Kudos to Museum Replicas for sending two swords knowing full well that one is just for destruction and that Shad and Tyranth will be giving a critical eye to it.
I liked Tyranth's descriptions of how the blade performed. And it was neat to see Shad's comments on his own performance about striking too far down on the blade, or edge alignment. The sword is lovely and it was wonderful to see it's performance. (Swords quake in existential dread when they see Shad and Tyranth in full protective gear)
I love how Shad is clearly biased for this sword, and Tyranth is clearly biased against it, and at the end we find their meeting in the middle to be quite reasonable. I love these two together for that reason
That blade is beautiful looking. And it had good weight? That's amazing. I'll say a prayer for the one tested to destruction. Well, for retroactively for safety for the process of the testing.
the handle feels skinny because you're bare handed. But people wore thick gloves when doing things like riding horses and handling swords, the glove gives a lot of material mass in between your hand and the handle which makes up for the difference between that handle and for example a common hammer. You should get some thick gardening gloves or something and try it out.
@@saphyrepyre For a long time ,, most of my life, I never wore work gloves even when recommended or required. I also spent a period of time wondering why people always would want skinny handles on things I was like "wtf this feels whacky" ,, but just eventually I figured out that beefy gloves really change what the right shape of handle is for the best grip.
If we had a civilization on the moon and someone committed murder, would the punishment still be the same? I mean, I would think the gravity of the situation would be way less.
I am liking the less adversarial approach you two are taking of recent. You both wear the compromise well. It really does make your videos easier to watch, if you two aren't bickering at each other.
OMG, you can't be doing this to me. The Larger sword compared to the thinner sword that weighs less. The talk about safety when I mentioned on Tyranth's Grappling hook video he need to be safer and watch the 13th warrior. PLEASE, I am begging you guys to watch the 13th Warrior. It's a classic, it's got swords galore and is an Excellent movie.
The holy land changes, the crusade to reclaim it evolves too. The faith keeper returns in a time when a new crusade is vital. First we took it from the Sarisees, then we took it from the Soviets, who next seeks to claim it? We will be ready!
Windlass Steelcrafts have always given their swords superb heat treatment. They used to have very little distal taper, until lately with the consultation of Matt Easton and their line of historical accurate swords.
You guys are the best! Hey Shad, bumping the sword pommel and having it wiggle does not show spring temper, after some years of working with mild structural steel as a structural steel welder, I'm pretty sure mild steel does that too! It's own strength makes it wiggle back straight. I think you can test for a springy temper by flexing it into an arc a few times.
I wonder if you would test any swords from "Armory Replicas", there is a really cool looking Spatha from them that I want but I'm not sure if it's worthwhile.
I just love the top gear nod with the star in a reasonably priced car board 😂 a channel that nerds out about historical stuff with nods the the greats like top gear and Brandon Herrera 🍻
I laugh every time Shad nocks the Honshu broadsword for having the pommel snap when its still totally usable, but has the romance of men katana 1.5 points higher and its blade broke.
The inscribing on the crossguard, as well as the inscribed cross on the blade make this a ‘no-go’ for me aesthetically. Also, 1080 isn’t necessary ‘better’ than 1060 or 1070. It’s all about heat treat and application with steels.
OUCH -- $700 AUD = CAD I just bought an 1821 Pattern Canadian Artillery Officer's Sword (1870-80's) - (with engraved name) from Matt Easton for that .. I know you can't (or shouldn't) use it but .... that said -- love the vids
The sword that Tyranth prefers: in the Pauline Baynes illustrated version of Prince Caspian, the arming swords they duel with look exactly like that sword.
8:16 so tyranth doesnt like 1 handed arming swords because the handle is short, yet when he uses a katana (which is meant to be wielded with 2 hands) he uses a single hand always? Yeah, i dont see the logic here.
No... That tracks. He likes longer handles no matter the region origin. Any sword designed for close fitting on a single hand is looked unfavorably by tyrenth.
@@EeveetoUmbreon25 doesnt change what i said, mate. i told you why he prefers 2 handers and thinks they are better. you just dont like the answer given cause you want to find fault.
the spring temper reminded me of something a filipino fisherman itold me about good machetes "choppy and floppy" there were so many filipino fisherman in my little scottish hometown, and i loved talking to as many as i could, great guys, learned kali from a couple of them who learned it as kids
That's a cool sword. And that pommel. It's massive! You should probably make a video testing out different pommels of all the swords you got on actual armor/metal.
This sword gives off the vibe of "The BEST wall hanger ever!" to me. Please let Tyranth take the blade from this sword and rebuild it from the ground up.
I'd love to see you review the cold steel zweihander. It is in a similar price range to the hanshu claymore and around the same size. I'd love to see if those old marketing videos of it slicing open the pig carcass are accurate.
"This sword will PUNISH YOU" ...Right, a good reminder that I should instead buy a shamshir or yatağan or something else which will not PUNISH ME. Generally that aspect is supposed to reserve itself for enemies.
... I wonder what they do with the swords they break. I mean, do they just chuck them out, or do they have an armory of just broken swords, chipped, bent, missing pommels/handles, and/or just messed up somehow?
Goes to show you have good days, bad days, and days where you have something new. Just out of curiosity Shad and Tyranth would you be interested in making a top 10 best sword fights in cinema and maybe a top 10 battlefield tactics. You should compare the sword fights to Adorea Olomouc's Knight of Hope. Because it is cinematic fantasy it would be the Gold Standard with camera angles, gear, and fighting... Even if thugs aren't that brave.
You should do some videos on the Jedi Survivor light saber fight cut scenes I think they look pretty good, but I would love to know what a trained eye would think.
Its a really well built sword I dont really want. 1080 steel is great. Tougher than the 1095 derivitive steels like t10 but still can have a good edge. 1060 for sure isnt used often on fine short kitchen blades. Pummel is great would do more on a longer handle Its all that on a short handed sword that might look better plain. I can find a gold and black katana that claims to be T10 at $40. Looks better even if it does look a tiny bit cheap. Its great materials on a weak design with this. You got to remember people are bigger than before on average and a sword a swords person wants is more than the average back then unless they want to carry a shield too. Thae harbor freight survival knife sure doesnt have a thin handle. The low standard is pretty high. Steel is the main plus here. Needs to be 25% longer and 2.5x more handle at least
I appreciate the review. Two minor quibbles: First: Wear hand protection! It's not just a good idea for safety while testing swords to destruction, but is also good practice so you're always exercising with the sword while wearing the kind of gear you would generally wear while doing other combat activities. Secondly: You habitually rotate your torso too far, reaching forward past your off hand. That's a particularly bad habit when fighting sword and shield. It suggests that you're in the habit of reaching a bit too far with your attacks. You can get away with that when the style you practice uses lighter weapons, but with more substantial weapons, you need to train yourself to fight in a bit tighter with your opponent.
It's definitely a pretty sword and the blade seems nice but that hilt seems disproportionate with the durability of the blade. If that section had been put together a bit better I think it would be a really good sword in general. Functional enough to use, tough enough to take a bit of punishment, and nice to look at. It just needs tweaking in the way the hilt is put together.
I don't know if this is your cup of tea but, I am very interested in the Battle Of Agincourt fought in France, October 25th, 1415. I am interested in the all aspects including the weapons, the armor and the skills of the English and French forces. Thank you.
My favourite part was when Shad said "It's crusading time!" and retook the holy land.
Utah?
And then the winged Shadssars arrived?
Classic Shad moment!
@@buckduane1991 comming down the moutain shad?
@@Extangliano Missouri
Kudos to Museum Replicas for sending two swords knowing full well that one is just for destruction and that Shad and Tyranth will be giving a critical eye to it.
Still, I'm picturing their workers sweating bullets while watching this.
And I bet they've already worked a pommel and hand guard fix @@Regfife
Now that is some spring in that steel.
I liked Tyranth's descriptions of how the blade performed.
And it was neat to see Shad's comments on his own performance about striking too far down on the blade, or edge alignment.
The sword is lovely and it was wonderful to see it's performance.
(Swords quake in existential dread when they see Shad and Tyranth in full protective gear)
That wasn't full protective gear though. No gloves, which that skinny handle was likely intended for. Glove users have a better grip on a thin handle.
In case anyone was wondering about the words on the Sword, it says Christ Wins in Latin.
Aye! The ole line: christus vincit, christus regnat, christus imperat.
He conquers, rules, and commands
@simondeep Laudes Regiae
Is 14 000 dead children every day winning?
@@crimsonninja4097 Praise the King!
I love how Shad is clearly biased for this sword, and Tyranth is clearly biased against it, and at the end we find their meeting in the middle to be quite reasonable.
I love these two together for that reason
That blade is beautiful looking. And it had good weight? That's amazing.
I'll say a prayer for the one tested to destruction. Well, for retroactively for safety for the process of the testing.
8:29 I've noticed that you can actually hear it cutting through the pool noodle where as a lot of the other swords you've tested you couldn't hear it
I like to look at all the things museum replicas have, plus the movie stuff is fantastic. Their catalog is always interesting. Great review gentlemen.
Deus Vult, brothers!
Ratio vult!
the handle feels skinny because you're bare handed. But people wore thick gloves when doing things like riding horses and handling swords, the glove gives a lot of material mass in between your hand and the handle which makes up for the difference between that handle and for example a common hammer. You should get some thick gardening gloves or something and try it out.
Exactly! I’ve noticed this a lot with buhurt, the thick gloves allow me to not put as much force into the grip as HEMA gloves
@@saphyrepyre For a long time ,, most of my life, I never wore work gloves even when recommended or required. I also spent a period of time wondering why people always would want skinny handles on things I was like "wtf this feels whacky" ,, but just eventually I figured out that beefy gloves really change what the right shape of handle is for the best grip.
If we had a civilization on the moon and someone committed murder, would the punishment still be the same?
I mean, I would think the gravity of the situation would be way less.
I just realized I'm watching two Australians, in 2024, wearing brigadines, rating swords.. wow..
What interesting times we live at.
They took our guns so we went back to swords.
@@razzaus1570wbo they?
@tapurate638 the kangaroo overlords.
@@razzaus1570 I need to relearn my Australian history. I thought it was the Emus who disarmed your nation after the great Emu war.
@@NoobTamer I second that!
I am liking the less adversarial approach you two are taking of recent. You both wear the compromise well. It really does make your videos easier to watch, if you two aren't bickering at each other.
The bickering is fun!
OMG, you can't be doing this to me. The Larger sword compared to the thinner sword that weighs less. The talk about safety when I mentioned on Tyranth's Grappling hook video he need to be safer and watch the 13th warrior.
PLEASE, I am begging you guys to watch the 13th Warrior. It's a classic, it's got swords galore and is an Excellent movie.
Terrible movie. 0/10. Would not recommend they watch that.
If you wear a glove or gauntlet the grip would feel much better in the hand.
Fancy sword? Maybe. Spring sword? From the freshest of mountain springs
When you have eggs, flour, sugar, milk, salt and baking soda, and you ask what your cake is missing: 10:26
You have milk. Butter is made from that.
Templars were usually sword and board users since they fought against horse archers a lot.
The holy land changes, the crusade to reclaim it evolves too. The faith keeper returns in a time when a new crusade is vital.
First we took it from the Sarisees, then we took it from the Soviets, who next seeks to claim it? We will be ready!
The globalist Democrats. Real talk.
Not every day you see someone slap a tree while hitting a sword against a metal pole. Talk about flex.
It certainly has the look. And blade is good.
I will likely never buy one but I will say that is one of my all time favorite guard designs on any Arming sword.
Windlass Steelcrafts have always given their swords superb heat treatment.
They used to have very little distal taper, until lately with the consultation of Matt Easton and their line of historical accurate swords.
I feel like yall have been really hitting a good stride! You've got it down to a system while still being able to joke emote and goof around!
It reminds me of the sword in Kingdom Come Deliverance.
Seeing this makes me want to retake the Holy Land.
On Today's episode of Top Steel...
CRUSAAAAAAAADE!!!
They did many crusades, some of which almost didn't fail.
I just imagine them hiding behind a tree off screen when they're doing abusive tests to the blades.
Shad mentioned in one of the recent videos that they actually do it like that
Tyranth made poor Shad look inferior when it came to the pool noodles.
Tyranth,apologise to Shad,he was having a bad day ⚔️
You guys are the best! Hey Shad, bumping the sword pommel and having it wiggle does not show spring temper, after some years of working with mild structural steel as a structural steel welder, I'm pretty sure mild steel does that too! It's own strength makes it wiggle back straight. I think you can test for a springy temper by flexing it into an arc a few times.
It has a scabbard, sure… but what about a Shabbard and dragons?
I know that blade, odd but cool to see a video on it
Nice! I love museam replicas products
That's the Top Gear leader board.
Damn! Talk about a sword that can take some impact! ❤
I wonder how much of that hand shock was due to the loose grip.
That being said, I've never been a fan of overly flexible blades.
The loose grip was due to lack of a gauntlet or glove.
I wonder if you would test any swords from "Armory Replicas", there is a really cool looking Spatha from them that I want but I'm not sure if it's worthwhile.
Tell me why I moved my head when that piece of noodle came flying at the camera 9:30
Reflexes.
I just love the top gear nod with the star in a reasonably priced car board 😂 a channel that nerds out about historical stuff with nods the the greats like top gear and Brandon Herrera 🍻
Now that's some anti-horse caliber pommel!
I laugh every time Shad nocks the Honshu broadsword for having the pommel snap when its still totally usable, but has the romance of men katana 1.5 points higher and its blade broke.
The inscribing on the crossguard, as well as the inscribed cross on the blade make this a ‘no-go’ for me aesthetically.
Also, 1080 isn’t necessary ‘better’ than 1060 or 1070. It’s all about heat treat and application with steels.
OUCH -- $700 AUD = CAD I just bought an 1821 Pattern Canadian Artillery Officer's Sword (1870-80's) - (with engraved name) from Matt Easton for that .. I know you can't (or shouldn't) use it but ....
that said -- love the vids
I could tell you guys were having a great time with this review, thanks again for your videos.
The sword that Tyranth prefers: in the Pauline Baynes illustrated version of Prince Caspian, the arming swords they duel with look exactly like that sword.
8:16 so tyranth doesnt like 1 handed arming swords because the handle is short, yet when he uses a katana (which is meant to be wielded with 2 hands) he uses a single hand always? Yeah, i dont see the logic here.
longer blades(usually), different weight, different point of balance and of course the ability to be 2 handed.
No... That tracks. He likes longer handles no matter the region origin. Any sword designed for close fitting on a single hand is looked unfavorably by tyrenth.
@@scorpionlord9175 the man still single hands the O-katana🤷🏻♂️
@@EeveetoUmbreon25 doesnt change what i said, mate.
i told you why he prefers 2 handers and thinks they are better. you just dont like the answer given cause you want to find fault.
@@scorpionlord9175 Like how Tyranth want to find faults in single handed swords. Nice.
the spring temper reminded me of something a filipino fisherman itold me about good machetes "choppy and floppy"
there were so many filipino fisherman in my little scottish hometown, and i loved talking to as many as i could, great guys, learned kali from a couple of them who learned it as kids
That is also a language?
I only knew the chemical and the Linux distribution.
@@jannikheidemann3805 kali is a traditional martial art form the Philippines
I though you guys did the axe from Mandy in one of your rating videos, but I can't find it. So I'd love it if you did it in a video.
"This sword will PUNISH YOU"
Now I want to see a fan animation of the Sailor Senshi in armor wielding blades to fight evil.
Love the templer look of it
Oh man that's nice, shame about the handle
Recently been thinking about buying a sword im glad you guys are doing these reviews
You can get a good spring temper even in 1095, the smith just needs to know what he's doing for the heat treatment. Ryan Sword does it on the regular.
A good heat treatment kiln is an absolute life saver when getting higher carbon steel to a spring temper.
That's a cool sword. And that pommel. It's massive! You should probably make a video testing out different pommels of all the swords you got on actual armor/metal.
This sword gives off the vibe of "The BEST wall hanger ever!" to me.
Please let Tyranth take the blade from this sword and rebuild it from the ground up.
Springy boy.
that is one of the most beautiful swords I've ever seen to be honest
Shad I respect you, and you channel. That's all I wanted to say. This channel is awesome, struggles or not. Keep it going mate!
very cool vid. thanks for making it!
"May the father of understanding guides us all."
I like the design, but I feel a 2 handed handle would be better.
Wow it's not midnight
I'd love to see you review the cold steel zweihander. It is in a similar price range to the hanshu claymore and around the same size. I'd love to see if those old marketing videos of it slicing open the pig carcass are accurate.
I been looking at buying a couple different "Crusader" swords.. Thanks for the info
So a Catholic sword - based de facto.
"This sword will PUNISH YOU" ...Right, a good reminder that I should instead buy a shamshir or yatağan or something else which will not PUNISH ME. Generally that aspect is supposed to reserve itself for enemies.
... I wonder what they do with the swords they break.
I mean, do they just chuck them out, or do they have an armory of just broken swords, chipped, bent, missing pommels/handles, and/or just messed up somehow?
Now I want to see you guys test FFVII SOLDIER standard sword and/or Genesis' "rapier".
Holy hell, that's a Pommel of Mass Destruction
I just wish the blade had a little more profile taper.
shad's first swings: the problem is your arc, not necessarily alignment of blade. the arm is a whip not a club
I really love windlass bowie knives
Love Shad's shoulder armor.
Goes to show you have good days, bad days, and days where you have something new. Just out of curiosity Shad and Tyranth would you be interested in making a top 10 best sword fights in cinema and maybe a top 10 battlefield tactics.
You should compare the sword fights to Adorea Olomouc's Knight of Hope. Because it is cinematic fantasy it would be the Gold Standard with camera angles, gear, and fighting... Even if thugs aren't that brave.
You should do some videos on the Jedi Survivor light saber fight cut scenes I think they look pretty good, but I would love to know what a trained eye would think.
I love ALL Shadiversity videos!!!! ❤
Nice to see a weapon review!
Its a really well built sword I dont really want.
1080 steel is great. Tougher than the 1095 derivitive steels like t10 but still can have a good edge. 1060 for sure isnt used often on fine short kitchen blades.
Pummel is great would do more on a longer handle
Its all that on a short handed sword that might look better plain.
I can find a gold and black katana that claims to be T10 at $40.
Looks better even if it does look a tiny bit cheap.
Its great materials on a weak design with this. You got to remember people are bigger than before on average and a sword a swords person wants is more than the average back then unless they want to carry a shield too. Thae harbor freight survival knife sure doesnt have a thin handle. The low standard is pretty high.
Steel is the main plus here. Needs to be 25% longer and 2.5x more handle at least
My dad jokingly said that he wants a crusaders sword. Guess what he’ll be getting for his B-day.🤣
I appreciate the review. Two minor quibbles:
First: Wear hand protection! It's not just a good idea for safety while testing swords to destruction, but is also good practice so you're always exercising with the sword while wearing the kind of gear you would generally wear while doing other combat activities.
Secondly: You habitually rotate your torso too far, reaching forward past your off hand. That's a particularly bad habit when fighting sword and shield. It suggests that you're in the habit of reaching a bit too far with your attacks. You can get away with that when the style you practice uses lighter weapons, but with more substantial weapons, you need to train yourself to fight in a bit tighter with your opponent.
Going to need a bigger board
The strong will tree refuses to submit to you boosting it defense.
Looking forward to Shad being declared the first Mormon Crusader.
what a beautiful sword
Website says all the metal is hand finished steel. 395$
It's definitely a pretty sword and the blade seems nice but that hilt seems disproportionate with the durability of the blade. If that section had been put together a bit better I think it would be a really good sword in general. Functional enough to use, tough enough to take a bit of punishment, and nice to look at. It just needs tweaking in the way the hilt is put together.
I would have liked you to have inspected the hilt and determined how easy it is to retighten.
I don't know if this is your cup of tea but, I am very interested in the Battle Of Agincourt fought in France, October 25th, 1415. I am interested in the all aspects including the weapons, the armor and the skills of the English and French forces. Thank you.
I picked up the The Accolade Sword of the Knights Templar
I still think you guys should give it a check to the wood splitting sword
that's not a pommel anymore that's a PUMMEL
Faith Keeper is a good looking sword.
MR is kinda known for their "flex" .....
Loving Tyranth's beard lately
Tyranth's Leonidas beard is really nice ngl ^^
I have the faith keeper dagger I like it but I wonder if the belt for your faith keeper sword is ambidextrous cus I’m a lefty
Next, get a hold of the cloudhammer s5 longsword
I prefer my swords to punish the enemy…fun video as usual