Forging a [War Hammer] - 1st Historical Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Forging a War hammer of our own historically inspired design and testing the weapon!
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The fellas at That Works give a brief historical explanation of war hammers as they create one of their own design. They show everything from architectural design elements to sculpture work all in one piece. War hammers are great blacksmithing projects as many technical techniques can be utilized and the designs are almost endless.
Some may go for a A ZWEIHANDER SWORD, but a war hammer is much for our style!
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Story by - Chris Cash
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@@Chrupignat Ive been assured that is indeed the case.
Currently at $1225 with nearly 7 days to go.
Once again, one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve seen. How practical would a sickle blade instead of the tail spike be? 😈 I’d want 2... lol
И как у него с балансом? Разве удобно использовать такой цельнометалический клевец?
Where can i find your workshop
I heard rumours that if you squat in front of a forge, throw a hammer in it and say Alekseyev backwards 3 times it will summon Ilya
Heels on ground to make Ilya come 'round?
please dont do this !
@@ThatWorks Why? Did Ilya get burned the last time someone did that?
And yes, I am joking. Pretty sure most people know how dangerous dicking around a forge can be.
Instructions unclear. Face is burned and I can still see the sun when I blink.
They need him for their builds. If he’s constantly being summoned then he can’t get as much done. Simple time/labor management really.
The team at That works - "We're gonna make a weapon designed to fuck up knights in full armour!" Illya - "I'm gonna put some pretty flower petals on it!" I loved seeing this warhammer being made. Beautiful!
Flower petals are historically accurate.
Being a medieval knight mean that you can crush skulls or ribcage AND look fabulous.
@@thelordash11 Because to the knights of old, most of whom were nobility: if it was worth doing, it was worth looking your fanciest while you do it.
@@Cruxador natural and literal.
You guys should make a halberd or pole axe next.
Was going to say halberd too.
Pole axe, absolutely.
yes or a naginata. Love watching Ilya making Japanese stuff!
@@ArseneGray Yes! Naginata is such a cool weapon, and really fun to use as well
Great idea 👍
Not only is Ilya an extremely skilled blacksmith, but also an amazing artist. The guy is worth his weight in gold, always has, and always will.
As far as a build to do, I have always enjoyed seeing the builds where you all do a version of the the same build. Not to see who does it better, but to see the different ways you can approach it. To get the same weapon, but with you’re own personal flair.
Yea that is always fun
would love to see a Egyptian khopesh i think the unique shape and grinds could make for a fun project with mosaic patterns or in bronze either would be awesome
Yeeees. This, very much :D
There was a series that these guys did with Danny Trejo, Men at Arms Art of War, where they did all kinds of historical builds including a Macahuitl, Yari, and Wind&Fire Wheels. There was an episode where they did two Ancient Egyptian weapons, a Bronze War Axe and an Iron Khopesh, it was so badass!
Or a Greek kopis
I'd like to see an Irish claideamh sword
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HERE'S AN IDEA: making a more historical & practical design weapons from ridiculous anime/manga/video games/fantasy weapons.
For example: a fantasy giant sword is "redesign" into a better shape/design & weight ration like a proper historical greatsword. This could also be a change in the materials too for the purpose of making it more practical.
yes!!
A more normal-sized Buster Sword would be awesome.
@@menghao737 exactly, a redesign with a proper/functional length, thickness, & weight.
It could also reduced in size like maybe a buster sword (fantasy great sword) turn into realistic size one handed sword like gladius/spatha/falchion/dao/etc, making it far more functional.
They did this in the first few episodes of Reforged...people hated on it because it wasn't true to the anime, etc.
@@Tangylives that was a different thing all together. Nothing to do with being IRL functional or remotely realistic. It was a mix of 2 themes stuffs/series/designs into one weapon.
I think i just watched two hammers hammer out a hammer with a pair of hammers.
You may say that I possibly can not confirm!!
Somebody call Xzibit.
There is something oddly relaxing about seeing red hot metal being twisted and seeing the scale flake off. Is that just me?
no you're right its very relaxing, its my favorite part of twisting sword guards
It takes some confidence to spend days making a work of art and then test it on bricks.
Ilya made it. You could probably carve out a mountain.
Matt and Chris talking about how they’re going to make a hammer, “let’s do it” *hard cuts to Ilya making the hammer*
The weapon you need when you have to fight for the last pack of toilet paper.
Credit Card would prob work better :D
@@ThatWorks by the time we are done printing American dollars to hand out to all the people in blue states that aren't allowed to leave their homes (because flu), we'll be wiping our asses with green backs, and trading for food and water with toilet paper.
@@jwoellhof no kidding
Matt I know you're fond of Viking inspired and stylized arm rings, have oyu ever considered making them not necessarily as production but maybe making a few as shop items? I can't be the only one who's more than slightly envious of the ones you wear. I for one would love to see you guys do a small batch of them as close to traditional as possible!
I love historical builds - I can't help myself, I love how getting fancy with them requires getting subtle.
These guys keep saying “let’s make it” but the same single person has been doing all the works since the dawn of time
i'd love to see you guys make a mortuary hilt/ basket hilt broadsword
those close-ups are ducking epic
Beautiful. I love seeing what happens when you guys are given free reign with the design, talent shines through.
Ilya with the seat belt buckle belt! My brother! Glad somebody else rocks that too.
You guy did an amazing job and love the idea of doing historical weapons I recommend you guys try to make some kind of Glaive style weapon
Thank you and good idea!
just in case, have you seen michaelcthulhu`s guandao video?
@@ThatWorks What about a Naginata? It's a really effective design that doesn't get much love nowadays.
Melonenstrauch agreed and it’s a beautiful weapon
@@ThatWorks love your work. Would love to see you take on the zweihander. Be interesting to see how that would work.
honestly, I got tired of the fantasy weapon builds pretty quickly but, I absolutely love this kind of stuff! I hope you keep it up! Great work, guys!
I BROUGHT MY WARHAMMER DOWN, PROBABLY SHATTERED EVERY RIB HE HAD. GODS I WAS STRONG THEN
Anyone seen the breastplate stretcher?
Bessie!
@@pm_cruciblenone4008 Gods bless Bessie!
I think the most depressing thing wasn't any of the deaths but rather Roberts fall from greatness. I hope we will maybe see a spinoff about the actual revolt.
I jus want to see him cave in Rhaegar's chest lol
Never ceases to amaze me what Ilya can do with a slab of forged metal and a power hammer. He is a true blacksmith genius.
Historical Builds are the Best
been asking for stuff like this since AWEme days
edit: i loved the editing style of having an "interview" about the piece, super didactic!
i enjoy your work mostly when you capture audio directly from the forging, the epic music is nice and all, but the sounds of forging are some of the most special things in the world and i love hearing it all
now THAT is a beautiful war hammer.
Some editing advice: Some other TH-camrs align the hammer blows with the beat of the music and it's flipping awesome. You missed out on a golden oppertunity to do that with the otherwise great editing in this video.
That hammer is gorgeous!
Great job! you make it look easy...
Now, since you seem to always make big, massive weapons, I would suggest that you make something a bit more gentle in style- a rapier with a sophisticated guard.
In my humble opinion, this warhammer is the most beautiful build you guys ever presented!
The historicity behind every detail, with exquisite design and craftsmanship, oh man, the flanged mace-like head and pike, the twisted handle, the thorns an blossoms on the shaft, everything just wonderful! Congratulations, you never cease to amaze.
I wish I had the financial conditions to purchase it.
Simply beautiful. Simply inspiring. Thank you for living my dream while I move data around professionally. It was an honor meeting you guys at the Forging last year.
This is my fav build from you guys ive seen. Perfect balance between refinement and raw metalworking glory IMO!
Reminds me of school projects. The pony tail homie did all the work and yall still say "our project" LMAO
It's refreshing to see people use the 'ferrier's whip' style of hammering.
Gents that’s badass!!
The thing that turns your blacksmithing into awesome theatre is the brilliant cinematography. Whoever flies that camera has an exceptionally creative imagination and is a true master of composition and lighting. That scene where the handle is set against the black background and the scale flakes off as you start the basket twist deserves an Emmy. Please congratulate your photographers, your sound mixers and editors for me, Speelburg could not have done it better.
Flytye Matt does everything by himself 👍🏼
This ain't a hammer, it's a piece of art
A art piece that can crush skulls
this just might be the most beautiful weapon, definitely the best warhammer ever.
Sweet looking hammer..
Thank you for the history lesson on the hammer and on the branch style on the hammer, I didn't know that about the branch.
You inspire me to no end brother.
Probably my favorite demo of any of your works. When you have a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
Awesome work lads i always learn something one of the best TH-cam channels
This must be the most beautiful weapon i have ever seen and i am normally an absolute sword guy...
Beautiful build, guys!
Next time you should go for something simple like sabre and maybe go ethnic and do polish sabre like hussaria's black sabre
That war hammer is a thing of beauty. I want it so badly. Hope you guys are staying safe during the pandemic.
I would LOVE to see you make a traditionally historical viking spectacle helmet
What I like about this channel and other like Alec Steele and such is that they actually forge. There are way too many cutters and grinders on TH-cam. Beautiful piece
That is some super cool work. Love that hammer. Been enjoying the works 👍🏻
Would love to see you guys build a type 1 schivona!
I'd love to see you make an historical flamberge sword !
If you're looking for a great flamberge build, I strongly suggest Alec Steele, he has an ongoing multi-part series where he makes one. Really talented young lad, I'm sure you'll love it!
@@33PLJ I don't think Alec's flamberg is that good
@@33PLJ and the series are too stretch out
Ilya is the most talented smith I have ever seen. I would consider myself a fortune man to own one of his pieces, but alas I am a man of meager means.
"Do the truffle shuffle."
Loved Matt's shirt and the movie
The music and film work are just as impressive as the hammer
Loving historical stuff and loving the style of music you chose here even more it actually makes for a more fun watching experience :)
I like how he's ust like "yeah let's turn that square into a beautiful-ass flower shape thingy"
Well for starters ya'll did an amazing job with the war hammer. Absolutely incredible! How about for a historical build you stay here on the homefront and European at the same time. I'm referring to the time of Cortez. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived on the north American continent era. A Spanish sword with the elaborate hand guard decorated with period art. I bet ya'll would really shine with a build like that. The Rapier is the iconic symbol of swords.
War hammers is one of the developments of war clubs that were used by Egyptians, native Americans, Incas etc. In South and Central America they used to incorporate obsidian shards to make the clubs more lethal and brutal 😀
Keep up the work. Love your work and videos.
It would be awesome to see you guys make a Dwarven battleaxe or warhammer
Like, a real proper "I'll crush yer skull lad'"- warhammer
Casper Sørensen I second this comment!
thats very historically accurate...
This awesome episode just reignited my love of blacksmithing
Great job! Looks kinda like Boïndil's crows-beak from the novel "The Dwarves" of Markus Heitz.
I dig the return to the man at arms format-- build, reveal, demo such an enjoyable structure
Could you collab with Shadiversity and make a realistic medieval/witcher like sword with and maybe tailored for a back scabbard?
As much as I like swords, I love the war ax and warhammer. I would love to own art like this as part of my collection. Well done gentlemen!!!
The good thing about historic builds is that shit works
I got that same shirt man. the Goonies never say die!!
geez imagine getting smacked by a war-hammer in a time when medical technology couldn't detect concussion related injuries.
Either way, you're dead. Armor was only a small protection from hammers and maces. They were designed to work against armored opponents.
@@zacharybrown5325 Yeah the helmet are fine but your head that's under the helmet will still feel quite the shock and concussion
True, maybe not dead. But you'd probably wish you were after getting walloped by one of those.
@@mailais3403 don't underestimate armor. Armorers knew that some guys used warhammers on the battlefield. There is room under the helmet between your head and the helmet. And the curve of the plate make it very difficult to land a proper hit. But of course, we shouldn't overestimate plate. It is not meant to render you invincible to anything. A well landed hit will hurt or disable you
The problem with the hammers is that they don't attack the armor itself. When you hit an opponent with a hammer, you're basically throwing a lot of "Blunt Force" on him, and this Force (this Kinetic energy) has to go somewhere, and plate armor, while extremely good at deviating piercing and slashing weapons, is completely unable to absorb this type of attack.
So what happens when you hit your opponent's head with a warhammer, goes like this :
You may, or may not, bend the helmet, but it doesn't matter : the Impact gets through the armor as it's directly transmitted to his head. Basically, the armor may look fine, but you just broke his skull underneath the helmet with the Impact.
Of course, this assume you can land a proper hit on said helmet, and that's why people were still using shields even with plate armor : better to have the shield tank the hammer blows for you than your helmet
Guys, it's gorgeous. Amazing work.
Badassery here. Though I dream of seeing a swordbreaker made, too. 😊
On the subject of blunt melee weapons, I think I can use warhammers better than maces or flails -- less opportunities for me to be caught wide-open, I feel.
Outstanding workmanship.
Lighter weapon doesn't make more damage. It simply allows you to not expose yourself after overswings. (basically, it's just faster, nimbler)
Simply making a weapon lighter definitely does not make it do more damage. But what he was trying to describe is the concept of 'pressure'. Pressure is determined by force divided by area. So you can increase pressure two ways: You can either increase the force (such as by increasing the weight for example), or you can decrease the area. So if you decrease the surface area of the weapon, while keeping the weight the same, it will exert more pressure when you hit things with it. On a similar note, you can make a weapon lighter, and still exert the same amount (or more) pressure, as long as you decrease the surface area along with it. That's why, with proper design, a lighter weapon can still rival a heavier weapon in terms of damage.
In Poland, this was called 'nadziak'.
Very deadly and scary stuff.
Nice design!
I wish I had got this suggestion in when you guys were still forging stuff from movies and comics. But you guys should totally make Lobo's hook and chain. Would be badass
Oooooo... yeah!
DrummerTheAndre we will check it out! And we’re still forging that stuff 😃
Daaaammmn... Ilya is super precise in making those tapers and flanges
He sure knows his way around a hammer!
Man, you know what would have REALLY looked cool? If the hammerhead was in the shape of a fist holding a dagger.
What movie had that kind of weapon?
Was it Van Helsing?
That's a different kind of weapon.
@@MrJones-ue2tw they existed in the medieval period.
loved watching matt smash that block with that hammer. he had such a big smile on his face. wonderful work gentlemen
Do you'all not work for awe me anymore? I miss men at arms, reforged. :)
correct
Nice, you should build more historical weapons. Maybe a lucerne next?
Who was behind the camera man, it was strangly not that good of a quality as im used to it, by manatarms. . . . . . If you slide, please turn off the image stabilisation.
But no complains to you guy's, very well donne work, you're truly awesome 👍🏻
Some pictures to go along with your explanations of medieval architecture would have been amazing.
Yes, I love the historical builds, probably even more than the fantasy builds!
There is an overall dearth of information about African weapons. What about doing some African weapon builds? I'd be curious to see how Ilya goes about a hunga munga, for instance.
That is the coolest Warhammer I have ever set eyes on
"Do war hammers have hamons?"
Answer the question, Matt.
Great, now there is a little voice in the back of my head screaming
I don’t know, but if I made a war hammer I’d find out very quickly.
Always picking the best music for your videos
I was surprised to see that since you were doing a steel hafted Warhammer that it wasn't made a s a single forging. Would that be because you wanted a different tempering for the hammer head vs the shaft?
Future randomness exactly
That would be a giant pain in the butt. It's far easier to just make it as two pieces then put them together
@@fleurdelispens it would also be far easier to not include any of the embellishments on the handle or the head itself. As these are high status weapons to begin with imagine how much of a show off you could be if you had a Warhammer that was all one piece!
Warhammers have always been a favorite of mine and I've jokingly called them medieval can openers. They're just brutal weapons that happen to be rather elegant.
12:25 well, that's upsetting...
tuseroni had to be said!
wamp wamp
Now that’s what I call a demo! Breaking cinder blocks and piercing metal!
I'm a bit sad that they didnt wrap watermelons into steel, metal or helmets and then bash them in.
As the author of a book in which the main character wields a war hammer very close in design to this one, this is extremely cool.
What's the book?
@@ConcealedArtLeather It's currently not available outside of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
That is one fine piece of hammer
I'd kinda like to see a historical armour build. I really like the information/educational aspect you guys are adding to the videos, I wouldn't be upset if you expanded more on that during builds.
Great job again guys. You forgot to mention the concussion effect. It could break an arm, hand , shoulder, etc... Can't wait to see what's next.
You guys are absolutely artists. Watching the video I can see the critique in your eyes and the final product is always marvelous. Keep making great art guys!
It is always impressive how close to finished everything that you guys forge are. Other makers seen here would have gone to the grinder far earlier than you do.
That is Ilya's main thing! Forge to shape! Or just CNC. Whats the point.
Looking for a good middle ground something historically accurate and a big dumb thing to make Matt grind it. . . . CLAYMORE!!
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Michael Warren 100%
Hey guys this video I think is the highest production quality yet! Great job and love the build, as always
Thank you ! We are getting there. A little more with each video!
That Works definitely showing! Happy to see it working out for you all, after whatever went down with with the “parent company”
That is the most beautiful hammer I've ever seen
Nice to see so much of the forming done at the forge vs the grinder. Nice craftsmanship