Neither, the hammer, no armor can truly protect against a hammer, sword if you stab can get stuck, axe can get stuck aswell, thus the hammer that can make someone collapse is the best
Not true i do axe sports theres pleanty of ways to make them safe axe throwing has as much danger as archery your releasing a potentally lethal projectile hell have you seen javling they have people in the feild where the javlin is thrown and its hit people
I love that on the wall behind him you have a katana and an axe and what I believe is a butcher knife and what is most visible, the ultimate weapon… COMBAT CROWBAR!
Not to be that guy, but I think the corrext term is shaft. Hilt is more of a sword thing. That being said, shaft can also be used for poles, so maybe there's a better term for an axe handle. Maybe just handle.
@@trufflesufflephatboy3437you can still use it for almost anyrhing an axe is a knife a hammer an axe depending on how inventive a shovel and pickaxe and even fucking screwdriver (I've used one for all these lol)
I like the inherent intimidation factor of the axe, plus the weighty impact is pretty nice to have as well. That and an axe doesn't really need to be particularly sharp to be useful.
@@ekamandalaputra5517eah, but it’s more difficult, and it still isn’t quite as good as most swords, unless you’re willing to compromise greatly on durability
The best weapon is the one that best fits the kind of damage you're trying to do and the armor your opponent is wearing. The only (sort of) universally best weapon is a polearm, or a gun.
I remember going to a medieval themed night at a bar, and before a band played they had a medieval fight with axes and in armour. Coolest shit I've ever seen.
The solution is simple. Make the guard an axe head, and use a locking mechanism to either keep the sword in the seathe to use the sheathe as a handle, or stick the sheathe on a pommel to make a spear.
I love axes more than swords personally and i know that even my buddies that would fight in full plate got nervous around axes even when blunted. It not that you can smash through the plates or anything its the fear of getting hit in one places like joints that arent as well protected because even a blunt axe can crack bones if you are hit hard enough
The nice thing about using an axe as a main close combat weapon is that it can also be used as a tool for felling small trees (or big ones depending on the axe)
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@@fransthefox9682 you can use the spear as support extending your arm to the ground almost like a 3rd leg,which will help with carrying equipment over longer distances
I wouldn't say "lifetime of training." About a week is enough to get proficient with it as a military sidearm. And Napoleonic campaigners did set up their camps with their sabers. Lower end for camp work, upper end for war work.
Keep in mind that smashing an axe into hardened steel plate is going to generate stress risers and break your blade after a couple of swings. Unless you're fighting with a splitting maul made of mild steel, your best bet against armor is usually going to be some form of hammer.
The only thing you can't do with an axe that you can do with a sword is poke... they are equally as useful considering you can disarm or even snap a blade with an axe
I like to imagine axes as throwing weapon for heavy infantry before the clash, they're less cumbersome to throw than pilum/javelin when you're fully weighted down by the armor.
For my fellow D&D nerds: this is why the greatsword deals 2d6 damage due to better manueverability and consistency. Whereas the Greataxe deals 1d12 due to greater chance of landing both high damage blows and glancing hits.
I would go with axe. Since axe practically served as multi tool. Cheap and simple. It heavy weight in front mainly to chop tree, armor or can be acting as a hammer if needed or throwing. Also it more compact in narrow area combat.
Swords have a bigger learning curve which is why a lot of people in history used axes as they're a lot easier to wield, they have no real thrusting capabilities though whereas a sword and shield tend to trump an axe generally speaking.
Honestly, I feel like I found a nice, easy way to wear a smaller axe provided that the ax is the size of your forearm, like a tomahawk, or a hatchet shove it into your belt or into your pants or even your shorts whatever you’re wearing ideally, it’s a little stretchy like sweats don’t have the blade facing forward, rather have the blade facing behind you against your buttocks and you can draw easily if you hook your finger underneath the blade and draw it like a gun and while you’re in the middle of the motion you can just wrap your fingers around the handle. It takes a little practice, but so does quick drawing anything.
Axes are easy to learn, small point of impact with a lot of energy being displaced. Not to mention extremely maneuverable in close quarters if you know what you’re doing. At the end of the day it’s all about your fighting style
Side arm? Sword, for sure. Whilst the tool uses and leverage of an axe are upsides for sure. Any situation where you're drawing a sidearm is a very bad day - and to that end a sword is more likely to keep you alive. A weapon that you pick up knowing that your destination is violence and that you'll have at the ready with both hands occupied? An axe. When paired with a shield and friends short weapons (notably spatha) have been known to be equal to long ones - coupled with the ability to displace weapons/shields with the hook, the sheer impact force, and the relative cost - it's hard to justify a sword for anything other than cultural reasons. When on the end of a long stick - you've basically got yourself a lightweight halberd. The shape of the head might change between cultures - however 'stick with a bladed hook on the end' was a staple in militaries for a reason.
I feel like swords are the Jack of all trade kinda weapon it can be used as a axe or a mace or a spear if you hold it right, it will always be worse then those at those tasks but it can do it and worn easily
Whilst axes are more accessible, swords are easier to use both for the purpose of violence and for ergonomics. Since axes whilst there are ones specialised for combat are original designed to chop wood, like every thing heavy and sharp an axe works to Hurt things a sword is just better given it having all the weight near your hand rather then at the head of the weapon and the fact swords have a lot more cutting edge
I'd say axes are more versatile since they can chop down trees along with being usable as a weapon, however I prefer swords because it relies less on powerful strikes and more on parrying and thrusting
Chop wood for 5 minutes and you can probably write in perfect cursive if you tape a pen to the axe, Axes are nowhere near sluggish unless your biceps are the size of slugs. I’m a skinny dude but I have no problem terrorizing trees for fire wood.
Fun fact: the sanguinary guard of the blood angels chapter in warhammer 40k have access to both power axes and power swords. Reason is for what’s listed above. They also have a reputation of being the nasties deepstrike unit in the blood angels’ army list thanks to their powerful ranged and melee weapons. They also have jump packs which means they can and will fly to a new target if they annihilate their target.
@@yeetingpotato2934 there’s at least one of them in every blood angels successor chapter. They’re often the honor guard of the chapter master or charged with protection of a person as a sign of goodwill. So yes there’s likely sanguinary guard amongst the ranks of the lamenters.
Would it make sense for someone to carry multiple weapons during the time periods that these weapons were prevalent? For instance a knight preferring to use a long sword carried on his back, but also carrying a short sword or dagger for a rapid equip, and in use with shields, and then ontop of that an axe to be used in the offhand if more effective than a two handed grip and for dealing with armoured opponents easier? Or is this just a big pipe dream? Edit:typo
I'd go with axe little to no training needed. Simple yet powerful maneuvers. And alot more added utility. Not to mention an axe head is more durable than a sword blade. Swords tend to break twords the middle of the blade. axes break at the middle of the wooden shaft but wood isn't hard to find and even then you'd still have an axe head to use to make another shaft or improvised spear till you get another weapon
Ok as far as arming someone against a threat an axe is going to be the better option as you dont have to think about edge alignment when swinging it at someone or something its intuitive, where as a sword is a bit more advanced sure it has better range but range is wasted on someone if they dont know how to use the ittem
Axe gang or sword gang?
Axe gang the wallet is the ultimate decider in which weapons good
Neither, the hammer, no armor can truly protect against a hammer, sword if you stab can get stuck, axe can get stuck aswell, thus the hammer that can make someone collapse is the best
Spear gang (pointy stick, for the ones on budget like me)
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Axe on right, sword on left, i have more dexterity in my left, and more strength in my right
“No axe sports” because they’re just too difficult to make safe is something I’d never considered
Same with polearms.
There definitely are a few, but not many and nowhere near as popular.
If you try to make an axe safe you will just end up with a hammer at that point
And that isn't exactly safer
Basically they don't know when to stop being a weapon.
Polearms, long sticks, axes, maces, and war hammers.
Not true i do axe sports theres pleanty of ways to make them safe axe throwing has as much danger as archery your releasing a potentally lethal projectile hell have you seen javling they have people in the feild where the javlin is thrown and its hit people
@@alexanderwetherell4779 any tips?
Axes are also easier to learn and use, and they’re cheaper. Good for sending a huge army out with them.
Spears are better for large armies
@@Therogueone2103axes as sidearms make sense.
@@hookedblades6471both, both is good
@@Soul_404. this is the way
@@Soul_404. The Vikings certainly thought so.
I love that on the wall behind him you have a katana and an axe and what I believe is a butcher knife and what is most visible, the ultimate weapon… COMBAT CROWBAR!
It works....quite well.
I bet it’s good against headcrabs and other Xen creatures.
Ii didnt see a butchers knife, I saw what looks like a machete and a small hatchet.
Hold that axe at the top of the hilt with your fingers hidden under the blade and you can deflect and cut while you punch
Yup
Not to be that guy, but I think the corrext term is shaft. Hilt is more of a sword thing. That being said, shaft can also be used for poles, so maybe there's a better term for an axe handle. Maybe just handle.
@@voicermmi Well, precisely to be that guy, the only intermediary for "hilt" and "shaft" I can think of that isn't handle would be haft.
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Very true (and very cool) but probably not worth the loss of reach.
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Spear gang =cheap shitty poleaxe
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Shields are better
Halbeard time
Potato
As a medieval peasant, I would prefer the axe since I probably couldn't afford a sword.
And the many ways to utilise it for almost everything you'd need to back then
@@trufflesufflephatboy3437you can still use it for almost anyrhing an axe is a knife a hammer an axe depending on how inventive a shovel and pickaxe and even fucking screwdriver (I've used one for all these lol)
@@Thomas-hz8vb hahaha love it bro, I actually believe that
Depends if you're a peasant before or after the black death.
@@kevinf8439 be an pre crap time to be alive I reckon
Both have their strengths and weaknesses, so it depends on what you like, sword for more of the swift maneuverability or axe for the crunchy impact
Also the type of sword and axe can play affect also since diffrent axes and swords work differently.
Solution: carry one of each. 😜
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I like the inherent intimidation factor of the axe, plus the weighty impact is pretty nice to have as well.
That and an axe doesn't really need to be particularly sharp to be useful.
Axe also much older than sword. And they're cheaper and not too complicated to make. I think? I know nothing about blacksmithing tho 😢
They are less finicky
@@MarcusVance yeah. But can you put pointy blade on the top of the axe so they can thrust?
@@ekamandalaputra5517i answer your question with another question; why stop at only a pointy bit at the end to poke people with? Just go full halberd
@@ekamandalaputra5517eah, but it’s more difficult, and it still isn’t quite as good as most swords, unless you’re willing to compromise greatly on durability
@@ekamandalaputra5517 halberds.
The best weapon is the one that best fits the kind of damage you're trying to do and the armor your opponent is wearing.
The only (sort of) universally best weapon is a polearm, or a gun.
I remember going to a medieval themed night at a bar, and before a band played they had a medieval fight with axes and in armour. Coolest shit I've ever seen.
Where do you get your swords? Is there anywhere in the UK i can get stuff like that, cause they’re cool
Check out kult of Athena. I don't kniw their international shipping details, though.
The solution is simple. Make the guard an axe head, and use a locking mechanism to either keep the sword in the seathe to use the sheathe as a handle, or stick the sheathe on a pommel to make a spear.
Nowadays axes are easier to get as they’re considered tools unlike swords, which are considered weapons
At the end of the day, it would come down to who was more skilled and who wanted to live more. Love your videos🤙
I love axes more than swords personally and i know that even my buddies that would fight in full plate got nervous around axes even when blunted. It not that you can smash through the plates or anything its the fear of getting hit in one places like joints that arent as well protected because even a blunt axe can crack bones if you are hit hard enough
Long sharp stick go brrrrrrrr
The nice thing about using an axe as a main close combat weapon is that it can also be used as a tool for felling small trees (or big ones depending on the axe)
Mace: how cute
Wood Club: Unga Bunga?
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Swords are best at being swords
Axes are best at being axes
The spear is still superior to all
The shield is the real king of melee combat
The spear is inconvenient to carry in your everyday life, which is a point almost everyone ignores.
@@fransthefox9682 do you edc a sword/axe?
@@mrmelon728 No, but that's not the point.
@@fransthefox9682 you can use the spear as support extending your arm to the ground almost like a 3rd leg,which will help with carrying equipment over longer distances
One is super expensive and requires a lifetime of training. Also, have you ever tried setting up camp with a sword?
Chopping wood with a dedicated war axe isn't a massive improvement. Their blades are very thin and light. Unlike a traditional hatchet say.
I wouldn't say "lifetime of training." About a week is enough to get proficient with it as a military sidearm.
And Napoleonic campaigners did set up their camps with their sabers. Lower end for camp work, upper end for war work.
None is better only works if you don’t want to anger anyone. A real comparison always happens inside a scenario, in which you can get a clear winner.
A sword with an double axe head solves this dilemma… next!
Keep in mind that smashing an axe into hardened steel plate is going to generate stress risers and break your blade after a couple of swings. Unless you're fighting with a splitting maul made of mild steel, your best bet against armor is usually going to be some form of hammer.
if I was a medieval peasant with little to no combat training I'd rather have an axe than an arming sword
It’s all about the skill of the user.
The only thing you can't do with an axe that you can do with a sword is poke... they are equally as useful considering you can disarm or even snap a blade with an axe
You can thrust with an axe, some even had a spike.
Imagine vikings just throw axes when the battle starts and just use their hidden axe once they broke their spear that'll pretty hilarious
I like to imagine axes as throwing weapon for heavy infantry before the clash, they're less cumbersome to throw than pilum/javelin when you're fully weighted down by the armor.
Plus you can put a pointy bit on the head of an axe and now you've got a perfectly good thrusting weapon as well.
All I’m gonna say, is there’s a reason polearms were so popular back when wars were fought in melee combat…and it’s not just because they were cheaper
Carry both, embrace your inner barbarian
Axe gang. Axes not only serve well as a weapon, but axes have good function for things outside battle
Mace gang, bonk em to death, doesn't matter what you wear, no one stands against bonks forever.
Concealed carry sword. "Is that a snake in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" "No, it's my concealed carry longsword."
Specific weapon for specific job but always remember the spear is the king of battle
*whips out arquebus*
That is why I always carry my self defence halberd
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And the a British guy camed in With a flintlock and THE END
Where is my long pointy stick? Galve, i like galves.
Axe can also be a good whacking stick, with the axehead being a good weight to allow for big ouch without turning everything red.
Axes are also a great tool and are probably more concealable
Honestly axes are so cool looking. There’s no other reason why I like axes more than swords.
For my fellow D&D nerds: this is why the greatsword deals 2d6 damage due to better manueverability and consistency. Whereas the Greataxe deals 1d12 due to greater chance of landing both high damage blows and glancing hits.
I would go with axe. Since axe practically served as multi tool. Cheap and simple. It heavy weight in front mainly to chop tree, armor or can be acting as a hammer if needed or throwing. Also it more compact in narrow area combat.
If you have a cutting wood axe, then you have a very top heavy tool not good for throwing and not good for moving quickly in a fight.
Your can hook limbs and choke up on the axe and use it like brass buckles in grappling
The answer is the spaxe, the beautiful chimaera created when instead of quiilions or a guard you use two axe heads
That an axes have practical use outside of combat. Hence why raiders preferred them.
Swords have a bigger learning curve which is why a lot of people in history used axes as they're a lot easier to wield, they have no real thrusting capabilities though whereas a sword and shield tend to trump an axe generally speaking.
Swords were for them rich folk! So much metal!
Bearded axe with a pointed end. Use the beard to gain control of the sword, and then stab with the point
Honestly, I feel like I found a nice, easy way to wear a smaller axe provided that the ax is the size of your forearm, like a tomahawk, or a hatchet shove it into your belt or into your pants or even your shorts whatever you’re wearing ideally, it’s a little stretchy like sweats don’t have the blade facing forward, rather have the blade facing behind you against your buttocks and you can draw easily if you hook your finger underneath the blade and draw it like a gun and while you’re in the middle of the motion you can just wrap your fingers around the handle. It takes a little practice, but so does quick drawing anything.
Two weapons for different scenarios
Swords and an axes worthless when you have a gun.- Sun Tzu
"Parry this, you peasant"
Seems like completely different tools for completely different tasks
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Axes are easy to learn, small point of impact with a lot of energy being displaced. Not to mention extremely maneuverable in close quarters if you know what you’re doing. At the end of the day it’s all about your fighting style
Side arm? Sword, for sure. Whilst the tool uses and leverage of an axe are upsides for sure. Any situation where you're drawing a sidearm is a very bad day - and to that end a sword is more likely to keep you alive.
A weapon that you pick up knowing that your destination is violence and that you'll have at the ready with both hands occupied? An axe.
When paired with a shield and friends short weapons (notably spatha) have been known to be equal to long ones - coupled with the ability to displace weapons/shields with the hook, the sheer impact force, and the relative cost - it's hard to justify a sword for anything other than cultural reasons.
When on the end of a long stick - you've basically got yourself a lightweight halberd. The shape of the head might change between cultures - however 'stick with a bladed hook on the end' was a staple in militaries for a reason.
Axes may be better at damaging armor but there is a technique called half swording to get the same effect
any chance you could draw up a design for something with the best of both worlds?
Here the thing, you can get a good axe much cheaper than you can get a good sword.
I'm going for an ax any day of the week
I feel like swords are the Jack of all trade kinda weapon it can be used as a axe or a mace or a spear if you hold it right, it will always be worse then those at those tasks but it can do it and worn easily
One may not be inherently better than the other. However I can tell you which one I’d rather have in a duel.
Big axe = Big ouchie
Whilst axes are more accessible, swords are easier to use both for the purpose of violence and for ergonomics. Since axes whilst there are ones specialised for combat are original designed to chop wood, like every thing heavy and sharp an axe works to Hurt things a sword is just better given it having all the weight near your hand rather then at the head of the weapon and the fact swords have a lot more cutting edge
I'd say axes are more versatile since they can chop down trees along with being usable as a weapon, however I prefer swords because it relies less on powerful strikes and more on parrying and thrusting
Chop wood for 5 minutes and you can probably write in perfect cursive if you tape a pen to the axe, Axes are nowhere near sluggish unless your biceps are the size of slugs. I’m a skinny dude but I have no problem terrorizing trees for fire wood.
Basicly sword is hollow point and axe is FMJ of medival combat?
Need a spike on the back of that axe
Axes also have more tool versatility depending on the environment you're in
Fun fact: the sanguinary guard of the blood angels chapter in warhammer 40k have access to both power axes and power swords. Reason is for what’s listed above. They also have a reputation of being the nasties deepstrike unit in the blood angels’ army list thanks to their powerful ranged and melee weapons. They also have jump packs which means they can and will fly to a new target if they annihilate their target.
Good to see another 40k nerd here. Does this also apply to the lamenters since they are a blood angels successor?
@@yeetingpotato2934 there’s at least one of them in every blood angels successor chapter. They’re often the honor guard of the chapter master or charged with protection of a person as a sign of goodwill. So yes there’s likely sanguinary guard amongst the ranks of the lamenters.
@@slyllamademon2652 good to know that i can add power axes to my lamenter minis when i start collecting them in 2043
Axes better against armor as well.
Would it make sense for someone to carry multiple weapons during the time periods that these weapons were prevalent? For instance a knight preferring to use a long sword carried on his back, but also carrying a short sword or dagger for a rapid equip, and in use with shields, and then ontop of that an axe to be used in the offhand if more effective than a two handed grip and for dealing with armoured opponents easier? Or is this just a big pipe dream?
Edit:typo
Rarely if ever did *anyone* in general had swords on their backs while sheathed. Exceptions being cosplay stuff of course
Now do sword vs katana
Throw the axe, what they gonna do, Block it?
Axe just axe nothing but axe it's the greatest tool of all time axe
was that a sword?
or i am just happy to see you?
I'd go with axe little to no training needed. Simple yet powerful maneuvers. And alot more added utility. Not to mention an axe head is more durable than a sword blade. Swords tend to break twords the middle of the blade. axes break at the middle of the wooden shaft but wood isn't hard to find and even then you'd still have an axe head to use to make another shaft or improvised spear till you get another weapon
please give your opinion about Kamen Rider Weaponry. Especially Kamen Rider Ruyki Series
Are we playing sword, axe, Glock again?
Just depends on what you are fighting and personal preference. Both are good for their own purposes, but the sword is more versatile.
Use the axe to pull down their shield and use the pointy end of the sword to poke the enemy.
Axe is good for a single target. Swords are good for multiple enemies, especially if you enchant it with a sweeping edge.
The spear.
So basically swords are more balanced between offense and defense, and axes are more on the offense. Pretty neat stuff.
Axe v. swords but guns will win every time
Forward weight isn’t a detriment to the axe if that’s what you were trying to get at…
If you had an unbreakable metal what sword would you make with it
So we aint gonna realiz about that blade that used to make the edging off a lawn?
I would want one spear one sword and one axe honestly
I was watching Minecraft PvP sword vs axe-
Ok as far as arming someone against a threat an axe is going to be the better option as you dont have to think about edge alignment when swinging it at someone or something its intuitive, where as a sword is a bit more advanced sure it has better range but range is wasted on someone if they dont know how to use the ittem
Peasant pitchfork gang
Easier and cheaper to train peasants with axes and spears with shields as both weapons require less iron or steel and are mostly wood
Now do hammers
-dwarf