Review: Arms & Armor Nordland Axe (Viking Skjeggøks) 

DarkKrono Yeah, I really like that about Skall. I guess he could find a better product to sponsor him if anything, but beggars can't be choosers

TUNNEL BEAR!!!

So sad that he has to get so low - advertise shitty mobile "game" in order to survive . But he is highly professional not to make it crindgy. So yah, respect for Skall.

exlibrisas Even mainstream channels like Cinemassacre are doing it. RU-vid is not profitable on its own anymore so pretty much everyone is seeking for external sources of income. If someone has gotten very low that is RU-vid and their advertiser-pleasing crusade, wich in turn is screwing with content creators.

Fair.

Well the Ono axe was both a tool and a weapon supposedly

A pioneer hatchet would be good as well. I was given on by my grandfather. Ive trained a bit with it and used it as a tool (albeit not the best for the roots of a 4ft wide tree). Need to make a handle for it.

Hey Friis!

the material is not bad. but it seams not hardend to me.

ukezi Well, it is an axe. You want your axe edge hard, but not as hard as a sword or knifes edge. Usually around 42-48 HRC.

Im only a novice blacksmith, but wont casting the steel axe head make it brittle? Or am i mistaken?

GallopingWalrus, might be personal preference but i disagree with you, i like my axes with a hard edge to retain the edge for longer, and the further back you get on the head the softer the metal should be, which would absorb some of the impact,helping to prevent chipping, also with a convex grind the edge holds for longer/less risk of chipping, now i have no idea how hard "42-48 HRC" is, but i make my axes as hard if not slightly harder (at the edge) than the knives i make. Have a good day sir. :)

xD

Skall on the battlefield: you mama'ed your last mia

Joshua C do you know skall’s testing methods? He’d probably make Captain America’s shield chip!

I have one from Cold Steel. I used it for a few minutes, laughed at it, threw it away and picked up a 60+ year old Billnäs axe and finished the job.

You get an idea by watching reviews...You have to try it to really make an opinion.

I didn't say that I dislike the original cast look more than the black version (it's the other way around), and I actually want to remove the paint. Just didn't want to do it before the review.

Does a vinegar patina provide any sort of corrosion protection though? Or is it just for looks?

quite disappointed by this buy, money was wasted.

Cold Steel hawks are great values

+Stefano Dogg Them and wood chogans. Also don't forget Condor!

I used to have access to Condor wholesale but didn't know whether the quality was there so I never bought one

Stefano Dogg Condor usually has fairly good products, but there is definitely a quality control issue some times. Generally, with condor, you'll probably going to have to touch up their products or do a few modifications if necessary. Plus they have a lifetime warranty so if your'e sold a defective product they'll send you a new one.

I'm not Skall, but anyway: I think in its current form (at least from what I can find online) is not a real fighting martial art. It still is a very impressive thing to watch and do, but many of the stuff they do won't be useful in a real fight, specially the spinning, flourishes, etc. It scores "style", which encourages a lot of risky movements just for the looks. And it also has forbidden targets like the arms, which in a real fight are almost a priority.

Juan Pedro Fisanotti skall or not, your answer is great :) Thanks :)

Maybe they take just ages to update idk

Just wait 2-5 minutes. Always works for me.

Logic and Reason Yeah! but check out Logan Paul he is back at it again alright! What? You're not subscribed or ever in your life watched any of his videos? But you still would get a notificationnnnnn!! Oh you didn't like that did you? OOPSIESS!!

Vtel 'Zolam Worry not, my child. For you are not the only one who likes one's own comment.

IraqI GaMer That is an affront to my honor

IraqI GaMer Relay to me thy social media, so that I might prove my innocence via screenshot

Vtel 'Zolam Mustafa Al-Madridi on Facebook. Also, send memes if you can.

IraqI GaMer I'm seeing Almadridi, but not Al-Madridi. Is that you?

Thanks.

D Hawthorne I was going to start with ‘where did you hear that silly tripe from?’ But I realize that would likely bot have been taken as the jest I intended. It seems like a logical conclusion because of the typical problems associated with casting. As a way to show you why that idea is sort of silly though, look around on youtube for a video titled something like ‘secrets of the viking sword.’ It’s about a forty to fifty minute video explaining the first historical use and manufacture of crucible steel. Crucible type manufacturing is how steel is made today, under rigidly controlled circumstance. The basic process is casting. Inclusions (airpockets or deposits of foreign materiel) such as what is typically associated with casting, come from insufficient heat or an excess of oxygenation in the crucible. A cast done with the proper steel and done correctly (nice clean and fluxed cast, a full liquidization of the steel and no air pockets) produces a powder like steel, with a very uniform and repeatable grain structure. Forging doesn’t align the grain well at all, and introduces alot of stress from molecules trying to get out from under the hammer. This is why good bladesmiths use a process called normalization where they just heat the blade and let it cool in air a few times to relax the grain and reduce the stress.

ahaetulla People chopper is generally going to be small and light with a pronounced difference between the height of the eye and the edge. It will have a thin blade, perhaps even straight with no taper, and an abrupt angle from the flat to the eye. A wood chopper is going to have a lot more weight to it, with an edge that is close to the same length as the height of the eye, with a smooth wedge-like taper on the flats, from edge to eye. You can use a people chopper as a wood chopper, but it won’t be very efficient. Not enough weight or wedge to really split and bite effectively. On the same token, a wood axe is going to SUCK at people-hewing. You can smack somebody with it and it’ll treat them like squishy wood, but it’s going to be slow, awkward, and generally piss you off as much as it may hurt your opponent. Generally ‘It’ll do in a pinch’ is the best way to look at both when assessing if they can do the other’s job.

Also, I mean felt weight. A people axe and a wood axe may weigh about the same, within the range of one and a half to three pounds in the head, but the feel of it is going to be vastly different. A wood axe will feel heavier, because it is balance for a different job. The axe in this video probably weighs about two pounds overall but a similarly sized hatchet (meant for wood) will be closer to four pounds overall, with most of its weight balanced towards the head. Two and a half to three pounds in the head for the wood hatchet and about a pound and a half for this one.

For the price it's okay but it's got some issues. If you're looking for a tool axe to use regularly I'd go for something else. If you want an axe that looks good (without the paint) and handles very well it's good.

Skallagrim I'm basing my decision on a few different parameters, something that can be used as a tool and something that can be a reliable weapon. I was also looking at the chogun and spiked axe ($120) you did reviews on.

Human bones aren't fully solid bro there's gaps for the bone marrow

It's a misplaced frame i think. He is reaching for something on the floor

J the Welsh Warlord That's a subliminal message letting us know that Skall is bending over and inviting sponsors in.

Karl Kruger No sir. The steel is the same in the end, so (wait for it) size is all that matters.

Doesn't look balanced for throwing.

Toastmaster1990 But significantly less if it hits with the blunt ens. Or even the shaft. Axes not made for throwing tend to rotate around the head, often hitting with the shaft.

i know that this axe is not good for trowing, but how much , how many hits out of 10 tryes , like that

"Have you ever heard about the new upcoming fighting sport called hema?" Is this the first video you've watched on my channel? :) I don't mean that in a mocking way, it's just funny to me. I actually talk about HEMA pretty frequently, and I uploaded a sparring video before this one. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YaXqf9iKpw4.html

Skallagrim lmao i'm sorry i haven't been around that long ^-^

superstrongtoa The mere fact that you know the name of Bruks tells me this question is the height of well developed sarcastic wit. If not then Bruks wins. More than just easily, more than just no contest, we’re talking a boxing match between an ant and an elephant. One doesn’t even know the other is there, much less trying to compete.

No. It has appeared in a few videos but I hadn't reviewed it until now.

Because thats totally not gonna ruin the heat treatment