Ah I know why the serrations are there! The Panniculus Carnosus muscle, which primates don't have, causes the skin of cats (and a lot of other animals) to shift around loosly from the body. Serrations catch and snag like they do on clothes, which would get caught on the skin and cause it to split where the serrations make contact, making a cut that would glance off potentially actually cause injury. This is why tigers can fight each other without greviously cutting each other. Its kinda like a gambeson built under the skin.
@@LionAstrology Watching the way Matt waves his hands around a lot, I'd think that 'whip-sword' would cut him to pieces just while he's describing it! 😄
somewhere in an Indian 17th C blacksmith: "Don't worry my apprentice you will make the next one straight, we will just give this a new name and some cool serrations and the sword nerds will snap them up!"
I really like recurve blades. They are just not that common. I wish company like windlass would make sword like this just maybe without the serrated edge sections
@@yamiyomizuki yeah i dont think they make for example tulwar, and thats bummer. They could do it in way as well like they did the 1796 light cavalry saber by copying original closely. Im not even sure if theres reasonably priced production replica of tulwar on market
The funny thing is that I dont think that Wikipedia even bothered to make a dedicated section to it.(Not that Wikipedia is known for being the most reliable source of information or knowledge anyway.)
This is maybe my favorite of all the swords you have featured! I change my mind on favorites all of the time, but recurved blades seem to hold my attention. This example is particularly special because of its amalgamation of unusual features. I would love to see details of a large sample of serrated swords. The exact morphology of the serrations themselves actually has a significant effect on their cutting behavior and maintenance. There remains a lot to learn about historical sword design and functionality! Whoever was responsible for this sword created something very cool!
I think this is my new favourite, too. What a piece of art for "middle class" sword. Love how the pommel is like rondel in rondel daggers, maybe helps putting force through chainmail if need be.
When i was in India i went to a fort museum and they had 100s of different serrated swords real nasty looking things . It seems like in medieval India they had the Game Of Thrones imagination but they were real
Good GRAVY, look at those serrations. Anyone getting a sword swung at them is likely to have a bad day at any rate, but that one looks like the smith said, "Y'know what? Eff anyone in particular on the other end of this specific sword."
I'm increasingly a huge fan of historians, and/or history-adjacent content makers, not having exhaustive pet theories about things simply because hearing three different *possible* explanations for a thing is just more interesting anyway than a single deep dive. In addition to just being, at the end of the day, more honest. It's like, 'I would not have thought that... or that... or that!' is both very stimulating intellectually and helps keep the viewer firmly grounded and humble. (I say this because while serrations to cut through heavy cloth armour make a lot of sense, especially on a weapon that is already geared for anti-armour stabbings, the tiger hunting anecdote was insane and delightful. A great series of videos!)
The rounded hilt swords with or without guard were used by Rajputs and Marathas. Mughals used the curved hilt(Dont know its name). All three were very sentimental about their swords they didnt exchange designs.
Hey Matt! just curious, are you planning on making a video about the Egyptian Khopesh anytime soon? not sure if there is much to say about it or not, but would be interested to hear your thoughts about it none the less. keep up the great work! cheers
BTW, what a fabulous sword. Love it. Have always been attracted to the reverse curve/re-curve blades like the Yataghan. I wonder if, in the context of your Royal Armoury series with Windlass, you could do a series of non-European swords. I would love to get my hands on an accurate replica of this sword, a Yataghan and a Kopis and maybe a Tulwar. Thank you.
I could see a reinforced tip being useful on a hunting sword that will be used against something that's going to try to kill you back and uses its head as a weapon like boars. They charge and try to gore you with their tusks, so a reinforced tip might help you punch through skull if you aim a thrust at the eye.
on a pig, you can't afford to let them get to you. That's why pig-hunting swords are two-handed and had a pair of prongs about 3/4 of the way up--a pig will charge up the whole length of the blade (or spear) to get to you if not stopped. A 1-hander is zero use.
@thekaxmax there are people who hunt pigs using bowie knives and dogs. I once worked on an oil rig in Alabama where a herd of pigs wandered up about the time that the drillers finished up their job. They grabbed hammers and wrenches, chased the pigs down, and beat one to death. I'm not implying that you would take just the sword that's clearly designed with a preference for the cut as your primary weapon for pig hunting unless you're insane. If you've shot it with your musket or stabbed it with a boar spear, and it's still trying to get you, a one-handed sword is probably better than saying, "No, go away."
@@the_guitarcade and they're using the dog to hold the pig for the stabbing, not controlling it with the blade. The ones with hammers: desperate and mad. :P Well, yes, if it's all you have--like the hammers. They were probably farm-sized pigs, though, as they were a group; young ones or females. Look at a full-sized 200+ kg boar covered in bristles and anger, you find a tree and hope. I've known people to go after those with boar spears, though; spear in both hands and a big knife on a lanyard.
Fur is surprisingly effective at turning a cut. The hairs roll on one another like so many roller bearings. Serrations would act like miniature daggers, piercing through the hairs to the skin to bite in before drawing through. The difficulty in cutting through fur (in addition to the mess and hygienic issues) are why when skinning an animal you typically pierce a pinched tent of the hide to form an opening and then cut the skin from the inside. It works much easier.
Now I finally know how this sword is spelled lol. For years I've been trying to use the auto generated captions on TH-cam every time you've brought this sword up
The Spyderco serrated blades cut immensely better than playin edge blades. It’s because the edge angle is twice as steep. The points between the scallops protect the edge. That’s why the edge angle of the scallops can be so steep. Additionally, the edge is curved between each of the points. So even chopping strokes have a little draw-cut help - sort of like a recurved blade.
super cool sword. we are so lucky that matt has such good taste. imagine having a youtube channel about swords with out any historic swords? I bet you'd have to talk about being offended by children's movies.
Wouldn't an advantage of a serrated blade for hunting be that it would be helpful for processing carcasses? You could potentially use it to saw through bones and sinews and stuff if you needed to in order to transport the meat. Maybe even use it to help build an emergency shelter in a pinch.
My thoughts exactly, though the tendons cut better with a non-serrated edge in my opinion/experience. A lot of modern knives have a serrated edge for wood and bone. Some hunters will even bringe a dedicated saw for quartering big animals.
Would love for you to do that follow up on indian sword as it refers to hunting. As an avid hunter myself I find these sorts of historical journeys fascinating!
There is something very aesthetically-pleasing about this blade shape, very 'yatagan-ish'. I too really like this blade shape, and the fact it's a good cutter, chopper and thruster just adds to my love of it. Trying to find a knife-sized yatagan-style blade, something around 8-12 inches, sort of what one might call an 'Indian Bowie' knife. Yes, i'd like to know about a source if you have one.
Matt could you do a video of the katana behind you with the seemingly large tsuba? (bottom middle of screen in this video) That one looks antique and a bit different from the normal katana you own.
Would it be possible to for you to test a serrated blade versus a normal blade on various surfaces they might have encountered? Animal hide in particular for that hunting angle.
You should team up with Todd again and test why serrated blades were used by testing them on boar hides etc.. (not tigers obviously!). This design makes me wonder why they changed to the more scimitar like tulwar as much as I love that sword (I have an antique one I bought in Meteora Greece on a school trip when I was eleven with all my week's lunch money lol, I think the Turks brought them over but the Greeks used them against them in their war of independence 1821 along with yatagans of which I own a Greek one two from the same period). I love that you are covering all these amazing Indo/Persian weapons! I'm still trying to get my hands on the perfect killij, got three so far.
I think the tulwar hilt was more of an Indian invention than a Mughal import. The tulwar hilts resemble older pre-Mughal styles of Indian sword grips. In particular, the bulge in the middle of the grip and the restrictive pommel are typical of Indian hilt designs.
Yes the hilt was definitely an Indian thing and as you say, an evolution of earlier types. But the form of the blade seems to have been a 16th century Mughal introduction.
@@scholagladiatoria Mughals didn't bring talwar to India. Talwar was influenced by persian shamsher during arab invasion of India between 6th to 10th century or Delhi sultanate which ruled northern India in 13-14th century.
@@factshistory3193 I have seen no evidence for that in any research. The tulwar appears in India in the 1500s. There is no evidence for that type of curved blade in India before that.
@@factshistory3193 Or, put this another way, do you know of any examples surviving or in art of tulwar from before the 1500s in India? All the earliest examples in art or surviving I can find are from the 1500s. I cannot even find any from the 1400s.
@@scholagladiatoria I checked few sources and you are right about it. I was not able to find any sources before 15th century. But I just wondered what took them so long to make a talwar like sword in India because Indians faced both arabs amd turkic invaders from north-west frequently since 7th century. Turks even ruled Delhi in 13-14th century.
Actually the earliest miniature painting I've seen that depict the Talwar is from 1430s. About 3 decades after Tamerlane's invasion of the Delhi Sultanate. Although the manuscript is from Malwa Sultanate.
I'm growing fond of that profile. While I doubt they have direct lineage to the Greek kopis (though I heard the yataghan was at least inspired by it like much of the Renaissance), it is that that helped my fall in love with the profile. On the note about comparing it to axes, can you talk about Rhaetian axes? I heard they curve the haft for the blade to be more in line.
I bought an Indo Persian Jambiya as seen in Levin's Guide to Knives and their Values, 2nd. Edition. It is a "5 finger dagger," that I cannot find any information on. If you could mention anything about this dagger, please let me know the reference in which you found it. It appears to me wootz steel.
I’m curious about the serrated section near the hilt. Does that section show much sharpening wear, or do you suppose that they were put there to act as an aid in parrying?
Very interesting. The reinforced tip would contradict the hunting theory though, wouldn't it? Since a tiger won't be wearing chain mail. xD Maybe it was meant to be multi-purpose, or maybe someone thought a reinforced tip would be better at penetrating animal hide as well. Or it wasn't for hunting and the serration was just for the fear factor and the blade was mainly intended for thrusting, even though the recurve would have made it better for chopping... So many questions.
One thing that jumps out to me as a Persian speaker, is that sozun or suzan (سوزن) means needle. Perhaps sozun pattah means any needle pointed sword or point with a reinforced tip. Fabulous looking sword. How does it handle?
If the serrations are fairly robust and you swung it full force could you reliably use it to burst the rings on maille? Its got that pyramidal tip as well.
as an recent cold steel fan that just bought an Vanquro voyager xl(basiclly an 12" foldable Yatagan with an 5.5" blade) although i got the plain edge, but the serated version is proven to cut 3x deeper, cutting clothes and flesh, better then the plain edge, also it will have an bite, even when dulled, while the plain egde won't even cut the clothes when dulled, also it's harder to stich up, compared to an plain edge. i would assume this sosun pattah, is for anti cloth/hide armor.
The serrations are the first thing I noticed when seeing the blade. That was surprising. Thinking about it, I understand the serrations near the hilt. They can have a tool use (saw) and are not going to have any effect on the weapon's combat capabilities. However, the serrations at the center of percussion bug me. Aren't they going to make chopping less effective? At least I suppose shallow serrations like these will not get fabric to bunch up and will remain effective for draw cuts, but in this case I would put them anywhere but at the center of percussion, which is the only place (that may actually contact with the opponent) they're at. Although, I don't know what effect they have on giant kitties, so maybe in this specific context you don't really chop and the serrations are optimal.
Another great video! From what I have learned from you, it seems like people in India have mostly favoured one-handed slashing blades throughout (Western) recorded history. Id love to know if there was ever a culture from that part of the world who used two-handed swords; and, what they looked like and why they used them.
Ah I know why the serrations are there! The Panniculus Carnosus muscle, which primates don't have, causes the skin of cats (and a lot of other animals) to shift around loosly from the body. Serrations catch and snag like they do on clothes, which would get caught on the skin and cause it to split where the serrations make contact, making a cut that would glance off potentially actually cause injury. This is why tigers can fight each other without greviously cutting each other. Its kinda like a gambeson built under the skin.
That's a very interesting theory. I confess I know very little about how likely this is as a cause on serrations.
@@scholagladiatoriaif you get the chance to pick up a urumi please indulge, especially a single blade heftier one 😅. Thanks for another video
@@LionAstrology Watching the way Matt waves his hands around a lot, I'd think that 'whip-sword' would cut him to pieces just while he's describing it! 😄
somewhere in an Indian 17th C blacksmith: "Don't worry my apprentice you will make the next one straight, we will just give this a new name and some cool serrations and the sword nerds will snap them up!"
Have you heard of the Chandrahaas sword design? It has a forward curve like a Sosun Patta combined with the backward curve and heavy blade of a Tega.
I really like recurve blades. They are just not that common. I wish company like windlass would make sword like this just maybe without the serrated edge sections
I fully support serrations
I would support them making a lot more Indian weapons in general.
@@yamiyomizuki yeah i dont think they make for example tulwar, and thats bummer. They could do it in way as well like they did the 1796 light cavalry saber by copying original closely. Im not even sure if theres reasonably priced production replica of tulwar on market
@@lalli8152 there isn't, I've looked
@@lalli8152there is, but more inside India.
Subtitles: "Let's look at an Indian sword, the Susan Potter!"
Me: "Er, what?"
Non-famous sister of the famous Harry.
The funny thing is that I dont think that Wikipedia even bothered to make a dedicated section to it.(Not that Wikipedia is known for being the most reliable source of information or knowledge anyway.)
They do pretty good for being free
Thank you for putting “the scholar” into TH-cam. I have learned so much from your channel. Please keep up the good work.
Hunting a tiger with a sword, even with friends with swords, is just mind-boggling to me
It is a pretty known trope in India. Its an act that will cement the guy as a badass. People have hunted tigers with Katars, too.
Indian swords can be really cool, thanks for sharing it with us!
dear me ive taken a shot everytime Matt said or someone commented "Indian sword" 😉
...hunting tigers with a sword!
It is a pretty known trope in India. Its an act that will cement the guy as a badass. People have hunted tigers with Katars, too.
This is maybe my favorite of all the swords you have featured!
I change my mind on favorites all of the time, but recurved blades seem to hold my attention.
This example is particularly special because of its amalgamation of unusual features.
I would love to see details of a large sample of serrated swords. The exact morphology of the serrations themselves actually has a significant effect on their cutting behavior and maintenance.
There remains a lot to learn about historical sword design and functionality!
Whoever was responsible for this sword created something very cool!
I think this is my new favourite, too. What a piece of art for "middle class" sword. Love how the pommel is like rondel in rondel daggers, maybe helps putting force through chainmail if need be.
When i was in India i went to a fort museum and they had 100s of different serrated swords real nasty looking things . It seems like in medieval India they had the Game Of Thrones imagination but they were real
@@braddbradd5671Which fort? Where?
I think it was in jodhpur @@manfredconnor3194
@@manfredconnor3194probably in the state of Rajasthan, u can find many forts and good museums there
Good GRAVY, look at those serrations. Anyone getting a sword swung at them is likely to have a bad day at any rate, but that one looks like the smith said, "Y'know what? Eff anyone in particular on the other end of this specific sword."
I'm increasingly a huge fan of historians, and/or history-adjacent content makers, not having exhaustive pet theories about things simply because hearing three different *possible* explanations for a thing is just more interesting anyway than a single deep dive. In addition to just being, at the end of the day, more honest. It's like, 'I would not have thought that... or that... or that!' is both very stimulating intellectually and helps keep the viewer firmly grounded and humble.
(I say this because while serrations to cut through heavy cloth armour make a lot of sense, especially on a weapon that is already geared for anti-armour stabbings, the tiger hunting anecdote was insane and delightful. A great series of videos!)
Oh man I really like that. Ive seen these, but that one is beautiful.
The rounded hilt swords with or without guard were used by Rajputs and Marathas.
Mughals used the curved hilt(Dont know its name).
All three were very sentimental about their swords they didnt exchange designs.
Hey Matt!
just curious, are you planning on making a video about the Egyptian Khopesh anytime soon?
not sure if there is much to say about it or not, but would be interested to hear your thoughts about it none the less. keep up the great work! cheers
You and Todd ought to do an experiment with serrated vs. regular blades against various fabrics and a tiger or two.
I'd love that
The Tulwar hilt likely originated in the Rajput kingdom of Jodhpur.
BTW, what a fabulous sword. Love it. Have always been attracted to the reverse curve/re-curve blades like the Yataghan. I wonder if, in the context of your Royal Armoury series with Windlass, you could do a series of non-European swords. I would love to get my hands on an accurate replica of this sword, a Yataghan and a Kopis and maybe a Tulwar. Thank you.
I could see a reinforced tip being useful on a hunting sword that will be used against something that's going to try to kill you back and uses its head as a weapon like boars. They charge and try to gore you with their tusks, so a reinforced tip might help you punch through skull if you aim a thrust at the eye.
on a pig, you can't afford to let them get to you. That's why pig-hunting swords are two-handed and had a pair of prongs about 3/4 of the way up--a pig will charge up the whole length of the blade (or spear) to get to you if not stopped. A 1-hander is zero use.
@thekaxmax there are people who hunt pigs using bowie knives and dogs. I once worked on an oil rig in Alabama where a herd of pigs wandered up about the time that the drillers finished up their job. They grabbed hammers and wrenches, chased the pigs down, and beat one to death.
I'm not implying that you would take just the sword that's clearly designed with a preference for the cut as your primary weapon for pig hunting unless you're insane. If you've shot it with your musket or stabbed it with a boar spear, and it's still trying to get you, a one-handed sword is probably better than saying, "No, go away."
@@the_guitarcade and they're using the dog to hold the pig for the stabbing, not controlling it with the blade. The ones with hammers: desperate and mad. :P
Well, yes, if it's all you have--like the hammers.
They were probably farm-sized pigs, though, as they were a group; young ones or females. Look at a full-sized 200+ kg boar covered in bristles and anger, you find a tree and hope. I've known people to go after those with boar spears, though; spear in both hands and a big knife on a lanyard.
Fur is surprisingly effective at turning a cut. The hairs roll on one another like so many roller bearings. Serrations would act like miniature daggers, piercing through the hairs to the skin to bite in before drawing through. The difficulty in cutting through fur (in addition to the mess and hygienic issues) are why when skinning an animal you typically pierce a pinched tent of the hide to form an opening and then cut the skin from the inside. It works much easier.
Now I finally know how this sword is spelled lol. For years I've been trying to use the auto generated captions on TH-cam every time you've brought this sword up
The Spyderco serrated blades cut immensely better than playin edge blades. It’s because the edge angle is twice as steep. The points between the scallops protect the edge. That’s why the edge angle of the scallops can be so steep. Additionally, the edge is curved between each of the points. So even chopping strokes have a little draw-cut help - sort of like a recurved blade.
super cool sword. we are so lucky that matt has such good taste. imagine having a youtube channel about swords with out any historic swords? I bet you'd have to talk about being offended by children's movies.
with the armoured point this has become a favourite sword shape for me
Hell Yeah some more Goated Indian Swordness🗿🗡🔥💯
Wouldn't an advantage of a serrated blade for hunting be that it would be helpful for processing carcasses? You could potentially use it to saw through bones and sinews and stuff if you needed to in order to transport the meat. Maybe even use it to help build an emergency shelter in a pinch.
you want either an actua saw, or a smooth blade that won't get stuck. Go for a hunter's/pioneer's saw-backed hangar.
My thoughts exactly, though the tendons cut better with a non-serrated edge in my opinion/experience. A lot of modern knives have a serrated edge for wood and bone. Some hunters will even bringe a dedicated saw for quartering big animals.
@@misterdoodle3447 ayup. Sawback is for bone and dried tendons.
Would love for you to do that follow up on indian sword as it refers to hunting. As an avid hunter myself I find these sorts of historical journeys fascinating!
Try it against a bear, then report back to us curious folks. Replicas must be available somewhere.
@@scottpreston5074 for bears i just go with the bowie knife like Davey
There is something very aesthetically-pleasing about this blade shape, very 'yatagan-ish'. I too really like this blade shape, and the fact it's a good cutter, chopper and thruster just adds to my love of it. Trying to find a knife-sized yatagan-style blade, something around 8-12 inches, sort of what one might call an 'Indian Bowie' knife. Yes, i'd like to know about a source if you have one.
Really love the shape of this blade. Looks like a great cutter and thruster.
Time for some experimental archeology - can someone lend Mat a tiger
That's a real beauty! Thanks for presenting it!
Ooh I love that blade shape! Recurves are so cool.
Very nice seeing such weapon in a video, please do continue to make videos on lesser known indian swords
I wouldn't have been all that surprised if you were to have seen soldiers from India during that period pairing a Sosun Pattah with all Khukri
The kukri was certainly used in India, as well as Nepal. And various Indian swords were also used in Nepal.
Thanks, Matt.
Thank you for another great video! Such a cool sword 😍
Very nice video.
I think more of those older Indian blades should be featured here.
Thanks for the video
Comes out as Susan Potter in the subtitles. Nice lighting btw. Diffuse sunlight I think.
It looks incredible I love it !
😍 That's gorgeous in its complexity!
Great video
Thanks for sharing thats an awesome sword very interesting characteristics..paints a picture of a beautiful and effective fighting style.
Absolutely wild example!
In North India Lots Of Rajput Warriors Use To Carry It During War's
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bro made the title to attract indian horde clicks, well played
Matt could you do a video of the katana behind you with the seemingly large tsuba? (bottom middle of screen in this video) That one looks antique and a bit different from the normal katana you own.
What a lovely sword
I recently read the book Dracula and was pleased to see the kukri and Bowie was featured in on in the book . I won’t give any spoilers
Beautiful weapon! :)
I actually had head of it. And I really like the design.
Would it be possible to for you to test a serrated blade versus a normal blade on various surfaces they might have encountered? Animal hide in particular for that hunting angle.
It's a great idea - I'd just need to find an example that is suitable for such tests, and which has been properly sharpened.
@@scholagladiatoria if possible, if you have the budget, it would be highly accurate to test it agaist an dead pig that's wearing thick clothes
You should team up with Todd again and test why serrated blades were used by testing them on boar hides etc.. (not tigers obviously!). This design makes me wonder why they changed to the more scimitar like tulwar as much as I love that sword (I have an antique one I bought in Meteora Greece on a school trip when I was eleven with all my week's lunch money lol, I think the Turks brought them over but the Greeks used them against them in their war of independence 1821 along with yatagans of which I own a Greek one two from the same period). I love that you are covering all these amazing Indo/Persian weapons! I'm still trying to get my hands on the perfect killij, got three so far.
I think the tulwar hilt was more of an Indian invention than a Mughal import. The tulwar hilts resemble older pre-Mughal styles of Indian sword grips. In particular, the bulge in the middle of the grip and the restrictive pommel are typical of Indian hilt designs.
Yes the hilt was definitely an Indian thing and as you say, an evolution of earlier types. But the form of the blade seems to have been a 16th century Mughal introduction.
@@scholagladiatoria Mughals didn't bring talwar to India. Talwar was influenced by persian shamsher during arab invasion of India between 6th to 10th century or Delhi sultanate which ruled northern India in 13-14th century.
@@factshistory3193 I have seen no evidence for that in any research. The tulwar appears in India in the 1500s. There is no evidence for that type of curved blade in India before that.
@@factshistory3193 Or, put this another way, do you know of any examples surviving or in art of tulwar from before the 1500s in India? All the earliest examples in art or surviving I can find are from the 1500s. I cannot even find any from the 1400s.
@@scholagladiatoria I checked few sources and you are right about it. I was not able to find any sources before 15th century. But I just wondered what took them so long to make a talwar like sword in India because Indians faced both arabs amd turkic invaders from north-west frequently since 7th century. Turks even ruled Delhi in 13-14th century.
Super cool sword !
Amongst other thing! Zac Evans is rubbing off on Matt.
Actually the earliest miniature painting I've seen that depict the Talwar is from 1430s. About 3 decades after Tamerlane's invasion of the Delhi Sultanate. Although the manuscript is from Malwa Sultanate.
I'm growing fond of that profile. While I doubt they have direct lineage to the Greek kopis (though I heard the yataghan was at least inspired by it like much of the Renaissance), it is that that helped my fall in love with the profile.
On the note about comparing it to axes, can you talk about Rhaetian axes? I heard they curve the haft for the blade to be more in line.
I'm not a fan of the hilt, but I really like that blade. Probably best Indian blade I've seen.
There is a lot going on there, between the reinforced point, forward curve, and the partially serrated blade edge.
Props for the play on Mogul/Mughal after dissing the talwah/tulwah pedants...
I bought an Indo Persian Jambiya as seen in Levin's Guide to Knives and their Values, 2nd. Edition. It is a "5 finger dagger," that I cannot find any information on. If you could mention anything about this dagger, please let me know the reference in which you found it. It appears to me wootz steel.
Very interesting. Also lot in common with the magreb’s flissa
I’m curious about the serrated section near the hilt. Does that section show much sharpening wear, or do you suppose that they were put there to act as an aid in parrying?
Beautiful sword ❤
Very interesting. The reinforced tip would contradict the hunting theory though, wouldn't it? Since a tiger won't be wearing chain mail. xD Maybe it was meant to be multi-purpose, or maybe someone thought a reinforced tip would be better at penetrating animal hide as well. Or it wasn't for hunting and the serration was just for the fear factor and the blade was mainly intended for thrusting, even though the recurve would have made it better for chopping... So many questions.
Awesome sword
So Bloodborne's system where serration does extra damage to beast enemies has historical basis? Fantastic!
Does the disc pummel aid in resisting the force on the blade as it is chopping or cutting?
I want to see Matt do some test cutting with strange indian swords and knives.
One thing that jumps out to me as a Persian speaker, is that sozun or suzan (سوزن) means needle. Perhaps sozun pattah means any needle pointed sword or point with a reinforced tip. Fabulous looking sword. How does it handle?
If the serrations are fairly robust and you swung it full force could you reliably use it to burst the rings on maille? Its got that pyramidal tip as well.
If you track the form westward, and back in time, is there some evidence of influence from the Kopis?
Dang it every time you introduce me to a new sword I have to have it
the saw like blade near the point is original?
edit: should have watched the video first before comenting, thx for your answer
10:55 precaution against binding?
as an recent cold steel fan that just bought an Vanquro voyager xl(basiclly an 12" foldable Yatagan with an 5.5" blade) although i got the plain edge, but the serated version is proven to cut 3x deeper, cutting clothes and flesh, better then the plain edge, also it will have an bite, even when dulled, while the plain egde won't even cut the clothes when dulled, also it's harder to stich up, compared to an plain edge. i would assume this sosun pattah, is for anti cloth/hide armor.
they can be made with imported European Yataghan bayonet blades as well considering that the overall design and geometry is very similar
When did the knuckle-bow appear in South Asia?
Yes please! I would like to see another serrated Indian sword!
The serrations are the first thing I noticed when seeing the blade. That was surprising. Thinking about it, I understand the serrations near the hilt. They can have a tool use (saw) and are not going to have any effect on the weapon's combat capabilities. However, the serrations at the center of percussion bug me. Aren't they going to make chopping less effective? At least I suppose shallow serrations like these will not get fabric to bunch up and will remain effective for draw cuts, but in this case I would put them anywhere but at the center of percussion, which is the only place (that may actually contact with the opponent) they're at. Although, I don't know what effect they have on giant kitties, so maybe in this specific context you don't really chop and the serrations are optimal.
Question. Would the grip philosophy of the tulwar work at all with a yataghan style blade???
Ayudha katti next on your obscure weapons list please
Would serration help you cut things like wood if you were scout or travelling? Combining utility and weapon?
It could but i am not sure if this sword specifically is suited for that.
Reminds me of the blade shape of the M1858 Enfield Rifle Saber Bayonet.
Another great video! From what I have learned from you, it seems like people in India have mostly favoured one-handed slashing blades throughout (Western) recorded history. Id love to know if there was ever a culture from that part of the world who used two-handed swords; and, what they looked like and why they used them.
Heard that the kukri was heavily influenced by the Greek kopis carried by Alexander's phalanx hoplites. Any opinion on this assertion?
It seems to not be true, as there are hundreds of years between the two blades, with no obvious connecting developments.
Pretty sword.
Beautiful blade! I would like to know some specs
8:20 man...thats a very nice sword!
We all love Susan's pasta.
very interesting video, but there is a lot of noise in the soundtrack
I love these Susan Potter swords.
Matt were these Sosun Patahs used excatly like Tulwar ?
I don't know, but I guess very similar.
What are the downsides of recurved blades?
There has to be some, or they'd be more popular.
I remember you showing a hindu basket hilted khanda like sosunpatta once, long ago.
Windlass so needs to do a reproduction of this piece. Without the serrations.
I want it!
If a brit from yesteryears were to meet a spanish speaker, would they spell 'agua' as "uwuh"?