Stephen is still my hero; "It's my island"

@timothycampbell495

8 ай бұрын

Aye, King Stephen The Irish was the best played character in the movie. Best line: "The Lard tells me he can get me oota this. But you... may be fookt!"

@ahwilson1744

8 ай бұрын

"In order to find his equal an Irishman is FORCED to talk to GOD."@@timothycampbell495

Regardless of fact or fiction, this is a great piece of history and is theater enough to bring about a sense of National Pride. Thank you for an excellent video.

I really love geeking out on these videos you do. Great work and presentation by the entire team.

I’m beginning to question whether Scotland itself in fact exists. Point 1: Nessie Point 2: Sobieski Stuart’s Point 3: Origins of whisky and the Book of Kelly’s disputed Point 4: Many so-called “Scots” came to America from Ulster Point 5: I’m pretty sure there is no wild haggis. Point 5: I’ve never seen a bottle of Irn Bru except in pictures And now this!

@highlander7124

8 ай бұрын

The Unicorn is the national animal

@brojajacra

8 ай бұрын

Scotland definitely exists, I live here and have drank a whole bottle of Irn Bru. never seen nessie or a wild haggis though XD

@Serenity_Dee

8 ай бұрын

Having had an entire six-pack of Irn Bru, I certainly believe that Scotland exists, because only a people who decided that their national flower is the thistle and invented golf could possibly decide that stuff is their national soft drink. To my American palate, it tastes like bubblegum more than anything else. Also, the Scots may have invented whiskey, but it's the Irish who gave it to the world. (Disclaimer: I have English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, so I can take the piss out of any of them.)

@James-dq3jo

8 ай бұрын

@@Serenity_Dee Does the recipe involve eye of newt and toe of frog?

@brojajacra

8 ай бұрын

What sort of Bubblegum do you have over there? Irn Bru tastes loke no bubblegum ive ever had@@Serenity_Dee

Fascinating history and excellent production! Great work!

Well done,Erik. I enjoyed this style of video from you guys and the channel. 🤙🏼

Thoroughly enjoyed this, Erik. Thanks to everyone at USA Kilts for putting together another great video. I learn so much from all of you.

Thanks for another great and informative episode. Before watching this I had thought the sword was a total hoax, but now I am going to let myself believe that some small fragment of metal was once wielded by the man himself. But, as an adopted MacLeod, please don't do an episode debunking the Fairy Flag of Dunvegan. To quote Angus Macfadyen, "I want to believe".

The sword of Brian Boru of Ireland has a similar questionable back story. The sword displayed for years is missing and still being sought. Mystery! Erik should do a story about it around St. Patrick’s day!

Excellent and well researched vide I dont think any part of it is Wallaces sword but It also doesnt really matter to Scots and the monument serves its purpose as a symbol for Scottish pride patriotism and is a great visitor attraction

Thank you Eric for all the work you put into this video I thoroughly enjoyed it and I was fascinated by the history.

Cool video. Interesting research.

Thank you for the work you put in on this, Erik and team! It is fascinating to consider these sorts of historic markers and relics, and I do appreciate your comment at the end-- does it matter how much truth there is in the mythology behind them if they serve their intended purposes of rallying national pride and providing a touchpoint to history? I feel it does matter some, but not enough to dismiss items like the Wallace sword as useless hoaxes. After all, maybe there is some special steel hiding in that sword👍

If it's not the sword that Wallace himself welded then it should not be labeled as so. It should only be recognized as a period piece and not represented as authentic without verification.

@rgemail

3 ай бұрын

I would definitely agree in a museum setting - a tribute monument to the guy who lived centuries ago doesn't seem to have the same rule book as accredited institutions. I think the description placard does hedge some on how 'authentic' it is, memory fails me. I think as far as they're concerned, they named it "The Wallace Sword", which isn't directly saying it was HIS sword, it's just named after him.

Awesome video Erik.

This reminds me of a time in the 1990s when a group I was with opened for the Animals and the Yardbirds. Both having no original members were much like the Ship of Theseus.

More content like this please!

Thank you, sir! (So, biggest sword equals 'hero'?)

Awesome work

I've seen it, and I'm glad I was informed ahead of time of its real origins. Can you imagine how many people flow through that monument every day, and have deep emotional resonance to this fake trinket? Even further than that, how many people go to the monument solely because of the extremely fictionalized (aware of it or not) film? It brings up a a deep and surprisingly pertinent consideration for our times. Humanity is so susceptible emotionally to the stories we tell ourselves; a strong-willed devotion to lies that make us feel good, the things we desperately want to be true, whether or not they have any basis in reality or fact.

Awesome intro

I have a replica of the "Wallace Sword" from Braveheart. I know it's not literally the one that Mel Gibson wielded as William Wallace, but every time I unsheathe and brandish it, a part of me believes it is. There's an undeniable magical charge to these artifacts, and in some ways, their material authenticity is irrelevant, just like the ship of Theseus.

It is the submarine of Theseus as that ship has been well and truly sunk!

I'm a Wallace. Been to Stirling and seen the sword. William was a really big guy. He could have wielded a sword this big. So i chose to believe it possible.

@cmosarch5285

Ай бұрын

Claymores weren't in use until 300 years after Wallace died. Neither were kilts.

@blaiselorenzen8753

21 күн бұрын

@@cmosarch5285longbows weren’t used for hundred of years but one fucker used one in ww2

Wallace his statues are humongous. He stood nearly 8 foot by most accounts of the time he was a giant guy with a compatible sword that’s the way it’s told and the statue’s show him to be eight or 9 feet and the sword looks like it fits him at that size. It actually looks like it may be a bit under size for the guy in the statues.

I think it's most likely that "the Wallace sword" is a reproduction made for later display as a show of national pride, but I don't think it's impossible that Wallace would've welded a two handed sword. Based on historical accounts, William Wallace was a huge guy, and being a nobleman from the region it's not out of the question that he would've had a sword custom made to his specifications. That being said I could just be that a hand a half sword would've fit easily into one hand for him and that for regular people on the battlefield it's a two handed sword. Alternatively, it's a hand and a half sword made to his specifications which would've granted it the length of a classic longsword which would've picked up on popularity among nobility only 60 or so years later. There's a similar debate about swords found in France during the transitional period between Viking swords and arming. swords.

I do not think any part of this sword did belong to William Wallace. And even though the Scots can rightfully be proud of their history, I do not think that this sword should be a symbol of that. Because the sword is a hoax, a lie. The symbol of Scottish pride should be something that is proven to be true. They deserve that. None the less this was an interesting video. Thanks Eric and team for putting it together!

@BCSchmerker

4 ай бұрын

@_Michiel_ *The **_Cleideamh mór_** postdated the Scottish Wars for Independence.* Infantry warfare evolved to a point where a "bastard sword" on a two hand hilt was useful for smashing through ranks of pikes and/or glaives, after _Landsknechte_ in German Central Europe in general, and _Doppelſöldner_ in particular.

We all know that if a sword isn't triple-bladed, and shoots two of them, it ain't a sword! 😁

@Serenity_Dee

8 ай бұрын

oh my god THAT MOVIE

As someone that has carried and used swords in mock battles for decades I believe you are spot on, Erik. No one that I know would have carried or used such an unwieldy weapon in the field, especially on horseback which is my background. That being said you summed it up nicely with the statement that we, whatever nation or culture we are, do need heroes and as such that sword is as good an emblem as any. Here in Texas, my home, we have David Crockett's rifle at the Alamo, but do we?

@roguerebel6297

8 ай бұрын

Claymores amd great swords were regularly used in battle

@nadjasunflower1387

2 ай бұрын

@@roguerebel6297 yeah, but they weren't even invented yet or come to Scotland when Wallace was battling for independence.

@nadjasunflower1387

2 ай бұрын

most of the Scottish armies were on foot anyway. Including Wallace himself, they only had a very small cavalry contingent, that never seemed to truly stick around for battles.

wallace isn't known to have been a knight . it's thought he was as it's unlikely he would have been able to gather such a following if he wasn't ,but very little is known about him before his rise to power .

@nadjasunflower1387

2 ай бұрын

he was knighted after the battle of Sterling bridge, and was the 2nd son of minor nobility. (mother was a lady, father was a knight - if i remember right)

Great presantion, Iwill continiu to push my motto, Kindness is still free, get on board the Peace train! Say to your self gang ' Kindness is still free.' U have my permissi to use it! I will continue to push th EV folk to get Ally a major corp gig, Highlander out.

The Wallace Sword! Is that the sword of my ancestors?

Fun fact: Wallace wasn't ethnically scottish, he was Brithonic !!

+USAKiltsOfficial *Thanks for the debunk.* Sir William Wallace packed an arming sword during waking hours; was trained in equestrian lance, crossbow, glaive and war bill. The petition o' the Producers of _Braveheart_ to build a Medieval-replica wooden bridge across the River Forth, the better to approach the topography for the Battle o' Stirling Bridge, was denied; so the Producers fell back on a glen suitable for re-enacting Bannockburn.

@veriasvincit

4 ай бұрын

sources?

claymore no way!!

Well said.. however I feel that the monument should recognize this fact as well and not call an elephant a rhino. I would have so much more respect for the monument if they would recognize it as “possibly containing parts from his original sword”. Until then, I have lost all faith and respect for it. How do I believe anything of what they say as real history.

It doesnea matta, donnea ferget tha gift shop on yer way oot. Oh theres nessie and tha fairy pools while yer aboot.

i think zwihander or bearing swords are sometimes heavier than that. its not impractical. also not a hoax just because its big date the metal and ask who they say had a sword like that your like wrecking history by taking parts you think don't fit out

sounds like somthing wee scotts would do

Agreed.

12:34 "We need heroes" or "We need euros"? I daresay heroes generate tourism which brings in a lot of euros.

@rab210

22 күн бұрын

Scotland doesn't use Euros

Its well known as a fake being made up of at least 3 different swords

@USAKiltsOfficial

8 ай бұрын

Watch the video and see if we expose it as a fake OR if we think it's real!

@brojajacra

8 ай бұрын

Im watching. But I do know its fake @@USAKiltsOfficial

Brits will know ship of theseus better as triggers broom!

That sword or sword pieces can be scientifically dated dated

I think your saying the quite part out loud.

Look up triggers brush ! Fools and horses.

I'm more of a ThEseus man myself.

Simple its a symbol...

Just like George Washington's hatchet (an apocryphal story). Over the years the metal had deteriorated and was replaced, and over the centuries, the handle rotted away several times and was replaced. Still George Washington's hatchet?

Around 98% of hms victory in Portsmouth UK isn't original it rotted away years ago & the wood has been replaced over the years shame really.

broad sword! was a long does for 2 handed use.