Why this MASSIVE Spanish RAPIER is INSANELY UNFAIR! 

Pedro's enemies thought he was small, but actually he was just far away when he poked them.

“Sir, we have arrived for the duel yet you do not carry a sword??” *my three servants come bearing a comically long rapier*

A rapier made for social distancing.

- How long do you want your rapier to be? - Yes.

Imagine the skill of the Master bladesmith who put that on paper and calculated how to make it all work. Peace of art! ❤

Get a few guys with these rapiers and you got yourself a *phalanx*

That's the blade that the Destreza masters said would singlehandedly ruin your life, make your friends abandon you, etc...

The craftsmanship is incredible - what a smith!

A rapier that outreaches a full two-handed sword? Geebus...

that blade shape is remarkable. Incredible craftsmanship and skill must've gone into forging

That Pedro guy must have been 7 feet tall!

When you pull that out of the scabbard, you need to do the clown "tied socks out of pocket" routine 😇

Therapist: the spanish zweihander isn't real, it cant hurt you. The spanish zweihander:

Googling a bit about this, it seems that in the 17th century there was a master swordsmith called Pedro de Lezama (in old Castilian the letter "z" could be a "ç") who used to forge in Bilbao, Toledo and Seville this kind of swords with a shell hilt (or cup). It seems that an important part of this production was exported to the British Isles.

That's damn near a spear.

More forgotten swords with Mat estern

Ahhh, the Great Epee from Elden Ring

"Can you believe Pedro? We need to stop inviting him to parties. Every time he turns his stupid sword keeps whacking people in the shins and I've seen three servers trip over that thing."

Mr Easton I must say that your move to cooperate with auction houses is a genius one! No single collector can own every interesting sword and this way we get to see so much more new and rare stuff!

When I was learning italian fencing, I remember my rapier being about that long. It was possibly the longest in the salle, but I remember it felt like it just naturally fit me. I'm average height with average reach, but I had an immediate advantage in duels because of the reach the blade gave me. I remember some smaller partners getting annoyed that I could reach them while they were a good 1-2 feet away from reaching me :)

Remember Matt. Fair fights are for suckers

My guy Pedro was taking no chances

I'd never ever have thought I'd see a rapier that outlengths a montante, yet here we are. Thank you so much for sharing, Matt!

He is Matt Easton, but will he continue to be?

Okay, I don’t want to hear people on my school complain about the length of my rapier anymore

It's either an absurdly long rapier or a strange short spear 🤣😂 I can't process how an average 17th-century Western European man (5' 6 ft/1.67 m) carried it; the blade alone was 80% of his height. It must've been a Renaissance Shaq running around.

I don't think I'd even be able to draw that. Not to mention with my height (5'7"), it'd be banging about on the ground while worn

What a fabulous sword! I wonder what it sold for? I was hoping there would be more from the auction site and here it is. I am actually speechless, which is rare for me, at the beauty and size of this beauty. Your delight and enthusiasm at these things is infectious. Thank you for this glimpse at this wonderful sword.

I imagine that the cutting capacity definitely shouldn't be underestimated. The length of the blade almost certainly means you can deliver pretty devastating tip cuts since you can really accelerate the tip of the blade.

That cup hilt is made to trigger the opponents' trypophobia! 😄

I want a rapier with that long of a blade. The cross section is a great design

In Portugal (and most likely in Iberian Peninsula), long rapiers of around that length were called Toledanas or Toledans, because Toledo was most likely a reference place for these just as Konigsbergs (Colichemarde) referred to Konigsberg. They were still being used (illegally) by people in towns well into 1700

"Why is this rapier insanely unfair?" *presses a button on the hilt* "Because it's a hand grenade. Catch!"

As the old saying goes: "Donde un español no llega con la mano, llega con la punta de su espada". "Where a Spaniard cannot reach with his hand, he reaches with the tip of his sword".

I seem to recall that some cities only allowed rapiers under a certain length and would break the end off if it was too long.

That sword must be 400 years old and is still in excellent shape..

Interesting how large the handle is given rapiers usually have relativly small grips. Pedro must have been huge

-Manolo, you cannot carry a spear in the tabern -We will see

First, sorry for my bad english. Maybe this sword was owned by a "valentón", a kind of "bullies" about who I've read (in Cervantes novel "Rinconete y Cortadillo" appear for example). Those "valentones" were known by wearing hugely long swords in order to impress or frighten people, maybe as a way to avoid being challenged to a duel or maybe to look as more dangerous than really they were (a today's comparisson would be those guys in the 90's who used too big clothes to imitate the image of real gangsters just came out from jail). They were part of the underworld of thieves and little "gangters" of that time, some times ex-soldiers, some times only offenders who tried to pass as impoverished lesser nobles. Hope I've helped you to understand a probable origin of that sword.

You know the rapier's blade is long when it makes a montante look like a regular longsword. Polish "koncerz husarski" (I'll leave the name in Polish; it's a long estoc-spike on a sabre hilt) has about 128cm long blades. This rapier reminded me of that, and I wonder if it was not intended to be used in the same way, from horseback. The pommel needs to be this large (unlike more typical Spanish pommels) to balance the blade. Funny enough, the old smith copied the forged balled pommel from Regenyei. 😏 It may be Italian for the Spanish market, especially if Brescia is involved. I have never seen a Spanish blade like this. But I have seen Italian side-swords with this type of central ridge and very thin blade edges, and they were from Brescia. Last, why do people call it a cup-hilt? This is a shell-hilt in my eyes. I love how the Spanish use the bars to fill the empty spaces around the shells. And such an exquisite motive, I love it! Sold for £6k. 😅 Matt is in his right to use a 114cm rapier. I order a 114cm one myself. What's the point of getting a rapier if you're not going for length. Get a smallsword if you want a compact thruster. 😄

your enthousiasme is always amazing :)

That's a beautiful Spanish cup hilt 1 hand spear.

That Pedro might be a bit unsure about his manhood... nowadays he would have owned a Hummer.

An absolute murder weapon. Its elegance beguiles one into assumptions of frailty. "You'd better bring a gun"

Great video, amazing find!

This isthe rapier George Silver warned you about

I prefer swept and basket hilts to cup hilts, but dang isn't that sword long and pretty.

Pedro de Lezama was a Spanish sword maker ("Leçama" as written in 17th century Spanish)

Thank you for video, it was interesting to watch!

These ultra-long rapiers also have a massive leverage disadvantage in a bind against the regular-sized ones. Robert Childs - one of if not the best modern day rapier fencer - strongly disfavors them for this reason. And that's in addition to a load of inconveniences of an oversized would-be sidearm. Facing one would be very intimidating for anyone who isn't a sword veteran, though.

Beautiful!. Also, that montante! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="334">5:34</a>

That's an amazing work of art. Brilliant design.

In fact, the Kingdom of Naples was spanish territory from 1503-1707. Italy as a country didn't exist till 1871

"heavy thrusting swords in elden ring are unrealistic" matt easton:

Thanks for the information ⚔️

Very interesting - thanks

A tool for when you have to fight a sword duel, but you really wanted to use a spear.

Very beautiful piece of history!

Yep, this needs replicas!!!!

I know that Spanish Destreza focused on distance and long straight guards, but this is a but overkill.

Excelent video and such a gorgeous sword

I'm glad to know the source of Great Epee.

Can you do a video about how a sword like that would be worn? How high up would you wear that? Can you even wear it, or is it always out? Would they use a scabbard? If so, how would you draw it? What kind of quick release mechanisms could they employ to attach it to their person back then?

Do you guys think this Pedro fella was some Shaquille O'Neal sized Spaniard?

I can't wait to see your fencing version of this sword and how you destroy your opponents with it!

And the dagger that they usually used with the other hand was also something spectacularly beastly.

Great video. The blade ridge reminds me of bronze swords shapes.

Both beautiful and amazing!

Can you make a tier list for most historically accurate sword models under $1000?

Not just a good sword but also a very beautiful piece of smithing! Just look at the hilt and the guard!

Knowing there are rapiers this lengthand especially after seeing specimens in the musee de larmee in paris i had blackfencer make me a steel one. Its about or just above 140cm over all and handeles very nicely.

thanks for the video. Interesting blade.

You need to make this part of the next round of Windlass x RA collection!

Hmmm, sword lust! Thanks, Matt!

Its owner must have been really exceptionally tall (and with huge hands, judging from the grip length). I'm 180cm tall and I'm not sure I would even be able to unsheathe that monster! Also, in la Verdadera Destreza, controlling the opponent's weapon with your left hand while threatening them with your own point is the ideal "movimiento de conclusión" and a very iconic technique of that fencing style. That would be completely impossible for me with a blade of that length.

Gorgeous weapon!

Absolutely gorgeous! I wish I wasn't a poor bc I would love to own something so beautiful. Matt, you definitely have to get one of your contacts to make reproductions of this particular Rapier bc I really want one and a repro is the only way I'll ever be able to get one. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Esta hermosa la espada

Extraordinary!

Amazing looking!

The cup-hilt openwork decoration seems to be an imitation of late antique jewellery.

This thing is awesome! I think it will fetch quite a pretty penny. The artwork is exquisite. I agree, I really would love to fence with it. I'm tall (6'3"), I think I could make it work.

This masterpiece, surely created by a great master blacksmith, raises questions for me. Having something like that on your belt must be both comical and complicated (unless you're a giant). We must understand that it is therefore a work made more to be shown than to be used in combat. And if it is only made to be shown, we must understand that the sponsor is one of those people who, thinking they have a "size problem", seek to compensate, in a somewhat extravagant way, for a virility personally perceived as " not enough"

I'm not sure how well in would cut, I would think the mid rib would stop it from cutting deeply. Great for draw cuts, push cuts, assisting penetrating with those sharp flat edges but idk about hews.

I heard about a super long kind of rapier that in Spain was called "mata-amigos" (friend-killer). I suppose because of the dishonourable advantage it gave you -provided, that is, you managed to draw its full length before your enemy's shorter sword had spitted you. Also, unless you were a giant, you would have to drag its tip ungainly about town, a most uncool thing to do

So in gaming terms that rapier is to OP and needs to be nerfed!😁

This rapier is N U T S, absolutely beautiful, and what an interesting blade! A beauty! I had the luck to measure another monstruous rapier some years ago, it is displayed in the Écouen castle in France (Musée Renaissance). It is probably german and around 1590, and it also has a 135cm blade from the cross (diamond cross-section). What an incredibly enormous thing. It weighs like 1,4kg, so it isn't so heavy compared to other swords. A stunningly cool experience.

So how does one unsheathe a rapier that long? Does the scabbard have a cutaway section like some very curved swords would? It seems to me you couldn't draw it single-handedly even turning your hips because your arms want to be long enough to get it out of the scabbard.

What an incredible sword indeed.

The blade of this sword is simply amazing!!!!, it would be good challenge for the "forged in fire" program.

You should totally get this one!

I'd love to hear George Silver's opinion! 😆

Looking at it it would suit a taller swordsman it also looks like it would cut pretty well lovely

Thats beautiful, please post if you can find a functional replica. Many thanks

That's an amazing sword, and I would love to be able to use it. I'm not though, but I still love it!!!

In Spain we don't call that type of hilt "de taza" (cup hilt), but "de concha" (shell hilt).

These auction videos are so sick.

Beautiful

This is some estoc level of length.

What about using something like a flat cardboard box for sand testing the lower momentum cartridges? Six inches delivers a consistent result because the barrier is too difficult for service pistol and even most of the intermediate rifle calibers to penetrate. Maybe a 3" would be good for testing the impact of passing through a harsh obstacle before hitting test media, and 4" could provide the same function for light rifle/ heavy handgun calibers while also performing the role the 6" box does for full power rifle calibers?