Great test. I think the stainless steel they use has relatively low amount of Chromium in stainless steel standard, probably around 12%, which is a lot lower than the 18% you find on conventional stainless steels like 440. Seems to be properly heat treated!
Thank you buddy! Yes they did a great job heat treating it. It goes to show how important heat treatment is. I heard Matthew Jensen say that he has seen some 1045 blades that have been heat treated better than some high end steels and have performed better
Yeah honestly stainless steel usually isn't that durable in large blades I agree with you I was expecting at least some small chips there but I am impressed by that! I also agree swords maybe meant to chop into the edges shields potentially but a shield is a thin piece of wood not a log! Lol So I agree chopping a piece hardwood that thick is fairly abusive. And for those people that say swords could come in contact with armor; this is true. But generally when you're using a sword against armor the idea is to go for the gaps in the armor not hit the armor itself, as hitting armor is far less effective & if it it metal armor it is far more likely to damage the edge.
I still don’t like the idea of stainless steel blades…however this one surprised me. Even with high carbon blades, people often have the impression that they should never get damaged. From what I understand, any sword of any steel, if taken into a melee combat with armor and other weapons, is going to take extensive damage.
@@mattamathics1108 I agree I'm weary of stainless steel usually at least in large blades. And taking swords into battle certainly meant they were going to be used and often used heavily! I'm not sure they always would take extensive damage but certainly they would show signs of use and often get dull, blunted, knocked, even broken. I mean they are tools of war and they are just made of materials. I think many people expect them to last forever because they like the ones they own and don't want them damaged. It's kind of like with cars people like their cars they want their cars to last forever but cars are certainly not meant to stay around forever and they do take damage and need repairs.
IMO it's supposed to be strong enough to chop wood with. In the ancient time, the Turkish warriors fought with swords and shields. Shields were either made of wood or metal. A truly functional sword should be strong enough to hold itself up to a shield. In other words, you should be able to chop wood with it.
Nice test, inspires me to pick one up. Skal literally wrecked a $2000 Albion cutting a twig the thickness of your finger and his comment section was full of copes as to why thats not a problem.
Skal is awesome, but people are trying to say 'but actually its a good thing because expensive' even though the video disproves it? man, the wealthy "buy a 2000 dollar sword if you want it to function" elitists in the knives & swords community are insane.
@@yharim180 True words. I have always believed that for us living in the real world, bang for your buck so to speak is an important quality for amateur enthusiasts.
@@abumorgan1421 hmmmm….some plastics are definitely harder and stronger than wood. I remember watching Matthew Jensen speak about how even high end steel katana blades have chipped on plastic bottle caps.
Like a lot of their designs, and this video definitely eases my mind about the steel they use. Good stuff.
Great test. I think the stainless steel they use has relatively low amount of Chromium in stainless steel standard, probably around 12%, which is a lot lower than the 18% you find on conventional stainless steels like 440. Seems to be properly heat treated!
Thank you buddy! Yes they did a great job heat treating it. It goes to show how important heat treatment is. I heard Matthew Jensen say that he has seen some 1045 blades that have been heat treated better than some high end steels and have performed better
I suppose my favorite of 6150 steel, if not treated correctly…..can drastically underperform!
Yeah honestly stainless steel usually isn't that durable in large blades I agree with you I was expecting at least some small chips there but I am impressed by that!
I also agree swords maybe meant to chop into the edges shields potentially but a shield is a thin piece of wood not a log! Lol
So I agree chopping a piece hardwood that thick is fairly abusive.
And for those people that say swords could come in contact with armor; this is true. But generally when you're using a sword against armor the idea is to go for the gaps in the armor not hit the armor itself, as hitting armor is far less effective & if it it metal armor it is far more likely to damage the edge.
I still don’t like the idea of stainless steel blades…however this one surprised me. Even with high carbon blades, people often have the impression that they should never get damaged. From what I understand, any sword of any steel, if taken into a melee combat with armor and other weapons, is going to take extensive damage.
@@mattamathics1108 I agree I'm weary of stainless steel usually at least in large blades.
And taking swords into battle certainly meant they were going to be used and often used heavily! I'm not sure they always would take extensive damage but certainly they would show signs of use and often get dull, blunted, knocked, even broken. I mean they are tools of war and they are just made of materials. I think many people expect them to last forever because they like the ones they own and don't want them damaged. It's kind of like with cars people like their cars they want their cars to last forever but cars are certainly not meant to stay around forever and they do take damage and need repairs.
IMO it's supposed to be strong enough to chop wood with. In the ancient time, the Turkish warriors fought with swords and shields. Shields were either made of wood or metal. A truly functional sword should be strong enough to hold itself up to a shield. In other words, you should be able to chop wood with it.
The Kil ij, kills, you get it? It keeeeels.
Nice test, inspires me to pick one up. Skal literally wrecked a $2000 Albion cutting a twig the thickness of your finger and his comment section was full of copes as to why thats not a problem.
Skal is awesome, but people are trying to say 'but actually its a good thing because expensive' even though the video disproves it?
man, the wealthy "buy a 2000 dollar sword if you want it to function" elitists in the knives & swords community are insane.
@@yharim180 True words. I have always believed that for us living in the real world, bang for your buck so to speak is an important quality for amateur enthusiasts.
What's the blade say
It's for to cut flash and bones not for trees you watch too much forge in fire
Strange mine got damaged with a plastic 🤡
Yours got damaged on plastic? What kind of plastic?
@@mattamathics1108 Regular plastic chair
@@abumorgan1421 hmmmm….some plastics are definitely harder and stronger than wood. I remember watching Matthew Jensen speak about how even high end steel katana blades have chipped on plastic bottle caps.
@@abumorgan1421 however…I beat the heck out of this blade on that piece of wood and had no problems.
Are these $250 or $200
250$
I want this plz
thanks man
a central Asian(Mongolic ) influenced design.
no
Not at all
Turkic Kilijs were first used during Göktürk Khaganate in 6th century which is like 700 years before Mongol invasion...
"Arrgh!" 🏴☠️ ☠️ 🦜