That's a good looking blade. I'm glad windlass stepped up their quality and made the battlecry line. Everything in the battlecry line seems pretty good.
I honestly thought you were gonna drop it or worse. Keep up on the practice and exercise young man and keep doing video reviews. Put these things to the test!
Yo yo KOA , good to see this video. I got on the windlass train with the cobra steel kindjal, love it. This line looks really great, looked at them all, and I think my fav is the Orleans axe as far as aesthetics
I've got the Maldon sword and seax, I like both, I find the grip on the Maldon sword a bit long, but workable. Little tip, setting your grip at the bottom, with your pinkie pressed against the top of the pommel, instead of at the top against the crossguard, you should avoid the pommel digging into the heal of your hand, you'll also see why I think the grip is a little too long. The other sword I have from the battle cry range is the agincourt war sword, which is a very nicely balanced, fast handling sword.
@@magnusjohansson295 instead of placing the top of your grip up against the cross guard, hold near the bottom of the grip with your pinkie finger pressed against the pommel, this gives full movement and control without the pommel digging into the heal of your hand. I have this sword, and to be honest the grip is a little on the long side, but not too bad.
I have the Hattin Falchion. I don't know much about falchions, but it is seems way heavier than it needs to be. Great chopper though with some sharpening.
I got the chance to play around with the entire Battlecry line at the Museum Replicas store in Georgia and in my opinion the Hattin Falchion had the best weight and balance of the whole line. I don't like falchions very much myself but I was very impressed with that one. Rest assured you did well to pick the Hattin.
Chopping? More like slapping on the flats. Work less on twirling and more on edge alignment. This review left me wondering if it's a bad blade, bad handle or bad form.
Viking age swords were overwhelmingly steel (I'm not aware of any examples made of iron ). Swords of that length made of iron wouldn't be too practical. Handling these types of swords takes a little practice, but after a while you will be able to transfer seamlessly between hammer and handshake. You let the pommel kind of slip past the heel of the hand and it's not so uncomfortable. Not saying this is the only way to do it, but it's what works for me.
Kult of Athena Yeah the "Factory Blemished" Hattin Falchion is $220.... Nope. Do you realize I can and have bought Condor swords for over half that? Higher quality steel, arugeably more exciting products. My god at $200 it should be perfect, but no. As for price point, that's not for me to decide I'm just telling you the market.
Looks delicate but it's a solid grip, doesn't shift when you cut with it and the leather is good. If it wasn't I'd let you know. Thanks for checking out the review
Yes it's the panastas or whipping strikes. Kali blades will have a back edge usually 6-8 inches for those strikes and releasing suction on thrusts. Thanks for checking out the videos
I'm sure you know this but, I'm sure the earliest ones were quite crude.The best Viking swords were made from tempered wootz pattern welded steel. Far better and even lighter then today's $200 dollar stuff. Check out the ulfberht sword discovery here on the tube. There's a great doc on recreating it. I have this windlass battle cry line and they are good for the money. Great video!
Hey I have watched that ! Had a lot of great information and showing how they forged. To this day we can't even recreate some of the ways they made blades, far ahead of their time !
If you're looking to get the Rhinelander, I would highly suggest it. It's a great sword for the money :D I've had mine for over a year now and nothing has gone wrong with it whatsoever, and it feels pretty good in the hand, light and fast.
1060 is pretty much a tool steel. 1060 is the grade of steel you would see things like tire irons and crow bars made of. Tools made of this grade of steel tend to be your higher quality tools of course, not that Harbor Freight crap. I don't have a decent camera at this time to make a video, and any picture I can take would be no different than any of the pictures currently on the internet.
That's a good looking blade. I'm glad windlass stepped up their quality and made the battlecry line. Everything in the battlecry line seems pretty good.
I honestly thought you were gonna drop it or worse. Keep up on the practice and exercise young man and keep doing video reviews. Put these things to the test!
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Nice sword and really excellent knowledgeable presentation of the information. Very well done.
I would love to see a review of the battle cry seax.
Yo yo KOA , good to see this video. I got on the windlass train with the cobra steel kindjal, love it. This line looks really great, looked at them all, and I think my fav is the Orleans axe as far as aesthetics
5:05: "...they weren't ones to twirl their weapons around."
++continues to twirl weapon++
It's a Recontra to protect the hand before committing to a specific line. Your grip does not open.
I'd use the term Germanic since the Frankish people came from Germania and the sword design derived from both the Celtic sword and the Roman spatha.
I've got the Maldon sword and seax, I like both, I find the grip on the Maldon sword a bit long, but workable. Little tip, setting your grip at the bottom, with your pinkie pressed against the top of the pommel, instead of at the top against the crossguard, you should avoid the pommel digging into the heal of your hand, you'll also see why I think the grip is a little too long. The other sword I have from the battle cry range is the agincourt war sword, which is a very nicely balanced, fast handling sword.
I have one and I love it. why not now reviewing the viking king sword from windlass? :)
Any real comments about its durability/quality?
using the handshake grip mitigates the issues with the pommel digging into the heel of the hand with viking style swords
Thanks, I guess I wasn't as clear but it was not painful to use just some contact to the heel of the hand.
Thanks for this review ... been trying to find good review for a Viking sword
I'd really like to see the Windlass Battlecry Orleans Battle Axe reviewed if possible 👍
Just ordered one. P.S. both ways you showed how to hold a viking era sword are wrong.
Can you enlighten us about the proper way then?
@@magnusjohansson295 instead of placing the top of your grip up against the cross guard, hold near the bottom of the grip with your pinkie finger pressed against the pommel, this gives full movement and control without the pommel digging into the heal of your hand. I have this sword, and to be honest the grip is a little on the long side, but not too bad.
When Will this be back in stock I need this sword!
I have this sword. For me the top ones of viking swords for this price.
Kali life meets Viking destruction!
I own one and it's just great sword 👍
I have the Hattin Falchion. I don't know much about falchions, but it is seems way heavier than it needs to be. Great chopper though with some sharpening.
I got the chance to play around with the entire Battlecry line at the Museum Replicas store in Georgia and in my opinion the Hattin Falchion had the best weight and balance of the whole line. I don't like falchions very much myself but I was very impressed with that one. Rest assured you did well to pick the Hattin.
Chopping? More like slapping on the flats. Work less on twirling and more on edge alignment. This review left me wondering if it's a bad blade, bad handle or bad form.
Bad form, I have no problems with edge alignment with this sword. The way he's holding it makes the pommel dig into his hand.
Is the dark color from paint or just not polished? Sorry if its a noob question.
Not a noob question, it's a coating to prevent rusting when doing cut tests. thanks for checking out the videos
Viking age swords were overwhelmingly steel (I'm not aware of any examples made of iron ). Swords of that length made of iron wouldn't be too practical.
Handling these types of swords takes a little practice, but after a while you will be able to transfer seamlessly between hammer and handshake. You let the pommel kind of slip past the heel of the hand and it's not so uncomfortable. Not saying this is the only way to do it, but it's what works for me.
Interesting, nice sword. But If Windlass wants that to be their budget "beater" brand they better come up with a better price point.
What would be a good price point ? If you check our discounted blades there's a few in there too.
Get more currency peasant.
Kult of Athena Yeah the "Factory Blemished" Hattin Falchion is $220.... Nope. Do you realize I can and have bought Condor swords for over half that? Higher quality steel, arugeably more exciting products. My god at $200 it should be perfect, but no. As for price point, that's not for me to decide I'm just telling you the market.
Is that grip durable? It looks sort of weak
Looks delicate but it's a solid grip, doesn't shift when you cut with it and the leather is good. If it wasn't I'd let you know. Thanks for checking out the review
Just out of curiosity, are back edge cuts a thing in Filipino martial arts?
Yes it's the panastas or whipping strikes. Kali blades will have a back edge usually 6-8 inches for those strikes and releasing suction on thrusts. Thanks for checking out the videos
I'm sure you know this but, I'm sure the earliest ones were quite crude.The best Viking swords were made from tempered wootz pattern welded steel. Far better and even lighter then today's $200 dollar stuff. Check out the ulfberht sword discovery here on the tube. There's a great doc on recreating it. I have this windlass battle cry line and they are good for the money. Great video!
Hey I have watched that ! Had a lot of great information and showing how they forged. To this day we can't even recreate some of the ways they made blades, far ahead of their time !
+Kult of Athena indeed. They poured there heart and soul into their craftsmanship. I love it all. Everything from the period.
so, this is a functual blade once sharpened??
It is functional out of the box as you can see. Not all swords needed to be shaving sharp.
please make a review about the hanwei rhinelander and some lutel stuff
If you're looking to get the Rhinelander, I would highly suggest it. It's a great sword for the money :D
I've had mine for over a year now and nothing has gone wrong with it whatsoever, and it feels pretty good in the hand, light and fast.
I think u should do slice tests
Hits little branches, the edge is fine
link to the website
I can't look at this guy and not think of Bjorn Ironside
It’s all cool until “testing” they all look so silly
Created ALL of the modern trade routes in Europe and the Middle east along with the axe.. FACT..
what are those white spots all over the blade?
Dust from the scabbard from their factory
windlass sticklestad viking sword please.
I have the Sticklestad, its a beast! Got it from KoA and had them sharpen it, they about damn near put a razors edge on it.
awesome, is the steel high carbon?
Its 1060, your cut of the run steel for a mid-range sword.
ok, so it is spring steel? at least a bit?
do you have a camera, would you be able to video it?
1060 is pretty much a tool steel. 1060 is the grade of steel you would see things like tire irons and crow bars made of. Tools made of this grade of steel tend to be your higher quality tools of course, not that Harbor Freight crap. I don't have a decent camera at this time to make a video, and any picture I can take would be no different than any of the pictures currently on the internet.
are you the owner of kult of Athena?
No I am not, I do all of the social media and marketing for the company.
I had been wondering the same thing.
Should have abused it more - that told nothing about its real durability and quality
buy your own and beat the shit out of it and post a video for us please.
I've beat the crap out of mine, it's doing fine.
Lol 10:01 get that extra adssssss
the handel is to long
I found that too, but it's not as bad as some, it's workable.
I don't trust windlass. subpar work for to high a price.
The battlecry line is far better than their normal products.
ehh... the temper was shot on the lasy sword I got. I was cutting bottles as is the norm. hit 2 bottles and the sword shattered like glass.
Just sounds like you got a lemon, my Windlass has taken being banged into trees and concrete.
the finish looks bad
Dude you need to do a better job wielding these swords. You're not doing a good job selling them. Get some arm strength into that!
Trevor Wolfe What martial Arts do you train Trevor?
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