The falchion of the 14th century. I will soon be presenting this special piece on my channel @BjornRuther . #theme #falchion #sword #medieval #history #knife #martialarts
I suspect one reason these weapons are rare, is because the "chainbreaking tip" tends to break off, and the falchion blades were reshaped into more conventional shapes.
8 месяцев назад+5
Lets discuss after the vid...overall a really interesting shape :)
The technique you used, putting your left hand on the spine of the blade to stab, is existing in the Filipino system Pekiti Tirsia Kali, nice parallel development. The traditional sword of the system is the Ginunting, which has a concave edge and a sharpen "false" edge at the tip. Really rare pattern for a medieval western sword. Thanks for sharing!
@@sergeorlov999 Not the basis maybe, but many things absolutely yes. Pekiti Tirsia has 600 years of development, so when the Spanish conquered Filipinas brought their fencing too and this systems absorbed a lot of new information. Things like the universal pattern of cut angles come from European fencing. There are descriptions of Spanish fencing of the era that say it was simple, practical and very effective, we see that in Kali a lot. And even the name of some systems is Eskrima, a clear sign. My best regards 👍
@ At contrary. Most probably is in reverse but also an specific feature of Pekiti Tirsia because they use the Ginungtin. This Filipino sword is exclusive of this system and is very similar to the one in this video. Pekiti Tirsia is a hundred years younger than the period of this sword.
Looking forward to the review. If this is an original, then test cutting is out of the question but it would be fun to see a production reverse edge falchion cutting tatami or light targets.
8 месяцев назад
its still sharp...but no cutting...mh...but maybe a paper :D
You said originals are very rare, but but how many actually are there? If there is only a handful and they are mainly from one town, I would say they were more of a one-off experiment and the manuscript miniature depictions are just the result of monk illuminators who didn't know the true edge from the false. If we see a handful from different times and places then I would say it's more of a real thing. Of course it could be a mix of both. I still think inwards-curved blades (with no recurve) probably never took off anywhere, except on niche applications like halberd blades, for a good reason.
Very well designed looking falchion I wonder if that style of feathering (if it is called that) has any specific differences. Looking at the geometry of the blade, it seems to be a better way of making them as you can have the nipped part be more extreme, leading to a better point for stab/pierce. What a quality sword, too bad I am but a potato farming pesant 🥹
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OMG! That's my favorite kind of sword. I can't believe how well preserved that is. I can't wait to hear all about it!
Mine as well! Excellent taste!
That thing looks wicked
What a handsome blade! Can’t wait to see your findings.
Thx...im super hyped as well... :D
An excellently designed falchion !!!
Dude that is awesome!😊
Bro..! That is sweet!!
one of my favourites
He has landsknecht pants and the rest of the outfit is contemporary. It's hilarious to think of a dude from the 16th century had Jordans, lol.
Fico sem palavras, essa espada é linda⚔️🥇
Excellent
Beautiful.
All the best from Cornwall England.
I suspect one reason these weapons are rare, is because the "chainbreaking tip" tends to break off, and the falchion blades were reshaped into more conventional shapes.
Lets discuss after the vid...overall a really interesting shape :)
I want one
holy shit I want one so badly
Made for absolute anti knight carnage
german version of rurouni kenshin looks rad
Probably a nasty cut with that blade weight but I like the pointy edge. Probably made to fight armored opponents?
Correct! I will talk about it more in a upcoming vid :)
Does the chain breaking tip define the Falcion? Or was it an adaptation as chain became more common armor?
Bir dizi olsa kötü adamın kılıcı bu olurdu 😊
The technique you used, putting your left hand on the spine of the blade to stab, is existing in the Filipino system Pekiti Tirsia Kali, nice parallel development. The traditional sword of the system is the Ginunting, which has a concave edge and a sharpen "false" edge at the tip. Really rare pattern for a medieval western sword. Thanks for sharing!
these Philippine techniques were largely copied from European...
You said that a medieval european fencer copies phillipine techniques 700 years ago.... cmon...think about it :)
@@sergeorlov999 Not the basis maybe, but many things absolutely yes. Pekiti Tirsia has 600 years of development, so when the Spanish conquered Filipinas brought their fencing too and this systems absorbed a lot of new information. Things like the universal pattern of cut angles come from European fencing. There are descriptions of Spanish fencing of the era that say it was simple, practical and very effective, we see that in Kali a lot. And even the name of some systems is Eskrima, a clear sign. My best regards 👍
@ At contrary. Most probably is in reverse but also an specific feature of Pekiti Tirsia because they use the Ginungtin. This Filipino sword is exclusive of this system and is very similar to the one in this video. Pekiti Tirsia is a hundred years younger than the period of this sword.
Looking forward to the review. If this is an original, then test cutting is out of the question but it would be fun to see a production reverse edge falchion cutting tatami or light targets.
its still sharp...but no cutting...mh...but maybe a paper :D
You said originals are very rare, but but how many actually are there? If there is only a handful and they are mainly from one town, I would say they were more of a one-off experiment and the manuscript miniature depictions are just the result of monk illuminators who didn't know the true edge from the false. If we see a handful from different times and places then I would say it's more of a real thing. Of course it could be a mix of both.
I still think inwards-curved blades (with no recurve) probably never took off anywhere, except on niche applications like halberd blades, for a good reason.
Glad that tips got purpose. I always thought it was an embellishment/weak point.
The tip is awesome...wait for some close-ups :)
Interesting tip design on the Malchion...I mean Malchus, sorry I mean Falchion! Third time lucky....😂😂
Very well designed looking falchion
I wonder if that style of feathering (if it is called that) has any specific differences. Looking at the geometry of the blade, it seems to be a better way of making them as you can have the nipped part be more extreme, leading to a better point for stab/pierce. What a quality sword, too bad I am but a potato farming pesant 🥹