My understanding of medieval warfare before Shad: “they fought with swords and shields” My understanding after Shad: “they turned everything into a spear and used that.”
Chad knight walks into the same smith and asks for a spearsword with a spear pommel that has integral barrels and flint lock actions, and the shaft is a swiss multitool with a spear, axe, pike, sword, whole flint lock rifle, and a hand crank powered corkscrew, Phillips head and flat jeans screw driver.
Swordstaff. Spear. Naginata. Glaive.... the fact of the matter is; no matter how far our ingenuity takes us, there is no melee weapon quite as versatile and well-loved as a pointed stick...
Ornstein’s is more of a cross spear, not a very effective cutting edge. However the nameless king’s is closer to what we see here all be it on the heavier side.
@@tylerb727 The DSP's "blade" was hardly even a blade as an in-game model. Though at this time you could also refer to the greataxes as an excuse, and Ornstein uses some sweeping attacks soo... eh?
"A dragon hunting weapon from the age of the gods. The earliest form of the cross spear, serving as both a sword and a spear. Its owner was the Nameless King, a deific hunter of dragons. The swordspear is imbued with lightning, of which he was the heir" Skill: Falling Bolt Hold swordspear high in the air to summon fierce lightning that descends upon distant foes.
Fr I was literally looking up videos on sword VS spear to speculate how often Artorias would win against Ornstein and vice-versa and then-- I found this video. And I gained some points on Insight and now I'm hearing singing. Send help...
@@lordz00 from what I've read, the naginata was inspired by the chinese guan dao, which in turn, inspired the halberd, so rather than a spetum, it is closer to a halberd.
I think the reason you don't see this more often historically is that it SEEMS like it would be just as effective as a poleaxe or halberd, but that might change when you put it up against armor. That weapon would do absolute wonders against a group of thinly clothed rabble rousers, but if you were to put that up against sturdy gambesons, mail, or let alone plate armor, I don't think this thing has much penetration power other than its thrust... which is great, but why not just use a spear if you're ONLY worried about thrust. Poleaxe and Halberd have more heft to their blades and also often allow for blunt damage on one side, making it much more effective against armor. Swords have never really done very well against armor, historically.
That's what I was thinking ... the inertia of the strike is right behind the short cutting surface of the halberd, so it's effectiveness when it lands well is greater. Greater cutting range is no great advantage if it doesn't do enough damage when it strikes.
I think it would be useless in close formations and just function as a pole arm aswell as beeing more expensive and harder to train masses of coscripts with as apposed to a spear
additionally, historically speaking. we can only assume people thought and experimented with weapons similar to this weapon. But we cannot find much evidence of it being used at all much less widespread because of its success. There is a reason we cannot find much evidence and it isn't because our ancestors were incapable of an imagination of such a weapon.
@@csis8460 Naw, if you fire an arrow and hit water with the same impact velocity as a 50cal bullet, that arrow is going to shatter nicely just the same. This has more to do with the sheer amount of energy that's being generated by the impact of a high velocity projectile on a dense material like water and if a compact slug can't take that energy, an arrow point won't fare much better (nevermind the arrow shaft, that one's going to splinter as if you fired it straight into a woodchipper).
@@mattaffenit9898 It's something called a cross spear - it's not actually a sword spear because the blade is not long enough. Rather, it's a winged spear with a large crossguard.
@@zweihanderpancakes1855 You say that like there's a significant functional difference when it's still a sharp and pointy spear with a relatively simple perpendicular guard to prevent overimpaling and running up the haft, and possibly parrying with.
@@mattaffenit9898 The significant functional difference comes because the crossguard actually large enough, and the right shape, to actually grasp the spear by the guard to get more leverage on certain strikes. That's something you can't do with non-cross spears.
@@jkay2853 I was totally thinking about Dark Souls III. Do you remember the Nameless King and his legendary Sword-Spear? Yeah, that's what I was imagining. I was sorta disappointed that Shad didn't mention that. Does the Cross-spear count too?
@@Boomblox5896 I was thinking Ornsteins Cross Spear, but who could forget the Dragon riding outcast God, fuck what a cool concept, I would love to work for From, they have the best games with the best lore.
@@jkay2853 Well, according to lore, Ornstein had derived his weapon from his former master and comrade, the Nameless King. It makes sense that these two weapons are similar, since Ornstein was pretty tight with the Firstborn of Gwyn.
@@wildward93 Ahh, I see you're a man of culture as well. but the shurikenBommerangSpear has a return cooldown effect, that is no match for my DualChainWhipKunai.
@@georgewhitworth9742 as per wikipedia, a pike is a long thrusting spear, so you may be right (aside from the « long » element), but it’s not a meaningful difference.
Makes handle extra long. "Hey we said swords only." Walks over to a tree reaches behind it, and pulls out a sword with the length in the blade. "... We need a lawyer for this guy."
I saw the quick flash and was like what kind of subliminal shit was that. Had to stop and find the frame just to find a man I had never seen. Thanks for the context my friend.
Looking at those 2 illustrations and the large cross guard I have an interesting theory. I thing the Swordstaff was built specifically to counter other polearms. In individual combat it would be excellent for capturing or deflecting spears and swords with tremendous leverage and additional weight. And in a line formation it could be used to push enemy polearms up and out of the way so the soldiers behind the first line could stab into the enemy formation.
@@adambomb2236 I think the problem there is actually disengaging again would require lowering the trident to clear the pole arm. With those you could just twist the shaft
@@feryth it's about Matt Easton from the channel scholagladiatoria. Very prominent HEMA practitioner and great channel for history and martial arts enthusiasts. His favourite word is "context" so that was the joke here. Anyways highly recommend to check him out if you're looking for something similar to Shads.
2:34 swedish flag on kite shield, I spot it! Also great video. Ps. Could you make video about harpoons and javelins or armour efective against animals like wolfes or bears that would be cool! Thnx for existing!
The naginata isn't quite the same; the blade's generally shorter. However, there is a good comparison; the nagamaki. Imagine a no-dachi, the Japanese greatsword, but wrapped all the way to about halfway its blade's length - that's where the name comes from, half-wrapped. It does come out, though, as a sword-staff and later nagamaki were created specifically that way. Usually by taking cheaper katana and bolting them to the end of a stick.
I love how you can see Shad beginning to believe in his idea, accepting it and then reaching full power: -"The weight on the end of a swordstaff would be somewhat comparable to that of a halberd..." --"...it would have a weight difference so minute that it'd be negligible." ---"... heavier than other polearms? No, not at all!" ----"...it.. actually... may be lighter than the pollaxe or the halberd!" Truly majestic.
M8 the amount of fkn range and leverage I’d start using the pommel for pure blunt force trauma which should fuck up my enemies even more by disestablishing their economy for them to even have a chance at living or just fuck with them mentally knowing I could’ve killed them but decided to fuck them up for life
Joshua Christofferson most polearms had a counterweight on the other end...the Greek dory, the medieval poleaxe, the pike...I’d honestly be surprised if the swordstaff didn’t have one.
@@johnapple6646 as someone who has been LARPing for a number of years, let me tell you, I can only think of about one in forty People who are actually relatively good at fighting
Check out the game Mortal Shell , you can see a sword staff in the trailer. I thought it looked bad ass , now that I know it's a real thing it's even cooler !
My favourite weapon against "parry gods" Btw, in dark souls 3 we wield it like a greatsword and this is hungred times more badass than bastard real life spears
i was thinking of dark souls...specifically dragon slayer ornstein.... granted its not really a "sword" more spearish but the hand guards on the sides were massive
This weapon is a response to the famous question: "What about dragons?" If you can harness the power of sunlight, you hunt (or ride if you are a maverick) dragons with a swordspear.
@Dillon Brunschon They were literally just super long pikes, alexander the great's armies used them. They worked well obviously. Pilums were just javelins made to have a flimsy head so they would bend after landing making the shield hard to use.
Japanese naginata were basically the Japanese equivalent of a sword staff. They're more commonly linked to glaives because both have single edged blades, but given Japanese swords had single edged blades to begin with, slimmer naginata were basically staff with swords on the end
The yari (Japanese spear) is pretty much a sword staff with a double edged blade. The naginata (and moreso the nagamaki) is pretty much a sword staff with a single edged blade.
yes, I think the naginata fits better to the description tough, here is a depiction of a samurai with a naginata from japanese art: images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/14900000/japanese-art-samurai-14996624-290-412.jpg
@@HighSpirits217 Yes, there are variations. But having short versions doesn't negate yari from being sword staffs. Look up omi no yari (or just omi yari).
Yari are few and far between, they are one of the most varied spears out their, you will have to find the specific name of yari you are referring too, for exemple, jumongi yari is the Japanese spear with two slightly angled forward double edge blades on the side, a bit like a cross-trident.
I think the closest thing to a swordstaff in a Japanese history was the Naginata, most notably used by Onna Bugeisha. However many Yari spears had longer heads and bladed edges so they may have also had a slashing function. Edit: The Chinese weapon known as Kwan dao or guan dao could also be classified as a sword staff since it has a similar blade to the dao broadsword on a shaft.
I wonder if it'd be hard to find physical evidence of a weapon like the swordstaff, thanks to it's blade shape. After all, if you find a rusted sword blade during an archaeological dig, the first thought is "OH, IT'S A SWORD!" I'm going to assume you made this video thanks to my referencing of the swordstaff in that double-sword video. I know it isn't the case, but it makes me happy to think that it is. So thanks, Shad! Glad I could inspire you! ;D (Nice touch with your shield depicted the swedish flag when you mentioned those swedish warriors, by the way!) You mentioning using the crossguard as a spike reminded me of another underappreciated historical weapon... Chinese Dagger-Axes! They are a bit like a spear, but with a second blade set perpendicular to the shaft for striking. A Jumonji Yari would also be quite similar. So many awesome Eastern weapons, overshadowed by the damn katana...
"Mom! Mom look! It's a long, stretched out Yari!" "I dunno, dear, it looks more like a straightened naginata..." "Ah, just shorten the crossguard and bend the blade one way and it's a guandao!"
Guandao was actually used for ceremonial purposes and weight training. Because it's too heavy and its tip was not prominent enough. The practical battlefield version of this was the Pudao.
I think a swordspear may be great for Witchers in replacement to their silver longswords, as it would give them great cutting ability through the sword blade and cutting power through the spear length. Not to mention the extra safety you'd get from using a spear, something we know humans used to hunt "gigantic, wild beasts," versus a longsword, something more commonly used in duels or self defense.
I would like to point out that sword staffs like weapons were also used in China in regards to the Quan Dao which was more like a clever on staff, but still similar.
The Han had sword staffs that looked like this one too. It’s called the Pi. The Han actually produced more Pi than Ji surprisingly, but it’s just records from one Han armory.
No more compromise, no more deciding between Swords and Spears. So next time you think "what would be the best to use here/what your they use?" - Swordstaff is the answer for all of those.
Beast hunting you say? we'll look no further for weapons than yharnam home of the blood ministration! Don't use the blood though you might die or something
The other thing about the swordstaff is that a lot more complex metallurgy goes into a sword blade than a poleaxe or spear blade. Swords were hard to make, compared to axes or hammers or spikes or even spear points. Of course they were less common when you can't afford to make as many of them.
Hah, I accidentally reinvented this while thinking about the double-sword video you put up recently. "You know, a staff would be cheaper than the second blade and would give you the parry ability and the option to just whack someone with a stick..." I guess humanity really hasn't changed that much have we XD
And if you did something like this in the Star Wars universe, it has even more potential. Think about how dangerous a lightsaber spear with a cortosis shaft would be in most situations. You have the extra reach and if you block an opponents lightsaber strike with the cortosis shaft, their lightsaber is forcefully deactivated for a few minutes which leaves them defenseless
Yes, one of my favorite weapons. Along with some of the variations of it, like the naginata, partisan, pudoa's and longer glaives. He even mentions them.
Oh the naginata is what nobushi uses in the game for honor. Not am I only learning about weapons im also learning about the games I play from shad, and comments help just as much. Thx people!
„Mastersmith, I want an Axe-Spear-Warpick Staff!“ „Alright, but we have to call it something else“ And thus the Halberd was born, which’s name probably originates on the backside of a medieval pack of Cornflakes
The name actually came about as, Hal, "This is my Axe Spear Warpick Staff", Jack "Yeah, but what's it called?" "It's called an Ax Spear Warpick Staff" "Hal, you can't call it that. What's it REALLY called, Hal" Hal: {flips the bird} Jack: "Ok, Hal-Bird it is."
"The word halberd is most likely equivalent to the German word Hellebarde, deriving from Middle High German halm (handle) and barte (battleaxe) joint to helmbarte." - The wikipedia
Some people looking in to these suspect they are either re-purposed bear hunting spears or an evolution of bear-spears used at the time in southern/middle Sweden the work "Skalltyg och jaktspjut" by Torsten Lenk talks aobut this and I remember reading something like quillioned spears for bearhunting (knävelspjut) being at times owned by the crown and at times required for some peasants to own. For some information of their construction from famous swordsmith Peter Johnsson see the second to last post in this thread: myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.14966.html
An interesting notion is to put some sort of counterweight on the opposite end of the swordstaff. Swords of course have pommels for the sake of shifting the balance of the weapon closer to the axis of rotation for a swing. Applying the same logic to a swordstaff, it is entirely possible that real life eqivalents could have had some sort of counterweight, to make the balance closer to the middle of the weapon, to allow more swift swings of the weapon if desired.
@@trzynasty909Yeah, an unscrewable pommel is OP. Two unscrewable pommels - godlike! The Vatican would have declared this weapon immoral, and banned it.
There’s a random still frame at 10:35 where Shad is saying “it’s a matter of context.” A bald dude with a sword in hand and swords behind him on the wall. Is this a reference to something?
It's a reference to Matt Easton of the channel Scholagladiatoria. He's a HEMA instructor who makes great videos about historical combat, arms and armour. And his favourite word is "context".
My understanding of medieval warfare before Shad: “they fought with swords and shields”
My understanding after Shad: “they turned everything into a spear and used that.”
We've had the swordstaff now we need to see the shieldstaff
@@bluemountain4181 Wouldn't that basically be a giant hammer?
@@hyperstormx3194 more like a SHOVEL
My Krieg senses heard the best weapon ever made; the shovel. 👀
@@hyperstormx3194 if pole attached to side, shovel. if attached to center, umbrella
*Knight walks into forge*
Knight: I need a weapon.
Smith: Do you want a sword or a spear?
Knight: Yes.
¿Por qué no los dos? ;-)
Chad knight walks into the same smith and asks for a spearsword with a spear pommel that has integral barrels and flint lock actions, and the shaft is a swiss multitool with a spear, axe, pike, sword, whole flint lock rifle, and a hand crank powered corkscrew, Phillips head and flat jeans screw driver.
@@PilotTed Just coming from Skalls combo Weapons?
r/inclusiveor
@@SuperAmaton no just felt the need to meme. I guess it was FATE some one would say that. Ehhhh.
Disclaimer: Wyvern and lightning not included with swordspear.
I get it
Can I still fight in the clouds?
If we're gonna get technical, that dragon was called an 'Oni', an eastern Variant of the Drakes
Not even a big-boned mallet boi?
@@sauronsrighthandman301 only if you give a lot of bronze to michaelcthulhu
_"I wish this sword had more reach"_
*"I wish my staff had more blade"*
... *_"EUREKA!!!"_*
Genius!
Looks like we both have something to gain here.
I wish my spear had more *ZEST*
Renton!!!
Lord Reese of Piece's Sword on Staff
"Mom! The neighbor is running and talking with a large stick thing again!"
Just pretend he doesn’t exist, honey.
I always smile with this jokes
"Tell him to speak softly!"
Swordstaff. Spear. Naginata. Glaive.... the fact of the matter is; no matter how far our ingenuity takes us, there is no melee weapon quite as versatile and well-loved as a pointed stick...
Don't forget arrows, they are basically pointed sticks of massive destruction ^^
And we are still waiting on proper self defense against pointy stick.
@@andredulac4456 Even modern main battle tanks fire what is basically high tech arrows
@@maxwell120L55 high-tech arrows that EXPLODE
Praise be to the pointy stick! Mother of all tools, divine instrument of destruction!
Sword: honey...we have to talk.
Staff:...yes? What is it?
Sword: I’m pregnant
Sword to his sword wife: honey, you have soooo much to explain!
Make the sword the husband and:
"How? I wore a sheath!!"
That staff really get the shaft now
commit not alive
@@dawndefender ...I'm tempted to call the swordstaff a bastard sword.
This was invented by some Swede who misinterpreted the ikea directions.
Swedes don't misinterpret ikea instructions
@@highgrove8545 they are IKEA furniture, just meaty
Wait, Joel made that?
Instructions unclear, I now have a long peg leg and a sword for an arm.
I bet there were still some pieces left over in the end
Ornstein the Dragonslayers weapon of choice. My favourite medieval weapon!
And Faraam
And the Nameless King's
Not medieval. Early modern.
Ornstein’s is more of a cross spear, not a very effective cutting edge. However the nameless king’s is closer to what we see here all be it on the heavier side.
@@tylerb727 The DSP's "blade" was hardly even a blade as an in-game model. Though at this time you could also refer to the greataxes as an excuse, and Ornstein uses some sweeping attacks soo... eh?
My God.....
the entire handle is a.....
pommel.....
ITS GAME OVER MAN!!!!! GAME OVER!!!! SHAD ATTACHED A BLADE TO A POMMEL !!!!
No. The pommel is a spear, that combines righteousness of pommel and overpoweredness of spear
Damn it! If he unscrewed that and threw it... It'd be a JAVELIN
I hate to be that guy, but what kind of a sword doesn't have a blade attached to pommel?
@@okok-zj4lk the confusion is understandable to clarify.
usually its pommel, handle, blade. but this is pommel AND handle, blade.
Its sheer madness.
He said it was top heavy. Add a pommel to the end of the shaft. Can also double as a mace.
Switched your shield to the swedish flag for a second.
Nice touch.
Sweden gei
@@greatsword6365 n0 y0u
@@GUTZ420 InTE
@@greatsword6365 😦
Leve Svea rike!
"A dragon hunting weapon from the age of the gods. The earliest form of the cross spear, serving as both a sword and a spear.
Its owner was the Nameless King, a deific hunter of dragons. The swordspear is imbued with lightning, of which he was the heir"
Skill: Falling Bolt
Hold swordspear high in the air to summon fierce lightning that descends upon distant foes.
Fellow sunbro
Fr I was literally looking up videos on sword VS spear to speculate how often Artorias would win against Ornstein and vice-versa and then-- I found this video. And I gained some points on Insight and now I'm hearing singing. Send help...
probably not used by izayoi
FINALLY MY DREAM OF BECOMING THE FIRSTBORN OF A SUNGOD CAN BE REAL!!!
Lol
i think the nameless king's name is SHAD
Damnit I was gonna say that😂😂
Holy shit its been just an HOUR
Caffeinated Wizard That’s a funny way to spell “I love it”
When shad points it at the camera, you can truly appreciate how terrifying pole arms are in battle.
Yeah Loos Like he is away so freaking far
Me: *Walks into a smithy* “I need a sword staff.”
Smith: “A what?”
Me: “A sword staff.”
Smith: “You mean a spear?”
Me: *”No, a sword staff.”*
Smith: So.. a naginata¿?
Me: *a SwOrD sTaFf*
Smith: So you are talking about a long bladed naginata???
Me: *A SWORD STAFF!! a GOOD DAWM SWORD STAFF!!*
Its right next to flat clicker
@@filipe_paixao Naginata is more similar to an European glaive.
You mean... spetum? Or partisan?
@@lordz00 from what I've read, the naginata was inspired by the chinese guan dao, which in turn, inspired the halberd, so rather than a spetum, it is closer to a halberd.
I think the reason you don't see this more often historically is that it SEEMS like it would be just as effective as a poleaxe or halberd, but that might change when you put it up against armor. That weapon would do absolute wonders against a group of thinly clothed rabble rousers, but if you were to put that up against sturdy gambesons, mail, or let alone plate armor, I don't think this thing has much penetration power other than its thrust... which is great, but why not just use a spear if you're ONLY worried about thrust.
Poleaxe and Halberd have more heft to their blades and also often allow for blunt damage on one side, making it much more effective against armor. Swords have never really done very well against armor, historically.
That's what I was thinking ... the inertia of the strike is right behind the short cutting surface of the halberd, so it's effectiveness when it lands well is greater. Greater cutting range is no great advantage if it doesn't do enough damage when it strikes.
Easy. Put a pommel on it and make it a dual great great hammer sword spear abomination.
/s
I think it would be useless in close formations and just function as a pole arm aswell as beeing more expensive and harder to train masses of coscripts with as apposed to a spear
additionally, historically speaking. we can only assume people thought and experimented with weapons similar to this weapon. But we cannot find much evidence of it being used at all much less widespread because of its success. There is a reason we cannot find much evidence and it isn't because our ancestors were incapable of an imagination of such a weapon.
Thought similar tbh, proabably this weapon would have been ideal to "peacfully" settle peasant uprisings.
Ah, I see you've found my 74 handed sword!
Did you know that watter is more likely to stop 50cal then 60 pound bow. That is a bit funny I think.
Perfect for Human centipedes!
@@IamnotfromUSA yes because the bow will pierce the water and the 50. will shatter on impact due to the shape and size of the thing
@@csis8460 EXACTLY
@@csis8460 Naw, if you fire an arrow and hit water with the same impact velocity as a 50cal bullet, that arrow is going to shatter nicely just the same. This has more to do with the sheer amount of energy that's being generated by the impact of a high velocity projectile on a dense material like water and if a compact slug can't take that energy, an arrow point won't fare much better (nevermind the arrow shaft, that one's going to splinter as if you fired it straight into a woodchipper).
Medieval knight: I use a spear with a sword as my secondary
Dragon slayer ornstein: hold my ale
I think that's supposed to be a ranseur, or a spetum. Maybe a partisan.
@@mattaffenit9898 It's something called a cross spear - it's not actually a sword spear because the blade is not long enough. Rather, it's a winged spear with a large crossguard.
@@zweihanderpancakes1855
You say that like there's a significant functional difference when it's still a sharp and pointy spear with a relatively simple perpendicular guard to prevent overimpaling and running up the haft, and possibly parrying with.
@@mattaffenit9898 The significant functional difference comes because the crossguard actually large enough, and the right shape, to actually grasp the spear by the guard to get more leverage on certain strikes. That's something you can't do with non-cross spears.
@@zweihanderpancakes1855
Yeah, but the ones I mentioned all have guards.
Sword staff.
Me: "Ah like in Dragon a..."
Shad: "A good example is the second dragon age game."
Me: "Stop reading my mind video."
I just started todaybon da2 :#
I was totally thinking Dark Souls 1. If you don't know what I mean, get learnt, awesome games.
@@jkay2853 I was totally thinking about Dark Souls III. Do you remember the Nameless King and his legendary Sword-Spear? Yeah, that's what I was imagining. I was sorta disappointed that Shad didn't mention that. Does the Cross-spear count too?
@@Boomblox5896 I was thinking Ornsteins Cross Spear, but who could forget the Dragon riding outcast God, fuck what a cool concept, I would love to work for From, they have the best games with the best lore.
@@jkay2853 Well, according to lore, Ornstein had derived his weapon from his former master and comrade, the Nameless King. It makes sense that these two weapons are similar, since Ornstein was pretty tight with the Firstborn of Gwyn.
minecraft crafting for the sword staff:
Sword
Stick
Stick
Nice mod u got there.
Minecraft needs spears !! make sword range down to 2 blocks and bring in the spear with 5-6 blocks and we finaly can get rid of the anoying rod pvp
@@J-IFWBR rod pvp is useless in newer versions of the game anyway...
@@J-IFWBR They already added tridents
The sword staff staff crafting recipe:
Sword staff
Stick
Stick
Nay, the first thing that comes to mind is Nameless King and his Swordspear from Dark Souls 3.
It's quite a bit bigger, though. A Greatswordstaff, if you will.
@@VVayVVard Large blade to bring down dragons and gods.
My thoughts exactly. Although, to be fair, the blade is much longer on the Swordspear.
Ornstein is a better choice
Thats what I thought of too
When someone challenged you to a sword duel and you bring this.
Better yet. Someone challenges you to a staff fight and you bring this.
The swordstaff is nice, but its not betteer than my SpearBowAxe
Nice combo... but my ShurikenBoomerangBowSpear is even better.
@@wildward93 Ahh, I see you're a man of culture as well. but the shurikenBommerangSpear has a return cooldown effect, that is no match for my DualChainWhipKunai.
What about my BoltactionrifleBayonette :3
Sword shooting guns, there fixed it
@@aureavita8653 the magazine would be bigger than the gun itself
I like how the shield changes when he says Sweden
Just went to look how many people saw and appreciated that wonderful detail.
Oh I thought the edibles kicked in
10:34 spotted him! The grandmaster of context!
Matt Easton!
Context
Why do I suddenly have the urge to subscribe to Matt Easton's channel?
10:35. I was able to pause it and take a screen shot.
@@sarahproblem5995 Me too, for me it was at 10:34 😅
SWORDS!!
. . . STAFF!!
But what about dragons?
I am now picturing a tiny dragon sitting on the end of a staff and you thrust it, stop right in front of the enemy and then the dragon breathes fire.
@@PipPanoma
Im imagining the dragon saying "get me closer, I want to spit fire on them." 😂
Have you heard of DRAGON SLAYER ORNESTIEN? Cuz funnily enough, he used a sword staff
it is the dragon spear
You have committed crimes again Skyrim
"The sword-staff is underated"
Ornstein: "Am I a joke to you?"
Hold swordspear high in the air to summon fierce lightning that descends upon distant foes.
More Un-named king
@@warped_rider thats nameless king, wrong lightning guy me dude
@@raven_knight_076 I know, ffs
What did smough have to say?
This is the proof that spears are so op that everything was turned into a spear
The Spear was the king of the battlefield, for millenia then firearms came up & threw him out of the game entirely.. Poor guy
@@J-IFWBR *Then firearms came, so we put spears at the end of our guns.
Do you not know of bayonets ?
@@nathanjora7627 More pike like then spears, really.
@@georgewhitworth9742 as per wikipedia, a pike is a long thrusting spear, so you may be right (aside from the « long » element), but it’s not a meaningful difference.
@@nathanjora7627 Spears just still always pop up huh 😂
I mean, this channel was about sword stuff, so the sword staff fits in perfectly.
That's clever :)
🤔
“Remember, this is a Swords-only game”
*Ok!*
Makes handle extra long. "Hey we said swords only." Walks over to a tree reaches behind it, and pulls out a sword with the length in the blade. "... We need a lawyer for this guy."
Got it. Let me take out of sword club and my sword ballista.
A Random Rock
Sword ballista? Now I wanna try to build that...
Edit: BAD IDEA, do NOT try to make a sword ballista!
@@ferociousmaliciousghost Swordsplosion?
Cheater!!! >_
10:34
"It's a matter of context"
I see what you did there Shad 😂
I don't; who's that guy ? ò.ô
@@sirxamner Matt Easton from the HEMA youTube channel and club "Schola Gladiatoria"
@@SiriusAundB Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out.
@@sirxamner For context, Matt Easton answers with the word context a lot whenever asked 'which is better, x or y'
I saw the quick flash and was like what kind of subliminal shit was that. Had to stop and find the frame just to find a man I had never seen. Thanks for the context my friend.
Looking at those 2 illustrations and the large cross guard I have an interesting theory.
I thing the Swordstaff was built specifically to counter other polearms. In individual combat it would be excellent for capturing or deflecting spears and swords with tremendous leverage and additional weight.
And in a line formation it could be used to push enemy polearms up and out of the way so the soldiers behind the first line could stab into the enemy formation.
Tridents?
@@adambomb2236 I think the problem there is actually disengaging again would require lowering the trident to clear the pole arm. With those you could just twist the shaft
The brief picture of Matt when context was mentioned, hahaha.
Out of the loop, what?
That kinda shook me.
10:34
@@feryth it's about Matt Easton from the channel scholagladiatoria. Very prominent HEMA practitioner and great channel for history and martial arts enthusiasts. His favourite word is "context" so that was the joke here. Anyways highly recommend to check him out if you're looking for something similar to Shads.
Lol I had to pause the video.
2:34 swedish flag on kite shield, I spot it!
Also great video.
Ps. Could you make video about harpoons and javelins or armour efective against animals like wolfes or bears that would be cool!
Thnx for existing!
*#FörSvärdStavarITiden*
I thought it was a plot hole. :)
Good video. I made something like this sword staff for our D&D 2nd ed games back in the early nineties. Good fun.
Acient Japan: Naginata
Western History: Sword Staff
China: spear with a spike
Naginata meaning "long blade"
Creativity is not allowed here.
@@karndisyodjit4090 that's a Polearm Pike. A trident Polearm.
Has no one heard of the glaive or is it different
The naginata isn't quite the same; the blade's generally shorter.
However, there is a good comparison; the nagamaki. Imagine a no-dachi, the Japanese greatsword, but wrapped all the way to about halfway its blade's length - that's where the name comes from, half-wrapped. It does come out, though, as a sword-staff and later nagamaki were created specifically that way. Usually by taking cheaper katana and bolting them to the end of a stick.
Sword staff...
Dark souls: *triggered Dragonslayer noises*
He Protec
He Attac
But most importantly
He Machicolat
*machiculation*
@@randomperson4198 *MACHICOLATIONSSSSS*
u probablly want to fix your typo
The perfect weapon for slaying dragons. Just add lightning.
"I understood that reference." - Captain america
Nah your fat friend will "accidentally" crush you with his hammer
Kyle Morgan swordspear NOICE
*Gwyn's lightning peeled their mighty stone scales apart.*
Instant dragon slayer
*Just add lightning*
"Context" - shows Matt Easton
I can't stop laughing XD
I too
I hope you're still laughing
2:32
Lol, the shield in the background changed to a Swedish flag when he said, "Sweden".
I love how you can see Shad beginning to believe in his idea, accepting it and then reaching full power:
-"The weight on the end of a swordstaff would be somewhat comparable to that of a halberd..."
--"...it would have a weight difference so minute that it'd be negligible."
---"... heavier than other polearms? No, not at all!"
----"...it.. actually... may be lighter than the pollaxe or the halberd!"
Truly majestic.
Blacksmith: * forging sword with a slightly longer tang*
Apprentice: * over compensates when making handle*
overall project: Huge success
Hahaha that's some good imagination
@@aliberkozderya3112 best compliment all year
@@hithere3247 you are welcome mate
Blacksmith : "The handle is too long"
Apprentice, about to invent the swordstaff : "oh? haven't you heard?"
I always thought of Glaives as more "Sword Staff" than "Spear" so I appreciate Sword Staffs are a thing.
People from Dark Souls, yeah I know what you're thinking.
I was about to say the same thing.
I'm not a huge dark souls fan. But you mean the Ring Knight Spear and Nameless King Spear?
@@jello788
Mainly Ornstein from DS1 - aka Dragonslayer Armor in Dark Souls 3
Dragonslayer armor is not ornstein, the owner served ornstein and the nameless king (sacred oath miracle description)
Ok I have a better understanding. Thanks :)
pop a counter-weight pommel on the other end and its maneuverability in your hands should skyrocket ;-)
Not to mention the new ability to end 'em rightly.
exactly my thoughts
Put a gun on it
M8 the amount of fkn range and leverage I’d start using the pommel for pure blunt force trauma which should fuck up my enemies even more by disestablishing their economy for them to even have a chance at living or just fuck with them mentally knowing I could’ve killed them but decided to fuck them up for life
Joshua Christofferson most polearms had a counterweight on the other end...the Greek dory, the medieval poleaxe, the pike...I’d honestly be surprised if the swordstaff didn’t have one.
"hey, my arms get tired after swinging repeatedly, do you have a solution?"
"... Get Fit"
Do you even LARP bro
@@johnapple6646 as someone who has been LARPing for a number of years, let me tell you, I can only think of about one in forty People who are actually relatively good at fighting
Shad: one of The most promonance apieriens in sweden
Me Who Comes from sweden: how The f** did my ancestors think
Brilliantly, brother.
Kill, pillage, rape.
They built Ikea, of course they would have lots of genius inventions
The amount of Dark Souls fans in the comment section warms my heart :')
I was looking for a comment like yours! Nameless King's *Dragon Slayer Sword Spear* ?
\[T]/
Check out the game Mortal Shell , you can see a sword staff in the trailer. I thought it looked bad ass , now that I know it's a real thing it's even cooler !
My favourite weapon against "parry gods"
Btw, in dark souls 3 we wield it like a greatsword and this is hungred times more badass than bastard real life spears
Praise the sun
"In pop-culture media"
Is he gonna mention *that* game!?
"Dragon age"
Oh
Oh
i was thinking of dark souls...specifically dragon slayer ornstein.... granted its not really a "sword" more spearish but the hand guards on the sides were massive
@@PizaPoward I was thinking ths namless king from DS3
@Jayswag yeah him and the pontiff are my favorites
@@SwordCrab what about slave knight gael and darkeater midir? The latter is my personal favorite.
Blacksmith: "what are you doing?"
Me: Ties a sword to a staff
"Making a weapon."
Blacksmith: " you are a blacksmith."
I’m still very surprised that he still hasn’t mentioned dark souls in any videos
Hasn't played any of them, perhaps?
It's because he read the wheel of time series which was first and he has had those books behind him on his book shelf
@@allenmunich2816 what does that have to do with anything?
Executioner greatsword video was disappointing for that very reason.
1:40 "You may have ended my life with thy fancy hybrid-weapon, but by piercing thy testicles I have ended a whole generation!"
KrawallEsel m8 it’s 2am, ya gonna get me caught
KrawallEsel?
@@Commie-Comrade you summoned me!
This weapon is a response to the famous question: "What about dragons?"
If you can harness the power of sunlight, you hunt (or ride if you are a maverick) dragons with a swordspear.
This should actually be a pretty effective weapon against dragons. Depending on the size, a regular spear might just not penetrate deep enough.
Well, as one of other Shad's shirts say, the answer is SWORDS!!!... on a STUFF!!
....serious reach.
"Hey all! Watch me skewer the fourth row of the charging infantry..." XD
@Dillon Brunschon sarrisa I think.?
Dillon Brunschon those were much shorter, and could be thrown (I think). About the length of a javelin.
@Dillon Brunschon They were literally just super long pikes, alexander the great's armies used them. They worked well obviously. Pilums were just javelins made to have a flimsy head so they would bend after landing making the shield hard to use.
In the movie Kung Fu Panda 2, I've seen the villain hold a sword-staff like weapon but it's a very...exaggerated one.
I would argue that kung fu panda is a super underrated series
@@itsfatdaddyson4616 Amen
Waitwaitwaitwait... this thing is real??? New favorite weapon!
agreed, my dark souls fantasy can be real
@@nicholasranallo5957 Now we just need Colin Furze or some other engineer youtuber to figure out how the lightning bit works lol.
@@NachoBran_CandyCabbage yes
*Dead Cells: High Peak Castle intensifies*
I 100% agree. It takes the best parts of 2 of my favorite weapons and combined them. Sword+Staff.
Run out of arrows while shooting through the MACHICOLATIONS!!! ? Grab a swordstaff!
Introducing my new siege tactic, fire the machicolations! Load machicolation with Lars Anderson for maximum effect.
And then the Swordstaff pomel !
@@Ghostofpast you are serious? Why not just pour pommels through the machicolations
@@nguyenanthinh4364 Just throw machicolations through machicolations then.
U need 20 dex 25 Str and 15 Fth to use it effectively
16 22 18
My favourite weapon
Fth?
@@tonyhakston536 faith
I guess Shad is a quality build? Def a 120 meta
Japanese naginata were basically the Japanese equivalent of a sword staff. They're more commonly linked to glaives because both have single edged blades, but given Japanese swords had single edged blades to begin with, slimmer naginata were basically staff with swords on the end
*Nameless king slowely walks into frame
RAZZA
Hey guys ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ here
*the gate of Magus plays in the distant
Shad is the actual Firstborn of the Sun, The dragon-slaying God of War. I won't accept anything else as canon.
The Nameless King can go and admit that he is Shad already...
Explains all the MACHICOLATIONS in Archdragon Peak
The yari (Japanese spear) is pretty much a sword staff with a double edged blade.
The naginata (and moreso the nagamaki) is pretty much a sword staff with a single edged blade.
And of course the Japanese comments are here
I'd say a naginata would be closer to a sword staff. Since a yari has various blade lengths which can be very short.
yes, I think the naginata fits better to the description tough, here is a depiction of a samurai with a naginata from japanese art:
images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/14900000/japanese-art-samurai-14996624-290-412.jpg
@@HighSpirits217
Yes, there are variations. But having short versions doesn't negate yari from being sword staffs.
Look up omi no yari (or just omi yari).
Yari are few and far between, they are one of the most varied spears out their, you will have to find the specific name of yari you are referring too, for exemple, jumongi yari is the Japanese spear with two slightly angled forward double edge blades on the side, a bit like a cross-trident.
I think the closest thing to a swordstaff in a Japanese history was the Naginata, most notably used by Onna Bugeisha.
However many Yari spears had longer heads and bladed edges so they may have also had a slashing function.
Edit: The Chinese weapon known as Kwan dao or guan dao could also be classified as a sword staff since it has a similar blade to the dao broadsword on a shaft.
Ryan O'Neill that’s exactly what I was thinking
I wonder if it'd be hard to find physical evidence of a weapon like the swordstaff, thanks to it's blade shape.
After all, if you find a rusted sword blade during an archaeological dig, the first thought is "OH, IT'S A SWORD!"
I'm going to assume you made this video thanks to my referencing of the swordstaff in that double-sword video.
I know it isn't the case, but it makes me happy to think that it is. So thanks, Shad! Glad I could inspire you! ;D
(Nice touch with your shield depicted the swedish flag when you mentioned those swedish warriors, by the way!)
You mentioning using the crossguard as a spike reminded me of another underappreciated historical weapon...
Chinese Dagger-Axes! They are a bit like a spear, but with a second blade set perpendicular to the shaft for striking.
A Jumonji Yari would also be quite similar. So many awesome Eastern weapons, overshadowed by the damn katana...
Also known as the rich man's poor man's greatsword xD
It's perfect for half-swording
blue streak This is underrated
Don't you mean _haft_ -swording?
Only with a pommel.
I find this comment much funnier than I should.
What about half-staffing?
I love how he displayed a drawing of a man getting stabbed in the dick and didnt react at all. What self control...
Between watching you and Skallagrim, I now have several fantastic ideas for what kind of weapons my fictional empire will have.
Swordstaff with a pummel?
I was about to suggest that as a solution to the weight imbalance. The Greeks and Macedonians added butt spikes to their sarissa, after all....
Nobody:
Absolutely no one:
Me: All hail God emperor Malcolm does have a ring to it
Have any of you seen what a sotel looks like?
That, but on a long stick.
"Mom! Mom look! It's a long, stretched out Yari!"
"I dunno, dear, it looks more like a straightened naginata..."
"Ah, just shorten the crossguard and bend the blade one way and it's a guandao!"
Guandao was actually used for ceremonial purposes and weight training. Because it's too heavy and its tip was not prominent enough. The practical battlefield version of this was the Pudao.
@@u06jo3vmp All weapons are actually useable with enough strength. Except for Klingon "swords" that is.
Dragonslayer's Swordspear from Dark Souls 3 was REAL?!
What do you think we used to get rid of all the dragons?
@@Ch35h1r3C47 pyromancy?
Splitleaf Greatsword
@@Pigga-k8k Never played dark souls?
@@Ch35h1r3C47 Lannister incest?
I think a swordspear may be great for Witchers in replacement to their silver longswords, as it would give them great cutting ability through the sword blade and cutting power through the spear length. Not to mention the extra safety you'd get from using a spear, something we know humans used to hunt "gigantic, wild beasts," versus a longsword, something more commonly used in duels or self defense.
Good old Shad. Even his pole arms have to be swords.
We are not far from the day he'll enter the video with a sword nunchaku :v
2:32 i had to go back and make sure the shield actually changed lol
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME
Man that's some sneaky editing
I liked that a lot!
WHAT THE- SHAD WTF
Wtf!!;
Shad: What did you like better, the video or the weapon?
Me: YES!
a videoweapon :o
I would like to point out that sword staffs like weapons were also used in China in regards to the Quan Dao which was more like a clever on staff, but still similar.
The Han had sword staffs that looked like this one too. It’s called the Pi. The Han actually produced more Pi than Ji surprisingly, but it’s just records from one Han armory.
The sword staff just reminds me of orienstien's cross spear and nameless king's dragonslayer spear
dragonslayer spear and swordspear
No more compromise, no more deciding between Swords and Spears. So next time you think "what would be the best to use here/what your they use?" - Swordstaff is the answer for all of those.
And carry a greatsword for back up.
Shad. Your a godsend for D&D campaigns. I was trying to come up with a weapon for honor troops and a beast hunting guild. This video answered that!
Beast hunting you say? we'll look no further for weapons than yharnam home of the blood ministration! Don't use the blood though you might die or something
Leo Cook it’s a bit of a process 🤣
So a glaive in 5e
The other thing about the swordstaff is that a lot more complex metallurgy goes into a sword blade than a poleaxe or spear blade. Swords were hard to make, compared to axes or hammers or spikes or even spear points. Of course they were less common when you can't afford to make as many of them.
Hah, I accidentally reinvented this while thinking about the double-sword video you put up recently. "You know, a staff would be cheaper than the second blade and would give you the parry ability and the option to just whack someone with a stick..." I guess humanity really hasn't changed that much have we XD
When medieval weapon designers ran out of ideas so they started combining their current ones.
So just like Hollywood producers? "We've done spaceships to death, we've done pirates to death, what about pirates with spaceships?"
Lets combine a scythe and a mace!... I dont even know how that would look like
And that how I was born.
@@Huy-G-Le lol
@@onecrispyfrie1932
me and my half brother, the *War Hammer*
08:59 Shad: "And what do you notice at the shaft?"
Me: "Damn, it has no pommel!"
Shad: "It's circular."
Me: "Oh."
"Sword and spear! Let's combine them both!" And someone did it in inverse and a dagger was born.
You know what we need now.
Double bladed sword staff...
I need to see that
This might actually be practical, at least compared to the double sword.
I think “Orcs Must Die 2” had one.
*screaming*
@@MachineMan-mj4gj shad did a video about a double bladed sword staff. It was awesome, and shad approved. Couldn't ask for more!
I like how the shield changes when you say a country, by the way, whos the guy at 10:35
I think it was Matt Easton
Yes, that was Matt Easton from Scholagladiatoria. He is know for answering any question with just "context", which is why Shad put his face there.
Matt Easton of Schola Gladiatoria
Matt Easton from scholagladiatoria.
@Badger0fDeath huh?
thats a *BIIGGG SWORDSTAFF*
and thats a big like from me
And if you did something like this in the Star Wars universe, it has even more potential. Think about how dangerous a lightsaber spear with a cortosis shaft would be in most situations. You have the extra reach and if you block an opponents lightsaber strike with the cortosis shaft, their lightsaber is forcefully deactivated for a few minutes which leaves them defenseless
Yes, one of my favorite weapons. Along with some of the variations of it, like the naginata, partisan, pudoa's and longer glaives.
He even mentions them.
Naginata was earlier than the Sword-Staff so technically the Swordstaff is a variation of the Naginata
Oh the naginata is what nobushi uses in the game for honor. Not am I only learning about weapons im also learning about the games I play from shad, and comments help just as much. Thx people!
10:35 bold guy with a sword. Right after he says " it's mater of context"
The Easton is strong with this one.
I was wondering what in the world I just got subliminally messaged with.
Yeah wtf I noticed as well!!! What even is that? And why do I suddenly wanna join the navy?
Matt Easton of Schola Gladiatoria. "Context" is his favorite word when discussing how useful weapons are.
ya that shit is weird. someone down below who he is, still dosent explained y he did it like that?
I hear the swedes used it to great effect fighting landsknecht pikemen or doppelsoldner.
Hey you talked about it, yay!
I love how Shad's replica looks exactly like the Dragonslayer Spear from Dark Souls, which is called a swordspear in it's in-game descriptions.
Mandatory dark souls comment regarding they had swordstaves in the game.
It checks out to me
„Mastersmith, I want an Axe-Spear-Warpick Staff!“
„Alright, but we have to call it something else“
And thus the Halberd was born, which’s name probably originates on the backside of a medieval pack of Cornflakes
The name actually came about as, Hal, "This is my Axe Spear Warpick Staff", Jack "Yeah, but what's it called?" "It's called an Ax Spear Warpick Staff" "Hal, you can't call it that. What's it REALLY called, Hal" Hal: {flips the bird} Jack: "Ok, Hal-Bird it is."
"The word halberd is most likely equivalent to the German word Hellebarde, deriving from Middle High German halm (handle) and barte (battleaxe) joint to helmbarte." - The wikipedia
@@Laerei yes I can fully confirm your conclusion, „Hellebarde“ does in fact directly translate into „halberd“
Some people looking in to these suspect they are either re-purposed bear hunting spears or an evolution of bear-spears used at the time in southern/middle Sweden the work "Skalltyg och jaktspjut" by Torsten Lenk talks aobut this and I remember reading something like quillioned spears for bearhunting (knävelspjut) being at times owned by the crown and at times required for some peasants to own.
For some information of their construction from famous swordsmith Peter Johnsson see the second to last post in this thread:
myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.14966.html
An interesting notion is to put some sort of counterweight on the opposite end of the swordstaff. Swords of course have pommels for the sake of shifting the balance of the weapon closer to the axis of rotation for a swing. Applying the same logic to a swordstaff, it is entirely possible that real life eqivalents could have had some sort of counterweight, to make the balance closer to the middle of the weapon, to allow more swift swings of the weapon if desired.
Now THAT'S what you kill a dragon with!
Dark souls?
Well, huge balistas with aim hack put on a camouflaged fleet would be better
Imagine a double-ended sword staff.
The pommel of this sword...is a swordstaff.
Yes, to always end them rightly
Tempting... Next thing to try - double-pommeled staff)
@@Eddison33 far better idea
Just a quarterstaff with 2 pommels that can be unscrewed to END THEM RIGHTLY
@@trzynasty909Yeah, an unscrewable pommel is OP. Two unscrewable pommels - godlike! The Vatican would have declared this weapon immoral, and banned it.
never heard of GALTAR???
aminoapps.com/c/the-80s-90s/page/blog/galtar-and-the-golden-lance/ljkR_rjtQuDZbm43P8PqPwgqdgEY1wg17D
I loved the single frame of scholagladiatoria. When saying "it's a matter of context" around 10:35
Lol, yea
Lol I read this just as I was passing that part of the video. I sense a disturbance in the force
Holy shit, that thing is real? Ahmaghad! I want one! For... reasons!
There’s a random still frame at 10:35 where Shad is saying “it’s a matter of context.”
A bald dude with a sword in hand and swords behind him on the wall.
Is this a reference to something?
It's a reference to Matt Easton of the channel Scholagladiatoria. He's a HEMA instructor who makes great videos about historical combat, arms and armour. And his favourite word is "context".
@@PositivelyBonkers Ah ok xD
Thank god somone else saw it also, i was super creeped out
@@jaygallaugher4318 Ditto.
Thought I was seeing things