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
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?
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.
"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!
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.)
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!
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.
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.
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
3:25 If the options were 8 and 200 Euros, it could make sense to buy the 8 first to get some basic experience with armor before you make a very upsetting mistake in handling the 200. I'd consider it analogue to a wooden sword. Did you mean to say 80? 🤔 Or 18? 8 seems unrealistic.
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
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
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.
Metatron there's one thing that I'm curious about. What sort of medical care did soldiers, and knights have during war? In a modern war, there's medics that patch up soldiers on the battlefield. There's also military medical camps set up, to preform surgery and other medical procedures on badly injured soldiers. Did medieval warfare have similar on the field doctors and surgeons, like a modern day army?
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!
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. ;-)
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 ?
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.
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 really hate open link mail. Where you can see right through it. If you can see right through it, you can stab right through it. They didn't have ice-picks in the middle ages, for 2 reasons: 1, they didn't have a lot of iced drinks, and 2, they didn't have sheer mail. If they had, I would like to believe they would have developed a spike they could stab right through it, until someone developed denser armor. I understand it's heavy. I used to make the stuff, but armor is supposed to protect you.
Metatron, those armors from WW1 we’re British prototypes. Also, if you want Medieval looking modern plate armor designed for the First World War, look up the A.E.F. Prototype Body Armor 1919.
the 3rd one is actually real armour and has a great story behind it. Thats Ned Kelly (or one of his gang). I am disapointed that metatron didnt look that up
Speaking of armor, before I buy anything at all, let's say I'm doing a 15th century, knights hospitaller kit. What armor was being used for the knights of Malta at that time? I've tried to look into it but the sources are a bit, "wishy washy"
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 ;)
The mail shirt looks like what my ex roommate made. He spent months, maybe years, hundreds of hours painfully making this butted link thing out of 12 gauge stainless steel wire. It may not have been the dumbest thing he ever did, though.
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.
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.
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'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...
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?
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
"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
2:34 - Unintentional Armoured Sceptic cameo.
Should he actually be called the Poorly-Armoured Sceptic?
I thought the same thing haha
reeeeeeeee
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?
The longer his hair gets, the more powerful he becomes.
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.
"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.
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
Can you do a video on Chinese armor used?
Not A troll ye
Not A troll pretty good.
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
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
Watching your videos during a thunderstorm! Cheers mate!
2:01 that is CHAINMAN!
Don't you dare insult my favorite superhero!
(Its not Mailman because that just sounds stupid)
Love the dab right at the end Raph, awsome video as always :D
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!
these vids are sooo good. so well informed, like the opinion/rant stuff too. subbed
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.)
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!
Raff's inner cockney coming out in rant videos is awesome.
That mail helmet looks like he just took a sheet of mail, and just cut out a few holes
The little ghost mail coif (mail with holes for the eyes) gave me spooks
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.
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
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.
*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.
Keep your videos coming. I really enjoy the effort.
chain helmet must have been the worst
Indeed my king i agree strongly on that. All of your loyal subjects do my king.
Awesome video! thats good advice for most big purchases. I have made that mistake a few times myself.
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
3:25 If the options were 8 and 200 Euros, it could make sense to buy the 8 first to get some basic experience with armor before you make a very upsetting mistake in handling the 200. I'd consider it analogue to a wooden sword.
Did you mean to say 80? 🤔 Or 18? 8 seems unrealistic.
When i watch metatron in 140P its like i dont have glasses, when i watch him in 1080 it's like hes in my room teaching me about armor.
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
A pleasure to be of help
Henry the eight helmet at the end killed it xD hahaha
The brewster body armor at 1:19 i think is actually one of the first bulletproof "vests" made and tested.
I don't call it bad, I call it: "Memeaful"
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
the spike armor is bear hunting armor
If a Metatron video has Italian or humorous music, it's gonna be a fun ride.
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.
The spiky one is meant to protect against bears.
Nice video! I'm curious about Chinese armour though, a video on that would be interesting!
guys, you asked for Smough armor review. now you got it.
Metatron there's one thing that I'm curious about. What sort of medical care did soldiers, and knights have during war? In a modern war, there's medics that patch up soldiers on the battlefield. There's also military medical camps set up, to preform surgery and other medical procedures on badly injured soldiers.
Did medieval warfare have similar on the field doctors and surgeons, like a modern day army?
1:20 & 2:08 were both WW1 body Armours, believe some have already pointed that out though.
3:24 hahah i remember that signal test when the terrestrial tv goes off at 12am :P
Holy moly, that ghost mail hood is just weird.
The intro with the English accent made chuckle in the most innocent way
İn Romania we say: " I'm too poor to buy cheap stuff"
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!
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. ;-)
ONCE AGAIN!! THE METATRON HAS PREVAILED!!!
However, can we address the Gladiator helmet... Ma dai...
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 ?
“When the cockney comes through, it’s a joke”..... 😄😆😄😆😄😆
the armour at 1:21 looks like it could belong to a gimp
MAMMA MIA, THE ITALIAN MASTER HAS ANSWERED OUR CALLS
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.
I wondered if you were going to be uploading. great video
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.
Just a note that armor covered and spikes was actually use for bear hunting
That's a good proverb ...expressing a sentiment that I strongly believe in.
Yes indeed :)
0:33 damn metatron no need to flex on like that
Full body spiked armor is a russian bear hunting armor which must have protected from bear attacks
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.
We have a similar saying in Germany :
Wer billig kauft, kauft zweimal
Who buys cheap, buys two times
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.
"Holy mother of Dovahkiin" epic line
I really hate open link mail. Where you can see right through it. If you can see right through it, you can stab right through it. They didn't have ice-picks in the middle ages, for 2 reasons: 1, they didn't have a lot of iced drinks, and 2, they didn't have sheer mail. If they had, I would like to believe they would have developed a spike they could stab right through it, until someone developed denser armor. I understand it's heavy. I used to make the stuff, but armor is supposed to protect you.
Hah! Really enjoyed this one. Well done :D
Metatron, those armors from WW1 we’re British prototypes. Also, if you want Medieval looking modern plate armor designed for the First World War, look up the A.E.F. Prototype Body Armor 1919.
did anyone else not have this video use up in their subscription page?
I like the helmet with the little spikes on top. It's like a hairdo & a helmet at the same time lolll.
the 3rd one is actually real armour and has a great story behind it. Thats Ned Kelly (or one of his gang). I am disapointed that metatron didnt look that up
I can't be the only One who when reading the title screamed out *MAMMA MIA!!!*
[Monsters] never scared me. Marsupials do.Everybody knows you never go full FARB.
That chain mail shirt was the worst, 1:34 . You should make a video about the Berserker armor.
Speaking of armor, before I buy anything at all, let's say I'm doing a 15th century, knights hospitaller kit. What armor was being used for the knights of Malta at that time? I've tried to look into it but the sources are a bit, "wishy washy"
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 ;)
There is an equivalent saying here in the states, "Buy once, Cry once".
The mail shirt looks like what my ex roommate made. He spent months, maybe years, hundreds of hours painfully making this butted link thing out of 12 gauge stainless steel wire. It may not have been the dumbest thing he ever did, though.
Hahahaha!The last helmet was the most horrible of them all !"mamma mia"!!!👍🏼😂😂
It looked as it was Ned Kellys armour at 1:20, it filled its function, it wasnt good quallity or looked good but it worked
You got weirdly armored Frenchies in your trenchies
mamma mia
pizzaria
Santa lucia
Porca miseria!
is not your worst nightmare Metatron, it is your best nightmare!! *flowey evil laugh*
Metatron with long hair looks like a weaponry sage.
300 was a fucking comic bro, and it looks very accurate and cool as fuck - which was the entire reasoning in the first place.