We just made an ABOMINATION! Giving a longsword a katana hilt 

"Katong Sword" or "Eurasian Bastard" would probably be the most fitting names given the cursed nature.

This strange blade is like video game armor at times: it doesn't look all the best, but those stats don't lie

Hope you guys don't end up in Sword Hell for this series.

Actually I love we went straight from "You've just made a weird messer!" to "We've just made a giant dagger!"

11:00 I'm always impressed by how effortless, fluid, and graceful Tyranth's strikes look when he does the whole 1-arm behind his back posture. Very Gentlemanly.

As much as this hurt to watch, I can't imagine the pain that Tyranth felt being forced to make such a monstrosity. For shame, Shad. I hope you're paying for his therapy

Watching that thing being made was like watching one of those old CSI shows where you see the crime through the killers eyes.

It looks like how I would imagine a lightsaber would like like if it was an actual sword

What we learned from these experiments: 99% of the time, swords are cool

Key points for the second try : Try a longsword with a wider and thicker hilt if possible or you could also use a double edged piercing Messer since messer constraction uses thick pins in the hilt constraction similar to a katana. You will also not need to go through the hassle of cutting the thread and removing the pommel. Then modify the wooden katana handle on the inside so it allows for the centered European style blade. For example grind out part of the wood on one side then add some on the other side to make it centered. To allow for a for double bladed technics use special ring design tsubas that have big holes in them making them look like the ring guards on late medieval European swords. This would allow the thumb to finger/lay flat on the blade from the inside of the tsuba with no need to extend over it. With this the problems this sword has are pretty much removed and the new weapon is ready. Personally I like this design since I prefer rondel dagger/gladius push stabs (the gladius ball guard though is kinda ass though) that use the guard as a stopper instead of the handshake grip. The reason is that the handshake grip for me personally feels alot less secure for stabbing and kinda hurts when you stab into hard targets. Sure it gives more range but I prefer the feeling of "gutting and skewering someone" over the feeling of poking someone. No I am not british. Example Jorge Sprave made a spike dagger that uses the push/gutting stab to puncture holes in thick aluminium plates and mild steel plates. In his video can anti-stab vests protect officers. Lets not forget thanks to the ring Tsuba design you are also allowed to use the handshake grip since you can finger the guard with your thumb.

The disc guard honestly makes me think of a super sized gladius, rather than a Chinese sword. If I had to give this sword a name, "Eurasian Bastard" (which @Velindian so wonderfully coined) seems the most fitting imo.

It's so wonky, ridiculous, and hideous - I love it!

That’s a Giant’s Knife. As in Zelda: Ocarina of time. The giant sword that snaps after a few swings, which you get before the Biggoron Sword.

In terms of looks, I feel that the sword may have looked better if it still used it's original crossguard combined with the katana hilt.

PUT THE CROSSGUARD BACK ON THAT ABOMINATION!!!

Name: Long Tsurugi The term tsurugi can be used to refer to an old form of Japanese double edged strait swords.

6:51 - That straight double-edged Chinese sword is actually a jian, the dao is curved and single-edged. I've trained with both.

I think the name 'Katalon" is the most fitting as it is a shortened form of the term Katana-Longsword as well as being properly pronounceable. If you were to invert the sword construction as done previously the method still applies-Longsword Katana or "Longtana" for short. Simply swap the placement of the terms for which is the main sword type in the example at hand with the first name being the modifier of the following sword type.

Congratulations, you made a real lightsaber, especially watching it cut. I'll take 2.

Honestly, I'd love to see a version of this sword that has been made from scratch so that its issues will have been lessened . For example ,i forget katana terms, but if you make that metal bit beneath the tsuba longer, that would give you a place to put your thumb to do the technique you were showing. Also making the tsuba resemble a crossgard by lengthening it would make the blade more usable in a European style of swordplay (i believe this could possibly cause a problem with the tsubas strength so it may need better fixtures) I also think that the slightly curved nature of the handle led to the 'zippy' since the blade would be (if held like a normal katana) slightly angled, leading to a 'drawing/slicing' motion while swinging the sword, another thing is if the technique shad was showing could be done with that sword then as the handle is curved the follow-up cut would be very slightly quicker as it is very slightly closer (as the blade would be angled to one direction slightly) I think the last comment i wrote about isnt that great of a positive but the angle of the blade lending to better slicing (in one direction) is a benifit in my opinion (i got this idea from professional chef's who use knives on a daily basis to cut hard and soft things effectively and consistently with minimal effort). I just realised as I'm writing this, isn't that one of the reasons the katana is shaped as it is.😅

Shad-crew: *Posts these* Comic and Manga Artists: DRAW THAT DO IT

How much of Shad's day is spent staring off into the distance as he sheaths his sword?

I would love to see that long sword with a two handed Gladius hilt.

Because Tyranth said that the sword looks like a dagger that was enlarged, I propose we give it a name that fits its cousin, the long knife: the Langdolch (long dagger).

I too get massive Chinese sword vibes from it. Straight, double edged and with a tiny cross guard remind me heavily of the Jian style swords.

We Finally Finished This MONSTER!..

Well, as for it's name.. Tyranth made it, and there is a term for an ancient style of long, double edged Japanese straight-swords called a Tsurugi. So, I'd call it the Ty-Tsurugi.

I kinda like it. With a longer hilt or even a shaft, it would be like a pike-sword - and considering the length of the blade, the handle wouldn’t even have to be that long to make it a polearm.

I actually really like the look of it...I do think it would be a lot better looking with a much larger Tsuba or a very unique cross guard! It could actually be really really cool looking and something I think a lot of people would want to buy just to have and try out :D You gents may be onto something really interesting here !! Possibly a new sword no one has ever seen before...That would be one hell of a discovery!

"Long Sword Katana" sounds like the best possible weapon one can find in Souls games.

Unholy, contemptable, and awful was the blade forged on that day.

Loving that double-sided flourishing chopping at the 11:00 mark. Shows that skill with multiple sword types can translate well into hybrid swords. I kind of want to see a double-edged blade that's forward-curved on one side and a straight, chopping edge on the other side, sort of like a falchion and a seax back-to-back. Might be a good fit for someone with a strength-heavy style.

I love the look of this sword. I’d love to see one where everything lines up properly.

Now you need to do a true cross guard with the katana handle!!!

If sword purgatory was a thing, you guys are definitely on the wait list if you continue to do this😂

I’ve actually REALLY been looking forward to this. I’ve been working on a webcomic and one of the main characters has a sword like this. It’s meant to be unique to him because everyone in the general vicinity has a basic katana. It’s just….fun.

It’s a medieval lightsaber. No functioning guard, straight edge, long straight handle. Steel lightsaber.

This deserves a rebuild, with a custom katant style hilt made for the straight and centered tang of the longsword blade.

I love the positivity around the Swatana. Usually those discussions turn into a mess, but this video is as wholesome as the Swatana is zippy.

Skipping the off center, this is an amazing looking sword. The profile looks amazing, I feel it would fit very easily into a fantasy setting. If you were to centered it, I would pick that one for use. Not sure about naming conventions, pick a culture then apply the naming.

I'm a huge fan of this sword combination. Something about the shape and profile of the entire sword gives it a simple elegance. No large crossguard, just a good handle with a good blade. It's as if the sword foregoes defense and is purely focused on cutting. Like if the spirit of Rock Lee was put into a sword. Maybe call it "Zipper" with how Shad describes the way it cuts?

I'd love to see a katana blade with a saber hilt! ⚔

we need a Japanese style folded springsteel double edged longsword blade with a diamond/'sparkle emoji' shaped (with curved sides so you can still finger the guard) cross guard hilt and a slightly longer katana style handle, possibly with a counterweight pommel. This may be the perfect East meets West harmony blade.

I kinda love the concept. If there was just a bit more done to have the blade on center and make things a bit more katana like but made to fit the blade it could be a very nice sword.

Honestly other than the fact that a lightsaber is not functionally a sword, this reminds me greatly of a lightsaber. I think if the hilt and tsuba guard were designed with the straightness of the blade in mind, it would make a superb sword that I would wield because cross guards are actually really hard for me to work with.

A thinner blade would make quite a take on the double edged katana, it's a bit funky but it's surprisingly good at zipping through targets!

You guys should make a sword company. And sell this and the katana with the crossguard. But more refined versions in larp, blunt-sparing and full-edged versions. Or maybe just partner with an existing sword company to make them based on your designs.

Wow, Tyranth's cutting was so smooth !

I think the sword is quite pretty and nice looking. I definitely want to see more cutting with this. Interesting.

Since we crossed the longsword with Japanese handle parts, I think it deserves to be called a tsurugi which denotes a Japanese double-edged swords. I propose that we name this re-hilted longsword "Shad's Bane". Side note: In the build process I noticed the hole in the tsuba and it looks kind of like a tsuba you could get on a sword from the online sword store Samurai Swords. I know that you guys cannot remember exactly where it is from, but the shape and hole placement kind of looks like the tsuba's that you can get on custom swords from Samurai Swords.

We need to have the ultimate sword designed. Shad should look at Swiss Sabers, I think he would love them.

The next step is to try and see if you can combine all the aspects you like most (and work best together) into one sword. It seems the silk wrap and crossguard could be interesting together, but which blade to use?

"Abaddon" or "Forsaken" would be a good name for that, dam that thing looks terrifying. I would love to get that in hands of the Sekisensei or some actual Japanese sword master and see the look on their faces when they pull it out and expect it to be a katana :D

Solution for the "thumb position, for reverse cuts," literally just use a disk guard with bigger holes on the side, so it's more like a ring guard.

Just wanted to let you guys know I am officially a supporter just the basic for now I love you guys. If I was to request a video I’d say my favorite was the helmets video so maybe gauntlets or breastplate idk have fun

I think the concept is cool. However, this probably needs more work to address the implementation issues you ran into. I think you could have custom made the katana style wrap for a straight tang, and modified the disc guard to work with thumb and finger as needed (think of a figure 8 shape). For a first iteration, I didn't hate it. Subsequent refinement could make it practical.

I believe you already have a fitting name for the katana-hilted blade - "The Zipper".

It looks like a medieval lightsaber, if that makes sense. Just the combination of the hilt and blade shape, gives lightsaber vibes but it's a regular sword.

As others have mentioned, if you straighten out the handle it would resemble an oversized Tsurugi or Ken. Honestly i love it. The whole east meets west concept is cool. Definitely something worth expanding upon.

Please do a deep dive on this blade, I expected to hate it but honestly I kind of dig it. For that blade specifically having the suba not fit and being uneven it feels like this curse blade would optimize in its own cursed technique that operates between its double bladed nature with more form from the single edged styles. Which of the uneven sides feel better? Also love the forge time at the beginning more creations please! I promise I’ll like the video if you do!

It acts in the hand like what Light sabers do. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age. Like the Dinosaur that spawned it's creation. I think you could keep the disk guard if you cut a thumb hole on the tsuba for the dominant hand thumb or maybe on both sides from there it's just a little refinement and it could be a cool ancient Proto Saber.

I'm thinking about if it was still the longsword blade with a katana handle, but with a cross guard instead of a tsuba? That way you still get the top heavy, double bladed sword, but also with all the perks of a cross guard!

I ADORE IT. I love the fact that it’s so fast! If it was sturdy, and reinforced and able to withstand heavy use, it would be great!

Actually already exists. It's called a tsurugi, and it was the predecessor of the tachi sword which was the precursor of the uchitachi or "katana". The tsurugi was the descendant of the tang dynasty longswords, the Tang being the chinese dynasty which settled Japan, eventually driving out or incorporating the native Ainu. The only thing it's missing is a counterweight pommel that was used for striking and smashing.

There is a sword that I've found that looks strikingly similar to this thing. That being the Japanese Tsurugi, Wikipedia article here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsurugi_(sword). Perhaps you guys made one of them. At least it's better than the "Simetana", since this one was actually a thing.

I have to ask as i think there hasn't been any update in a while: What about that giant sword project? Maybe i missed stuff but last thing i saw regarding the project was a machete test of the material, if it can function at that size. Thanks for the answers

I think if you could have the tsuba* aline with the hilt it would look really nice. Definitely has a fantasy sword aesthetic to it.

I've wanted a straight, double sided blade on a katana handle since 1998. That's wonderful.

You could just name it "Chōken," which is just a literal japanese translation for long sword, which makes sense since this is an unnatural extraction of something European dropped into something Japanese, just like this translation. (verify this with something better than google translate tho)

I would call it a Swortana or a Longswortana :) And I think an improve would be to make a special tsuba in form of a figure 8, so you can still rest your thumb on the side of the blade without losing the "aesthetic" of a katana handle

I think that katana fittings are in general a gorgeous art form. I don’t dispute that there are very artful cross guard hilts too, but I have never liked European blade fittings aesthetics as much as I have Japanese. So I think it’s a cool blade! And I do get how it looks like a Chinese design now a bit.

You guys should try the same thing where either the disk guard is absent (which I know this creates a problem because of hand slip and it makes stabbing almost impossible) or try the same traditional katana handle construction with a cross guard. Maybe just a cross guard with an extremely shortened cross, not one that is short enough to be in functional but shorter than you would ever see a European cross guard. Just some potential thoughts either way very creative and positivity experimental idea! Keep up the good work! Awesome video!

Cant wait to see you guys make the ultimate hybrid version that has the best of everything 🤩

I strangely kind of like how this looks. It kind of reminds me of a Dao but also reminds of a migration era sword minus the pommel. Possible names: Rondel sword Longtana Eurasian long sword

You should try turning a katana into a cutlass! Or even a rapier! I think that would be interesting too!

Basically a Bleach Zanpakuto Its ability is to trigger the opponent's OCD

"I dig it" in the sense the off-balance blade looks like its grown out on its own because it was kept unused for too long and want someone to use it, which is something out of an anime ngl 😎

You guys should send this sword to the channel SellSword Arts for him to do more fight testing, cause that sword looks amazing for German longsword style

Honestly now want to see a version where it is the longsword hilt and blade with a katana handle+wrap

This sword would technically be categorized as a 洋刀 Pronounced Yoto meaning Western Blade which denotes a Sword of Western lineage as opposed to 日本刀 Pronounced Nihontou meaning Japanese Blade denoting a sword of Japanese lineage. Though I would presume your creation to be named 洋刀-日本刀 Nihon-Yoto meaning Japanese-Western Blade.

I think a custom handle and suba would look better… but not a lot better lol.

This is not an abomination it's a work of art give me

The Lontanagger (Lon-tan-nagger) (a mix of Long-Katana-Dagger). And I think it needs a custom tsuba to make it look better. Hell, maybe make a mixed tsuba and guard design for it.

German weebs:

I love that you are combining swords and testing them, Try a long sword on a polearm, like a naganata or a very long tipped spear. Maybe you could do the same as what you have done here but with a medieval dagger and the japanese equivalent, tanto

It actually looks quite nice, with a custom made guard it would look even nicer being symmetrical

@11:01 that was so smooth. Edit: Can you cross either a Falchion, Cutlass, Saber with a katana? The single edged nature of those swords would be neat to combine things with.

@6:55, Just as a point, Chinese sword with a straight double-edged blade is called a jian, a dao has a curved single-edged blade. Love your content.

that longsword looks amazing with the katana handle tbh

If it was centered I would like it, but every time I see how much it isn't, I see it better. Now it is time to switch the tsuba for a crossguard to get the ultimate sword

I think it’s a great idea. This design can change dramatically depending on the sword you use as a base, and it was this particular blade’s style that made it seem like a dagger. I’d personally go with a shorter blade with a point that isn’t so acicular. That way, the swords weight becomes more balanced and the katana’s handle becomes, in comparison to the blade, larger and more comfortable for a larger variety of movement & attacks.

I feel this would be great in a cheesy fantasy TV show. The Dragonstabber.

You know what it looks like? A bigger version of the angel blades from Supernatural.

It'd be a great weapon for a fantasy series.

When your mother is a samurai and your father is a knight

Shad, your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didn't stop to think if they should.

the katana blade is so much more cursed the longsword blade looks good af

the momeny in alternative history, where a sea drenched knight washed up on the shores of japan. after his merchant ship he was supposed to protect from pirates had sank in a storm. he befriends and become anchored into local village. to repair his water cracked handle and leathers. thus born a katana slash longsword. *shrug*

This longsword-katana crossover looks like one of them Warhammer 40k swords u get as random loot. Looks functional, if anything. I'd call it the Mk.1 Devil's Claw Bastard Sword

Whatever it's called, I would consider this sword blursed. Blessed & cursed