gamerdude535 it sure did! The only thing that scares me is that arrow going so far through. Then again, the shield was not the most historical construction.
Even though its a simple test you can see some pretty interesting thing 1)if you dont hit perfectly it doesn't stick in so making a sheild offline when fighting looks like the best thing to do from what i could see in the test you did. 2) dont mess with a axe lol :P.
A few things: - Weapon #1, why didn't the user put his index finger in the ring? It's what they're there for. - For the longbow, I'm surprised it had the arrow on the right side of the bow being held up by the thumb. It is usually on the knuckle side of the bow hand for European style archery. - I'm confused as to why the one with a ponytail would pull back before each swing. He need to work on stances. - Despite the above, your friend seems quite a natural with the spear! - That Windlass battle axe, how sharp was it? It seemed like you hit the shield hard yet it was still glancing off. - Haha, the end credits text! Anyway, nitpicks and my typical list aside, nice editing and fun video!
- The colichemarde/smallsword Chris is using has the rings just slightly too small for the finger to go through. This is common with smallsword hilts, usually intending the index finger merely to be placed *on* rather than *in* the ring. - Yeah, Chris tends to put the arrow on the right side as he's a little more used to eastern European bows (and our only archery training is from shooting in the backyard). I am more comfortable with longbows so I almost always put the arrow on the left. - The Windlass Battle Axe hasn't been sharpened for a long time. Another cool thing about it is that since the horn is more curved, it does slicing cuts when the Cold Steel Viking Hand Axe does more hewing cuts with its pointed horn. Slicing cuts aren't that good against plywood. Anyway, glad you enjoyed!
Oooof that shield took quite a beating before becoming unusable :)
gamerdude535 it sure did! The only thing that scares me is that arrow going so far through. Then again, the shield was not the most historical construction.
Oh and also extra impressive considering I just remembered the shield core was just a quarter inch and not thicker :)
Wow, this totally trumped some misconceptions I had about shields. They really are much heartier than I realized. Great vid!
Even though its a simple test you can see some pretty interesting thing 1)if you dont hit perfectly it doesn't stick in so making a sheild offline when fighting looks like the best thing to do from what i could see in the test you did. 2) dont mess with a axe lol :P.
juzzbuzz1 Indeed. Also this shield isn’t very curved, if it was more curved it would be an even better glancing surface.
A few things:
- Weapon #1, why didn't the user put his index finger in the ring? It's what they're there for.
- For the longbow, I'm surprised it had the arrow on the right side of the bow being held up by the thumb. It is usually on the knuckle side of the bow hand for European style archery.
- I'm confused as to why the one with a ponytail would pull back before each swing. He need to work on stances.
- Despite the above, your friend seems quite a natural with the spear!
- That Windlass battle axe, how sharp was it? It seemed like you hit the shield hard yet it was still glancing off.
- Haha, the end credits text!
Anyway, nitpicks and my typical list aside, nice editing and fun video!
- The colichemarde/smallsword Chris is using has the rings just slightly too small for the finger to go through. This is common with smallsword hilts, usually intending the index finger merely to be placed *on* rather than *in* the ring.
- Yeah, Chris tends to put the arrow on the right side as he's a little more used to eastern European bows (and our only archery training is from shooting in the backyard). I am more comfortable with longbows so I almost always put the arrow on the left.
- The Windlass Battle Axe hasn't been sharpened for a long time. Another cool thing about it is that since the horn is more curved, it does slicing cuts when the Cold Steel Viking Hand Axe does more hewing cuts with its pointed horn. Slicing cuts aren't that good against plywood.
Anyway, glad you enjoyed!