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I never said they didn't...... I am just referring to the ones seen during this period.

Hahah. Yes. The scabbard seems to pinch it there. I thought that it was just mine but now that you mention yours has it to it must be a defect. This appeared on mine about 10 years ago. Do you have the new one or old one?

@isamartell I have the newer model with the more detailed cross guard. Same defect it seems. Very unfortunate.

@@chrisdornerrespecter8884 Yes it is.

@@chrisdornerrespecter8884 I’ve cleaned it off to remove it but it looks like it’s corrosion and if you put it in the scabbard it will come back.

That stinks. Hopefully, they can help you soon. @kultofathena6217

You can get it directly from LK chen, it's for a pretty similar price as well, usually take about 3 months maybe for it to be made and shipped out to you

I don't know off the top of my head. Most of the ones I seen like that are more custom. The Swordbuy ones are heavy and look way too chunky to me. There is one on Kult of Athena's website by Universal Swords, but I have never personally handled it. I think Sellswords did a short review of it and he said it handled well.

@@isamartell I've seen those, but they essentially seem about the same as the Swordbuy ones; very heavy, chunky blade, overly long grip, not to mention very cheap looking fittings. I'll keep searching. I'm just surprised there aren't others out there, considering how widely used this style of sword was. I guess when they modernized the Turkish military and adopted Western European sabres in the late 1800s, this sword design was left behind and stayed there.

@@benjaminportilla9297 Yeah I hear you. I think that it’s also a very niche thing in sword production. It’s really just starting to take off. So give it a bit. Part of doing this is to get exposure and have other companies start making better swords. Don’t forget, you can always send off an email to a sword producer and let them know what you want. Maybe they will consider it, if they know the demand is there.

Windlass now makes a Kilij. Haven’t see any reviews on it yet but they’re putting more effort into their swords and they already made great blades before.

​@@benjaminportilla9297Peserey handicrafts might have what you're looking for. Look for some reviews first though, I don't have personal experience with his work

Thanks!

Thanks again for sending it!

@@tamaiofthesea of course! The neyze is my favorite weapon and would love to

Do you mean fat guys in this specific video?

Yeah those Arabic swords completely useless that's why Saladin lost Middle East and Constantinople is still had by those Latin knights with their superior weapons amirite)

A thrust with a mace with knock out teeth. If you have a full face helmet, it could stun you for a second, which is all the time needed for a secondary, more dangerous attack. As for "poking" with a sword, most duels were to first blood. Slashing someone's face would end that fight. As for lethality, you either blind the guys eyes with his own blood, or you stab through his eye into the skull. The bone is extremely thin in your eye socket. Thats just considering face "pokes"

A proper thrust with any sword will kill or severely injure your opponent.

Haha, it's a weirdly specific argument but the beef is classic Eurocentrism. You know, from same dudes who say how katanas are useless.

The venn diagram of people who say curved blades can't thrust and people who say rapiers can't cut is probably close to a circle

@@cerocero2817 I am not sure why you're bringing rapiers into that when them being only used for thrusting is classical fencing rule used even in Olympics, which are OF COURSE more popular than HEMA.

@@KasumiRINA He brought rapiers into this because it is a similarly miss understood sword like you demonstrate, no offence. Olympic fencing is modern and the weapons used in olympic fencing are not rapiers nor emulate them, foil and epee derive from the smallsword and later epee du combat weapons with a triangular or quadrangular crosssection and no edges. Rapier's are a large category of weapons generally with a straight double edged sword blade. The actual fencing system which are applicable to the rapier use quite a bit of cutting in fact, to quote Niccoletto Giganti: A gallant man who can thrust, pass and in addition how to counter every sort of pass and faint, but who has difficulty delivering and parrying cuts, should hold himself to know nothing. (Libro Secundo, dedication to the reader, 1608)

But for some reason it's magically *more difficult * with Middle Eastern Swords

@@baytal-asad It's not magically more difficult. It's the fact that the blade is curved making aiming for small points more difficult in the thrust. It's not that it's impossible, but that it takes more practice with a curved blade to target an individual point and hit it with consistency than it does with a straight blade.

@@baytal-asad That's because the sand blows in your eyes and you can't thrust as accurately...

@@baytal-asad same way katanas are all magically brittle and useless, and are for whatever reason compared with giant two-handed swords and not sabers or arming swords that would be similarly carried on the belt. They can't even admit the fact how straight swords got obsolete way earlier as cavalry kept chopping stuff with curved blades way into modern era.

i dont really see anyone say you CANT thrust at all with a shamshir because it is curved. what i see others actually say is that its design is more optimized for cutting than thrusting, which seems to be the case, and ive never seen anyone say this isnt the case as well with european sabers either, so there isnt really a contradiction here. this feels a bit like when people complain about "weebs" thinking a katana can cut through basically anything when this is exaggeration nobody actually thinks katanas are like that.

Thank you so much!

I will be doing more reviews of all kinds of stuff for the channel as we move forward! Swords, shields, maces and even hema gear.

It's about 33 to 34 inches long so somewhere around 85 cm. It weighs in at just barely over 2 lb or just about 1kg.

@@troydodson9641 Thanks! Glad to hear your kit is almost done. What/where/when are you basing if off of?

@isamartell Edward, Black Prince tomb. As well as art from the 20 years before and after it. I do think my next would be from the east, though. Proper clothing, maybe even armor from the Abbasid period

@@troydodson9641 That will be great looking! If you get around to another kit, then Abbasid would be cool as we don’t really see anyone do it.

Thanks. They are one of a kind.

@@isamartell whilst I’ve got your ear, do you know if there’s any easy way to search through miniatures? I’ve been trying to get some on like mid to late 15th century armour, but even when I have specific search terms (like location and date) I can rarely find the right one

All I need. ;) lol

Thanks

You are a great inspiration and your ability to coach is outstanding. You have a great way of explaining and knowledge of the body. Thanks!