FORGOTTEN WEAPONS! The swords you DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- There are hundreds of types of sword, knife and other historical weapons that you might not have heard of. In this video, we look at a couple of rare, or at least not widely known, swords.
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I wasn't prepared for all the Ian McCollum references, but I love his stuff and would certainly welcome a collaboration at some point.
I’ve got an old what I think, and big emphasis on think here, is a ww2 German machete lying around. I could send you pictures if you’d want to use it for your mystery knife series.
Gun Jesus vs Sword Buddha.
2:33 We were not a colony. Hungary was another main state in the Empire. Especially after 1887 + We had differences with the emperor before (eg. revolution in 1848), but on paper the emperor was a rightful King of Hungary as well through a hereditary connection - a Hungarian viewer
If you're going to do a collaboration with good ol' Gun Jesus, you're going to need a lot more French weapons. lol
Yes please!
Ian: "I sense a disturbance... as if thousands of voices cried out all at once, and then watched a video."
LMAO!
Ha
The last one is what we brazilians call "Terçado"
The "terçado" is a military tool/weapon in the middle ground between a Machete and a Knife, with a cross guard.
From the overwhelming head hair of Ian to the absolute baldness of Matt.
Yin and Yang?
@@scholagladiatoria A collaboration would be absolutely fantastic!
@@TheArchaos Subject suggestions? French bayonets?
@@LamgiMari Bayonets primary, maybe some of the weird shovel/trowel combination. Maybe the pike and shot era, I bet the guy from InrangeTV, whats-his-name, would love that being the black powderhuffer that he is, lovely guy.
@@TheArchaos You mean Karl? Any excuse for him to unload his mighty blunderbuss at something is always welcome!
Austro-Hungarian M1853/89 Pioneer's sabre, I've been planning to do a video on that in the near future aswell comparing it to the M1915. Cheers from Austria!
The maker is Striberny of Vienna, they made all sorts of military swords in the late 19th century.
"Faschinenmesser" It's not that hard to pronounce, even for an "Insloff"
"It cuts, it stabs, it smashes, it bashes, it hammers, it batons logs into planks, and can be used as a plate. The pioneer sword now available by mail order for three easy payments of..."
I know what it is, it's a Space Marine knife.
Guess the flat surface could have a mirror surface to reflect some death ray away.
Maim the Heretic! Purge the Xenos! For the Emperor!
@@Blueswailer BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GROOVE! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL POMMEL!
@@JinKee MILK FOR THE KHORNEFLAKES!
Astartes Opinel
How about -
“The unknown context”
“Obscure context”
“Lost context”
Or “Matt Easton and the search for the lost context of the odd teardrop shaped spank paddle”?
"Context Winners"
"Forgotten context"
Suggestion "The Obscure Armories" "Armamentaria Obscura" to stay with the scholagladiatoria theme
That's not a fuller, THIS is a fuller! (Pulls out Austrian pioneer sword).
You could eat soup out of it
Perhaps it should be a “fullest?”
i have one of this ,, in 1987 the militia confiscate me , becose in romania it.s notaloud to kip historical sword ,evan its found orr is family haritage ...
@@leomarin2205 man, that is rough. What do they think you are going to do with it, start a civil war?
@@hendrikvanleeuwen9110 thay were afride thath :)) no longar come the 89 ..and my sword and the oficcer how take my sword disepiret .. fuck with tham ..
Looks like a decent choppa to me, down right orky dat is.
yaaassss lol
Waaaaaagh!
I was thinking zombie apocalypse.
ogryn
Waaagh!
Normally when I see a "Forgotten Weapons" alert on my TH-cam notifications I thunk guns rather than swords. I guess it all depends on the "Context" 🤣
Think guns, not "thunk" 🤣
Ha, half-asleep me think that Ian finally made a video reviewing a fancy bayonet of some sort, only to realize that i'm on the wrong channel .
My first guess: Is that a bayonet for a cannon??
must be Japanese then
"Drive my cannon closer, I want to see the whites of their eyeballs as they splash on my face!"
@@MidnightSt,
Commissar Fuklaw, is that you?
Seriously, would love to see you do a collaboration with McCollum over at Forgotten Weapons discussing exotic bayonets and 19th century rifles.
Also the changes in tactics in response to weaponry advancement.
Have to be French rifles..
Hey Matt have to start calling you Blade Jesus with all this forgotten stuff.
Maybe something like "Blade Buddha" would be more fit seeing the severe lack of hair
@@Jaggaraz218 you beat me to it😂
I think Skallagrim fits that title more, given his hair and beard.
Tuukka Aaltonen ...you nailed it spot on 😀
@@Jaggaraz218 yeah, all hail the blade Buddha
"Forgotten Weapons" is already taken. Your style of going through history and design is quite similar to Ian's videos and quite engaging. I never thought I would enjoy listening to a discussion of an edged weapon, but I really do. You are rocking it. I literally clicked on this video because I thought it was a collab with Ian...which you should totally do.
That pioneer's sword is really well-designed for field work. It's heavy enough to use as an axe, or a hammer, but as a knife you can also carve with it, whether you're carving wood or the meat on a roast. Seems to me as thick as it is you can even use it like a pry bar. So it replaces all those, AND it's easier to carry in a sheath on your belt or hanging off your pack or something. Impressively utilitarian and compact space-saving design.
Have you ever used a knife as a crow bar ? NO
@@keithbill310do you know context? He said it looks thick enough to use as an pry bar, don't try to compare this to an little knife
@@stefthorman8548well let's not compare any knife to a crowbar, there have been many attempts, but when you really need a crowbar, only a crowbar will do.
"The point is that there is a point. And that is the point." Indeeed
A pointed remark.
@@alexbaumans6493 I could not resist pointing that out.
Script idea for a movie where Ian as Gun Jesus and Matt as Blade Buddha have to save the world from some 17th-18th century threat. Maybe zombie Napoleon. Set in France, so Ian can wear some cool hats.
Matt should totally review that famous russian shovel MPL-50 in context of it being a weapon, curious how it compares to random medival and post medival weapons...
need that clip from The Sopranos where they try to get that spetznaz guy to dig his own grave so they hand him a shovel.
Playlist name suggestion: the Armory Obscura
Armouria Obscuria
Armouria Obscura
Came into this expecting to see Ian McCollum
I am also expecting a video on the bladed tools and weapons of the Elbonia military at some point in the future.
Interestingly you find a similar asymmetric blade form on a lot of 19th Century American corn knives, which were made using methods similar to those used in American pattern scythe blades.
Corn knives! This is the first time I've seen someone outside my family mention the things! Thank you! We used them regularly growing up, for anything you'd use a machete for. Several of the ones we used were stamped "Austria" at the base of the blade.
An area of utility knife-weapons you could also look at is the Gaucho Knives from south America. Mostly common to some parts of Brazil, Uruguay and very popular in Argentina were the cowboys down there used them because of a lack of firearms in the area. You get a real mix of Spanish, German and British produced blades which are typified by local silver smiths ornamenting the handles and sheath to various degrees.
This is why I like your channel Matt - very interesting stuff with sort of "uniquety" wrinkle to it. I think the idea of starting a "Unknown tools/weapons" is a great idea. I think there are lots of jewels out there that are very interesting not only in the design, but also rich in history. Two tools you've shown today are excellent example of that. Keep up the good work!
i love his channel too, I'm a swords lover, since i was a small little child
Thank you Mr Easton for often showing the spines of the blades you share as I have learned a lot more about tapering a knife from your Video's.
Hi guys, thanks for tuning in to another video on Schola Gladiatora. I'm Matt Easton, and today we have a look at a really interesting knife...
I wish I had found your channel sooner. You're very informative and I look forward to watching more
"The point is...that is the point."
I vaguely remembered a video on Haitian machete fighting when you showed that second sword/knife. So my instinct was a machete modified to be a better fighting weapon by someone around the Caribbean.
I had the same thought but Mexican, the guard shape is very similar to Mexican fighting machetes
Here in Brazil, that kind of hook was used by pioneers (bandeirantes) in knifes called "sorocabana", that were made by Solingen and were very common as working knifes.
I can not express quite how much I love your wall. It is magnificent. Every time I watch your videos I end up wanting to watch Sharpe.
The first one was incredibly interesting thank you I learn more and more about swords from this channel its top of the line please have a good day.
Very much reminds me of the bowie knives carried by Glanton's band of scalp-hunters in Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian." They were described as big enough to cut off a man's head, which this one could seemingly do without too much effort.
hello and thank you for tuning in to Forgotten Context, I’m Mian McEaston
I regret to inform you you have violated copyright and trademark of one gun jesus. You have three fortnights to desist, or provide remuneration in the form of obscure French weaponry. Good day Sir.
Remuneration in peculiar hats and headwear might be permissible if obscure French armaments is unfeasible to provide.
Both Gun Jesus and Blade Buddha can coexist in harmony you know ...
@@robertsmith4681 quiet possibly sir, but intellectual property theft is not the best introduction...
@@SonsOfLorgar my mistake in drafting, I forgot to include that alternative election. Prospective drafts will include such language.
very well, my good man.
Pretty good guess on the second one, Matt, but it's clearly the sidearm of a pirate from Neverland, made for cutting through the jungle and battling wild creatures while on the hunt for Lost Boys. The notch is a dead giveaway!
Loved the point about not just having a weapon to have a go at someone else but to defend against local wildlife. I’ve been in Tanzania myself and I know it’s not the scariest of places but you still need to show awareness.
Thank you for covering more forms of what I call " agriculture based self defense tools" on your channel. I appreciate learning about them.
Hahaha it reminds me of the Swiss faschinenmesser and as soon as you fliped it around I was reminded about some other video of you where you mentiond the onesided fuller typical for austria. Love your content keep it up.
Thank you. I always enjoy your videos. I learned a new thing and I appreciate that.
If Lynn Thompson is watching Cold Steel will be coming out with a version of this by October 2021.
Another fascinating topic, well explained, with a lot of savvy physics. Thanks.
cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott
yes, I got the first one right, well not the origin but the category.
Your german was spot on for the Faschinenmesser.
Awww, got really excited for a forgotten weapons collab. You should really consider doing a collab - ww1/2 officer swords, bayonets, melee weapons of the great war could all be potential crossroads between your focuses. He also has a pretty good hat collection.
I really love the Faschinenmesser (pioneers knife). It's the perfect tool for the job - from a bushcraft point of view! The specific form of the blade reminds me of the asymetric edge geometry of a right-handed Behaubeil (carpenters axe) or a Schnitzbeil (sculptor hatchet). These were not used for chopping down trees or splitting wood. They were used to give shape from a round log to a beam with an square diameter.
Pioneers were not only ordered to dig trenches or to build bridges. They were also the ones on the front of a siege to fortify their workspace against cavalry as a counter measure from the opponents. They had to go there (mostly in night time) and build up Spanische Reiter (cheval de frise). To secure smaller spaces (e.g. the space between two Spanische Reiter) you square up pole wood and ram it down.
The geometry of the blade provides the pioneer also an opportunity to dig small post-holes for the poles. Right hand on the hilt, left hand on the backside of the blade with your fingertips in the groove. This should work incredible fast!
I’ve actually seen a lot of American civil war Bowie knives and Arkansas toothpicks that are around the size of that South American machete.
That is one of the most aesthetically pleasing blade designs I've seen. Edit: Must do collab with Ian on bayonets.
I absolutely love that 53 pattern, have never seen a knife like that before! It's like a 76 heavy cav that's been boiled down and condensed into its true, concentrated form.
A very very good video about two very very different knives: a very very heavy one and a very very thin one. I'm very very pleased I watched it. ;)
Fascinating weapon. Thank you.
One day, please do tell the story of how you made the transition from writing and appearing in the Rocky Horror Show to the world of antique arms... :)
Fascinating! Great presentation!
Oooh! Do one on Yataghan sword bayonets! Specifically the Turkish Peabody model. Severely underrated weapons
"Mexican Bowie knives are bigger than Texan ones." Dem's fightin words! 🤣
Make Texas Mexico Again
@@IceniBrave that's a good joke there
i mean during half of the 19th century Texas was Mexico, so perhaps we can say that they both had the biggest knives.
@@Nico96as Texas was only part of Mexico from 1821 to 1836
@@michaelshelton5488 You made me go and look up Texan history, and it seems much more complex and nuanced than i had originally supposed from a quick overview, thanks for pushing me in that direction.
"That's not a knoyf!-uh-actually-yeah-THAT is a knoyf!" Cheers Matt, LOVE these vids, as I've almost entirely burnt out on the repetitive, brain rotting shit on tv, your channel has become a mandatory part of my week. Great job brother!
I love your sword collection as displayed behind you
Yes, the shape of the blade has "tool" written all over it. The profile is very much like a machete, or a "leuku", a big (though usually no more than 30 cm long) knife used in Lapland, though the "leuku" rarely has fullers and the handle is very different. The hook shaped "pommel" is also very tool-like, often seen on things like billhooks.
I love! Really love knowing new forgotten weapons, its so cool i dunno, is like learning what a warhammer or mace is again, i feel like a child learning new stuff
The shape of the tip and thickness of the blade on that first pioneer sword makes me think it would be pretty good at digging too, compared to anything other than a shovel.
Don't bring a knife to a Gun Jesus fight.
Not even a very big knife like that?
It depends on the range... One whack and you'd be truly disarmed...
Matt advances on gun jesus:
th-cam.com/video/fFufoOgCMW8/w-d-xo.html
Its all about timing.. You wait for the attack, till he is reviewing an african poachers zip gun
Maybe a french one.
"The shape of the tip tells you things."
- Captain Context, 2020
@12:52 "The point is... there is a point... and that is the point."
Legendary 😂😂
My suggestion for the playlist: Weapons without context (the unknown weapons of history)
Wait... Forgotten weapons? Is this a hint at a collab with Ian?
If only!
It'd be awesome!
I'm from Hungary and I immediately recognised the pioneer sword. I saw one on a fleamarket once and I was shocked how light it was. The blade is super massive, but so is the fuller which takes away half of the mass of the weapon.
The second "knife" reminds me a lot of the types of backup huge knives (especially the hand guard's shape and the bowie style of the blade) by some Southern troops during the American Civil War, you can find photos of zouaves like the Wheat Tigers or Louisiana regiments. Some of these weapons' guard have this curved leafe shapes and some even have a full guard protecting the hand like a sabre. The shape of the blade really reminds me of the kind of bowie knives (some of which got huge) produced in the South back then. Some blades was even fatter than this one while being half its length. There wasn't any regulation from what I know.
'Hello, this is Ian McCollum, and today I'm here at the Matt Easton auction house, taking a look at a couple of REALLY interesting swords. So what are they? Well, we'll get to that, but first...'
"Now just for anyone who's unfamiliar, swords are like really really long bayonettes that you don't clip to anything. The internal mechanics are REALLY simple, but disassembly can be pretty difficult."
@@johnladuke6475 Ian: First we gotta drive this roll pin out of the pommel to get to the tang. Hmm it seems pretty locked tight in there.
Lockpicking Lawyer: "let me try. little click on one, and it's open."
@@JinKee
Skallagirm: Gimme that pommel!
@@johnladuke6475 shadaversity: well the thing about this pommel is that we only really started seeing them quite late even though they look quite simple there's a lot going on here.
Tod's Workshop: I made one of those. It is for sale on my website. When you compare it to the historical examples in the Tower of London, my reproduction is much more regular and clean in its lines.
French 1816/1831 pattern faux-gladius infantry swords are my favorite weird designs of this period. I don't know how hard it's to get one or how well this idea worked in practice, but they're an interesting take on the subject.
I was expecting Ian, I thought it was a collaboration when I saw the title. Good video all the same despite being disappointed.
Well, I'm a new subscriber, love the content. Huge Ian fan.
Thanks Matt, this old dog is always learning something new from you!!!
The machete reminds me of one of the machetes used in Haitian Fencing. (Tire Machèt.)
are you from Haiti?
I've seen pieces like that here in Chile, they were used as artillery/ engineer machete for bushing, preparing positions and constructing in the battlefield during the second half of the 19th century. I don't kow at this point of the video if that piece was used like that, but here in Chile you find them as I described.
Damn. I'm Austrian and wouldn't have recognized it. However, I did attribute it to pioneers
After World War 3 we will have future M. Easton looking over blades from the 2000's and just going "I have no idea what they were thinking....maybe it looked cool to them?"
Love that second thin knife, I’ll take it wrap it up!!❤
I have an Argentine M1909 artillery short sword which shares several characteristics with the second one here. It has a similar pommel although not as hooked, an S-shaped guard, and a blade of about the same length but narrower and thicker. It's an incredibly useful tool that cuts with considerable authority but isn't too tip-heavy to use as a weapon. There's certainly something to be said for a dual-purpose tool/weapon and it can be done without giving up too much of either. Every weapon involves decisions and often compromises and we can see that here.
Love the idea for this as a new series
The word "pioneer" is interesting in this sort of thing. In the US, we tend to use "pioneer" as a term to refer to people who move into and settle a previously unpopulated or sparsely-populated area. In europe, it seems to refer to war engineers or foresters/rangers.
In the spirit of "letting the Internet name things", this playlist should be dubbed "Swordy McSwordface".
I’d be interested in seeing something about Irish ring swords.
Great video mate.
Forgotten weapons, you mean like half the Oakeshott Typology?
Particularly interested in seeing Oakeshott Type 13s, 13As, 13Bs, Type 19s, Type 20s, and Type 11s. There’s already way too many redundant rehashed videos about Type 10s, Type 12s, Type 15s, and Type 18s. Also Dudgeon daggers, as well as those weird 7th-9th century AD Irish shortswords.
Have you read Carol van Driel-Murray's article on the Leiden scabbard finds? Lots of good stuff on the XII, XIII and XVI.
Hi Matt, probably wont see this, but a suggestion for a forgotten weapon, one that i have just come across and would like to know more about, i understand that i might be in the minority and others may know more about this than me, but the swiss sabre, like the swept hilted ones in the Wallace collection, i hope this is a good suggestion, big fan of the channel and i always enjoy your videos!
his old design of weapon, with a drop point or potentially a centered spear point tip, and a full knuckleduster D guard or hand protection is similar to what I was thinking as a Canadian infantry alternative to the pistol as a back up weapon for their Primary C7 or C7 with grenade launcher rifle. 21 foot rule and all that.
Pioneer's sword .... I like that.
Give it a 20 inch blade, and a D or Stirrup guard, strong enough to not deform if you punch a cinder block to pieces with it.
hey S.G , there is a wakizashi-sword converted from a O-yari blade wich has a tranglar cross-sec one one side and a flat cross-sec on the other (Asymetrical) , you can see on google images. Also str8-bladed and double-edged - so all-in-all ; very very rare for a japanese sword.
Would like to see that
Another suggestion for your obscure weapons playlist would be the Cuban Guanabacoa machete. Not really a machete since the blade is very heavy, and has a cross section kind of like a long single handed katana. They also have a very distinctive grip, with a hooked pommel and deeply scooped out spaces for the fingers, usually (but not always) without a guard. It is a very distinctive type of sword from the Americas, one of few that doesn't have any obvious European origins AFAIK.
great video, about the second knife i think it is mostlikely not from argentina as we have roughly the same shape of kife but normaly much smaller and the guards are considerably thiner, so i would say its most likely from the northern part of south america were biger knifes are more common because they have more rainforests
thanks for this video matt, I really enjoy it, I would like to see more of this "forgotten" knives and swords :) greetings from south america!!
Popping up the glasses to read. Fellow near-sighter here, my Lasik wore out with age and I'm back to glasses beyond arms reach.
I had no idea you have a supplier in Catachan, Matt.
LoL I have that exat same Pioneers knife just different handle. I did not know what it was thinking it was some sort of machete. Found it in old house we had after some old dude. I just kept it by the bed in case some burglar showed up. Now I got this video randomly in recomendations...Thank you TH-cam Algorithm, AND THANK YOU MATT EASTON!
"Can you make me a really huge bowie knife?"
"...why?"
"Because Mexi-CAN!"
Hmmm, an interesting little-known weapon? I'd love to see an in-depth look at a Maori war club, but I can't imagine where you'd ever get access to one that you could show on camera.
There are loads of Swedish fascin knifes (faskinkniv) model 1848 on the market. They where broadly used by the infantry so made in great numbers.
Hi Mr Easton
I will start saying that when compared to you Im a total ignorant in what concerns about antique weapons . That being said, I think that the second sword that you show could have been made out of some kind of spanish saber beacause the style of guard and handle are very similar to some models and also the thicknes of the blade suggest that to me.
Hope this can help
I apologize for my bbad english, Im from Spain
I Love your videos I have learned so much watching you keep up with that good work
Best wishes
As I was thinking of the example of your large Mexican/South American bowie knife, another forgotten weapon from that region would be the Spanish Mexican Espada Ancha short sword with a shell guard or single langet over the blade.
Great video, very interesting!
"The point is that there's a point, and that's the point."
-Matt Easton, 2020.
Also, the moment I saw that first one I thought: "Fascine knife."
9:02 looks like a Falchion.
I am thinking Argentina gaucho knife. Those tip of south america cowboys loved big knives.