Why Curved Swords Are Better Than Straight Swords

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  • @kamikaze4172
    @kamikaze4172 9 месяцев назад +10639

    Curved for slashy
    Straight for pokey

    • @sillicuswillicus
      @sillicuswillicus 9 месяцев назад +230

      For the Brotherhood of Nod!

    • @GimOA
      @GimOA 9 месяцев назад +83

      what about spears?

    • @ARC1701A
      @ARC1701A 9 месяцев назад +252

      Thicc for smashy

    • @littelitt
      @littelitt 9 месяцев назад +36

      Ain’t japanese sword pokey?

    • @BierzeItboxer
      @BierzeItboxer 9 месяцев назад +22

      KANE LIVES!

  • @Lee-haw
    @Lee-haw 7 месяцев назад +3593

    As Skyrim guard said:
    "They got curved swords! Curved swords! "

    • @MrOMMSSM
      @MrOMMSSM 6 месяцев назад +51

      😂😂 This made me laugh. Good ol' days

    • @taylorslade961
      @taylorslade961 6 месяцев назад +171

      Honestly, how tf did this not become the meme over arrow to the knee? It always cracked me up because a curved blade is sending this dude when he lives in a world with bipedal cat men wandering the land selling their wares, actual magic, and fucking dragons. But a curved blade is mind blowing.

    • @Lee-haw
      @Lee-haw 6 месяцев назад +34

      @@taylorslade961
      Yeah Lol 😂
      I always thought whats special about curved swords, that made this guard excited

    • @Lee-haw
      @Lee-haw 6 месяцев назад +12

      Wow 100 likes! that's the most likes I've got since 2008 😅

    • @Shiestey
      @Shiestey 6 месяцев назад +22

      That guard has forever ruined curved swords for me, every time someone says that phrase I have to say the line like a knee jerk reaction 😂😂

  • @frankieocnarf536
    @frankieocnarf536 7 месяцев назад +1705

    “Did you see that one guy on RUclips? He has curved swords. *Curved. Swords.* “

  • @lingoistj1956
    @lingoistj1956 8 месяцев назад +1529

    I read it somewhere that curved swords, aid in cavalry usage, because the curvature reduces resistance from the cavalier’s blow, as well as reduces the chance of the blade getting stuck.

    • @a_angry_bunny
      @a_angry_bunny 8 месяцев назад +139

      Yes because a straightsword is made to transfer all the force into the tip while a curved is more of a hybrid between an axe and a sword. The force goes into the curve of the blade instead of the tip allowing for better slicing motion.

    • @snakejuce
      @snakejuce 8 месяцев назад +63

      Can attest to this, I've head any a blade get stuck in the enemy when I used my straight. I prefer the curved forsure. Those Arab warriors knew what they were doing.

    • @lingoistj1956
      @lingoistj1956 8 месяцев назад +16

      Thanks to advances in metallurgy and the advent of steel, curved swords became more common over the centuries.

    • @mmeettwwoo
      @mmeettwwoo 8 месяцев назад +2

      This guy is awesome. I just wrote same

    • @Dautar748
      @Dautar748 8 месяцев назад +16

      ​@@snakejucefirst of all swords dont get stuck in flesh, you would know this if you had cut with a blade at least once
      second of all curved blades were introduced to arabs by mongols until then they used kaskaras (straight swords)

  • @Owlee_
    @Owlee_ 9 месяцев назад +9022

    Curve swords also enhance the cut in a similar manner axes do. Basically the curve is like a circle, meaning a curved blades surface contact tends to be more consistent. Also the curved shape allows for the drawing motion to occur more naturally when slicing, and the drawing motion is what allows a slice to begin with, otherwise it’s a chop

    • @Cheesepuff8
      @Cheesepuff8 9 месяцев назад +65

      What do u mean by the “curved blade’s surface contact is more consistent”?
      Also I’m guessing you’re talking about war axes right since they’re the only ones that (almost) always have noticeably curved edges

    • @dragoknight589
      @dragoknight589 9 месяцев назад +145

      Don’t axes enhance cutting primarily by concentrating their weight in the head?

    • @ronanthomas4001
      @ronanthomas4001 9 месяцев назад +177

      @@dragoknight589yea axes chop, but his point is good other wise

    • @dragoknight589
      @dragoknight589 9 месяцев назад +39

      @@ronanthomas4001 Yeah, it’s pretty much just the axe part I take issue with.

    • @Vextipher
      @Vextipher 9 месяцев назад +3

      Maybe talking about the surface area of the blade?

  • @sunrupuk9634
    @sunrupuk9634 9 месяцев назад +3830

    "those warriors from hammerfell have curved swords. CURVED swords."

    • @erick4845jr
      @erick4845jr 9 месяцев назад +249

      No lollygagging

    • @MichaelRainey
      @MichaelRainey 9 месяцев назад +192

      I used to post memes like you then I referenced an arrow to the knee.

    • @pocket__sand
      @pocket__sand 9 месяцев назад +71

      Literally kiss my ass, I was rushing to the comments just to specifically say this 🤣

    • @MCStormy
      @MCStormy 9 месяцев назад +74

      Did someone steal your sweet roll

    • @yokaboka
      @yokaboka 9 месяцев назад +21

      was looking for this comment... thx :D

  • @mRibbons
    @mRibbons 7 месяцев назад +325

    Flameberge: "Why not both?" 〰️🤺

    • @cam-inf-4w5
      @cam-inf-4w5 6 месяцев назад +18

      My man

    • @Kyandien
      @Kyandien 4 месяца назад +25

      Nice you just made the flamberge emote. Honored to see its birth

    • @Dzimko-rc2io
      @Dzimko-rc2io 4 месяца назад +1

      Flamberge is a beast! It's better than both but it's more expensive, heavier and not as sturdy on average. Wounds are almost impossible to heal, it crashes armor and can catch blades farther from the hilt. Even during renaissance 'professional duelists' used wavy blades to guarantee OHK

  • @hnrishu3207
    @hnrishu3207 8 месяцев назад +48

    Mom: we don't have a favorite child.
    Also mom:

  • @zerogravity4878
    @zerogravity4878 9 месяцев назад +1667

    I think we can all agree that swords are awesome

    • @sigurdh.s8320
      @sigurdh.s8320 8 месяцев назад +21

      Swords are cool, but cool people don’t own swords

    • @samuraijackoff5354
      @samuraijackoff5354 8 месяцев назад +6

      @@sigurdh.s8320
      Historically yes, now? ehhhh. I know a few larpers with mall swords.

    • @smit_1449
      @smit_1449 8 месяцев назад +13

      Spear>>>>>>>sword

    • @grapeshott
      @grapeshott 8 месяцев назад +3

      Just glorified pieces of steel.

    • @calebleach7988
      @calebleach7988 8 месяцев назад +4

      Especially that straight sword. That straight sword used in the video is absolutely gorgeous

  • @dragoknight589
    @dragoknight589 9 месяцев назад +9341

    Curved swords: Cutting feels more natural
    Straight swords: Thrusting and false edge cuts feel more natural
    EDIT: what the hell is going on in the replies

    • @clothar23
      @clothar23 9 месяцев назад +702

      Screw the false edge. A straight sword gets the benefit of an actual second edge. Meaning I can pull off back swing cuts those curved blades can only dream of.

    • @Drekromancer
      @Drekromancer 9 месяцев назад +102

      @@clothar23 Great take tbh

    • @therealbestgage
      @therealbestgage 9 месяцев назад +445

      ​@@clothar23using the back edge is a false edge cut, False Edge is just the name for the side of the blade that's closer to you.

    • @johnduquette7023
      @johnduquette7023 9 месяцев назад +222

      @@therealbestgage This.
      "False edge" is opposed to "true edge," which is the edge you "strike true" with. Having a false edge is necessary for an effective swerchhau.

    • @ronanthomas4001
      @ronanthomas4001 9 месяцев назад +78

      @@clothar23 yea that’s not what false edge means, it just means the other edge

  • @Killerwale-hk4wy
    @Killerwale-hk4wy 7 месяцев назад +86

    If you want to slash go curved, if you want to stab go straight. If your oponent wears heavy armor you should stab and when you use it to block attacks straight is less likely to just break. In Europe straight was used because armor tended to be incredibly heavy, once we stopped using armor due to guns, we started using curved swords because musketeers generally qore little to no armor.

    • @gaberobison680
      @gaberobison680 5 месяцев назад +3

      A straight sword isn’t good vs armor. You don’t attack armor you attack were armor isn’t

    • @Killerwale-hk4wy
      @Killerwale-hk4wy 5 месяцев назад +12

      @@gaberobison680 ... and that's exactly what straight swords are good at? There are slashy and pokey swords. Slashing vulnerable spots is damn near impossible, poking makes it possible, but still very difficult depending on the armor. Also, attacking were armor isn't is hard, especially in the late middle ages, where there simply are no uncovered places. The strategy then is to poke a spot where the armor isn't that strong and pierce with so much force that it breaks through. That's what Estocs were especially good at. Then, guns happened and armor became essentially useless, except for cuirasses. But then guns got better, armies got bigger and even those were scrapped. Then, you don't need your pokey swords anymore. Then you want weapons that deal as much damage to a human as possible. So they put dudes with curved blades on big horses to act as quickly deployable damage machines. Chances are, if all you've got is a musket that needs half a minute to reload, and there's a dude with a sword and a warhorse 30ft away, you're gonna lose. Dragoons are something completely else, just as horse archers are barely the same category as light/heavy cavalry. Cavalry was never deployed against heavy armored foes, but to take out lightly armored foes en masse.

    • @king_z0g
      @king_z0g 4 месяца назад +4

      @@Killerwale-hk4wy I agree with most of this, but there absolutely was gaps in armour, especially the crotch and armpits, no matter the period. This is why the strategy was to knock the opponent down and stab with daggers, as daggers easily squeeze and slip into gaps.

    • @Killerwale-hk4wy
      @Killerwale-hk4wy 4 месяца назад +5

      @@king_z0g There absolutely was gapless armor Rondels and Codpieces for the aforementioned armpits and crotches. This wasn't the only option, but those were often just more expensive and unnecessary compared to just covering the gaps with chain. Daggers do easily slide through gaps but that's also not that effective since you'd still have to get through gambeson and chainmail. Taking down knights didn't have a 'main strategy' but there were some that worked really well. Dismounting them and jumping them with the squad. Going for the joints, or preferable just removing parts of the armor like the helmet. But it kind of depends on the quality of the armor and the period. Stabbing joints was a very valuable strategy against late medieval armor, even if it was pretty well protected you could get through it. But daggers weren't the preffered weapon, something like an Estoc, or a Rondel (which, granted, is a type of dagger) which were both designed to pierce mail and would do much better. Armor made slashing weapons pretty obsolete, so your first go to, was blunt force. With the exception of the truly 'final' stage of armor, maces would work really well, just hit the dude a lot of times with it really hard. Another thing that plays a huge role is the situation. How do we encounter the knight. Alone? that would be unusual. Fighting an armored knight usually came with fifty more charging at you on horseback. At that point, jumping them or pulling them off horses isn't an option, all you can do is stand in a pike formation, horses won't charge in what is essentially a military hedgehog. Then try to cause a pileup and gradually take them out. Just shooting with enough specialised arrows also worked wonders for earlier armor. But lastly, you just would not want to kill a knight. Knights are noblemen, they could pay for their freedom. In battles, you captured the knights. Sometimes, the enemy didn't do this, and then it's something historical records especially mention. The battle of the Golden Spurs for example a battle that has been retold into oblivion in the most innacurate ways possible, but a really cool battle nontheless. A bunch of guildsmen slaughtering royal french knights, not trying to take prisoners, just smashing their skulls with Goedendags. Everyone in France at the time considered this to be absolutely barbaric.

    • @king_z0g
      @king_z0g 4 месяца назад

      @@Killerwale-hk4wy Indeed, when I said "daggers", what I meant was "rondels"-although as you stated, those are a type of long, thin daggers carried mainly by the heavily armoured. I do agree that blunt force worked well, although it worked mainly to stun and knock down.
      My point, that daggers would be used most of the time, relied on the idea that this was a situation where the death of your opponent was the goal. This was not very common, but it could happen in severe feuds and duels-if, say, a man was accused of something and he had to duel his accuser, under the assumption that god would decide the victor. In a case where death was the goal, I do believe that daggers would be the final killer in most situations.
      Quite simply, as I'm sure you know, armour protected so well that stabbing at the gaps was the best option. And to be clear, as you seemed to doubt this idea, *every* suit of armour did have gaps, covered by mail and gambeson, but gaps in the plate nonetheless. If you could lift the aventail, they could stab the neck. If you lifted his arm, it would be possible to pierce the mail far enough to injure him. And of course the enemy would be fighting this, which is why you would have to knock him down/stun him first-with the use of a blunt polearm, usually by pulling him off a horse/to the ground.
      Of course, a piercing weapon in general could work, and so could blunt if you whacked the poor guy enough times. I would also like to say that I strongly doubt the efficacy of attempting to pierce plate, which is why the gaps seem like the logical conclusion as to where a piercing weapon would be aimed. As far as I know, only bodkin arrows, bullets, cannonballs and possibly lances ever truly pierced plate armour-although severe denting would be possible. This is why half-swording was invented-as a way to use the status symbol most knights carried as an actual deadly weapon, allowing you to more easily thrust at small areas.
      Hopefully you enjoyed this veritable chapter I've written-I'm sure you have some sort of counterpoint, so this discussion might go on for a while.

  • @yousefassad5957
    @yousefassad5957 9 месяцев назад +1507

    A wise man once said-"it is not about the weapon, it is about the user"

    • @A_some1
      @A_some1 8 месяцев назад +28

      The point is curve sword more benefits than straight one

    • @billylee7398
      @billylee7398 8 месяцев назад +10

      Nah. It depends on the length.😊

    • @cybersmite5002
      @cybersmite5002 8 месяцев назад +24

      Another wise man once said-"don't bring a sword to a gun fight, otherwise you'll be f*cked no matter how good you are"

    • @truth_is_one1
      @truth_is_one1 8 месяцев назад +7

      Another wise man said: if u brought all army to kill one man, if God protects that man, then the army is just a waste. Hasbunallah

    • @lelouchlamperouge1775
      @lelouchlamperouge1775 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@billylee7398which sword you're talking about

  • @bruh_yourself5788
    @bruh_yourself5788 9 месяцев назад +1568

    *"You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They’ve got curved swords. Curved. Swords."*

    • @AArrow-
      @AArrow- 9 месяцев назад +75

      "Favor the bow eh? I'm a sword man myself"

    • @typixalised2288
      @typixalised2288 9 месяцев назад +43

      No Lollygagging...

    • @sunrupuk9634
      @sunrupuk9634 9 месяцев назад +38

      God gave you two hands and you use them both, I respect that

    • @matthewhelland9258
      @matthewhelland9258 9 месяцев назад +42

      "So you can cast a few spells. Am I supposed to be impressed?"

    • @hbzahnthelustful4205
      @hbzahnthelustful4205 9 месяцев назад +28

      Let me guess, Someone stole your sweetroll?

  • @randompeep3929
    @randompeep3929 4 месяца назад +4

    Man just summoned an entire fanbase with one short

  • @carlpanzram7081
    @carlpanzram7081 6 месяцев назад +6

    I love how he first said that they don't align better, and then he explains why they align better.
    That "feeling" of direction is the mechanical phenomenon of self alignment. It pulls you into the right direction by itself. 😂

  • @townsville69
    @townsville69 9 месяцев назад +482

    "You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They’ve got curved swords. Curved. Swords." -Town Guard.

    • @yosefwaddah762
      @yosefwaddah762 8 месяцев назад +10

      Lol 😂😂😂😂 I was saying that to

    • @LHAJ34
      @LHAJ34 8 месяцев назад +1

      same

  • @larsmurdochkalsta8808
    @larsmurdochkalsta8808 9 месяцев назад +1052

    Yeee, I'm glad the discourse on curved sorts is improving out of auto-edge alignment and entering intuitive edge alignment

    • @neaneoneunuo9651
      @neaneoneunuo9651 9 месяцев назад +8

      Auto edge alignment happens if you swing faster.

    • @larsmurdochkalsta8808
      @larsmurdochkalsta8808 9 месяцев назад +42

      @@neaneoneunuo9651 you mind explaining that one to me?
      Cuz the only two arguments I see for that are the same offset center of gravity argument or aerodynamics. Neither of those are going to do that when being swung by a human.
      So unless I'm missing something I don't know what you're talking about

    • @Cretaal
      @Cretaal 9 месяцев назад +12

      ​@@larsmurdochkalsta8808 Point of edge impact should be happening up the curve. Center of mass is behind and below the point of impact. When the strike happens, the center of mass will "align" itself with the angle of momentum when stopped.
      The physics of the mass and curvature have the blade naturally align itself through the cut.
      I don't see why the author of the video tried it with a sword that had an offset pommel and talking about dropping blades.
      I'm starting to think swordsmen have a poor grasp of physics, which is surprising to me.
      There is actually allot of similarities between this and the misconception of stopping power in guns. It's a real thing, but it doesn't work like everyone thinks it works (it's all about cavitation and shocking the surrounding organs rather than the bullets mass physically stopping the target).

    • @larsmurdochkalsta8808
      @larsmurdochkalsta8808 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@Cretaal The point you're talking about with center of gravity would not apply only in the cut, in fact you feel it as you maneuver the sword. I did the math assuming the CG is 3in behind the edge and the sword weighs 2.5lbs It applies .625 ft/lbs of torque. A human with a screwdriver in one hand can apply a bit over 20 ft/lbs but is applying about 4ft/lbs on the low end.
      But the grip of a sword is larger and or better optimized for its application which would allow them to counteract more torque with less effort. But edge alignment plus biomechanics gets more complicated when you add two hands because you get greater control authority and all the forces of your dominant hand are now mirrored with better leverage.
      I can't help but notice you cited swordsman's ignorance of physics but didn't back your claims with even so much is an attempt at the actual physics of the situation. So from here on I will be putting in equivalent effort
      The other thing you could be talking about in terms of edge alignment on contact happens to some degree with every edged weapon. But that is about the direction of travel for the sword, the angle of the sword on impact, and the distance between the center of gravity and the cutting edge. That effect can cause the sword to roll closer to alignment or fall flat. For that it's actually more advantageous to have the CG closer to the cutting edge. That's just basic leverage, force is being applied at the target by the difference between the edge angle and direction of travel. So that's your tipping point the closer your CG is to your tipping point, the shorter the lever is and the less torque is generated, so you will be less likely to be rolled flat, and more likely to correct as the blade gets further in the target. It's a lot like taller cars being more prone to tipping. When you are fixed in one plane you can't rotate about your CG in any axis on that plane. Instead, you have to rotate your CG around your point of contact. But that is still not super relevant.
      More relevant to forgiveness in the cut than either of these niche minor forces, or whether the blade is curved or straight, is edge geometry, and cross section. Honestly, the variance in that within a culture will lead to as much or more difference in cutting performance than the difference between a high quality modern example of one or the other.
      Also, let's just not bring terminal ballistics into this

    • @Cretaal
      @Cretaal 9 месяцев назад +9

      @@larsmurdochkalsta8808 Lets break this down and remove this thin veil of argument: we're talking about longswords VS katana (an inherently silly debate by nature) even if the goalpost has been moved to cover the vague and broad subjects of curved VS straight blades, that's a horrible metric of categorization for comparison with how many variations in form and function exist within each category of comparison, so I'll keep my point simpler by debating from the original context of the argument of katana and longsword. My metrics are also pulled from 20 years experience in both the making and use of katana in America rather than pulled from online, so when I'm dropping numbers, it's worth noting that my source on those numbers is an estimate I got from TrustMeBro incorporated.
      The katana's curvature can't be standardized, first of all. Due to the claying process, each one has a unique severity of curvature. For references sake, I'm not talking about a modern light katana of monosteel. While the metalurgy is a moot point, largely speaking, what matters is that the katana in reference shall have no bo-hi, increasing the overall weight at the center of mass.
      The striking point of a katana is the upper quarter of the blade, there's no sweet spot due to the mitigation of vibration from a notable lack of distal tapering and (I guess the metallurgy isn't entirely moot) a deadsoft iron core. You want to strike as far up the blade as possible while still reaching your needed depth of cut, this places the point of contact about an inch and a half above the center of mass at most, but closer to 3/4 inch is about what you'd expect. We can reference and quote the numbers all day long, but what matters is that our center of mass is below the point of contact when the blade is held at a horizontal position.
      The effect on your center of mass is the same exact thing happening to your air freshener when you hit the brakes, it's just inertia and mass interacting.
      Now, let's look at our longsword. For this purpose, we have a straight line instead of a curve, with that line virtually threading through the center of mass. The longsword has a notable distall taper and, thusly, a noteable oscillation to the blade. The longsword can be functionally monosteel since the composites used for them primarily focused on cheap steel for the core to make the blade more affordable, possibly allowing a forgeweld pattern, but moot point, that's a wobbly blade. This is significant, because this means that you have a "sweet spot" at your upper center of percussion where the blade oscillates the least. This significantly reduces its ability to bisect a target since its generating alot more friction and dumping it's energy into its target, unlike a rigid katana which will preserve its energy through the cut. The end result is that, when we strike at a target with a horizontally aligned blade, your point of contact occurs BELOW your center of mass, not above it. This force attempts to turn the blade over.
      Don't get me wrong, a katana is more prone to turning over, but in the same way that a splitting axe is prone to broken handles, it's all about how much you mess up while using one. Skallagrim demonstrated this by just holding the blade loosely while held out and it flipped the edge to the sky, the same way it will try to do if you hit too far down your edge on a katana, because it's not symmetrically balanced along its flat, only along its spine and edge. A longsword does not have this eccentric weight distribution in the least as it's about as symmetrical as a sword can be without becomming a different weapon entirely. This difference in form leads to a difference in function, one you're not going to emulate by balancing a freaking scimitar on its pommel and observing that swords aren't balanced at the pommel...
      I mean... it's almost like katana are purpose built cut once and be done with it, and the longsword is built for an entirely different weight class of competition and needed to be built around the armor it was trying to overcome.
      All swords "self align" to a degree with the oval cross section of a handle, but the difference between a straight and a curved edge does show up when you're committing to a bisecting swing, something that I don't even think is taught for longswords aside from limb-severance.
      This debate is old and the "experiments" done to further it are actually quite rediculous. Like cutting a single tatami to prove the cutting power of English swords... after a record tatami cut was made by a nagamaki (I think it was somewhere close to 25 in a single stroke). We're creeping over to where the HEMA geeks are getting about as bad as the katana cultists used to be.
      A sword is just 2 simple machines, a wedge and lever. It matters how you alter this form factor for a purpose. It matters if your center of mass is above or below your point of contact. We can crunch numbers until the cows come home, but the influence of the forces are still in opposition to one another, regardless of what degree it's off by. If I'm building a plane, it doesn't exactly matter how far forward the mass is from center of lift, only that it's in front of it, because placing it behind will flip your craft over (without going into the pedantics about aviation) if you follow the analogy. I'm trying not be too technical about the explanation, as we do have an audience and I'd like them to be able to understand our conversation.
      Also, the concept of stopping power that I'm arguing for can't be disproved by another botched visit to Microsoft excel, it doesn't even involve terminal ballistics since I'm actually talking about how the target responds to the projectile and not how the projectile responds to the target. Also, as per my last response: the door on that argument is closed unless we want another exhausting exchange like this specifically because of how the goalpost had been shifted since the original argument of .45 VS .38 after the military switched and the vague notion of "knockdown power" which was a misinterpretation of how the body recognized and responded to the two different projectiles. So no, we're not arguing about that because of how varied ammunition has become over the last **checks watch** century...
      This effect also becomes more prominent in the Tachi variants, which can have much more dramatically curved blades and curved handles, allowing you to pull or push the blade through by its edge.

  • @global-villager
    @global-villager 7 месяцев назад +651

    *Curved Sword ❎*
    *Talwar ✅*

    • @Nobody-3056
      @Nobody-3056 7 месяцев назад +104

      İts not a indian sword its a ottoman sword

    • @global-villager
      @global-villager 7 месяцев назад +101

      @@Nobody-3056 But They are Inspired by Indian Talwars! 🤔😒

    • @gandhininterligi3504
      @gandhininterligi3504 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@global-villagerNo

    • @prashantawasthi2418
      @prashantawasthi2418 7 месяцев назад +24

      ​@@manjupandey3548who would tell them that 😂

    • @Amory98
      @Amory98 7 месяцев назад

      Actually, it's not. Ottomans got curved swords much before the Pratihars or Chauhans of the later Rajputs ever did. ​@@manjupandey3548

  • @shamyal-hashimy2245
    @shamyal-hashimy2245 8 месяцев назад +58

    Curved swords were commonly used in the Arab battles because Arab battles (specifically the ones that happened in the desert) rely havily on cavalry for speed and maneuver, since deserts don’t have obstacles that can lower down the cavalry’s speed, the edged sword adds to the speed element since it makes it easier for the cavalry to pull out the sword smoothly from the enemy’s body while maintaining high speed

    • @GreaterAfghanistanMovement
      @GreaterAfghanistanMovement 8 месяцев назад +18

      Early Arabs during the Ummayd and Abbasid Caliphates did not used curved swords but straight double edged swords.

    • @Astronauttt37543
      @Astronauttt37543 7 месяцев назад +5

      The curved swords were invented by Persians a thousand years before Arabs adopted them. Study before talking.

    • @yassinehadjidj8117
      @yassinehadjidj8117 7 месяцев назад +30

      @@Astronauttt37543 he didn't say invented by, at the end the Parisians was defeated by them own swords. Do you like that better.

    • @user-qf9pv4tq7n
      @user-qf9pv4tq7n 7 месяцев назад +7

      بختصار السيوف المنحنية فارسية الأصل . اعتمدها العرب بعد الأسلام بفتره و كانت السيوف العربيه قبل الأسلام مستقيمة و نتيجه للمعارك التي خاضها العرب مع الروم و الفرس وجدو أن السيوف المنحنيه افضل من المستقيمه و اعتموها . و من 1300 سنه بده اعتماد السيوف المنحنيه عند العرب و إرطبت بلعرب من حينها خاصه بعد فتح بلاد فارس

    • @D.B.50
      @D.B.50 7 месяцев назад +9

      Not arab sword.. Turk sword...

  • @DrFranklynAnderson
    @DrFranklynAnderson 9 месяцев назад +1309

    Blatant Hammerfell propaganda. Don’t listen to him, sons and daughters of Skyrim! Ulfric is the true high king!

    • @articusramos808
      @articusramos808 9 месяцев назад +139

      Have you seen those warriors from Hammerfell? They have curved swords.... *CURVED SWORDS*
      "Meanwhile me with an ebony sword"

    • @olivermichael133
      @olivermichael133 9 месяцев назад +11

      @@articusramos808 dang you beat me to it! haha

    • @adudeplayingadudedisguised6776
      @adudeplayingadudedisguised6776 9 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@articusramos808came to the comments to look for this

    • @Lemon_Sage9999
      @Lemon_Sage9999 9 месяцев назад +30

      I would be a lot warmer and a lot happier with a belly full of mead

    • @clothar23
      @clothar23 9 месяцев назад +7

      That Hamnerfell garb is stylish though.

  • @lerinasan
    @lerinasan 9 месяцев назад +175

    "You're like me, eh? Don't fancy those clunky two-handed weapons "

    • @Nishom0926
      @Nishom0926 8 месяцев назад +4

      I MUST inform my Friends
      EVERY SWORD IS LITTLE CURVED BECAUSE IT KNOWS WHERE TO STRIKE FOR IT UP HOLDS TENNANTS OF BEING STRAIGHT AND HITTING THE ABYSS IN RIGHT SPOT.

    • @Customerbuilder
      @Customerbuilder 8 месяцев назад +4

      Have you seen Redguard warriors? They have curved swords. Curved. Swords.

    • @KKoKoRR
      @KKoKoRR 5 месяцев назад

      Omg, I spent hundreds of hours Skyrim gameplay with one handed sword, sneak archer, mage but didn't use two handed, I never anybody said that. This game is deepless.

  • @KKoKoRR
    @KKoKoRR 5 месяцев назад +4

    This sword is called "Gaddare" in Ottoman Turkish. It means curuel. They are not used by infantry soldier, they were for cavalries that they can be able to hit while on horse by swinging to downwards. Also it is made little front weighted for this purpose.
    Infantries generally used "Yatağan" and it is curved to front and they also used recurved swords. Every sword used different techniques. You can't use katana as same technique with gladius.
    Addition: Also this cavalry sword has a guard even it is not for poking. Soldier used this guard for quickly swinging the sword right after shooting arrows. They was holding guard with their pinky fingers while back of the blade stands on their elbow. They was pulling bow with their special thumb ring of same hand and right after shooting arrows, flip the blade by pushing it with their elbow and swing the sword when they are on horse to downwards through the enemy.

  • @meyes1098
    @meyes1098 8 месяцев назад +13

    You misunderstand. It's not that a "curved sword aligns itself when falling", it's that a curved sword takes less energy to align to an *applied force* than to waiver from it.
    This doesn't mean you can' f*ck up, it just means that it's easier to cut with it.
    You can easily demonstrate this by holding the curved sword by the pommel and the point, and see where it balances itself. it will rotate until the blade is pointing downards.
    This is because the center of mass is between the blade and the imaginary extension of the pommel (which would be the blade on a straight sword).
    This also happens to straight swords with a cross guard, but to a much, much lower extent (you have to hold it REALLY softly so that the friction doesn't counteract this attempt at self balacning) with two caveats: it will align to the nearest "blade points down" position, and it has two neutral points where it won't realign itself, the points when it's perfectly horizontal.
    It also takes less energy for this to happen depending on how close it is to one of these 4 stable positions.

    • @abysslight2490
      @abysslight2490 4 месяца назад +2

      I don’t think it’s that he misunderstands, it’s that there’s an army of mall ninjas on the internet trying to spread the myth that curved swords, typically katanas, have automatic edge alignment, making them superior to all other swords. His testing of that myth is likely just a response to those people.

    • @meyes1098
      @meyes1098 4 месяца назад

      @@abysslight2490 ah ok, thanks for clearing it up!

  • @flanker900
    @flanker900 8 месяцев назад +478

    Moral of the story: guns are better

  • @Jarikraider
    @Jarikraider 9 месяцев назад +180

    I can confirm dropping swords on opponents is very effective.

    • @juhis5936
      @juhis5936 9 месяцев назад +8

      Ok Dr Guillotin

    • @YarugumaSou
      @YarugumaSou 9 месяцев назад +9

      Are you Guts?

    • @warwickscram1656
      @warwickscram1656 9 месяцев назад +6

      Cool story, Damocles.

    • @ifv2089
      @ifv2089 9 месяцев назад

      Stand below it when dropped from a horse 🐎 😂

  • @PopTartNeko
    @PopTartNeko 9 месяцев назад +49

    You will also impress some guards in a random town so much that they will talk about you and your curved swords forever

  • @roycereinhart-brown2549
    @roycereinhart-brown2549 2 месяца назад +1

    “D’you see those warriors from Hammerfell? They’ve got curved swords.
    . . . Curved . . . Swords . . .”

  • @icepl831
    @icepl831 6 месяцев назад +2

    usually sabers- or curved swords- are also a bit heavier at the tip of the blade than at the base. makes it swing harder. inertia.
    also like a bit of my theory but maybe because of the curve they can cut better when swung because it naturally slides the thing it cuts down its edge?

  • @see-sharp
    @see-sharp 9 месяцев назад +117

    You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They’ve got curved swords. Curved. Swords!

  • @GrinningNimbus
    @GrinningNimbus 9 месяцев назад +27

    The contact on a curved blade has a smaller area of force so it's more concentrated. Also because it's curved the length of the edge is longer than the tip is away from the hand so it's a more accelerated cut. More blade touches the target overall but less at any time meaning a more efficient cut.
    The other benefit is single edged blades have a solid spine down the back meaning the center of percussion is pretty much the whole blade where a double edged blade has a specific point for good cuts.
    And curved swords can thrust at weird angles for unexpected attacks where a straight sword has a more powerful thrust because it's directly in line with the arm and can make use of more of the force from the body than a curved thrust.

  • @issintf925
    @issintf925 4 месяца назад

    What an incredible album. Well done to you and the whole studio, this is top notch stuff

  • @MM-zg4wu
    @MM-zg4wu 5 месяцев назад +1

    Try cut the pillow by sword and sabre. In sword, only the tip will cut and the saber will start with the part of the blade that hit. The curvature breaks the resistance of the material more easily.

  • @stevefilms1997
    @stevefilms1997 9 месяцев назад +40

    Those warriors from Hammerfell? They've got curved swords. CURVED SWORDS!

    • @Sauce_Sensei
      @Sauce_Sensei 9 месяцев назад +2

      “You're like me, eh? Don't fancy those clunky two-handed weapons.”

  • @articusramos808
    @articusramos808 9 месяцев назад +125

    Love me a neat saber

    • @rabenkonig6251
      @rabenkonig6251 9 месяцев назад +7

      I read that as meat saber at first 😂. Had to do a double take

    • @lucashayes346
      @lucashayes346 9 месяцев назад +3

      But what about a beat saber?

    • @ashary9675
      @ashary9675 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@rabenkonig6251💀

  • @rexskyfighter
    @rexskyfighter 3 месяца назад

    Dude has the most LEGO looking real sword right there

  • @BANANAFREAK212
    @BANANAFREAK212 4 месяца назад +1

    Love the swords they look beautiful

  • @pisacenere
    @pisacenere 9 месяцев назад +27

    Those curves

  • @adsan7787
    @adsan7787 9 месяцев назад +34

    Also, a skilled swordsman can spin them around at the last second and stab you with the pointy end on a weird angle, sometimes even around your shield or sword block

    • @spartanonxy
      @spartanonxy 9 месяцев назад +12

      This is while possible very very unlikely to happen in real combat. The level of skill needed to make it viable as anything other then a way to show off outside of a battle is the thing myths are made of.
      Overall you likely have maybe a dozen or two examples of someone succeeding in doing that.

    • @trolltalwar
      @trolltalwar 9 месяцев назад +22

      ​@@spartanonxythe original poster definitely exaggerated, however a sword with a dramatic curve like a scimitar, you can rotate the sword in your hand, and essentially hold it "backwards" to strike around shields. Its not a fancy showoff move, you just simply spin the blade to the back end with a mere flick of the wrist. Its the same idea as having a warhammer with a spike on the back end and flipping so youre striking with the spike rather than the hammer

    • @danielcox7629
      @danielcox7629 9 месяцев назад +1

      Stabbing with a short curved sword is my secret weapon and shields.

    • @lucashayes346
      @lucashayes346 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@spartanonxysomething I have done very often in hema (not necessarily as a last second rapid maneuver thing) is wait for an opponent to strike first then move my curved sword in from the side angled in a way that the curved portion of the back of my blade is above the false edge of theirs, allowing me to swipe in and land a solid blow to the chest or head.
      Now, landing your sword on top of your opponent’s as they thrust or move to engage you is not necessarily hard if you’re capable and its something every sword can do, but I find that its much easier with curved swords as the spine of the blade can act almost like a bit of a hook. Its also easier bring a curved blade up and around a straight blade for the same reason stabbing with a straight blade is easier; the curved blade is taking up less over all space than the straight blade because its curve is effectively shortening its reach, making it easier to maneuver up and around a longer weapon caught out away from its wielder.
      All that being said, ive also had my hand sniped trying to bind an opponent’s blade like this, so it (like every sword tactic) is not the end all be all, its just good fun if no one is expecting it and in my opinion much easier to do with a curved blade than most other weapons

    • @spartanonxy
      @spartanonxy 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@lucashayes346 Fair enough.

  • @PJ-qc8wr
    @PJ-qc8wr 4 месяца назад +1

    "Gives you a bit more feet-"

  • @iljagaimovic9166
    @iljagaimovic9166 5 месяцев назад +2

    Don't blame the tool, blame the skill! XD

  • @AC-hj9tv
    @AC-hj9tv 9 месяцев назад +140

    "Gives you a bit more fee-"

    • @SneedFeedAndSeed
      @SneedFeedAndSeed 9 месяцев назад +8

      They cost more?

    • @Solotocius
      @Solotocius 9 месяцев назад +19

      Who tf uses their Reddit avatar as their RUclips pfp

    • @Tippy555
      @Tippy555 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@Solotocius this is the first time ive seen this happen, cant believe people are resorting to this now lmao

    • @sophiacristina
      @sophiacristina 8 месяцев назад

      Ewwww, a redditor!

    • @AhmadAsyraf94
      @AhmadAsyraf94 8 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@Solotociusfreedom of expression I guess.

  • @Momo_Kawashima
    @Momo_Kawashima 9 месяцев назад +187

    My sword is a banana
    Your argument is unvalid

    • @NeroNotDeadweightWalker
      @NeroNotDeadweightWalker 8 месяцев назад +2

      Bro... we're same!

    • @mattiaboscherini4001
      @mattiaboscherini4001 8 месяцев назад +1

      Found the Yiga clan member

    • @Nishom0926
      @Nishom0926 8 месяцев назад +2

      I MUST inform my Friends
      EVERY SWORD IS LITTLE CURVED BECAUSE IT KNOWS WHERE TO STRIKE FOR IT UP HOLDS TENNANTS OF BEING STRAIGHT AND HITTING THE ABYSS IN RIGHT SPOT.

    • @obungaaaa
      @obungaaaa 8 месяцев назад +1

      My sword is myyy banana 🍌

    • @tecshonin1644
      @tecshonin1644 8 месяцев назад +1

      "unvalid" even autocorrect couldn't correct that.

  • @MoMo2E
    @MoMo2E 5 месяцев назад +3

    But you can't spread butter with butter, you need a knife 😂

  • @King_Stonearm
    @King_Stonearm 4 месяца назад

    The sword you’re holding on your right hand looks exactly like my deceased grandfather’s

  • @shuukenji6585
    @shuukenji6585 9 месяцев назад +4

    "Did you see that Marcus Vance video? He has curved swards... CURVED SWARDS"

  • @burstfireno1617
    @burstfireno1617 8 месяцев назад +5

    Would be more informative to mention i think: The sword to left his holding in the beginning is an Ottoman Sword. More deadly than european style straight swords.

  • @nugenki
    @nugenki 6 месяцев назад +2

    The reason why your gravity proof that curved swords don't auto correct showed failure, is because the force of gravity acts equally at all points of the sword at once. This is in stark contrast to when you exert force at the handle, and the mass wants to stay at rest.

  • @isaiasaguirre342
    @isaiasaguirre342 4 месяца назад +1

    Flamberge: *What i'm i?*

  • @yamiraguero5541
    @yamiraguero5541 9 месяцев назад +12

    Bro ignored all the damage buffs to cutting

    • @KieraQ0323
      @KieraQ0323 8 месяцев назад +1

      It's not much and it's a tradeoff for being much worse at stabbing.

  • @Arthiem
    @Arthiem 9 месяцев назад +34

    "You don't just attack with a sword buy holding it up and dropping it in an opponent"
    Irl dragon slasher videos have entered the chat.

  • @weebemail8376
    @weebemail8376 7 месяцев назад

    it also cuts deeper because as you draw it across someone there’s more edge to cut with

  • @gazor_franek211
    @gazor_franek211 6 месяцев назад +1

    Also with a curved blade the initial hit will have less surface are letting you slice better but after only an inch or less the surface area increases drastically.

  • @taxes.death.christ
    @taxes.death.christ 8 месяцев назад +20

    Wife said " Curved and straight swords feel the same " 😂

    • @D.B.50
      @D.B.50 7 месяцев назад

      😁😁😁👏

    • @ith3323
      @ith3323 4 месяца назад +2

      Does that mean she tried different ones?🤔

    • @taxes.death.christ
      @taxes.death.christ 4 месяца назад

      @@ith3323 before she met me

    • @amarrevolver4452
      @amarrevolver4452 4 месяца назад

      ​@@taxes.death.christ and probably even after

    • @taxes.death.christ
      @taxes.death.christ 4 месяца назад

      @@amarrevolver4452 lol asain women dont cheat, plus if she did her chichi would probably disown her or kill her, or both. Asian parents are brutal.
      edit: chichi is Japanese for father

  • @BlackHoleForge
    @BlackHoleForge 9 месяцев назад +19

    I thought the reason why are curved swords have an advantage is for the slicing action. Most people take a sword and use it like an axe to chop, but it's more effective if you slice with it. The curved blade let you hit your enemy and slide through the cut, with less of a chance of your sword getting stuck in the, thus leaving you unarmed in battle.

    • @danielcox7629
      @danielcox7629 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yup, making it great on horseback but a little lacking against a straighter sword on the ground

    • @Joshua-fi4ji
      @Joshua-fi4ji 9 месяцев назад +9

      I'm no expert, but I've always believed that curved swords are better as slashing whilst straight are more versatile.
      A curved swords will give you an advantage Vs unarmoured or lightly armoured opponents, but someone in full metal armour is going to be mostly immune to slashing. At which point a straight sword optimised for stabbing and with more weight behind it will be more useful.
      This would also explain why straight swords became more common in much of medieval Europe, where armoured knights became a thing.
      As I say, I'm no expert.

    • @V2ULTRAKill
      @V2ULTRAKill 9 месяцев назад

      In reality the secret of curved swords is they get that effect WITHOUT needing to draw or slice in the cut, the curve does that for you
      Which in turn makes a true draw cut even more dangerous

    • @Dautar748
      @Dautar748 8 месяцев назад

      incorrect, chopping is better than slicing

  • @GregFirehawk
    @GregFirehawk 6 месяцев назад

    I've heard the main benefit is you get better surface area interaction during a slash, making for a better deeper cut along the curve

  • @muztahidmustafa1215
    @muztahidmustafa1215 3 месяца назад +1

    Sir George Washington used to have a saber.

  • @futurewario9591
    @futurewario9591 9 месяцев назад +5

    Those people from Hammerfell got curved swords CURVED SWORDS

  • @awesomeblader45
    @awesomeblader45 9 месяцев назад +20

    Also, if the curve is too intense, the "auto correct" is actually opposite, the nature of the curve makes it want to flip over so the curve is pointing up meaning any side cuts are VERY hard to align correctly. The main two main benefits of a curved sword is a better cutting ratio, and draw cuts being more naturally encouraged. You can very easily draw cut on a straight sword, but it feels less encouraged or natural despite being just as easy to do.

  • @justinianlucy6041
    @justinianlucy6041 8 месяцев назад +1

    Its doesn't work when simply dropped because theres no momentum acting on it, only gravity. All things fall at the same speed regardless of weight. Remember, a bicycle uprights itself only when it has momentum. At rest, the bicycle will just fall. Also the handle bars will self correct only if the axle is in front of angle of the forks. So for a sword, it can indeed level itself during a swing depending on the weight distribution

  • @Im-Not-a-Dog
    @Im-Not-a-Dog 7 месяцев назад +1

    "Clearly, youve never seen my special, ancient, secret, mystical backhand sword-drop strike. Hits every time and can cut through 25 war elephants at once."
    -Whimp Lo, Master of BullShitto.

  • @PrimarinaBay
    @PrimarinaBay 9 месяцев назад +110

    I love when my swords give me a bit more feet

    • @sithyuu7696
      @sithyuu7696 9 месяцев назад +4

      Ew gross 🤢

    • @thetravelingbard9178
      @thetravelingbard9178 9 месяцев назад +1

      Greatswords for the win

    • @dororo101
      @dororo101 9 месяцев назад +1

      I just imagined some “art” that I hope doesn’t exist… I saw a miniature that was like a sword familiar and I don’t want to ruin it by linking the thoughts :X

    • @doorwiththecabletv
      @doorwiththecabletv 9 месяцев назад +2

      What are u guys on about

    • @peterroberts4415
      @peterroberts4415 4 месяца назад +1

      Quentin Tarantino has entered the chat

  • @1Scimetar
    @1Scimetar 9 месяцев назад +16

    Another point about finding the edge alignment, the handle's shape may also change, as in how the pommel on the sabre used in this example pokes out towards the direction the edge is facing, with similar challenges to the cross guard, or the bar of metal separating the handle from the blade, like how the sabre's guard hooks down away from the leading edge and the up towards the trailing one.

  • @dezmondjohnson7888
    @dezmondjohnson7888 7 месяцев назад

    He look like the "Here in my garage" dude 😂

  • @whensomethingcriesagain
    @whensomethingcriesagain 5 месяцев назад

    Napoleonic war crimes simulator makes a strong case for the heavily curved swords

  • @anasain6590
    @anasain6590 9 месяцев назад +3

    The curve does HELP align the blade but doesn't auto correct. It makes things a bit easier. IMO the balance, balance poitn and taper of the blade also plays a bit of a role in that. Thank you for the video!

  • @Banished-rx4ol
    @Banished-rx4ol 9 месяцев назад +19

    Plus curved swords are superior on horseback they don’t get stuck and strike through targets. Hence why calvary sabers are all curved they are simply easier to use than a straight sword whilst on horseback

    • @Aereto
      @Aereto 9 месяцев назад

      Meanwhile the French Cavalry:
      Also the Patton Swords:

    • @Banished-rx4ol
      @Banished-rx4ol 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@Aereto The exception doesn’t disprove the rule lol, majority of calvary sabers are curved. You can tell a culture really values calvary if their swords are curved like the mongols, arabs, etc

    • @DehydratedDarkness
      @DehydratedDarkness 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@Banished-rx4olOttomans weren't that focused on cavalry. Poles switched from mainly axes to swords when mimicking the Persians afaik

    • @Banished-rx4ol
      @Banished-rx4ol 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@DehydratedDarkness They did for a short period but still kept the curved swords. In fact a lot of arab swords were straight until they adopted the curved design

    • @advakart4208
      @advakart4208 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​​@@DehydratedDarknesstımarlı sipahis and sipahis in general were very abundant in the earlier stages of the ottoman empire, although their usage declined as the tımar system itself declined due to many factors, among them economic stagnation in the empire and corruption in the tımar system. but yeah it wasn't a central focus like mongols or other steppe nomads

  • @ericstock9987
    @ericstock9987 7 месяцев назад +1

    one cool thing with curved swords is they deflect blades rather than locking into a bind so you fight with them differently

  • @PiadasEyer
    @PiadasEyer 5 месяцев назад +1

    Curved ones can tailgate & Swing extra length on lift off....

  • @someperson5575
    @someperson5575 8 месяцев назад +13

    The striking technique when using a curved sword is also important here. During a blow with a curve, the sword should not just cut like an ax, but should constantly move during the blow itself, also “sliding” along the surface when touching it. At least it works better for me this way.👍

  • @jstar3382
    @jstar3382 9 месяцев назад +7

    eh whatever i like the double edge, more versatility

    • @stixinst5791
      @stixinst5791 9 месяцев назад +5

      The stab is a really important option to have

    • @1saact253
      @1saact253 9 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@stixinst5791both can, the curved even has ways to stab behind the defense, you just have to work around it.

    • @dragon12234
      @dragon12234 9 месяцев назад +10

      @@1saact253 the thrust of a straight blade is more powerful as it's a straight line. The tip of a curved blade will always be slightly off-line, so you have to put in power to combat the rotation

    • @dragon12234
      @dragon12234 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@1saact253 the thrust of a straight blade is more powerful as it's a straight line. The tip of a curved blade will always be slightly off-line, so you have to put in power to combat the rotation

  • @akumablitz9655
    @akumablitz9655 4 месяца назад

    They also have the advantage of cutting better due to their shape leading to more of a slicing motion because the curve slides against the target while straight swords lead to more of a chopping motion that swings straight into the target like an axe

  • @RAmi_RAmi247
    @RAmi_RAmi247 3 месяца назад +1

    The curve one called ( The Damascus sword )

  • @sojournertaylor6897
    @sojournertaylor6897 9 месяцев назад +5

    It’s honestly kind of amazing that people were smart enough to make such well-designed weapons

    • @corpsefoot758
      @corpsefoot758 8 месяцев назад

      Never underestimate human beings’ enthusiasm for innovating murder

    • @rickymartin4457
      @rickymartin4457 8 месяцев назад +4

      Are you trying to indirectly imply people back then were dumb?

  • @notslow4970
    @notslow4970 6 месяцев назад +11

    The main difference is that you got more sword for less space with a curve sword, very useful in crowded battles, ships or on horseback

    • @axel9473
      @axel9473 4 месяца назад

      What do you mean by "more sword"?

    • @Un1234l
      @Un1234l 4 месяца назад

      ​@@axel9473
      Because the blade of a curved sword bends from vertical into a more horizontal shape, you have more metal to slice with in a similar height.

  • @flyfishermannick3632
    @flyfishermannick3632 Месяц назад

    Curved also has more cutting surfacd (slicing is better) and that cutting surface is all hitting on a smaller spot. Meaning all the force from your swing makes contact in usually a smaller area.

  • @a.happyman
    @a.happyman 7 месяцев назад

    Wisdom from the guy fighting cartoon boxes. Thank you, sensei.

  • @masnav1
    @masnav1 9 месяцев назад +4

    We had a curve blade of iraq that my great father made, it's was curve to the enemy ( the the opposite direction) .
    What your thought on those swords?
    I figured its better at disarming and such

    • @draconian_dragons6588
      @draconian_dragons6588 9 месяцев назад +2

      Look up the kukri it’s like that and was used in combat by i think Tibet?

    • @mizu5668
      @mizu5668 9 месяцев назад +1

      Look up both the falx and the sica, both curved swords that point 'towards' the enemy

    • @redclayscholar620
      @redclayscholar620 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@draconian_dragons6588Nepal actually. I have one. Very good for chopping.

  • @asdfjoe123
    @asdfjoe123 9 месяцев назад +11

    Saying any sword is better, because of a single trait, is immediately sending up red flags: There are no "best swords" based on a single trait, such as blade shape.
    Most fake-expert weebs argue katanas are the best swords but this fake-expert is simply a different flavor of weeb.

    • @jonajo9757
      @jonajo9757 9 месяцев назад +2

      Weeb? He literally just said "curved swords feel a certain way".

    • @Dautar748
      @Dautar748 8 месяцев назад

      why do you sit like that?

  • @GrassWarlock1
    @GrassWarlock1 4 месяца назад

    I like the part where he said: "give you more... H- feed-"

  • @MrSailing101
    @MrSailing101 9 месяцев назад +18

    Japanese swords aren't curved for any reason related to cutting prowes. They're curved to compensate for Japan's low quality iron ore resulting in steel that contracts at different rates between the hard blade and soft spine.

    • @2406west
      @2406west 8 месяцев назад

      they actually do that on purpose. they usually put clay or something around the spine so it cools at a different rate and causes a curve

    • @MrSailing101
      @MrSailing101 8 месяцев назад

      @@2406west but the purpose of the clay is to control the hardness first, and the curve is still a byproduct

    • @2406west
      @2406west 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@MrSailing101 but youre making it sound as if the curve wasn't intentional, like it was just due to the quality of metal but thats not the case. they made them like this purposely. another big reason is because curved swords are better on a horse than a straight one

    • @MrSailing101
      @MrSailing101 8 месяцев назад

      @@2406west LONG swords are better on a horse, curve has nothing to do with it. And Samurai on horseback used spears and bows, never swords.

    • @2406west
      @2406west 8 месяцев назад

      @@MrSailing101 the curve actually is better for horseback because of the angle of the swing. and i didn't say it was their primary weapon i just said it worked better than straight swords on a horse

  • @brookelord3448
    @brookelord3448 9 месяцев назад +5

    You can see the cutting difference better using kitchen knives. Meat cutting blades have at least some curve. All-purpose blades have an edge thats mostly straight. Curved blades are not good for chopping firm vegetables.
    I think you covered this in another video but heavier straight swords are better against armor and a curved sword cuts through flesh better when there is no armor.
    You could demonstrate the cutting difference if you use an overhead camera angle and cut 20 pool noodles together.
    You'll find the curve is more effective at cutting through more noodles but the balance means youll be cutting at a different angle. The straight sword will be able to cut straighter but will do less damage to the group of noodles because the angle is slightly different for each noodle. The noodles with less damage will show the ineffective cutting angles of the straight sword.

  • @user-ie9cp5qp7f
    @user-ie9cp5qp7f 4 месяца назад

    “Gives you a bit more FEEB-“ ~ this dude 😔

  • @samirabdel-aziz478
    @samirabdel-aziz478 4 месяца назад

    No matter how many times I tell my exes this, they never believe me.
    Thanks for having my back!

  • @ariesfaturrahman7982
    @ariesfaturrahman7982 9 месяцев назад +3

    "Did you see those Curved Swords from Hammerfell? They was used by Warriors of Hammerfell. WARRIORS. of Hammerfell."

  • @Spubbily01
    @Spubbily01 9 месяцев назад +8

    My argument for why curved blades are better:
    1. The Katana is a curved blade
    2. I like the Katana, it's cool

    • @JOJO-kh9ck
      @JOJO-kh9ck 8 месяцев назад

      True.... It's look gives +150 damage..

  • @Parapon3ra
    @Parapon3ra 4 месяца назад

    The purrfect sword for the supreme gentleman.

  • @smlyblkct
    @smlyblkct 5 месяцев назад +1

    With the same length, curvy sword have a longer sharp surface

  • @MadLad_Poli33
    @MadLad_Poli33 9 месяцев назад +8

    Gay swords vs straight swords 💀💀💀💀💀☠️☠️

  • @RealityKV
    @RealityKV 8 месяцев назад

    The machete makes love to the Katana for 5 rounds in a row.

  • @llemn5118
    @llemn5118 4 месяца назад

    the MAIN reason (to my knowledge) is that when you make a cut with a curved sword, its a lot easier for the sword to turn a normal cut into a drawing cut

  • @happymonk4206
    @happymonk4206 7 месяцев назад

    The curve when slashing allows the user to sheer through the target instead of chopping. It's more efficient and less energy is expelled.

  • @Omnicloud7strife
    @Omnicloud7strife 5 месяцев назад

    I always enjoy when the sword videos go, “They’re both good for different reasons.”

  • @henrikeriksson9234
    @henrikeriksson9234 3 месяца назад

    Holy crap! I had no idea that I needed to know this.

  • @maddyk92
    @maddyk92 8 месяцев назад

    I’ll make sure to remember this when i’m in my next sword fight 😅

  • @corvuscyrus
    @corvuscyrus 6 месяцев назад

    "You see those warriors from Hammerfell?"

  • @adityasharma1097
    @adityasharma1097 5 месяцев назад

    Curved talwar along with a round sheild make a deadly combination.

  • @admirallongstash8056
    @admirallongstash8056 7 месяцев назад +1

    That kilij looks awesome!! Where did you get it?

  • @Thoughshaltnot
    @Thoughshaltnot 8 месяцев назад

    Khalid ibn al-Walid would probably die of laughter watching this. He broke nine swords in one battle

  • @hasanyilmaz8411
    @hasanyilmaz8411 5 месяцев назад

    We have an expression in Turkish originating from the design of this sword. We say "enselendin" when you get caught unexpectedly. It means you got caught by the neck.

  • @qulzam685
    @qulzam685 4 месяца назад +1

    It's always the man behind the sword.