So which now?

@vestcoasttrashgnome8565 8 лет назад

Weeaboo: "A katana would cut through a armour plate like butter" me: > This video

@miso-ge1gz 4 года назад

It is said in anime that in order to cut through things like butter you need to fill the sword with sword intent or ki, which sadly doesn't exist in reality

@vestcoasttrashgnome8565 4 года назад

@@miso-ge1gz habolulu, habajaba, haku haku, i would rather just throw a + and - stick welding cables at a man in steel armour

@manictiger 3 года назад

That's not a real Katana, though. I have a Katana from the Edo period that was folded over 7 billion times and can cut through any metal on Earth. If it was bigger, I could cut through the Earth itself with it. It was forged with ten thousand generations of Japanese Warrior souls and was used to kill a demigod and his demons during the 2nd Mongolian invasion of Japan. Your armor is no match for it.

@Silirion 8 лет назад

Romans were geniuses using the pilum to counter the shield walls...

@sparkindark1427 8 лет назад

Maybe, but pila werent even in the video

@hymanocohann2698 6 лет назад

Wonder who they stole the idea from, great adapters poor inventors.

@emorynguyen1583 4 года назад

Hyman O'Cohann Who invented pilum before the Romans?

@terner1234 4 года назад

@@emorynguyen1583 I think the etruscans or samnites

@BlacK40k 4 года назад

@@emorynguyen1583 probably the samnites, since the romans shaped their republican-style army after them to be able to defeat them

@shaggnar2014 9 лет назад

I think this really shows that the viability of destroying someone's shield in combat isn't as easy as you'd think

@A.F.M.B.1234 9 лет назад

Tiberius Hrafn-Úlfur I completely agree Unless you have A LOT of time Strengh And a opponent that doesn't really counter when you hit the shield... I'd argue that shield hits are near irrelevant, if not more dangerous for the attacker (the bade getting stuck can be devastating)

@nexviper 9 лет назад

Hitting it hard enough could hurt the arm behind from the percussion I guess but if you're weapon got stuck at all you could be in a lot of trouble.

@A.F.M.B.1234 9 лет назад

nexviper good point, and a penetrating hit could (in theory) hit the arm, but really unless you do what the Romans did with the Pilum I'd say try not to hit shields xD

@Numguk 9 лет назад

nexviper which is probably why the warhammer may have been the best option for that, as the shock of impact may be enough to temporary cause enough pain to the person's shield arm from using it effectively, while bladed and stabbing weapons probably do not have such force of impact.

@jwenting 9 лет назад

Tiberius Hrafn-Úlfur hence the Roman pilum. It was thrown so as to stick in the shield, then bend, leaving the shield useless to its wearer so it had to be discarded.

@Mt-BNN 9 лет назад

you mean the glorious nippon steal of the katana did not cut trough a nail.... how is this witchcraft possible

@iopklmification 9 лет назад

Samuel Normand It's ok, the nail was made from a katana.

@benjaminbrohmer8866 9 лет назад

Samuel Normand trolling got wrong this swords are modern muku blades. The steel has nothing to do with histrorical accurate steel AND the heat treatment is most probably total different. ;)

@Tauric94 9 лет назад

iopklmification sooo, it was a KATANAIL?

@joshm3484 9 лет назад

Benjamin Brohmer Yeah, the steel and heat treat are both better with modern swords.

@benjaminbrohmer8866 9 лет назад

Fuq Gooogle the average modern steel is cleaner as the accurate steel in average, yes. But they are muku-blades made from one kind of steel most katana blades were made from at least 2 types of steel. The physical charakteristics in shiro-zukuri blades were basicly designed by the smith as the edge the flats the back and the core were made from different steel. (A useable shiro-zukuri blade would at lest cost 600/800 bucks.) The different heat threat brings different charakteristics. eg a stiff blade, like the authentic japanease blades would basicly ignore a gambenson or a padded jack, the edge flexile blade on the otherhand would become disaligned and would have a harder time to cut through it. You also have always a slight disalignment while cutting even in the air, this effect is larger in flexile blades and smaller in stiff blades. You can't aplay better when comparing different things.

@athalia3661 9 лет назад

I enjoyed this, also Kara's (spelling?) scream of amusement killed me.

@brianmulhair3478 9 лет назад

Cara is, I believe, how you spell it.

@willemgloudemans1442 9 лет назад

Athalia rip

@scottfordham 8 лет назад

Im pleasantly surprised just how effective this shield was to the point where im thinking now how strange it would be to not take a shield with you into battle, back then given how much defensive capabilities, A two handed weapon seems almost useless.

@kradehteno8233 8 лет назад

Two-handed weapons started to be more common when better armor started to be manufactured and shields started to get smaller as armor advanced.

@scottfordham 8 лет назад

Renan Boti Yeh im talking about the times when wooden shields were very common.

@kradehteno8233 8 лет назад

Until the end of the dark ages shields where the be all end all in Europe, armor wasn't effective against arrows and you coundn't rely only in armor to defend yourself from axes, swords and spears. A lot of cultures used shield and spear/sword formations so its easy to see that was effective.

@scottfordham 8 лет назад

Renan Boti yeh that's what i said its a wonder why anyone would go without a shield...

@kradehteno8233 8 лет назад

Why use a shield when you can wield two claymores and a katana on the mouth?

@brianlarson4448 9 лет назад

For those of you who don't know a katana isn't a main battlefield weapon it's a backup weapon at best. Sorry your glorious nippon steel won't cut through armor.

@brianlarson4448 9 лет назад

Brian Larson Ohh another thing before you go on about how great and superior the Japanese forging methods are with Blah folded over Blah billion times. The celts were doing that in 700 BC. At the height of the style they would fold it over several times like the japanese would and then they would twist it and hammer it flat resulting in Many more layers than an average katana. Why did they stop doing this? Simple. They found out how to make purer and stronger steel making pattern welding obsolete. So there you go some history for you. Europeans were doing what the japanese were doing in 1100 Ad and they were doing it nearly two Melania before

@grimreaper3882 9 лет назад

Brian Larson You are so wrong. If I trow my katana from here it is so sharp that it would fly around the world, go right trough you and come back the other way without even a scratch.

@SirAlex-jb5dl 9 лет назад

A long sword won't cut through armor either. Why do you think they had maces and hammers? Your information is accurate, but you're kinda being unfair. A steel blade going through armor wasn't gonna happen.

@SirAlex-jb5dl 9 лет назад

And it is a main battle field weapon. Along with spears, and bows.

@kareemadham7166 9 лет назад

My katana was folded -3 times.

@salamut2202 9 лет назад

AND YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE THE REAVER CLEAVER!? :P

@poopdump2 9 лет назад

salamut2202 he probably shot it to pieces like he did the first

@minerva9104 9 лет назад

But it had a no bullet sign

@ErikHoevenberg 9 лет назад

JsinXx not even funny

@joekurtz6587 9 лет назад

salamut2202 im guessing because the reaver cleaver never did went up against this kinds of shields , if any kind at all

@Odood19 9 лет назад

salamut2202 Shiny!

@XthegreatwhyX 8 лет назад

Such a stark difference with movie shields, that are usually almost useless lol

@brasteen1 8 лет назад

Not only are they useless, they use them wrong a lot of the time. "I'm going to spin around and put my soft fleshy body out for you to cut instead of this solid object to block/deflect your strikes. I great warrior" :P

@brandonwilbur2146 4 года назад

Yeah it was especially egregious in The Hobbit war scenes

@timothymclean 9 лет назад

To summarize: Most weapons don't do a lot of damage to the shield, swords (especially lighter ones) faring particularly badly, but when it got broken enough things really went downhill fast. Accurate?

@vavakxnonexus 9 лет назад

Timothy McLean Pretty much.

@LtKharn 9 лет назад

Timothy McLean Well anything that would do a lot of dmg to a shield would be unwieldy for everything else, until the rifle appears obviously.

@Sarva07 9 лет назад

Timothy McLean Yeah...unless you are a Nazghul XD

@lughfiregod16 9 лет назад

Timothy McLean Also, focused blunt weapons do the most damage the fastest, and don't get stuck. Honestly, getting your blade deeply stuck in a wooden shield like shown in a video would likely very quickly lead to death.

@fringis1 9 лет назад

Timothy McLean standard procedure for dealing with a shielded opponent seems to be to just get around it, greek swords curve over them, vikings like axes that have the reach and a dropped blade to get around it, even the roman pilum was intended to just get stuck in them and make the shield weighted and unwieldy to the point of just getting ditched. Shields are a right pain in the dick.

@lordfriedrick7911 5 лет назад

Now you just need FLEX SEAL to repar the damage

@ChessdumyTV 9 лет назад

A pommel would shatter that shield into sawdust in one hit.

@mrwindupbird101 4 года назад

It'd punch a hole through the shield, the person holding it, and the line of soldiers behind them, ending the battle rightly.

@thevengefulone3948 9 лет назад

"Most OP sword" Gets stopped by a nail xD :P

@alfa0i0omega 9 лет назад

mortal kombat Otaku The nail was it's cousin....they were made from the same iron nugget...so it went easy on him ;)

@grimreaper3882 9 лет назад

mortal kombat Otaku Adamantium nail OP, please nerf.

@PaleShine89 9 лет назад

mortal kombat Otaku nail was reforged 1000 times for that ofc!

@HammerheadGuitar 9 лет назад

+mortal kombat Otaku Most OP? More like most overrated...

@Cthight 9 лет назад

"Kriegsmesser" german = "warknife" english

@Ursasari 7 лет назад

Cthight Just picturing a bunch of Germans in pointy hats rushing the enemy with ornamented butterknives.

@brianlee222 4 года назад

Robber: I've got a knife German: Thats not a knife **Draws Kriegsmesser** German: _This_ is a knife

@itsjonesh 9 лет назад

... Wowie. You can never underestimate an wooden shield! o.o It can take more abuse than i thought it could!

@Nuberax 8 лет назад

That is a beautiful warhammer.

@harveyrouen4655 8 лет назад

I showed my friend this video and he was unimpressed... (He plays a lot of skyrim) :/

@davidpattinson9442 4 года назад

Have you looked at the United cutlery m48 war hammer

@arjun._.bbC6 4 года назад

@@harveyrouen4655 Skyrim arguably has the worst warhammers. ESO has some *actual* hammers.

@caramida9 8 лет назад

No shields were harmed in the making of the video...

@hristokuymdjiev4225 8 лет назад

YEAH RIGHT

@0cheeseburga 8 лет назад

It would be very interesting to see how a shield made of two layers of plywood with the grains perpendicular would hold up.

@BW022 8 лет назад

+0cheeseburga Plywood is already multiple layers of wood with their grains are perpendicular. The lawyers are glued together. This is why plywood is stronger than regular wood to begin with and why it doesn't split -- it has no grain lines. 1/4" and 3/8" plywood has a minimum of three layers. 1/2" and thicker has four. Plywood already has layers. There is also a minimum thickness at which the lawyers can be before they loose strength.

@NPCrash 8 лет назад

+BW022 I know you meant to say "layers" but I couldn't help but imagine lawyers glued together to form a shield. Amuzing sight, not so effective though.

@altvertue347 8 лет назад

+BW022 So Ogres are like plywood?

@GeorgeMonet 8 лет назад

+The Deer No, ogres are like onions. But only the ogres who don't want to eat your face.

@altvertue347 8 лет назад

GeorgeMonet Ogres have layers and are very strong! Plywood has layers and is also very strong! Ogres are like Onions!

@mergele1000 9 лет назад

Random act of destruction? Sure I enjoyed it.

@ViperJoe 9 лет назад

German steel master race.

@LaughingOwlKiller 9 лет назад

Viper Joe Except, that is American Steel :)

@PrimordialNightmare 9 лет назад

LaughingOwlKiller do you want to link me the information, where Albion gets their steel? Because I don't know, where they get the steel from, but would noct be surprised if it would come from a more or less exploitet country.

@nohbdy1122 9 лет назад

Viper Joe Ye Old German engineering lmao

@VicariousReality7 9 лет назад

Viper Joe Where does it come from? Our mines in the top of the world

@masterofmundus1304 9 лет назад

***** An American industrialized steel. Before Carnegie came along it was a curiosity to most people because of how expensive it was.

@redgrizzlybur7810 7 лет назад

Here's a suggestion for you, make a shield that has two layers of wood with the grains crossing either way, so no matter which way it's struck it'll still be against grain.

@planescaped 6 лет назад

Might be pretty heavily, perhaps even too bulky. Worth experimenting with though.

@rolandlee6898 6 лет назад

How would that be different from this? This one is made from plywood, which is pretty much what you describe.

@jamesforgie6594 6 лет назад

Roland Lee no, it would be different. The best cuts go with the grain. This way, it is physically impossible to go with the grain, because it’s in two different directions.

@rolandlee6898 6 лет назад

And plywood is made from layers of wood with alternating directions of grain glued together. So no matter how you cut it - youll be against the grain on at least some layers - which is what the original post suggested one should do with two layers of wood. So what is the "no" about? "No" as in multiple layers of wood with perpendicular grain glued together is different from multiple layers of wood with perpendicular grain glued together?

@jamesforgie6594 6 лет назад

Roland Lee, I have since forgotten what I was up tight about, so I apologise for being that way and probably sounding condescending. I think we basically said the same thing in those last two comments, so I might also have misunderstood your original comment.

@Reemus4 8 лет назад

Thats is why I use shields in my RPGS. Enemy like: " I have a deadly katana!" Me: "I have shield" Enemy: " :-( "

@kis5140 8 лет назад

Shields in most RPG's are treated like counterweights, swinging them carelessly about whilst you flail your weapon in the general direction of your enemy.

@sharpblades4118 9 лет назад

Epic destruction test !!! :)) R.I.P. Shield

@stormelemental13 9 лет назад

Sharp Blades Spiked axe did pretty well.

@sharpblades4118 9 лет назад

Eric Taysom Right ? :P Maybe should Skall try to throw it :)) Cara is brave women :D

@eitkoml 9 лет назад

+Sharp Blades I wonder what type of wood the shield is made out of and if maple would do better. Maple is very resistant to splitting and maple plywood is a preferred material for making skateboards.

@carterrayhydra1635 7 лет назад

Rest in .Pieces

@AlexanderLayko 8 лет назад

But according to these otaku nerds katanas are supposed to be able to cut a shield in half with just one swing.

@rodrigopires855 8 лет назад

Katanas are supposed to be used against flesh, anyone who says they are effective against armors or shield are simply ignorant of the facts

@rolandlee6898 6 лет назад

The Japanese dont use shields because Katana's would cut them clean in half. Obviously, duh.

@henvdemon 6 лет назад

Roland Lee the arms holding the shields yes.

@biribiribanban1650 6 лет назад

Katanas wouldn’t be able to cut a wooden shield from the face And a clean cut in one side only do a very few damage Katanas and the variations are overrated, there are good swords but there are better swords

@THELPBrotherslol 8 лет назад

I just love the looks on Kriegsmesser, just a question, where did you get yours?

@Skallagrim 8 лет назад

+GT Wolf From KoA. ww4.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=ANE3&afid=28632&tm=14&im=1

@THELPBrotherslol 8 лет назад

+Skallagrim Thank you for very quick response.

@HebaruSan 9 лет назад

Pls get Cara some safety goggles for this kind of thing, there were splinters of wood flying around at her eye level that could have gone around her glasses.

@Skallagrim 9 лет назад

HebaruSan Cara was actually further away then it looks in the video.

@Agorante 8 лет назад

The reason that people are probably obsessed with the Katana is imprinting. Baby ducks will follow the first creature they see. When this is the mother duck - all is well. But sometimes they imprint on a random person and then they follow that person around endlessly. These Katana fan-boys probably saw their first movie sword fight movie in ' Yojimbo' or 'Sanjuro' . But I'm older. I was deeply effected by my first sword and shield film ' Black Shield of Falsworth'. I imprinted on Tony Curtis rather than Toshiro Mifune.

@Agorante 8 лет назад

+Patrick Boyle BTW the shields in "Black Shield of Falworth' as well as 'Ivanhoe'. Are not very authentic. They are two or more layer of sheet steel in 'Black Shield' and only one layer in 'Ivanhoe'. They do have the advantage that they sound great when struck. Swish - klang!

@altvertue347 8 лет назад

+Patrick Boyle Warhammers or Rapiers, on the one hand you got punch and on the other dexterity.

@danielbeaman6260 8 лет назад

Woah, sorry Lorenz

@louismonkeybusinessswanepo5161 8 лет назад

+Patrick Boyle maybe but as someone who has been fortunate enough to examine several pieces i have to say a thing of beuty mate the devotion to detail even on a battle sword (term i use for katana's produced during time's of war generally excluding the WW's) its kinda like full plate armour the power of the katana lies not in the sword but what it represents it was the symbol of the samurai a warrior who much like a knight was bound by a code...

@Agorante 8 лет назад

louis monkeybusiness swanepoel Yes the katana does indeed represent the whole Tukugawa period but that was a very dark period in world history. In that roughly 250 year period Japan rejected progress and cut itself off from the rest of the world. It was a perfect tyranny. They had had firearms but they rejected firearms. They also tore up roads and tore down bridges. They gave up riding and most vehicles. The katana was a tool for killing unarmed peasants in this period. By the fifth Tokugawa shogun dueling had also been outlawed. The final Samurai just before the Meiji restoration were merely expensive social parasites.

@cyonemitsu 9 лет назад

are there any shields which follow a plywood design for the construction of the wood? i.e. 3 layers, criss crossed so that there isn't any one direction to "go with the grain" as it were. perhaps with better wood quality, a plywood design for a shield might be one of the most effective designs? just speculation, would be interested to hear other people's opinions on the matter.

@Chlorate299 9 лет назад

Roman shields were built that way. Very effective they were too.

@davidbradley6040 9 лет назад

Christopher Yonemitsu I would imagine that modern kevlar layering would make for a good police shield but I havent seen one used

@cyonemitsu 9 лет назад

***** as far as I am aware kevlar is very tear resistant but isn't nearly as resistant to cutting, then again with the current threats it would have to face I doubt that would be an issue. I doubt the use of kevlar is needed in police shields however, since in a situation where a firefight is bound to happen, a shield might be too bulky, and otherwise, the standard riot shield does the job. I don't think people are going to spend their budget on a second shield made just for firefights, but then again there has been controversy over police spending in municipalities before.

@SSVjoker 9 лет назад

The thing is that, as you can see in the video, the moment the blades goes through following the lines, its stacked and so the shield user can basically disarm his oponent and kill him easily, so why make a shield without that posibility? Your idea will last longer, of course, but as its just a wooden circle you just have to make another after the battle and its fixed

@cyonemitsu 9 лет назад

TheGuillejedi good point, well I guess it would depend on what kind of opponent you would be facing, perhaps in massed combat you might care more for the durability of your shield (due to the prolonged combat potentially with many opponents), whereas in skirmishes or more open combat, being able to disarm your opponent might be a better tradeoff.

@Frug 9 лет назад

Cara in the background holding the shield like (._.)

@melonenstrauch1306 5 лет назад

"THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE!"

@FrancisRoyCA 9 лет назад

I'm asking because I don't know: I can understand why a one-handed sword would not cut though wood well, but Katanas were the sword of choice for fighting against armoured Samurai. Is it possible that its lack of performance was due to less than optimal usage?

@Unahim 9 лет назад

Francis Roy Possibly. Always keep in mind that this is pretty much a cutting test for "this katana" and "this kriegmesser" not necessarily ALL katana and ALL kriegmesser. We can extrapolate from the findings, but it is not "proof" of anything.

@letummors922 9 лет назад

Francis Roy In battle Samurai used spears and polearms ,the katana was a backup weapon.And cutting through actual heavy japanese armor(made from iron and later steel)is not really possible.You try to hit the unarmored parts.

@reddragon8167 9 лет назад

Francis Roy Katana were good for the local needs of the land of their origin, having only to deal with foes with light armor or overly flowery lamellar armor that folded like so much origami when not worn on a body. Outside of that, however, not so much. Samurai didn't use katanas for shields at all. They used maces. Katana were only good for slicing through unarmored or lightly armored foes, not any sort of _"real"_ armor.

@FrancisRoyCA 9 лет назад

Francis Roy There is always so much to learn about the world, isn't there?

@nalzeck 9 лет назад

Francis Roy Yeah, most of the armor was either leather or a combination of leather and metal, normally lamellar armor.

@robbiecarter9241 9 лет назад

The Vikings didn't have war hammers? What about Thor's hammer?

@Yamifira 9 лет назад

Robbie carter smith's hammer

@doomjoon_zmajich 9 лет назад

Robbie carter That's just a hammer, not a war hammer. Yes, there is a significant difference.

@robbiecarter9241 9 лет назад

Ah, I see.

@canagan9967 9 лет назад

Not to mention a few time WAY more powerful

@BoarhideGaming 9 лет назад

Also, while you're all talking technicalities here, let's not forget that Thor's weapon was a lightning-throwing, thunder-spitting Magic hammer. Using really think any of our human standards for "this or that hammer" apply ^^

@TomboyCEO 8 лет назад

How well would a thrown pommel work against this shield?

@kis5140 8 лет назад

It would be akin to watching a ballistic missile tear through a centimeter thick sheet of melted butter.

@dariogonzalez4041 9 лет назад

can someone lose their weapon when it gets stuck in the shield. it like it will be a major problem when your trying to remove your weapon your opponent gets a free hit

@Merlinose 9 лет назад

Dario Gonzalez if it gets stuck, simple drag backwards from the shield person and you stumble into his weapon if you dont watch your step.

@Wylf 9 лет назад

Dario Gonzalez In actual combat you'd usually attempt to bypass the shield, instead of destroying it. Or you do as the romans did and throw javelins before the melee engagement, those were less meant to actually kill someone and more to get stuck in the shield, to make them useless, thanks to the added weight and imbalance (considering that most shields around that time had a center grip).

@dariogonzalez4041 9 лет назад

***** well if could still get stuck in the shield even if you are not going directly to the shield you could end up hitting it even your opponent blocks with it.

@Wylf 9 лет назад

Dario Gonzalez Of course. And yes, if that happens it is likely that one could lose their weapon and, most likely, their life :)

@АлександрПушкин-я4щ 9 лет назад

Should've thrown pommel at this shield to end it rightly.

@Bagsy84 8 лет назад

with movie and tv stuff, i didnt think wood shields would actually hold up for so many attacks. this was very informative

@bloodymirror5933 9 лет назад

I would have loved to see a 2 handed mace striking the shield. Also: Do you think that there is a weapon that can totally destroy/break a shield in 1 or 2 percise strikes ? Because how it look to me, it needs alot of time to break a shield and usually you don't have that many attempts in a fight. So it would be pretty useful to have a weapon that is designed to break or destroy a shield. Sorry for my bad english Greets from Germany :3

@TeutonicEmperor1198 9 лет назад

BloodyMirrorLP i believe a bec de corbin would be the most effective weapon against a wooden shield! both the hammerhead and the spike would be more than enough to shutter it!

@Eebens 9 лет назад

BloodyMirrorLP definitely a rocket launcher. The shield wont stand a chance

@YujiNanaya 9 лет назад

BloodyMirrorLP I doubt a shield could resist a cannon ball.

@KanaiIle 9 лет назад

***** I´m no expert, but I´d say some weapons can break the arm that holds the shield rather quickly instead of the shield itself.

@100dfrost 9 лет назад

BloodyMirrorLP Guten abend, the great axes of the Anglo-Saxons at Hastings were said to break the Norman shields with a single strike. I do not know if its exaggerated for dramatic effect or not, Dante.

@CrashandTrash596 8 лет назад

I suppose the lesson is that shields work.

@kushbrny2144 7 лет назад

Plywood is layered with several layers of wood, so the grain goes every which way.

@user-uv6jy9jv8b 8 лет назад

Ok it's time that people accept the FACTS that the katana is overrated, it's no better and no less than "most double-edged swords" I recommend the Shadiversity channel he has 5 episodes about it.

@Isaac_El_Khoury 9 лет назад

Great video, Skall! I wanted to point out that plywood does not have a grain like you know regular wood does. Plywood is engineered wood that has layers of wood with their grains rotated around 90° to eachother. It's sort of a criss-cross grain where one layer goes --- and the other goes |.

@Skallagrim 9 лет назад

IceCreamJimmies I just remembered that it was only 3 layers, and the grain in 2 out of 3 runs in the same direction.

@bumblebee7838 9 лет назад

2 tips: - Use some sort of ash wood, the older the better. Since you are bigger than a mighty viking of 1.65m, you shield should also be a lot thicker. - The hide you are using has been softened chemically to make is easier to work with. That is exactly what you do not want in this case. Instead use a untanned raw hide from a boar. I is not flexible unless you soak it with water and it gets rock hard afterwards. They are hard to get, so you have to speak with a hunter most likely. The only goods still crafted with it are some drums and chewing toys for dogs.

@yeenosaur2620 7 лет назад

Axes are so amazing. I really want to get one soon but I don't know some good companies to buy one from.

@stopsign1626 4 года назад

Yeenosaur I’m still looking for good axes.

@levoGAMES 8 лет назад

Okay, if I'm ever going to make a shield, I use plywood and thick leather strips. That thing can take a lot ...

@yoco93cro 9 лет назад

Although two-handed axe has lesser cutting abilities, it is important to say that it has massive shock impact, which a shield-bearer can definitely feel in his arm.

@benis9965 7 лет назад

the kriegsmesser is so elegant, it`s beautiful af

@casey197930 9 лет назад

You're brilliant having her hold that for you...

@jollyleprechaun5436 7 лет назад

If you ever need to go into a knife fight, bring the Kriegsmesser. That's a knife right? ;)

@Huy-G-Le 5 лет назад

Japanese: choose katana Me: choose Wooden Viking Shield. *Japanese left the servers* Change my mind.

@OneOnOne1162 8 лет назад

Isn't it odd to have the shield resting on its bottom and top edges but with nothing in the middle? Wouldn't that make it bend inward more? Just going off of intuition here.

@XristosArgyropoulos 8 лет назад

not really, if it was made of iron or other metallic material it would bend but wood doesn't bends, if you bend a wooden item it breaks, there are woods with flexibility but I am pretty sure this one is not one of them

@OneOnOne1162 8 лет назад

Xristos Argyropoulos Well, but I meant bend/break more in that place.

@XristosArgyropoulos 8 лет назад

OneOnOne1162 oh , in that way actually yes, i am not a physics teacher or something but it probably affected the shield

@generalerica4123 7 лет назад

0:48 this is not a katana. If it was, it would've cut right through the planet. Duh. [Completely exaggerated hand movement!]

@Wolfphototech 6 лет назад

*Another reminder that Japanese weapons are poorly suited to take on Western armor and weapons ( medieval , modern and improvised ) .*

@frailty7280 5 лет назад

well you're not supposed to strike the shield itself

@matthewpham9525 4 года назад

Most western weapons are poorly suited to take on western armor, that’s why armor exists.

@ceasefire2825 4 года назад

@@frailty7280 well lets be honest Katanas were made to harass peasants and not fight actual wars now were they?

@EOCmodernRS 8 лет назад

When the object supporting the shield gets pushed as you strike the shield with your weapon of choice, of course it wouldn't deal much damage..

@deathbyastonishment7930 8 лет назад

So.. Like an arm?

@Pottan23 8 лет назад

Shields were only held in one hand for this very purpose, it gives way so it absorbs the strike without breaking too much. You also hold it out to meet the strike, not giving your opponent the space needed to reach the full momentum of his swing.

@omarma7815 6 лет назад

congrats you played yourself

@ChesterRico 8 лет назад

TL;DR: you better have a shield when somebody comes at you with a fucking medieval melee weapon.

@earlgrey2130 8 лет назад

So basically don't try to kill the shield, but the person using it. Thanks captain obvious :P On a more serious note: I think WHEN hitting a shield you shouldn't focus on wheter or not it makes a hole in it or how deep it cuts. What you want is to apply a lot of force to the shield, because that force gets through the shield into the arm of the person holding it. So i think even tough hammers might look unspectacular, they probably did a lot better against shield wearing units than one might think.

@willgetcarriedfornudes1417 9 лет назад

katanas are for the girlymen

@shagstars 8 лет назад

+Seki Banki for the asians.

@markostamenkovic8350 8 лет назад

+Perkalam Scracht Wow dude..

@durian9042 7 лет назад

Why people are defending the katana I don't know, first off they were never meant to go against shields since they weren't used in Japan, not only are katanas two handed but the Japanese thought hiding behind a shield would be cowardly and they are set in traditions which is also why katanas aren't really the most practical, plus how is a fancy small sword cooler than a giant axe or broadsword!?

@daveepsin4795 9 лет назад

That katana is evidently broken, a non-broken katana would cut through a plywood shield like a hot knife through butter. They are still used to cut diamonds and steel, so i dont know what you did to yours to break it,

@burpitola 9 лет назад

Nice try :)

@ZlyLudekPL 9 лет назад

dave epsin i love it

@kevgmei 9 лет назад

dave epsin Yeah, I've never heard of a katana being used to cut diamonds and steel. I'm pretty sure it's a Samurai weapon, and not a jeweller's tool, or a blacksmith's tool.

@burpitola 9 лет назад

Kevin Meisenbacher the joke> your head>

@kevgmei 9 лет назад

Brandon Szparagowski If he was joking, then I'll guess it must have gotten over my head. But there are some pretty fucking stupid people out there, so I don't know.

@grenmoyo3968 9 лет назад

Very nicely done. A great show of why the armies of the world for millennia have used wooden shields. Not only are they inexpensive to produce, they are exceptionally resilient for their cost.

@lanasmith4795 5 лет назад

So what we learned here today is plywood Shields are fairly tough. And stand up to quite a bit of of abuse from a variety of different culture's cutlery

@GinoLuccio 3 года назад

Wait, I thought you were supposed to have a bare-armed friend holding the shield when testing an axe on it?

@DrickRT 4 года назад

What's more interesting for me is watching skal figure out how he's supposed to hold the shield

@thomasbarry9696 4 года назад

The peasant killer doesn't function well against shields. Who would have guessed

@iamspacewhale 8 лет назад

Would love to see these same tests on a Roman scutum

@gubalord2084 6 лет назад

@@xinfinity8532 He still works on it :)

@ethanthompson1097 5 лет назад

So to nobody’s surprise the warhammer is effective against armor

@spargotwin 9 лет назад

i think the take home point of this shield is that it was extremely effective. even thought the weapons cut into the shield, they never went far enough to do any real damage and at the same time the weapon then became lodged within the shield leaving them open for attack.

@summerrose3368 9 лет назад

if you use a two handed axe you are kind of a glass cannon, thats why i have to say you used it the wrong way. your first strike decides about who will die. it doesnt matter how much damage it deals to the shield, coz the less it does the more it deals to the person holding it. trust me, blocking a real strike from a weapon like the one you had there is no fun, no matter what kind of shield and cloves you have. it just blows you off your feet. still a very nice vid, althoug it hurts to see this thing get broken

@Lobotommy110 3 года назад

I don't see any reason that there has to be a person behind the shield, or do you wanna get rid of her?

@ostlandr 8 лет назад

Nice to know a plywood shield is that effective. My "barn door" shield is edged with heavy pigskin, but that won't protect the shield. When you were attacking that shield, my first thought was that a weapon lodged in your opponent's shield is a VERY bad thing! Also, my first thought with the axes and war hammer was to pull the shield out of the way; not so easy in single combat, but in a battle formation, that can allow a pole weapon or spearman in the rear ranks an opening. And the Kriegschmeisser is awesome!

@f1r3hunt3rz5 7 лет назад

Katanas are seriously overrated. Anime has skewed the truth

@it_Nexus562 4 года назад

Oddly enough... I want to see the effect of a sledgehammer on the shield

@ghosturiel 6 лет назад

Oak and Iron, Guard me well, Or else I'm damned and Doomed to Hell

@Midgetnator 9 лет назад

Another thing to keep in mind is that there is a man holding that shield. Every single strike against it will beat the crap about the opponents' hand and arm. After a while they would probably drop the shield before it broke.

@stopsign1626 4 года назад

Midgetnator Depends how determined they are, some may be tough enough to continue gripping the shield while their arm hangs to their side from being snapped in two. Or they could just move out of the way of any strikes that would deliver that much damage. I imagine a broken arm would take a hefty swing.