I lIke this video! Wow. Thanks Meta, that was a very generous review of my work and the mace in particular, but more to the point that was a really in-depth look bronze maces and what they were for. I particularly like your explanation of 'mass weapons' and why they don't need to be sharp. Generally a mace or hammer will simply not go through armour to a depth that can penetrate the person inside, so whats the point? Its not about that, it is about energy transfer and at the base level a lump of lead on a stick will do that, so most of what comes after that is just trying to find something stylish and fashionable.
@@edi9892 It's bronze, it'll work harden either way and in some alloys it can be harder than the steel of the day (Bronze up to ~258HV depending on the alloy vs modern mild steels ~140HV), not to mention bronze can be denser than steel which will allow for a smaller head for the same mass increasing the transferred force because of the decrease in surface area (insert a lot of physics to do with angular momentum, forces, pressures and energy transfer here and everything else missing from that list, including but not limited to the proximity of killer rabbits). TL:DR It really doesn't matter if it bends or deforms, it's a MKIII whacking stick, if it can still whack, it still works. (The MKI being a heavy stick, and the MKII being a heavy stick with a rock attached to the whacking end)
You could use it as a meat tenderiser or a pestle I suppose if you found a mortar big enough. Wouldn’t be great for either, but it could be used if for some reason there was no other option.
It is so Metatron can make pasta. He just made this video to fool us that this tool is not for that. It might also be used on people, putting ketchup and pineapples on Pizzas.
Lowland Nobleman I’ve been drooling over that early 16th century German Bastard sword that Schola showed a couple years ago on his site. It’s on my ‘sudden cash windfall’ list for sure!
@@lowlandnobleman6746 Oh I'm looking at both of them too haha! I may go for a Bollock Dagger though, the Scain is very nice, but not too accurate, so I will be going to Tod's expensive website for that one lol. Hope you can get both of them friend! 🙂
Oh, I’ll get one of each for the collection. Be next week or next year, it’ll happen. What about that Scian isn’t accurate? I’m afraid I’ve only just found out those things existed recently.
@@lowlandnobleman6746 I'm in the same boat as yourself haha, hopefully some time next year I'll be able to get a few things. Overall, the blade is a bit too broad, they didn't really have a "guard" on them for the hand ( if you could call it a guard). There is a Facebook group I used to follow while I still had it, they focused on recreating the "Wilde Irishe". They are American, if I can find the page I'll provide a link, and they covered Tod's interpretation, along with giving several images. The group Claoimh is a group you may want to check out. Lastly, look up "Irish Arms Medieval Scain". There is a thread on My Armoury. They only do orders for big shows these days, but it is a nice example of a Scain. Really hope that rambling helped you a little. Take care and Merry Christmas friend!
As a man of very limited budget I bought a bronze mace and a couple of daggers from the Tod Cutler range a while back. Beautiful, well crafted items, great value, would wholeheartedly recommend.
I have 7 of Tod's daggers on my dagger wall. Tod's cutler stuff is amazing for the money he is asking. In a moment of weakness, I purchased a mace head meaning to shaft it myself, but lo and behold he sent me one already shafted, looks great with a few layers of linseed oil.
A thought about the thick jousting helmet: The high weight itself should be a sought after property. The wieght gives the helmet more inertia and by that it should dampen and slow down blows to it saving the head within.
Ahh, so you're one of the reasons the maces I have an eye on keep going out of stock? Good lad. Was very interested in getting one of Tod's maces myself after purchasing a dagger months ago. I'm so fortunate to have him here, the absurd postage and taxes prices from overseas making Medieval weapon collecting a slog, but Tod's an otherwise shining beacon.
@@bobrobinson1576 the first time I got an email from “Lou”, I really thought it was Tod’s customer service guy...although, I guess that’s actually accurate.
Fun fact about cannons, bronze were way superior and reliable than iron, but iron was way cheaper than bronze, therefore the use of iron cannons due to the increase number you could carry in late period ships. I'm from Cádiz, and we still have dozens of them around corners of streets to protect the houses from carriages
Hey , im Bulgarian and i remember seeing similar mace in the Historical Museum in my town , thanks for showing a piece of my History on your channel Metatron ! ^ _ ^
Great review!! Thank you! Love the going in depth to explain the theory behind the mace type weapons and why bronze is perfectly suitable as a blunt force trauma weapon throughout history!
I have one of Tod's maces, and several of his knives and daggers and they are all amazing. Although I do need to modify the grip on my mace to fit my hand better I like the tight grip, but it's just a little too tight for my hand.
Man, these Historical Channels, especially these Medieval-based History Channels, are getting ready for the Zombie Apocalypse. Heck. I wouldn't be surprised they are already making their forts! And I love this!
Have you watched Tod's video about greasing your shaft for more penetration? If so do you know if japanese archers did something similar by any chance?
How funny! I was just commenting under another channel to use more maces in their because nobody talks about them,and that i was interested in bronze and peculiar maceheads,and suddenly this!
1:50 as someone who made some maces already, I can say that modern pine is still good for maces, you have to make it thicker, but it hardly matters since you are not adding much weight, because the wood is much lighter than ash to begin with
8:15, when I worked on aircraft maintenance, I learned that the tools used for maintaining the liquid oxygen system are made of bronze, for much the same reason.
The concept related to "Bronze age is ended, well you know what?... FUCK BRONZE!!!" is something really common to end up thinking, it's a very important topic which needs to be mentioned. Good video!!
That is exactly the mace I have been eyeing for awhile now. I will get one the moment I get back to work. I hope by then the demand this review has generated has died down enough that I don't have to wait months for it. 😏
Speaking of bronze cannon's- Bronze cannons were being used during the American Civil War. The Confederate Army was still casting artillery pieces in bronze until Jan 1864 when their last copper mines were captured (copper was needed for the casting process).
The division between copper, bronce and iron age is not done by weapons and armor but by the tools, if during a certain period of time the archeological findings lean more towards one type of material it will be set as that metal’s age
Yep I too bought a Tod mace, very beautiful. It's an affordable way of owning a high quality Medieval weapon from a top weapon smith. Linseed oli the ash handle & it feels even better & looks great. Apply enough concussive force to even a guy in the best padded medieval plate harness & the flesh & blood inside will be disabled or killed.
I’ve been watching the metatron RUclips channel pretty much since it started, and all the history channels you have recommended. I do not feel noble; though. Thank you for your channels content and calling your subscribers noble. That is a noble pursuit .
Pine wood is a soft wood however interestingly it can be easily hardened because of that. We use pressure treated, that weird chemical coating, to accomplish this and it makes the lumber in question stronger and tougher, measurably than untreated. Pine may not have needed to be tougher than today, depending if they had some sort of similar process. Something they could coat or soak or treat the lumber with to kinda....strengthen the lumber in question
Looks great Raph, Tod always makes beautiful pieces. My EDC (everyday carry) is a piece from his collection as well, 12-17C quillon dagger for anyone interested.
4:05 little bit off-topic question, if someone broke a bone in medieval times how was that treated? When you mentioned a clavicle, in modern times sometimes those have to be treated with surgical implants... I can't imagine they were doing surgical implants in medieval times. If you have a RUclips documentary to recommend on me but medicine/ surgery, that would be interesting.
I'd love to buy some of his stuff. He's selling a thing called a "bollock dagger"! I thought that might be because that was where you stabbed people with it, but no, that's what the handle looks like. I'm hoping to find a "tit shield" ;-)
That's so kewl! Now you can go to war as a Bishop. Re. your comment on non-sparking tools; any professional tool supply house today has bronze wrenches and other bronze non-sparking tools. McMaster/Carr, Grainger, etc. There're a lot of volatile liquids/gases used in industry today.
Also, most of the times, bronze is slightly denser than wrought iron! Many early to modern field guns were made out of bronze(although not that many as iron ones because bronze used to be way more expensive back then) because it's way less brittle than iron and doesn't break that easily! It can deform easily but doesn't break in a way that can produce shrapnel that can kill the armament's crew!
He's also extremely fun to watch. Love his quarantine now series. Beautiful mace, but why the corkscrew shape?? I was hoping there would be an explanation. Thank you.✌🏼
I know that weapons testing and demonstrations are normally not your thing, but that mace is too nice for you to not do a test smashing video with it. Go out to the woods somewhere and find some nice hard things to test it on. Even better would bet to get some mail, with a bit of padding to represent a gambeson, and something to simulate flesh and bone to see just how effective that mace truly is.
I've always found the Hebrew legend of David and Goliath to be fascinating because the time frame is about ~200 years into the iron age, and his weapons are bronze, his armor brass, and one weapon (I believe his spear head) iron. Even as a legend from that period it is a spot on description of what a warrior from successful warfaring empire like Philistia would have been comprised of metallurgically.
My only problem with this video is that you are not wearing a helmet while in full armour on the thumbnail 🤣 Main character syndrome? Jokes aside, I am super pumped about someone picking up the early mace subject again! Would be very happy if you make more videos on the subject covering: weight, dimensions, how exactly such a light weapon defeated armour of the period and who knows, maybe even test hitting something under mail and cloth to see what damage it sustains. Buon Natale and all the best!
Tod deserve lots of love and prises, his work, research and channel vids are totally great! Bu the way i’ll love to see that mace in action...do you have something to destroy with it?
Larp websites don't usually sell steel weapons, I've seen some cases where they have stage weapons that are made of steel for exhibitions but it is the exception. Larp websites sell larp weapons that are made for larp, hence the fantasy design. There are however some brands that do try to imitate realistic weapons as best they can like one of my personal favorites: Wyvern Crafts. Mind you there are some variations because the material can be limiting to create tapering blades for example, all larp weapons have to be safe. And I know this statement was just to say that it's better than any crummy fantasy replica but you should know that larping is a whole different kettle of fish. Larp weapons are generally not realistic because they're not meant be be. Other than this, sorry for ranting on 😅, great video
Love the mace already, but it feels like it is missing some individuality. Some slight decorative carvings on the wooden base, or even Fractal Lichtenberg Wood Burning, where the traces of electricity will make this mace legendary.
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I lIke this video! Wow. Thanks Meta, that was a very generous review of my work and the mace in particular, but more to the point that was a really in-depth look bronze maces and what they were for. I particularly like your explanation of 'mass weapons' and why they don't need to be sharp. Generally a mace or hammer will simply not go through armour to a depth that can penetrate the person inside, so whats the point? Its not about that, it is about energy transfer and at the base level a lump of lead on a stick will do that, so most of what comes after that is just trying to find something stylish and fashionable.
Hey Tod! My absolute pleasure! Love your work and all you do. Thank you for the quality you never fail to deliver.
I would be still worried to bend it, if I used it on armor. Have you tested how it holds up against a helmet, or something the like?
@@edi9892 It's bronze, it'll work harden either way and in some alloys it can be harder than the steel of the day (Bronze up to ~258HV depending on the alloy vs modern mild steels ~140HV), not to mention bronze can be denser than steel which will allow for a smaller head for the same mass increasing the transferred force because of the decrease in surface area (insert a lot of physics to do with angular momentum, forces, pressures and energy transfer here and everything else missing from that list, including but not limited to the proximity of killer rabbits). TL:DR It really doesn't matter if it bends or deforms, it's a MKIII whacking stick, if it can still whack, it still works. (The MKI being a heavy stick, and the MKII being a heavy stick with a rock attached to the whacking end)
I read this in your voice!
@@MrTrilbe Exactly what I wanted to say! But much better wording!
You mess with the rafaello, you get the martello
I love Tod’s work. The man is incredibly talented.
Yes me aswell!!
Have you seen his belt fittings... My heart aches for how I can't afford that.
I actually own a war hammer from his website, and it’s beautiful. Best impulse decision I’ve ever made!
Talented and handsome 😘😘😘😘😘😘
And he makes great content as well :)
LMAO By the look of it I would have assumed that it was some kind of weird kitchen utensil for making pasta or something.
Medieval honey dipper
Well you can always use it to keep peoples fingers out of your food while you are cooking
You could use it as a meat tenderiser or a pestle I suppose if you found a mortar big enough. Wouldn’t be great for either, but it could be used if for some reason there was no other option.
it's for smashed potatoes lol
It is so Metatron can make pasta. He just made this video to fool us that this tool is not for that.
It might also be used on people, putting ketchup and pineapples on Pizzas.
It's wonderful how all my favourite historical content providers synergise and compliment each other.
Love Tod’s stuff. Got my first dagger from him earlier this year. Nice little quillon dagger. Was not disappointed. Would recommend his products.
Lowland Nobleman I’ve been drooling over that early 16th century German Bastard sword that Schola showed a couple years ago on his site. It’s on my ‘sudden cash windfall’ list for sure!
Right now I’m torn between the Irish Scian and the Lowland Scots Dudgeon dagger. So many choices...
@@lowlandnobleman6746 Oh I'm looking at both of them too haha! I may go for a Bollock Dagger though, the Scain is very nice, but not too accurate, so I will be going to Tod's expensive website for that one lol. Hope you can get both of them friend! 🙂
Oh, I’ll get one of each for the collection. Be next week or next year, it’ll happen. What about that Scian isn’t accurate? I’m afraid I’ve only just found out those things existed recently.
@@lowlandnobleman6746 I'm in the same boat as yourself haha, hopefully some time next year I'll be able to get a few things. Overall, the blade is a bit too broad, they didn't really have a "guard" on them for the hand ( if you could call it a guard). There is a Facebook group I used to follow while I still had it, they focused on recreating the "Wilde Irishe". They are American, if I can find the page I'll provide a link, and they covered Tod's interpretation, along with giving several images. The group Claoimh is a group you may want to check out. Lastly, look up "Irish Arms Medieval Scain". There is a thread on My Armoury. They only do orders for big shows these days, but it is a nice example of a Scain.
Really hope that rambling helped you a little. Take care and Merry Christmas friend!
Tod has some of the nicest swords I’ve seen. True artist and craftsman. Love his channel.
That bronze mace head is going to patina nicely.
The Todd Cutler series are so incredible for the price you will want to own them all
Todd Cutler is just a cool likeable guy that loves Accuracy in his Crafts and Videos.
I think Todd also sells the heads by themselves for those who want to put their own handle on it.
that makes a lot of sense.
Yes really cheap to, almost a steal actually.
Based on a piece from Bulgaria? Nice! Greetings from one of your fans from there.
I purchased a mid 17th century stiletto from Todd and I LOVE IT. His work is top notch👍🏻
As a man of very limited budget I bought a bronze mace and a couple of daggers from the Tod Cutler range a while back. Beautiful, well crafted items, great value, would wholeheartedly recommend.
Oh hey, I recognize that spiral mace.
I have one of those.
😀
I have 7 of Tod's daggers on my dagger wall. Tod's cutler stuff is amazing for the money he is asking. In a moment of weakness, I purchased a mace head meaning to shaft it myself, but lo and behold he sent me one already shafted, looks great with a few layers of linseed oil.
A thought about the thick jousting helmet: The high weight itself should be a sought after property. The wieght gives the helmet more inertia and by that it should dampen and slow down blows to it saving the head within.
I've had one of these for a while. It's an absolute joy for jack o lantern disposal
Not just Tod's mace looks great, you also gave us a great insight into how maces work as weapons.
Ahh, so you're one of the reasons the maces I have an eye on keep going out of stock? Good lad. Was very interested in getting one of Tod's maces myself after purchasing a dagger months ago. I'm so fortunate to have him here, the absurd postage and taxes prices from overseas making Medieval weapon collecting a slog, but Tod's an otherwise shining beacon.
Cutler is one of the best surnames for someone who makes historical weapons. :D
It's his trade name. His surname is Todeschini.
@@bobrobinson1576 the first time I got an email from “Lou”, I really thought it was Tod’s customer service guy...although, I guess that’s actually accurate.
A lover of bronze, a man after my own heart
Loved that Soul Calibur intro. Loving the mace even more - the shape is simply amazing
Fun fact about cannons, bronze were way superior and reliable than iron, but iron was way cheaper than bronze, therefore the use of iron cannons due to the increase number you could carry in late period ships.
I'm from Cádiz, and we still have dozens of them around corners of streets to protect the houses from carriages
Hey , im Bulgarian and i remember seeing similar mace in the Historical Museum in my town , thanks for showing a piece of my History on your channel Metatron ! ^ _ ^
5:50 I think you really like that helmet
Fascinating and the mace looks fabulous - thanks for the hugely interesting review and information!
I love Tods stuff, great maces
Great review!! Thank you!
Love the going in depth to explain the theory behind the mace type weapons and why bronze is perfectly suitable as a blunt force trauma weapon throughout history!
a unexpected collaboration but a welcome one
I absolutely love the first still image of this video.
Crazed mace metatron with castles in the background and the whole thing.
Great picture.
It's great seeing videos from different perspectives, what a wonderful community of youtubers :)
Nice, was just watching some older Tod's Workshop videos today, the one about hafting maces was one of them. Beautiful work.
Tod has a great channel, his lockdown longbow series has been great!
this thumbnail is gorgeous
I bought a cross-hilt dagger a few months ago. It's a great piece.
Learned many new things about a mace. Thank you.
3:03 Any other person wouldn't have even mentioned it, that's attention to detail and taking pride in your videos!
Tod's a great guy! It's cool how you history RUclipsrs stick together!
I have one of Tod's maces, and several of his knives and daggers and they are all amazing. Although I do need to modify the grip on my mace to fit my hand better I like the tight grip, but it's just a little too tight for my hand.
Noticed the High Elves on your table there. Nice!
Timestamp?
One of my favorite RUclipsrs about work from another favorite youtuber... What?!!?
Man, these Historical Channels, especially these Medieval-based History Channels, are getting ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.
Heck. I wouldn't be surprised they are already making their forts!
And I love this!
Shadiversity... he is already planning.
Have you watched Tod's video about greasing your shaft for more penetration? If so do you know if japanese archers did something similar by any chance?
I thought you were talking about something else then 😂
I thought you only had to grease the head. Perhaps I'm remembering things wrong.
you should ask that question to Matt ;-)
Tod himself said that it was his idea, that it was plausible but admitted not to have any period sources describing its use in the first place.
@@theghosthero6173 Not his specific idea, other people suggested it to him.
Man that mace looks neat I love it.
It's Tod. He can make official Witcher gear, so he can make anything
When do we see a knight's equivalent to a motorcycle
you can find horses all over the countryside
@@andusz5518 Hell yeah brother welcome to Yee Yee country
Thats a horse
Yes this is my persian pure breed
Modern History is a great channel for that.
2:29 nice high elf army! I definitely want some White Lions of Chrace models!
Thanks for that. I was always curious about maces.
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
How funny! I was just commenting under another channel to use more maces in their because nobody talks about them,and that i was interested in bronze and peculiar maceheads,and suddenly this!
1:50 as someone who made some maces already, I can say that modern pine is still good for maces, you have to make it thicker, but it hardly matters since you are not adding much weight, because the wood is much lighter than ash to begin with
Tod Cutler sounds like a cool action hero name.
8:15, when I worked on aircraft maintenance, I learned that the tools used for maintaining the liquid oxygen system are made of bronze, for much the same reason.
Amaceing!
Amacing Indeed :D
The concept related to "Bronze age is ended, well you know what?... FUCK BRONZE!!!" is something really common to end up thinking, it's a very important topic which needs to be mentioned. Good video!!
Thank you Federico
That is one beautiful piece, its bronze color included. Looks like it would put a scary "dent" on some armour, or body, too.
That is exactly the mace I have been eyeing for awhile now. I will get one the moment I get back to work. I hope by then the demand this review has generated has died down enough that I don't have to wait months for it. 😏
Speaking of bronze cannon's-
Bronze cannons were being used during the American Civil War. The Confederate Army was still casting artillery pieces in bronze until Jan 1864 when their last copper mines were captured (copper was needed for the casting process).
Made my own. Used a bevel gear for the head and a maple branch for the haft. Works a treat.
Good to see you guys collaborate
Finally I always wondered why maces weren’t made like this
I have some of Tod's items, you get a ton of weapon for the money, crazy good value
Which items specifically?
I'm glad you got your mace,a beauty from what i can see. Now you can ,at last, go Knight Clubbing!
Outstanding craftsmanship for something thats basically a whacky stick that being said id love to own one
I have been eyeing this very mace from Tod for a couple of months now 🤓
I love this!
Wow! Im definitely gonna check Tod out!
Tod is great. Dude also made weapons for the Witcher series
bought a macehead from Tod at a reenactment market over a year ago and made my own handle with an improvised pole lathe.
The division between copper, bronce and iron age is not done by weapons and armor but by the tools, if during a certain period of time the archeological findings lean more towards one type of material it will be set as that metal’s age
Yep I too bought a Tod mace, very beautiful. It's an affordable way of owning a high quality Medieval weapon from a top weapon smith. Linseed oli the ash handle & it feels even better & looks great. Apply enough concussive force to even a guy in the best padded medieval plate harness & the flesh & blood inside will be disabled or killed.
Plus deforming armour can stop it moving where it was designed to allow the wearer to.
Huh I never heard of this type of mace, even tho I'm from Bulgaria. Great and interesting video as always :).
Greetings from Bulgaria :) Very beautiful work!
Nice! Been meaning to pick one of those up.
I’ve been watching the metatron RUclips channel pretty much since it started, and all the history channels you have recommended. I do not feel noble; though. Thank you for your channels content and calling your subscribers noble. That is a noble pursuit .
Pine wood is a soft wood however interestingly it can be easily hardened because of that. We use pressure treated, that weird chemical coating, to accomplish this and it makes the lumber in question stronger and tougher, measurably than untreated.
Pine may not have needed to be tougher than today, depending if they had some sort of similar process. Something they could coat or soak or treat the lumber with to kinda....strengthen the lumber in question
I'm dubious that they used pine
Very nice. I haven’t got one of his maces yet, but I did just get the super lovely dragon warhammer.
Looks great Raph, Tod always makes beautiful pieces. My EDC (everyday carry) is a piece from his collection as well, 12-17C quillon dagger for anyone interested.
I like the thumbnail!
Your thumbnails in general have gotten a lot better recently
4:05 little bit off-topic question, if someone broke a bone in medieval times how was that treated?
When you mentioned a clavicle, in modern times sometimes those have to be treated with surgical implants... I can't imagine they were doing surgical implants in medieval times.
If you have a RUclips documentary to recommend on me but medicine/ surgery, that would be interesting.
I believe simple splints for broken bones are ancient. Of course that depends on the break.
No real source cause i'm too lazy, but i believe a "bone-setter" was almost a kind of profession. Try that search term to maybe find more info.
exarc.net/issue-2016-2/int/broken-leg-year-1350-treatment-and-prognosis easiest start i could find
I'd love to buy some of his stuff. He's selling a thing called a "bollock dagger"! I thought that might be because that was where you stabbed people with it, but no, that's what the handle looks like. I'm hoping to find a "tit shield" ;-)
I mean if you did stab someone there they'd be out of the fight really quickly
@@lukesheridan4623 Lol 100%
Their is actually an actually an ancient shield type that sorta looks like boobs if you tilt on it’s side.
@@PJDAltamirus0425 lol - I guess if you're gonna die, you should go out happy!
That's so kewl! Now you can go to war as a Bishop.
Re. your comment on non-sparking tools; any professional tool supply house today has bronze wrenches and other bronze non-sparking tools. McMaster/Carr, Grainger, etc. There're a lot of volatile liquids/gases used in industry today.
LOVELY
Also, most of the times, bronze is slightly denser than wrought iron!
Many early to modern field guns were made out of bronze(although not that many as iron ones because bronze used to be way more expensive back then) because it's way less brittle than iron and doesn't break that easily! It can deform easily but doesn't break in a way that can produce shrapnel that can kill the armament's crew!
Beautiful piece. I'd suggest treating the haft with linseed oil it'll keep the wood from shrinking
He's also extremely fun to watch.
Love his quarantine now series.
Beautiful mace, but why the corkscrew shape?? I was hoping there would be an explanation.
Thank you.✌🏼
I know that weapons testing and demonstrations are normally not your thing, but that mace is too nice for you to not do a test smashing video with it. Go out to the woods somewhere and find some nice hard things to test it on. Even better would bet to get some mail, with a bit of padding to represent a gambeson, and something to simulate flesh and bone to see just how effective that mace truly is.
I've always found the Hebrew legend of David and Goliath to be fascinating because the time frame is about ~200 years into the iron age, and his weapons are bronze, his armor brass, and one weapon (I believe his spear head) iron. Even as a legend from that period it is a spot on description of what a warrior from successful warfaring empire like Philistia would have been comprised of metallurgically.
Nice Jacket ! Also I remember you said Pharah was your favorite hero back then :)
Yes! But these days I mostly play Diva
My only problem with this video is that you are not wearing a helmet while in full armour on the thumbnail 🤣 Main character syndrome? Jokes aside, I am super pumped about someone picking up the early mace subject again! Would be very happy if you make more videos on the subject covering: weight, dimensions, how exactly such a light weapon defeated armour of the period and who knows, maybe even test hitting something under mail and cloth to see what damage it sustains. Buon Natale and all the best!
You know you are screwed, when they send you with nothing but this thing into a battle.
Tod deserve lots of love and prises, his work, research and channel vids are totally great! Bu the way i’ll love to see that mace in action...do you have something to destroy with it?
It looks amazing! And it's from Tod so of course it is!!
Larp websites don't usually sell steel weapons, I've seen some cases where they have stage weapons that are made of steel for exhibitions but it is the exception. Larp websites sell larp weapons that are made for larp, hence the fantasy design. There are however some brands that do try to imitate realistic weapons as best they can like one of my personal favorites: Wyvern Crafts. Mind you there are some variations because the material can be limiting to create tapering blades for example, all larp weapons have to be safe. And I know this statement was just to say that it's better than any crummy fantasy replica but you should know that larping is a whole different kettle of fish. Larp weapons are generally not realistic because they're not meant be be. Other than this, sorry for ranting on 😅, great video
Worth mentioning that bronze is a little bit denser than iron, maybe 10%, so for a given size of head you get a bigger potential hit.
In America, ash is also a common tool/weapon handle material, alongside hickory.
I have a Scottish dirk from Tod. He does amazing work, and his knifes are very affordable for what you get in quality
Love the mace already, but it feels like it is missing some individuality. Some slight decorative carvings on the wooden base, or even Fractal Lichtenberg Wood Burning, where the traces of electricity will make this mace legendary.
Bonus application: If stranded somewhere, make a raft and use it as a rotor blade, twist with your hands and bingo!