I like the fact you actually try the things you talk about.

@leif3736

5 жыл бұрын

Yes this is what I like about this channel , you get some actual historical Information and then he is trying this stuff :)

@joedewitt3340

4 жыл бұрын

He's quite fortunate to have the opportunity to do these things, he's a pretty wealthy man.

Talos' reactions to the changes in position by the post, and especially when you sent the helmet flying, are amazing to behold. You can definitely tell that he's processing everything and trying to figure out what happened, and whether that warrants a skedaddle. Well done, sir.

@FlameDarkfire

4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna call any time a horse spooks a 'skedaddle' from now on.

@Metalhammer1993

3 жыл бұрын

You also saw that the second time Jason lowered the lance. Talos was raring to go. He saw the lance and knew he'd get the signal! He's a smart guy for sure!

I think it's safe to say Talos is the real star of the show

@ModernKnight

5 жыл бұрын

He is!

@bcaye

5 жыл бұрын

@@ModernKnight, no, I can't agree. He is magnificent, but he is partly so because of your affection and patient training to bring out those qualities. Your care for your horses is truly that of a knight. For those who don't know, Jason mucks out the stalls himself. That is true devotion. I understand, I have four cats. 6 litter boxes after I have been away working for 3 days=unconditional love. Can't imagine doing that for even more creatures the size of horses!

I used to be an adventurous KZread history podcaster like you, until I took a Lance to the eye

@metaltsigga

4 жыл бұрын

This deserves a lot more upvotes :D

@allim.5941

4 жыл бұрын

Bori Korom And all God’s people said “Amen”.

I do assume proper medieval age horses would perform better because they didn't have to keep their sexy rockstar hair out of their eyes

@thepariah3516

5 жыл бұрын

This comment 👆

@Mysticthered

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing then I realized when the horse is running the hair is blowing backwards anyway so it's not a huge deal I bet

@CZProtton

5 жыл бұрын

As would the knight, in fact. Medieval knights had short hair, having it grown long was considered womanly or barbaric, based on how well you kept it.

@lucyhuppert6694

5 жыл бұрын

@@CZProtton I heard that they did keep it long, so that they could put it up under their helmets, acting as a second layer of padding. I'm not sure though, it could depend on the time and region I suppose.

@CZProtton

5 жыл бұрын

@@lucyhuppert6694 That is just completely false. I have never heard of that. The only people that had long hair and beard were Bohemians and they were considered barbarians for it. In contrast, we do have the Templar order regulations that do state a knight should have short hair as it not being a hindrance in combat. From my experience, short hair under a helmet is much better than long hair. Longer hair gets in the way. As for extra padding, that is weird because if you want extra padding, just get one more layer of cloth into your padded cap? It makes no sense to wear longer hair for it.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

@DavidM-um2uk

5 жыл бұрын

Then it's a sport

@dumusstarbeiten5063

5 жыл бұрын

@@DavidM-um2uk lmao

@allim.5941

4 жыл бұрын

We found the etiology of the saying, lol.

My favorite videos on this channel show how Jason interacts with his horses. I've worked with a number of formerly abused animals, including my current dog and my favorite horse ever, and I find it so incredibly satisfying to watch the communication and trust between horse and rider when the horses are clearly well cared for, loved and respected. Also, the fact that the horses receive first billing is wonderful (and only as it should be)!

I found myself smiling through out this video, because you can see how much you love what you do. I only found your channel by accident and I'm hooked I've watched every one of your videos this last week and was sad when I realised I'd gone through all of them, so I was really happy when your new video popped up. I love all your horses, but i must admit to having a soft spot for Talos from the first time I saw him, he is very handsome as so calm though I know he gets that from his rider you know what you are doing so he doesn't need to really worry about anything. I started riding at age 5, 61 years ago, never had a lesson so had many bad habits, had an uncle who was a jockey, he saw me ride once and said afterwards he had no idea how I stayed on the horse as hed never seen so much daylight between a riders legs and the horse/saddle, but stay on I did. I always wanted a horse but sadly it never happened, I'd have been happy with any kind of horse, but Talos was my dream horse the way he holds himself his mane, he seem a very honest horse, how many hands his he as you say he's bigger that a medieval horse. Love all your videos looking forward to the next.

@weezyfidelis787

5 жыл бұрын

Your a bit of a creeper aren't you?

@laurenmclain6378

5 жыл бұрын

@@weezyfidelis787 What a rude thing to say in response to a wonderful comment.

@laurenmclain6378

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry some people are just rude for the sake of it. I've never understood trolling other people's comments. I started riding when I was 9, I'm 43 now. I think Talks is absolutely beautiful! Judging by the rider's size and how he fits the horse, I'm going with 16, possibly more hands. He looks like a pretty big horse to me. I really want to know what breed of horse he is? I was hoping he'd mention it in the video or description, but no luck in either one.

@lizzyscorner

4 жыл бұрын

Lauren McLain I think he might be a Spanish horse (PRE horse). He has the looks of one, the build and the neck. Plus they generally are calm and steady horses.

@UrbanSelfSufficiency

3 жыл бұрын

@@weezyfidelis787 I think you're the creeper, mate.

That was most impressive! Now if you imagine that the boys to become knight trained from a very young age, one can only imagine which level of accuracy they could reach. Really terrifying, if you think about it...and Talos really did exceptionally well.

@kingsford6540

4 жыл бұрын

Not only the knight but a horse that he may have already been to war on, possibly more than once.

The smaller the topic your videos focus on, the better they get. Experiments such as these gives the viewer little windows into how it was to actually live was like back in those days, and gives a real appreciation for the work people put into their craft. Talking about training your horse not to get spooked by the lance, the quality and design of the helmet, the technique of holding and aiming your lance: it paints a picture of life.

Even if you didn't hit their eye, it would knock their head around pretty good, wouldn't it?

@ryanessex7978

5 жыл бұрын

They'd be lucky to stay on the horse with a blow like that.

@DeltaGreenA

5 жыл бұрын

Yup. That second blow would give a nasty neck crank on someone. It would almost certainly knock them senseless, possibly sprain/break the neck. At that point, the lance actually penetrating the eye socket is overkill for the purposes of knocking them out of combat.

@filiprakic1485

5 жыл бұрын

It is possible that most armoured mounted knights in battles died from a broken neck inury (from a good lance hit) rather than the opponent's lance penetrating armour. I have read somewhere that a Venetian doctor examined the dead men-at-arms after the Battle of Pavia and concluded just that. Unfortunately i cannot provide a source for that now, but it sounds reasonable and likely.

@Beryllahawk

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it's movie myth or not, but not only would a broken neck be likely from a strong hit like that...tourney lances sometimes shattered from the forces involved, and men were injured from the flying bits of wood, which could get into that eye slot just by random chance. (Of course tourneys probably didn't allow competitors to aim deliberately for the head, but head injuries still happened a lot I bet.)

@oneandonlypoop7875

5 жыл бұрын

@@Beryllahawk King Henry II of France was actually killed in a jousting accident during a tourney he participated. A splinter from a shattered lance found its way into the slit of his visor and ultimately his eye socket as well(It was almost as if the lance shot another miniature lance that lanced his eye! haha). The possibility of such gruesome accidents does appear quite rare however.

This would absolutely knock out every single living being wearing a helmet. No matter how strong the neck muscles are or how prepared someone would be, that would kill. And thats it. Well shown. I like it.

"it isn't very good, it isn't very accurate, but it is metal" all metal music these days

@PalleRasmussen

4 жыл бұрын

Look for Heilung.

@narzoggash

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf

@clydewilliams6762

4 жыл бұрын

And then the winged hussars arrived!

@vildalaiback2020

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, not Maiden obviously

@luke1000005lwb

4 жыл бұрын

Anything prog debunks this

Sir Jason, as always, succeeds in both his chosen exercise and investigating his chosen subject matter. The most impressive part of the video, if perhaps you can classify such a thing, is how he engages the audience and how he shows his clear love for those beautiful creatures in his stable. I say this without pretense: well done... and thank you (and Talos!).

@vanivanov9571

5 жыл бұрын

Bit of a misunderstanding. He missed the eyeslot, just barely. It caught on the welded plate that's meant to prevent points sliding down into the eyeslot.

@FlymanMS

5 жыл бұрын

I read it in my fanciest British accent impression possible.

@YurimoHikashi

5 жыл бұрын

@@vanivanov9571 ok next time you try it

@weezyfidelis787

5 жыл бұрын

Wow you fucking creep.

@sharonkaczorowski8690

4 жыл бұрын

The first was not a negative response and quite polite. The negative response is both negative, rude and uncalled for. This is why I usually don’t read the responses!

You're doing a great job Kasumi, we want you to know that we recognize and appreciate all the hard work you're putting in and allowing us to continue enjoying this channel!

Another great video - thanks for all the work that goes into creating them! If you pause the video at 6:42, it does appear the lance tip caught on the band over the eyes and not the eye slit itself. I think it's still very impressive that you can hit an area that small with any amount of accuracy!

@nmccutcheon2243

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, and the last pass I slowed the speed to .25 and screen shot it over and over, then edited. It looks to have just grazed the top of the eye socket and sparked. So cool to see that.

@wobblysauce

5 жыл бұрын

Had the dint on the top of the eye slot and the marking on that top decorative piece on that return after it was set up again... Though if it was attached to a head it would have hurt.

Incredible! Would love to see from the perspective of the knight, maybe a GoPro within the helmet? Would be absolutely terrifying!

The fact that your horses name is Talos is awesome. Praise Talos god of Mankind in ESO

@muninrob

5 жыл бұрын

A lot more than just that, and most of these predate the elder scrolls franchise en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talos_(disambiguation)

@ChimpScape

5 жыл бұрын

Well not just ESO, the entire Elder Scrolls series

@yourebelscum3912

5 жыл бұрын

@Irrelevant SkiMask Nope, Morrorwind, Oblivion, Skyrim, ESO, and Skyrim DR. But you know pay me no mind lol.

@yourebelscum3912

5 жыл бұрын

Irrelevant SkiMask lmao I’m not mad at that.

Talos is even on the credits! What an amazing horse, I wonder how old he is. He's always curious and looking around whenever he heard a sound around him

Just love the personalities of all the horses, they all seem to greatly enjoy the training challenges which is very cool to see

I really like how you enjoy yourself in making these videos :) Big thanks to you and also to Kasumi. She does a great job. Just a few more videos and I watched them all :) Thanks again.

@ModernKnight

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

I also just want to say your horse tack is absolutely beautiful! From the white bridle and reins with the beautiful gold bit piece you use for Ghost to your saddles and gear....they're breathtaking! I love this channel so much!!!!!

Bravo Talos, Bravo! What a good boy! And you even got sparks on the last engagement. Huzzah to you both.

I love the horses in this series so much. They are such majestic creatures.

I’m once again impressed by your video, sir! It’s just awesome! It’s great how you explain and try the things you’re talking about and it’s special how you communicate with Talos, how you take your training session one step at time, giving him time to be confident with the target, then hitting it when Talos is comfortable and has a steady rhythm, and giving him time again to observe the target on the ground and understand that it’s not dangerous for him. That’s how horse training should be; the confidence and enjoyment of the horse should always come first! It’s also great the fact that Talos has just a little bit of foam on his lips, so he’s confident and comfortable with you hand and the bit in his mouth. Respect 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙂🙂🙂🙂

I love the grin on your face as you hit it the second time!

I think it's amazing how close you came while paying more attention to Talks than the helmet! Wonderful snapshot of training a warhorse! Thank you for your dedication.

Your channel and videos are so refreshing. Like growing up in the golden age of history channel when you could watch a whole day's worth of medieval documentaries.

I never knew this was THE Jason Kingsley. His company make the Sniper Elite games :)

I came across your channel yesterday(Lazy Sunday), I couldn't stop watching! Watched every one, absolutely fascinating bringing history alive!! Your horses are amazing. Loved the insights about the behaviour of your horses. Can you do more on each of their characters and what kind of character makes an exceptional war horse please. Thank you Jason for a very entertaining day!

@ModernKnight

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it all.

Please upload more videos!already watched all of ur vids. your channel is the most professional and most educational channel here in KZread,more educational than history channel.:)

@ModernKnight

4 жыл бұрын

We do our best in what little spare time we have, but thanks for watching them, it's most appreciated.

This channel is amazing thank you for All the info you give us !

I love your vlogs and cant wait for your next medieval series. I came across your video "What did peasants eat in medieval times" and I binge watched the whole knight series. You really got me interested in medieval and pre-medieval history. And now history vids and audio commentaries are about all I watch on youtube anymore. Thanks man!

I absolutely love that you click for speed. Many a time I've seen riders kick their mounts and I despise it. It shows the bond you have with your horses and the care you put in when interacting with them. You sir, are an absolute treat to watch.

Talos is absolutely magnificent. I love how he's included in the credits

Looked to me like on the second charge the spear/lance tip clipped the eye slot and deflected into the brass at the brow of the helm and then the momentum carried it off, so technically you hit it! Incredible

I love that your first priority is always your animals. I can see how much you love them.

Your videos are awesome! Keep it up!

Very fun video to watch, your horses are amazing as is your content and presentation. Thank you.

another fantastic video, keep up the good work. always enjoy your content and love historical based videos your make.

That's frightening indeed ! We had a discussion about lances vs armour on the XVthC armour group just a couple days ago. Someone mentioned archaeological evidence that men at arms had their neck snapped by precise lance thrust to the helmets. And there you are doing precisely that. It's valuable to have someone do these experiments for real. Thank you.

Bravo!! Love all your video! You really bring all to life! Your horses are beautiful and amazing’! Can’t wait for the next video. 👏🏻👏🏻💞💞🥰

You really sink into the saddle! Excellent horsemanship!

Great! Please more!!

I love how considerate you are of the horse. Great job hitting the eye slot btw!

Very nicely done! I was surprised how accurate you were.

'this is a sharp lance, spear … basically a stick with a point on the end' *likes the video*

Love all these videos. Very interesting to test these kinds of things

This was very very exciting!! In slow motion it is clear that you did not quite hit that eye slot, but you actually struck sparks off the helmet! That's pretty horrifying all on its own, imagine having suddenly sparks that close to your eyes...! And as a pure intimidation thing - I would imagine everyone on a battlefield already knew just how dangerous everything and everyone is, but I wonder, did the enemy knights ever just - well, panic in the face of an overwhelming charge? I don't suppose they'd do it more than once, as it would likely get them very dead, very fast. (Or, very dead later when their king got done with them!) Talos is superb! He's clearly very smart. Impressive indeed! Thank you for another wonderful video!

This channel is amazing i am really enjoying all your videos and learning a lot about the history thanks.

What a stunning horse ,cracking vid and the smile on your face was ace when you were at charge ;)

Talos is stunning. Warlord is such a character, but Talos is gorgeous!

I always love the respect for his animal partners in these videos.

Talos is such a beautiful tank.

I just adore his horses, so lovely!

You deserve more subscribers!

Man what a stud of a horse. That a handsome horse you got there. he’s freaking bad ass

Such good horses. You can see how attentive and focused they are.

The smile on his face right before he placed that helmet on the pole says it all. He enjoys this. And that makes it much more interesting to watch.

Talos is such a good, majestic boy.

Your so nice to your horse, that's really nice to see.

Talos is such a gorgeous horse he looks like he has a great personality and is willing to please.

this was awesome!

Awesome video! I love watching all of them. Even a hit on the head with that much force would do an incredible amount of damage to an opponent.

Great video showing the relationship between horse and knight - both living things working together!

You ard having such fun!

How often do you get to see something like this?! AWESOME video! such refreshing content on youtube

Love it - sounds like loads of fun. Some days I'd like to get on a horse and charge at something too LOL! You sure have some lovely horses!!

@ModernKnight

4 жыл бұрын

working with a good horse is a pleasure.

Well done mate!

Translation "a bit of luck" means "if I'm very lucky". All things are possible, the chances of hitting such a small target as the eye slots is low; just as the probability of winning the National Lottery is in the region of 1 in 100million, but nearly every week somebody scoops the jackpot. On the second pass the lance wasn't in the eye slot but caught on the brass strip above them, showing the danger that fancy metalwork was to a knight.

@maxlutz3674

5 жыл бұрын

For someone who can consistently hit a 4" target the probability is not that low. 4" is about the size of a palm of a hand and the eye slots have roughly the size of a finger. There was a realistic chance to hit the slot.

@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819

5 жыл бұрын

Max Lutz which is what I said, somebody will do it or will have done it although not very often.

It was fun to see the wonderfully rusty target helmet in it original polished finery in the Josh Gates' Knights Templar program. Wish he had interviewed Jason about how the Templars really lived. The Medieval lifestyle videos are some of MHTV's best.

Great stuff

Ty Jason, your'e awesome.

"It really does" - the exact moment Jason realized he's a dangerous man

It would be mightily interesting to see that helmet meet a spiked warhammer wielded from horseback. I am curious whether the additional speed of the horse can serve to make the impact of the backspike of a warhammer more powerful.

You sir have the best job EVER

Amazing skill.

wow, this dude is a joy to watch.

It would be interesting to see the view from the helm. I would put a mirror in helmet behind the visor, and put something like a GoPro in the "beak", angled up towards the mirror to see out the eye slots. It might be a little bit fiddly to get it aligned (and would require a different setting on the post), but it would be worth it to see an armored knight barreling down on you with a glance aimed at your head!

I love your respect for your horses!

I agree with your assessment, and the helmet itself provides some additional evidence that you are right. A narrow eye slit makes it harder to see out of the helmet. It was probably a balance between vision and protection - the narrow height means that lances/arrows/etc must have been a real threat. Excellent channel, I will watch every video you make.

Well done!!

Thanks!

@ModernKnight

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

"An approximation of a medieval helmet" :D Politely put. Nicely done! Especially with someone new to it like Talos here. Well struck too. Even though the bascinet worked. A pakistani somewhere is really proud now. ^^ I wonder if this vid is up on Modern Medievalist yet :D

Nice test and with a few more tries I think you would actually hit the eye slot (one glancing flat of the tip not withstanding) properly, the run you said was the actual eye slot hit is in fact when watched slowly a hit to the brass decoration. Still I for one would not want to be on the recieving end of any of those hits and I've had one guy try to get a halberd into the eyeslot of one of my great helms however he just glanced off and left a nice scratch across the slot as proof of just how dangerous medieval battles can be even in modern reenactment situations. Well done Talos.

Good boy Talos!

Such a beautiful horse!

Talos is just such a good boi

Very well displayed. I can't imagine what it must've been like to be on the receiving end of a blow like that. It makes me wonder if attempts on the eye sockets fueled some sort of modifications or enhancements to the helmets of the period. Or, if at all, was it a common target?

@eldorados_lost_searcher

5 жыл бұрын

You see an evolution in helmet design, culminating in the frog-mouth helmet. That one is a dedicated tourney helm, which bolts onto the breastplate, reducing the risk of neck injury and flying debris, but useless on the battlefield due to the restrictions on movement and vision. Ian Laspina at Knyght Errant has a series of videos on the development of armor, but he also has one dedicated to helmets, if you're interested.

@vyguardelite7874

5 жыл бұрын

@@eldorados_lost_searcher I am! Thank you Sir.

Wonderful horse!

This channel is cool!

I think u r possibly the most person I’ve ever “met”. #PositivityGoals. I’m a US Marine (no longer on active duty. We don’t use past tense on our status). I deployed to Iraq for one tour. I see some similarities in certain things I’ve seen in some of ur videos. Especially when it came to prepping for war. I guess war never changes. But as someone dealing with PTSD, I’ve been down lately, so thank u for being so positive.

@ModernKnight

4 жыл бұрын

Glad what we do might help you a little.

All Hail Talos!

Beautiful baby! Such a good job!!!!

At the end, Jason, when you're talking about your proficiency vs. that of a Medieval Knight...it made me think of motivation. While you are very good at this...you're motivation has never been to be good enough to kill anyone...especially someone who is trying to kill you. YOU know that no one you "fight" is going to have the pure motivation to end your life. Knights of Old KNEW when they were on the Battlefield...if their skills were not at their peak...they wouldn't be coming home. I think the perspective of "it's me or them" would be motivation to have one's skills at their highest. I am wondering if someone today could get their mindset to that point...which might therefore influence an increase in sharpening their skills.

@SonofSethoitae

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of knights were ransomed, rather than killed in battle. It was mostly the infantry who died.

There is a lot of junk on KZread, and some treasures. This channel is one of those treasures.

@ModernKnight

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

A beautiful horse and his long fore lock doesn't seem to impair his vision at all...LOL ofcourse when he moves fast the wind blows it back but I would be a bit scared jumping my horse with such a vision impairment...But since you are only riding at a pole at high speeds I guess it works. Nice video!

It’s really interesting to see how the horse behaves under these circumstances. It seems Talos enjoys himself. Even as a novice. I suppose over time a well trained horse would actually come to relish the fight, and become adept at actually assisting the rider to be more accurate and deadly.

3:46 Jason and horse have similar bangs :D

Such a beautiful animal