An Overly Pragmatic Hands-On "Review" of Anime Swords
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- We all know that anime isn't exactly known for being down to earth... But it's fun to over-think whether some of those weird designs might be at least somewhat practical in the real world.
And of course it's entirely possible to come up with a sword or saber or other kind of melee weapon that is unlike anything from history but would still work reasonably well. There is one in particular that I liked a lot more than I expected. Let's take a look!
What I'm showing here (note, these are NOT "battle-ready"):
Inosuke’s serrated Nichirin katana from Demon Slayer
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Tengen’s dual Nichirin cleavers from Demon Slayer
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Hey Skall 😂 Has anyone approached you for CONSULTATION SERVICES? Gotta help them mango and animu creators make weapons that are both cool AND practical, even tell them of actual historical examples of weaponry!
what was that last sword? Kind of looks like Shinji's sword from Bleach
Hi! The first link (Conan's Atlantean and the Kurgan sword - ruclips.net/video/CTNMz1nzSsA/видео.html) is the same one for this video, pretty sure here there is no Conan's and Kurgan sword to be seen :D Wrong link?
In the Manga, Shanks sword has a hilt long enough to fit two hands in behind the hand guard, but he can only use the one since he only has one hand. Do you think making the hilt longer could make it less uncomfortable?
Logic dictates if something is heavy for you then lift it until it's not heavy for you anymore
"Skallagrim came back to the sword store?"
"Skallagrim never left"
Pretty sure he pitched a tent in there and just lives in the store now.
I'd let him live in the store
I don't think his mind is in mint condition anymore.
@@ZethisVA after seeing so many swords in one place most people would... "pitch a tent"
@@AngelsLance exactly
Inosuke's sword might make sense as swordbreakers, except he doesn't fight people that use swords.
He uses them to saw through demons. Sawing them makes a nasty, uneven cut which takes longer to regenerate than a clean slice.
Inosuke's swords aren't really serrated, but just drawn that way. They're actually chipped all along the cutting edge so it rips and tears instead of clean slices.
So theyre serrated@@GloriousSwordHorse
@@dunmeroverlord kind of? He literally takes a rock and bashes the edges, so it's more chipped than serrated
@dunmeroverlord Nah, dude. As impractical as they are for swords, at least serrations still form a sharp edge. Chips don't.
And with an edge that messed up, a katana wouldn't be able to rip or tear, either. Chips are stress concentrators with a bunch of microfractures, so it would break if you gave it a harsh look, let alone smashed it into stuff.
The guard on Shanks's sword Griffon is long enough for two hands, but not long enough that the lower hand would not run into the protruding guard - luckily, Shanks does not have this problem
Lmaoo
I was waiting for him to hold it with 2 hands, only to "um, actually" him
@@rac_coun In fairness... Shanks used to use it with two hands.
Even better the guard is position on the oposite side of the blade so that if Shank holds the guard as intended he would actually hold the edge of the blade towards himself😂😂😂😂😂
@@davidmartin5483 nah if u look at Oda's art it's on the blade side.
The fun part about bleach swords is that they're not physical, they are spiritual beings with their own mind and soul who are part of their user's own soul, so zabimaru specifically extends like a snake and contracts like one also, shredding the target. The funniest part is that that is one of the most straightforward ones.
He's compensating.
@@LordDragox412For his horrid hair in the first arcs.
One of the most brutal moments with Renji is when he gets that in Ichigo's shoulder and just...slowly...saws into the shoulder as he pulls back; each pick getting caught one after the other and having to be torn free again and again
The one time in the entire seires I winced
It would be nice if the shows used their own designs more. When he's swinging it like a whip, it's reasonable. If he's in a bind with it, he should really be trying to used to spikes to screw with the enemy's control.
Making an unusual aesthetic is normally the goal with such designs, but if anything about fantasy designs has a functional purpose, it's more fun if the characters actually use that purpose.
Btw, I saw a video of someone using a serrated blade with really sharp serrations and... They actually cut very well still. So you can use serrations to cut no problems. Cut and also stab at the same time. Only problem is only that they might chip and break easier.
It was like a million Mall ninjas cried out in pain and were suddenly silenced.
mall ninjas don't cry, they wear red headbands and shout before they sneak attack
Tengen Uzui is 7+ feet tall, so the chains would be higher off the ground away from his feet and as you guessed, he uses the chain to extend the reach of his attacks
Isn’t Tengen around 6’6? I could’ve sworn Gyomei was the only one above 7’.
They butchered his chain. Both the anime and manga showed something closer to the length of 2 handles, maybe slightly longer. Them reaching down to his shins are criminal...
@@agx8447 He's like 2½ heads taller than all his trainees in the Hashira Training arc. If we assume an average 5ft then Tengen is close to 7ft tall. Maybe slightly more or less, but he's very tall.
@@dmwanderer9454 Height differential is never an accurate depiction of height in fictional media, especially anime. For reference, Goku is like a head taller than Vegeta, but their listed heights are 5’9 and 5’5 respectively.
chains and ropes are never consistent in animation , they go from 30 cm to 2 meters in the same scene.
Yeah, i use metric, I don't have any idea how long it is in imperial
Wait until he finds out those where sword-nunchucks.
I like swords.
Stick!!!!!
yeah, but the chain was a bit too long anyway
A WHAT
@@MauricioOsuna-et8et Stick. Use Stick
Huh, i'm early. Words of encouragement then: I like this recent batch of content, it's fun to see you get hands on with swords you'd usually be reviewing based on image alone, keep it up!
Agreed, you can tell he is so interested and invested in this topic. So great to see him happily engaged with the material.
Hey Skall! Great review, love some fantasy. I actually happen to recognize what’s going on with that weird smallsword: that’s a reproduction from a piece of Japanese artwork showing “nanban” southern barbarian/europeans from the 16th century visiting Japan for the first time.
In the depiction of these Europeans, walking around the streets of Japan, they show them wearing Rapier and pairing dagger at their side, and attempts for Japanese to draw the European style complex hilt, end up, looking like that with this weird basket beneath the blade. I have never seen anyone reproduce it, and i didn’t know it was featured in any anime series! I’ll post a picture of it on my community page and tag you.
Huh, that's interesting!
@@Skallagrimcan you review the living armor of Dungeon Meshi?
This is so interesting!
Also, thank you for the picture.
I love seeing how one culture portrays another, very different one.
Best use for the community tab I've seen so far.
Good catch! I actually really like that design now.
In Kill La Kill I was disappointed that we didn't get to watch anyone fight with a full scissors blade. I would love to see the anime acrobatics you could do, swinging oversized scissors around.
Doesn't Akame ga Kill do that? With the Assassin lady? I forget her name as well she doesn't get too much screen time in the show.
didn't ryuko finally do it?(I mean seems like a terrible idea to me)
There's a character in Gachiakuta who uses one. With her legs. Doesn't have an anime yet sadly.
There are scissor weapons in the soulslike platformer Salt and Sanctuary, if you want to try them out yourself.
The game The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile has a big pair of scissors by name of The Guillotine as one of the weapons for Dish. He wields it as a pair of dual blades but combines them together for scissor cutting attacks as well. The player characters in that game are also *incredibly* mobile, like a 2D Ninja Gaiden and then some.
Some other weapons in that game include dual meat cleavers, a shotgun, chainsaw arm, a giant syringe and a panini maker + water gun. And more.
I believe Salt & Sanctuary, another game by the same dev studio, also has some scissor weapons.
With the Shanks Sword, in the anime the images shows the gurad ends closer to the end and the bit that sticks out is shorter. Also, the Cavendish sord has a rappier blade in the anime
Yeah I was kinda sad seeing the irl versions looking so different from the source material. Shameful.
Shank's sword is also 3x bigger in the show/manga, but is sometimes inconsistent.
we love you skalla dude
facts
Skalla bud
In the source material Zabimaru is a whip sword so you'd be using it from further away.
less of a whip sword and more that it has segments that have "muscle and tendon like" parts connecting the segments which is why he has such control over it as well as it's reach from extending.
A whip sword is more just a generally flexable sword
Now, the true question is...Which is better? Zabimaru? Or the Composite Sword from Shadow Fight?
I always wished they'd made a replica (using foam blades like Nerf or whatever), and the segments were held together by strong rubber bands. So if you swung hard enough, it would extend and retract like in the anime.
@@ChaplainPhantasm I think Zabimaru is the best because you have the sealed form, the release form and the bankai. So you basically get 3 weapons.
Then again....if we talk multiform.....hozukimaru....Ikkaku Madarame's "spear"....
10:03 - this is half of a scissors in the anime(Kill-la-kill). That's why it doesn't make sense as a sword. Also in the anime it looks bigger and with a more oval shaped "finger-ring". Idk why they decided to recreate it like that.
Wow I had to look it up to confirm and yeah looks like its either a pretty poor attempt at making the purple blades work or its from such an obscure source that everyone tags it as "Kill La Kill" to get sales.
I initially thought it was the windmill shuriken from Naruto and was wondering why he didn't open it XD
i dont think its kill-la-kill one, their scisors where bigger and more square
@@6n-thorus945 one has a longer handle, the other a more rounded one, because they're two halves of tailor scissors. But definitely much bigger than this, and also red/purple.
It's not Kill La Kill's katatachigiri , since it's a double handed weapon , both in size and wielding. The color is also wrong , though. Still , it's Naruto's Fūma Shuriken
The reach for the head from behind at 6:48 was really cute. Lovely stuff, Skall and Cara.
As a Kill la Kill fan, that scissor blade you "reviewed" at the end is only one of *two* , that one being the *thumb* blade; the one whos grip's supposed to look like the thumb loop on a pair of *scissors* . The *other* scissor blade, the *finger* blade, has a hilt you'd probably like a lot *better* ; they're actually what gave me the idea for the Warscissors. Speaking of which, I noticed you had a giant pair of scissors in the thumbnail, & I saw them hanging next to the thumb blade, but you didn't review them; you owe us.
PS: As a Kill la Kill fan, that thumb blade was the wrong color; it's *purple* for as it's in Nuis hands, but when Ryūko manages to take it from her along with taking the finger blade *back* from her, the thumb blade turns *blood red* to match the finger blade.
If you're up for seeing more scissor blades in media, look up The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile and Salt & Sanctuary. The Dishwasher has one called The Guillotine and the two player characters are incredibly mobile. Salt & Sanctuary has a few as well but I don't know enough about the details.
@@jurtheorc8117 thanks for letting me know.
Thank you! I was just about to write up a small essay just like this haha.
Hard to believe the collector only had Nui’s half and not Ryuko’s
@@Max-sc4yn you can see Ryūkos on the website, but it *was* odd to not see it in the store; also, I'm glad I saved you the trouble of typing that essay up.
As a Kill la Kill fan you should have also noticed that the blade was on the wrong side.
2:45 it is made it look like a Vajra too, a buddhist sceptre.
My initial thought was garlic
Who's sword is it?
@@johannessmith1369 Cavendish Durandal
@@junichiroyamashita Thanks, man
There's an upcoming game by name of Immortal: And the Death that Follows where the main character wields a Vajra as a transformative weapon. (curved sword, dagger, bow and some sort of circling double fire spout).
A friend of mine described it as a Hindu Mad Max Beat-em-Up. Main character seems to have design influences from the monster Kabhandha, due to having his face in his torso. Recommend looking into it.
2:41, It should be noted that the finger rings on smallswords gradually got less functional historically.
Yes, they eventually degraded into decorative elements. I've always found that strange. Why not keep the rings, they're useful after all.
Outside of fashion, there was even some debate in classical and sport fencing. The finger rings of the Italian grip are known for strength, but the French grip is more dexterous.
@@CDKohmy As a layman, I'd assume that more dextrous means you have a higher chance of landing a strike, which is usually more important than having more strength in a strike.
@@Tyrian3kyes and no... The strength of the Italian grip makes the point more "stable", so it can make keeping the point on target easier, plus it adds to your parries and other actions that control your opponent's blade. Interesting to note that modern "orthopedic" or "pistol" grips have largely replaced the Italian grips in modern competitive fencing, as they give similar advantages but even better. Classical fencers still sometimes use them for historical accuracy. Ringless French grips are still used in both (though modern fencers sometimes use curved ones that fit the palm better than fully straight ones) as the nimbleness of the point is a desirable quality. The disadvantage tends to be that they also tend to amplify mistakes, in my experience, and easier to lose your grip on them 🤷
Weight aside Lostvayne actually makes a degree of sense when you remember it's basically a parrying sword for Meliodas's full counter ability.
Scrolled to find this. 100%. For those who don't know it by its name, it was that chunky green sword with the 5 holes in the blade.
9:24 "Those warriors from Hammerfell? They've got curved swords. Curved. Swords."
This 😂
I remember finding Skal's fantasy sword videos all these years ago, back when channel was relatively new. And boy did the tone mellow out over the years.
I think he's trying his hardest to not offend the people in that store, who probably invited him to make those reviews
agree with lokuzt but also Skal along with most of sword community has grown. Back then the conversations were really black&white. I highly appreciate Skal along with other people going back to their old topics giving new refreshing pov where they correct themselves for either having mistakes in their arguments or at least toning down their initial thought process. Skal especially has recently TRIED the things he was strongly against before (such as dual wielding, giant swords, katana.. yes... remember when most of hema were against katana? some still are but many have given it a more fair chance listing also pros, not just cons...). I don't see that as being "mellow". I see that as more calm and nuanced "it depends" take instead of being-against-everything-just-for-shock-value.
@@samamies88yep. I can see the new approach of "okay let's think about how we actually could make it work" as more mature and healthy.
Yes I like how he approaches things now. Funnily I used to prefer Shad since he'd at least consider rule of cool while talking about practically, but Skall has gotten a lot better about and Shad has gotten.... A bit weird at times on some of the things he says, unwilling to back down when called out
@@MechaShadowV2 yep, Skal seems as more reasonable individual compared to Shad. To me, at least.
This was fun. More of this is welcome.
Skal playing the "what's it take to get kicked out of the sword shop" game again. 😂
What's swords equivalent of playing Stairway to Heaven in guitar shop?
@Filipnalepa probably flourishing the sword too much if I had to guess. Like what Kara did lol
Renjis sword is also much bigger and separates into smaller segments sort of like a whip
@2:46 Smallsword collector here! To my understanding, though early smallswords of the 18th century did feature finger loops below the shell guard, most examples are usually too small to use practically anyway and are more of a remnant of the sword’s lineage from the Rapier. On those with functionally sized guard loops, you COULD feasibly put your point finger tip through them, but I don’t believe manuals of that time really emphasized it. The hand would assume more of a finger pinching hold on the handle. By the 19th century, the loops basically disappeared from smallswords due to there really not being a practical use for them. For that smallsword-saber thing, I think it’s a touch impractical more for the added weight and losing a bit of space for your hand rather than the loops being rendered non-functional. Plus, the guard sweeps BACK toward the hand, which isn’t great for catching incoming blade tips. That side of the guard, on the battlefield pieces I’ve seen, is almost always the part getting chewed up (same with the Spadroons I’ve handled). So, on that thing, I’d be a bit iffy on relying on that guard.
Being a follower for a long time more than 10 years probably already, your channel has the most satisfying personality growth. A lot of channels from around 2010-2013 either grew jaded, broken by the system, or got into insane drama that is simply sad to see. But you, you are only improving, going back to previous ideas and opinions and being able to project the level of respect and true playfulness when it comes to "realism meets fantasy tropes". It might sound silly, but i really appreciate you for that.
Anime/fantasy weapon designs are often a real struggle to appreciate once you have immersed yourself into the practical reasons why historic weapons were designed the way they were. You just can't unsee/unlearn the anatomy/physics/kinesiology and find that naïve place that let you think a bat'leth/twinblade was cool in the first place. Damn you science, logic, and reason!!!
Personally, I've had a lot of fun learning about realistic weapons for my own setting. I want to make things interesting, while still keeping the weapons...mostly reasonable. Considering I'm planning on giving the main character a sword the same size as he is, that miiiiight not be entirely accurate, but its a magic sword, so its all good.
It's the "knowing how the sausage is made" effect, you nitpick yourself out of immersion by of focusing on the "how" instead of on the "what". I really miss my childhood impressionability sometimes.
@@marcusreading3783 funnily enough, real Greatswords WERE about as long as the wielder was tall, but they ALSO were only about as wide as a regular Longsword, ultimately meaning that they would often be used more like a polearm than a sword =D
good luck with your setting
I wish i could do the same thing with anime weapons @@marcusreading3783
I don't have those kind of feelings. I *understand* it's not realistic, but I don't care, *since that's the point.* It's supposed to be all fantasy, all for the sake of telling a story.
1:11 - Sad story. I made an indie game without ever watching Demon Slayer. One of the bosses was Sum Ting Wong, Grandmaster of Mall Ninjas. So I deliberately gave him the dumbest mall ninja weapon I could think of, and figured: hey, I'll combine the nun-chuck and the katana to make the nun-katana and that'll be stupid! One year later I watch Demon Slayer and they had a character using it non-ironically.
It had already been invented. Sword-chuck used by Fighter (it is his name) in now finished webcomic 8-bit Theater. He is so stupid he can do impossible things as they make sense in his mind only. Nunchaku and katana alone are real and formidable weapons though.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Yeah, well at least I looked up the translation. "nun" is "double", "chuck" is "blunt" or given the context "club. Nun-chuck translates to double club.
Thus calling it a katana-chuck is wrong. The proper terminology would be nun-katana.
@@ailius1520 Proper name is "nunchaku" and shaku is Japanese foot, which is roughly analogous to Imperial foot. That means nunchaku is "double feet" meaning it's approximate length. Different variations of nunchaku have different names like sansetsukon (three parts) or yonsetsukon (four parts).
Fighter's ludicrous weapon was sword-chuck mostly because he was an idiot capable of breaking reality with his stupidity and equally talented when swords (or anything thought as swords) were involved.
No matter - without physics-breaking level of stupidity wielding such weapon would be quite stupid as it doesn't have benefits of neither.
What game?
@@hallofguns8174 "Passing Into Fantasy" on Steam. It's a free bullet hell. But according to my metrics most players aren't making it past the tutorial.
I posted a "guide" to explain why the tutorial enemies are actually quite easy.
"Sword of Works" would be a great pun name for a anime/fantasy/comic weapons review channel.
I was sad that they didn't have Wabisuke, Kira's sword from Bleach. I love the idea of the weapon, even though it is dumb as a fighting utensil.
Tangentially related to Kira's hook-y sword, I've seen some khopesh designs that featured a hook on the back that looks, to my untrained eye, like it might be reasonably functional. On a less practical note, I'd kind of like to see someone do an exaggerated version of an Elmslie type 2a sword to make the blade more like the head of an Italian bill.
Weird thing with the One Piece saber: it's Shanks' sword, Gryphon, and this one is rather odd as in the show, the little protrusion is both a good bit shorter and much further down, almost at the pummel, which would be a good bit more comfortable.
Yeah, unfortunately many of the things there were smaller than they should be.
Renji's Zabimaru should be twice the size.
Tengen's swords were also smaller than they should be, but with a longer chain.
Shank's Gryphon should be at least twice the size as well, and the scissor blade too.
Also noticed Shunsui Kyoraku's scimitars in the background too, looking much much smaller than they should.
Also it seems to go back and forth on whether he has that kind of hand guard or one that curls into itself as it meets the pommel.
7:47 the name your looking for is Zabimaru
I would pay to see skall reviewing Demon Slayer's fight scenes. He would either love it, or have an aneurism.
Fantasy weapons are like the cursed guns people have been making lately.
That gives me a wonderfully stupid idea. I wanna make a sword with Picatinny rails, then mount a bipod and a dozen flashlights on it.
Edit: Oh God, a gunblade M4...
I remember ages ago seeing some horrid combinations of a Katar and m16 someone sketched. The sad part was they did a really good job, with insane attention to detail.
Basket hilt that is MLOK compatible
Epic!
Speaking of fantasy weapons, I'd love to hear Skall comment on the new "light greatsword" (yes the name is extremely dumb) moveset from the Elden Ring DLC. I've seen people compare it to real longswords, and the moveset looks super flashy and flowy, but I'm curious to hear what someone who actually knows something about HEMA has to say about it.
RobinSwords did a nice short on it! Can recommend him.
They literally are just greatswords and longsworda
Inosuke is just specifically trying to cause as much pain and flesh damage to demons as possible so they heal more slowly.
They heal very quickly and clean cuts can be essentially put back together instantly so they can keep fighting. He wants to rip and shred flesh until he can destroy the core and take them out permanently.
His swords make sense in context… against healing, fleshy, unarmored, fast and strong opponents.
Yeah
Re: "Tengen's Nichirin cleavers" What's the blade behind the semi-circular cut-out for? Why not extend that cut-out all the way down, leaving only the blade between there and the tip? You'd save more weight that way.
5:53 If we assume that there is blood magic that can strengthen weapons, then such a spike has a logical basis) 😅
It's funny because One Piece has all the bullshit in the world, but not magic strictly speaking? You can make your body inpentrable with sheer force of will and resolve, there are fruits that give unique abilities to the consumers but they are very specific and work as superhero powers. So, there are no rituals or incantations. The only thing that resembles magic are ninja skills - for example one ninja was able to seal huge amount of water _inside the scroll_ he was carrying on his person and release it later. We never got any explanation on that =\
Oh, and also there is just fantasy tech that can do pretty much anything. But like that's not magic too.
@@StanNotSoSaint By the way, yes. The story is very big, it’s even strange that they didn’t try to add something like that to it.
@@Korj666 my take is that author wanted to have the scope of abilities for every single character somewhat limited. Devil Fruit can result in various techniques but they all are thematically connected, character can also have martial arts and/or weapon techniques, their innate abilities of their species or body specifics, and then they can have some kind of gadgets on them. Come to think of it, it really is close to superhero comics - although One Piece allows you to do lots of stuff by just strengthening your spirit and body - which lets even 'ordinary people' to become really badass without extraordinary stuff.
One piece doesn't have blood magic though
@@MechaShadowV2 We know that)
The chain on the tengen blades are to throw the blades back and fort and catch the neck with the open part, also the guy fights with the swords like if they were some sort of nunchucks, and shanks blade is like that because its supposed to be something like something like a "Jailbreak fix"(aka: something shabby that was added by someone else to an already made sword), also the last sword is supposed to be one half of a scissor that the protagonist is using to find the killer of their father (the murderer had the whole scissor)
Well managled up swords with no handles only hand made wraps makes sense for a tarzan boy raised by wild boer in the Forrest after all where would he get a quality sword from?.
But he did get a quality sword, He himself made it serrated on purpose
@@ddmacc Oh I don't remember I've not watched it past the dream train bit, I got so bored waiting for the film I read the entire manga and moved on. well he's an idiot probably wanted it jiggered like teeth
What is the last one from?
it kinda reminds me of the kill-la-kill scissors
I think that's what it is.
I'll repeat what I said before. Stuff like this, dissecting pop culture weapons and comparing them to real historical weapons is what originally got me into you as well as Shadiversity and Metatron. And it's nice to see someone return to this style of video.
I basically stopped watching Shad when he dropped his fantasy castle reviwes and historic Castle brakedowns in favor of a bad sword based Mythbusters format
4:11 "Now you've got the opponents blade trapped and can pretty much finish him off."
With what weapon? Because while yes your opponents blade is locked... so is yours. You might have greater leverage but I really doubt you can use your own blade now. Better hope you can disarm him if you want your own blade back.
Yeah the chain of self-defeating is one of those (fantastic) anime chain swords where you can align the edge perfectly in midair after release. Aka the coolest.
Add weight to the back of the sword so inertia does your edge alignment for you. Shh, don't think about it.
And if it doesn't, Tengen can also bash both blades together and cause an explosion as big as a pipebomb
At least it's not Mitsuri's whip sword.
That thing is considered so unwieldly in-universe it can only be used by her, even sheathing the thing looks dangerous and hard as hell.
@@Hiraishin247 Ironically that actually does exist. It's called an Urumi.
The Wrest stabber is making my carpal tunnel act up.
it's a weird side effect of trying to replicate aesthetics... since in the anime it's not that stabby on the guard. It's just a little bump in the anime.
Shame there was no pen review from Death Note. The pen is mightier than the sword, that's for sure.
You reminded me of the meme Elon posted recently.
Good old "How I started the second World War".
the potato chips too
Okay, who am I dueling today? Yeah, just... let me write that down in my duel log real quick... oh oops! Another heart attack mid fight? What are the chances???
The revolver was mightier than the pen, though.
Man i would love they show him Shinobu's sword is just a gloryfied rapier shaped like a Katana.
yeah it's a poke poke katana
While no poison added
That's kind of the idea yeah, due ot historical reasons she can't have a regular rapier cause early 20th century Japan was only on the early process of westernizing the only western swords you can find there would be military sabers the police force use.
id argue half of these swords are viable if their handles weren't so obsurd like they're still relatively normal blades but then you've got a silly straw for a handle
10:27 Ok, and Zwerchcopter just got outclassed then
The Devancopter
Can I just say? Both of you look so good right now. Keep up the struggle for fitness! Improving yourself is improving your mental and physical health!
Huh? Thanks, but I look (and feel) like garbage. All the struggle over the past years has been futile unfortunately.
6:24 That Shank's sword is about 3x smaller than it should be. It looks way cooler when properly proportioned.
Do yk where to find any in high carbon steel
A sword shop with not a single weapon from Fate. A show with medieval characters. Fate really needs to be more popular.
10:03 is that a scissor blade from kill la kill?
Yes it is
I have never seen any of these swords. But I enjoyed the video, Skall geeking out is the best Skall :)
I just started playing elden ring, and the video feels more real because of it. Oh, the kind of monstrosities you see there...
But the beauty, too. Deadass don't think I've ever seen the general concept of an Estoc-style "great blade" done better than in Shadow of the Erd Tree XD
I see you’re hanging out in Sauga 👍
The deep notches on that first blade look like they'd be cataclysmic for structural strength, with the sharp corners focusing stresses precisely on the parts of the blade with the least material.
Right, that's something I should have mentioned. The way the serrations are shaped makes for a significant risk of stress fractures.
0:32 I think the term "breaker" would be more like "stopper", "to break the attack", not like it would literally break a sword or dagger in half.
If the idea behind that name is really "to break a weapon", well damn... I don't think people bought the idea back in time.
The first serrated sword kinda reminded me of the O97533 rapier, though that one's notches seem more robust.
I guess the rings on the first One Piece sword could structurally support the disc guard when it's struck from above? Some pretty strong people there, at least going by the live action take. The second one might've bent that tip downward close to the grip for a similar look.
Okay, but what was the last one you looked at - with the giant ring pommel?
I don’t recognize the sword!
This is real fun... It be more fun if Skallagrim seen how it used in main source, but still it is fun.
He’s reviewing how they would work realistically, not how they would work in their fantasy universes, so he doesn’t really need to see the source material.
Context are important. Understand why thing made in such in source material give wider range of misconceptions to talk about.
Yeah, but frankly I can't take that much anime. Don't get me wrong, some of it is good, even great... but a lot of it is cringe factory too.
@@SkallagrimThat's a fair assesment.😂
Fun to see Skall having fun. I would like to suggest maybe watching a few clips of the blades in action after taking a stab(?) at what they do IRL. Tengen's Sword-Chucks ironically explode on contact, so what we have here is two boom sticks shaped like swords used like nunchucks and it is THE most anime thing I have seen since RWBY and the Gun-Chucks, and the Shot-Scythe.
Great content Skall :) keep up the good work
7:26
3 distinct weapons of the Klingon Empire in the background
I am mostly in the shadows but that content is right for me when Skall looks at Anime/Videogame Swords. Ahh the memories with videogame swords scrutinized, especially the keyblade.
Kinda he did that yesterday
The rapier-katana thing I could actually see happening in reality, via a japanese swordsmith being inspired an illustration of a sword with a finger ring but not knowing the purpose
Skall is more or less the only sword-tuber I watch anymore. I was unaware so many were so... conservative.
Matt Easton is fine though
Yeah... same...
You watch sword channels based on their political views instead of their ability to teach you stuff?
@@sowianskizonierz2693 Channels like shadiversity have done nothing but side tangent or make videos completely unrelated out of the blue lately. Less of a learning experience.
Shad sucks anyways as a teacher.
When their political views leak into their content, then yes.
Conservatives do it, too, with those they consider woke.
Though if we’re talking about the ability to teach … oddly, Matt Easton is the best from a scholarly perspective, and Skall is the best from a normal enthusiast perspective.
....i don't like that i recognize each and every weapon on that wall....and can even name most of the characters that wield them....
amazing video, I would like to see some more of these type of videos.
That last one is a "Scissor Blade" from "Kill la Kill", which is nothing more than half of an oversized tailors scissor.
Which makes sense in universe, where the characters wielding it fight basically against sentient alien clothing.
That first blade looks like it's just begging to snap at one of the serrations.
All those stress risers make me sad. :(
to be fair, in the anime, that sword is wielded by a wildman raised in the forest by boars that know nothing about sword maintenance. they're kinda supposed to look shitty.
@@walterlopez5054 yeah, I suppose that's so, but the engineer in me cringes at the sight, none-the-less.
@@lairdcummings9092 the man got new clean katanas and grabbed a rock to smash the poor swords to make those dents, in front of the swordsmith.
Sorry. Unless you can use Sōō Zabimaru, Renji's sword is a little rough to use
Yeah, it was basically a segmented whip sword in-universe, made usable by what amounts to magic.
love these videos so much
Watching you play around with and "figure out" the various weapons was really fun. Cavendish's rapier would have never really stood out to me.
One great thing about serrations, it cuts skin/meat like a laser. I've cut myself with serrated knives and there was no forgiveness! Granted, I've had the same happen with standard blades, but the serrations seem to help in cutting through various mediums. That's just my observations from using both in everyday life. Cheers
There's a difference between the tiny serrations of a knife and the giant (often unsharpened) cutouts that some fictional swords are given.
Even then, Serrations can get caught pretty easily on things like cloth. Gambesons and similar armor around the world would be more than enough protection. Anything well padded, really.
swords aren't used in a sawing motion though. most sense would be a sword for sword v sword, and a second weapon for penetrating armor. spikes work better for that. warhammers, and bec's..
now, if you were a spacemarine, a chainsword would also not be best. it would be better to have a regularsword/forcesword, or hammer, with a circular angle grinder hilt/handgaurd. instead of a full length saw, instead a round saw you could push down into a target with the full power of your arm.
@@Cassandra112 Exactly
@@Cassandra112 "swords aren't used in a sawing motion though."
Actually, many sword techniques *do* use a sawing motion, called a "draw cut," to help efficiently deal damage. Additionally, these fantasy kinds of serrations make thrusts and stabs extremely difficult if not impossible, as the blade would get stuck on organs and bones.
Not a single pommel in sight, just Skal enjoying the moment...
7:10
Melodias' sword
Tengen uses the cleavers as a kind of kusari-gama or hook sword situation, where he will hold one by the blade and use the the chain to swing the other for extended reach.
Really into the new review type videos!
Not new, more revived. :)
The sword you liked was Cavendish's sword in One Piece named after Durandal the unbreakable sword. The finger rings multiplied under the guard makes me think of the Vajra from hindu myth (the thunderbolt, indestructible and irresistible). Its probably just a coincidence, but it wouldn't be the first time I've seen symbolism in a design for a fantasy blades.
This series is fan-tastic!
9:35 - Afro Samurai's sword kinda varied in length and curvature depending on dramatic emphasis. That whole show was stylized as heck, but I enjoyed it.
10:08 - Someone down here has probably already talked about that weird half-scissor thingie. I recognize it from _Kill La Kill._ I think in the show, both halves were closer to about 4 feet long (again, size may have varied depending on the drama of the scene). That half you have belonged to an antagonist, but both her and the main character used their respective halves like a sword and held them by the loop, if I remember correctly. Weird weapon, but novel.
Skall in a weeb armory.
Just wanted to say Skall, I’ve always liked the humor in your videos. You never take yourself too seriously (except when the topic calls for it) and it adds just the right amount of fun to the content.
Hope this comment makes your day. :)
Freaky swords
The music sounding like it's auditioning for either Castlevania or Blood.
Wow, I am early.
Yeap
OMG IS THAT WHO I THINK IT IS IN THE BACKGROUND IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEO APPEARENCES. YOU TWO BOUNCE OFF EACH OTHER REALLY WELL
I know 0 of anime but you still make this seem interesting. +1 👍
Bro this vid wouldve been so much more interesting if Skall knows how the character uses their weapons. Like the chain twin swords are actually used like nunchucks (hence the chain). Would've loved to hear his thoughts about that.
10:13 If I'm not mistaken that is from Naruto and it is even dumber than you thought. If I'm correct then it is a collapsed shuriken the size of an umbrella. That's just a quarter of it and it swings open to have four points.
amazing swords there, I've seen some videos of people making reproductions of those swords and they are always way too heavy and thick.
Note about Afro Samurai's sword: It's aggressively curved but in the show it's MUCH longer. It's frequently almost as long as he is tall but depending on how wild the scene is, sometimes the whole sword doesn't even fit in frame. I'm sure they weren't trying to make it between 6 to 10ft long for show accuracy
5:30 There exist D-Guard Jian that have similar style guards where the grip continues after, but without the artery spike.
considering that "sword" at the end, i kinda want you to watch KiLL La KiLL, and give us your thoughts on THAT scissor blade, though for some reason i think you already have. any way, great video.
This video got me thinking about serrations on blades. Usually you wouldn't want that because it could snag when cutting, or possibly get stuck when stabbing, but what about a shallow less pronounced saw/serrated blade? If I remember right I think Leonardo DaVinci I think designed a serrated sword. Also in WW1 German soldiers were called out for using serrated backed bayonets and were threatened by the allies that they exicute any German soldier captured with one because of how nasty of a wound they made. I would be very curious to see some saw bladed sword testing if you ever get the chance. It would be interesting to see if such a blade really is more cruel, and actually effective in combat.
The bit about Tengen's blades leaving out all but the front part of the blades for weight savings reminds me of an Indean bhuj.
I've only ever seen a Bhuj in a video game once, or at least a similar weapon. That being in The Mark of Kri: Rise of the Kasai, as the axe-equivalent weapon for Tati.
That game would be very cool to see appear in Skal's channel.
man, I hope they read some Korean manhwas and come to know and from Overgeared
Given my experience with the lawnmower cord, I would be stepping on that chain all the time.
Love this kind of content. Feels relatable