zakback99 thats definetely not what they wore mate. They wore coifs which encased the face, that was quite common in Greece, Balkans and non turkish middle east at the time and crusaders adopted it
it's a joke, the first comment said it was for bank robbers, and the crusaders sacked constantinople, they stole everything that wasn't nailed to the ground.
I did a L.A.R.P in Santa Fe New Mexico where there was a reoccurring theme of Ninjas Vs. Samurai. I think the guys who orchestrated the game must have seen your videos. Ninjas had their objective: Infiltrate the enemy base, take the intelligence, don't get caught and don't get killed. Combat-wise Samurai had the advantage. Plus it was extra important for the ninjas to stay out of sight. It was fun!
Yeah, he was excessively critical here, like a snob. He was constantly ignoring the context of the armor, also with the lorica segmentata - does he know it wasn't specifically made for an overweight person who really wanted a fitting one but sees no chance of losing weight just to be historically accurate?
I don't think this is literal line is from Nietzsche, although there are many translations which I haven't read, but the idea is definitively from him.
NO, I DON'T understand that! In hollywood films, astronauts take off helmets without checking if air is breathable/poisonous, soldiers take off helmets, knights take off steel helmets.... That kills immersion. Movies seem made for 5 year olds these days; have to say that TV series, such as The Wire, The Expanse, are written more intelligently and are made for a more, well, discerning audience.
@theoren off topic, but you mentioned making him check more dark souls armor, i think for that next time he should check at least the armor concept design and in-game description, it really changes your view on armors such as those of smoug and onion armor.
What I'd do is have the heroes have special decoration on their armor. I kind of assume that's what they did in real battles, since it does make sense that soldiers can recognize their leaders.
I'll note Robert Downy Junior keeps his helmet on as Iron Man in the Marvel Movies and Will Smith had sort of a theme with his mask in Suicide Squad (if it's serious he puts the mask on). I was ripping my beard out that the Dwarves in the Hobbit didn't wear their color coded hoods "because it'll be easier to know who's who", because *it's so hard to keep track of people with visually distinct color schemes and beard colors*.
First of all you shown pictures of WW1 and WW2 plate armour like it is rubbish (it is from practical perspective but it is besides the point) and then talk about reenactment and how people reenacting this historical periods could be pissed because of wrong choise of guns. If you want to make video about rubbish armour (which is even very funny) look no farther. I posted it once in your comment section and I will post it again: www.acwsaloon.cz/hotove/t/topten2/topten55.jpg
You included two WW1 armours: the Uk Brewster 17-18 armour and other one is the first British standard issued breast plate made of silk and canvas. The second one is one of the ancestor of modern bulletproof vests, so i would treat it with some respect :) Italians during WW1 used the pretty ineffective "corrazza Fassina" and the higher quality "corrazza Corsi". German troops used the Sappenpanzer armour which had sufficient stopping power for close range hand gun bullet and could cover very well from artillery shrapnel.
In fairness, the third picture (guy with a rifle over his shoulder) is an actal armour worn during actual warfare. More specifically, World War 1. It was one of many attempts to save the lives of soldiers during enemy machine gun fire, with various amounts of success. However, due to the large amount of soldiers and the cost of making such armour, they were never mass produced. Aaaaaand they were often difficult to move in. Who would have thought?
You mean the Brewster's Armor where they guy is holding a caplock (It could be a trapdoor conversion. Can't tell) rifle? That guy was one of many Madlads of military history. He invited officers, and representatives of steel mills and rubber companies. He put on the 110 pound suit and had his assistant hit him with a sledge hammer with little effect. Then he had his assistant shoot him with a Springfield rifle. After the army declined to adopt any because it was too heavy and clumsy, he didn't take it lightly. So, later to prove its worth, he set up another domonstration where he had somebody shoot at him with a Lewis Machine Gun. Unfortunately, despite the officers loving it, the weight and vision restriction were still too much. But he did later find success in a coat of scaled plates designed to work as a flak jacket.
@@shockwave6213 Didn't know of the man himself, nor the story, so I thank you for the information. Quite interesting stuff. As for the jacket he invented, you mean sort of like a brigandine?
"Don't cheap out on armor, it's a good way to get yourself killed" -Lucas Miller, Fallout 4. We'll gloss over the fact he's selling you leather armor and your enemies have assault rifles.
+Carbon 12 Good point. It will make pommel throwing tactics even better. Unless. You start a war between two nations, sell armor to both nations. That way they keep needing to ask for replacements and you can keep selling it to them along with weapons. Win win.
2:26 In Dutch we have "Goedkoop is duurkoop" which roughly translates to "cheap buys are expensive buys" but basically means the same. Fun to hear different languages have kind of the same sayings
Hebrew Hulk Avoid to bite you? and is not Just the spikes there is plate under it (at least in some parts) and anyway is not like the hunter will going to puch the bear, he will use guns, the armor is Just in case.
Hebrew Hulk Well, the armour is from the 19th century, they didn't have super powerful guns back then and a bear is very unlikely to go down on the first shot
Hye there Metatron!, i am a newcomer to this channel, my only regret is that i came to the channel rather late, i love armor and weaponry of any sort, but i paid less attention to what is functional (realistic) and more towards what looks cool i.e fantasy type, your videos are not only informative, but they also thought me that functional, realistic armor can be just as cool! keep up coming mate!
Hello Metatron, great video as always. I had to ask, are you going to make a video about Eastern European armour? Kiev Rus, Polish, Hungarian armour stuff, I really like those and I think you could enlighten many of us and give us your magical meta-knowledge.
More bad armor less apologizing! We totally get you! That said, a really good follow up to this would be maybe even more of them, but where you go into all the problems! For those of us that don't quite know as much! Thanks!
Your reaction to bad armor are hilariously priceless! Really like when you freaked out "Mamma Mia!" when you saw that bad armor. XD lol (Although I agree with you.)
Your hair looks great today, gorgeous. Heed my advice! Never blow dry your hair! I wish I could impart all my hair care wisdom but then this comment would be seriously long. Keep up the great work ;)
what I have never understood is why the costume department in films doesn't just make highly stylized armors for the characters who would logically wear full plate. if the armor is unique and matches the character type, you would have no problem recognizing them
I think your main point is, save up and buy good quality stuff. That is my feeling when buying fire arms. It is better to save up and buy the good gun you really want that will stay with you forever, than buying a series of cheap crappy guns you have to give away to get rid of. But if you are dealing with young kids who want armor now and have little money, as you yourself were at one time, they may not have the option as they are always cash poor.
Hahahahaha, I love the Henry VIII helmet at the end. That thing was absolutely HORRIBLE! I actually have a set of armour and there is one secret that I personally discovered. The best armour for my purposes is Greek. The reason is twofold. First, my armour is actually made of brass which is much lighter than bronze but is still quite hard and most importantly, IMPERVIOUS TO RUST. Now, it will tarnish over time but some good metal polish and about one hour of effort will make ANY brass armour go from kinda cloudy to absolute mirror-finish. Even cloudy brass armour doesn't look bad because bronze never had a mirror finish. It's not historically accurate but it looks phenomenal. Brass is ever so slightly heavier than steel (but the difference is so slight that it doesn't matter) but it maintains what made bronze so great as plate armour. A sheet of brass is very flexible and elastic. This means that it doesn't dent easily because it has a bit more give and can snap back into form where steel might dent and stay that way. Keep in mind that the biggest reasons why iron and steel superseded bronze with regard to armour were the following: 1) At the end of the bronze age, Europe suffered a major shortage of tin which meant that it had to be imported and that made bronze extremely expensive. 2) Metallurgy techniques had advanced to the point that hotter temperatures could be attained, allowing smiths to work iron. 3) Iron is the single most common metal on Earth which makes it almost ridiculously cheap. The cost of working the iron was actually higher than the cost of the iron itself. 4) Adding carbon (carbon had almost no cost because it was produced by the smith's own fires) made steel which was better than wrought iron in every way. The amount of tin available in Europe would never really reach the levels of abundance available during the bronze age and the tin shortage actually ended not because new sources of tin were found but because the shift to iron and steel weapons and amour from bronze more or less eliminated the demand for tin almost completely. You can never have a shortage of something that nobody wants anyway. Even if a massive source of tin were to be discovered, the fact that iron was (and is) literally the most abundant metal on Earth and could be kept in good condition if properly maintained meant that bronze would never again be considered cost-effective as a metal for armour or weapons, especially with the invention of mail which gave 80% of the protection of solid plate at only ¼ to ½ the cost. This essentially meant that bronze would never again be used for armour, worthy though it was. Brass however is a great armour metal because it maintains the physical flexibility (probably even more so) and the (almost) maintenance-free aspect of bronze while having the extremely low cost and light weight of steel (because brass is made of copper and aluminum). As I said earlier, brass can be polished to a stunning mirror finish that literally looks like gold. Before the advent of chrome mirrors relatively recently, mirrors throughout history were all made of brass. There is one other MAJOR advantage to copper alloys (bronze, brass) over iron alloys (steel, cast iron) when it comes to armour that wasn't so much of a big deal in places line Norway, Britannia, Germania and most of Gaul but was extremely advantageous in places like Rome, Sparta, Athens and Troj. Copper is an incredible conductor of heat. Armour made of brass literally pulls heat out of your body (to a much greater degree than steel) and if it's a summer day on the battlefield and you're wearing a tunic with light padding, greaves, bracers, a metal helmet and a red velvet cape, well, anyone who has ever done re-enactments during the summertime or in a country that never gets cold will tell you, bring a towel and lots of water because you're going to sweat like you're in a steam room. Now, my brass helmet is of the Corinthian style and has literally ZERO airflow which is why the Greeks had is pulled back when not in battle similar to the way Athena is depicted as always wearing hers. I can tell you though that the brass pieces, especially the cuirass, heat up dramatically but keep me much cooler than steel plate would. I would even go so far as to say that I was almost as cool as someone wearing mail. Now, this is still by no means something that should be worn for long periods in hot weather because you will get heatstroke from it. It's still a very warm outfit to have on because it's still many layers on the body with only the thighs and upper arms uncovered. I still say it's far more comfortable than wearing steel plate temperature-wise. Of course, in the modern era, there is an even greater advantage of brass armour. On a cold Hallowe'en night in Canada, all the hot girls who wear the really skimpy and sexy costumes eventually get VERY COLD and love wrapping their arms around a man wearing VERY WARM brass armour. The also LOVE the Spartan look for some reason. ;-)
You were going to make a segment on seppuku - I can't seem to find one in the search engine for your site, Metatron. Do you still plan to do this? Also, a segment talking about women's clothing in the various eras. Just to help round out the picture of ancient civilizations. Thank you.
I love your channel and your insights are amazing. I've been curious about the medieval knight. I know that armour was expensive so were there better and worst armours? Not all knights were wealthy .
Thank you metatron so much for this video I've been waiting forever for a video like this thank you I'm looking for a full medieval plate armour to buy and have been asking people but you have now helped me a great deal thank you
Hey Metatron, not sure if you've done something like this before, but I was curious and wanted to know: what is your personal favorite equipment (weapon, armor, shield, etc.) and why? It doesn't have to be relegated to a certain time frame or area, just wondered which pieces you personally liked either for aesthetic or practical reasons. Wasn't sure if it was a good topic for a full video, but was interested! Cheers!
Dear Metatron, i discovered your channel a few weeks ago and my "culture lust" is rampaging because of you! Therefore I am forced to ask if you could explain what you know about Celtic writing and Celtic runes (in particular the differences between Gallic and Germanic). People I talked to on this matter gave me discrepant theories, I'm sure that you as a linguist will be clarifying! Thank you so much for all the effort and time you put in your video! PS If you have already talked about this topic I'm sorry i didn't find the video!
Wulflund made our Kings Helmet with the right head measurement and its fantasticly good fitting and strong and looks like a creation of the gods themselves. Just not Hema safe yet as it doesnt protect the lower jaw but thats an easy adjustment to make on your own.
don't ever stop one i love watching you and two great information but please no more bad armor it looks so wrong but i want Viking armor it makes me so mad to see horns in helmets
1:20 this armor was used in ww1, it was real and very useful, the nurses of the british army said that if all the soldiers wear that armor 3/4 of all the casualties would have been prevented, yes its useless in a sword fight, at the surcomstanses, they were very good. fan fact: Ned Kelly wear that kind of armor and it saved him a lot of times at the point that he rushed in the police men and there bullets couldnt break through.
I own the helmet in the thumbnail picture. The one he fake gagged at. Oddly enough, after a few years of rust and several dents caused by an incident with a spoon,the helmet looks better than when my dad got it.
3:06 - I'm not afraid of any man, any monster or any piece of bad armour, but MY GOD was that a proper jumpscare! I mean, short haired Metatron ? In what silly world ?
1:20 that acctually is Ned Kelly (an hero/terrorist depends on whos side ur on) in his self made bulletproof armour made out of scrap metal when he fought against the police with his friend and brother
I'd like to strongly support the things you said about only buying the high quality stuff. It will even make more sense if you think a bit about the example with the helmet. At first, think about what it would have cost you in comparison, had you been living in the 14th or 15th century to aquire decent pieces of armour, not "second hand", like picked up from a battlefield, but especially made for you, fit to your size. So if today you can get such a helmet from an modern armourer, and that in top notch quality for a measly 200 Euros, that is an absolutely fantastic bargain man! And for that money you end up with one of the most essential, lifesaving parts of your armour, HEADPROTECTION, dude! If you watched some of Metatatrons, Knight Errants or Shadiversities videos, you should definitely become aware of the importance of proper fit, design and overall wearing comfort that will make or brake usability of the piece. Consider the frustration, the discomfort or pain, the feelings of humiliation, to show up wearing a crackpot among knights in shining armour, that look like St.George himself while you give the impression of an ork that was late to the parade and received his equipment from the scrap metal bin. And to go through all that you laid out 80 fucking Euros! We can make it very simple at this point. All the cheap stuff, mass fabricated in China, India or wherever that is just sold as "Knight helmet Crusader" or "Roman Legionaire" just loosely resembling some depictions in a childrens book on "the Knight and his Castle"or the Hollywood blockbuster "Camelot" featuring Richard Gere as Lady Guinevra "the Rock" as Merlin and Brigitte Nielsens tits as "Tits", all this crap that is marketed on ebay for whatever price, this stuff has absolutely zero use or purpose other than making a buck from selling it to uninformed people without any clou about what it is they are doing. I know it is easy for me to speak about the virtues of patience, as I'm almost 50 years now. If you are 17 or 20 you need to be given very very good reasons to suffer through the pain of "not now" Spend your time useful by studying the excellent videos, books and other stuff you find online, learn to do quality handcrafting work (decorative knots and ropework!!!!!!) yourself, the secret key word that I give you here, and it is pure gold, is "Finish & Detail refinement" Time and work you can put into plain but good quality stuff that make an ordinary piece into a real luxury item, something of great beauty that will give you joy and pride of ownership whenever you hold it in your hand. The wonderful miraculous magic of polishing stuff ! I tell you it is a universe for the artist and the admirer of beauty., Cultivate a bit your self respect, being cheap is not a knightly virtue, a noble spirit does not waste his time and his means on phoney, wannabe stuff that might look shiny at a quick glance but lack all inner value, this is VANITY, another thing a knight should avoid. Gold is for the mistress, Silver's for the maid, Copper's for the craftsman, cunning in his trade! Well, said the baron, sitting in his hall, But Iron, cold Iron, is the master of them all! Rudyard Kipling (who else?)
This man masterfully walks the delicate line between cringe and awesome
nice n spicy
Amazing comment, so accurate.
Ry58 yes he does bro
Ry58 What makes some cringe is what I love most about him! I hope he never changes for anyone.
Ry58 true man
I loved the "face mail" with eye holes.
TheBeetle For medieval bank robbers...
that's what the crusaders wore during the fourth crusade whilst sacking Constantinople XD
byzantines themself also liked it
zakback99 thats definetely not what they wore mate. They wore coifs which encased the face, that was quite common in Greece, Balkans and non turkish middle east at the time and crusaders adopted it
it's a joke, the first comment said it was for bank robbers, and the crusaders sacked constantinople, they stole everything that wasn't nailed to the ground.
Long haired and bearded Metatron cringes at shaven and shorter haired Metatron lol
Of course, *his knowledge is stored in his hair!*
What hair? All I see is a weird deformed floating head and arms.
The Man 316 Sorry, Metatron, but we will never stop discussing your hair and your beard. ;)
@The Man 316 Its his choice mate..... Fuck what you think.
@@0Zolrender0 I do believe he was being facetious, mate
I did a L.A.R.P in Santa Fe New Mexico where there was a reoccurring theme of Ninjas Vs. Samurai. I think the guys who orchestrated the game must have seen your videos. Ninjas had their objective: Infiltrate the enemy base, take the intelligence, don't get caught and don't get killed. Combat-wise Samurai had the advantage. Plus it was extra important for the ninjas to stay out of sight. It was fun!
Rock Marcus Were there an middle aged overweight ninjas?
spaghetti mkay No but we had the exact opposite. Middle-aged, overweight samurai.
Well, some samurai would be middle-aged and overweight. Why they were on guard duty is their Lord's question to answer.
1:22
Actually that's the Siberian bear hunting armor. It's not terrible, it's perfectly functional.
Yes. Siberian bear hunting armor was not really intended for warfare.
Gary Naccarto no shit you don't see bears standing up on two legs and shoot you with guns.... oh wait
Yeah, he was excessively critical here, like a snob. He was constantly ignoring the context of the armor, also with the lorica segmentata - does he know it wasn't specifically made for an overweight person who really wanted a fitting one but sees no chance of losing weight just to be historically accurate?
@@DowlphinShouldn’t be overweight anyway. Unhealthy and ugly asf.
I'm not afraid of monsters, I'm afraid of the person who kills them.
where did you hear that? a movie?
TheBeetle I like to imagine that I came up with it.
For if there exists a man who kills monsters, than is he not the most capable man? What's more frightening than the *most* capable person?
紫式部 You have my blessing.
I don't think this is literal line is from Nietzsche, although there are many translations which I haven't read, but the idea is definitively from him.
NO, I DON'T understand that!
In hollywood films, astronauts take off helmets without checking if air is breathable/poisonous, soldiers take off helmets, knights take off steel helmets.... That kills immersion. Movies seem made for 5 year olds these days; have to say that TV series, such as The Wire, The Expanse, are written more intelligently and are made for a more, well, discerning audience.
@theoren off topic, but you mentioned making him check more dark souls armor, i think for that next time he should check at least the armor concept design and in-game description, it really changes your view on armors such as those of smoug and onion armor.
What I'd do is have the heroes have special decoration on their armor.
I kind of assume that's what they did in real battles, since it does make sense that soldiers can recognize their leaders.
Nerobyrne Another way of avoiding that problem would be to depict actual battles instead of disorganized brawls and add banners
I'll note Robert Downy Junior keeps his helmet on as Iron Man in the Marvel Movies and Will Smith had sort of a theme with his mask in Suicide Squad (if it's serious he puts the mask on). I was ripping my beard out that the Dwarves in the Hobbit didn't wear their color coded hoods "because it'll be easier to know who's who", because *it's so hard to keep track of people with visually distinct color schemes and beard colors*.
Thereon Inarek Has no one here ever heard of heraldry?
Hey don't trash talk the lobster armor from WWI
Around 2:30
First of all you shown pictures of WW1 and WW2 plate armour like it is rubbish (it is from practical perspective but it is besides the point) and then talk about reenactment and how people reenacting this historical periods could be pissed because of wrong choise of guns. If you want to make video about rubbish armour (which is even very funny) look no farther. I posted it once in your comment section and I will post it again: www.acwsaloon.cz/hotove/t/topten2/topten55.jpg
+zeit geist
gives a whole new meaning to "bucket helm"
Exactly :D
Dont talk trash about that helmet! He has his nose out to breathe...
You included two WW1 armours: the Uk Brewster 17-18 armour and other one is the first British standard issued breast plate made of silk and canvas. The second one is one of the ancestor of modern bulletproof vests, so i would treat it with some respect :)
Italians during WW1 used the pretty ineffective "corrazza Fassina" and the higher quality "corrazza Corsi". German troops used the Sappenpanzer armour which had sufficient stopping power for close range hand gun bullet and could cover very well from artillery shrapnel.
nickzta thank some actually mentioned that he showed ww1 armor
In fairness, the third picture (guy with a rifle over his shoulder) is an actal armour worn during actual warfare. More specifically, World War 1. It was one of many attempts to save the lives of soldiers during enemy machine gun fire, with various amounts of success. However, due to the large amount of soldiers and the cost of making such armour, they were never mass produced. Aaaaaand they were often difficult to move in. Who would have thought?
i thought it was bear hunting armour
@@estampie1565 For all I know, it could have been. It's not something I have read extensively about
You mean the Brewster's Armor where they guy is holding a caplock (It could be a trapdoor conversion. Can't tell) rifle? That guy was one of many Madlads of military history. He invited officers, and representatives of steel mills and rubber companies. He put on the 110 pound suit and had his assistant hit him with a sledge hammer with little effect. Then he had his assistant shoot him with a Springfield rifle. After the army declined to adopt any because it was too heavy and clumsy, he didn't take it lightly. So, later to prove its worth, he set up another domonstration where he had somebody shoot at him with a Lewis Machine Gun. Unfortunately, despite the officers loving it, the weight and vision restriction were still too much. But he did later find success in a coat of scaled plates designed to work as a flak jacket.
@@shockwave6213 Didn't know of the man himself, nor the story, so I thank you for the information. Quite interesting stuff. As for the jacket he invented, you mean sort of like a brigandine?
nice colelction you have there.
note: I'm not the one who made the typo.
c;
colelelelction
stfu you shitty goddess
Oh my... A pantyless goddess.
Is a colelction anything like like covfefe?
"That is one pasta filled segmentata" - insult of the friggin century by Metatron, 2017
Metatron, m8, you need more eastern Europe in your life! cataphracts and lamellal armor FTW!..... AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!
COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE!!
Oh man the cataphracts - they were awesome in Rome Total War
Brigandine, Scale & Lamellar Armor
The longer his hair gets, the more powerful he becomes.
"Don't cheap out on armor, it's a good way to get yourself killed" -Lucas Miller, Fallout 4. We'll gloss over the fact he's selling you leather armor and your enemies have assault rifles.
What to do with horrible armor? Throw it at the enemy of course! bury them under iron and steel. Than you can be the true iron man.
Forest elfranger end them rightly!
Forest elfranger When you throw the armor, it blocks their vision, and while they can't see what you're doing... end them rightly
nah dude, pommels are more effective
Better method: sell it to them, then you make money, and they wear shit armour!
+Carbon 12 Good point. It will make pommel throwing tactics even better. Unless.
You start a war between two nations, sell armor to both nations. That way they keep needing to ask for replacements and you can keep selling it to them along with weapons. Win win.
2:34 - Unintentional Armoured Sceptic cameo.
Should he actually be called the Poorly-Armoured Sceptic?
I thought the same thing haha
reeeeeeeee
Do the metatron's wings ever hit you in the face ?
Yes, all 72 of them- while hearing "C-C-C-C-COMBO" in the background.
For me, the chain mail underwear on that guy's head was the worst
But... Well... If u see ur wife in bed with such a thing... its kinda hot isnt it... right? RIGHT?!
Siencefictionfreak There are no words for how bizarre your comment is
... bizarre...
Siencefictionfreak Exactly.
Well.... u came up with underwear... so ... not my fault
Can you do a video on Chinese armor used?
Not A troll ye
Not A troll pretty good.
Can you tell me in what corner of Hell you found the mail gimp mask?
2:26 In Dutch we have "Goedkoop is duurkoop" which roughly translates to "cheap buys are expensive buys" but basically means the same. Fun to hear different languages have kind of the same sayings
1:23 That is not a terrible armor, is a bear hunter siberian armor, use specially to hunt bears.
Hebrew Hulk Why?
Hebrew Hulk Avoid to bite you? and is not Just the spikes there is plate under it (at least in some parts) and anyway is not like the hunter will going to puch the bear, he will use guns, the armor is Just in case.
Hebrew Hulk Well acidents can happen and a bear is a HUGE animal If the hunter dont do a prefect shot the bear can survive and atack
changüichdepollo a against pedobear?
Hebrew Hulk Well, the armour is from the 19th century, they didn't have super powerful guns back then and a bear is very unlikely to go down on the first shot
Hye there Metatron!, i am a newcomer to this channel, my only regret is that i came to the channel rather late, i love armor and weaponry of any sort, but i paid less attention to what is functional (realistic) and more towards what looks cool i.e fantasy type, your videos are not only informative, but they also thought me that functional, realistic armor can be just as cool!
keep up coming mate!
Hello Metatron, great video as always.
I had to ask, are you going to make a video about Eastern European armour? Kiev Rus, Polish, Hungarian armour stuff, I really like those and I think you could enlighten many of us and give us your magical meta-knowledge.
Watching your videos during a thunderstorm! Cheers mate!
mamma mia
pizzaria
Santa lucia
Porca miseria!
Love the dab right at the end Raph, awsome video as always :D
More bad armor less apologizing! We totally get you!
That said, a really good follow up to this would be maybe even more of them, but where you go into all the problems! For those of us that don't quite know as much!
Thanks!
But the hellraiser armour did it for me...
Talk about a reverse iron maiden...
Lucas Warfel That's actually historical, should be a bear hunting armour
Thx
Lucas Warfel that guy needs to hang a "free hugs" sign on that armor
I don't call it bad, I call it: "Memeaful"
Your reaction to bad armor are hilariously priceless! Really like when you freaked out "Mamma Mia!" when you saw that bad armor. XD lol (Although I agree with you.)
chain helmet must have been the worst
Indeed my king i agree strongly on that. All of your loyal subjects do my king.
these vids are sooo good. so well informed, like the opinion/rant stuff too. subbed
2:01 that is CHAINMAN!
Don't you dare insult my favorite superhero!
(Its not Mailman because that just sounds stupid)
That's a good proverb ...expressing a sentiment that I strongly believe in.
Yes indeed :)
Awesome video! thats good advice for most big purchases. I have made that mistake a few times myself.
“When the cockney comes through, it’s a joke”..... 😄😆😄😆😄😆
MAMMA MIA, THE ITALIAN MASTER HAS ANSWERED OUR CALLS
the spike armor is bear hunting armor
Your hair looks great today, gorgeous. Heed my advice! Never blow dry your hair! I wish I could impart all my hair care wisdom but then this comment would be seriously long. Keep up the great work ;)
guys, you asked for Smough armor review. now you got it.
what I have never understood is why the costume department in films doesn't just make highly stylized armors for the characters who would logically wear full plate. if the armor is unique and matches the character type, you would have no problem recognizing them
Keep your videos coming. I really enjoy the effort.
I think your main point is, save up and buy good quality stuff.
That is my feeling when buying fire arms. It is better to save up and buy the good gun you really want that will stay with you forever, than buying a series of cheap crappy guns you have to give away to get rid of.
But if you are dealing with young kids who want armor now and have little money, as you yourself were at one time, they may not have the option as they are always cash poor.
Hahahahaha, I love the Henry VIII helmet at the end. That thing was absolutely HORRIBLE!
I actually have a set of armour and there is one secret that I personally discovered. The best armour for my purposes is Greek. The reason is twofold. First, my armour is actually made of brass which is much lighter than bronze but is still quite hard and most importantly, IMPERVIOUS TO RUST. Now, it will tarnish over time but some good metal polish and about one hour of effort will make ANY brass armour go from kinda cloudy to absolute mirror-finish. Even cloudy brass armour doesn't look bad because bronze never had a mirror finish. It's not historically accurate but it looks phenomenal. Brass is ever so slightly heavier than steel (but the difference is so slight that it doesn't matter) but it maintains what made bronze so great as plate armour. A sheet of brass is very flexible and elastic. This means that it doesn't dent easily because it has a bit more give and can snap back into form where steel might dent and stay that way.
Keep in mind that the biggest reasons why iron and steel superseded bronze with regard to armour were the following:
1) At the end of the bronze age, Europe suffered a major shortage of tin which meant that it had to be imported and that made bronze extremely expensive.
2) Metallurgy techniques had advanced to the point that hotter temperatures could be attained, allowing smiths to work iron.
3) Iron is the single most common metal on Earth which makes it almost ridiculously cheap. The cost of working the iron was actually higher than the cost of the iron itself.
4) Adding carbon (carbon had almost no cost because it was produced by the smith's own fires) made steel which was better than wrought iron in every way.
The amount of tin available in Europe would never really reach the levels of abundance available during the bronze age and the tin shortage actually ended not because new sources of tin were found but because the shift to iron and steel weapons and amour from bronze more or less eliminated the demand for tin almost completely. You can never have a shortage of something that nobody wants anyway. Even if a massive source of tin were to be discovered, the fact that iron was (and is) literally the most abundant metal on Earth and could be kept in good condition if properly maintained meant that bronze would never again be considered cost-effective as a metal for armour or weapons, especially with the invention of mail which gave 80% of the protection of solid plate at only ¼ to ½ the cost. This essentially meant that bronze would never again be used for armour, worthy though it was.
Brass however is a great armour metal because it maintains the physical flexibility (probably even more so) and the (almost) maintenance-free aspect of bronze while having the extremely low cost and light weight of steel (because brass is made of copper and aluminum). As I said earlier, brass can be polished to a stunning mirror finish that literally looks like gold. Before the advent of chrome mirrors relatively recently, mirrors throughout history were all made of brass.
There is one other MAJOR advantage to copper alloys (bronze, brass) over iron alloys (steel, cast iron) when it comes to armour that wasn't so much of a big deal in places line Norway, Britannia, Germania and most of Gaul but was extremely advantageous in places like Rome, Sparta, Athens and Troj. Copper is an incredible conductor of heat. Armour made of brass literally pulls heat out of your body (to a much greater degree than steel) and if it's a summer day on the battlefield and you're wearing a tunic with light padding, greaves, bracers, a metal helmet and a red velvet cape, well, anyone who has ever done re-enactments during the summertime or in a country that never gets cold will tell you, bring a towel and lots of water because you're going to sweat like you're in a steam room.
Now, my brass helmet is of the Corinthian style and has literally ZERO airflow which is why the Greeks had is pulled back when not in battle similar to the way Athena is depicted as always wearing hers. I can tell you though that the brass pieces, especially the cuirass, heat up dramatically but keep me much cooler than steel plate would. I would even go so far as to say that I was almost as cool as someone wearing mail.
Now, this is still by no means something that should be worn for long periods in hot weather because you will get heatstroke from it. It's still a very warm outfit to have on because it's still many layers on the body with only the thighs and upper arms uncovered. I still say it's far more comfortable than wearing steel plate temperature-wise.
Of course, in the modern era, there is an even greater advantage of brass armour. On a cold Hallowe'en night in Canada, all the hot girls who wear the really skimpy and sexy costumes eventually get VERY COLD and love wrapping their arms around a man wearing VERY WARM brass armour. The also LOVE the Spartan look for some reason. ;-)
The spiky one is meant to protect against bears.
You were going to make a segment on seppuku - I can't seem to find one in the search engine for your site, Metatron. Do you still plan to do this? Also, a segment talking about women's clothing in the various eras. Just to help round out the picture of ancient civilizations. Thank you.
Raff's inner cockney coming out in rant videos is awesome.
I love your channel and your insights are amazing. I've been curious about the medieval knight. I know that armour was expensive so were there better and worst armours? Not all knights were wealthy .
Nice video! I'm curious about Chinese armour though, a video on that would be interesting!
I wondered if you were going to be uploading. great video
İn Romania we say: " I'm too poor to buy cheap stuff"
0:33 damn metatron no need to flex on like that
If a Metatron video has Italian or humorous music, it's gonna be a fun ride.
ONCE AGAIN!! THE METATRON HAS PREVAILED!!!
However, can we address the Gladiator helmet... Ma dai...
Thank you metatron so much for this video I've been waiting forever for a video like this thank you I'm looking for a full medieval plate armour to buy and have been asking people but you have now helped me a great deal thank you
A pleasure to be of help
You may have touched on this in another video but I was wondering what you thought of the armor designs in the film Excalibur? Great video as always.
*That moment when you forget Metatron is Italian and you're trying to figure out what M.A.M.M.A. M.I.A. stands for.
Hey Metatron, not sure if you've done something like this before, but I was curious and wanted to know: what is your personal favorite equipment (weapon, armor, shield, etc.) and why? It doesn't have to be relegated to a certain time frame or area, just wondered which pieces you personally liked either for aesthetic or practical reasons. Wasn't sure if it was a good topic for a full video, but was interested! Cheers!
The little ghost mail coif (mail with holes for the eyes) gave me spooks
Hahahaha!The last helmet was the most horrible of them all !"mamma mia"!!!👍🏼😂😂
Full body spiked armor is a russian bear hunting armor which must have protected from bear attacks
Dear Metatron, i discovered your channel a few weeks ago and my "culture lust" is rampaging because of you! Therefore I am forced to ask if you could explain what you know about Celtic writing and Celtic runes (in particular the differences between Gallic and Germanic). People I talked to on this matter gave me discrepant theories, I'm sure that you as a linguist will be clarifying! Thank you so much for all the effort and time you put in your video!
PS
If you have already talked about this topic I'm sorry i didn't find the video!
Holy moly, that ghost mail hood is just weird.
Wulflund made our Kings Helmet with the right head measurement and its fantasticly good fitting and strong and looks like a creation of the gods themselves.
Just not Hema safe yet as it doesnt protect the lower jaw but thats an easy adjustment to make on your own.
I like this video, but sometimes we, who don't understand armor, need more explanation why the armor on the picture is bad ;)
Hah! Really enjoyed this one. Well done :D
I can't be the only One who when reading the title screamed out *MAMMA MIA!!!*
The intro with the English accent made chuckle in the most innocent way
"Holy mother of Dovahkiin" epic line
I think there were some really cool desinges in there
You leave Siegmeyer alone! He's beautiful!
the armour at 1:21 looks like it could belong to a gimp
Henry the eight helmet at the end killed it xD hahaha
don't ever stop one i love watching you and two great information but please no more bad armor it looks so wrong but i want Viking armor it makes me so mad to see horns in helmets
love the beard and long hair xD
complimenti per l'inglese tra l'altro
3:24 hahah i remember that signal test when the terrestrial tv goes off at 12am :P
To be fair, some of the armors in the beginning were supposed to be used during WWI to defend against shrapnel more often than other weapons.
That mail helmet looks like he just took a sheet of mail, and just cut out a few holes
thanks for the nightmares, mate.
Yeah, that Gladiator helmet! :)
dont insult the god of thicc!
Jacek Waszkiewicz *T H I C C*
I like the helmet with the little spikes on top. It's like a hairdo & a helmet at the same time lolll.
1:29 Metatron likes it
E X T R A T H I C C ! ! ! ! !
1:20 this armor was used in ww1, it was real and very useful, the nurses of the british army said that if all the soldiers wear that armor 3/4 of all the casualties would have been prevented, yes its useless in a sword fight, at the surcomstanses, they were very good.
fan fact: Ned Kelly wear that kind of armor and it saved him a lot of times at the point that he rushed in the police men and there bullets couldnt break through.
Some of those look really good tbh...
best youtuber ever!!!!!!!!!!!
1:20 & 2:08 were both WW1 body Armours, believe some have already pointed that out though.
Could you do a video on armour/weapon maintaining?
These are no nightmares! These are knightmares!
Metatron, now following you on Facebook
I own the helmet in the thumbnail picture. The one he fake gagged at. Oddly enough, after a few years of rust and several dents caused by an incident with a spoon,the helmet looks better than when my dad got it.
3:06 - I'm not afraid of any man, any monster or any piece of bad armour, but MY GOD was that a proper jumpscare! I mean, short haired Metatron ? In what silly world ?
1:20
that acctually is Ned Kelly (an hero/terrorist depends on whos side ur on)
in his self made bulletproof armour made out of scrap metal when he fought against the police with his friend and brother
This man did not just dis smough and caterina armour
6:03 Funny you bring up that image since I saw it in person just a couple of days ago! :D
Seigmeyer's armor is beautiful. Catarina knights = best knights
I'd like to strongly support the things you said about only buying the high quality stuff. It will even make more sense if you think a bit about the example with the helmet. At first, think about what it would have cost you in comparison, had you been living in the 14th or 15th century to aquire decent pieces of armour, not "second hand", like picked up from a battlefield, but especially made for you, fit to your size.
So if today you can get such a helmet from an modern armourer, and that in top notch quality for a measly 200 Euros, that is an absolutely fantastic bargain man! And for that money you end up with one of the most essential, lifesaving parts of your armour, HEADPROTECTION, dude! If you watched some of Metatatrons, Knight Errants or Shadiversities videos, you should definitely become aware of the importance of proper fit, design and overall wearing comfort that will make or brake usability of the piece. Consider the frustration, the discomfort or pain, the feelings of humiliation, to show up wearing a crackpot among knights in shining armour, that look like St.George himself while you give the impression of an ork that was late to the parade and received his equipment from the scrap metal bin. And to go through all that you laid out 80 fucking Euros!
We can make it very simple at this point. All the cheap stuff, mass fabricated in China, India or wherever that is just sold as "Knight helmet Crusader" or "Roman Legionaire" just loosely resembling some depictions in a childrens book on "the Knight and his Castle"or the Hollywood blockbuster "Camelot" featuring Richard Gere as Lady Guinevra "the Rock" as Merlin and Brigitte Nielsens tits as "Tits", all this crap that is marketed on ebay for whatever price, this stuff has absolutely zero use or purpose other than making a buck from selling it to uninformed people without any clou about what it is they are doing.
I know it is easy for me to speak about the virtues of patience, as I'm almost 50 years now. If you are 17 or 20 you need to be given very very good reasons to suffer through the pain of "not now"
Spend your time useful by studying the excellent videos, books and other stuff you find online, learn to do quality handcrafting work (decorative knots and ropework!!!!!!) yourself, the secret key word that I give you here, and it is pure gold, is "Finish & Detail refinement" Time and work you can put into plain but good quality stuff that make an ordinary piece into a real luxury item, something of great beauty that will give you joy and pride of ownership whenever you hold it in your hand. The wonderful miraculous magic of polishing stuff ! I tell you it is a universe for the artist and the admirer of beauty.,
Cultivate a bit your self respect, being cheap is not a knightly virtue, a noble spirit does not waste his time and his means on phoney, wannabe stuff that might look shiny at a quick glance but lack all inner value, this is VANITY, another thing a knight should avoid.
Gold is for the mistress,
Silver's for the maid,
Copper's for the craftsman,
cunning in his trade!
Well, said the baron,
sitting in his hall,
But Iron, cold Iron,
is the master of them all!
Rudyard Kipling (who else?)
300 was a fucking comic bro, and it looks very accurate and cool as fuck - which was the entire reasoning in the first place.