I Tested the World’s Thickest Chainmail

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @WaterjetChannel
    @WaterjetChannel  9 месяцев назад +66

    Use code WATERJET50 to get 50% OFF First Box and free wellness shots for life with any active subscription at bit.ly/4ayl5cI!

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 9 месяцев назад +1

      Hmm. Decisions decisions. Buy from your link, or from the 60 other RUclipsrs I follow; from the dozens of times they’ve posted their link. There might still be 5 people out there that haven’t heard of one of these sponsors that sponsor almost every single content creator. 🙄. So maybe you’ll get lucky and one of them will watch your video before they watch one of the 1000’s of others

    • @The_Gallowglass
      @The_Gallowglass 9 месяцев назад

      Cody needs to send his maille to Tod Cutler and see if they can get through it with proper war arrows from a longbow. If that happened I'd be so stoked.

    • @Splarkszter
      @Splarkszter 9 месяцев назад

      WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CODYYYYYYY WOOOOHOOOO

    • @jeffcook8501
      @jeffcook8501 8 месяцев назад +2

      They use to wear leather or padding under the mail which should help with the arrow fragments from penetrating the flesh

    • @rustyshakleford5230
      @rustyshakleford5230 8 месяцев назад

      Bring back the lock test!!! And Kanyon.

  • @WaterjetChannel
    @WaterjetChannel  9 месяцев назад +249

    Go watch Cody's Video!!!! He did an insane amount of work on it so it's the least you can do ;)
    ruclips.net/video/IyUrDWGtS24/видео.html

  • @dorusie5
    @dorusie5 9 месяцев назад +655

    Cody finding you dead body on the battle ground: "My chainmail's fine, bit dented, but I can straighten that out on my anvil" ☺

    • @lgjm5562
      @lgjm5562 8 месяцев назад +12

      In the not too distant future, the armor is worth more than the pilot.

    • @cola98765
      @cola98765 8 месяцев назад +22

      That's why there are hardly any armors rated for .50 and above. It's not that you can't stop *a* bullet of that caliber, it's that there so much energy there that even if you spread it over a plate it's still too much.

    • @dennisturgeon7019
      @dennisturgeon7019 4 месяца назад +2

      @@lgjm5562 that future is now baby, especially depending on how you slice that cake. The US military values a human like at around half a million. that is how much the family of a dead soldier receives for the death of their loved one, and in many cases its actually a little less than that. When you consider that many tanks, helicopters, and fighter jets cost into the tens of millions of dollars, the "armor" of modern soldiers is worth vastly more than the human lives opperating them! Isn't modern war and the art of calculating the worth of human life so fun!

    • @glidershower
      @glidershower 2 месяца назад

      ​@@cola98765Yup. People oft forget that the reason *it is a very good idea* to do strenght training and developing musculature is to protect one's _very squishy, gelatinous organs._ Too much energy and it isn't going to matter that you're still in one piece, your insides are going to drip out like water.

    • @samphunter
      @samphunter 2 месяца назад +1

      @@dennisturgeon7019 That is incredibly misleading. Training a pilot or special forces operator can costs millions of dollars. So the most significant monetary cost for the US military is not the payout to the family but the cost of training a replacement. And of course there are non-monetary costs like morale and public/political support. You would have to add all these up to get the value of a soldiers life as seen by the US military.

  • @yaronkarmi3393
    @yaronkarmi3393 9 месяцев назад +1382

    Hello to all Cody'sLab viewers

  • @MrMrwhisker1
    @MrMrwhisker1 9 месяцев назад +791

    I'm stuck in an infinite loop now because Cody said to watch this video after his finished, and now you are telling me to watch his after yours finishes

    • @rustbeltmachine
      @rustbeltmachine 8 месяцев назад +71

      Dude… same. I already called off work tomorrow.

    • @jdarokhajiit9153
      @jdarokhajiit9153 8 месяцев назад +21

      Same, my wife is going to kill me lol

    • @thetruthexperiment
      @thetruthexperiment 8 месяцев назад +5

      Poor thing

    • @dangerousfables
      @dangerousfables 8 месяцев назад +13

      Form those loops into some chain mail.

    • @scottydu81
      @scottydu81 8 месяцев назад +3

      This is the song that doesn’t eeeend…

  • @talkingdot
    @talkingdot 9 месяцев назад +757

    its cool that the chainmail would survive the cannon shot but the person wearing it is still very dead lol

    • @Gandhi_Physique
      @Gandhi_Physique 9 месяцев назад +208

      Perfect for the next user

    • @SuperKingNNN
      @SuperKingNNN 9 месяцев назад +39

      Peak efficiency lol

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@Gandhi_Physiquelol perfect; to also die in?

    • @MinedMaker
      @MinedMaker 9 месяцев назад +111

      It's a very special chainmail, meant to save the next soldier behind you on the battlefield.

    • @ChIGuY-town22_
      @ChIGuY-town22_ 9 месяцев назад +14

      It's not so much as the chance of getting hit by a cannon ball. It's the weight of wearing that and all of your gear...

  • @KawaiiKitten
    @KawaiiKitten 9 месяцев назад +459

    Just to clarify a soldier would wear padded armor underneath chainmail so there is a possibility the arrow splinters may not have gone through

    • @fetzie23
      @fetzie23 9 месяцев назад +78

      Probably a decent bit of leather under the chain would have stopped the arrow shaft going through. The blunt force trauma from the "cannon ball" would have taken out like all the ribs though (with enough padding underneath the mail still possibly survivable?).

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen 9 месяцев назад +63

      @@fetzie23 The shock going through the body would probably also have fractured the spine in several places. People who hit the pavement from very tall buildings look relatively fine on the outside but bones on the opposite side of the impact are still shattered.

    • @KawaiiKitten
      @KawaiiKitten 9 месяцев назад +13

      @@fetzie23 if it is possible to make the cannonball survivable, it'd probably be pretty difficult imo, but yeah chainmail would either be worn under other armors like scale, leather or plate with a layer of padded quilt underneath if I remember correctly. All that would definitely protect against an arrow since the chainmail definitely stopped the arrow and splintered it

    • @gearandalthefirst7027
      @gearandalthefirst7027 9 месяцев назад +42

      @@fetzie23 Quilted gambeson would stop the arrow shaft better than leather and also redistribute the impact better.

    • @DaftyBoi412
      @DaftyBoi412 9 месяцев назад +26

      Also back in them days they wouldn't of had carbon fiber, so the arrow body would of been wood or metal (most likely wood), and either turned to dust or just bent, and not splintered quite like carbon does. Any wood splinters being way less sharp than a thin bit of carbon, and much easier to break apart on contact with the chainmail.

  • @SlightRecoiI
    @SlightRecoiI 9 месяцев назад +443

    Cody seems so happy throughout this whole video.
    He must've been so proud of his creation throughout the whole testing process.

    • @isaiahoconnor8236
      @isaiahoconnor8236 9 месяцев назад +27

      To be fair he is almost Always this Happy. ;) the only time I saw him sad I didn't blame him as I was also sad at the passing of Grant Thompson from TKOR

    • @SephBane
      @SephBane 9 месяцев назад +61

      @@isaiahoconnor8236 I think he has been pretty low for a long time between the breakup with Canyon and the TY monetization issues. I think he is finally getting back to normal.

    • @isaiahoconnor8236
      @isaiahoconnor8236 9 месяцев назад +4

      @SephBane yeah I could see that, but he us happy when doing science:)

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan 9 месяцев назад +16

      It's amazing how much getting paid will do for your mental health.

    • @isaiahoconnor8236
      @isaiahoconnor8236 9 месяцев назад +7

      @Skorpychan I know from personal experience. Long story short bmy business took a massive covid induced hit, was struggling to find other work and landed on antidepressants . Got a job even though it was only a seasonal one and was able to get off of them.

  • @Nik.No.K
    @Nik.No.K 9 месяцев назад +1031

    Once again confirming that there are only about 4 RUclipsrs in Utah. Waterjet, Cody’s lab, Nate from the internet/TKOR crew and… that might be it

    • @doinker50
      @doinker50 9 месяцев назад +53

      There are way more than that.. I'd never even heard of this channel before Cody's video

    • @khailsan
      @khailsan 9 месяцев назад +54

      Lindsey Stirling

    • @campman1
      @campman1 9 месяцев назад +107

      Jerryrigeverything

    • @oostrich
      @oostrich 9 месяцев назад +24

      Stradman

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder 9 месяцев назад +272

      Actually I think that Utah might have the highest RUclipsr to population ratio. 🤔

  • @lakojake4215
    @lakojake4215 9 месяцев назад +95

    "These might shear off, then the rest of the arrow goes through."
    "But I would say that's not a failure of the chainmail."
    Tell that to the guy with an arrow in his chest. lol

    • @laierr
      @laierr 8 месяцев назад +21

      No one wears chainmail on their bare chest. You wear it over a gambeson (thick padded coat) which is a surprisingly effective type of armor. It would stop those splinters easily.
      Given they shot a modern-day hunting arrow, that was designed to inflict nasty wounds on elks, who, in fact, do not wear armor.
      Medieval war arrows were much thicker, with sold steel arrowheads. they wouldn't squeeze between those links at all.

  • @Skorpychan
    @Skorpychan 9 месяцев назад +103

    Arrow: Survived.
    Big bullet: Still dead, but the guy behind you survived. You may survive the impact itself, but you'd probably bleed to death afterwards.
    Flung machete: Survived, but you wouldn't be happy about it.

    • @TheAttacker732
      @TheAttacker732 9 месяцев назад +15

      ...Okay, but is there a situation involving a machete flying at you that you *would* be happy about?

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@TheAttacker732 I mean, you wouldn't be happy about surviving it.

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky 8 месяцев назад +2

      You would be far less happy after the arrow than the machete tbh.

    • @Skorpychan
      @Skorpychan 8 месяцев назад +9

      @@mrkiky The arrow shaft would be stopped by the gambeson under the mail. The machete hit HARD, so you'd probably have bruised ribs at the very least, possibly cracked.

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Skorpychan Well, if you had gambeson as well, sure. Otherwise that splintered carbon fiber shaft would've gone deep enough to do organ damage if you're unlucky enough, and would be really nasty to dig out all of those splinters anyway.

  • @B0BBYL33J0RD4N
    @B0BBYL33J0RD4N 9 месяцев назад +180

    To be fair, if you were wearing 200 pounds of chainmail, you might be more likely to survive an encounter because you would collapse from exhaustion before making it to the battle

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky 8 месяцев назад +18

      You'd have a team of 4 squires with hooks on a rope and stick similar to a fishing pole but much sturdier, to lift up your chainmail and reduce the weight you have to bear as you walk in it.

    • @B0BBYL33J0RD4N
      @B0BBYL33J0RD4N 8 месяцев назад +8

      @mrkiky 4 even more encumbered dudes with less martial training, tasty.
      I did chuckle though, cause I can imagine some king out there actually doing that.

    • @balrog99-41
      @balrog99-41 8 месяцев назад +5

      brother with all due respect, I hope your comment is for the funnies. An average to good quality mail hauberk (knee to upper thigh length) weighed like 30 ish pounds. Add like 7-10 pounds of padded material under it, 1-3 pounds for a good helmet with padding and maybe like a 5 pounds for a rather heavy side-arm sword, like a pretty hefty and crude Falchion. You'd still be way under the 100 pound. They're all just normal peeps under that armour, fit and trained perhaps, but not a bodybuilder for lifting contests. Modern military gear gets up into the 100-150 range and that's only for mostly short periods and we also have on-the-go troop transport quite available, not some tired squire who's barely limping behind you in battle. Sorry if I came out angsty but I literally gave my bachelors degree on armour and I'm so tired of seeing the age old myth that it's some ridiculously heavy and restricting equipment, while in fact it was made-to-fit or at least modified-to-fit to owner. Cheerios.

    • @B0BBYL33J0RD4N
      @B0BBYL33J0RD4N 8 месяцев назад +14

      @balrog99-41 I have yet to see old mail that is barely able to get picked up for a 2 ft by 3 ft section.
      My comment was talking about how grossly heavy Cody's chainmail was, not historical accurate mail.
      And they totally understand that the mail he made isn't even remotely close to historical or usable.

    • @psommer4218
      @psommer4218 4 месяца назад +1

      That's why they invented plate mail.

  • @bemljj
    @bemljj 9 месяцев назад +166

    They look like an older and younger brother playing in the yard lol

    • @peterorlov4544
      @peterorlov4544 9 месяцев назад +3

      we will call them the MartiAn brothers

  • @chebypattern
    @chebypattern 9 месяцев назад +94

    11:44 Cody looks like he's about to cast a spell

    • @MuzikBike
      @MuzikBike 9 месяцев назад +14

      given his knowledge of science he probably could

    • @somethingforsenro
      @somethingforsenro 8 месяцев назад +1

      we love casting spells

  • @Somerandom1922
    @Somerandom1922 9 месяцев назад +33

    One thing to remember is that historically chainmail was worn over gambesson, so anything like those splinters from the arrow would get caught.

    • @Zooom-s5f
      @Zooom-s5f 3 месяца назад

      Amazing, amazing, I can't belive

  • @Christopher_S
    @Christopher_S 8 месяцев назад +5

    The circle of life brings me back around to this channel. I unsubscribed when Dan and Mitchel stopped making videos here, completely forgot about the channel until today when I watched Cody make the chainmail.
    It's a nice surprise to see this channel is still going and from the sounds of it, with the phantom cameras, you're going to have lots of opportunities for some amazing videos in the close future too!

  • @KorhalKk
    @KorhalKk 9 месяцев назад +45

    "According to Quora"
    Okay, now I'm confident on the info

    • @WaterjetChannel
      @WaterjetChannel  9 месяцев назад +24

      I got my phd from quora

    • @KorhalKk
      @KorhalKk 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@WaterjetChannel 😆

  • @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan
    @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan 9 месяцев назад +31

    6:22 No French Carabinier (who had received their brass gilded cuirasses in 1809) would have worn chainmail at any time, certainly not by the time of the Battle of Waterloo and not François Antoine Fauveau the poor unfortunate soul of the 2e Régiment de Carabiniers from whom this cuirass was recovered.

    • @gearandalthefirst7027
      @gearandalthefirst7027 9 месяцев назад +11

      Yeah I was gonna comment the same, cuirasses at that time were basically the equivalent of modern plate carriers in terms of coverage.

    • @leanne699-v8s
      @leanne699-v8s 3 месяца назад

      I just said the same thing but longer like 26 seconds ago and I thought "I wonder if anyone else said that" and what do you know

  • @mjf69
    @mjf69 9 месяцев назад +16

    What I love most about this, is nobody would ever wear chainmail just bare chested ( they also would never wear chainmail this heavy) but the gambeson would definitely have stopped those arrow shaft shards from penetrating into the skin even if they were wood and not carbon fiber.

    • @wolffang489
      @wolffang489 8 месяцев назад +1

      Even it it's, say, 30% lighter or more and a proper shirt, I think it's the fact that it's welded and hardened that's showing a lot of the performance. If someone hasn't done some testing on how thick you can reasonably get with welded tempered rings while still carrying the rest of your gear and fighting, they should.

  • @harveycreekin
    @harveycreekin 9 месяцев назад +30

    Those phantoms are 100% stolen! 😂

  • @MicroMidas
    @MicroMidas 9 месяцев назад +19

    I like how I got _both_ videos in my feed, (both yours and Cody's) at the same time! 😃
    Cool to get both POV's side by side like this.

  • @CapricornOneTarot
    @CapricornOneTarot 9 месяцев назад +17

    This is a great collab and I want to see more crossover with Cody's Lab! Thanks!

  • @phlogistanjones2722
    @phlogistanjones2722 9 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for having Cody over here to test his creation.
    Very impressive results. Cody is always so upbeat he must be a joy to be around.

  • @ArmsAndArmorReviews
    @ArmsAndArmorReviews 8 месяцев назад +9

    Where I work, we used EuroFlex ring mesh products. And it's incredible... YOU LITERALLY CANNOT GET STABBED! The rings are around 4.2 mm in diameter, and every single individual ring has been WELDED, which makes all the rings basically IMPOSSIBLE to just "stab" through with your most powerful blow.

  • @geoffhurley8103
    @geoffhurley8103 9 месяцев назад +8

    I love seeing two of my favorite channels come together!

  • @tracybowling1156
    @tracybowling1156 9 месяцев назад +8

    Two very excellent channels together, chain mail, using the air cannon! I am one happy girl!

  • @audreybossman8369
    @audreybossman8369 9 месяцев назад +26

    Arrow head breaks off and still stabs guy.
    Guy as he lays on the ground dying, "At least my chainmail didn't fail".

  • @curtisjordan9210
    @curtisjordan9210 9 месяцев назад +65

    Cody sent me here :)

    • @NullScar
      @NullScar 9 месяцев назад

      Al gore ithm ⛓️ 🔗

    • @lukenichols9647
      @lukenichols9647 9 месяцев назад +1

      Man Bear Pig

    • @NullScar
      @NullScar 9 месяцев назад

      @@lukenichols9647 50% man, 50% bear, and 50% pig.

    • @JausTine
      @JausTine 8 месяцев назад

      Same here! Great show, keep it up

    • @NullScar
      @NullScar 8 месяцев назад

      @@lukenichols9647 50% Man, 50% bear and 50% pig.

  • @shayanirenberg3294
    @shayanirenberg3294 9 месяцев назад +6

    God I love the Waterjet-Cody collabs!

  • @lecolintube
    @lecolintube 8 месяцев назад +1

    So excited & so good to see Cody back on the WaterJet Channel! 🙌

  • @SuperBirath
    @SuperBirath 9 месяцев назад +8

    based on the recommendations in both videos, I am stucked watching you and Cody again, again, again

    • @WaterjetChannel
      @WaterjetChannel  9 месяцев назад +6

      An endless loop. Pretty soon both videos will have a billion views. Our evil plan is unstoppable 😎

  • @forgingluck
    @forgingluck 8 месяцев назад +3

    YESSSSS I love Cody's channel. Glad to see the crossover!

  • @malevolentsloth
    @malevolentsloth 5 месяцев назад +2

    In the medieval period, quality of mail was directly proportionate to how teeny tiny fine the rings were. As this video shows, mail sucks at dealing with impact so it was mainly used to mitigate laceration and stabbing.

  • @Sl4yerkid
    @Sl4yerkid 9 месяцев назад +3

    Holy crap I've been watching cody since the beginning, and you guys since the beginning, awesome to see you all collab!

  • @izzymoran89
    @izzymoran89 8 месяцев назад +1

    I think that chain mail needs to take a quick trip on over to Demolition Ranch so Matt can see how bulletproof it is 😂❤
    Awesome video guys 🥰

  • @nak_attak
    @nak_attak 9 месяцев назад +12

    A crossover I never even imagined

  • @isaiahoconnor8236
    @isaiahoconnor8236 9 месяцев назад +24

    And if there was a gambason that works greatly reduce the little damage caused. With the arrow

    • @jennareynolds1403
      @jennareynolds1403 9 месяцев назад +4

      totally agreed: maille was never worn alone. without the thick quilted fabric below, the maille doesnt help much against blunt force trauma

    • @Qwarzz
      @Qwarzz 9 месяцев назад +2

      Normal gambeson wouln't do with this one. I'm sure Cody can come up with something heavy enough to match the chain :)

    • @isaiahoconnor8236
      @isaiahoconnor8236 9 месяцев назад

      @Qwarzz indeed:) but it would likely have stopped the fragments of that arrow :) not much on the blunt force of the bullet

    • @TheBearInTheChair
      @TheBearInTheChair 9 месяцев назад +1

      That was my first thought when he said something along the lines of getting poaked a little bit.

    • @techheck3358
      @techheck3358 9 месяцев назад +2

      How about some 100mm rockwool, compacted down?

  • @erinmac4750
    @erinmac4750 9 месяцев назад +1

    Here from Cody's channel. Impressed! He made the indestructible chain mail, and you have the tests, and stunning slo-mo, to prove it.
    Don't be surprised to hear from Ukraine. If you don't, then expect to see "their" invention on the news. I'm sure they could find 101 uses for Cody's chainmail made from chains. 💜✊

  • @jayjayerson3486
    @jayjayerson3486 9 месяцев назад +42

    you should 3d print a cup that fits whatever your shooting so it goes straighter, also so you could make a giant shotgun

    • @Qwarzz
      @Qwarzz 9 месяцев назад +10

      Mmm. 3dprinted canister shot

    • @westwashere2214
      @westwashere2214 9 месяцев назад +9

      Sabot request!!!

    • @joem5037
      @joem5037 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@westwashere2214 Yeah! May as well build a proper APFSDS for that air cannon lol

    • @wolffang489
      @wolffang489 8 месяцев назад

      I believe the sideways bullet was because of lack of spin allowing it to tumble. Since they justifiably aren't using a threaded metal barrel, they should be using a ball so it goes straighter and hits truer.

    • @tsm688
      @tsm688 7 месяцев назад

      3d print? just carve out of fecking styrofoam

  • @RhythmJigoku
    @RhythmJigoku 9 месяцев назад +5

    The crossover we didn't know we needed!

  • @daffhead4975
    @daffhead4975 9 месяцев назад +4

    Remember that you would wear a gambeson under the chain mail, i don't think the splinters of the arrow would get through that.

  • @maksymushka
    @maksymushka 9 месяцев назад +5

    You've been putting out good content lately. Well done dude.

  • @KindOZiggy_TV
    @KindOZiggy_TV 9 месяцев назад +4

    Cool collaboration in this one I follow both of you guys thanks for the content!

  • @AquaFlowPlumbingCo
    @AquaFlowPlumbingCo 8 месяцев назад

    I love Cody’s energy. So passionate about what he does. Like a little kid in a candy shop. And your attitude encourages it. This is all so wholesome.
    Edit: here from his channel, by the way! Subbing!

  • @mirastor1796
    @mirastor1796 8 месяцев назад +1

    Perfect curtain for homes in warzones.
    9/10 tankshells can even be reused.

  • @NullScar
    @NullScar 9 месяцев назад +4

    You guys deserve all the financial support possible. Not one single ad and only one on Cody's video. Sorry, I can not contribute financially otherwise than clicks and views. Great video, and thanks for the entertainment!

  • @justinpatterson5291
    @justinpatterson5291 8 месяцев назад +1

    I've been stuck in a loop, watching these two videos, for days! How do I end this madness?

  • @jordansorenson698
    @jordansorenson698 9 месяцев назад

    With two phantoms you guys are litterally every youtuber's new best friends. I love it!

  • @mmhmmwhoknew4906
    @mmhmmwhoknew4906 Месяц назад +1

    If you hollow the back end of your “bullet” it will stabilize it much better. Think of a 12gauge shotgun slug the back end is hollow.😊

  • @Canzandridas
    @Canzandridas 9 месяцев назад +3

    A collab with Cody is always a good collab

  • @jordansorenson698
    @jordansorenson698 9 месяцев назад

    I cannot believe that you guys got your hands on not one, but two phantoms!!! Like actually how!!!
    This channel continues to suprise me by just how resilient it is. Not that I think it was ever really going to die, but every time it starts to show signs of pulling a Tom Stanton, it comes back with new life. Like your favorite pet zombie... that you love to abuse...

  • @darthplagueis13
    @darthplagueis13 7 месяцев назад

    Since I see a lot of folks talking about it here, I would like to point out that no, gambesons were not commonly worn under mail.
    Gambesons were generally used as standalone armor.
    You would generally wear light undergarments under your metal armor, but it wasn't thickly padded and more so served to prevent chafing than to protect from things that got past the mail.
    Heat, weight and general mobility were always concerns and the average high medieval knight would be willing to accept a risk of suffering bruises or fractures when hit, if it meant they didn't slowly stew in the summer heat under their hauberks.
    This is actually quite visible if you look at 11th century sources like the Bayeux tapestry, where the fighters are generally drawn as very slim and wearing form-fitting hauberks and coifs.
    The time in which mail was the be all and end all of armor was also the time when your main defensive tool was your shield, not your armor. Your mail was a failsafe that might save your ass if you failed to stop or avoid an imcoming hit, but it wasn't expected to offer the same degree of near-invulnerability that late medieval plate could provide.
    Later on, as the technology developed, armor became so resilient that shields started becoming somewhat redundant, which in turn allowed knights and well-geared men-at-arms to abandon their shields in favour of using two-handed weapons which in turn became necessary to deal with heavily armored opponents.
    Gambesons on the other hand were more of an alternative to mail, for people who either favoured a lighter option or who couldn't afford mail.

  • @ThePoliticalBulldog
    @ThePoliticalBulldog 8 месяцев назад +1

    Glad to see Cody collabing with kindred spirits

  • @hendrikvanleeuwen9110
    @hendrikvanleeuwen9110 8 месяцев назад +1

    There has been some great tests done on Tods Workshop doing historic arrows vs armour, and arrows causing damage by splintering against armour is definatelyna thing (not quite like that, though!).

  • @Paladin0005
    @Paladin0005 9 месяцев назад +2

    I'd like to see how it would hold up to a rondel dagger which is designed to be thrust in between links and lever them apart. You can see a similar profile in sword tips as time went one and they went for being more optimized for cutting to more optimized for thrusting.

  • @Nairod2
    @Nairod2 9 месяцев назад +3

    Dude has been slowly becoming a blacksmith for a decade and null ask if it took him a year. xD

  • @powerbuilder0510
    @powerbuilder0510 8 месяцев назад +1

    But how "bullet proof (resistant)" is it? 🎉 😮 😂

  • @illuminati1866
    @illuminati1866 9 месяцев назад +5

    2:30 Average fantasy archers shooting speed

  • @michaelfarrell4824
    @michaelfarrell4824 8 месяцев назад +1

    Cody told me to come watch this video now you're telling me to go watch his video. I'VE BEEN WATCHING FOR 8 HOURS! Send help!

  • @maxximumb
    @maxximumb 8 месяцев назад +1

    Don't forget the chainmail would be worn over a gambeson, a quilted and padded jacket, that would provide more protection. A gambeson's multiple layers of quilted fabric provided a surprising level of protection.

  • @mikemadness222
    @mikemadness222 9 месяцев назад +2

    This is that old RUclips style revival

  • @DaftyBoi412
    @DaftyBoi412 9 месяцев назад +1

    The goat of backyard science and geology brought me here! :)

  • @jacobotto9766
    @jacobotto9766 8 месяцев назад

    Been following both channels for years! Love the team up!

  • @flomojo2u
    @flomojo2u 8 месяцев назад

    Incredibly impressive, it’s completely impractical for personal use, but it sure shrugs off the damage! Great job, Cody! And great footage, Mr Waterjet 😊

  • @Eirekk
    @Eirekk 8 месяцев назад +1

    Happy for you to get some Phantoms. Cant wait for the videos to come :D

  • @802Garage
    @802Garage 8 месяцев назад

    10:10 Seeing the chainmail ripple like water was craaazy. Seriously cool.

  • @mankihonda983
    @mankihonda983 8 месяцев назад

    I just read about Cody's origin story why he started making YT videos, made me like him so much more. I've been a subscriber for years now, but never knew that about him.

  • @danielrobinson7872
    @danielrobinson7872 6 месяцев назад

    Splintering arrows were a real threat to people in armor in general, as even in full plate the shards would deflect into the neck and face through the gaps of the armor. It was such a problem that it influenced how armor was made afterwards. A collar was eventually added to catch anything deflecting upwards.

  • @peterteatree
    @peterteatree 5 месяцев назад

    You both look very genuinely impressed with the chain mail and it’s very genuinely impressive chain mail. Amazing viddy

  • @PsylomeAlpha
    @PsylomeAlpha 5 месяцев назад

    "if john wake had a pencil you'd be host"
    Recommendation: people rarely wore mail without a padded jacket underneath; the arrow shards likely wouldn't have made it as deep if you had that on underneath it

  • @Celica202
    @Celica202 4 месяца назад +1

    Такая история с карбоновыми стрелами случается чаще чем вы думаете. Иногда, когда лучники тренируются, стрелы могут попадать в твердые предметы и немного повреждать карбоновое древко, незаметно для стрелка. Существует не маленькая вероятность что при следующем выстреле такой стрелой даже из маломощного лука, стрела начнет расщепляться во время выстрела, и обломки древка, разойдясь в виде цветочка, войдут в руку лучника. Это ужасная травма скорее всего приведет к ампутации.

  • @mickyr171
    @mickyr171 9 месяцев назад +22

    Now he needs to go see kentucky ballistics and get the big boys up against it

    • @eclectichoosier5474
      @eclectichoosier5474 9 месяцев назад +3

      Lead bullets squish through the rings.
      FMJ just pushes through.
      I've done it -- but not with welded links.

    • @vicroc4
      @vicroc4 9 месяцев назад +3

      4 bore vs. chain chainmail.

    • @DH-xw6jp
      @DH-xw6jp 9 месяцев назад

      Yes.

    • @trenvan5546
      @trenvan5546 9 месяцев назад

      orders of magnitude more force.. but I suspect Kentucky Ballistics would be down for it. Remember he still has that harpoon gun. somebody slide into his DM's.

    • @stephenl2811
      @stephenl2811 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@vicroc4punt gun

  • @PghFlip
    @PghFlip 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for helping our friend Cody test his creation!

  • @allisonavery7273
    @allisonavery7273 2 месяца назад +1

    With the first arrow. 2:57 you won't die on the battlefield, you'll get to go home and die with family instead!

  • @ithink3979
    @ithink3979 Месяц назад

    3:33 with royalty free audio playing "I want to take a second just to talk about..." **hand over the mouse fast as that arrow bolt hit the chainmail**

  • @ReviewRambler
    @ReviewRambler 12 дней назад +2

    Energy is stored in the wiggle

  • @filippofior3722
    @filippofior3722 9 месяцев назад +1

    my two favorite channels together!!

  • @DawGamin
    @DawGamin Месяц назад +1

    I was looking forward to it until I saw the machete go straight through it at 20 seconds into the vid.

  • @nightshade7240
    @nightshade7240 8 месяцев назад +1

    I don't think it's the world's strongest chainmail. I can think of other weaves you could use that would still be practical for actual use. Just because it is thick and heavy, doesn't mean it is the strongest. Butted or riveted would be way stronger and much thinner, especially with a euro six in one weave for example. You also wouldn't want square chainmail links.
    You don't wear chainmail under plate, that's completely impractical. Often on transitory suits of plate you might see chainmail covering the weak spots but a full suit of chainmail would be unnecessary and problematic because of the way plate has to fit tightly to the body.

  • @DaarthPingas
    @DaarthPingas 8 месяцев назад +1

    honestly, you two seem like you should've been playing dnd together for years now lol

  • @quillclock
    @quillclock 9 месяцев назад +1

    LETS GOO you got a phantom!!! that will spice up the channel

  • @hulkthedane7542
    @hulkthedane7542 6 месяцев назад

    The layer of brigandine, that would typically be worn underneath the chain mail, would stop the splinters from the arrow shaft.
    Super nice video 👍👍👍👍

  • @seldoon_nemar
    @seldoon_nemar 8 месяцев назад +1

    you need a shot cup to support the wadding and prevent it from blowing by. try stuffing wadding-> soda can-> projectile and I bet your velocity will go way up

  • @edsmith215
    @edsmith215 9 месяцев назад +7

    8:17 "I know what i have, no lowballs."
    5:53 "The guy who sold them to us wasn't sure if they worked."
    Conclusion: what the fuck

  • @trevorhaddox6884
    @trevorhaddox6884 8 месяцев назад +1

    The funny thing is 69K FPS for a high-speed camera is relatively low these days. Slow Mo Guys can go into the millions of FPS but they do still cost as much as a house.

  • @TastyBusiness
    @TastyBusiness 8 месяцев назад +1

    Came here from Cody'sLab, cool stuff!

  • @willpuchalsky8900
    @willpuchalsky8900 6 месяцев назад

    Cool video ! Love Cody and the Waterjet Channel !

  • @lamikal2515
    @lamikal2515 4 месяца назад

    - "I know what I have, no lowball"
    - Admits he did not knew if they were working or not
    Yeah, that's second-hand marketplaces 101

  • @Paxmax
    @Paxmax 9 месяцев назад +1

    Totally mindblowing watching something like that slug roll off even at that velocity! ...but the shock waves though the body from a center line hit looks devastating for your organs. Forget having any ribs intact.
    That "rolling off" effect does look promising for making it by ok-ish from a glancing blow, that would otherwise rip your flesh deeply.

  • @acethesupervillain348
    @acethesupervillain348 8 месяцев назад

    The armor that got hit by the cannonball at 6:23 probably wasn't wearing chainmail underneath, but that's from a french cuirassier at the Battle of Waterloo (1815), and people had stopped wearing chainmail for hundreds of years by then. However, they would have had a particularly thick and tough cloth uniform underneath.

  • @tyronejagers5577
    @tyronejagers5577 Месяц назад

    This video makes me really curious on wether it would be possible to craft chainmail for the modern day, like wether or not Cody's mail could withstand a bullet or two, considering how well it did on the little projectile

  • @zackw4941
    @zackw4941 Месяц назад

    Awesome video! Should have used a gambison though. Chain mail isn't designed to cover bare skin.. It probably wouldn't have helped a human survive the canon shot, but it would have been really interesting to see if it kept the pieces of that arrow out of the gel. I suspect a few layers of tough canvas with some padding, might have stood up to what got through.

  • @Postmortumaz
    @Postmortumaz 8 месяцев назад

    So glad to see you document the important stuff.

  • @Kargoneth
    @Kargoneth 9 месяцев назад +2

    Just watched Cody's video. Now for your video.

    • @Kargoneth
      @Kargoneth 9 месяцев назад +2

      Epic. The carbon fibre arrow shaft was more dangerous than the broadhead. The slug would probably rupture multiple internal organs. The machete was the equivalent of a tip cut. Very impressive!

  • @ms4eji0bek
    @ms4eji0bek 4 месяца назад

    I bet investing into a protective shield for your super expensive new camera is cheaper than buying a new camera when a giant metal slug ricochets at it from a giant piece of armored jelly.

  • @blendisherifi3739
    @blendisherifi3739 5 месяцев назад +1

    8:15 69 million is a little more than a new car.

  • @pigletisme2434
    @pigletisme2434 2 месяца назад

    Something with the cannonball i think people are forgetting is that this torso is perched up against a wall. in real combat thats not the case and it would send you backwards somewhat, possibly decreasing the impact on your body and making it more survivable. probably not by much tho

  • @mytube001
    @mytube001 8 месяцев назад

    The fact that the blade of the arrowhead was able to cut into the chain link that easily tells me that the hardening isn't very significant, or at least very shallow.

  • @noelhutchins7366
    @noelhutchins7366 5 месяцев назад

    What did we learn: headless fiberglass arrows are preferable against human-targets; they spall open in a cone of shattering spokes, becoming dozens of fanning injurious-paths, shedding thousands of splinters in the wounds.

  • @noelhutchins7366
    @noelhutchins7366 5 месяцев назад

    Silicone ball-molds gauged to resin-cast rounds for your air-cannon: & maybe build a vacuum-chamber-accelerator barrel-extension; it can only make rounds faster, vacuum-fired rounds are insane & almost break physics.