*Thief breaks into Metatron's apt* Thief hears a disembodied voice, "Roll a d20 to choose how you will die." Thief whirls around in panic, "Huh?! What's a dee-twenty?!" "Uh-oh. Sounds like a critical miss," says the voice. *Metatron materializes behind thief with his mace and late-period kettle helm.* "Nothing personal, kid."
Sir Metatron, I just like you. I mean, I watch your videos regularly. But when I feel kind of blue and tasteless and I think that the whole world is a piece of crap and I am not any better, I just sit down in the middle of the night, grab a kitty and I watch a few of your videos. And then I suddenly feel like Im alright again, your voice, the information you give us, your personality... It just makes me feel so much better when I watch you talk about things you like, you are so... You just power me up and I am so so so glad I have encountered one of your videos in the past and since then you make my life better every time I watch your videos, doesnt matter the subject. Thank you. I just want to thank you. Thanks mate. Thanks.
@@metatronyt You. Have. Replied. To. My. Comment. Now my life is complete, sir. But really. Thanks. This made me soo touched right now. You are the man! I hope one day Id be able to pay you back for everything you have done for me through your videos. Thank you, sensei Metatron! Thank you.
‘....and here’s my Mace of Molag Bal. Found it in an abandoned house in Markarth. For an authentic Daedric artifact, I’d say it’s quite on the cumbersome side.’
quick tip to clean mail. Wear it! Mail is semi self cleaning just wear it around the house and while your running the vacuum. It takes alot of the rust off while. The barrel full of sand is the best and necessary for really rusty mail and you only need a small barrel i get most people dont live in rural areas and have alot of sandy soil and beaches work too
You don't need a barrel. Get a round plastic trash can with a lid, and once you've put the mail shirt and sand in it "weld" the lid on with a heat gun, or just duct tape it copiously. I don't understand the concept of not having access to sand. Worst case scenario, if you can't just go get some from someone, you should be able to get it at a gardening center or even just order sandbox sand online. Hope this helps.
24:56 that is the helmet of a Silver Knight from Anor Londo. No one give him a dragonslayer greatbow, and if he finds one anyway, keep him away from cathedral ledges.
Not wishing you ill, i really wish you youthful vitality for a hundred and two years, but I was thinking, when you pass away, I hope your collection becomes the Metatron Museum so others may see these awesome beauties of contemporary antiques. Art of our time looking back. I wonder if you and the other channels like yours, would join together and make a 3 hour documentary on a particular century. Armour, cooking, shelters and castles, the politics, the wars and strategies, the economics of that time. How it develops from the previous century, into the next, and influencing its course. Might be just a dream. But boy it would be epic and legendary.
I like the idea of reenacting "inferior" gear, a lot of people just try to collect as many luxurious, decorated and high end items as they can find because they're beautiful and high quality, but not everyone, not even a large proportion of people in the past would have access to things like that, a lot would have mismatched things, old things, damaged things, crudely made things, or just incomplete sets of armor or weapons.
I don't think so, as in the past armour was not just a beautiful collection piece, but a thing, that can protect your life. Also only extremely rich people could afford it, and I again don't think they wouldn't spend enough money to buy a good set of armour. What you have said can be applicable only to those guys who bought only helmets and some sort of not very good protection, like mail, for example, in my opinion
@@professor_incognito that is if they're warriors, though, most people, outside certain cultures weren't. You could be a peasant and still have to serve in an army, you could be forced to form a militia to defend your town, or you could just be stuck without any effective authority to protect you and your property and have to make do with anything you can get your hands on. This was often the reality the common person was faced with.
I agree on everything except about the broken parts. As I saw in many Italian paintings, a lot of foot soldiers had incomplete sets, but of good quality. And big shields such as "targoni" would compensate the lack of protection for the less wealthy, who rather than wearing "broken armor" would just wear padded clothes/arming jackets. However, I don't know about the rest of Europe and Italy was different as armies were not professional for a long time and were composed of townspeople who were used to train with their "corporation" and buy their own gear. But I'm sure that a poor man would choose to use his grandfather's helmet instead of buying a new one. In regards to the late 15th century, most soldiers had a good gear. My personal impression of an Italian mercenary I am working on will have: arming jacket, barbute or open sallet, gauntlets, cuirass and a "rotella" shield. What I deemed simple, functional and realistic, in my opinion.
Crazy how they claim today as "Whole Mongol conquests in Asia are the Chinese heritage", while they been conquered and wastly used like any other Asian coutry Mongols came up.
I haven't clicked so fast in my life. Awesome collection man. Sure there's way bigger collections out there but this is super impressive. I just started seriously collecting a year ago so I don't have much right now but I'm hoping to get my collection to this point in the next few years. I've tried blacksmithing and I made an axe but I have very primitive tooling so I cant really make swords yet but hey.... it never hurts to have a dream. Thanks for the video metatron.
Nand Ahuja not really as swords are specifically made to be light and agile, many are constructed with spring steel which will spring when hit on something without proper edge alignment, your opponent would be left with just an irritating slap, I guess it could kill but such a thing is not guaranteed, a blunt sword would be more effective when being held at its blunt blade, using the hilt as a mace, which would definitely bludgeon someone to death pretty easily, so restrictive measures on sharp swords seem pretty pointless considering a baseball bat or any other effective blunt impact weapon would be easier for a criminal to use effectively, no edge alignment needed just go to town on your victim, also they haven’t banned sharp kitchen knives in Italy which seems more dangerous to be as they are easily concealed unlike a sword which would give you away as soon as you carried it with bad intentions out in public
Raph, for cleaning mail you could probably get away with using a plastic bin filled with sand and shift it back and forth. The bin you should be able to find anywhere, they sell them all over the place in the US and they're used for storing thing from clothes to Christmas decorations. As for sand, you should be able to order it off of Amazon, or anywhere online, just look for playground sand. If you do try this, I'd probably something on the floor underneath the bin so you don't ruin your floor.
230 Hardness is not the single decisive factor in choosing the right material for your armor (or sword for that matter!) It also needs the appropiate toughness. Cast iron for instance has a very good hardness but is terribly brittle - if you were to make armor from that it would have great hardness, but it could simply break upon impact. Just felt like this should be explained. Like the video and you have a really cool collection :)
Given that titanium is much lighter than steel, twice as light, is it beneficial to make it twice as thick for even more protection? I don't think it will affect mobility that much. If it did, you could make the areas near the joints the regular thickness as its steel counterparts.
Don't think you need a full barrel of sand to be honest. A bucket should do. The mail probably doesn't need to be all unfolded perfectly. Pour the bucket half full of sand and grit, put in the mail, then pour the rest if the sand in. Not sure it needs to be rolled either. Just out the bucket on something that shakes vigorously. Like a washing machine running the full centrifugal program. Maybe spray some 5.56 spray on the mail before dunking it in sand first.
I have bought a brigandine from Aleksey Perebeynos, it's fantastic! I can promise you'll be pleased with it. He also works in titanium, so would definitely recommend that if you can stretch to it.
Haha, "who the hell has a barrel?" I imagine that you could find a plastic trash can (with a suitable lid) or some such thing to use. Perhaps also one could oil the mail, put it in a thick sack, and run it in a clothes dryer (with enough padding present) with no heat. Your comment on the change of roman helmets was funny as well. Sometimes we get caught up in simplified time frames and forget that real life change is usually very gradual.
Impressive stuff ! I really hope you can answer a question for me ? A while back archeologists found brass chainmail links from the Mary Rose wreck. I had never heard of this before, was brass used only by the navy ? Because of the salt water ? Thanks. I love your videos btw !
Brass was used all over but mostly on ships and it was mostly used by officers or people who just liked the look of it. Normal mail can just be properly oiled and maintained to keep it from rusting so it's not necessary to use brass. So the answer to your question (to the best of my knowledge) is Yes they used it in the navy mostly but No it wasnt the only type of mail that they used. I could be wrong but this is the information that I have. And yes I'm not Metatron but I figured I'd answer your question anyway lol.
you should have a medieval-inspired battle-ready suit of mandalorian armor made up, just for the hell of it; titanium chainmail underlay, waterjet cut ar500 steel plates, a helmet made as beautiful and functional as possible (synthetic sapphire faceplate would be awesome) and a bunch of old-school integrated gadgets, gizmos and weapons.
When you say "used it" what exactly do you do? I'm a big fan of your channel but forget or never saw how you test these items. I know you do re-enactments but how intense are these and what do you do? I'd love to see more re-enactment videos if able.
Since I just finished my dissertation in copper alloys I thought I'd chime in and say the term is used mainly because it avoids confusion. Because even when talking about copper alloy objects if the same type in the same place and period, composition can vary widely, especially for early to mid bronze age objects (in the case of my dissertation tin content in spearheads varied by around 15% with outliers at up to 40%)
I have a question about the Roman shield. I read a long time ago that the inside was always painted red so the soldier would not see his own blood, is there any truth in that or just myth?
Ave Metatron! 🌿🌿🦅🦅 Se vuoi acquistare gladi romani a un prezzo leggermente più basso ti consiglio Pier Paolo Rvsticvs, o Bernardo Pettorossi di Domvs Artificis. Vale!
Heya, Metatron, I would like to know something... I've seem that a lot of people focus on historically accurate swords, but is there any people who do lances and bows? I love ancient armors and all, but I'm more of a lance or bow dude than sword dude, although I do like some.
@@CaptainVincentRiley this is sad... Lances deserve more love :/ I really love the Roman hasta, it's not only beautiful but it also imposes a lot of power.
13:43 "Somethimes they'd be tinned to look like iron." 100AD at Dodgy Decimus's 1st and 2nd hand armour dealership... "The finest iron, from the Indus!"
I've heard that a bag of sawdust can be comparably effective. Contrary to the patent with a barrel, here you beat the sack with a stick. Nut shells should also work.
"The Latin name Venus ('love, charm') stems from Proto-Italic *wenos- ('desire'), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *wenh₁-os ('desire'; compare with Messapic Venas, Old Indic vánas 'desire')." From wikipedia, so take it with a pinch of salt.
By the way, your barbuta looks fantastic! I'm very interested in learning about when and why knights and soldiers might wear them over other designs, how often they were chosen, etc. Were they used much at all outside of Italy? Maybe you can also comment on their overall aesthetic vs Corinthian helmets. The design is similar, but I feel that the ones that I've seen online never quite capture the grace of the ancient Greek helms. It might be that I haven't seen enough to compare them. Let us know what you think, thanks!
Hey guys I have been looking at Iron mountain's armory and saw Gashira class Dragon Scale armor.. I have no idea of how it might feel like and function compared to standard lame plates. If Metatron agrees to get a new set we can help him get the armor and learn more about other various styles of the armor used by Samurai. Oh and if it is possible by Iron Mountain to create Nanban Gusoku in gashira (European Plate) it might also be an alternative to the scales instead.
Hey Metatron,do you know where i could buy a greek chiton and himeton? I know you are more focused on roman culture but that would be at the same time a nice topic: traditional greek-roman clothing: what did they use and where.
I would love to have an arming sword. Some day. Do you know if blackened armor was has popular has shinny stuff or was it a period thing ? I have seen old art showing both.
Hey Raff, I love the frog mouth helmet, it's such a streamline yet robust helmet and I was wondering if there are any examples of frog mouths you can swivel your head around in?
Metatron, I am trying to make a Republican Roman kit. I am almost finished the shield (I just need time to heat and pound the metal for the bass) and am working on the lorica hamata. I was wondering if you had any tips or ideas for how to make a montefortino helmet. Let me know if you have any resources you would recommend or maybe you could make a video? Thanks. I love the channel.
@@metatronyt ok normale porto d'armi no? Quello ce l'ho. Quindi posso tranquillamente prenderla online e poi denunciarla, giusto? Comunque grazie per la risposta, guardo i tuoi video da un po' e mi sono reso conto da qualche giorno che sei italiano hahaha
Hey Metatron, have you checked out Yarinohanzo? a sword making company from italy, i got my iaito from there when i was practicing iaido and i am really happy with it considering the low price
If you're thinking about your gladius handle, if keeping an ivory grip, I'd think another millimeter thicker or as a cover over wood. Your armor is making me question if my copper lamellar armor is even worth finishing
this looks like a rpg adventurer showcasing his gear after saving the world
Last night I had bad dreams. There was a scary, heavy amoured horse.
It was a knightmare! :D
*Thief breaks into Metatron's apt*
Thief hears a disembodied voice, "Roll a d20 to choose how you will die."
Thief whirls around in panic, "Huh?! What's a dee-twenty?!"
"Uh-oh. Sounds like a critical miss," says the voice.
*Metatron materializes behind thief with his mace and late-period kettle helm.* "Nothing personal, kid."
(Dark Souls death sound)
This is beautiful.
Nice name charles
@@hernancortes7602 my cats name is Charles.
his name is a reference ;)
Robber: breaks into metatron’s home
Metatron: would you like to “see” my full collection
Pretty sure metatron sleeps in his full samurai armor right by the door
Robber breaks in*
Metatron:HELLO NOBLEONE!
Robber ghost has left the chat*
@@blackops2960 No. But it's not that hard to see Metatron having an mail shirt, for combat reasons and traing as well.
I mean there is the urge to show and tell about such a collection. My wife has prohibited me to show my bayonet collection to every visitor we have
Sir Metatron, I just like you. I mean, I watch your videos regularly. But when I feel kind of blue and tasteless and I think that the whole world is a piece of crap and I am not any better, I just sit down in the middle of the night, grab a kitty and I watch a few of your videos. And then I suddenly feel like Im alright again, your voice, the information you give us, your personality... It just makes me feel so much better when I watch you talk about things you like, you are so... You just power me up and I am so so so glad I have encountered one of your videos in the past and since then you make my life better every time I watch your videos, doesnt matter the subject. Thank you. I just want to thank you. Thanks mate. Thanks.
It's my pleasure, friend.
@@metatronyt You. Have. Replied. To. My. Comment. Now my life is complete, sir. But really. Thanks. This made me soo touched right now. You are the man! I hope one day Id be able to pay you back for everything you have done for me through your videos. Thank you, sensei Metatron! Thank you.
‘....and here’s my Mace of Molag Bal. Found it in an abandoned house in Markarth. For an authentic Daedric artifact, I’d say it’s quite on the cumbersome side.’
quick tip to clean mail. Wear it! Mail is semi self cleaning just wear it around the house and while your running the vacuum. It takes alot of the rust off while. The barrel full of sand is the best and necessary for really rusty mail and you only need a small barrel i get most people dont live in rural areas and have alot of sandy soil and beaches work too
You don't need a barrel. Get a round plastic trash can with a lid, and once you've put the mail shirt and sand in it "weld" the lid on with a heat gun, or just duct tape it copiously. I don't understand the concept of not having access to sand. Worst case scenario, if you can't just go get some from someone, you should be able to get it at a gardening center or even just order sandbox sand online. Hope this helps.
24:56 that is the helmet of a Silver Knight from Anor Londo.
No one give him a dragonslayer greatbow, and if he finds one anyway, keep him away from cathedral ledges.
I’m so happy to see you’re alive and well
Not wishing you ill, i really wish you youthful vitality for a hundred and two years, but I was thinking, when you pass away, I hope your collection becomes the Metatron Museum so others may see these awesome beauties of contemporary antiques. Art of our time looking back.
I wonder if you and the other channels like yours, would join together and make a 3 hour documentary on a particular century. Armour, cooking, shelters and castles, the politics, the wars and strategies, the economics of that time. How it develops from the previous century, into the next, and influencing its course.
Might be just a dream. But boy it would be epic and legendary.
I like the idea of reenacting "inferior" gear, a lot of people just try to collect as many luxurious, decorated and high end items as they can find because they're beautiful and high quality, but not everyone, not even a large proportion of people in the past would have access to things like that, a lot would have mismatched things, old things, damaged things, crudely made things, or just incomplete sets of armor or weapons.
I don't think so, as in the past armour was not just a beautiful collection piece, but a thing, that can protect your life. Also only extremely rich people could afford it, and I again don't think they wouldn't spend enough money to buy a good set of armour. What you have said can be applicable only to those guys who bought only helmets and some sort of not very good protection, like mail, for example, in my opinion
@@professor_incognito that is if they're warriors, though, most people, outside certain cultures weren't. You could be a peasant and still have to serve in an army, you could be forced to form a militia to defend your town, or you could just be stuck without any effective authority to protect you and your property and have to make do with anything you can get your hands on. This was often the reality the common person was faced with.
I agree on everything except about the broken parts. As I saw in many Italian paintings, a lot of foot soldiers had incomplete sets, but of good quality. And big shields such as "targoni" would compensate the lack of protection for the less wealthy, who rather than wearing "broken armor" would just wear padded clothes/arming jackets. However, I don't know about the rest of Europe and Italy was different as armies were not professional for a long time and were composed of townspeople who were used to train with their "corporation" and buy their own gear. But I'm sure that a poor man would choose to use his grandfather's helmet instead of buying a new one. In regards to the late 15th century, most soldiers had a good gear. My personal impression of an Italian mercenary I am working on will have: arming jacket, barbute or open sallet, gauntlets, cuirass and a "rotella" shield. What I deemed simple, functional and realistic, in my opinion.
*italian cough*
This will make a fine addition to my collection.
*Proceeds to reveal an additional set of arms holding historically accurate gladii*
omg! your Poquito bello has finally reached your shoulders!
Glad to see your doing much better and in better health; love the videos - very informational and enjoyable to watch
Speaking of armour, my chinese armour is coming along great. Videos are getting released now. Exciting stuff!
Nice mate!
What's name of the armor? I am pretty interested to know
Last time I was this early the Chinese weren't overan by the mongols yet
Lol, are you born before Song dynasty?
Crazy how they claim today as "Whole Mongol conquests in Asia are the Chinese heritage", while they been conquered and wastly used like any other Asian coutry Mongols came up.
Last time I was this early, Noah wasn't building an ark
@@HanSolo__ except that we didn't claim that
@@HanSolo__ Why are you making up these ridiculous lies to discredit China?
I haven't clicked so fast in my life. Awesome collection man. Sure there's way bigger collections out there but this is super impressive. I just started seriously collecting a year ago so I don't have much right now but I'm hoping to get my collection to this point in the next few years. I've tried blacksmithing and I made an axe but I have very primitive tooling so I cant really make swords yet but hey.... it never hurts to have a dream. Thanks for the video metatron.
This guy had been trying to rebuild Roman empire.
Holy Roman Empire, to be precise: most of his gear seems to belong to the medieval era than antiquity.
So you can't have sharp swords in Italy? That sucks
You need a licence i think.
Hence many italian makers make good "butterknife" sharp swords, like Deltin, or marvellous blunts, like Malleus Martialis.
Blank- blade man that must such to have to go though a load of red tape just to be able to do some test cutting, must be a nightmare
Blunt blades can still kill with blunt force trauma. They can do as much if not more damage than a baseball bat.
Nand Ahuja not really as swords are specifically made to be light and agile, many are constructed with spring steel which will spring when hit on something without proper edge alignment, your opponent would be left with just an irritating slap, I guess it could kill but such a thing is not guaranteed, a blunt sword would be more effective when being held at its blunt blade, using the hilt as a mace, which would definitely bludgeon someone to death pretty easily, so restrictive measures on sharp swords seem pretty pointless considering a baseball bat or any other effective blunt impact weapon would be easier for a criminal to use effectively, no edge alignment needed just go to town on your victim, also they haven’t banned sharp kitchen knives in Italy which seems more dangerous to be as they are easily concealed unlike a sword which would give you away as soon as you carried it with bad intentions out in public
You have the full Roman army in your room! Good work friend 👍
Raph, for cleaning mail you could probably get away with using a plastic bin filled with sand and shift it back and forth. The bin you should be able to find anywhere, they sell them all over the place in the US and they're used for storing thing from clothes to Christmas decorations. As for sand, you should be able to order it off of Amazon, or anywhere online, just look for playground sand. If you do try this, I'd probably something on the floor underneath the bin so you don't ruin your floor.
30th century historians:
"So why did he need these blunt swords for youtube videos?"
"They must have been ceremonial!"
Nope, we don't do that
Keep in mind that we are not archeologists :P
I've never seen him so happy before today
20:34 I just got a mental image of a guy chasing a barrel down a hill in the middle of San Francisco.
Aleksey made my brigandine too, and it's absolutely amazing. Can wear it all day.
I'd do a "my full collection video", but at this point I would probably miss something on one of the wall panels.
Please, do it!
"my blades are blunt because of legal reasons in Italy" - laughs in American
Behold, my stuff!
Lol
230 Hardness is not the single decisive factor in choosing the right material for your armor (or sword for that matter!) It also needs the appropiate toughness. Cast iron for instance has a very good hardness but is terribly brittle - if you were to make armor from that it would have great hardness, but it could simply break upon impact.
Just felt like this should be explained.
Like the video and you have a really cool collection :)
Fantastica collezione.. complimenti 👏👏👍💪
Omg I haven't watched much of your vids when you had to take a pause because of Corona. Good to see you up and well again, been missing your content!
I love that barbute style you ordered for yourself, perfect choice! Nice collection as well.
20:57, "...Incredibly humid and DUMP!"
Beauliful. Thank you for sharing it and showing us details of those most interested pieces.
Sir can you please make the video of nodachi vs nagamaki
This man can afford equipement for an entire army with only what he has
Very nice collection. Thank you for sharing!
Given that titanium is much lighter than steel, twice as light, is it beneficial to make it twice as thick for even more protection? I don't think it will affect mobility that much. If it did, you could make the areas near the joints the regular thickness as its steel counterparts.
Don't think you need a full barrel of sand to be honest. A bucket should do. The mail probably doesn't need to be all unfolded perfectly.
Pour the bucket half full of sand and grit, put in the mail, then pour the rest if the sand in.
Not sure it needs to be rolled either. Just out the bucket on something that shakes vigorously. Like a washing machine running the full centrifugal program.
Maybe spray some 5.56 spray on the mail before dunking it in sand first.
I have bought a brigandine from Aleksey Perebeynos, it's fantastic! I can promise you'll be pleased with it. He also works in titanium, so would definitely recommend that if you can stretch to it.
Haha, "who the hell has a barrel?" I imagine that you could find a plastic trash can (with a suitable lid) or some such thing to use. Perhaps also one could oil the mail, put it in a thick sack, and run it in a clothes dryer (with enough padding present) with no heat. Your comment on the change of roman helmets was funny as well. Sometimes we get caught up in simplified time frames and forget that real life change is usually very gradual.
I'm not a huge fan of European plate, so I can't wait to see your Brigandine! The blue sounds gorgeous!
Your friends channel about boardgames is great.
This is a rather unique collection!
Can you please provide a link to the Italian man who makes the Gladius? Would love to buy one.
Wd40 and steel wool or a heavy duty scouring pad for your mail. I do it with my coif and hauberk.
I do believe that that Gallic type H is from the Knight Shop correct? Great video!
Impressive stuff ! I really hope you can answer a question for me ? A while back archeologists found brass chainmail links from the Mary Rose wreck. I had never heard of this before, was brass used only by the navy ? Because of the salt water ? Thanks. I love your videos btw !
Brass was used all over but mostly on ships and it was mostly used by officers or people who just liked the look of it. Normal mail can just be properly oiled and maintained to keep it from rusting so it's not necessary to use brass. So the answer to your question (to the best of my knowledge) is Yes they used it in the navy mostly but No it wasnt the only type of mail that they used. I could be wrong but this is the information that I have. And yes I'm not Metatron but I figured I'd answer your question anyway lol.
@@colinmackay92 Thanks for the answer! I have been wondering about this for a while 🙂
you should have a medieval-inspired battle-ready suit of mandalorian armor made up, just for the hell of it; titanium chainmail underlay, waterjet cut ar500 steel plates, a helmet made as beautiful and functional as possible (synthetic sapphire faceplate would be awesome) and a bunch of old-school integrated gadgets, gizmos and weapons.
Time to crowdfund that gladius. i have handled an Albion Spatha and it was pretty fantastic. Also in the 1000 dollar range.
Impressive, very impressive.
The man did it! Thanks for the amazing video :)
man... I was waiting for it so long
Nice society we ve made. You can t have a sword sharpened in italy apparently
Whats physically stronger (better protection) the spring steel or the titanium?
Looks like you're finally gonna have your long hair back ! Great video !
Absolutely amazing
Ive handeled seperate of the stuff. I remember that Katana fondly :D haha.
And the ElGur. Rage-Cleaning it on your balcony :'D Good times.
When you say "used it" what exactly do you do? I'm a big fan of your channel but forget or never saw how you test these items. I know you do re-enactments but how intense are these and what do you do? I'd love to see more re-enactment videos if able.
Nice collection. You have a lot of regional designs from the time.
Since I just finished my dissertation in copper alloys I thought I'd chime in and say the term is used mainly because it avoids confusion. Because even when talking about copper alloy objects if the same type in the same place and period, composition can vary widely, especially for early to mid bronze age objects (in the case of my dissertation tin content in spearheads varied by around 15% with outliers at up to 40%)
Can't wait to see that brigandine from Aleksey! :)
Love the collection!
Love the video, Metatron. You could supply a small band of warriors with the weapons and armor you own.
a thousand years ago...
king: Sir Metatron, your neighbor has accused you of hiding armor for rebelliance
Metatron:
I’m happy to see I’m not the only one who slabbers their swords in oil.
I have a question about the Roman shield. I read a long time ago that the inside was always painted red so the soldier would not see his own blood, is there any truth in that or just myth?
Ave Metatron! 🌿🌿🦅🦅 Se vuoi acquistare gladi romani a un prezzo leggermente più basso ti consiglio Pier Paolo Rvsticvs, o Bernardo Pettorossi di Domvs Artificis.
Vale!
Heya, Metatron, I would like to know something... I've seem that a lot of people focus on historically accurate swords, but is there any people who do lances and bows? I love ancient armors and all, but I'm more of a lance or bow dude than sword dude, although I do like some.
Tods workshop perhaps?
Shadiversity is dealing more with archery recently, sometimes Matt Easton, too. But lances truly come short as far as I know.
@@CaptainVincentRiley this is sad... Lances deserve more love :/ I really love the Roman hasta, it's not only beautiful but it also imposes a lot of power.
Check out modern history TV, or off of TH-cam anything you can find about Dr capwell or the various other people that compete in jousting
13:43 "Somethimes they'd be tinned to look like iron."
100AD at Dodgy Decimus's 1st and 2nd hand armour dealership...
"The finest iron, from the Indus!"
Awesome collection
Sono geloso😁 bella collezione!
Cartridge brass tumbler with walnut shells for small pieces of mail
The collections look cool
Regarding Titanium- there is a difference between hardness and toughness. Not as hard a hardened steel, but can be as tough!
Nice collection 👍
I've heard that a bag of sawdust can be comparably effective. Contrary to the patent with a barrel, here you beat the sack with a stick. Nut shells should also work.
Does anyone know why Venus ends with -us when she's feminine ?
"The Latin name Venus ('love, charm') stems from Proto-Italic *wenos- ('desire'), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *wenh₁-os ('desire'; compare with Messapic Venas, Old Indic vánas 'desire')."
From wikipedia, so take it with a pinch of salt.
Cool collection! Roman stuff is best ofc! ;)
Hey metatron I love watching your videos they are very grate 👍 keep doing what ur doing
I just can't take my eyes off the Dune Board game in the background peeking in every once in a while.
"The only thing to stop bad guys with swords is good guys with swords".
By the way, your barbuta looks fantastic! I'm very interested in learning about when and why knights and soldiers might wear them over other designs, how often they were chosen, etc. Were they used much at all outside of Italy? Maybe you can also comment on their overall aesthetic vs Corinthian helmets. The design is similar, but I feel that the ones that I've seen online never quite capture the grace of the ancient Greek helms. It might be that I haven't seen enough to compare them. Let us know what you think, thanks!
Are there pawn shops in the Middle Age?
I noticed Ralph shaved his forearms again.
First view! Continue your good job my friend
Hey guys I have been looking at Iron mountain's armory and saw Gashira class Dragon Scale armor.. I have no idea of how it might feel like and function compared to standard lame plates.
If Metatron agrees to get a new set we can help him get the armor and learn more about other various styles of the armor used by Samurai.
Oh and if it is possible by Iron Mountain to create Nanban Gusoku in gashira (European Plate) it might also be an alternative to the scales instead.
Hey Metatron,do you know where i could buy a greek chiton and himeton? I know you are more focused on roman culture but that would be at the same time a nice topic: traditional greek-roman clothing: what did they use and where.
Very impressive!
Behold! My stuff
I would love to have an arming sword. Some day.
Do you know if blackened armor was has popular has shinny stuff or was it a period thing ? I have seen old art showing both.
As a buhurt fighter, this is an interesting video to watch from someone who may not be participating in the sport.
Is there a protection for armpits in samurai armor?
Hey Raff, I love the frog mouth helmet, it's such a streamline yet robust helmet and I was wondering if there are any examples of frog mouths you can swivel your head around in?
Metatron, I am trying to make a Republican Roman kit. I am almost finished the shield (I just need time to heat and pound the metal for the bass) and am working on the lorica hamata. I was wondering if you had any tips or ideas for how to make a montefortino helmet. Let me know if you have any resources you would recommend or maybe you could make a video? Thanks. I love the channel.
Yeah!!! Awesome
i like fantasy barboots but i really dont like the real barboot dont look right to me. but great sets cant wait to see u wear the full thing!
You are the master.
Niiiiice! Do you have any advice regarding the purchase of a sharpened sword (katana) online? I live in Italy, so the regulation is very unclear 😅
Per averla affilata purtroppo ci vuole il porto d'armi da collezionismo.
@@metatronyt ok normale porto d'armi no? Quello ce l'ho. Quindi posso tranquillamente prenderla online e poi denunciarla, giusto? Comunque grazie per la risposta, guardo i tuoi video da un po' e mi sono reso conto da qualche giorno che sei italiano hahaha
Hey Metatron, have you checked out Yarinohanzo? a sword making company from italy, i got my iaito from there when i was practicing iaido and i am really happy with it considering the low price
If you're thinking about your gladius handle, if keeping an ivory grip, I'd think another millimeter thicker or as a cover over wood. Your armor is making me question if my copper lamellar armor is even worth finishing