Wallace Collection "Swiss Sabre" - with Tobias Capwell and Tod Todeschini of Tods Workshop 

That's confidence, to go back and have the curator judge them side by side! And I'm very glad you did, that's some impressive work!

The curator's approving grunts during unpacking are sooo amusing! Beautiful blade, though!

Toby makes the funniest sounds. And how he asked "do they both have a home?" I think I know where the second one went.

3:06 "Hrm" and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the sound of a bank balance being carefully considered....

It just makes me so happy seeing Toby Capwell giving his approval, because you know he has practical research and experience in the field. And he seems like a great guy. Love his co-ops with Matt Easton on ScholaGladiatoria as well:)

2:58 Sounded like Dr. Capwell was considering giving the other replica a home.

i really love that nerd conversation between experts, when they are able to talk about details others can't.

So this man is: - Tod Todeschini - Tod Cutler - Tod's Stuff - Tod's Workshop - Tod's Foundry I'm probably just going to start referring to him as 'the historical craftsman known as Tod'.

"This one still wants to kill stuff slightly more than this one"

It’s a rare thing to find a person doing exactly what they were born to do. I think Todd is one of those people. Beautiful work.

Tod should be entitled to free pints for life, paid for by the National Trust.

I love how Dr. Capwell hefts the sword and you can see he's thinking about how he'd actually feel trying to fight with it. You can see the wheels turning. What an utterly lovely interaction.

I was watching the Vid about this sword that just came out in 2021 last night thinking to myself "Man Tod just really only cares about blacksmithing." In that video he's at his home forge with Matt Easton and you can tell he just tossed on a branded tee over his beat to hell shop clothes. And here he is 3 years back making a film on a beautiful sword he replicated and he turns up in just some beat up old tee again. I love it! This man is more at home covered in suit than anyone I've ever seen!

Amazing work. You're ready for your museum swap/heist caper.

I really wish that my father was alive. He would have been in his element speaking to gentlemen of your caliber. He was a lot like me, trying to learn as much as possible about arms and armour of the medieval to renaissance periods. There is one point especially that the pair of you comment. Mistakes!!! He used to visit a customer of mine that happens to collect authentic arms and armour. He had the most comprehensive private collection I've ever seen. My father would look for any imperfections that he could find, much to my customers annoyance. But my father saw it as a human touch found hundreds of years later. My father's background was in making body panels, parts of chassis and floor pans for hand made classic cars. Ferrari, Maserati etc. He worked for himself and often won concours all over Europe. I have a great deal of respect for you, as he would. I'm so sorry for the story, but I just have so much time for your efforts. Especially teaching youngsters in a non patronising manner. I can't afford even decent replica armour. I do own a few original examples. Between the two of you and Matt Easton do a superb job. Thank you so much. mattbishop1976@yahoo.co.uk.

The A489 is my favorite sword of all time. This is a spectacular reproduction.

Thoroughly enjoyable. Congratulations on such a fine piece of work.

12:23 Tobias thinking "The fool, he's disarmed! I could kill him and take it for myself Mwa ha ha!"

Thank you for this reminder.... The Wallace Collection is one of the best places in London, if not the world.... great Cafe’ too..!

Your recreation is simply phenomenal. Take it from Mr. Capwell, who seemed to like it enough to show interest in its sister. I truly hope to have a blade made by you soon, though I'm still waiting on a couple of commissions already.

Dear Lord, Tod's recreation is a gorgeous sword. Bravo! Nice to see Dr. Capwell on the channel, too.

whenever Tobias Capwell appears on someone video it suddenly becomes a sword ASMR video.

This is my favorite sword out of all of them. *ALL* of them. And I really like a lot of swords.

So cool to see them having a conversation so long ago knowing how much great work they’ve done together now

I have been so, so excited to see more about this project. Absolutely stunning.

That's amazing Tod! Your work is truly inspiring!

Seen this sword at Compiegne, and it was a really, really, nice sword... Loving it.

Possibly my favourite sword of all time, that swiss sabre. So beautiful.

Wonderful work Mr. Todeschini! I found it very enjoyable to watch and to learn a bit more about forging swords; the art of finding a sweet spot somewhere between underdone and overly sterilized works.

As a Swiss man myself, I'm stunned and infinitely jealous. Great job!

The shape of that blade is stunning. Beautiful.

Old video I know but just recently came across your channel. Absolutely love your work beautifully crafted swords. Also great verbal content. You have a great way of discussing and explaining your topics without being snooty condescending. Brilliant. Thank you for all the hard work.

This really is one of the most beautiful swords I've ever seen.

Very cool to see you two together and very nice work.

Congrats! Awesome work! And really nice idea to take it back to the source and lay them side by side :)

I love watching the care and love Tobias had for the sword when he first set it down on the table.

Fantastic work, great to see them side by side. Well done!

Truly wonderful and amazing! Congratulations!

A true masterpiece

That was so much fun to watch. What a beautiful sword.

absolutely astonishing swords.

Exellent job Todd! Looking forward to the next piece!

When the lines between the artisan and the artist become blurred. What an incredible piece. Putting side by side with the original only highlights how amazing a work you did on it. Congratulations.

Wow, just wow! Amazing work

Brilliantly done sword. Very nice.

Simply awesome. I love the passion both have : D

This was such an interesting video featuring two beautiful swords, thanks so much for sharing. :)

Absolutely beautiful!

beautiful work Tod. it's amazing for you to work from a photograph and get all the different radius correct not to mention point of balance and all the other details. very impressive thank you for the video

That was an awesome video! So good to see the origional beside the modern version. Amazing!

Such quality in Tods work. They both know their stuff.

It was lovely how he unboxed the replica (beginning at 2:40) next to the original. To see the very close resemblance and the observations on the slight differences was extremely informative.

An incredible reproduction/artifact! The owner will get something truly spectacular!

Incredible workmanship!

this is definitely one of the best looking swords ever. i want one.

Beautiful work!!

A lovely piece of work Tod! And it's always nice to see Mr Capwell in a video. Interesting dude.

Beautiful work!

Toby is great to listen to. So is Tod of course, so I'm loving the two talking and discussing rather than overly scripted. Both are knowledgeable, and admit their opinions over absolute fact. And both are really good at explaining "why" things are, on bits I'd never think to ask about. Plus both seem like genuine, lovely blokes.

Hell yeah that's what I like to see. Never thought that guy would say yours was nicer, thought he would be so critical wow. Good work I will keep watching

Amazing craftsmanship

If ever there was a perfect advertisement for your products, these comparison vids would be it. We get great discussion with two experts in their fields, each cross-analysing 'their' sword with the other. Reason to watch alone. Then to say the lovely new one, up to the expectations of today's consumer, is for sale, and more can be made to order... I don't think a single viewer wasn't inwardly drooling at the prospect.

Beautiful workmanship

crazy work.

Toby Capwell saying your sword feels perfect for fighting must be a great feeling, since he actually fights with them, great job!

I love this interaction

I wish I had a spare grand to spend right about now, that sword is excellent! I want one.

Your work is amazing!!

Nice video Tod. It was fascinating watching you examine the sword with the eye of a craftsman rather than the rest of us who would just like to wave it about, I mean train with it :)

I have to say i prefer yours over the original! Great work, and gorgeous!

You did a great job!! It looks identical

8:32 "I'm just looking at that terminal over here, and uhm... yours is actually a little bit nicer..." I said something similar about a reproduction I recently had someone make for me. It is great to see modern craftspeople making things that are meeting and exceeding the quality of the originals.

Such fine swords both

they are both very beautiful

Beautiful. I am glad I subscribed to this channel.

holy cow i am in love

I am in awe of sword smiths and armorers, these guys were the rocket scientists of their day, all of these arms produced without any modern technology, least of all electricity or gas, all made with simple hand tools.

Amazing work, man.

A sword reborn. Brilliant!

I don't know why, but I visualize that blade in the hands of John Carter (of Mars), and doing much mayhem with it.

I want Tod to do more reconstructions of swords from the Wallace Collection! Seeing how his and the original compare side by side is truly fascinating.

Tobias' face when Tod mentions the Wallace Collection photos was amazing.

Beautiful sword!

Fascinating, thanks.

thank you for sharing this.

Awesome!

More of you and Tobias please.

I realy love the Blade Geometry and the Seed Shape!

Great stuff! I would love to see a video of you constructing a complex hilt from scratch!

Proper job! Bet that’s not cheap - love that Swiss saber.

Even the armet at 18:12 can't keep a straight face listening to theese two.

Great job, it's a gorgeous reproduction.

That is a fantastic blade. I want one

Aside from the beautiful replica you've made. I'm just super jealous of tobi being able to dual wield Swiss Sabres lol 😆

beautiful

Maybe its different when you see it in real life but on this video they are nearly identical except the inside circumference of the guard loops and you have to look very close to see it. What an excellent job. I wonder how you judge it yourself? You should be very proud. Thanks for protecting our cultures.

I great to see the English community of Historical Martial European thingies come together in youtube to educate people. Wish the same thing happened even more for Continental Euro.

I make reproduction Flintlock firearms and I believe you two gentlemen were searching for the phrase "Finished in a workman like manner." Which is what one often observes with originals of any era, unless a particular item was made for royalty and every detail taken to perfection. Beautiful job on your sword Tod, excellent craftsmanship.

Its so interesting to see how the camera had an effect on the measurements!

Awesome work. Swiss Saber is the only Longsword I like, because of the Baskethilt 😉😁