Hi All, I am away with bad reception so only moments to answer so just to say great to see Matt and do some videos with him. Thanks for all the great questions and comments and watch out for more videos. Thanks Matt! Tod
Well, Tod says "We dont know", by which he implies that nobody knows it, simply because there is no information about it. So he isnt actually all that humble by saying this, because he doesnt admit that he doesnt know it, but rather says that it is not known. Regardless I still think that he does admit it if he isnt able to do something...for example the thing with the forge welding of a tube.
My college history teachers really knew TOO MUCH. If you ask something in their field, of course. But of course you can't compare specialists with enthusiasts.
No need for cats to worry :-) Everyone has heard of Spit Dogs but Spit Cats? Never! Cats are way to clever to work for a living. Trust me I have owned both ha ha ha
@@shorewall That is certainly a possibility but while my dog spend all his energy trying to keep me happy, my cat spends all his energy making me make him happy :-)
It was very interesting to learn that some "all-steel" flanged maces have wooden cores. Makes sense in hindsight, but it never occurred to me that that might be the case. Good stuff!
@@melonenstrauch1306 could explain why whiny the 💩 from china has a full head of hair , he's a fool ,but that's china for you , please sapport local crafts people and producer's , and please stop buying made in China as much as possible
I love how the horse mounted crank winded (cant spell it properly in German with a few beers in my belly) crossbow are so well represented in Wheel of Time but in a subtle way that barely grabs most readers attention.
Matt and Tod are on a very short list of my favorite people on here. They've both given soo much time teaching us, and provoking thought. Since I started watching Matt like seven years ago, my whole understanding of old weapons and combat, as well as the history surrounding each of them is so completely different than anything I thought before. For those of us in the long time club, just consider how much your understanding has changed and grown since finding Matt and Tod. Not to mention the combined thousands of hours of helping us pass the time in such an enriching way.
@ 26:57 - *Your professional humility, is something to be admired, Tod.* You achieve that split second grinding technique taking only fractions of a second to observe, assess, and act - the same way quarterbacks throw a football to a running receiver in the endzone... *you have an extraordinary level of skill.*
I had a genuinely good time trying to figure out what the original was based on the video. I was like...hmm that sounded Slavic...was that Czech, Polish maybe? So glad I found this comment to resolve that mystery :)
As a Czech speaker, i think i have a decent idea how to pronounce your name. Its Polish, isnt it? It would be Noční Jestřáb in Czech. Edit: It reminded me of Cs Source, as the deagle was called the night hawk in the game.
There is something hipnotizing about tapping a screw hole. It's quite literally boring, but suddenly having a way to fit two pieces of metal together is actually really rewarding somehow.
For Matt, with the nose to the grindstone quote. You need to check out knife grinders in Sheffield in the 19th century. Basically a saddle next to a grindstone head right over the work. Stones did occasionally explode and was considered unlucky if it didn't kill you outright as you'd suffer for longer.
On the topic of dog powered equipment, there was a breed of dog specifically for turning spits in the kitchen. It's considered a lost breed now because once that job was done they stop breeding them.
I was just going to mention that. From illustration I've seen they seem to look like Jack Russell terrier. But that could just be that little dogs look similar 🤔
@@SuperOtter13 It looks like they were similar, but more pug nosed with slightly longer forms to better fit the spit wheel. They were supposedly an ugly breed and only used in older kitchens where draft powered spits could not be installed. Interestingly I also looked up the German medieval smithy dogs, they ran on similar wheels to turn bellows or smoke fans. Neat bit of technology and animal power combinations.
In Poland we had very popular unit called "rota strzelcza"-shooters regiment, it consisted of mounted crossbowmen rather lightly armoured(cuirass, chainmail, open helmet, light arms armor and some side arm) and lancers - man at arms with heavy armor but not armoured horses. Ratio of crossbowmen to lancers was 3:1 in early 15th century battle of Grunwald time 1410, they were increasing numbers of crossbowmen over time and it was about 5:1 at second half of 15th when we waged second war with Teutonic Order(13 years war 1454-1466) or fighting with Ottomans like battle of Varna in 1444.
As aeronautical tech, having never used a drill tap I can only imagine the more work I'd have to do if other people were authorized to use them for quick fixes. We still gotta use the 3/4 turn forward half turn back method.... technically...
@@Adam_okaay Drill taps are for sheet metal only, thin enough that you'd tapped the whole thing before needing to turn back, any thicker you'd be snapping them left and right
Fabulous to actually see two youtubers working together after a year of COVID enforced solitude. I also look forward to seeing both of you out an about in the landscape again. Yes Tod already tested the range of his 850lb crossbow but I trust Matt will soon be back actively teaching HEMA again
I'm pretty sure that I saw in Caesar's Commentary's that a large Arche ballista was used as a weapon from the ground against battlements and also mounted on battlements firing outwards.
It seems like they started for protection then used for show like a person looking for that key collector comic. Then lost with time until a person comes and recreates these historic beauties. Thank you Tod.
I am looking forward to Tod and Jason's crossbow series. They tend to talk about thinks that I haven't even thought about in the past, and then I am hooked. Especially since Jason does a lot of horse back things, and seems to be the only big hema channel doing that.
I can imagine brazed connections to be strong enough. Even soldierd copper connections are pretty strong. (stronger than the copper itself). First year in engineering school at age 14 (long ago) we learned to soldier. (mainly for electronic purposes, but one has to start somewhere) The first try were two thin sheets of copper (in my memory they were like 100x15x1 mm) that overlapped for around 4 cm . After finishing and cooling down, one side was put into a vise and the teacher would take some pliers and try to rip it apart. When done right, the copper would break long before the soldiered connection.
you guys did not mention the scraper when talking about fullers. The scraper is that stick they are using in the picture and it is still used today in traditional sword making.
I'm glad you mentioned it. I'm a swordsmith and like to see how well things can be done by hand. Having recently made a sen scraper I find that it's almost half as fast to use as a coarse grit on a belt sander!
@@jakeeasterday1663 ahhh a sen scraper, is that it’s name ? I could not think of its name and realized I had only heard it referred to as a scraper. I know now they are made of very hard metal but I wonder if they used flint sometimes and that’s why matt thinks it’s a stone on the scraper? Scraping with flint may be just as effective, it does do a number on steel. Do they call the action, hogging out the fuller ? That seems to be on the tip of my tongue.
@@andrewsock6203 flint is unpredictable and jagged enough in knapping to make it ineffective for a scraper, especially considering that the same sharp edge it's known for is nearly impossible to match by abrasion. If it were possible, it would make amazing work of it, almost like whittling. Using a scraper and then files is done before heat treating, after the steel is softened as much as possible, while the sen is hardened as much as possible. Aftet the quench, only a good sandstone and clay are needed to finish it off! The sen is the Japanese name for it, but most smithing cultures used them.
@@andrewsock6203 I've heard the act of scraping a fuller called grooving, carving, fullering or scorping (a more archaic term for scraping to describe actions which carve shavings from metal).
A file hard scraping tool can be used to cut fullers and scrape flats flatter with a reasonable finish if you can keep it from chattering that will be a good place to start sanding.
I'm years late to this but ... as a time served apprentice, giving the apprentice a boring job they can't really mess up was still a thing in the 1970s 😀 and I'd never thought about this before but I'm with you on tapping a thread into a hole, it is strangely satisfying and thrilling! Finally, I'd LOVE to encounter you in the pub on a Friday night!
7:01 I know that they did have mirrior polish in armor there are records of ancient helms found in ppls attics that would be rusty but when the visor was moved ir revealed mirrior polish underneath. and when you think of it its the high polish that helps repel water and reduce rust in the field.
should be obvious that you watch scola gladiatoria since you also do HEMA-vids, but for the fun of it I'll do it anyways. ahem... FEDERICO MALGUTTI!? WHAT A SURPRISE! YOU HERE? PS: Can't wait for your next video m8, really looking forward for it.
I heard the 'nose to the grindstone' saying is from millers grinding grain. If the grindstone turns too quickly and gets too hot you might burn the flour and ruin the whole thing, so keeping your nose close to the grind stone to smell for smoke or something along those lines.
Tod loves to grind the blades, cut the threads and weld the steel.... then wonders how he can judge the work as he glimpses it for fractions of a second :D You aren't seeing it Tod you are just feeling if it's right, you've been at master craftsman level for a while :D
It would be interesting to see a mace handle that had a wrapped Damascus hollow tube like they used to make antique shotgun barrels out of. I love the way those spirals look on the antique barrels.
Note for Tod: For fine grinding and polishing, there are some indications of the sharpening was done in great parts of Europe, with a Spanish stone (slate, I believe). A friend of mine (like myself, a blacksmith), found something of a 16th century German fellow who was sent to Spain to source some of this stone for [some] Royal armoury at the time. And when he finally got to the region, he was baffled by the fact that while all of Europe he knew, was seeking this stone, the locals built houses out of it. And he was so utterly confused... To what extemd this is true, I do not know, so take it with a bag of salt, rather than just a pinch. As for polishing; I believe there may have been a sort of buffing wheel- of a pelt [possibly waxed?] spanned on a grinding stone by the 17th century. As well as "sandpaper" made from linen cloth with actual sand glued on (possibly?). These may actually be interesting things to try out some day...
I know that some early gun barrels were spiral welded from strips of metal. Could that have been done by weapon smiths to make hollow shafts for maces and such? I think the method goes back to the Romans and their lead pipes. Also, the resurgence of crossbows ca, the 1100s may have been due to a breakthrough in spanning high-weight bows. When was the windlass-style winder invented?
Depends what you mean by 'early'. The twist barrels that you describe were 17th-19th century. Truly early iron gun barrels (not handguns) i.e. 14th-15th centuries were made using the hoop and stave method.
@@4d4m22 Yes, although the etymology may not be that convenient. It's possible that gun barrels were named for that specific construction method but it wasn't the only one employed (casting and mandrel forging are both very old methods too). So it's also possible that they were named barrel simply because they were tubular like a barrel. If you see what I mean.
Are you sure that is a stone in a stick at 8:34? In East Asia, after the rough shaping of a blade it would be normalized which made the steel relatively soft and the next step was to actually cut a groove in the blade with a much harder small steel blade mounted in a handle and this tool looks surprisingly similar to the one you show in the images here. After cutting the fullers, the blade undergoes heat treatment and is quenched.
For me forge welding event hough I understand how it works, is pure magic to me. Welding electrically or even with a torch like I can see it happen. The hard bit turn to liquid and when it freezes its stuck, this is totally normal and rational to me, I mean you can do it with ice it just makes sense. Forge welding you take the hard bit, sort of half melt it and then hit it kinda hard with some Flux on and it just sticks? Like really well? I've been doing it for over a decade and it still fascinates me every time, especially when I can show someone else how and they just get it first try.
Hi guys, thanks for a cracking discussion. Tod, I'm still using your arcuballista, the only one I know of, that we collaborated on for Mike Loades' Osprey publication on Crossbows. It's a sweet shooting, compact weapon; a joy to shoot. Further to that, I also have one of three (I think) gastraphetes made by Len Morgan. As you alluded to, it uses a Roman-style catapulta trigger which, with the rachet and pawl system, that, if we're correct, seemingly reflects its status as a transitional weapon between bow and torsion-powered catapulta. Best wishes, and keep up the good work.
If you have bodies, then you can have people reloading a series of any single shot weapons for you to reach back (on foot) or circle back on horse back, and trade out.
idea for a video Matt: discuss the evolution of Greek swords (kopis, falcata, xiphos). It would be interesting to know how they are related and changed over time. I know you talked about the size of bronze swords, but the focus of this video would be the temporal evolution of various greek sword styles. Just a thought!
The first attack of crusaders on constantinople was in 1204, during the 4th crusade, so that falls more in line with the level of crossbow development seen in the illustration Tod, if that clarifies.
Hi there. First I like really the way you guys try ro find out how the things work back in time. I may have a point why round daggers were so top heavy that they sometimes turn around. So that the pommel looks down. In my understanding these were also used to give your opponent the last honor after a fight. So your opponent is laying on the ground. You have to knee down. In this position it's more practical to draw the dagger from your hips down than up to your chest. It may be also advantageous in a ground clinch situation.. EN is not my first language but I hope you get the point. Maybe also wort a video. Best regards from Germany. Love our content.
Hi All, I am away with bad reception so only moments to answer so just to say great to see Matt and do some videos with him. Thanks for all the great questions and comments and watch out for more videos. Thanks Matt! Tod
nice work, great collaboration
You're amazing! I can't wait for the videos you teased.
Bring on part 2! And then there are those videos you teased. We are truly fortunate.
Could you tell me thr width of the grip at thecrossguard？
Could you tell me thr width of the grip at thecrossguard？
You recognize a true scientist, a genuine expert by his frequent use of the phrase "I don't know". Sounds like a joke, but it isn't.
Yeah, it lets you know that if he isn't sure, he'll say so, so the things he does say carry more weight.
Well, Tod says "We dont know", by which he implies that nobody knows it, simply because there is no information about it. So he isnt actually all that humble by saying this, because he doesnt admit that he doesnt know it, but rather says that it is not known.
Regardless I still think that he does admit it if he isnt able to do something...for example the thing with the forge welding of a tube.
My college history teachers really knew TOO MUCH. If you ask something in their field, of course.
But of course you can't compare specialists with enthusiasts.
I don't know shit, I must be a scientist!
Truth
Yes!! I wholeheartedly support this collaboration - a Matt & Tod Q&A is a genius idea!!
Matt Easton: *enthusiasm for dog-powered machinery*
Cat Easton: *looks worried*
No need for cats to worry :-) Everyone has heard of Spit Dogs but Spit Cats? Never! Cats are way to clever to work for a living. Trust me I have owned both ha ha ha
@@Kim-the-Dane-1952 Or the reverse, cats are not clever enough to work for a living. :P
@@shorewall That is certainly a possibility but while my dog spend all his energy trying to keep me happy, my cat spends all his energy making me make him happy :-)
XD
@@shorewall Cats are the worst domestic animal species of them all.
It was very interesting to learn that some "all-steel" flanged maces have wooden cores. Makes sense in hindsight, but it never occurred to me that that might be the case. Good stuff!
Me too! Makes perfect sense, I thought about them buckling before
Starting to think the more you learn about swords the less hair you have on your head
I think Skallagrim steals all the hair of sword experts
@@melonenstrauch1306 could explain why whiny the 💩 from china has a full head of hair , he's a fool ,but that's china for you , please sapport local crafts people and producer's , and please stop buying made in China as much as possible
The same has happened to all of my fellow HEMA practitioners! I think you are on to something ...
@Adrien Lasbleiz You've been learning too much...
It's down to growing older, you age, you learn more, you lose hair. On your head anyway, the rest of the body seems to be a free fire area.
I love how the horse mounted crank winded (cant spell it properly in German with a few beers in my belly) crossbow are so well represented in Wheel of Time but in a subtle way that barely grabs most readers attention.
Matt and Tod are on a very short list of my favorite people on here. They've both given soo much time teaching us, and provoking thought. Since I started watching Matt like seven years ago, my whole understanding of old weapons and combat, as well as the history surrounding each of them is so completely different than anything I thought before.
For those of us in the long time club, just consider how much your understanding has changed and grown since finding Matt and Tod. Not to mention the combined thousands of hours of helping us pass the time in such an enriching way.
@ 26:57 - *Your professional humility, is something to be admired, Tod.*
You achieve that split second grinding technique taking only fractions of a second to observe, assess, and act - the same way quarterbacks throw a football to a running receiver in the endzone... *you have an extraordinary level of skill.*
Thank you for answering my questions. That was some solid effort with attempting to pronounce my nickname :P
I had a genuinely good time trying to figure out what the original was based on the video. I was like...hmm that sounded Slavic...was that Czech, Polish maybe? So glad I found this comment to resolve that mystery :)
As a Czech speaker, i think i have a decent idea how to pronounce your name. Its Polish, isnt it? It would be Noční Jestřáb in Czech.
Edit: It reminded me of Cs Source, as the deagle was called the night hawk in the game.
@@Likexner It's actually in reference to codename of Rene Artois from "Allo, allo!" (Nighthawk- Nocny Jastrząb in polish) ;)
@@Kalasznikow47 Ah, you mean Night Awk.
There is something hipnotizing about tapping a screw hole. It's quite literally boring, but suddenly having a way to fit two pieces of metal together is actually really rewarding somehow.
watching chips coil off a lathe
For Matt, with the nose to the grindstone quote. You need to check out knife grinders in Sheffield in the 19th century. Basically a saddle next to a grindstone head right over the work. Stones did occasionally explode and was considered unlucky if it didn't kill you outright as you'd suffer for longer.
On the topic of dog powered equipment, there was a breed of dog specifically for turning spits in the kitchen.
It's considered a lost breed now because once that job was done they stop breeding them.
That's interesting, thanks
I was just going to mention that. From illustration I've seen they seem to look like Jack Russell terrier. But that could just be that little dogs look similar 🤔
Rottweilers were bred for the butchers of the area around the town of Rottweil pulling sleds with meat to the market...
@@SuperOtter13 It looks like they were similar, but more pug nosed with slightly longer forms to better fit the spit wheel. They were supposedly an ugly breed and only used in older kitchens where draft powered spits could not be installed. Interestingly I also looked up the German medieval smithy dogs, they ran on similar wheels to turn bellows or smoke fans. Neat bit of technology and animal power combinations.
In Poland we had very popular unit called "rota strzelcza"-shooters regiment, it consisted of mounted crossbowmen rather lightly armoured(cuirass, chainmail, open helmet, light arms armor and some side arm) and lancers - man at arms with heavy armor but not armoured horses.
Ratio of crossbowmen to lancers was 3:1 in early 15th century battle of Grunwald time 1410, they were increasing numbers of crossbowmen over time and it was about 5:1 at second half of 15th when we waged second war with Teutonic Order(13 years war 1454-1466) or fighting with Ottomans like battle of Varna in 1444.
As an electrician, drill taps are the best tool ever. Fixes so many "impossible" situations =)
As aeronautical tech, having never used a drill tap I can only imagine the more work I'd have to do if other people were authorized to use them for quick fixes. We still gotta use the 3/4 turn forward half turn back method.... technically...
@@Adam_okaay Drill taps are for sheet metal only, thin enough that you'd tapped the whole thing before needing to turn back, any thicker you'd be snapping them left and right
Fellow electrician here! I use it all the time as well. A stripped 6-32 quickly becomes 8-32, 10-32, or 1/4-20 if it's being stubborn.
@@greentjmtl makes a lot of sense. Although I have seen a new guy put a tap intoa pneumatic drill and make it go boom.
Tod loving his thread tab is the most wholesome thing
Fabulous to actually see two youtubers working together after a year of COVID enforced solitude. I also look forward to seeing both of you out an about in the landscape again. Yes Tod already tested the range of his 850lb crossbow but I trust Matt will soon be back actively teaching HEMA again
*government enforced
It's a little odd to see you guys with no swords or crossbows in the frame.
YES! FINALLY a genuine superhero cross-over! Some want Superman vs Batman, we want Matt&Todd!
I'm pretty sure that I saw in Caesar's Commentary's that a large Arche ballista was used as a weapon from the ground against battlements and also mounted on battlements firing outwards.
This is my favorite youtube bromance
It seems like they started for protection then used for show like a person looking for that key collector comic. Then lost with time until a person comes and recreates these historic beauties. Thank you Tod.
The burning questions!
And yea, when you're good at it, that's all you need. When you're new, you can't do that.
I always love it when you two do content together. It’s always such a relax and informative session.
Thankyou for being gentlemen and scholars.
I am looking forward to Tod and Jason's crossbow series. They tend to talk about thinks that I haven't even thought about in the past, and then I am hooked. Especially since Jason does a lot of horse back things, and seems to be the only big hema channel doing that.
Always a benefit to have stiff wood for your shaft with additional rings.
I can imagine brazed connections to be strong enough.
Even soldierd copper connections are pretty strong. (stronger than the copper itself). First year in engineering school at age 14 (long ago) we learned to soldier. (mainly for electronic purposes, but one has to start somewhere) The first try were two thin sheets of copper (in my memory they were like 100x15x1 mm) that overlapped for around 4 cm . After finishing and cooling down, one side was put into a vise and the teacher would take some pliers and try to rip it apart. When done right, the copper would break long before the soldiered connection.
you guys did not mention the scraper when talking about fullers. The scraper is that stick they are using in the picture and it is still used today in traditional sword making.
I'm glad you mentioned it. I'm a swordsmith and like to see how well things can be done by hand. Having recently made a sen scraper I find that it's almost half as fast to use as a coarse grit on a belt sander!
@@jakeeasterday1663 ahhh a sen scraper, is that it’s name ? I could not think of its name and realized I had only heard it referred to as a scraper. I know now they are made of very hard metal but I wonder if they used flint sometimes and that’s why matt thinks it’s a stone on the scraper? Scraping with flint may be just as effective, it does do a number on steel. Do they call the action, hogging out the fuller ? That seems to be on the tip of my tongue.
@@andrewsock6203 flint is unpredictable and jagged enough in knapping to make it ineffective for a scraper, especially considering that the same sharp edge it's known for is nearly impossible to match by abrasion. If it were possible, it would make amazing work of it, almost like whittling. Using a scraper and then files is done before heat treating, after the steel is softened as much as possible, while the sen is hardened as much as possible. Aftet the quench, only a good sandstone and clay are needed to finish it off! The sen is the Japanese name for it, but most smithing cultures used them.
@@andrewsock6203 I've heard the act of scraping a fuller called grooving, carving, fullering or scorping (a more archaic term for scraping to describe actions which carve shavings from metal).
I love the enthusiasm you both have.
Tread cutting is amazing. The ease that we make complex helix in metal is amazing. But welding is a god like feeling.
Amazing collaboration!! Thanks to both of you!
A file hard scraping tool can be used to cut fullers and scrape flats flatter with a reasonable finish if you can keep it from chattering that will be a good place to start sanding.
Great seeing two of my favorites together!
I'm years late to this but ... as a time served apprentice, giving the apprentice a boring job they can't really mess up was still a thing in the 1970s 😀 and I'd never thought about this before but I'm with you on tapping a thread into a hole, it is strangely satisfying and thrilling! Finally, I'd LOVE to encounter you in the pub on a Friday night!
7:01 I know that they did have mirrior polish in armor there are records of ancient helms found in ppls attics that would be rusty but when the visor was moved ir revealed mirrior polish underneath. and when you think of it its the high polish that helps repel water and reduce rust in the field.
619 is probably the poster's area code, in the US. San Diego to be specific.
Booyakah, booyakah!
Looking forward to watch it while at home. This looks Juicy, hi to the both of you from my tiny Valley.
should be obvious that you watch scola gladiatoria since you also do HEMA-vids, but for the fun of it I'll do it anyways.
ahem... FEDERICO MALGUTTI!? WHAT A SURPRISE! YOU HERE?
PS: Can't wait for your next video m8, really looking forward for it.
@@livrasyt166 ahah! Well, you don’t need to wait too much, it will be on tomorrow ;-)
Wow what a great collab More of this please.
Your videos makes me so happy. Both of you.
I heard the 'nose to the grindstone' saying is from millers grinding grain. If the grindstone turns too quickly and gets too hot you might burn the flour and ruin the whole thing, so keeping your nose close to the grind stone to smell for smoke or something along those lines.
Tod loves to grind the blades, cut the threads and weld the steel.... then wonders how he can judge the work as he glimpses it for fractions of a second :D You aren't seeing it Tod you are just feeling if it's right, you've been at master craftsman level for a while :D
It would be interesting to see a mace handle that had a wrapped Damascus hollow tube like they used to make antique shotgun barrels out of. I love the way those spirals look on the antique barrels.
Thanks to both of you! I'm looking forward to more collaborations on each of your channels.
I agree with Tod, making threads (inside or out, I don't discriminate) is magical.
That crossbow is going to be awesome!
Always when the two of you get together the outcome is greater than the sum of it parts ❤️
Great video, glad to see you guys together again. Very informative!
Thanks, Tod and Matt, awesomely educational video!
Did you see tod from tod cutler while you were there too or did tod from tods workshop keep that identity locked away?
you have to purchase all seven Infinity Daggers to unlock Todd Cutler
he was on the camera
@@thekaxmax Whoosh.
What an ambitious crossover!
38 minutes is a long video, but to listen to you and Tod, it's worth it.
Excellent video, mates. It's so delightful to see some of my favorite channels hanging out as friends.
Yes! Super excited for this one and the rest of the collabs! When Matt and Tod are talking shop in person it means the world is healing XD
Dog powered. The Spitt dog is extinct (look it up) lots of things where powered by dog, Small carts mostly.
Great to have you two chatting. More please. More Lucy in the future.
The pair of you were great hosts in this video, thanks for the entertainment.
What an awesome team up! Looking forward to watching this later.
I might be a luddite, these types of Q&A would make for a great reference book.
Note for Tod: For fine grinding and polishing, there are some indications of the sharpening was done in great parts of Europe, with a Spanish stone (slate, I believe). A friend of mine (like myself, a blacksmith), found something of a 16th century German fellow who was sent to Spain to source some of this stone for [some] Royal armoury at the time. And when he finally got to the region, he was baffled by the fact that while all of Europe he knew, was seeking this stone, the locals built houses out of it. And he was so utterly confused...
To what extemd this is true, I do not know, so take it with a bag of salt, rather than just a pinch.
As for polishing; I believe there may have been a sort of buffing wheel- of a pelt [possibly waxed?] spanned on a grinding stone by the 17th century. As well as "sandpaper" made from linen cloth with actual sand glued on (possibly?). These may actually be interesting things to try out some day...
What fun. Thanks gentlemen.
Fantastic video, could listen to loads of these!
I know that some early gun barrels were spiral welded from strips of metal. Could that have been done by weapon smiths to make hollow shafts for maces and such? I think the method goes back to the Romans and their lead pipes.
Also, the resurgence of crossbows ca, the 1100s may have been due to a breakthrough in spanning high-weight bows. When was the windlass-style winder invented?
Depends what you mean by 'early'. The twist barrels that you describe were 17th-19th century. Truly early iron gun barrels (not handguns) i.e. 14th-15th centuries were made using the hoop and stave method.
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries Yes, just like barrels for storing liquids... hence the name barrel.
@@4d4m22 Yes, although the etymology may not be that convenient. It's possible that gun barrels were named for that specific construction method but it wasn't the only one employed (casting and mandrel forging are both very old methods too). So it's also possible that they were named barrel simply because they were tubular like a barrel. If you see what I mean.
The greatest collab in history!
If I remember correctly, mounted infantry was called hobelar, I wonder if that definition would have included also the mounted crossbowmen
The great blacksmith meets the great swordsman, what an awesome team up!
This is great! I really enjoy this video. I would love to see more of this type of thing
i thoroughly enjoyed this collaboration. thank you gentlemen
Two of my favorite youtubers. I very much enjoyed this video and hope you both do more like it in the future!
Thanks guys !
I don't know if I'm happy seeing people together again after Covid but I really enjoyed this
Matt and Tod, great combination, lots of interesting info between the my two of my favourite weapon channels :D
I found your channels by chance, an I really appreciate your hard work. Great information, brilliant.
10/10 looking forward to the period crossbow
Great video! Looking forward to seeing more collabs between the two of you! And looking forward to seeing Tod's and Jason's mounted crossbow video to!
Excellent video!!! Can't wait for more and to see the composite crossbow!!!
Are you sure that is a stone in a stick at 8:34? In East Asia, after the rough shaping of a blade it would be normalized which made the steel relatively soft and the next step was to actually cut a groove in the blade with a much harder small steel blade mounted in a handle and this tool looks surprisingly similar to the one you show in the images here. After cutting the fullers, the blade undergoes heat treatment and is quenched.
We don't know - it could be. AFAIK, all we have to go on are these few images.
inswing torsion bows FTW. Also: a chieroballistra with bronze coil springs has been found.
If a mace just had a wooden shaft coved with just thin metal it would be much more cut resistant.
Beautiful combination. Two legends of the sword community 😁
For me forge welding event hough I understand how it works, is pure magic to me. Welding electrically or even with a torch like I can see it happen. The hard bit turn to liquid and when it freezes its stuck, this is totally normal and rational to me, I mean you can do it with ice it just makes sense. Forge welding you take the hard bit, sort of half melt it and then hit it kinda hard with some Flux on and it just sticks? Like really well? I've been doing it for over a decade and it still fascinates me every time, especially when I can show someone else how and they just get it first try.
I really hope one day we can see Tod join in on a Game Knight D&D session.
Im not sure if he is into that stuff, but i wouldnt mind at all.
I would also like to see Lindy as GM.
Hi guys, thanks for a cracking discussion. Tod, I'm still using your arcuballista, the only one I know of, that we collaborated on for Mike Loades' Osprey publication on Crossbows. It's a sweet shooting, compact weapon; a joy to shoot. Further to that, I also have one of three (I think) gastraphetes made by Len Morgan. As you alluded to, it uses a Roman-style catapulta trigger which, with the rachet and pawl system, that, if we're correct, seemingly reflects its status as a transitional weapon between bow and torsion-powered catapulta. Best wishes, and keep up the good work.
I would very much like to see videos of Tod making stuff. The video he did of making of stocking up a crossbow was fascinating.
I love these collaborations from my favourite TH-cam channels 👍😁
9:10 Matt was so amused by the idea of dog powered devices. ^_^
So much collab teasing!
The work that I have to do be damned I'm watching it
Thnk u been waiting for this for years now
Brazing is done above 840° F (450° C), soldering is done below 840°.
If you have bodies, then you can have people reloading a series of any single shot weapons for you to reach back (on foot) or circle back on horse back, and trade out.
Tod and Matt should really look into the TH-cam channel Machine Thinking about screws and cutting the first internal uniform threads.
idea for a video Matt: discuss the evolution of Greek swords (kopis, falcata, xiphos). It would be interesting to know how they are related and changed over time. I know you talked about the size of bronze swords, but the focus of this video would be the temporal evolution of various greek sword styles. Just a thought!
Love ❤️ my rondel dagger that you made Tod 👍
When the questions tell a story over who quest it :) thanks!
The first attack of crusaders on constantinople was in 1204, during the 4th crusade, so that falls more in line with the level of crossbow development seen in the illustration Tod, if that clarifies.
Good video chaps. Thought Tod was going to mention the Latchet crossbow RE the firing crossbow on horseback question.
Awesome video gentlemen.
Hi there. First I like really the way you guys try ro find out how the things work back in time. I may have a point why round daggers were so top heavy that they sometimes turn around. So that the pommel looks down. In my understanding these were also used to give your opponent the last honor after a fight. So your opponent is laying on the ground. You have to knee down. In this position it's more practical to draw the dagger from your hips down than up to your chest. It may be also advantageous in a ground clinch situation.. EN is not my first language but I hope you get the point. Maybe also wort a video. Best regards from Germany. Love our content.
Great questions!