We love spears so much that when we invented the rifle, we immediately turned it into a spear by adding the bayonet.

@graphospasm5394

Жыл бұрын

Damn thats good

@QueueWithACapitalQ

Жыл бұрын

It's a shitty spear but pointy metal on the end of long wood is so simple and effective it works anyway

@The_Chef2511

Жыл бұрын

40k years in the future: Commisar: Guardsmen, fix bayonets! Prepare for glory!

@-John-Doe-

Жыл бұрын

Well, the shot in pike & shot formations essentially provided a handy, longer ranged Pike. The flintlock provided reliability in all weather conditions, and shot gradually replaced pike in formation. The bayonet ultimately superseded pike & shot. Even today, small arms are largely the same principle of poking holes.

@Isaac-LizardKing

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Chef2511the one thing missing from warhammer: long pointy sticks

"Most of the ago times" Its phrases like this that make me love this channel

@Charok1

Жыл бұрын

guess it's a british saying

@ThirdLawPair

Жыл бұрын

My favorite quote is when he said "no one invented big stick." In response to a comment claiming that the European quarterstaff was stolen from the Asian bo staff.

@Mechjeb661

Жыл бұрын

@@Charok1 I have never heard it.

@wisuwatbhosri9971

Жыл бұрын

Could have been a go go time.

@OrthoKarter

Жыл бұрын

@@ThirdLawPairChad lindybeige vs cringe asian larper who is racist against europeans

Spears were so good, we put them on bows

@BogdanTestsSoftware

Жыл бұрын

Crossbow? scorpion? wdy mean?

@Yes-gu2wn

11 ай бұрын

​@@BogdanTestsSoftwareHe's talking about the arrow...

@strawberrypuddin8919

11 ай бұрын

@@BogdanTestsSoftware I'm confused how you're confused here...

@oldman2800

11 ай бұрын

Then shortened them and called them bullets

@JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal

11 ай бұрын

Hell we even put them on guns!

Straight foward, always on point, and if it breaks you get two. Mankind's thrustiest friend.

@glenngriffon8032

Жыл бұрын

Behold, the noble stick. Weapon Walking support Dog toy Pointer Stirring implement Eating utensil Tooth cleaner Medical device Marital aid (for the brave or stupid) Where would we be without the stick?

@farkasmactavish

Жыл бұрын

Stick win every time.

@cavvieira

Жыл бұрын

Bravo, sir.

@JulieWallis1963

Жыл бұрын

"On point" haga, I see what you dud there 😅

@erikzahor529

Жыл бұрын

Yess

I love the fact that the deadliest weapon humans came up with ever is just a very long wooden stick

@erlint

Жыл бұрын

*A very long stick with a knife at the end

@Specter_1125

Жыл бұрын

Individually, it wasn’t the best possible weapon. If it was, halberd, bill hooks, pollaxes, and other pole arms wouldn’t have been used. However, spears are easy to make and simple to train large numbers of men to use.

@sirBrouwer

Жыл бұрын

@@Specter_1125 the thing is even those weapons are a variation on a spear.

@sirBrouwer

Жыл бұрын

no the most deadliest weapon came up with is fire in battle. 1 person with 1 spear could stop about 2,5 people at best. 1 person with 1 burning torch could destroy a village.

@ulaznar

Жыл бұрын

@@erlint In the beginning was just a sharpened wooden stick

A short about something very long - how novel.

@meyr1992

Жыл бұрын

its not that deep

@Abdul-Akeem_Akinloye

Жыл бұрын

​@@meyr1992It is.

@foximacentauri7891

Жыл бұрын

@@meyr1992but novel

@ollikoskiniemi6221

Жыл бұрын

​@@meyr1992but it goes deep inside any man who gets hit with it

@ezekielbrockmann114

Жыл бұрын

His next 1.5 hour long diatribe will be about the blow dart.

I was messing around with a spear in Blade and Sorcery recently and really felt why it was such a dominant weapon through history, without any training (or very little) someone can become quite deadly with a spear just due to their reach alone

@VioletDeathRei

Жыл бұрын

It's even true with hunting similar to the reason one uses a bow only never having to reload. Being able to hit something otherwise bigger and stronger then you well out of It's range has been the premise of human weapon design for most of history.

@thomasflores7817

Жыл бұрын

@@VioletDeathReiyes, which is why the the bow was the pinnacle of military technology for 1000 years or more

@atashgallagher5139

Жыл бұрын

​@@VioletDeathReiyou can also brace one against the ground and crouch down protecting yourself and absolutely destroying any kind of charging animal.

@Sip_Dhit

Жыл бұрын

​@@atashgallagher5139and put wings about half way up to the ones that'll gore you before they drop

@MikeHawkaMildlyStank

Жыл бұрын

Spear and buckler, if you have the reflexes you can be unstoppable!

The spear is remarkable in many ways it was remarkably cheap to manufacture both in terms of cost, man-hours, and materials. It requires little time to train somebody to use one, and they're exceedingly effective. What more could one ask or want in a weapon

@Vespuchian

Жыл бұрын

In a very real sense it took industrial scale chemistry to dethrone the pointy stick as THE war-winning weapon and even then the bayonet was invented to turn firearms back into spears when needed.

@Rainaman-

Жыл бұрын

I do wonder how Romans countered them, given they used swords for the face to face combat? Just push on with shields?

@badnewsBH

Жыл бұрын

@@Rainaman- I suspect the use of missile weapons would have been a major factor.

@russellfisher1303

Жыл бұрын

@@Rainaman-big ass shields and lots of armor I suppose.

@Cappy_Cat

Жыл бұрын

​@@Rainaman-They countered spears by using spears too lol.

Who doesn't love a big pointy stick?

@A-Gaymer

Жыл бұрын

straight guys :(

@Speederzzz

Жыл бұрын

The guy on the other end

@redsimonyt

Жыл бұрын

@@A-Gaymer You are wrong, normal men aka straight guys love their pointy sticks, they just don't want to be harassed by someone else's pointy stick.

@A-Gaymer

Жыл бұрын

@@redsimonyt HOT🥵 pls write more homophobic comments they turn me on😵‍💫

@redsimonyt

Жыл бұрын

@AbsoluteDegenerate621 Of course, that's why I like stating facts.

The spear is also the weapon of heroes in many myths. Let's not forget that St. Michael, St.George and St.Maurice are often depicted wielding spears. And IMO the spear is the perfect choice for a hero that wants to slay a beast or monster.

@elipetrou9308

Жыл бұрын

Achilles too

@Internetguy_L337_90D

Жыл бұрын

Leonidas.

@PeregrineBF

Жыл бұрын

Cú Chulainn's weapon is the spear Gáe Bolg. Odin's weapon is the spear Gungnir. Athena uses a spear. Murugan's primary weapon is the spear Vel. Izanagi & Isanami share a spear. There are a lot more legendary spears & spear wielders.

@tmac2744

Жыл бұрын

@@PeregrineBF Zeus' lightning bolts may be considered either javelin's, a type of spear, or spears directly. Iapetós, the Piercer, one of the Elder Titans, God of Mortality, is believed to get his name from his use of the spear. Ares is mostly seen with spears. Posiedon's trident, a spear with three points. Baldur was known for his spear. Beowulf used spears and a sword. The point is, unintended pun, we remember the weapons of certain gods/heroes more because they were outliers than because they were the norm. That said, almost every god/hero of myth/legend also used spears. I have a hard time thinking of any that didn't use them in at least one story or another.

@johnlloyddy7016

Жыл бұрын

In Chinese martial arts history, the spear is considered as the king of weapons. Most true to life legendary historical Chinese heroes and generals were famous for using spears and polearms. While most of the popular sword wielding heroes were fictional characters from Wuxia novels.

Looks remarkably like a big pencil if you chop the very top bit off

@radishsam2966

Жыл бұрын

The pen(cil) is mightier than the sword! Especially one that is really REALLY long and pointy!

@hairyneil

Жыл бұрын

Except with a spear, the pointy end is the eraser...

@NorroTaku

Жыл бұрын

​@@hairyneilhehe he said potty (jk i misspell all the time i just have potty humor😅)

@NorroTaku

Жыл бұрын

he won a giant pencil at a writing contest once

@nigsbalchin226

Жыл бұрын

​@@NorroTaku CRACKERJACK!!!

I realize it's not an ideal solo weapon, but the more friends you have (with their own, of course), the better it gets. God I love spears.

@bodyno3158

11 ай бұрын

It is a great solo weapon if you know the how, Chen from LK Chen Sword have some spear demo on youtube.

@TheAchilles26

10 ай бұрын

A spear is a fantastic solo weapon if you're using it two handed. Spear and shield requires a lot more training to become effective solo, but two handed spear is so effective that any remotely healthy adult so armed is a deadly threat to most opponents.

@ahmadnaser8172

8 ай бұрын

The Chinese guandao is a real killer machine..

A pointy stick will always be useful

Ah the pointy stick. The design that's worked since before humans even began, and even other animals use pointy sticks now.

@martabachynsky8545

10 ай бұрын

You mean that family group of wild chimps? Those are scary.

Hell, we STILL use spears, we just call them bayonets now.

@curranfrank2854

Жыл бұрын

do we still use bayonets? I vaguely remember hearing that they were used in iraq or afghanistan a while back, so I wouldn't be super surprised

@danielcox7629

Жыл бұрын

​@@curranfrank2854a lot of combat knives are also bayonets.

@sirBrouwer

Жыл бұрын

@@curranfrank2854 well yes. in modern times it's more of a back up. but a knife on a combat rifle can still help you.

@cleanerben9636

Жыл бұрын

We still use long pointy things. They fly supersonic now and explode, but it's still a long pointy thing.

@VioletDeathRei

Жыл бұрын

@@sirBrouwer Bayonets are also a back up, if for some reason you can't fire(jam, out of ammo, no time to reload) at least you have the most reliable weapon we know, a spear.

Always keep a dagger on you. It's like a shorter pointy stick, incase someone gets past your longer pointy stick and you don't have enough friends with long pointy sticks behind you.

@laurencefraser

Жыл бұрын

There's a number of reasons why, for all that the spear is the preeminent melee weapon for battlefield combat or against large animals, the Sword is prefered when the enemy is human and there aren't many combatants on either side.

@nathanielcowan3971

Жыл бұрын

@@laurencefraser shields are under-rated.

NEVER underestimate the power of the pointy stick. Even modern firearms fire tiny chemical propelled pointy sticks.

You ans Shad are why i love spears.

This man is a cultural treasure

Always thought your older [and shorter] videos were a lot better - and I’ve been subscribed for about 3 years ... I’m glad you’re getting more popularity now you’re keeping things short and sweet! I hope you keep it up!

i feel like a lot of people also miss something, a spear hits with a LOT of force concentrated on a small area, for a lot of our history the spear was one of our better anti armour weapons

@AHDBification

8 ай бұрын

And most people don't realize that pretty much everyone was wearing some sort of armor, even if that was just thick cloth with a bit of padding. Which would stop a sword pretty well!

Spears are a part of what we are. Whenever I go camping I feel an urge to build a fire, and then make some pokies. People ask “what’re all those sharp sticks for?” And I’ll say “they’re just good to have around.”

"How do you defend against a pointed stick?" -Monty Python -Military strategists for most of history

The fact that we keep talking about them, they keep showing up all throughout history and that we ALWAYS find a way to keep bringing them back shows how good of a weapon the spear was.

"I can't show you all at once cuz' it's too long" That's what I said 😏

Tip: put the link in a pinned comment, the description is hard to find on shorts

@bodhiphermsangngam

11 ай бұрын

Yes, please!!! @lindybeige, please pin a comment- I cannot find the links you’re talking about and I tried sorting through your videos and there’s just too many!!

Lindy is a legend 🔥

Another advantage of spears: They keep you close to your friends. Unlike swords that require space. Much easier to hold a line, much better for morale.

"What about pointed sticks?" "Forget about that and come at me with a banana!"

@mbryson2899

11 ай бұрын

That was my first thought!

@davidmunro2077

9 ай бұрын

Release the Tiger (what one Panzer auf V11)

Shorts for short points about something is the ideal format for Lindy.

In old tales, the hero often rams a spear into the heart of a beast.

Economics favor this as well.

@PumpkinHoard

Жыл бұрын

Pointy sticks are certainly rather cheap compared to many other weapons.

@Speederzzz

Жыл бұрын

People underestimate how much it costed tp have a large piece of iron made into a whole damn sword. Just the spearpoint reduces the metal cost so much

@PumpkinHoard

Жыл бұрын

@@Speederzzz Considerably lower skill requirements to make as well. A smith could have their apprentices churning out many metal speartips in a day. Even a master smith probably isn't making a sword in a day. Not a particularly high quality one at any rate. You could probably bang out a few quick and cheap blades in a day,

good old metal tipped pointy stick

Very happy to see you flood my feed with shorts, I love history and you make it that much more enjoyable Lindy.

Ah, the pointy stick. A timeless classic, very effective.

I don’t even watch this Kind of stuff anymore but the sword vs spear tests are still in my top favorite KZread videos of all time

Spears in Morrowind: I'm so effective that I have become a lost art.

I didn't hear him the first half and thought he was pulling out a really long cane

Probably has more kills than any other weapon throughout history, maybe up until artillery came along..

@sirBrouwer

Жыл бұрын

no that would be the use of fire in battle. Nothing was so effective at destroying a entire city or even a fortification then fire. even to this day a barrel bomb (a burning oil vat) is extremely effective in destroying about everything.

These shorts are really well done I usually *hate* shorts but all of yours have been great and good introductions to your full videos you have done before.

Good old Lindy- introducing the archetype English character- the wild odd type of person who'd scare the crap out of you waiting for a bus but you end up chatting for hours over a cup of tea or coffee.

Is like they say, keep your friends close and your enemies way the hell somewhere else!

Easy to make, easy to train to use, useful for more than just fighting (hunting, walking stick, tent pole, etc). Also, it's pretty much universal as long as you have a decent source of wood.

@sirBrouwer

Жыл бұрын

even without wood. in a pinch a few bones can form a stick.

The title of best weapon goes straight from spear to AK-47. I love it

If you visit Harper's Ferry, WV... they have a pretty decent set of exhibits showing some of the armory spears still kept by The US Army (at the time) which John Brown planned to distribute amongst most of the enslaved people of the region when the news got out about what he was doing. Frederick Douglas reportedly told John Brown his idea would not work because they would not rise up near Maryland because it was simply a different type of slavery. The type which Frederick Douglas came from, himself. It would be General Lee himself who put John Brown's rebellion down at Harper's Ferry. You can stand in the small building like a fire station that they made their own final stand. The plan was to get the arms, distribute them among the rebelling slaves and take the capital. But few know how much he relied on spears for most of his expected army.

I could be wrong but I believe that would be a pike the most commonly accepted definition between a spear and a Pike is that a spear can be reasonably used using one arm and one hand while a Pike needs two arms and two hands to be effectively used

Hey Lindy, I just want to say I've been watching your videos since 2011 and am very happy you're still here ❤ cheers

Man I love your videos ☺ greetings from germany btw its a shame that in video games spears mostly have such a low rating :/

There's nothing simpler than a long stick with a pointy end. Dirt cheap, easy to make and use, great in formations and surprisingly versatile.

Your content is so informative unique and awesome!

Main thing missing from those tests, as I remember, was sword and shield vs spear and shield, which seemed like an important one to do. My experience at least one-on-one is that sword and shield beats spear and shield almost every time

@jonathanh761

Жыл бұрын

I think the key distinction there is one on one. I may be wrong but as far as I am aware the spear was the king of the battlefield, not so much duels. I think it becomes exponentially more difficult for the sword and shield when they don't have room to maneuver due to comrades on left and right of them, and a full line of spears that aren't easily out-maneuvered.

@thricemindblown7883

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanh761 I think I'd want soldiers with both. Either specialized troops or spear troops with swords for when/if they need to go sword mode.

@laurencefraser

Жыл бұрын

@@thricemindblown7883 Most swords were primarily sidearms. Secondary weapons carried by basically everyone regardless of their specific battlefield role (though some would carry knives or various other things instead). Pistols later took this role too (hence why they're also called sidearms). Your spear troops? If they (or you) had the money for it and the time to train them? They carry swords. Same with your archers. Your knights? They're probably using a polearm of some sort but they're carrying a sword as a backup. Samurai? Mostly archers and/or spear troops... still carried swords. Prior to the invention of the bayonet, gun troops carried swords. Officers? Carried swords and then eventually pistols with no 'primary' weapon because their 'primary weapon' is commanding their troops, they only situations where they need a primary weapon is when anyone else needs a side arm (though sometimes they carry rifles anyway so as to blend in with the troops more and thus get sniped less). It was just not that common for soldiers to use swords as their primary weapon (though there were certain swords used by certain troop types in certain eras that were, indeed, used that way), but they were Very common secondaries.

@thricemindblown7883

Жыл бұрын

@@laurencefraser Seeing you lay it out like that I'm rethinking the sword as the lord/gentlemen weapon. Maybe it's more that the sword is a good back-up for all sorts. And, the lord/gentlemen's primary weapon is other people with weapons.

Spears get straight to the point that's what makes them great

Ah yes. The pointy stick. Favored among humans. Then came pointy sticks being launched great distances. Then, just a pointy projectile. Now, we have pointy explosions.

That's a really nice cable knit jersey, by the way. Great spear, nice jumper. 10/10

This is why I Love that Kaladin from the Stormlight Archives primarily uses a spear!

Beautifully crafted longsword that took a painstaking amount of time to make by a swordsmith who spent a lifetime mastering his craft vs One long boi with a stabby bit at one end.

Ah, the best weapon humanity has ever created: the pointy stick

I enjoy your videos as I find them to be highly informative. However, I am waiting for the day when you do a proper podcast because I don’t always have the ability to watch your KZread videos but can listen to your presentations if they were podcasts

Spears are so good modern APFSDS round is basically that made of tungsten and depleted uranium

In modern times, we launch teeny tiny spears out of metal tubes into our enemies at high speed

Simple, sublime. very easy to draw as well.

*sharp pointy objects are always in style especially when confronting anyone with hostile inclinations towards you en mass and shouting and typically in dramatic slow motion with explosions or burning castles in the background and hard driving heavy metal soundtrack*

ah the good old stick with the pointy end upgrade, the "long handled knife".

This English gentleman is a time traveller from the nineteenth Century who specialises in historic events and their significance to present-day twenty-first Century modern society. He doesn't only discuss his findings but if possible records video footage of the topic of interest as he has in this video. ☝️🙄

The spear was the most significant invention in the history of our species. I could write a multi-thousand word essay about it.

The weapon that would make the walking dead a walk in the park.

🎶 Oh what a beauty I've never seen one as big as that before 🎶

Yeah, ngl spears are super underrated.

First Hero I came across who used a spear - Kaladin Stormblessed

My experience in the gladiatorial ring does bear out that a good spear arm is incredibly effective - thrusting is harder to see coning, particularly where a shield is obscuring the body movement.

Who would win? Breve sword weilding hero or one pokey boy??

Can't show you the whole thing, because I don't understand backing up 3 steps from the camera...

Spears are especially good if they have thin metal strips to prevent the shaft from being hacked off

Shout out to my boy Ungar, he really snapped when he invented sharp stick

Yep. Learned it first hand in a larp.even without sheilds, it is very effective against a sword. I thought i vud knock it out of the way and rush in close but he recovered control of it quickly while stepping back and is ready to jab again before i cud get up close.

Favorite weapon to train with

And now the ingenuity of man has blessed us with the greatest technological innovation, the wireless spear, more commonly referred to as a handgun.

I am convinced Morris dancing is quarterstaff training. And golf for claymores. Weapons training right in front of the enemy.

Put sharp object on end of pole is so effective, it’s arguably still used today with bayonet rifles.

The spear is a simple concept, prickly stick But that's also why it was so hard to replace

im very happy to see you on my youtube shorts

Its like a pointy stick, but even more pointier.

Good old stick. So versatile.

Most importantly, put 100 people with them together, and they're a moving fortress.

The spear was my favourite weapon when I was re-enacting. It's fast & you can keep a good distance from your enemy.

And yet for some reason, people in zombie movies never think of making spears.

Hey lindybeige, so this is completely random but I have that exact same sweater 😂 bought it at the Scottish Wool Center in Aberfoyle. Wonder if you did too!

Very impressive!

We perfected the long, sharp stick

and to this day we shoot glorified arrows out tanks.

They also invented the yeet spear, the spear yeeter, the slicey spear, the choppy spear, the flamey spear, the shooty shooty spear with a triangular point...

The Honda Civic of hand weapons

Long Pointy Stick truly is the foundation of humankind's survival and success.

Tell this to Beteshda that could not be arsed to add polearms to Skyrim forcing modders to pick up the slack.

Wake up babe Lindy[best color tbh not gonna lie] uploaded a new video

Maybe it's the psychological comfort of keeping your enemy as far away as possible and the fact multiple spearmen can attack together while swordsman can't as easily.

Melee weapons don't get much better than a knife-on-a-stick

Sharp pokey stick is a universal language.

Its even more effective if you understand basic staffing principles that seem to be forgotten in medieval fandom but are still in martial arts. Its a lot more than a long pointy stick.

@lostpony4885

Жыл бұрын

For example thinking of it as a rigid tool held away from the body......it flexes and stores energy and should be held in contact with the body. Nobody in mideival stuff includes proper technique, its like 2x more powerful than you even know and it still outdoes your puny swords n shields.

OK Sir you've made your point!