Just my 2 cents but for the money it's pretty damn good, way better than actual historical examples, our modern standards are way more exciting than consumers of the past. Would love to know what someone familiar with them a few hundred years ago would have thought.
The main thing that’s bothering me is the edge alignment. I think someone from the past would not like that either since that’s a flaw in function and not just cosmetic. But I’m mainly reviewing this knife so that someone who wants a Todd’s Workshop Scottish Dirk can get an idea of what they can expect.
I have one of his Irish dagger (Skean/Scian) It is one that is peened - it has the small imperfections that Tod mentions in his videos, it is not current day machine perfect, but it is still very good - the wrong blade orientation might have happened when it was set up for the epoxy to finish curing - not trying to excuse the blade angle issue - he does fine work, sometimes things happen and they slip through quality control - you have had some things break on you, stuff happens
I still have that knife that broke, I haven’t been able to throw it away. But yeah, anything that’s hand made will have imperfections. I don’t want to sound negative in this video I just want to point out everything I see. I’m actually fine with everything, except the edge alignment; but after I try the knife out it might not be a problem too.
Todds daggers can be a bit expensive these days but he does make most all of his daggers based on the measurements etc that the original examples in the Royal Armouries have & flaws were more than common in historical examples as well. If you watch his videos he explains all of this. Also the peen might be underneath the cosmetic cap. Which is also historically correct for many of such daggers. One cant really apply modern expectations for CNC machined blades etc to those of historically accurate examplee. Its apples to oranges really tbh.
@@JCOwens-zq6fd thank you for telling me about the peen possibly being beneath the cap. I don’t really care about small problems, it’s when the problems affect usability that I have a strong dislike. For this knife it’s the crooked alignment of the edge to the grip. Having an edge that isn’t aligned will always hinder a blades potential.
Saw Todd's video on this, and it looks cool. I can forgive the overheated tip, the messed up screw cap, the pushed together scabbard cap. But the edge alignment hits hard. Its justs straight up bullshit. Okay on the epoxy and all that stuff, but man, you are getting essentially crooked blade. My suggestion would be to try it out and if its really affecting the cutting, then destroy the wooden shaft and make a new one and this time making it straight.
Hello RTknifeandsword, it’s good to hear from you, I hope your doing well. Yeah I agree, the edge alignment is by far the worst. I’m going to try it out, if it’s really bad I don’t know if I’ll redo it. But if the steel is good and the handle breaks I’ll remake it then. I’ve never done a rat tang knife and it would be interesting to make one in the future. How’s your knife making going? The last knives I saw you made were super ice
The only reason I bought this knife was because I wanted to see how a historical fighting knife felt in hand and this is the only way I could think of doing it. From what I understand Todd is pretty faithful to reproducing historical knives. As to making one myself: something this big isn’t practical for me and I’ll get everything I want to know from testing this one. I love how this knife feels but I can’t really transfer what I like to a smaller knife that I could actually carry.
I think Tod's knives etc, are designed for display and re-enactment purposes mostly,.. They're historically accurate, but not for actual heavy use,,. I'm going to order a Bollock Dagger very soon..
Just my 2 cents but for the money it's pretty damn good, way better than actual historical examples, our modern standards are way more exciting than consumers of the past. Would love to know what someone familiar with them a few hundred years ago would have thought.
The main thing that’s bothering me is the edge alignment. I think someone from the past would not like that either since that’s a flaw in function and not just cosmetic. But I’m mainly reviewing this knife so that someone who wants a Todd’s Workshop Scottish Dirk can get an idea of what they can expect.
I have one of his Irish dagger (Skean/Scian) It is one that is peened - it has the small imperfections that Tod mentions in his videos, it is not current day machine perfect, but it is still very good - the wrong blade orientation might have happened when it was set up for the epoxy to finish curing - not trying to excuse the blade angle issue - he does fine work, sometimes things happen and they slip through quality control - you have had some things break on you, stuff happens
I still have that knife that broke, I haven’t been able to throw it away. But yeah, anything that’s hand made will have imperfections. I don’t want to sound negative in this video I just want to point out everything I see. I’m actually fine with everything, except the edge alignment; but after I try the knife out it might not be a problem too.
Very interesting to hear your insights. I have thought about getting one of his table knife recreations before, never did get one yet though.
Thank you. I still don’t know what to think of this knife. After I sharpen it and use it I will.
Thanks for making this video.
No problem. If you want me to cover anything specific in the next video, let me know.
Todds daggers can be a bit expensive these days but he does make most all of his daggers based on the measurements etc that the original examples in the Royal Armouries have & flaws were more than common in historical examples as well. If you watch his videos he explains all of this. Also the peen might be underneath the cosmetic cap. Which is also historically correct for many of such daggers. One cant really apply modern expectations for CNC machined blades etc to those of historically accurate examplee. Its apples to oranges really tbh.
@@JCOwens-zq6fd thank you for telling me about the peen possibly being beneath the cap. I don’t really care about small problems, it’s when the problems affect usability that I have a strong dislike. For this knife it’s the crooked alignment of the edge to the grip. Having an edge that isn’t aligned will always hinder a blades potential.
Saw Todd's video on this, and it looks cool. I can forgive the overheated tip, the messed up screw cap, the pushed together scabbard cap. But the edge alignment hits hard. Its justs straight up bullshit. Okay on the epoxy and all that stuff, but man, you are getting essentially crooked blade. My suggestion would be to try it out and if its really affecting the cutting, then destroy the wooden shaft and make a new one and this time making it straight.
Hello RTknifeandsword, it’s good to hear from you, I hope your doing well. Yeah I agree, the edge alignment is by far the worst. I’m going to try it out, if it’s really bad I don’t know if I’ll redo it. But if the steel is good and the handle breaks I’ll remake it then. I’ve never done a rat tang knife and it would be interesting to make one in the future. How’s your knife making going? The last knives I saw you made were super ice
@@totesmalotes thank you, having a lot of orders, cant keep up with the pace they are coming. I will upload a few of them, so you can see.
@@rtknifeandsword9618 beautiful. I’d appreciate that.
I'd suggest just putting it on your wall as a show piece or make it better or make one like it yourself in your own style and use.
The only reason I bought this knife was because I wanted to see how a historical fighting knife felt in hand and this is the only way I could think of doing it. From what I understand Todd is pretty faithful to reproducing historical knives.
As to making one myself: something this big isn’t practical for me and I’ll get everything I want to know from testing this one. I love how this knife feels but I can’t really transfer what I like to a smaller knife that I could actually carry.
The bad starts at 4:18
I think Tod's knives etc, are designed for display and re-enactment purposes mostly,..
They're historically accurate, but not for actual heavy use,,. I'm going to order a Bollock Dagger very soon..
Hopefully not. I’m going to try to test it this weekend if I have time.