How to Use a Two-Handed Battle Axe

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • From fantasy dwarves to vikings (historical or not), the two-handed axe is one of the most iconic badass fighter / barbarian weapons. Like other long handled polearms it is not the easiest to wield, so in this video I'm showing some basics, based on historical European martial arts.
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  • @jarongreen5480
    @jarongreen5480 5 лет назад +1209

    Bob The Combat Dummy: "You wanna know how I got these scars?"

    • @haillobster7154
      @haillobster7154 5 лет назад +57

      Skall - 'No, but I know how you got these"-
      HACK.

    • @insanecumposse
      @insanecumposse 5 лет назад +8

      I'm da jokah baybee

    • @Harshhaze
      @Harshhaze 5 лет назад +2

      We live in a society

    • @darthXreven
      @darthXreven 5 лет назад +5

      My fathah was a drunk.....and a fiend...lolz

    • @spencergalland5754
      @spencergalland5754 5 лет назад +2

      Red Lantern's Rage WHY SO SERIOUSSS

  • @alextrill5829
    @alextrill5829 5 лет назад +720

    How to Use a Two Handed Battle Axe:
    Step 1: Acquire large enough property to finally be able to swing it with impunity.

  • @moel2753
    @moel2753 5 лет назад +1620

    Imagine his new neighbors coming to meet him and they see a mad lad on his deck swinging a battle axe talking to himself

    • @gradyseibert6117
      @gradyseibert6117 5 лет назад +77

      Ahh finally an intellectual!!

    • @jerotoro2021
      @jerotoro2021 5 лет назад +135

      "Welcome to Vinland, traveller. We have not seen your kind in many centuries."

    • @Lucky-bg1di
      @Lucky-bg1di 5 лет назад +33

      Neighbor: Huzzah, a man of quality!

    • @atmo-sphere6799
      @atmo-sphere6799 5 лет назад +102

      "Goddamnit! I moved all the way here from Australia and got another noisy bearded man obsessed with medieval weapons. At least this one doesn't have children."

    • @retromachine9733
      @retromachine9733 5 лет назад +15

      Nova Scotia*? Neighbors? LOL

  • @WolfHreda
    @WolfHreda 5 лет назад +299

    "...running up and down the shaft. Yeah yeah."
    *Stop giggling*

    • @serujioraiton2811
      @serujioraiton2811 4 года назад +15

      I red that before in a book called "Lusty Argonian Maid"...

  • @jeremyhulbert3343
    @jeremyhulbert3343 5 лет назад +248

    You forgot to show the historical technique of throwing the axe into your enemy to freeze them, then summoning it back to your hand.

  • @Bankrotas
    @Bankrotas 5 лет назад +1555

    Is it me or Skall looks happier.

    • @matiasaguayo3175
      @matiasaguayo3175 5 лет назад +223

      He is really loving the new house.

    • @BarafuAlbino
      @BarafuAlbino 5 лет назад +340

      Who wouldn't look happy with an axe like this?

    • @scottmacgregor3444
      @scottmacgregor3444 5 лет назад +28

      A number of people have commented on that.

    • @ChauNyan
      @ChauNyan 5 лет назад +10

      Bankrotas Freedom

    • @Omar26011
      @Omar26011 5 лет назад +23

      I'm so happy for him :)

  • @thegardenofesim1174
    @thegardenofesim1174 5 лет назад +273

    You are a raider, legendary !
    Also nice coat and cameo of the igorot headhunting axe

    • @matthewmuir8884
      @matthewmuir8884 5 лет назад +24

      Funny enough; from what I've read, the developers never intended for that boss to say the "You are a raider, legendary!" line more than once.

    • @svh_0039
      @svh_0039 5 лет назад

      Lol

    • @raics101
      @raics101 5 лет назад

      Yeah, nice coat, I'll have to ask skall where to get one if I decide to turn sexual offender.

    • @Tangleeeeeee
      @Tangleeeeeee 5 лет назад

      X -R1

    • @yourmotherandthesandpeople2298
      @yourmotherandthesandpeople2298 5 лет назад +1

      For honor is trash

  • @IPostSwords
    @IPostSwords 5 лет назад +644

    "historical sources are not terribly comprehensive"
    They're essentially non existent. Which is a shame, I'd love to read some accounts of how these were used

    • @WarM3chGaming
      @WarM3chGaming 5 лет назад +28

      The hero Raider from the game For Honor (while not dressed correctly) uses the axe fairly well in my opinion. If just want a Visual.

    • @matiasaguayo3175
      @matiasaguayo3175 5 лет назад +11

      @@WarM3chGaming I wonder how much of it was taken from European manuals and how much it was created for the game.

    • @SymmetricalDocking
      @SymmetricalDocking 5 лет назад +18

      @@matiasaguayo3175 For Honor strived for authenticity, so probably quite a bit.

    • @matiasaguayo3175
      @matiasaguayo3175 5 лет назад +21

      @@SymmetricalDocking I'm pretty sure they did, but as Skall pointed out. We know nothing on how Vikings used the axe.

    • @rustyshackleford1508
      @rustyshackleford1508 5 лет назад +55

      @@SymmetricalDocking For Honor did not strive for authenticity whatsoever

  • @Telleryn
    @Telleryn 5 лет назад +126

    "Let's talk about AXE baby
    Let's talk about weaponry
    Let's talk about all the right ways and the wrong ways to chop thee"

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 5 лет назад +512

    *"How to Use a Two Handed Battle Axe"*
    *Thorkell:* Why use a Battle Axe when you can use a Giant Log

    • @Gavin-N
      @Gavin-N 5 лет назад +37

      don't worry, he's known for using two dane-axes.

    • @MeCitadel
      @MeCitadel 5 лет назад +1

      lol

    • @tobiasebastiantempella9792
      @tobiasebastiantempella9792 5 лет назад +27

      Omg finally some meme about Vinland Saga

    • @CDodger24
      @CDodger24 5 лет назад +31

      i would like to see skall's reaction on vinland saga.

    • @darkxarchon
      @darkxarchon 5 лет назад +17

      Thorkell is best girl

  • @theenigma6160
    @theenigma6160 5 лет назад +238

    "Mosquitoes- I hate you."
    -Skallagrim, 2019.

    • @h0rk3d
      @h0rk3d 5 лет назад +2

      it seems rather cold for mosquitoes lol but what do i know

    • @motagrad2836
      @motagrad2836 5 лет назад +6

      Death of mosquitos is coming!
      There is a reason some of us prefer winter. Too cold for mosquitos is a big one.
      Look into mosquito repellent if you are going to love in the woods lest they try to carry you of next year.
      My mom sweetie that used dryer sheets rubbed over the skin would repel them. Unfortunately I was always too tasty too mosquitos for that to work and found repellants, well, repellant 😕

    • @jethropark7660
      @jethropark7660 5 лет назад +2

      LOL As I just read this he said that xD xD xD

    • @gillesdupouy8357
      @gillesdupouy8357 4 года назад +5

      *scared mosquito noises*

    • @theenigma6160
      @theenigma6160 4 года назад +1

      Thank you all for the upvotes.
      Hopefully Skalla-senpai will notice me, lol

  • @DDAlexelA
    @DDAlexelA 5 лет назад +313

    I'd love to see a video talking about how a Two-Handed Battle Axe wielder would fight an opponent using a shield. I think it'd be interesting to see how it could actually be done.

    • @immortalsnail-xd7zv
      @immortalsnail-xd7zv 5 лет назад +31

      Indeed, as axes are excellent against shields

    • @dalucke8907
      @dalucke8907 5 лет назад +37

      A reenactment group once showed me how to push down a shield with a "Bartaxt" (like he mentioned in the video) I don't know the english term, but I think it's "bearded axe" ore something. Yea, you can grab the shield with youre axe and push it down to strike behind the shield.

    • @shawnwolf5961
      @shawnwolf5961 5 лет назад +6

      I completely agree--definitely want to see this!

    • @immortalsnail-xd7zv
      @immortalsnail-xd7zv 5 лет назад +2

      @@dalucke8907 exactly, my friend told me that

    • @ThorgrimThorvaldsson
      @ThorgrimThorvaldsson 5 лет назад +27

      @@dalucke8907 I belong to such a group and indeed, axes are shield-killers when used properly. "Bearded axe" is the correct English term for the type of axe you descriibe. In Icelandic we call it a "
      skeggjaður öxi." A bearded axe is typically one-handed, while the type Skall demonstrates here is generally known as a "Dane axe."

  • @fsmoura
    @fsmoura 5 лет назад +323

    STEP 1: Look like a freakin Viking

    • @niczkowski
      @niczkowski 5 лет назад +54

      STEP 2: Be a freakin Viking

    • @rocksnrolls
      @rocksnrolls 5 лет назад +57

      STEP 3: Raid your nearest supermarket

    • @immortalsnail-xd7zv
      @immortalsnail-xd7zv 5 лет назад

      YeAh BeCaUsE vIkiNgS cAnT uSe AnY oThEr WeApOnS

    • @legostarwarsbattledroid5272
      @legostarwarsbattledroid5272 5 лет назад +4

      STEP 5: Get swatted by law enforcement

    • @Lo-tf6qt
      @Lo-tf6qt 5 лет назад +16

      @@dennissala9173 STEP 5: Sail across the Atlantic with the supermarket cart and discover America before Columbus

  • @AC-gu9ks
    @AC-gu9ks 5 лет назад +69

    ‘You need to run up and down the shaft’ Skall-2019

  • @fsmoura
    @fsmoura 5 лет назад +212

    0:36 _. . . and from the Vikings we have nothing. We don't know how they fought, because they didn't leave behind detailed accounts_
    Yeah! They only left behind death, blood, bodies, burning houses, and missing gold. /Amon Amarth plays

    • @svengabelbart586
      @svengabelbart586 5 лет назад +34

      Not to mention a bunch of butthurt monks :D

    • @drunkenthoughts6072
      @drunkenthoughts6072 5 лет назад +43

      Lindisfarn was an inside job! Longboat's hull can't break stone beams!

    • @irish2772
      @irish2772 5 лет назад +1

      @@drunkenthoughts6072 you're a fucking idiot.

    • @brodieknight772
      @brodieknight772 5 лет назад +29

      Don't forget... Farms. Shit loads of poetry. Intercontinental trade and exploration. Also a little signature on a very significant religious building in turkey. Really, the blood and ashes were a small part of their legacy. It was mostly the poetry. Seriously. And it's very good aswell. Much higher in both quantity and quality than any other culture except maybe the Greeks, as far as I'm concerned.

    • @raics101
      @raics101 5 лет назад +22

      @@brodieknight772 Everyone knows that the only thing more scary than a poet is a warrior-poet, because he will immortalize your defeat in song. Sometimes that concept was turned up to eleven, so the montenegrin vladika Peter I, was known as a warrior-prince-bishop-poet.

  • @LawkzBro
    @LawkzBro 5 лет назад +172

    I'd like this axe to be used on one of those zombie heads

    • @МаксимГригорьев-ъ7ф
      @МаксимГригорьев-ъ7ф 5 лет назад +6

      I think it was actually!
      Try searching Zombie Head Axe on Skall's channel.

    • @FairlyUnknown
      @FairlyUnknown 5 лет назад +3

      He definitely has considering the amount of videos he's done with the zombie heads. If you can't find it by searching the channel, here's the same axe he used on a gel torso: ruclips.net/video/IK5Elo-KZKc/видео.html

    • @havoc6441
      @havoc6441 5 лет назад

      Pedro.Those zombie head aren't cheap.

    • @ErdricksArmor
      @ErdricksArmor 5 лет назад +3

      Here you go:
      ruclips.net/video/a_WwHFzJi70/видео.html
      (Not sure if it's the exact same axe, but close enough)

  • @backslash4141
    @backslash4141 5 лет назад +35

    with this setup I am now 90% sure skal lives in skyrim

  • @rocksnrolls
    @rocksnrolls 5 лет назад +133

    Finally, I had an argument with my friend who said 2 handed axes were useless in a fight. Finally have a great video to show them

    • @elu9780
      @elu9780 5 лет назад +50

      In all honesty, in a fight, even a stick is useful. Not being armed at all is worse than having at least something, especially if it has a long reach and can chop.

    •  5 лет назад +19

      There is also *scholagladiatoria* video demonstrating exercises with a two-handed dane axe: ruclips.net/video/NbUhtdwQ1wI/видео.html

    • @immortalsnail-xd7zv
      @immortalsnail-xd7zv 5 лет назад +12

      Did he have anything to back up his claim lol

    • @haillobster7154
      @haillobster7154 5 лет назад +17

      "Two handed axes were useless in combat"?
      Somebody's never seen the subtracted bodies of old, who never got old.

    • @junichiroyamashita
      @junichiroyamashita 5 лет назад +1

      Maybe hw was referring to woodsman axes?

  • @DonVigaDeFierro
    @DonVigaDeFierro 5 лет назад +69

    1. Identify the sharp edge of the axe.
    2. Swing the sharp edge towards enemy.

    • @HiddenEvilStudios
      @HiddenEvilStudios 5 лет назад +11

      Step 3: Identify the sharp metal bit of the axe as the pommel.

    • @fulcrum2951
      @fulcrum2951 5 лет назад +6

      Step 4: Refer Step 2

  • @cynicalman1984
    @cynicalman1984 5 лет назад +34

    0:01 If you activate the RUclips subtitles:
    Skallagrim: "Stop! Tax time!".

    • @crusaderkun304
      @crusaderkun304 5 лет назад +2

      US during the 1770’s, getting the muskets out:”say that again?”

    • @keeganpenix9483
      @keeganpenix9483 3 года назад +1

      Canadian Government when you're finally, after 12 years of waiting, allowed to purchase your set of blunted, child safe, padded, kitchen spoons.

  • @scottmacgregor3444
    @scottmacgregor3444 5 лет назад +36

    You can tell he moved away from Erik, because the axe survived the video.

    • @CazadorSlayer
      @CazadorSlayer 5 лет назад +10

      Even now a crack is forming along the handle as Erik concentrates his will...

  • @therealcarlxii
    @therealcarlxii 5 лет назад +105

    That´s Axectly how you use it

  • @000Dragon50000
    @000Dragon50000 5 лет назад +81

    Dwarf OR Viking!?
    Such a lack of imagination, DWARF VIKINGS~!~!

    • @Inaluogh
      @Inaluogh 5 лет назад +9

      Well that really isn't anything new though... Most dwarves in fantasy fiction are just that anyway. They are pretty much the fictional depictions of vikings except their height what with the horned helms and a tendency to swing axes and hammers and all. Aside from the Tolkien dwarves which are a bit more unique when it comes to their names the way they behave and their weapons and armor.

    • @000Dragon50000
      @000Dragon50000 5 лет назад +16

      @@Inaluogh Aren't dwarves usually more so artisans and miners? There are some viking references in the cultural and military side but seafaring raiders? That bit seems to be... missing...

    • @undertakernumberone1
      @undertakernumberone1 5 лет назад +5

      @@000Dragon50000 So you mean the Norse Dwarfs of Kraka Drak?
      also: searfaring Dwarf Raiders? Meet Long Drong and his Pirate Slayers! :P
      www.axesofaix.de/Bilder/LongDrong2.jpg

    • @TooMuchThought
      @TooMuchThought 5 лет назад +6

      Illusionist Kyouko
      Vikings, or to go Viking was a raiding process. I think Roaming Dwarvish raiders is a pretty unused concept. Though Tolkien-inspired dwarves definitely are Norse-based, I wouldn’t say they were víkingrs.

    • @000Dragon50000
      @000Dragon50000 5 лет назад +6

      @@TooMuchThought Exactly, exactly. They're more norse-inspired artisans and miners in most executions of them, not so much vikings.

  • @joedamore9350
    @joedamore9350 Год назад +11

    Seems like a spike on the other end would open up a lot of options

  • @Neptune0404
    @Neptune0404 5 лет назад +55

    Great to see the axe getting some love :D One thing I have wondered about is how axes were used in battles. I would imagine that while in formation they would be very impractical, as swinging it around would undoubtedly be in the way of those around you. Yet there are plenty of sources showing that they were at least present during battles. One solution I could think of is that they would be reserved for the later parts of a battle when formations and frontlines become a bit more chaotic. But even then we would rarely see the moshpit of Hollywood battles, so I'm unsure as to how effective they would be.

    • @immortalsnail-xd7zv
      @immortalsnail-xd7zv 5 лет назад +9

      Valid tactic would be to send heavily armored troops wearing battleaxes as a sort of vanguards (just my opinion)

    • @johnfrancisdoe1563
      @johnfrancisdoe1563 5 лет назад +11

      NeoNep With training, soldiers could swing in unison. A bit like a pike squad. Alternatively, the axe wielding special forces/officers can be spread along the line with other soldiers forming shield walls between them. Or the attack could use a more spread formation, covering any gaps with the awesome reach of the axes, similar to how modern soldiers with firearms patrol in open fields.

    • @Alex_Fahey
      @Alex_Fahey 5 лет назад +7

      @@immortalsnail-xd7zv
      >wearing battleaxes
      All I can think about now is a dude covered in axe heads tackling his enemies.

    • @immortalsnail-xd7zv
      @immortalsnail-xd7zv 5 лет назад +3

      @@Alex_Fahey You're welcome!

    • @deektedrgg
      @deektedrgg 5 лет назад +7

      Got a layman's gut feeling dane axes were basically early middle ages greatswords. For the elite warrior madmen that didn't care about shields and bodyguards to nobles.

  • @geraltofrivia323
    @geraltofrivia323 5 лет назад +6

    loving the Darth Vader gloves lmao

  • @castsmith6783
    @castsmith6783 5 лет назад +14

    thorkell: *WANT TO KNOW HOW TO DUAL WIELD 2 HANDED AXE?*

  • @punjasandtyger4090
    @punjasandtyger4090 5 лет назад +19

    I think the wilderness is tapping his inner Viking lol

    • @Skelstoolbox
      @Skelstoolbox 5 лет назад +3

      Considering Viking once inhabited that area, Nova Scotia (Vinland) its extra true... Missing him and feel betrayed he left us here in Victoria..

  • @vfmadd231pd
    @vfmadd231pd 5 лет назад +13

    Skall looks so happy in his videos since he moved it's making me happy too

    • @Skelstoolbox
      @Skelstoolbox 5 лет назад +1

      Not Me!! He left us here in Victoria! I feel betrayed and wish I had my own country property and not an apartment dweller in this city, just like he was..

  • @haillobster7154
    @haillobster7154 5 лет назад +5

    Dane axe? More like Job Done axe.
    A majestic weapon, and one of my favourites. Thanks for the video, Skallywag.
    🤩

  • @greywolf8320
    @greywolf8320 5 лет назад +9

    I'd love for you to show some halberd techniques. Polearms need more love

  • @shan9usfc
    @shan9usfc 5 лет назад +12

    Everyone knows how easy that weapon is
    just look down and scroll your mouse down
    8:04 Killed +100

  • @Phireo
    @Phireo 5 лет назад +17

    "MOSQUITOES!! I hate you!" 08:03

    • @D4rkTooga
      @D4rkTooga 5 лет назад +1

      Here I thought Canada was mosquitoe free :(

    • @schonnj
      @schonnj 5 лет назад +2

      @@D4rkTooga Nope. We have blackflies and no-see-ums too. On the up side, Skall can practice his sword form with one of those electric fly rackets.

    • @D4rkTooga
      @D4rkTooga 5 лет назад

      @@schonnj heh Oh well, poutine must be worth the fight with the mosquitoes.

  • @TheSonOfTheDragon
    @TheSonOfTheDragon 5 лет назад +5

    Anyone remember the berserker at Stamford Bridge? Probably the best or most well known story with a Dane axe. Thanks for this Skallagrim, the Dane axe was always my favorite ancestral weapon.

  • @Y3ll0wJack3t
    @Y3ll0wJack3t 5 лет назад +43

    "up and down the shaft" hehe

    • @Tzarkaan
      @Tzarkaan 5 лет назад +2

      Gabriel Garcia Found a Matt Easton fan.

    • @Y3ll0wJack3t
      @Y3ll0wJack3t 5 лет назад

      @@Tzarkaan Who is Matt Easton?

    • @Tzarkaan
      @Tzarkaan 5 лет назад +3

      Gabriel Garcia Look up shcholagladiatoria. Matt is a Hema instructor and has been doing videos for a few years. It's a great channel.

    • @johan.ohgren
      @johan.ohgren 5 лет назад +3

      @@Y3ll0wJack3t the uncrowned prince of sexual innuendos (or how the heck it's spelled!)

    • @daanwilmer
      @daanwilmer 5 лет назад +4

      @@Y3ll0wJack3t He grips the butt for better penetration.

  • @zenron5149
    @zenron5149 5 лет назад +10

    “You wanna move your hands up and down the shaft” oh myyyy

  • @ThePancakeMan
    @ThePancakeMan 5 лет назад +38

    Oh hi
    Imma just sit and be first view
    I SHALL DRINK FROM YOUR SKULL

  • @56sketch
    @56sketch 5 лет назад +8

    Skall you really seem so much happier, it's so lovely to see and very well deserved! Long may it continue!

  • @gabudaichamuda2545
    @gabudaichamuda2545 Год назад +4

    I'm currently working on a fantasy axe design, and this was SUPER helpful, especially because I was trying to determine the real function of a double-bit battle axe. Now it makes much more sense; thanks!

  • @TheHornedKing
    @TheHornedKing 5 лет назад +3

    I have gotten an interest in billhooks lately, and can't find many videos on it, so I would like a video about billhooks.

    • @TheHornedKing
      @TheHornedKing 5 лет назад

      @Jim Nickles What I have been able to find suggest they were pretty effective.

    • @konstellashon1364
      @konstellashon1364 5 лет назад

      @@TheHornedKing Shadiversity just made one

    • @TheHornedKing
      @TheHornedKing 5 лет назад

      @@konstellashon1364 I have seen it. It was great.

  • @nicholassaliwanchik510
    @nicholassaliwanchik510 5 лет назад +2

    Skall got dem Darth Vader gloves. Noice!

  • @patrickcharette2151
    @patrickcharette2151 5 лет назад +6

    It just clicked with me that the sick jacket you’re wearing that I always admire is literally a CAF DEU jacket and I have one in my closet from my initial kitting..... I could be skall-cool so easily

  • @robertlewis6915
    @robertlewis6915 5 лет назад +5

    The mostquitoes obviously drew first blood in that duel.

  • @MauroDraco
    @MauroDraco 5 лет назад +7

    I’d LOVE more tactical videos like that! They are very enlightening and entertaining as well.
    You are a new person on this house, Skall. It’s really your HOME, one can see. I’m VERY happy to see it and I’m lucky/honored to have been able to accompany you long enough to witness this change.

  • @MysticTheDarkElf
    @MysticTheDarkElf 5 лет назад +8

    I guess one thing that would be interesting to see would be just how effective an axe is against shields compared to swords.
    A few video games(Mount & Blade in particular) tend to showcase axes as being the perfect counter to shields. But just how well would the axe be able to render a shield useless?

    • @_motho_
      @_motho_ 2 года назад +1

      Axes won’t really chop a shield apart like in games. It is, however, a very hard hitter. Deflecting an axe blow will take a lot more energy, and in particular, be quite painful. So someone won’t be able to withstand repeated axe blows for long even with a heavy shield.

  • @zombiekilla1272
    @zombiekilla1272 5 лет назад +3

    This is awesome. I would love to see this type of video on quarterstaffs,

  • @szariq7338
    @szariq7338 3 года назад +2

    I'm interested in if it's right to slide my hand closer to blade towards my other hand when swinging an axe from above.

  • @nimrodthewise836
    @nimrodthewise836 5 лет назад +6

    The reverse cut is precisely why I'd prefer a glaive when it comes to polearms..

  • @Forgoten214
    @Forgoten214 5 лет назад +2

    Love the coat bro. What coat is that if you don't mind me asking?

  • @SyntheticFuture
    @SyntheticFuture 5 лет назад +6

    Next video: how to use a two handed battle axe as a throwing axe.

  • @isaacfarr6328
    @isaacfarr6328 3 года назад +2

    Catching a full powered blow to the top of any axe head could make it come loose

  • @Clark_808
    @Clark_808 5 лет назад +3

    I'm here to learn how to soft feint spam like -q- raider in real life

  • @tomroberts1105
    @tomroberts1105 5 лет назад +3

    I always remember the doc on Deadliest warrior, saying 'these are the sorts of injuries you expect to see when someone's been hit by a train.' when talking about the two handed viking axe.

  • @brekieinarsson3833
    @brekieinarsson3833 5 лет назад +5

    Can you do a fighting tutorial about one handed axes?

    • @gabzdark07
      @gabzdark07 4 года назад

      Thegn Thrand has an awesome series about it. There's a lot of stuff you can do with it, paired with a shield, that you cannot do with any other weapon.

  • @SeemsLogical
    @SeemsLogical 5 лет назад +2

    5:27
    Hi Cara!
    5:40
    That's not Cara...

  • @taomcioGUN
    @taomcioGUN 5 лет назад +3

    Waiting for hammer time

    • @fsmoura
      @fsmoura 5 лет назад +2

      cant touch this

  • @Nickster316
    @Nickster316 5 лет назад +2

    Ha ha! I used to get in so much trouble at school for doing the whole "stop, axe time!" thing. Ah, those were the days... Greetings from my five minutes daily allowance of internet browsing in prison. I'll watch the other half tomorrow.

  • @enerjakjuggernaut94
    @enerjakjuggernaut94 5 лет назад +4

    You should react to thorkell scene in vinland saga anime

  • @erickruckenberg8716
    @erickruckenberg8716 4 года назад +2

    3:23 can we just appreciate Skall's precision.
    *GO FOR THE EYES*

  • @Omar26011
    @Omar26011 5 лет назад +6

    I'd love to know how tridents were used.

    • @D4rkTooga
      @D4rkTooga 5 лет назад +4

      The pointy tips go inside your enemies.

    • @bosknight7837
      @bosknight7837 5 лет назад +1

      Blaze M.D. to catch fish. Other than that? To poke,because tridents probably weren’t really used outside of the arena

    • @gagecrewe7798
      @gagecrewe7798 4 года назад

      @@bosknight7837 They were also used as hunting weapons in China; the tines prevent predatory tigers or wild boars from lunging at you up the shaft.

  • @BVasquezp
    @BVasquezp 5 лет назад +2

    Would there be any form of advantage in giving a curve to the handle? Forward, backward, maybe S shaped?

    • @Venneroth
      @Venneroth 4 года назад

      A handle that curves inward towards you would provide more leverage to your swing IF one hand is down near the butt of the handle, but less leverage if swinging from the middle. And regardless, you make it harder to adjust your hand positioning.

  • @Cetok01
    @Cetok01 5 лет назад +3

    "Axe me no questions, I'll tell you no lies." (Sorry, had to get that one in.)
    Good video. I have been fascinated by axe techniques since 'Vikings' first came on TV and brought the axe as a weapon to my attention in a slightly more realistic portrayal. All weapons of war are deadly, but I think the battle axe is particularly horrendous, psychologically; perhaps because it is often portrayed in the hands of a 'berserker,' a force of up-close-and-personal rage, combined with the weapon's perceived mass and physical power.

    • @gabzdark07
      @gabzdark07 4 года назад

      A devastating weapon indeed, never went quite out of fashion until the gunpowder era.

  • @Space_Potat
    @Space_Potat 5 лет назад +1

    0:49 - 0:55 “but there are certainly some..... BIO-McHaNiCaL rules,, if you will”
    BIONICLE G3 WITH HALBERDS AND AXES CONFIRMED

  • @Geerladenlad
    @Geerladenlad 5 лет назад +4

    Never mess with Huge Axeman he's jacked!

  • @ThorgrimThorvaldsson
    @ThorgrimThorvaldsson 5 лет назад +1

    Danskur öxi!
    This is the Danish War Axe from Arms & Armor, which I can highly recommend. It is extremely well-crafted, light and agile, yet sturdy. I've owned mine for about a year now, and I've been training and demonstrating with it quite enjoyably in that time.

  • @voidthedullard6990
    @voidthedullard6990 5 лет назад +3

    I got flashbacks of getting bopped by raider at the end

    • @immortalsnail-xd7zv
      @immortalsnail-xd7zv 5 лет назад

      *RRAAAAAAAIIIDDEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR*

    • @kaisersnow2618
      @kaisersnow2618 5 лет назад

      @Red of the Man wouldve been cooler too if Raider parries attacks the way Skall briefly showed

  • @JimRFF
    @JimRFF 5 лет назад +1

    I don't know how expensive or how practical this would be, but if there were any way to make it possible, it would be really cool to see you demonstrate these various techniques (especially the less obvious ones, like "thrusting" or that downward reverse cut at the end) on like, a quartered pig from a butcher, so we could compare the actual impact on a person-like target of those less-powerful-but-still-effective strikes without you needing to actually chop up Bob with a big honkin' Viking axe xD

  • @thschnick
    @thschnick 5 лет назад +3

    Everyone knows that the historically way to use a two handed battle axe is with one in each hand and wearing nothing.

  • @PiraticalBob
    @PiraticalBob 5 лет назад +1

    King Stephen of England used a war axe at the Battle of Lincoln (1141) after his sword broke. He stood single-handedly after his men fled, killing many until he was swarmed and captured. Wiki has a good entry.

  • @justsomeguy3931
    @justsomeguy3931 4 года назад +8

    I've been thinking about this more, and I have another analogy. This axe obviously has more offensive potential than a sword and shield or spear and shield or many other weapons combinations. It's optimized for putting the hurt on folks, not defense of self etc. It's like a machine-gun, a better force multiplier. But it requires a squad of riflemen around it to work best, because it's heavy and cumbersome and not very pointable and so is vulnerable to being overwhelmed close up and in. The way riflemen maneuver and keep the enemy at bay, is what sheildmen do. While the guy with this clobbers people safely, the same way machine-gunners do far more than their fair share of DPS. The same way most units are all of shieldmen with swords or spears, and rarely are units all with greatswords or 2 handed axes, most military units are rifle ones, machine gun units are less common. Another way would be to think of Core and Heavy or elite choices in Warhammer, how the badasses don't work well without the regular guys setting everything up. Just a hypothesis, if even that.

  • @archeofutura_4606
    @archeofutura_4606 4 года назад +1

    Berzerker from Stamford Bridge: *smiles down from Valhalla*

  • @theepicjoey3215
    @theepicjoey3215 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks a lot Skal! I do HEMA and the primary weapon i want to learn is the two handed axe, thanks for helping me get a idea of how to wield this awesome weapon!

  • @daanwilmer
    @daanwilmer 5 лет назад +1

    (David Attenborough voice:) Here we see an Axewielding Norseman. Originally from northern Europe and previously found all over Canada, its numbers have been drastically declining due to urbanization, government regulation, and increasing housing prices. Now, a small population remains in the woods of eastern Canada, but their future remains uncertain.
    This particular male, now that he has found a suitable location, displays his prowess with remarkable camerawork. Some believe that this is done to attract followers, who might also choose to become Axewielding Norsemen. Others think that this tactic might merely be to attract viewers, who occasionally leave behind some scraps for him to feed on. Whatever the purpose, it is truly a marvelous sight to behold, here in the dense forests of Nova Scotia.

  • @darthelias490
    @darthelias490 5 лет назад +17

    Major problem with two handed battle axes is that there’s no pommel with which to end them rightly.

    • @Astroonie
      @Astroonie 5 лет назад +3

      What if the axe head was the pommel all along?

  • @kendorsey4320
    @kendorsey4320 3 года назад +1

    A very well dress axman. Very informative, I have always wondered about the battle of Hastings. I always thought Harold's men were in a shield wall on top of a rise but armed with axes. I'm wondering how that would work. Maybe I am just way off base in my notion.

  • @john-jakeharding7274
    @john-jakeharding7274 5 лет назад +3

    It would be really interesting to see the dane axe used against other weapons in practice!

  • @lrballistics
    @lrballistics 2 года назад +1

    I just want to compliment how beautiful your back yard is. I'd kill to have woods that beautiful in Texas!

  • @angelmin8819
    @angelmin8819 5 лет назад +3

    You are a raider, legendary!

  • @SpiffidyKeen
    @SpiffidyKeen 3 года назад +1

    The reason there aren't texts describing these techniques could just be that they didn't have specific styles. I mean, if you decided you wanted to use an axe, you used an axe and you could be really good at using it or you could be shit and... do something else, I guess. By watching others and fighting, you may have just been expected to pick things up.
    Especially in that region, there would have been a big emphasis on natural talent versus training. If you didn't show prowess in a particular field, it would have been taken more as a sign that you weren't meant to take on that role rather than an issue that requires training. Essentially, doing so would be like turning someone who wasn't meant to kill into a killer. It's the idea of not interfering with a person's fate lest you incur the wrath of the gods or... whatever.
    Superstitions aside, it's just good sense. If you just took everyone who wanted to be a warrior and made them a warrior, then there's no one to work the fields, make boats, or mind the children. You just have a bunch of people who are really good at fighting and nothing else.

  • @BarafuAlbino
    @BarafuAlbino 5 лет назад +15

    Whenever I see a big battle axe, I remember: In WW2, there was a Russian solidier who ambushed and killed 20 nazi using nothing but a grenade launcher... without ammo.

    • @morgan3688
      @morgan3688 5 лет назад +2

      That would be badass... except that dedicated grenade launchers were extremely rare in the war, and I have not heard of any Russian example. (Most everyone used rifle grenades)

    • @TheWeedIsland
      @TheWeedIsland 5 лет назад +4

      Reminds me of WW1 where on the Western front a French soldier (IIRC) made a German fort surrender after holding them up, with no bullets remaining in his rifle

    • @BarafuAlbino
      @BarafuAlbino 5 лет назад

      @@morgan3688 Germans used so many grenade launchers, that a captured German grenade launcher in Russian hands was not a rare case. Unfortunately, I can not google up the details of that story because it gets mixed up with a more popular story of one soldier Ovcharenko, who used an axe to steal 3 hand grenades, and used those to escape capture and kill 20 nazi.

    • @BarafuAlbino
      @BarafuAlbino 5 лет назад +2

      @@Veaceslav15 Funny how? There were non-German nazi, and non-nazi German, but the soldiers I am talking about are definitely Russian.

    • @morgan3688
      @morgan3688 5 лет назад +2

      @@BarafuAlbino No sir. They used a great many rifle grenades yes, however they only had a single stand alone grenade launcher system, the sturmpistole. They only made 200 during the entie war, thus it waa extremely rare. (Panzerfaust and and shrek are not grenade launchers)

  • @magnarokschannel1847
    @magnarokschannel1847 5 лет назад +1

    In hærkamp we have the shaft of the battle axe, aka Dane Axe at 2m6cm long. The reason why, is cuz if u have the shaft at 180cm or less u have the reach disadvantige. I've tried a short Dane Axe. And its basicly unusable in lines and duels. And all that is cuz the weapon reach. When u use a battle axe or a poleaxe in general which a Dane Axe IS, reach is everything. We dont have evidences of a Dane Axe with a pike in the butt end, but the Vikings May have used it. The reason why i think that they have. Is that u have more options. U can thrust with the butt end for instance which r far more effektive than just a plain shaft.

  • @alecnolastname4362
    @alecnolastname4362 5 лет назад +11

    0:57
    a white animal in the background when he says "use one"
    Similar movement to that of a deer, but it looks.. ALL white.

    • @TeamWnJ
      @TeamWnJ 5 лет назад +16

      I think that might be a car mate.

    • @victorsupercan2
      @victorsupercan2 5 лет назад +4

      I think that was a reflection in a car's window which passed through a road behind the trees.

    • @BarafuAlbino
      @BarafuAlbino 5 лет назад +8

      A wild Kia appears!

    • @HiddenEvilStudios
      @HiddenEvilStudios 5 лет назад +5

      Yeah, that was a car. You can hear the engine.

    • @peculiarcanine9443
      @peculiarcanine9443 5 лет назад +1

      Definetely a car, though it would've been awesome if it were a cryptid of sorts

  • @theviking6052
    @theviking6052 3 года назад +1

    I am a Viking HEMA fighter, and I find your videos very helpful and kinda fill in the blanks of our lags leader

  • @KingBongHogger
    @KingBongHogger 5 лет назад +1

    Strippers and Axemen have a lot in common. Namely the butt thrusts and shaft handling.

  • @fakename2890
    @fakename2890 5 лет назад +1

    ruclips.net/video/-Wc0XHGnXZ4/видео.html I don't know how historically accurate any of this is but I learned it any ways.

  • @Sectoidzor
    @Sectoidzor 5 лет назад +2

    04:30 Dont forget to cradle the balls whilst working the shaft

  • @gregoryengberg2878
    @gregoryengberg2878 5 лет назад +1

    There have been many grave finds with massive leg wounds. I think the long axe may have been used to hit legs more than we might think. Just thinking out loud.

  • @mcmenace1arizona68
    @mcmenace1arizona68 2 года назад +2

    Stepping my chivalry game up

  • @roberth4395
    @roberth4395 5 лет назад +1

    *Help me please!*
    Where can I get *gloves* like that?
    Thank you in advance!

  • @DrFrankenskippy
    @DrFrankenskippy 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for the presentation. There hare some findings I want to share based on my practice with such an axe several years ago. 1.) the base (lower hand) should 'cup' the bottom of the shaft for greater subtle means of dexterous maneuverability 2.) the upper hand should slide down the shaft as you swing the axe which adds to the force and fluidity of the motion. the top hand logically comes to firm grip/rest at the pt of the strike into the Ås rune form 3.) the 'thor rune form (back hand) which you suggested is awkward is very effective although you should never cross the top arm over the base. Think of this regards to unarmed kung fu styles like Wing Chun where you never cross the arms or get locked/pinned in Chi Sao. Hence, once you raise that axe up and over the back of the head and then lower it, you should turn the hips and slide the back foot around with the weight shift so the added waist power sees you take the line of the opponent via the Hagl rune cross cut and your hands are not crossed rather one is above the other.
    Other fun techniques to try are based on their renown at pulling foes off horse back and pulling down shield walls i.e. swing the axe forth, over extending over the top of the shield pulling the axe down to expose the opponents face and then thrusting forth.

  • @lucen15
    @lucen15 5 лет назад +1

    your content is getting better with every video great work :)

  • @benjaminpeck7200
    @benjaminpeck7200 5 лет назад +1

    This is exactly what I was looking for as I was researching proper axe technique for my fantasy novel :D

  • @kolonkacity001
    @kolonkacity001 5 лет назад +2

    It´s refreshing to see different backgrounds, seeing the property, nature, etc. i'm Definitely excited to see more of "Skalls world".

  • @QueenLiliTheRed
    @QueenLiliTheRed 3 года назад +1

    Just imagine how good the berserker on Stamford bridge was with an axe

  • @psykikninja
    @psykikninja 5 лет назад +2

    is an ask better more strong than swords?

  • @MasckedUp
    @MasckedUp Год назад +1

    Using you as a reference for my game animations! Amazing Video!

  • @smithythetank817
    @smithythetank817 5 лет назад +1

    Sparring match with the Dane axe? That would be cool to see

  • @NobodyDungeons
    @NobodyDungeons 5 лет назад +1

    In a fight things happen that are sub-optimal like dying.

  • @haroldbalzac6336
    @haroldbalzac6336 5 лет назад +1

    In the days of darkness, men feared not the sword or lance. He feared...
    THE AXEMAN!

  • @novasatanas9675
    @novasatanas9675 5 лет назад +1

    Silly Skall. Everyone knows that you simply feint a side heavy into an unnaturally fast stunning tap with the butt of the shaft.