I'd say you could use it like in the manga, Guts uses his to stop a knight charging at him by cutting the head of the knight's horse (and because it's a manga he cuts the knight as well in the process), I don't think you have to worry about changing trajectory in this situation, you time your swing right and you can outrange the horse rider's weapon and off the horse before he can hit you.
I think dishing out the center would let you reduce the weight a lot. It would also reduce cutting friction. Not quite a Dragonslayer Sword, but I don't know that's really what you're testing here anyway.
Speaking of Giant Swords. When is the next Titan Sword update supposed to be? (Hopefully soon) It is an awesome project. I can’t wait for it to come to fruition, it’s going to be EPIC!
Hi- machinist here... You can't heat treat aluminum, but you CAN anodize it, which hardens it somewhat. Its not as good as hardened steel, but its a step up from raw aluminum. A better material for such a huge blade might be titanium. As light or lighter than aluminum but WAY harder. Something else you could do it put a BIG fuller in the center of the blade. For an edge, you could also do like some swordsmiths did back in the olden days and put a thin strip of steel on the edges which you can then sharpen to your heart's content. You'd still have the mass and the size, but it would be more manageable and have an actual edge rather than essentially being a massive, thin club.
I think you can heat treat aluminum to increase toughness and get minor increases in hardness, but is just isn’t nearly as effective as what you’d get with heat treating steel. I believe that wrought aluminum with a T-designation has been heat treated. I’m to understand that a lot of AR receivers have been heat treated.
@@cstarr3240 There are some alloys of aluminum that respond to heat treating, but there aren't many and its limited in effect. Most are really expensive, too.
“it was much to large to be called a sword, rough, thick and heavy more akin to a hunk of raw iron” people have no idea how much berserk has influenced the dark fantasy genre.
Well, to be honest, that demo looked like if a man trained with that sword for long enough, he absolutely could use it to some effect. Conditioning would go a long way, and you'd have to be large, but it doesn't look impossible.
I wouldn't necessarily say "large". But the conditioning is spot on. Your arms just have to be strong enough, but really... If you're using oversized weapons like this, it's mostly your core, back, and chest doing all the real work. Your arms just have to be strong enough to be a conduit for your larger muscles... Kinda like tai chi philosophy. If you just focus on using your arms, you'll probably injure yourself just swinging it around... Especially with redirects. Really, the key is controlling the momentum with a rather burly form of finesse, and if your muscles are too large, they could actually get in the way of that.
@@ScreenTested Not to mention the stress its putting on your joints you can actually cause permanent damage to your limbs by using to large of training weights, the more weight towards the full length of you arms the more tired they get because of the extra recovery. Luckily that sword would tire you out before you shred your muscles. Good vid.
As much as we all love Tyranth, the fact is he is no Guts. If he were an absolute freak of nature physically like our favorite struggler, i could easily see him wielding this thing the same way Tyranth was swinging that war sword. But there's also the matter that this sword flops a lot due to its sheer size, which could mess with your edge alignment.
I've been watching this guy, Hale the Blacksmith who has been training with a 7ft 40lb Dragonslayer for over 50 days and a more comparative in weight to Tyranth's Dragonslayer, Zangetsu from Bleach for 130 days and it's amazing seeing how quickly even someone of a small body frame learns to maneuver such a large and heavy weapon! Really makes you wonder what could be achieved if a warrior was to commit to training and innovating a giant sword technique.
Ultimately while Newtonian physics remains you wouldn't as this 'giant sword' is functionally just a halbard made way way more expensive to make and more difficult to use - now if you went towards that Shadiverstiy shield/sword combo so while making it in a giant sword it also brings some degree of real extra functionality...
@@mobpriv Honestly would not know unless I could wield one and lived in a world where melee combat was very commonplace. In my mind it sits somewhere between a montante and halberd in use case. Could be used to rattle defense lines or area control as a bodyguard. Could maybe work for a duel with armor. Could smash armor at range and keep a level of threat even if they slip past the tip. Could block arrow fire to vials if you know the direction it's coming from. I bet you could break other people's weapons with relative ease if they try to block or perry even. And let's not forget the intimidation factor... Just some thoughts off the top!
I think that when going into the giant sword category we need to start lengthening the handles to help with leverage. To keep it the same size, I would cut up into the sword maybe 5 inches. This would also help lighten the blade, along with a reprofile could really make the difference and get it to around the 12 pound mark.
Good idea but let's not stop there. I'd knock out all of the blade up until about 6-8 inches from the tip. Then narrow the tip so it has a thinner profile. And dang it we've invented polearms again.
Great way to end 2024 with a fantasy weapon staple. The Berserk pose and quips are as fun as the experiment! Personally, kind of expected the giant blade to be mid in scoring as I have always opt to use other weapons over them in game. Happy holiday season to you and the team (and Tony too)! 🎁🎊🎉
Give the sword a heavier construction for the handle and add a big pommel made of something super heavy and dense like lead that should help out with the weight distribution. Also give it some distal tapering as well.
Fun episode to close out the new year! I would imagine if you trained with the GUTS blade for a week or so, and then you went back to the Claymore, You would have an insane speed boost and manueverability result. 😁 Always a fun watch Tyranth, keep up the good work and happy new year bro.
I think it's important to keep in mind that this is a different weapon. just as you would use a different technique for a sword versus a spear to maximize utility, you probably would need a different technique for a greatsword versus a giant sword. Something that relies more on resting against the body and arm for leverage and using footwork to enable recovery from failed strikes.
thats what I was thinking, plus in the giant sword relm, more out of the box techniques are used, for example if someone does block, the moment the choke happens, you use the blunt side as a handle n go for the bash or charge to use it as a ram. failed swings espeically in games like monster hunter are offset by back lunging to steal some of its momentum to recover then rebounded into a spinning arc slash. But in the relm of more 'realistic' like you said, lots of body leverage. Dragons dogma does the best job of giant sword use in my book. and its mostly just used like a extra long sledge hammer.
12:17 That coconut crush was 👌**Chef's kiss** couldn't help myself but to rewatch a few times at 0.25 speed and .50 speed, which somehow makes the music even better
Size is important for Fantasy because it's not just for fighting humans anymore, but giants and dragons. You need to open wide wounds and pierce far more deeply to do the necessary damage.
We used to fight giant animals IRL. Mammoths. How did we do it? That's right, we used spears! Spears are superior by far, because you can throw them, penetrate much deeper than with a giant sword, they are lighter and more nimble, and the list goes on. The only disadvantage of spears vs giant swords is that they cannot cut, but cuts are not really needed.
I applaud you. Realism is important when examining things like this, in order to obviously apply it or realize it in real life in some way. Yes, people like michael cthulu and others have made replicas and works of art, but those examples are not plausible in any way.
You can't really forge aluminum, so it's either 100 years of grinding or melt the blade and caste a new one that already has all the edges, taper etc. in the mold.
6:40 That's what she said. Yes, I'm a child, and, yes, that was way too easy. I couldn't help it, though... I definitely agree that it's also the width that makes the giant sword. A skinny one just wouldn't have the same effect even with the same length. 12:12 NGL, I'm wicked impressed with your ability to swing that thing with all that accuracy and make some clean cuts. If you consistently trained with that thing, you'd be a freaking monster! 13:25 oh my god, I'm dying laughing at the somber anime-like music! 🤣🤣🤣 16:14 nice sub request bit. Well played. 18:38 Agreed. That was a glorious shot. Sorry for all the timestamps and chitter-chatter. I just really enjoyed so much about this one! Merry (belated) Christmas and happy New Year! Can't wait for Part 2!
Well analyzed, can't add anything of value with my comment, except for the algorithm which I gladly do here. I like your experimental approach to your projects and your calm, professional way of speaking
Possibly your best video so far. - If Giant Sloths were still a thing, and were highly resistant to damage, then this might be a go to, if a normal sized axe just isn't big enough. If you have other ideas for oversized, heavy builds like this, don't wait too long, give yourself another ten years and you'll be putting your back out swinging around something that unwieldy.
love to see you design your own version of a giant fantasy sword (nothing based on already existing things), changing things you feel would make it better, like the weight distribution and such.
That was really entertaining :D I am actually reading Berserk right now and I noticed two things I'd like to share: The Dragonslayer sword does in fact have a profile taper which would probably help with some of the problems, and the bevels are very pronounced. I think those would be nice things to try for part 2. Cheers!
The funny thing about the Dragonslayer is that even the guy that made it thinks it's junk. "That thing? I was commissioned to make a sword that could kill a dragon and it turns out that nobody wanted this big hunk of crap."
"I wont be able to surpass this years awesomenes" he says, probably already concocting the sickest ideas in that humble head^^ Looking forward to another year of sweetass content. Have a great new year soon, Tyranth!
Tony has been DE-CAP-ITATED! lol. sorry I had too. Awesome finale. hope the new year is good to your channel (Shad's as well). Thank you both for all the great content.
Just to provide a little funfact: Very often, the german Schlachtschwerter in museums have a Gladius-like shape. They start narrower and become broader till near the tip where it gets an acute point. Your sword reminded me on them
This channel has quickly become one of my favorites, Tyranth, you are amazing, congratulations. When I saw this my mind immediately jumped to Sanozuke's Zanbato. (Rurouni Kenshin.) Happy holidays!!
Not going to lie, if your version 2 just cut a bunch of "speed holes" in that aluminium block (hidden by a black facade to keep the look), you could have something here - maybe even halve the weight (e.g. if you cut the centre-part down to a lattice)
I recall an Instagram guy who trains with a wooden version of the Dragon Slayer, I think he also sells them and offers a workout program to go along with it. Another thing to consider is using either using an aluminum alloy with steel, yea, I know it's already expensive, and this is adding more expense or adding steel blades somehow on the bladed portions. Second one should have the benefit of reduced weight and steel, though i guess with enough dings, it'll probably become a bit loose after a while, causing its own issues.
Great video! I quite enjoy the making of the sword portions. Noticed a lot of hits would immediately turn the blade on its side. The hits on the tree trunk were impressive. It looks VERY cool. I love the 1980's sword graphics at the end :) I'm not even sarcastic.
Honestly you did an amazing job on this, and a very good pick using aluminum for the blade. I've been messing with buster class swords for about 15 or 16 years now and I've never once thought to use aluminum. Lol As you build strength and technique it can become more and more reliable because of the reach and hitting power that the blade has, but the lightest one I've been able to do is 35 lbs, I'm actually going to take some inspiration from this and make an aluminum one in that 20 lb range.
I do feel like a refined design, even with just a profile taper, and a steel pommel. would make a world of difference for its wield-ability. would be super cool to see re-visit on this.
The only way a giant sword is truly effective is in the hands of a giant, or someone/something with supernatural strength and agility. Great vid! Thanks! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Tyranth, these videos are amazing! I'd really love to see your T.I.T.S. on the Thrusting/Dueling shields from the Shadow of The Erdtree DLC for Elden Ring. Thanks for the constant entertainment and knowledge in the weapons field!
Well, I think you can deliver another great year since even I have some neat ideas for pop culture weapons you can always try to test out. Many of them I’ve suggested before but I still stand by them.
When you pulled out the real steal sword, to smash onto the giant sword, that cracked me up. 🤣 I wish you a healthy, happy and productive 2025. Musical greetings from Belgium, Gunther (singer and lyrics writer of Gabriel Scar)
Thank you, Tyranth for your work! I hope you had a joyful Christmas and I wish you a great new year with more bangers and more subscribers! Cheers, mate!
Just going to throw some unsolicited suggestions out there: Some swords have a fuller for reduced weight. Large structures, on the other hand, have trusses as a way of being very strong for the weight. You may look into lightening the sword’s tip end by either giving the end of it a fuller or by milling out a truss, or by some combination of the two. If you were to mill out an area mid-length or closer to the grip, and it was large enough to fit your hand or a handle, that may be conducive to using the sword when tired or when in tight quarters. Finally, you could create a sword that has an aluminum body, but has steel inserts for the actual blade (similar to San Mai blades), if you wanted to have a very sharp blade.
The only video I've seen of fighting with giant swords was Shad and Nate with the foam swords, which was very fun. so I'm excited to see what you do with it & the dynamics at play with something that wide.
Yes, slotting and riveting in steel edges and adding a very wide fuller and making the ballance point closer to the hands will help A LOT. and with a lighter blade you can add a heavier pommel design to give it better handling characteristics. even if you only shed a pound or two from this design it will feel a hell of a lot better to swing...
This was fun to watch, and I have some ideas on how it could be made even better. I think that if you gave the sword a more aggressive tip and then move the weight from the tip into a counterbalance at the end of the handle, that would make this sword a lot more usable. It should move the leverage point closer to the hand. Another use of the counterweight on the end of the handle is you could make it flat to match the flat of the sword and put the weight inline with the edge. This could help with indexing and keep the blade from rolling in the hand. Finally, re-profiling the forward striking area to be more diamond-like and leave the space near the handle rectangular, that should improve weight and balance. I think that your biggest problem is the balance of this sword rather than weight, so if you can fix the balance, it should be much less tiring.
Thank you Tyranth for all the hard work you do with these builds. One weapon I’ve always been interested with you trying out is the Scythe from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think it would be sick!
Honest thought: Im a bit disappointed by its length as there already are actual swords this sice and i have hoped it would actually go into fantasy realms (by its lenght, not just by mass). Anyway, this is one of the coolest things ive seen this year! Awesome build and video, especially the swinging around and slomo shots. imagening a real live shortfilm with a badass knight in full gear swinging that thing and fighting for his live like in the night of hope. I would really love to see some type of sparing 1v1 or against multiple opponents, to see how threatening it would be against someone who doesnt has the same reach and mass advantage. also how it compares against other weapons the same size/weight in a fight. Or if it practically just becomes a giant club because you cant really cut nor pierce. Quick afterthought: Maby one serrated edge could be benefitial. because just because of its mass it might rip the oponent or weapon with it even if it wouldnt cut. Bigger serrations maby make it lighter and still could tear or even hook effectively with that amount of mass. what sounds brutal at first hearing. And a funny idea: instead of a crossguard give it a shield type handle/guard. making some sort of giant two handed shield/sword hybrid type. it could give more leverage and protection against quicker weapons. maby the mass would be more wildable and nimble because its more centered.
*THIS* is the kind of sword where spinning might make real sense. It has so much mass in motion that stopping and redirecting it doesn't make nearly as much sense as just going with the existing motion and adapting the direction on the next go-round.
Ok that is awesome. I imagine you would need to build strength and adjust to using it, while also having to fight differently with it in comparison to other swords.
Hey man, Awesome stuff dude, I love your channel. Fantasy swords that you build yourself, so awesome! I love everything about this, you are clearly the fantasy version of Deadliest Warrior Series from a while back. As a swordsman, how did you like the conclusion of that series? Meaning the Samurai being beaten by the Spartan as the deadliest ancient warrior? Man, I loved that show. I am sure you hear this all the time and it is likely impractical but I personally Love seeing ancient weapons used on those ballistic gel dummies with skeletons. It is so amazing to see exactly what the weapons could do to the human body. I am sure that those might be to expensive to buy but it would def make the production and tests on the show better. Either way, thanks bro, you rock. I am a huge fan!
Wonder how hollowing out a chunk of the middle and fixing on a still light but sturdy frame for structural support would work. Similar to the Titan Sword but of more conventional materials Could help with the aiming and control aspects a bit as it would reduce the amount of drag that acts on the surface of the blade significantly
I am very impressed with the construction and maneuverability of this sword you’ve constructed. I can imagine developing feet and balance techniques in order to wield a blade like this. The only thing that would even harder to wield & use effectively given its mass & weight is a hammer like mace similar to Morgoth’s weapon.
Honestly? With some weight saving design elements like a fuller, possibly a pommel for counter balance, and some training, it actually seems manageable. You were surprisingly nimble swinging that thing around. I don't think it's that useful, realistically, but it looks badass and was loads of fun to watch.
Charlemagne's father was Pepin called "the Short" cause he was a 1,80m guy with a 1,86+m sword. So giant swords totally existed and were used without problem.We are talking around 740 AD, not even middle ages.
I think what really held this sword back wasn't necessarily it's weight but its balance. The extra length must really be sending the center of gravity out towards the tip of the blade. You might want to consider a weighted pommel or some kind of swept/basketed hilt. I mean you'd still be swinging a dumbbell around but at least it won't have the balance of a sledgehammer.
Gonna say one design change that could be made to this blade would be to cut out some of the blade closer to where the pommel is where you keep grabbing the sword and turn that into a second pommel on the blade as that'd be much safer to grab when bringing it back after brandishing the blade around your should/head. It may also help with thrusting a little but more so with putting more power/control into overhead slashes (would give it handling in line with a polearm with said changes...a heavy one of course). Granted the weight and awkward handling makes it a less ideal choice in the end over other weapons...maybe it has the advantage that you could essentially use it to block/almost like a shield but a 1 hand sword and shield does that too...I guess the blunt side does add a blunt weapon to it but that's about it. Honestly the most useful thing it could be used for would be to use against non human targets/animals attacking you (granted...nowadays a gun would be ideal for that) as the material makes it less likely to break then say a wooden spear and the like...not sure if I'd want to test it out with a bear though or even a wolf (agaisnt wolves in particular the reach and being able to swing around you would likely keep them at bay until you can reposition yourself to somewhere where they can't attack from behind/the sides. Only other way i could see it being useful on a more wide scale is if we ever made actual FF7 style super soldiers who can easily carry and swing them (especially if said procedure caused a person to grow larger than normal to be an actual giant (10 feet or so) as then this would become a longsword for all intents and purposes.
it’s hard to judge a person based solely off video but I have used a 15lbs bench press bar as a practice weapon before… I for one am impressed with both your ability as with your engineering 👏👏👏…👍👍
So what is interesting to me about this footage is that compared with people who are using guts sword replicas as workout tools, they hold the sword much closer to their body while Tyranth is making what look more like actual sword cuts with sticking his arms out to offend a wider area and have better accuracy. Looks way more tiring, but I applaud the clean cuts he was getting. They looked great in the footage.
Been wanting to see a gient sword of aluminum for years but never got around to trying to try myself (was guna try melting cans to cast a buster blade) glad to see someone with more experiance than me do this consept!
Something i noticed with the water bottle test and don’t see people talking about , is follow through, you hitthe bottle and still had enough momentum to knock over tony
reminds me during swings a bit of those woodcutter swords, they are smaller but given the material probably the same weight... cornfed traditional lumberjacks probably make decent giant sword users modify idea... light serration? edge retention becomes less of an issue and the blunt force turn even light wave or tip serration into gnarly shredding hits... also would take off a tiny bit of weight from the sword when it comes to use... crowd control and horse battle, basically what the Landsknechte did with their giant swords, the Zweihänder... just imagine a horse running legs first into a 8kg blade and especially swinging that just multiplies in weight/force... if not cut, that leg is broken, fantasy giant swords are best used on beasts after all... but yeah, a spear or swordstaff especially kinda makes that obsolete, thats why you need a fantasy swordman like Guts that can swing this thing like a regular sword... imagine what he could do with a heavy mace or hammer, would be like marvels Thor... otherwise... woodcutting like i said^^ probably good for splitting at least
"That thing was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy and too rough. It was more like a large hunk of aluminum." 26:10 Dragon slaying...
Hope everybody is doing well Merry Christmas and happy new year!!
Let me know your situations for Giant Fantasy swords?..
on the first look i tought you made a 2nd carbonfiber-sword 😁
I'd say you could use it like in the manga, Guts uses his to stop a knight charging at him by cutting the head of the knight's horse (and because it's a manga he cuts the knight as well in the process), I don't think you have to worry about changing trajectory in this situation, you time your swing right and you can outrange the horse rider's weapon and off the horse before he can hit you.
I think dishing out the center would let you reduce the weight a lot. It would also reduce cutting friction. Not quite a Dragonslayer Sword, but I don't know that's really what you're testing here anyway.
I think u need to use titanium and some tungsten with carbine fibers with the allium to make it work in a good way.
Speaking of Giant Swords.
When is the next Titan Sword update supposed to be? (Hopefully soon)
It is an awesome project.
I can’t wait for it to come to fruition, it’s going to be EPIC!
Tyranth: "I cannot LIFT this."
The Internet: "Grow stronger."
Why doesn't he just do sword specific steroids already?!
13th Warrior quote ftw
Hi- machinist here... You can't heat treat aluminum, but you CAN anodize it, which hardens it somewhat. Its not as good as hardened steel, but its a step up from raw aluminum. A better material for such a huge blade might be titanium. As light or lighter than aluminum but WAY harder. Something else you could do it put a BIG fuller in the center of the blade. For an edge, you could also do like some swordsmiths did back in the olden days and put a thin strip of steel on the edges which you can then sharpen to your heart's content. You'd still have the mass and the size, but it would be more manageable and have an actual edge rather than essentially being a massive, thin club.
Oh yeah that'd only be about $1,000 worth of titanium... and then you have to cut and grind _titanium!_
I think you can heat treat aluminum to increase toughness and get minor increases in hardness, but is just isn’t nearly as effective as what you’d get with heat treating steel. I believe that wrought aluminum with a T-designation has been heat treated. I’m to understand that a lot of AR receivers have been heat treated.
@@cstarr3240 There are some alloys of aluminum that respond to heat treating, but there aren't many and its limited in effect. Most are really expensive, too.
Instead of a fuller, would it be beneficial to remove some of the center portion of the blade?
With how soft aluminum is, i think if you removed whole chunks from the center, you would run into structural integrity issues
“it was much to large to be called a sword, rough, thick and heavy more akin to a hunk of raw iron” people have no idea how much berserk has influenced the dark fantasy genre.
Well, to be honest, that demo looked like if a man trained with that sword for long enough, he absolutely could use it to some effect. Conditioning would go a long way, and you'd have to be large, but it doesn't look impossible.
I wouldn't necessarily say "large". But the conditioning is spot on. Your arms just have to be strong enough, but really... If you're using oversized weapons like this, it's mostly your core, back, and chest doing all the real work. Your arms just have to be strong enough to be a conduit for your larger muscles... Kinda like tai chi philosophy. If you just focus on using your arms, you'll probably injure yourself just swinging it around... Especially with redirects. Really, the key is controlling the momentum with a rather burly form of finesse, and if your muscles are too large, they could actually get in the way of that.
It’s not about conditioning its value proposition other weapons and swords are lighter with the same amount of reach so why bother with this.
@@ScreenTested ..... But dragons!
@@ScreenTested Not to mention the stress its putting on your joints you can actually cause permanent damage to your limbs by using to large of training weights, the more weight towards the full length of you arms the more tired they get because of the extra recovery. Luckily that sword would tire you out before you shred your muscles. Good vid.
As much as we all love Tyranth, the fact is he is no Guts. If he were an absolute freak of nature physically like our favorite struggler, i could easily see him wielding this thing the same way Tyranth was swinging that war sword. But there's also the matter that this sword flops a lot due to its sheer size, which could mess with your edge alignment.
"because he had armour and a big f'ing sword"-Sandor "the hound" Clegane
I've been watching this guy, Hale the Blacksmith who has been training with a 7ft 40lb Dragonslayer for over 50 days and a more comparative in weight to Tyranth's Dragonslayer, Zangetsu from Bleach for 130 days and it's amazing seeing how quickly even someone of a small body frame learns to maneuver such a large and heavy weapon! Really makes you wonder what could be achieved if a warrior was to commit to training and innovating a giant sword technique.
I'm sure it's possible but the question would be why bother when you can use a lighter and more balanced blade easily and more effectively
The only reason is because people just haven't tried!
Ultimately while Newtonian physics remains you wouldn't as this 'giant sword' is functionally just a halbard made way way more expensive to make and more difficult to use - now if you went towards that Shadiverstiy shield/sword combo so while making it in a giant sword it also brings some degree of real extra functionality...
@@mobpriv Honestly would not know unless I could wield one and lived in a world where melee combat was very commonplace. In my mind it sits somewhere between a montante and halberd in use case. Could be used to rattle defense lines or area control as a bodyguard. Could maybe work for a duel with armor. Could smash armor at range and keep a level of threat even if they slip past the tip. Could block arrow fire to vials if you know the direction it's coming from. I bet you could break other people's weapons with relative ease if they try to block or perry even. And let's not forget the intimidation factor... Just some thoughts off the top!
@@haletheblacksmith Speak of the devil errr giant sword weilding elf?
I think that when going into the giant sword category we need to start lengthening the handles to help with leverage. To keep it the same size, I would cut up into the sword maybe 5 inches. This would also help lighten the blade, along with a reprofile could really make the difference and get it to around the 12 pound mark.
Good idea but let's not stop there. I'd knock out all of the blade up until about 6-8 inches from the tip.
Then narrow the tip so it has a thinner profile.
And dang it we've invented polearms again.
Great way to end 2024 with a fantasy weapon staple. The Berserk pose and quips are as fun as the experiment! Personally, kind of expected the giant blade to be mid in scoring as I have always opt to use other weapons over them in game. Happy holiday season to you and the team (and Tony too)! 🎁🎊🎉
Thanks for the support man , hopefully it was worthy of being the end of year project!
It was mid in the scoring but let’s see how the V2 goes haha
@@ScreenTested It's all good as long as you have fun making it!
Give the sword a heavier construction for the handle and add a big pommel made of something super heavy and dense like lead that should help out with the weight distribution. Also give it some distal tapering as well.
Fun episode to close out the new year! I would imagine if you trained with the GUTS blade for a week or so, and then you went back to the Claymore, You would have an insane speed boost and manueverability result. 😁 Always a fun watch Tyranth, keep up the good work and happy new year bro.
I think it's important to keep in mind that this is a different weapon. just as you would use a different technique for a sword versus a spear to maximize utility, you probably would need a different technique for a greatsword versus a giant sword. Something that relies more on resting against the body and arm for leverage and using footwork to enable recovery from failed strikes.
thats what I was thinking, plus in the giant sword relm, more out of the box techniques are used, for example if someone does block, the moment the choke happens, you use the blunt side as a handle n go for the bash or charge to use it as a ram. failed swings espeically in games like monster hunter are offset by back lunging to steal some of its momentum to recover then rebounded into a spinning arc slash. But in the relm of more 'realistic' like you said, lots of body leverage. Dragons dogma does the best job of giant sword use in my book. and its mostly just used like a extra long sledge hammer.
12:17 That coconut crush was 👌**Chef's kiss** couldn't help myself but to rewatch a few times at 0.25 speed and .50 speed, which somehow makes the music even better
Size is important for Fantasy because it's not just for fighting humans anymore, but giants and dragons. You need to open wide wounds and pierce far more deeply to do the necessary damage.
We used to fight giant animals IRL. Mammoths. How did we do it? That's right, we used spears!
Spears are superior by far, because you can throw them, penetrate much deeper than with a giant sword, they are lighter and more nimble, and the list goes on. The only disadvantage of spears vs giant swords is that they cannot cut, but cuts are not really needed.
I applaud you. Realism is important when examining things like this, in order to obviously apply it or realize it in real life in some way. Yes, people like michael cthulu and others have made replicas and works of art, but those examples are not plausible in any way.
LOVE the addition of the Mythbusters-style white-on-red drawing sequence, more of those!
Adding a giant pommel and profile taper, with minimal distal changes will make a huge difference
You can't really forge aluminum, so it's either 100 years of grinding or melt the blade and caste a new one that already has all the edges, taper etc. in the mold.
@ yeah I’m imagining tyranth in the 30th millennia still grinding
6:40 That's what she said. Yes, I'm a child, and, yes, that was way too easy. I couldn't help it, though...
I definitely agree that it's also the width that makes the giant sword. A skinny one just wouldn't have the same effect even with the same length.
12:12 NGL, I'm wicked impressed with your ability to swing that thing with all that accuracy and make some clean cuts. If you consistently trained with that thing, you'd be a freaking monster!
13:25 oh my god, I'm dying laughing at the somber anime-like music! 🤣🤣🤣
16:14 nice sub request bit. Well played.
18:38 Agreed. That was a glorious shot. Sorry for all the timestamps and chitter-chatter. I just really enjoyed so much about this one!
Merry (belated) Christmas and happy New Year!
Can't wait for Part 2!
theres NO WAY man you keep impressing me
all i can say is HELL YEAH
Merry Christmas!!! Couldn't be happier for an episode like this
Well analyzed, can't add anything of value with my comment, except for the algorithm which I gladly do here. I like your experimental approach to your projects and your calm, professional way of speaking
Possibly your best video so far. - If Giant Sloths were still a thing, and were highly resistant to damage, then this might be a go to, if a normal sized axe just isn't big enough.
If you have other ideas for oversized, heavy builds like this, don't wait too long, give yourself another ten years and you'll be putting your back out swinging around something that unwieldy.
love to see you design your own version of a giant fantasy sword (nothing based on already existing things), changing things you feel would make it better, like the weight distribution and such.
That was really entertaining :D I am actually reading Berserk right now and I noticed two things I'd like to share: The Dragonslayer sword does in fact have a profile taper which would probably help with some of the problems, and the bevels are very pronounced. I think those would be nice things to try for part 2. Cheers!
The funny thing about the Dragonslayer is that even the guy that made it thinks it's junk. "That thing? I was commissioned to make a sword that could kill a dragon and it turns out that nobody wanted this big hunk of crap."
I dig Clarkson Top Gear-esq intros quite a lot. Few people can pull them well and Tyranth is one of them.
"I wont be able to surpass this years awesomenes" he says, probably already concocting the sickest ideas in that humble head^^
Looking forward to another year of sweetass content.
Have a great new year soon, Tyranth!
Tony has been DE-CAP-ITATED! lol. sorry I had too. Awesome finale. hope the new year is good to your channel (Shad's as well). Thank you both for all the great content.
Just to provide a little funfact: Very often, the german Schlachtschwerter in museums have a Gladius-like shape. They start narrower and become broader till near the tip where it gets an acute point.
Your sword reminded me on them
This channel has quickly become one of my favorites, Tyranth, you are amazing, congratulations.
When I saw this my mind immediately jumped to Sanozuke's Zanbato. (Rurouni Kenshin.)
Happy holidays!!
You could add another measurement regarding how hard it is to swing a weapon by wearing a heart rate monitor and put it up on screen.
Not going to lie, if your version 2 just cut a bunch of "speed holes" in that aluminium block (hidden by a black facade to keep the look), you could have something here - maybe even halve the weight (e.g. if you cut the centre-part down to a lattice)
It's quite a workout ! That was alot of fun .Things got some reach ! Thanks again brother !
You could also add a fuller or two to reduce the insane weight as well (plus it would add strength to the blade)
I recall an Instagram guy who trains with a wooden version of the Dragon Slayer, I think he also sells them and offers a workout program to go along with it. Another thing to consider is using either using an aluminum alloy with steel, yea, I know it's already expensive, and this is adding more expense or adding steel blades somehow on the bladed portions. Second one should have the benefit of reduced weight and steel, though i guess with enough dings, it'll probably become a bit loose after a while, causing its own issues.
love u sm man i genuinely know it in my heart youre gonna make it real big just keep up the hard work
Great video! I quite enjoy the making of the sword portions. Noticed a lot of hits would immediately turn the blade on its side. The hits on the tree trunk were impressive. It looks VERY cool. I love the 1980's sword graphics at the end :) I'm not even sarcastic.
People also think aluminum isn't strong enough for a space craft but all of the Apollo missions were in crafts made of mostly aluminium.
Really great editing on this one ^^
Honestly you did an amazing job on this, and a very good pick using aluminum for the blade. I've been messing with buster class swords for about 15 or 16 years now and I've never once thought to use aluminum. Lol
As you build strength and technique it can become more and more reliable because of the reach and hitting power that the blade has, but the lightest one I've been able to do is 35 lbs, I'm actually going to take some inspiration from this and make an aluminum one in that 20 lb range.
Nice video and a real nice Berserk sword. Looking forward to the next video. 😎🎉
I do feel like a refined design, even with just a profile taper, and a steel pommel. would make a world of difference for its wield-ability. would be super cool to see re-visit on this.
The only way a giant sword is truly effective is in the hands of a giant, or someone/something with supernatural strength and agility. Great vid! Thanks! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Great episode! Looking forward to more in the new year :)
Awesome video, Tyranth!
BY THE POWER OF GRAY SKULL! I HAVE THE POWER!!! 0:18
BY THE POWER OF GAY SKULL! I HAVE THE POWER!!!
So glad to hear that you're going to make a sequel to this video!
Tyranth, these videos are amazing! I'd really love to see your T.I.T.S. on the Thrusting/Dueling shields from the Shadow of The Erdtree DLC for Elden Ring. Thanks for the constant entertainment and knowledge in the weapons field!
The sword is beautiful.
I saw this for half a second and knew i had to watch
For me its always interesting to see the flex of real swords. In most entertainment media this fact gets left by the wayside
Well, I think you can deliver another great year since even I have some neat ideas for pop culture weapons you can always try to test out. Many of them I’ve suggested before but I still stand by them.
When you pulled out the real steal sword, to smash onto the giant sword, that cracked me up. 🤣 I wish you a healthy, happy and productive 2025. Musical greetings from Belgium, Gunther (singer and lyrics writer of Gabriel Scar)
Well it looks beautiful on camera, very dramatic swing shots. The best scenario is of course, fighting some sort of fantasy monster.
Looking forward to part 2! :O
a lengend on two channels!!!🙌🏾🔥🔥💯
Thank you, Tyranth for your work! I hope you had a joyful Christmas and I wish you a great new year with more bangers and more subscribers! Cheers, mate!
Sorry I’ve missed your videos recently, excited to be back and catch back up!
Freeze frame at 14:24, use < and > to get the right split second. Awesome.
Part two! Woohoo! Can’t wait!
Tyranth regarding aluminum; "That's not a material for a real weapon!"
Me looking at my AR-15; "He's not talking about you, baby."
Add some fullers to get rid of the weight and that thing may actually be viable. Great job regardless that was a fun way to end the year.
I feel like the full thickness should be more of a ridge, and it should be like half thickness for most of the center third.
Just going to throw some unsolicited suggestions out there: Some swords have a fuller for reduced weight. Large structures, on the other hand, have trusses as a way of being very strong for the weight. You may look into lightening the sword’s tip end by either giving the end of it a fuller or by milling out a truss, or by some combination of the two. If you were to mill out an area mid-length or closer to the grip, and it was large enough to fit your hand or a handle, that may be conducive to using the sword when tired or when in tight quarters. Finally, you could create a sword that has an aluminum body, but has steel inserts for the actual blade (similar to San Mai blades), if you wanted to have a very sharp blade.
The only video I've seen of fighting with giant swords was Shad and Nate with the foam swords, which was very fun. so I'm excited to see what you do with it & the dynamics at play with something that wide.
Leaving a comment on this awesome vid so it can get recommended to more people
11:20 An excellent demonstation of its use in crowd control. 😂
The ending is great. Glad to see it.
Yes, slotting and riveting in steel edges and adding a very wide fuller and making the ballance point closer to the hands will help A LOT. and with a lighter blade you can add a heavier pommel design to give it better handling characteristics. even if you only shed a pound or two from this design it will feel a hell of a lot better to swing...
This was fun to watch, and I have some ideas on how it could be made even better. I think that if you gave the sword a more aggressive tip and then move the weight from the tip into a counterbalance at the end of the handle, that would make this sword a lot more usable. It should move the leverage point closer to the hand. Another use of the counterweight on the end of the handle is you could make it flat to match the flat of the sword and put the weight inline with the edge. This could help with indexing and keep the blade from rolling in the hand. Finally, re-profiling the forward striking area to be more diamond-like and leave the space near the handle rectangular, that should improve weight and balance. I think that your biggest problem is the balance of this sword rather than weight, so if you can fix the balance, it should be much less tiring.
You just made my day!
Thank you Tyranth for all the hard work you do with these builds. One weapon I’ve always been interested with you trying out is the Scythe from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think it would be sick!
Honest thought: Im a bit disappointed by its length as there already are actual swords this sice and i have hoped it would actually go into fantasy realms (by its lenght, not just by mass).
Anyway, this is one of the coolest things ive seen this year! Awesome build and video, especially the swinging around and slomo shots. imagening a real live shortfilm with a badass knight in full gear swinging that thing and fighting for his live like in the night of hope.
I would really love to see some type of sparing 1v1 or against multiple opponents, to see how threatening it would be against someone who doesnt has the same reach and mass advantage. also how it compares against other weapons the same size/weight in a fight. Or if it practically just becomes a giant club because you cant really cut nor pierce.
Quick afterthought: Maby one serrated edge could be benefitial. because just because of its mass it might rip the oponent or weapon with it even if it wouldnt cut. Bigger serrations maby make it lighter and still could tear or even hook effectively with that amount of mass. what sounds brutal at first hearing.
And a funny idea: instead of a crossguard give it a shield type handle/guard. making some sort of giant two handed shield/sword hybrid type. it could give more leverage and protection against quicker weapons. maby the mass would be more wildable and nimble because its more centered.
Maybe a honey combed aluminium core with glued on, hardned steel edges would reduce the weight far enough and make the edge robust at the same time.
*THIS* is the kind of sword where spinning might make real sense. It has so much mass in motion that stopping and redirecting it doesn't make nearly as much sense as just going with the existing motion and adapting the direction on the next go-round.
Ok that is awesome. I imagine you would need to build strength and adjust to using it, while also having to fight differently with it in comparison to other swords.
Excellent video sir.
Hey man, Awesome stuff dude, I love your channel. Fantasy swords that you build yourself, so awesome! I love everything about this, you are clearly the fantasy version of Deadliest Warrior Series from a while back. As a swordsman, how did you like the conclusion of that series? Meaning the Samurai being beaten by the Spartan as the deadliest ancient warrior? Man, I loved that show. I am sure you hear this all the time and it is likely impractical but I personally Love seeing ancient weapons used on those ballistic gel dummies with skeletons. It is so amazing to see exactly what the weapons could do to the human body. I am sure that those might be to expensive to buy but it would def make the production and tests on the show better. Either way, thanks bro, you rock. I am a huge fan!
Wonder how hollowing out a chunk of the middle and fixing on a still light but sturdy frame for structural support would work. Similar to the Titan Sword but of more conventional materials
Could help with the aiming and control aspects a bit as it would reduce the amount of drag that acts on the surface of the blade significantly
Greetings! I'm Shad!... not really... just lying... trying to get attention again! LOL... Amazing work Tyranth!
I am very impressed with the construction and maneuverability of this sword you’ve constructed. I can imagine developing feet and balance techniques in order to wield a blade like this. The only thing that would even harder to wield & use effectively given its mass & weight is a hammer like mace similar to Morgoth’s weapon.
Honestly? With some weight saving design elements like a fuller, possibly a pommel for counter balance, and some training, it actually seems manageable. You were surprisingly nimble swinging that thing around.
I don't think it's that useful, realistically, but it looks badass and was loads of fun to watch.
How about a heavy pummel counterweight on the back of the handle.
Well, the thing could've used a little bit at least a profile taper plus a pommel counterweight which would make it far more usable I think.
an area that this excels in is the coolness factor
Charlemagne's father was Pepin called "the Short" cause he was a 1,80m guy with a 1,86+m sword. So giant swords totally existed and were used without problem.We are talking around 740 AD, not even middle ages.
Great video! I'd recommend a fuller to cut down on weight and maybe some cutouts. You know, like slots for materia. 😁
I think what really held this sword back wasn't necessarily it's weight but its balance. The extra length must really be sending the center of gravity out towards the tip of the blade. You might want to consider a weighted pommel or some kind of swept/basketed hilt. I mean you'd still be swinging a dumbbell around but at least it won't have the balance of a sledgehammer.
Gonna say one design change that could be made to this blade would be to cut out some of the blade closer to where the pommel is where you keep grabbing the sword and turn that into a second pommel on the blade as that'd be much safer to grab when bringing it back after brandishing the blade around your should/head. It may also help with thrusting a little but more so with putting more power/control into overhead slashes (would give it handling in line with a polearm with said changes...a heavy one of course).
Granted the weight and awkward handling makes it a less ideal choice in the end over other weapons...maybe it has the advantage that you could essentially use it to block/almost like a shield but a 1 hand sword and shield does that too...I guess the blunt side does add a blunt weapon to it but that's about it. Honestly the most useful thing it could be used for would be to use against non human targets/animals attacking you (granted...nowadays a gun would be ideal for that) as the material makes it less likely to break then say a wooden spear and the like...not sure if I'd want to test it out with a bear though or even a wolf (agaisnt wolves in particular the reach and being able to swing around you would likely keep them at bay until you can reposition yourself to somewhere where they can't attack from behind/the sides. Only other way i could see it being useful on a more wide scale is if we ever made actual FF7 style super soldiers who can easily carry and swing them (especially if said procedure caused a person to grow larger than normal to be an actual giant (10 feet or so) as then this would become a longsword for all intents and purposes.
Anodizing the aluminum would strengthen it.
it’s hard to judge a person based solely off video but I have used a 15lbs bench press bar as a practice weapon before… I for one am impressed with both your ability as with your engineering 👏👏👏…👍👍
let's gooo BERSERK!
I was almost expecting some "clang!" when he hit stuff lol
Give that to a strongman like hafthor to try it out. Who'd be a closer equivalent to guts.
So what is interesting to me about this footage is that compared with people who are using guts sword replicas as workout tools, they hold the sword much closer to their body while Tyranth is making what look more like actual sword cuts with sticking his arms out to offend a wider area and have better accuracy. Looks way more tiring, but I applaud the clean cuts he was getting. They looked great in the footage.
Been wanting to see a gient sword of aluminum for years but never got around to trying to try myself (was guna try melting cans to cast a buster blade) glad to see someone with more experiance than me do this consept!
Something i noticed with the water bottle test and don’t see people talking about , is follow through, you hitthe bottle and still had enough momentum to knock over tony
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reminds me during swings a bit of those woodcutter swords, they are smaller but given the material probably the same weight... cornfed traditional lumberjacks probably make decent giant sword users
modify idea... light serration? edge retention becomes less of an issue and the blunt force turn even light wave or tip serration into gnarly shredding hits... also would take off a tiny bit of weight from the sword
when it comes to use... crowd control and horse battle, basically what the Landsknechte did with their giant swords, the Zweihänder... just imagine a horse running legs first into a 8kg blade and especially swinging that just multiplies in weight/force... if not cut, that leg is broken, fantasy giant swords are best used on beasts after all... but yeah, a spear or swordstaff especially kinda makes that obsolete, thats why you need a fantasy swordman like Guts that can swing this thing like a regular sword... imagine what he could do with a heavy mace or hammer, would be like marvels Thor...
otherwise... woodcutting like i said^^ probably good for splitting at least
14:10 There it goes! There's always one.
14:30 Bonus camera fall
"That thing was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy and too rough. It was more like a large hunk of aluminum."
26:10 Dragon slaying...
If nothing else, it looked pretty damn good.