Game devs will see a sword like this and then proceed to give it a slashing animation

@jaega4247

Ай бұрын

That, and every strike will be telegraphed by a huge overhead swing.

@Njasey

Ай бұрын

or let people dualwield them.

@420Pezz-qc4nt

Ай бұрын

Bro, modern game Devs will see a sword like this and give it pronouns, let be real

@MasoTrumoi

Ай бұрын

​@@420Pezz-qc4ntI guess conservatives try to conserve everything which is why they only have one joke for all eternity

@420Pezz-qc4nt

Ай бұрын

@@MasoTrumoi I'm not a Conservative? Did you just assume my political affiliation ?? Not very progressive of you! Do you like, lose a stripe on your rainbow flag for that or...like how does your cult deal with stuff like that?

The car antenna comment made me feel old.

@sanalzam1

Ай бұрын

You are in good company!

@kaoskronostyche9939

Ай бұрын

How many of you lost an eye? Ahh, what great times!

@James44789

Ай бұрын

Don’t tell mum! 😂

@FiliiMartis

Ай бұрын

Bunny ears antenna on a TV? How's that making you feel, knowing that those (annoying) things used to exist. 😀

Maybe the German interest in dueling scars as socially significant extends back further than we believe? Because that blade seems optimized for inflicting that sort of light injury.

@TheDickBurglar

Ай бұрын

Exactly where my mind went too. That small edge looks perfect for delivering a cut to the face that would lead to a dueling scar.

@NotMeButAnother

Ай бұрын

That, or more generally for duels to first blood.

@carlcramer9269

Ай бұрын

This was my first thought as well.

That kind of tip is called a stramazone. Yes I know it's an Italian word but made in Germany but that's the only name I've ever heard for it.

@CZOV

Ай бұрын

Stramazone is the cut delivered with the tip, not the tip itself :)

@midshipman8654

Ай бұрын

italian was sort of a high language at the time. I could see it still being used in germany like how a french word for a particular subject might be used even in english (like en garde).

The fact that it flares ever so slightly towards the tip might help create a slightly bigger hole in fabrics to get the square cross section part through with less resistance.

As a cattle surgeon i know that having sharp edges at the tip of your needle is very important when trying to penetrate Cattle skin. You are not able to penertrate the leather with just the tip alone. The body of the Needle has to follow, and it can be very annoying when the tip of the needle is poking out at the other side but you can not follow through with the rest of the needle because the edges are to blunt.

@Redeye308350

Ай бұрын

Yes! I've got leather sewing needles that have a sharp triangular cross section near the tip, which is slightly larger width than the round shaft. They work much better than a basic round needle. The tip needs to cut a larger hole otherwise the shaft has too much friction to push through. I've broken quite a few round needles that have got stuck.

@-ManusAdFerrum-

25 күн бұрын

A saddler's awl. When the shape ( rhombic crossection) and the point (rounded, but sharp) are in correct condition, you are able to cut a hole into two layers of 5 mm cattleleather to sew it together. And some more holes too. Without using force or pressure.

We used to play musketeers with the old car antennas :)

@kaoskronostyche9939

Ай бұрын

My friends and I all used to have two eyes.

@NinePillar

Ай бұрын

Heh, ouch

@thomasrobinson8789

Ай бұрын

@@kaoskronostyche9939, skill issue. Now my friends and I used to be potent.

@Rakkitt

Ай бұрын

@@kaoskronostyche9939 now we all play pirates!

@kaoskronostyche9939

Ай бұрын

@@Rakkitt Of course! Cheers!

Weren't some duels fought to the first blood? Perhaps that tip was for such a specialized application?

In Solingen you can also visit the 'Klingenmuseum' (Museum of the Blades), which we quite like to do. Sometimes they even have workshop days - e.g. Montante.

@andrewshaughnessy5828

Ай бұрын

Sounds very interesting!

An interesting weapon indeed. I have a Swedish military instruction from a bit earlier in the period and it spends some time laying out which sidearms were allowed and not allowed for the cavalry (the men were responsible for providing their own arms). The author spends some time in banning not only 'rappirer' (rapiers) in general but also names a number of types by names which are almost impossible to connect to a type today but were clearly well known at the time. Among the types that were regarded as particularly unfit for military service were the Braunschweig thrusting swords and "four edgers". I wonder if the four edge name is a reference to this type of square blade?

Cool sword. I am absolutely loving this series. The great swords, the great background, along with your educated and learned commentary. Another great tidbit of wonderfulness. BTW, you are doing a god job of containing your complete delight at being there. I bet you feel like the proverbial child in the metaphorical candy shop. I know I would. Cheers!

Smith: How long would you like the blade to be? Customer: Yes!

the craftmanship displayed in this rapier is breathtaking. Literally state-of-the-art of that time.

That really is a clever blade profile and beautifully executed on this example! Somewhat surprising it isn't more common, seems excellent for the fencing style.

@thomasrobinson8789

Ай бұрын

The problem is not all rapier masters went that direction. For example, Spanish masters still used a lot of cutting and used swords that weren’t particularly long for rapiers.

@classifiedad1

Ай бұрын

I read another comment here from a cow surgeon that a sharp-edged tip is essential to piercing cow skins. I’m guessing it’s to better pierce leather-based armor like buff coats or brigantines.

In essence, chapped more like a squared, very oversized stiletto. The tip was very interesting, and so is the pommel.

Matt Easton goes Ian McCollum - roaming auction houses armed with knowledge and a camera. Very nice.

Your latest videos from the auction are fantastic! thank you Matt.

love love love the truly historical material in hand

For Solingen and the Bergisches Land area, the manufacturing was divided often in two stages... The forging was done in the main company but the grind was done in litle grinding mills spreading thruout the smal rivers in the area. Oh and please do not hesitate to tell me if I am wrong cos I am not a historian but intersted unprofesional... Much more profesional I am in steel making.... The steel for the stuff made in the Solingen area is mostly from the Siegerland area, specialy in the early days. The sigerland area is famous for iron ore mining since about the 11ct and iron smelting for sure. There were mines in nearly every hill and on the riversides were many iron smelters and water driven hammers to purify the iron from the smelters and forge them ino usable barstock. At least in the 15th ct the deforestation reached its peak and the lokal nobility interfeared with a law or rule for foresting buiseness caled "Haubergswirtschaft", that means simply the buiseness of hacking on the hills. Since then the free forests were devided in plots for foresting but not per family or noble. Every famaly gets a schare and a coucill decided what plot is ready for harvesting. Biside that there are always some trees left to have more building material. Thin stock goes into charcoal making. The bark goes for tanning leather. And for sure some gose for build out the mines, Sad to say there is nothimg left of this tradidions except the names of vilages and places. Before I forget... the legend says, that the famous smith Wieland came from my reagon ( I am actualy living there 😆) who forged the sword for..... was it Hildebrand from the Siegfrid saga? Thank you for the nice video.... I always enjoy watching.

@kanonierable

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the interresting information! Btw. The famous sword of unmatched beauty and sharpness that Wieland made to compete against the armour made by King Neidings master blacksmith Amilias bears the name "Mimung" in honour of his first teacher, the dwarf Mime. Wielands father had put him there as an apprentice because of Mimes reputation as the most skilled of all metalworkers. The problem was, that at the same time young Siegfried was also working in the forge and he was abusing his coworkers by administering heavy beatings to them on a daily basis. When Wielands father heard about the situation he took his son out from Mimes workshop and instead made an arrangement with two other dwarfs, who were most famous for their skill in working steel. gold, silver and precious stones into objects of exquisit beauty and superb quality and after three years Wieland had become so proficient that his craftsmanship surpassed that of his teachers. The two dwarfs then tried to kill their student but failed and were slain themselves. The sword Mimung finally ended up in the hands of Wielands son Wittig who became one of the companions of Dietrich von Bern. The Wielandssage was always one of my favourites.

I'm Jealous.... it's way out of my budget.... but I want it !!

Beautiful car antenna. I want one!

Wow I’ve never seen a rapier like that thanks for sharing.

Love it! Thanks for showing us all these fascinating swords from the auction!

Thanks for the video ⚔️

You needed very high skilled weaponsmiths in the medieval era... 😊

Wonderful! What an interesting and specific design!

I uncharitably thought the tip may not only increase penetration ability but would certainly increase damage from a thrust. The difference between a broad head arrow cutting blood vessels compared to a target arrow, say, that would only punch a hole.

Another great tutorial! Love your knowledge of swords!

That is one beautiful sword. Love the hilt.

great series

How interesting. Thank you.

Rapiers are badass

BTW , Matt, loving this series ! Beautiful swords, wish I could buy one.

Oh my God!!! John Clements was actually right about flared tips!!!!

That is genuinely a really fascinating sword.

Wow, love it!!! 😍

An advantage of the flattened tip is also to widen the wound. more bleeding decreases the time before the opponent is no longer able to continue the fight. Plenty of duels ended when both participants bled out and died.

my new favourite sword

Brilliant dream killer duelist blade!

Just amazing

That is utterly fascinating to me for a slew of reasons. As far as the tip, Bill Bagwell's old book on designing, making, and using Bowie knives as dedicated fighters has a lot dedicated to the thrust. The tips on his knives aren't points but a small radius that is sharpened all the way around.

A beautiful weapon.

Would it be possible to do a follow up on blades you covered on what they went for at auction to give us insight on that these antiques are valued at today?

Those things are too dangerous even blunt to mess about with.

My only suggestion to all the other comments is that the unusual tip of the blade was, among other things, to strengthen the tip. Very sharply pointed blades have a habit of breaking at the tip. The F-S fighting knife was known for that, apparently enough for subsequent designs to have a shorter blade. Anyway, nice description. I'm an American, by the way, and I'm starting to pick up some proper English from you and certain TV shows. I was forever asking people to repeat themselves when we visited the U.K. a few years ago.

@stephenlevan6032

29 күн бұрын

Also as a cattle surgeon: A little inside baseball: many of us prefer "swedged on" suture which results in far less effort to pass through tissue which also reduces trauma to allow greater healing. This might be an opportunity for the very knowledgeable Gentleman to discuss the origins and applications of the terms: "forte" and "foible" - quite revealing.

Reminds me of the Micropike multitool-it’s a spike tipped with a leaf blade, but shorter and curved to conform along one’s waist.

Just wanted to mention; feel like that broad sword on the is also worth a video.

The square blade transitions to a square blade when it rotates by 45-degree angle. The only reason to do that is to align the tip for cutting, assuming you want to make the cutting edge on the edge of the rectangle. So that's another (weak) evidence for the cutting tip hypothesis. If it wasn't for those last few inches, I would have challenge this as being a sword altogether. It qualifies on a technicality, but that's one strange "blade". 😏 And that's how you can rank antique dealers and collectors. Some get excited when seeing a good piece of the most common known types, that ideal evidence of what it was. Other love to see outliers that were probably unique then and are unique now. P.S. When he asked the country, I was like: Germany, but I see the cup type on English transitional rapiers (but not so much that pommel).

That reminds me of the tip Albion Swords had on their Zorro-themed colichemarde, and I very much want to commission a sword with a similar blade to that Albion partially because of how striking that spear-tipped smallsword element is.

Fascinating..you can see where the schlager derives its form from.

@brittakriep2938

Ай бұрын

Schläger. The word Schlager also exists, but this is a music style.

There are some absolutely choice examples in this auction. It must be wonderful just to be able to examine them.

My eye has been constantly drawn to this sword on the wall behind you. Lot number 152.

Great video Matt! Love the auction review series. I know it is impossible but are you ever tempted to fence with these original artifacts from the era?

Maybe it make the wound channel bigger!

I have a replica trench knife made by Boker Solingen, absolutely beautiful little knife, far more precise and well fit than any of the dozens of other handmade knives i own

I watched a couple of videos on German, particularly Prussian, duelling scars and the highly ritualised styles and regulated protective clothing they used to prevent too much damage. I wasn’t paying much attention to the actual style of weapon used but this item feels like it might’ve been used in a situation like that.

@brittakriep2938

Ай бұрын

Please, accademic fencing was and still is, practiced in german language countries. This means current Germany, Austria, Switzerland. On small level also Belgium, Poland, Lativia and Lithuania. Before 1866 all German states had been , German Federation. In 1866 Austria, Luxemburg and Liechtenstein left Germany . Liechtenstein had no university then, Luxemburg i don' t know. So it is nonsens to make in case of accademic fencing a difference between Prussia, smaller german states with an university or Austria/ Switzerland. The basics are the same, but some universities or unions of fraternities ( Burschenschaften, Landsmannschaften, Corps), called Waffenringe have different rules for Mensur bouts, so students, moving to annother university , sometimes need some time to learn other rules.

Looks perfect for the mensur.

Reminds me of hunting swords I’ve seen

@brittakriep2938

Ай бұрын

The Sauschwert has a tip in style of boarspear/ Saufeder.

Muy linda hoja.

Looks like the blade could really have been mostly for the purpose as others have said for first blood kind of duels. The tip of the blade is definitely important for aiding in penetration, but could also conceivably be used for draw-cuts, as opposed to slashing.

I've seen the Three Kings Heads of Solingen on swords, they go back a long way

That's no a rapier, that's a fence post from one of those old-fashioned wrought iron fences ...😁

Windlass needs to get on this

7:18 Exactly this. Wide/broad tips are not efficient in that at all.

That blade looks as narrow as a modern sport fencing epee!

Forgotten Melee Weapons

I think the square bit that is thicker up near the guard must have a purpose. If not they would have tapered the transition or something.

Clearly the blade was flattened to flip small flap jacks for breakfast. 🤣

Lupa dah secara Maya.. lebih kepada live session.😊😊😊

Built like a big sail needle

I'm your huckleberry. Just gimme ten seconds to draw my five-foot sword.

It's unusual because it actually has a sharp point!😃 Honestly though, I think people are going to become so accustomed to seeing rapiers with blunted training points on the KZread HEMAsphere that they're literally not going to know what to make of one that's actually sharp! For whatever reason, this does not seem to be the case with arming swords or longswords, but it definitely is regarding rapiers.

Шикарная рапира !

A broad-head arrow is optimised for cutting once it GOES INTO FLESH, slicing internally. I surmise that this blade is flared and edged for the same reason !

When will Windlass / Easton be making a reproduction of this Solingen rapier? Very much like this rapier.

Im gonna make that, I happen to have a bar of cpm-3v that is 80% of that blade lol very cool

Errol Flynn: "I'll take it!"

The tip of this sword reminds me of German "academic fencing". This is much later, but the goal in academic fencing is to get scars on your cheeks you can show off to brag with.

I would have thought that having the blade as a diamond point would be more effective for thrusting, then flare the blade out a couple of inches behind it for some cutting ability,were their a lot of blades like this or were they purely custom work I wonder , anyhoo cheers big chap😊all the best from sunny Troon

that blade shape has a nicer transition than i do aaaayyyyyyy amirite amirite edit: i know a couple of people that could also be classed as "edged weapons" lmaoaoao i'll stop xd

That is suuuuuuper interesting!! Kinda genius to. Im not normally a rapier guy but that sword is styling😻 Hell, if one were good enough or lucky you could even whap an assailants finger off with that bad boy.

This blade also seems to support the idea of "civilized duels". The goal of which was to win by "first blood" but not to end the opponent.

@kanonierable

Ай бұрын

I think the exact opposite is the case, this blade is all about running someone through the body with a thrust. This is an extremely deadly weapon. Everybody thinks that a duel with "heavy sabers" is the most badass, serious kind of encounter and that the so called "Galanteriedegen" was merely a toy worn by fops. A cut with the first kind of weapon is seldom fatal but a thrust through the torso with the slender, extremely quick blade worn in the second half of the 18th century will most likely kill you.

Possibly a naïve comment, but it seems to me that the tip is ideal for civilian self-defence. If I got attacked by a footpad, I would probably prefer not to skewer them - corpses mean paperwork. However, the ability to slice a hand or a cheek could be a real deterrent.

Why do some blades not have a ricasso? I think it can allow a thicker tang through the guard.

Emosío engao

Is it a rapier or an estoc? Yes, I know that the hilt is rapier style. The tip looks like an estoc or the sword used by bullfighters.

Could this have been optimized to draw first blood in a duel with the option to go for letal thrusts if desired/required?

When did the Heidleburg fencing scar come into vogue? This looks like a great tool to get or give a scar.

@brittakriep2938

Ай бұрын

The townname is Heidelberg. Berg means mountain, and Burg means a medieval fortified castle. Many german towns end with -burg, because a Burg was first building there. And german name for Edinburgh is therefore Edinburg.

Quick question,how stiff is the blade?

"Offer me money. Power too; promise me that. Offer me everything I ask for." "Anything. You. Want." "I want my father back you son of a bitch." - Inigo, demonstrating proper use of this fencing style

Possibly of the type of fencing rapier. It would surly give one that lovely facial scar the Prussian/Germans were so fawned of. 0~o

Just making sure that I understand correctly. You said that the base was actually a hexagon because of flattened corners. Did you actually mean octagon, or are only two flattened corners? In any case, interesting video.

When Fire Emblem rapier sword.

You made a video years ago about rapiers used in tournament being too light to be considered effective cutters. Do you still think that’s an issue? At what weight per length would you draw the line?

Mr Easton, a question: blade made in Solingen, understood. Was the mounting cutlered in Germany too, or could it reasonably be from other countries too? Or is that Papenheim hilt so gosh darn German? Nice sequence of videos, appreciated. Regards, Gus

@scholagladiatoria

Ай бұрын

It's been described as Northern European in the catalogue. I suspect it's German, but it could have been hilted in a neighbouring country....but probably it's all German.

I assume the square cross section makes the blade more ridgid in the thrust as well, right?

@scholagladiatoria

Ай бұрын

Probably, though I'm not certain without testing, which obviously I can't do in this case.

@dynamicworlds1

Ай бұрын

@@scholagladiatoria of course

Matt it's there so you can write that cool "Z" that Zorro does 😂

Maybe at the time this rapier was created there was tradition of duels to first blood? If so, this rapier would be over-specialized for that specific purpose.

what would you do with this sword if the point brook off during combat?

@MaximillianRobesphere

Ай бұрын

Sometimes it made a sharper point to prod with.

@crestdazoltral7705

Ай бұрын

If it’s hard/brittle enough to break the new point will likely be sharp enough to poke holes in humans.🩸

I am curious - can an opponent grab the blade of such rapier with unprotected hand?