Man, that is a thing of beauty, least from a post-apocalyptic view of things. I have an ax I made with an old 12in by 12in sawblade and a pickaxe handle that I use for brush clearing.
Nice video. The axe held up pretty good. The reason it twists you wrist when the alignment isn't right is the forward tilting handle. It extrapolates the twisting force because it's at an angle and not aligned with the axis of the force. Also forward curved handles reduce the centrifugal force (ever so slightly, and perhaps insignificantly) because the tip is closet to the center of motion.
Two minutes in Dmitri mentions the kukri as an example of a weapon with a "bent forward" blade...other examples of bladed weapons working on this principle are the Greek falcata and Egyptian khopesh...the Romans had the sica but it was mainly used by gladiators. Among the Native Americans there were ball-headed war clubs that used the same principle...while it could be used to reach over a shield the primary reason for this shape was to make use of centrifugal force to maximize the power of a swing.
@@NuclearSnailStudios There's more to a swing than just gravity, otherwise you're simply dropping an object on someone's head. To use an example from school, think of a bucket full of water being swung on a rope...once the force of gravity is overcome, rather than the water dumping out the water is pressed towards the bottom of the bucket by centrifugal force as it spins. Of course, since you have to do this with more force than gravity, this also works to make the water "heavier"...instead of, say, 1G, if you're swinging it enough it might be 5Gs...if someone happens to get in front of it they won't just be getting hit with, say, 1kg of water, they're getting walloped by 5kg of force from 1kg of water. (Ouch!) Of course, since enough energy is being used to overcome gravity's "downward" pull, this means an object can be swung along any plane...in this case we're merely substituting an axe head for the bucket, and the haft for the rope. As for why the bent haft (or, in the swords, bent blade) adds power is that, when held, is already "trying" to be off-balance...it "wants" to fall forward and find a nice head to land on. I have a Cold Steel ball-headed war club that messes with this principle...not only does it naturally pull forward when held, it's smooth polypropylene handle is sometimes hard to keep a good grip on; until I get some grip tape and a wrist thong on it it's not looking for a skull to crush, with a full swing it might fly out of my hand and go on vacation to Hawaii.
Not a bad design, and the forward cant of the blade mostly aids in the ability to sense the edge alignment! Does give a bit better angle of incidence past a guard, but making good contact with the edge, and the angle of the strike is most important!
The design looks good and agressive, but when designing a melee weapon, I would try to not reinvent the wheel in some way ^^' I mean I am certainly not going to do a better job designing a weapon than more than 7 thousand year of civilisation trying to make the best weapon to destroy one another ^^'. So for the optimal melee post apo weapon, I would look for what were the last mainly used melee weapon in warfare.... nowadays it's the knife because it's smaller, less balky and lighter, so it does not bother the soldier when he is using is firearm. But if we go for a scenario where firearm became realy rare because of ammo shortage, then the saber is the way to go, as it's lighter than an axe, more nible, it can also go around a shield and cut with the false edge (recent scholagladiatoria video about it btw), But it require a proper training and a lot of maintenance... and maintenance is crucial in most (to not say all) post apo scenario... in some ways the machete falls under those same arguments as well, however, it seems to work well for nowadays africans warlords, so a machete would be better as a post apo melee weapon. But, do you, in a post apo scenario, want to carry a thing that only have one purpose or an item that can answer to many tasks you might have to do... for me not that much as it would just make all your equipement heavier and mobility, in most post apo scenario is also crucial, even if you have a great stabilized community with walls and all.... if the unfriendly neighbour attacks you... and you have to run away fast.... too much weight could mean your death.... So we have to go down to the hatchet or the tomahawk... you can also go to the club/mace like in trench warfare or the shovel even... but this were weapon made on the field as the soldier were not issued better melee weapon. So hatchets/tomahawks are pretty much the way to go... and tilting the handle forward can help when used as a weapon. So you made quite a good idea for a weapon that would be good in most post apo scenarios (where guns are out of the question of course) but I think it would be better with a straight edge... as maintenance would be a lot easier ... but you would loose a lot of the agressive look that is actualy not a factor to minimalize in a fight... So did I argue with myself and defeat the point I made in the begining about not reinventing the wheel... .... I guess I did XD
Man, that is a thing of beauty, least from a post-apocalyptic view of things. I have an ax I made with an old 12in by 12in sawblade and a pickaxe handle that I use for brush clearing.
Just when you’re working on your own snail inspired clothing he uploads a new video!
Nice video. The axe held up pretty good. The reason it twists you wrist when the alignment isn't right is the forward tilting handle. It extrapolates the twisting force because it's at an angle and not aligned with the axis of the force. Also forward curved handles reduce the centrifugal force (ever so slightly, and perhaps insignificantly) because the tip is closet to the center of motion.
Two minutes in Dmitri mentions the kukri as an example of a weapon with a "bent forward" blade...other examples of bladed weapons working on this principle are the Greek falcata and Egyptian khopesh...the Romans had the sica but it was mainly used by gladiators. Among the Native Americans there were ball-headed war clubs that used the same principle...while it could be used to reach over a shield the primary reason for this shape was to make use of centrifugal force to maximize the power of a swing.
yeah thos4 weapons do come to mind too, didnt list em all. now you did :)
but CENTRIFUGAL force? how/why/WTF?
@@NuclearSnailStudios There's more to a swing than just gravity, otherwise you're simply dropping an object on someone's head. To use an example from school, think of a bucket full of water being swung on a rope...once the force of gravity is overcome, rather than the water dumping out the water is pressed towards the bottom of the bucket by centrifugal force as it spins. Of course, since you have to do this with more force than gravity, this also works to make the water "heavier"...instead of, say, 1G, if you're swinging it enough it might be 5Gs...if someone happens to get in front of it they won't just be getting hit with, say, 1kg of water, they're getting walloped by 5kg of force from 1kg of water. (Ouch!) Of course, since enough energy is being used to overcome gravity's "downward" pull, this means an object can be swung along any plane...in this case we're merely substituting an axe head for the bucket, and the haft for the rope. As for why the bent haft (or, in the swords, bent blade) adds power is that, when held, is already "trying" to be off-balance...it "wants" to fall forward and find a nice head to land on. I have a Cold Steel ball-headed war club that messes with this principle...not only does it naturally pull forward when held, it's smooth polypropylene handle is sometimes hard to keep a good grip on; until I get some grip tape and a wrist thong on it it's not looking for a skull to crush, with a full swing it might fly out of my hand and go on vacation to Hawaii.
Well designed onion cutter ^^
Not a bad design, and the forward cant of the blade mostly aids in the ability to sense the edge alignment! Does give a bit better angle of incidence past a guard, but making good contact with the edge, and the angle of the strike is most important!
The angled design probably increases speed.
Sehr cool 😎. Hätte nicht gedacht, dass die Axt so gut funktioniert
Your onion killing skills are remarkable :D
The design looks good and agressive, but when designing a melee weapon, I would try to not reinvent the wheel in some way ^^' I mean I am certainly not going to do a better job designing a weapon than more than 7 thousand year of civilisation trying to make the best weapon to destroy one another ^^'.
So for the optimal melee post apo weapon, I would look for what were the last mainly used melee weapon in warfare.... nowadays it's the knife because it's smaller, less balky and lighter, so it does not bother the soldier when he is using is firearm. But if we go for a scenario where firearm became realy rare because of ammo shortage, then the saber is the way to go, as it's lighter than an axe, more nible, it can also go around a shield and cut with the false edge (recent scholagladiatoria video about it btw), But it require a proper training and a lot of maintenance... and maintenance is crucial in most (to not say all) post apo scenario... in some ways the machete falls under those same arguments as well, however, it seems to work well for nowadays africans warlords, so a machete would be better as a post apo melee weapon. But, do you, in a post apo scenario, want to carry a thing that only have one purpose or an item that can answer to many tasks you might have to do... for me not that much as it would just make all your equipement heavier and mobility, in most post apo scenario is also crucial, even if you have a great stabilized community with walls and all.... if the unfriendly neighbour attacks you... and you have to run away fast.... too much weight could mean your death....
So we have to go down to the hatchet or the tomahawk... you can also go to the club/mace like in trench warfare or the shovel even... but this were weapon made on the field as the soldier were not issued better melee weapon. So hatchets/tomahawks are pretty much the way to go... and tilting the handle forward can help when used as a weapon. So you made quite a good idea for a weapon that would be good in most post apo scenarios (where guns are out of the question of course) but I think it would be better with a straight edge... as maintenance would be a lot easier ... but you would loose a lot of the agressive look that is actualy not a factor to minimalize in a fight...
So did I argue with myself and defeat the point I made in the begining about not reinventing the wheel... .... I guess I did XD
The best post apo crafter in the world :D
very similar to tomahawks in function. far better looking too :D
Hmm nice
Looks great
thanks!
@@NuclearSnailStudios maybe a guide on how to make it yourself?
SO RAD.
Eyyyyy hi dmitri
hello! :)
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