This has often been requested; that I show my entire collection up to this point. There were some things I was not able to show, they can be seen here: imgur.com/a/6oY1L#0 Comment if there is something you'd like to see reviewed,
I have the Hanwie Tactical Katana and Wakizashi in the trunk of my car as well as the small Cold Steel Viking ax and Spetnaz shovel, the axe and shovel I can claim as tools, but if ever asked why the swords I just say Zombies apocalypse then laugh.
The Stoned Videogame Nerd Actually the last time I was asked about the swords I told the officer I had taken to someone to sell them but the deal didn't go through and I was taken them back home. The edge part you mentioned wouldn't fly with these swords because edges are perfect and razor sharp.
The Stoned Videogame Nerd A blueish tint can also mean the steel has vanadium/chromium properties, I say this because my Del Tin migration period sword's blade has a tint like that and it's made of chromium vanadium steel (Krupp 55). As for keeping the edge on my blades a nice fine tone and oil and few light passes do the trick and I have one of those small Spartan lakonia swords from Windlass, nothing fancy and step forward and stab upwards considering tat's the technique it's made for, will do the trick every time. Of course I keep my 9mm and an extra mag at hand as well because I'm not stupid you know and a sword isn't much good against a gun and I don't want to be known as the fool who brought the blade to a gun fight. As for Chinese swords I like their DaDao broadswords, quite the chopper.
The Stoned Videogame Nerd Well that just plain sucks, That's one reason I proud to be an American, sure we have or problems (so do you these days) but at least we don't have to live under a paranoid nanny state like that, by the way no gun club here I learned how to shoot when I was a kid then Uncle Sam took over from there and yes my gun are loaded (No kids though). In the future when you have rising terrorism due to Merkel's misguided policies you Germans are going to wish you had our freedoms when it comes to guns and I hope you don't become one of those statistics I mentioned.
The Stoned Videogame Nerd Don't have to tell me the Sharps, I fired them before very nice rifles, my favorite is my Marlin 45/70 lever action, 6 shots at 400 grains does the trick very well. As for those other rifles, yes I know what your talking about, been behind many a sniper rifle in my time even the big boy M-82, although my favorite is my M-21.
Slevin Kelevra I *might* do a video on it after the move into the new house. The TLDR of the process is this. 1) I create an image of the basic inlay: imgur.com/a/bZmJI (Software I wrote part of to do this, there is also other software that can do this easily) 2) Based on the image get a count of the rings needed to make the banner and order them. 3) Break the banner up into 5 unit by 5 unit sections. Unit here refers to a 4-1 maille unit which can be woven 4) work through the inlay bit by bit, tracking progress on the image itself. I've wanted to do a video on this for a while, the problem is where it currently hangs is space constrained and I cannot get a full image. Won't be a problem in the new house.
I'm actually happy to see proper usage of Elder Futhark in your chain banner. It drives me up the wall when I see "ng" and "th" letter for letter in this style of runic writing
Great collection! It’d be a dream to own that many awesome pieces- but I do have to be a nitpicky jerk about one single item. That’s not a Windlass Knight’s Dagger, but the Soldier’s Dagger- and I’m only sure because it’s my first purchase from them, after wanting one since at least the early 2000s😆 I finally got it a few years ago, and I absolutely love it. I then picked up the Type XIV Arming sword, which I was going to buy back when it was on their sale list for “last chance” before discontinuation, but missed it. I was thrilled to see it again when it came back, and bought it at even more than twice the old sale price. I wasn’t going to regret missing out again. Thanks for the tour of your home- you’ve done a great job with the decorating and displaying your collection.
A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that the more slender, leaf shaped pugio is not a proper historic reproduction. It is, however, taken from a number of original artifacts in the British Museum, that have this same blade profile. I've seen the originals and thought, myself," that's not what people tend to think of as a pugio". Yet, there they are.
Awesome collection! You should be very proud of the collection.... As I'm sure you are. Wish I could put together a collection a fraction of what you have.
I have this room tour on my list of favourite room tours on RU-vid! Absolutely love this stuff. I’m curious as to why you went in a different direction with your more recent content? Like I said though this video and your passion for swords and medieval period is admirable.
Nice collection, I have more Katana's and Chinese swords due to my martial arts background and they are all real. I also have a larger sword that's called a Naginata sword which is huge, 16 inch handle nearly 2 inch wide 32 inch blade that has a secondary edge that 12 inches long on the spine starting just below the point, it's made of traditional San Mai method, otherwise I have swords and other weapons on display in every room down stairs as well (some strategically placed such as the cold steel war hammer and mace) and even my Arms and Armor dark age spangenhelm with horsetail and a few bucklers and viking shield, as for knives of all kinds over a 100 of those the best ones are out to see, my Del Tin Migration Sword (Frankish design from the 7th century is still my favorite though, my first sword and have had it for a long time). That maile banner you made is seriously cool but must weigh a lot, I've put together a hauberk, long sleeveless vest, coif and gloves before and the hauberk is not light so I can only imagine how much the banner weighs and I also saw the Museum Replicas dueling gloves as well on the floor there.
10:34- the one with th eround wheel pommel is the Cold steel. I know because that is the first "sword" I ever got lol :D Kinda funny to think that I recently ordered an Albion Ringeck after just a year and a half lol.
For some of them you should check out the art of Edmund Blaire Leighton, I also did a video on him: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NgHNDSFzB-I.html The other painting is by Frederick Burton
Do you have any experience with the hanwei Norman sword? I picked up a un used one off sbg classifieds for almost half price just waiting for it to come in.
+Patrick Althouse The one from Darksword is an import, not produced in house, from what I understand so I don't really have thoughts on it in general. The windlass one is all right. Certainly worth it if you are looking for something that says "Ulfbehrt" and is affordable. But it wouldn't top my list of Viking era swords.
Hello! Thank you for a nice video review! I have a question about around 5:08 when you show the sword rack with various swords on it: the swords are in scabbards. From what I have read I got the impression that keeping swords in scabbards, especially in the long run, is not great for the steel. Wondering if you could share your thoughts on it.
What's better than an Albion? Three Albion. Love the idea of them being the last thing you see at the end of the day and first thing you see in the morning. Your partner probably going to disagree with me but you know what I'm getting at:)
Fantastic collection! I recall you referencing your Irish heritage in your Albion Gallowglass review, great to see Burton's Meeting on the Turret Stairs taking pride of place! Would you be able to do a review of that bec de corbin by any chance?
Awesome collection! I honestly think I would limit myself to just owning 4 Swords: a Bastard Sword, a Viking Sword, a Katana and a Rapier. But right now I'm still saving up for the first one. maybe after I start buying them I won't stop...
Oh GOSH yes. I'm an Albion guy, and the Windllass Rhin-don is a thing of beauty. While the aesthetics are what awe me, I've heard that the windlass reproduction is actually not half bad.Just not worth the 2K it sells for nowadays.
+Connor Swanson One that I didn't show in the video... I have a close helm with a removable face plate, but that along with most of my armour is in storage. I'd also prefer to wear my coif underneath. I'd also prefer to avoid battle. =)
Medieval Review will you do a similar video in the future as an update when your collection has increased? not to say that your collection is small its alot larger than mine i assure you.. but you know how collecting goes.. you start with one item and then you have enough to start you own country ;)
Can anyone answer this question for me? (Not that one, this one) Which sword will sword-folks say ,"Ah, that's a Spanish sword"? I'm looking for a replica sword I can connect with my Spanish roots.
I can obviously tell you like Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit telling by your Numenorean and Dwarven helmets. Could you do a video describing the practical uses of some of the weapons and armor throughout the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies? Keep up the great work!
+Medieval Review. i like all your swords. the reviews are well explained. i'll choose any of your sword except the 2 handed great sword. im 5'7. its very hard for me to use that
