Why was the Rapier so DEADLY?  

Time to be an asshole and use this in dnd 😈 Oh you got stabbed in that battle? Sorry, medicine sucks and you're now gonna take 5 poison damage every hour. Have fun! :D

​@@plazma0325 That's actually a pretty fun idea. Ill make them roll for it

@@BadgerSaidSo seems fitting for gritty campagns, then. Tell me how they react if you do it!

Put manure on it for that extra +25% percent increment.

​​@@KyranSparda 'You encounter a squad of ill-equipped soldiers in nothing but rags and just a few pieces of tattered leather armor between them. You snicker as you draw your weapons while your opponents return in kind.. after which they all promptly stick what look to be well-maintained rapiers right into a pile of very pungent manure. 'Fools' you think as you engage..'

Best way of putting it

SPEARS NUMBER 1!!!!! Also all spears are able to be used in one hand. If it can’t be used in one hand it’s a pike

​@@MikeHawkaMildlyStank thx ma'e 'preciate ya

​@@MikeHawkaMildlyStank I mean you can STILL use a pike with one hand. It's just... not smart.

@@dutch24 I’d love to see someone attempt this. The image in my mind is quite funny

Nooooo

@@SellswordArts Haha

same lol, I love those anime fights with the rapier since I think it's pretty badasss. on a side note, try looking up "asuna vs weiss" you are gonna have a treat if you like rapier duels. It's one of my favorite animations(?) ever.

For clarification, the video I mean is the one from "hyun's dojo community"

​@@nothingtoseehere6071*Griffith vs. Guts' quite accurate, you either break or gets trough

Well fighting against it ive learned it is VERY nimble to get to you and tricky to tell where its coming from. And good at keeping you at bay when thrusting

The worst thing about Rapier is that it would notoriusly inflict lethal wounds bout it wouldn't knock the opponent down, so duellists would often kill each other. There was also a practice of double duels, and if you or your second scored the first hit, it could be bad news, because a mortally wounded person would then go berserk and try to stab you and your many as many times as possible before dying. Saber was a much better both battlefield and humanitarian weapon, because a cut through muscles would rarely kill a person but it would knock them out instantly. However it had severe range and speed drawback vs. rapier. When our nobles faced rapiers for the first time, it was a huge shock, since it was a new weapons and we didn't know how to fight it. So after a series of unexpected deaths from duelling French during the election of Henry IIIrd, our nobles started carrying zweihander swords untill the French left.

Yes, but surprisingly, a lot of people survived, pretty often both. Plus, not all duels were to the death, just to first blood. If it's a duel of passion (aka they're both fucking pissed) then yeah it gets gnarly. I heard of one account where they ran each other through with both sword and dagger, one broke off the sword in the other guy and then beat him to death with the hilt.

@@atom8248 That’s raw as fuck tho

Duel with pistol too btw....

Cool ! ! Never heard that, but kinda makes sense for back then. Thanks 🙂😎👍

In fact. Duelling were rarely pursued until death. Most common were ´´first blood´´ or until one of combatants resigned - especially late medieval period had whole books of laws dedicated to duelling and ´´divine trial´´. Sure there was deaths and sometime winner died from his injuries but generally they tried to avoid it

Fr

Fr

Fr

Fr Fr

Fr Fr Fr

If I'm remembering correctly, Inigo's sword shows up in The Crow. I think it's the one Top Dollar uses to kill Gideon.

@@seanheath4492 The 1994 film with Brandon Lee?

@@xCorvus7x Indeed.

​@@seanheath4492really? Damn dude that's a deep cut ;)

Inconceivable

Those things are somewhat hefty too, unlike the popular belief

Ironically, longswords are better suited for weaker people compared to rapiers, sabres, spears, and bows. They all demand a LOT more strength in muscle groups you're probably neglecting right now! Just compare the default rapier guard and the low longsword guard. Try it with a stick and see which one you can hold longer...

Yea, I bought a rapier to satiate my hunger for more swords. It's anything but light. Yes, the pointwork is nimble since its center of mass is almost on my fist: moving 1 or 2 fingers on the ricasso makes it even nimbler. But its overall weight is nothing to scoff at. The ornate hilt design, the long crossguard, the beefy pommel, the long blade, they all make it rather heavy for a one handed sword.

Don’t forget it’s cavalry and armor effective

​@@carsonist501If its good enough for a lord, its good enough for me 👍

And light enough that it replaced the Arming Swords for civilians that can afford them.

was that the reason? I'm sure they cared about effectively putting the enemy out of action, rather than what would happen to them in the hospital bed.

​@@gordonlekfors2708 Definitely. Killing by puncturing a vital organ is much safer and deadlier than slashing. Especially in trench warfare were a regular soldier wouldn't have the protection needed for a thrusting weapon. A pneumothorax or liver, stomach wound would be sure death and theyre bigger targets than those who aim for slashes.

​@@gordonlekfors2708 Actually no. 1 dead enemy soldier is just that; dead. 1 heavily wounded soldier is binding at least 2 or 3+ other soldiers to carry him away and treat him. 3-4 wounded soldiers take a whole squad out of a fight.

​@@gordonlekfors2708 well as for bayonets, it's easier to get through rather thick clothes by stabbing eith effectively a speae rather than cutting. Also improvised weapons were mostly Clubs, with sometimes nails on them or other things they could find.

I don’t think you understand at all how an infection kills an individual.

It got so bad during the Napoleonic Wars that duels were basically outlawed by him.

Is that why George Silver hated the rapier?

And they say an armed society is a polite one. So much for that.

Most of the time the sword is quote visible. If your balls are big enough to challenge a swordmaster in a real fight and he accepted, most of the time you would have the same weapon as him on your hips. Or else he wouldn't even take you seriously and kicked you in the balls instead

Pull out a smooth bored firearm, load, aim, shoot, punch a hole in the wall next to the opponent, die

Swords are a great self defense weapon because of this in part. They're impossible to hide and expensive so they're bad for crime, and they're pretty nice as a defensive tool besides the offensive capability.

​@@Nerthos tell that to Zorro :P

@@TheHippyProductions Zorro is not a criminal though. He is an outlaw, which is often, but not always, an overlapping concept. He deliberately brings attention upon himself, contrary to what a criminal would do, as a means of criticizing and sabotaging officials who are unfaithful to Spain and misapply the law for personal gain. He's also hyper cool so he gets a pass.

if you're playing dnd, you can have another rapier as well!

@@CrimsonFox36 Broadsword would like a word. Dirk, Targe, Dirk and Targe, Pistol, and Pistol and Targe

Good point, though I imagine it's true of a lot of weapons, if not all of them. Guessing the "stab that dude in the back" crowd outnumbers the "confront them in a duel" group substantially. It is interesting that the rapier, as the weapon most likely to be used in a duel, was still mostly used in, shall we say, less-than-honourable contexts.

I claim yes

Idk man, falchions are pretty great too

​@@keladwynsolkas scimitar > falchion

Sabre?

Giantdad noises

But but sabers got that to :( Especially those Big boss Pirate ones extra fancy looking and all both are my favorite actually third is prob either Katana(2handed one is even more badass forgot the name oops) or the typical European longsword.

​​@@DreYeon you mean a cutlass and kriegsmesser.

@@DreYeon The pirate one isn't a saber, t it's a Cutlass. You can tell because it doesn't look as ridiculous.

@@thespanishinquisition4078 saber looks ridiculous?

"By the way, would the late 15th century to early 16th century renaissance,🎨👤 Spanish,🇪🇸 toledo steel rapier alongside the damascus steel buckler shield,🛡 and Maine gauche trident,🔱 parry dagger,🗡⚔ or the 1600 Northern Italian,🇮🇹 damascus steel blade,🔪breaker/sword,🗡⚔ catcher parry dagger,🗡⚔ clash blades,🔪with the primitive Stone,🪨 age to early Bronze,🥉 age ancient mesoamerican indigenous Mexican,🇲🇽 obsidian and flint rock,🪨 bladed,🔪edge wooden sword,🗡⚔ club,♧ and wooden feathery shield,🛡 called,🤙 the Macuahuitl and Chimali shield,🛡 of the primitive Stone,🪨 age to early Bronze,🥉age ancient Aztec empire of Mexico,🇲🇽 in a sword,🗡⚔ fight,🤺 during the Spanish,🇪🇸 siege of Tenochtitlan Mexico,🇲🇽 in the year of fifteen hundred twenty-one, during the age of exploration,🔭 of the new world,🗺 of the year of fourteen hundred ninety-two to the year of fifteen hundred fifty-three?"

Same

real

The moment Puss in Boots drew that tiny thing against a giant rock monster he lied to you lmao

Goated series. I’ve used that bit of advice from Thorn is many things that weren’t even swordfighting.

The drop rate is not that high, you'll probably need to kill this boss like 15 times before you can pick up the whole set outfit. Better start farming with weaker mobs to level up some more before you challenge him in his castle

@@ethanfreeman1106 I love you 😂

If you want the outfit intact aim for the head

​@@ethanfreeman1106 hes in another castle!

He doesn't drop the clothes unless you go to the four corners of the world and say yabadabadu on each

Lyn lmao

That boost against armored units was always a blessing

​@@UncleMerlin Lyn used swords and blades. Eliwood was the one who uses rapiers.

"By the way, would the late 15th century to early 16th century renaissance,🎨 👤 Spanish,🇪🇸 toledo steel rapier, damascus steel buckler shield,🛡 and Maine gauche trident,🔱 parry dagger,🗡⚔ or the 1600 Northern Italian,🇮🇹 damascus steel sword,🗡⚔ catcher/ blade,🔪breaker parry dagger,🗡⚔ clash blades,🔪with the primitive Stone,🪨 age to early Bronze,🥉age ancient mesoamerican indigenous Mexican,🇲🇽 obsidian and flint rock,🪨 bladed,🔪edge wooden sword, 🗡⚔ club, ♧ and wooden feathery shield,🛡 called,🤙the Macuahuitl and Chimali shield,🛡 of the primitive Stone,🪨 age to early Bronze,🥉 age ancient Aztec empire of Mexico,🇲🇽 in a sword,🗡⚔ fight,🤺 during the Spanish,🇪🇸 siege of Tenochtitlan Mexico,🇲🇽 in the year of fifteen hundred twenty-one, during the age of exploration,🔭 of the new world,🗺 of the year of fourteen hundred ninety-two to the year of fifteen hundred fifty-three?"

​@@joeerickson516Incomplete sentence

"What do you mean?"

"By the way, would the primitive Stone,🪨 age to early Bronze,🥉age ancient mesoamerican indigenous Mexican,🇲🇽 warriors such as, the Aztec jaguar,🐆 and eagle,🦅 warriors alongside the coyote,🐺 warrior priests of primitive Stone,🪨 age to early Bronze,🥉age ancient Aztec Mexico,🇲🇽 go up,👆 against the late 15th century to early 16th century Renaissance,🎨 👤 Spanish, 🇪🇸 Tercios cannon pike and shot formation on horseback,🏇 of an English,🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 standard thoroughbred horses,🐴 wearing Southern German,🇩🇪 Gothic plate, 🍽 armor and chainmail,🔗⛓ for protection from the primitive Stone,🪨 to early Bronze,🥉 age ancient mesoamerican indigenous weapons,🔫 such as the poison,☠️ tipped obsidian and flint rock,🪨 arrowheads,➡ on a wooden arrow, ➡with a feathery end,🔚 fired,🔥 from the primitive stone,🪨 age longbow,🏹 loaded in a deer,🦌skin quiver,😖 alongside the poison,☠️ tipped obsidian and flint rock,🪨 arrowheads,➡ on a long wooden dart,🎯 with a feathery end, 🔚 thrown from a wooden spearthrower called an Atlatl spear thrower alongside the poison,☠️ tipped wooden feathery end,🔚 darts,🎯 blown,🐡 out of the wooden blow,🌬 gun,🔫 and clay balls, ⚽ made of stone,🪨 obsidian and flint rock,🪨 thrown from a string made sling used by the primitive Stone,🪨 age to early Bronze,🥉 age ancient Aztec jaguar, 🐆 and eagle, 🦅 warriors alongside the coyote,🐺 warrior priests of primitive Stone,🪨 age and early Bronze,🥉age ancient Aztec Mexico,🇲🇽 in the year of fifteen hundred nineteen to the year of fifteen hundred twenty-one, during the age of exploration,🔭 of the new world,🗺 of the year of fourteen hundred ninety-two to the year of fifteen hundred fifty-three?"

"By the way, would the primitive Stone,🪨 age and early Bronze,🥉age ancient mesoamerican indigenous Mexican,🇲🇽 tribal warriors such as the Aztecs, Mayans, Toltecs, Mixtecs, Olmecs, and Zapotecs, of Ancient Mexico,🇲🇽 and Panama,🇵🇦 go up,👆 against the late 15th century to early 16th century Renaissance,🎨👤 Spanish,🇪🇸 conquistadors/ tercios breechloading and muzzleloading cannon artillery pike and shot formation on horseback,🏇 of an English, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 standard thoroughbred horses,🐴 wearing Southern German,🇩🇪 Gothic plate, 🍽 armor and chainmail,🔗⛓ in the siege of Tenochtitlan Mexico, 🇲🇽 in the year of fifteen hundred twenty-one, during the age of exploration, 🔭 of the new world,🗺 in the year of fourteen hundred ninety-two to the year of fifteen hundred fifty-three?"

Pretty sure that’s a myth

@@AGuy-vq9qp Might be, I'm not educated enough on the subject to tell, but for the sake of quoting sources, it's from the episode "Stuntmen react to bad and great hollywood sword fights 2", at about 8:50

😂😂😂

Please seek professional therapy and stop stalking woman

@@whats0my0agenda I am offended…..I stalk men not women. Stop assuming sexualities.

All of you deserve nothing less than an exorcism 😂

​@@daralic2255HEHEHEHEHEHE

@sinefine7726 nah seriously i wouldn't know

And in turn indirectly reminded me to do the same!

Just that completely off size problem

Same. Are those Vader's gloves?

Yes and no. It is the economy hilt, but i had them change the blade from the "economy" to the "standard" The economy is very light, and it's great, but it doesn't have the blade presence i like. It is good for thrusts but feels wimpy in cuts, and it's not as good in the bind. The standard blade words FANTASTIC on the economy hilt. You will have to call them to get them to switch it out though. But they are great, and they will get it done for you!

@@SellswordArts thank you so much man! You’re one of the channels that really got me into HEMA and I just want to say keep up with the fantastic work.

@@Gabriel-vz9hq thank you! That means a lot to me! Keep training hard, maybe I'll see you at a tournament sometime soon!

@@SellswordArts thanks King. I’ve only been doing it since October but I hope to get to some tournaments eventually.

@@Gabriel-vz9hq well, If you haven't already, join our discord! You can tell us all about your sword journey and tell us when you go to a tournament!

"Like leeches?"

I would say that a puncture hurt more than a cut, but personal opinions I guess.

@@hoangkienvu7572 Most of the nerve endings, particularly the nociceptors, are in the skin, which is why a shallower injury can hurt a lot more than a deeper one.

Ok Tyrion Lannister

@@MrKirk94 it's actually Shakespeare from when dude from Romeo and Juliet got stabbed with a rapier but close enough

@HM4Hill I know man. It was just a joke. Didn't mean to offend.

but... in reality rapier sucks against armour

"One, 1⃣ for all and all for one!"1⃣

I wouldn't say that

​@@SellswordArts because you're a noob

Fire Emblem intensifies*

@@carlosrobinson7176 lololol

@@SellswordArts u would if you had blue hair lol

It’d be harder to pierce and could break easier I think

You know what would be even better a shitty rapier

Spit on the blade. +5 Poison damage

Just pay some junkie to take a crap on the blade before using it so it adds poison damage

@@tylerthompson3075 bonus points if you have disease

I don't think rapiers were ever used in mass warfare

@@isaacgould5974 " Neither am I "

There was limited used of the rapier, but the saber is the weapon that dominated military sword use

@@SellswordArts I’m meaning more 15-16th century sabres were more common 17th onward Like I said, it was an evolution of the common sidearm But there’s also a difference between the tougher military sidearm and the lighter more nimble sword people would duel with, which lead to smallswords during the time of sabres. Like kinda wrong time period to use as an example Rapiers started military but became popular with civilians Sabres (as Americans would understand them to be) came after from the backsword Kinda like it’s all historical fact History, not just choreography

Aztec jaguar, 🐆 eagle,🦅 warriors alongside the coyote,🐺 warrior priests of primitive stone,🪨 age ancient aztec Mexico, 🇲🇽 ; "we have wooden swords 🗡⚔ clubs,♧ with sharp obsidian and flint rock,🪨 edge blades,🔪 on two,2⃣ ✌sides to wound prisoners for sacrifice to the sun,🌞 gods!"