Slingshots in a Medieval Battle? 

That was a fun day, and a great video!

I noticed that the way Jörg pinches the pouch puts a twist in the rubber, so that after it's released, it untwists and puts a slight spin on the ball. DIY rifling lol

4:24 "The aesthetics of destruction". If Tod and Jörg ever form a death metal band, we have a name.

OK, now I want to see a homemade dandelion milk rubber slingshot

Was watching a guy on his channel who practised pretty much every day with a sling for a year or so, until he could reliably hit a milk jug or small prey sized target most of the time. He said (I paraphrase) "I'm now at about the level of competency of a young child from the era when these were used regularly... Those people could use a sling well."

When a big German guy says hes into rubber and latex you need to run because things are going to get real kinky if you stay.

You guys are going to love traditional Guatemalan slingshots! Medieval Europe might not have had rubber, but Mesoamericans were crafting all sorts of things from the material for centuries at the time: foot models & molds, custom rubber boots, waterproof cloaks, sandal soles, rubber bands, glue, stamps, rubber balls, & tons of other things. Sad that’s not really mentioned or portrayed in popular media when they’re talked about.

"I know rubber is your thing, and you know the Medieval world is mine" - Tod, 2021

I like how you can see the spinning effect in the slow-motion firing of the slingshot.

"Shoot it gangsta' style." Now I'm imagining medieval drive-bys with slingshots.

"If you need something really powerful, you just put another rubber on it." - Joerg Sprave

How about shooting some of your armor, Tod? Still got your soft armors, mail and brigandine?

I really hope you two make lots of videos together in the future! Really great chemistry

As a slinger: Slings can be much more powerful than a powerful slingshot that you can draw. Slinghots can be aimed,and are much much much easier to be accurate with. A powerful shot with a sling can reach 300-400J,wheres world record shots from a slingshot drawn with one hand, barely exceed 100 joules. Slings don't loose power in cold,like slingshots,but they truely need more space between slingers,than slingshotters. The spacing however ,I don't see it as a definite disadvantage,unless we're talking uppon a castle wall. In a open field,exposed to other missile troops,being spread out is an advantage. A sling is probably more durable than the rubberbands,unless you sling with jagged stones. Both have pros and cons,I use them both,love them both,but the power I can generate with slings has my total respect.

As impractical as it would be... Now I really want to see Jörg shooting a full butterfly slingbow with 6+ foot arrows.

* In medieval times * people could have mounted the slingshots in the inside of their shields

1:22 I just imagine this guy in a zombie infestation holed up on the roof of a ball bearing factory with a box of elastic bands.

The crossover we all wanted is finally here!

wha-BAMB! That's a sound. And the high-speed really shows well how the twist imparts rotation to the projectile. Very cool.

Hello Tod ! I love your work. I was wondering if you could make a video to talk about the type of wood used for shields or maybe other stuff in medieval times. There seem to be a lot of videos about different types of steel used for weapons, but even though wood surely was a big component of medieval warfare (shields, arrows, fortifications...), I don't recall anything on wood types (or how thick the different historical shields were, for example). It seems to me that your channel is the most relevant for this and I believe I'm not the only one who would love to see you cover the topic :)

You and Jorg have to make a ballista together. It would fit perfectly with both of the channels. That would be so awesome!

The steel ball is hitting the wood so hard that it sounds like a musket going off. Crazy.

1) I feel like Joerg has worked very hard here to find something that is 100% in the wheelhouse of Tod's channel, and that speaks very highly of him. 2) I can't get the image of hundreds of hulking, heavily armoured Teutonic knights all lining up with War-Slingshots, and just how gloriously, hilarious silly that would have looked for the moment before they utterly obliterated whatever they were fighting. =D

I think there was a missed opportunity there to test slingshots vs medieval armor and shields. Also along with explosives channel to build a new slingshot cannon 2.0 that launches explosive shot. Still love the content, both of you build amazing things that I love watching.

Damn... You can clearly say by only watching the way both Jörg and Tod draws that sling who can't just drop longbow drawing technique habit... Absolutely blastin' xD Cheers! I.

I like the twist that they put in to the rubber to get the ball spinning. Also, the massive lump of cast iron they've got to hold the target in place. "The Aesthetic of Destruction!", Jörg sounds like he is channelling Werner Herzog. It is great to see Tod and Jörg having fun, discussing things they are both enthusiastic about, and sharing ideas. The photography for this episode was really cool too.

Going by the number of holes on that board I can imagine that you've been having quite a lot of fun with that thing before you even started filming.

Gotta love Jörg's ingenuity. The design is so simple yet extremely effective!

I imaging some monk could've been tinkering around with dandelions in the garden and just whomped on rubber pretty easily. I think the only thing that might've held it back is making and shaping enough rubber to make mass amounts of them.

Shooting guns, bows, slingshots, playing golf, baseball, any other sport requiring physical effort or dexterity, it's all about the satisfaction of handling something powerful and controlling it well enough to hit a target.

I can’t wait to get hone and watch this . I’m increasingly getting into Slingshot shooting . I’d love to see Tod build a full sized Trebuchet though . A series of videos capturing the build would be fantastic .

Fantastic video guys and I love how humble Jőrg is. Humility is a very good trait to have

The Maya had rubber, and they loved killing each other. Did they ever put those two passions together?

I love the Slingshot Channel. Jörg has done some awesome work with slingshots

While Jörg may be the more entertaining or imposing figure, you really really can see the difference in the editing and filming that is much better here than in his videos. Also I love the different shooting styles they have.

Really enjoyed the talk. Now I´m waiting for Tod to make a dandelion-rubber repeating plumbata slingshot that could have conquered the world :D

seeing Tod and Joerg togethor is like seeing two masters from different villiages. "you use a bow?!?!!!" "You use rubber!?!"

The slow mo shots here are amazing! They look so clean and well lit, and the sound editing is really spot on. Love it!

I’m really loving having both of you guys in the same video! It’s just so fun!! Tod+Jörg = pure joy

These collaboration videos are so great to see!! I already love and follow both of your channels so it is so cool to see you guys actually meet up and work together!

The sound of dozens of impacts on shields and helmets would be quite something to get used to.

I love how the wood looks at the end when the steel ball smashes through. Super satisfying. High=speed footage is always so enlightening, you can see the softness and hardness of the wood at the same time as it flexes and ripples from the force while the area around the impact shatters and flies away.

Great to see the two of you together! and that is some fantastic slo-mo footage

At the beginning I realised Jorg was emitting bird chirping when speaking :D I appreciate the sound design for the slow mo bit! :) And thank you Tod for answering the question "What would they use for a rubber band?". Also, how did no one boil some dandelions, duh... (I imagined someone lucky enough to have an access to a library going through massive books, checking which flowers were already boiled and which were not...)

Loving the tag team great work guys!

this may very well be the collab video we have all needed. thanks guys and thanks community.

Todd + Jörg = sweet, sweet Heaven. Side note - Holy crap that Slingshot. I love it. Edit - Todd, you should get Jörg to make one for your mate that shoots the English Warbow, Imagine the power on those shots... :)

There is something so satisfyingly primal about shooting something.

Joerg going off on the history of rubber, really shows he knows his stuff !!

Thank you guys, most enjoyable and knowledgeable.

Not just warfare, the mills of the day using this as a secondary power source for more efficient methods.

What a combination, these collab videos are great. I like Tod's bow drawing technique. What a beast of a slingshot.

Mighty duo. I love every opportunity I get to see my two favourite RU-vidrs

Jörg's laughter is priceless.

1:37 Dayum, Jörg, that accuracy!

Hi Tod, thank you for your videos. You are definitely my favourite youtuber. I would love to see more videos about your craft and the items that you make.

This was excellent and as to be expected it was a very enjoyable video to watch.

Loving these videos

It's so interesting seeing how Tod draws the slingshot, almost like how Joe Gibbs draws the longbow, swinging it up and drawing right away, like he's brought that knowledge to this and it is so fascinating to see that crossover of knowledge here. Meanwhile Joerg is just such a beast he just makes it look easy. It's really cool to see this crossover, I've been watching Joerg for years, so to see him here is so cool It is interesting to think about the implications of what Slingshots would have done in the medieval world. I feel like assassins would have adopted them pretty quickly, you could shoot someone up close in the same sort of range you might have used a pistol of that time, but silently. Or possibly contraptions for artillery similar to the style of Joerg's Smaug Perferator, shooting the big spears and such. Of course hunters would have loved to have something so compact for small game hunting. the possibilities are fascinating.

Excellent video, I hope the both of you have some more collaborations soon. Or at least one sitcom sketch, you guys make a great team. Thank you for the video.

Such a pleasure to watch both of you together :D

So awesome to see you two get together!

Fantastic video that is a lot of fun to think about, thanks Tod!

So happy to see you guys collaborating!

The power stroke on that thing is increadible!

I am now imagining a fictional history for a weapon system developed from Joerg's 2-meter slingshot over centuries.

My God! I'd swear that broke the sound barrier as it left the plank!! 😲

dandelions were a common medicinal herb throughout Europe, and only came to America with the pioneers who cultivated it for its medicinal uses.

What I find very fascinating about this, is how the motion of pulling back the bands, causes a slight twist, which in turn imparts a gyroscopic spin onto the projectile, much like fletching on an arrow, or the rifling of a barrel.

I would love to see Jorg, Tod, the first main blacksmith from Man at Arms, and Adam Savage together on a well funded series called "Creating Destruction".

With the whole “could have made medieval rubber” thing, it’s so interesting how many things could have been made back then but didn’t think of it, proves human aren’t as good at thinking outside the box as some might think

When I was a kid we made mini-versions of that contraption using rubber/elastic bands and clothes pegs pinned to a board and firing small stones. We called them 'gats'. Easy to lose an eye (nearly did) and I nearly took another kid's.

What a treat to see the two of you together!

Make a ballista guys, with the ingenuity of your guys I'm sure something mean would come from it.

I love Jörg and the slingshot channel

This is a DREAM collaboration!

OK, Tod; So make some medieval rubber from dandelion milk (I suggest you use several strands, braided) and make a medieval slingshot!

Awesome slingshot and conversation!

Can you imagine a medieval "Rubber Corps"? Rubber powered light artillery shooting large rocks to knock some heads Long range handheld small rock harrying squads Short range lead projectile squads for armour penetration This would definitely speed up the development of plate armour and possibly even slow the adoption of gunpowder for muskets etc.

That talk in the second half was really interesting

Joerg has great follow through with his shots

Best collab ever!

Great Video! Love the Slow Mo

Heh those slo mo shots were like something from a movie. Glad you enjoyed yourself, Todd! Grinning from ear to ear. Can certainly imagine medieval skirmishers using those, they'd cause alsorts of havoc. Wonder if they'd go through curved shields just as easily as they blew through that flat ply? One downside of course though would be the European winter. They'd have to be a seasonal weapon by the sounds of it!

4:21 I don't know either. When I was a kid I loved shooting things with slingshots. I never killed anything. Once I shot at a big pigeon once, but I was so afraid of killing it that my shot bounced out of his wing(he didn't even move). I felt so guilty that I didn't shoot for months. Also one thing that I loved doing was knocking off mangos out of the tree with the sling. Delicious! The tree the pigeon was on was a "Jambolão" tree. I don't know how it is called in English.

Fantastic!, two of my favourite youtubers meet and combine their minds in a single video :D

Love that dude's laughter

OMG! Todd's Workshop and Slingshot Channel together at last! I don't even need to see this video to already know I'm going to love it! Now let Jeorg show us it's features!

These two are my favorite RU-vid friendship duo. I hope that the correspondence we see on RU-vid is a small fraction of the hangout they get off the air.

Excellent observations!

Im just waiting for the day, that jorg, walks out, with a panzershrek! Converted to a slingshot cannon 😂😂😂

U forget how big joerg is until he is placed next to avergae man.

Really interesting video getting both your opinions together. Would be interesting to see you both design a weapon that you believe would be the most perfect for large warfare formations as a replacement for archers

Great video, thank you!!

Great stuff as always Tod. I was just thinking in the very last clip, of the ball going through the ply in slow mo, that it'd be interesting to test, on that example and others, that if you took a speed/energy reading immediately before the target and then one immediately after the target, provided of course that you get a pass through. It wouldn't prove anything but it might be interesting.

I can't tell you how awesome this is

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

I can see baskets of stones being thrown with one of those three-person waterballoon slingshots

Dandelion milk? FETCH THE DANDELION COWS!

I'm a long-time subscriber to both channels, and absolutely loving these collab videos. Gotta say, Tod looks kinda tiny next to Joerg. Wiry guy vs straight-up tank.