Yeah . . . Medieval European knights couldn't ride on a horse, that why Europeans never had this great and unique type of military unit used by the Japanese called cavalry. Yep. Cavalry they called it. That's an interesting word. I wonder where that word came from . . .

@valentinesteban8566

7 жыл бұрын

Nicolavs Iohannis Eīganvs equites

@nicholas1053

7 жыл бұрын

Mini Tumid ummm . . . equitati

@valentinesteban8566

7 жыл бұрын

roman equites

@nicholas1053

7 жыл бұрын

Mini Tumid I don't get what you're trying to say.

@valentinesteban8566

7 жыл бұрын

it doesn t matter

"If you don't know something, don't teach it" That's a good principle, more teachers should follow it.

@viscountrainbows6452

2 жыл бұрын

I can play some cool stuff on guitar but I will never charge for guitar lessons cos I simply don't KNOW. I just hear pretty sounds and run with them.

@theBaron0530

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, but a teacher only needs to know a little more than his pupils. A third-grade teacher just needs to know a little more than a third-grader.😉

"But let's do it in civilized way!" Yes, challenge him to a duel!

@michaelgoldsmith9359

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Fedorov and we will use the most civilised weapon ... A lightsaber The fight will end after first decapitation

@winstonsallet9541

6 жыл бұрын

🤣 I can’t breathe

@thhseeking

4 жыл бұрын

Feed him to the lions!

@MrWeAllAreOne

4 жыл бұрын

On horse back each wearing their favourite armour...my money is on medieval plate armour.

@obi501

4 жыл бұрын

*unscrews pommel*

Its an art museum. Perhaps armor is not his speciality, but he got a new exhibit, did a crash course on samurai armor for the new exhibit, and thus really he isnt an expert either. Thats the best excuse I can come up with for him.

@redbandit1able

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah like that explo,think maybe he just got dropped in it and didn`t really know anything but wanted to sound good dude prob didnt even know KZread was a thing LOL!

@eds1942

4 жыл бұрын

He was winging it.

@danielaramburo7648

3 жыл бұрын

It’s ok to be ignorant on a subject, but the presenter should speak to what he knows and be willing to say “I don’t know, I need to read more on it”.

I went to that touring exhibit and they were spouting the same stuff through the guide. I walked away when they said that they had to use a crane to put a knight on a horse. I didn't want to contradict them in front of the 30 people doing the tour. I was confident that I knew more about the armor than she did and was not really going to learn anything from her. So I just took hundreds of pictures of the armor.

@Todd3246

5 жыл бұрын

Actually using cranes to put knights in jousting armour has been documented, I say again used to put knights in jousting armour on horse back. Other methods were also used,

>When Metatron goes full Cockney. Glorious

@agochoa

6 жыл бұрын

Vbombz I noticed he put it on a little thick in this one. Lol

@jamesslater7094

6 жыл бұрын

CUPPA TEA PLEASE!

@zathandrapus460

5 жыл бұрын

It seems to be a common thing with Italians who are fluent in English, the accents combine and end up sounding Cockney

My history teacher, who really should have known better, told us this BS about knights needing a crane to get on their horse. If one has learned this from a source of authority, one is likely to believe it without hesitation. Even though a second thought would reveal that this myth is obviously BS.

@Mtonazzi

7 жыл бұрын

That's the problem. 15 or 17 years ago I would have thought the same, because I read serious books that had phallacies like those. Eventually I learned that they used tournament armour as examples for field armour and what a mistake it was. Then I remember laughing at History Channel (when it was actually more about "history" than pawn shops, aliens and truck drivers), specially on the Conquest show. I don't know if it was a dubbing error, but in my language they claimed a greathelm weighted 10kg! (22 lbs)

@Mtonazzi

7 жыл бұрын

***** Well, wasn't she salty? xD Ideally those who spend lives teaching do it because it's their call in life; but I see what she may meant (specially is she had or thinks she had bad personal experiences). Even if true, one would (like to) assume those who teach would base what they impart on what those "great intellectuals" postulated.

@Mtonazzi

7 жыл бұрын

That's a shame /: I didn't had that issue (and when I eventually researched some stuff that later on caught my interest, found that most was alright, a couple things did got outdated with time, though). But then, I'm sure we're from different countries and we've got different ages, that alone breaks the universality of a statement both in favour or against "what is taught on highschools"

@kalieljames1617

7 жыл бұрын

Is no one gonna say anything about this guy being called gulliver the gullible

@TheMan-je5xq

7 жыл бұрын

Gulliver the Gullible unfortunately some people are put into positions of authority who at best should be one of the students don't know if he knows his stuff on other topics. I think a lot of teachers are only teachers because smart people don't call them on their bullshit

The reason why the curator doesn't give a shit about the history is because he's a curator of an art museum, not historical. Figures.

@bluelobster56

7 жыл бұрын

Ragd0ll my thought exactly. The dude is a curator of Japanese art, so prolly has no deep knowledge of armor. However, I think Metatron has a valid point... as an educator, the curator should know what he doesn't know, and not spout nonsense.

The entire concept of what that curator is doing is really quite terrifying. How many people must turn around and say "Well an official guy from a museums said something so it has to be true."? I'm only 3 minutes into the video (45ish seconds-1 minute into the presentation) and I'm already amazed by what this guy is saying, and with a straight face. You would think working at a museum would instill in you a desire to learn the truth of history, along with the desire to dissuade such falsities as 'a hundred pound tin can' or whatever the hell he said. I suppose you just have to hope that people will be smart enough to think to themselves "Huh, that doesn't seem right let me look it up myself" and learn the truth about armor, weapons, culture, etc, be they European, Asian, or anything in between.

@AlanGChenery

7 жыл бұрын

Outlast The Dark as a medieval history graduate who has done a lot of volunteer work in the heritage sector... its disturbingly common. The majority of people who are senior in museums and heritage have no formal historical education and are buisness men/women first. Unfortunately however they also have final say over most things even beyond the historians and archeologists (or passionate self taught individuals I wouldn't want to feminist their often substantial input) they may have on staff. And these senior people are often passionate about some aspect of history and will aggressively push that narritive, hence why you get references to druids on information boards in late medieval welsh castles, and blithering nonsense about women being chattel in museum this books.

@ieuanhunt552

7 жыл бұрын

Outlast The Dark I hope there are just as many people who call him out on his bullshit

@101jir

7 жыл бұрын

That's why you never look at a single source, no matter how (supposedly) credible. Better yet, take the best sources that opposite views have to offer, then compare and contrast.

@AnthonySforza

7 жыл бұрын

Honestly, this is why we have so many myths at the moment circling as truth. I mean, have you seen some of the things in the Iga Ninja Museum? While awesome and cool, they're rather misleading. I mean, when the person that's arguably the world's leading researcher on things like the Samurai and Japan before the Meiji Period, has to put out a retraction on his own work due to "We believed what the Japanese were telling us, we had no reason to think that they'd be wrong" there's something f a problem. In any case, I respect him for doing that, as it at least shows a desire toward truth and not his own ego.

@pizdamatii5001

7 жыл бұрын

+anthony that's really interesting. what is the name of this researcher? i'd like to know more about this.

That can early on in the video looked like it had a lot of fluting. Would I be correct in assuming that it is a Gothic (perhaps Maximilian) tin plate can?

@galumir

7 жыл бұрын

Per Gundberg Oh my Goodness, you made my day sir ^^ Make this top comment lads :D

@Vlad_Tepes_III

6 жыл бұрын

The sheer extent of fluting suggests specifically Maximilian tin can.

@longpinkytoes

6 жыл бұрын

full jousting plate would require at the max, a million tin cans. :P

Where did this extreme reverence for Japanese weapons and armor even come from? Do people think that only the Europeans can come up with mythological people, weapons, and armor? Do people get all their information from fiction? What is this thing about thinking that Japan is so great compared to Europe? Anyways, fantastic video, as always.

@Tang-qi6zw

7 жыл бұрын

Amandeep Kumar I suppose that makes. My studying of WWII battles does show that intense spirit. I can't think of any examples from the west off of my head.

@mattps.3040

7 жыл бұрын

Orange Face an example of not surrendering usually was with the Vikings

@sebastianmartin4704

7 жыл бұрын

I think it comes from a very strange interpretation of their weapons/armor/culture, etc. What I mean is that what the west "knows" about Japan and its 'Medieval' era warriors came from people restricted to certain areas. When Japan allowed Europeans to set up trading, the emissaries and the like were restricted to a very small number of areas and basically just peaked on them (the Japanese) and some wrote books on their 'findings'. Most portrayed the Japanese and their culture in a mysterious, reclusive fashion reminiscent of what the Romans thought about the British Isle Celts and I suppose that's hardly changed through the years. That would definitely explain the elevated status the uninitiated would think of concerning the Samurai, Ninja and their war gear. But its not even the Japanese, the Buddhists as well are portrayed very poorly in regards to historical accuracy in American Cinema and text. (I think part of it comes from the fact that western philosophy is more concerned with what real, tangible whilst eastern philosophies are more into the spirituality of life and that IMO exaggerates the mystery of the east from the western point of view). Now take this with a grain of salt because I'm definitely no expert on this subject.

@Nasmr1

7 жыл бұрын

Amandeep Kumar pleaaaaaaase tell me you're being sarcastic

@Nasmr1

7 жыл бұрын

Oh thank fuck. I come across genuine morons like that way too often so I can't tell anymore

There is a old polish saying: "Nie znam się, to się wypowiem" It means: "I do not know much about it, so I'll utter about it"

@Lord_Viscerate

5 жыл бұрын

How do you pronounce that? Could you try a transliteration?

@BB-hx4mj

4 жыл бұрын

CIOFIDE how about google translation? Have you tried that before?

@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522

4 жыл бұрын

@@BB-hx4mj dont be mean. It was like a year ago anyway

@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lord_Viscerate sorry for late respose. Its something like: Nye znam sye, tou sye vi po wyem

@BB-hx4mj

4 жыл бұрын

Paweł Andonis Gawralidis Dobrzański herbu Leliwa. I meant it as a joke, not in any negative way.

"spot the difference." i am dying XD

@tyleri.4219

7 жыл бұрын

Northern_Ranger 2 Same

@feartheghus

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t spot any differences.

@fndsfflamer1549

3 жыл бұрын

@@feartheghus /s?

Imagine if someone walked in when you weee meditating, "uh metatron what are you doing metatron- im preparing myself to react to a video about armour " ... Uhh okay"

Lol my European history teacher has a degree in South American history and while he is fine at teaching the overall trends he constantly fucks up on things like Knights

@petrodeloro

7 жыл бұрын

They hire people just to teach history. Well, I suppose he's talking about elementary school.

@joshklein987

7 жыл бұрын

petrodeloro its AP Euro

@TheMan-je5xq

7 жыл бұрын

Edgy Bastage the problem is no one or not many people think subjects like knights and armor are important and even if that's true history is studied because it's interesting and the usefulness of it depends on context

@joshklein987

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Judge they aren't very important for massive trends in history but what bugs me is that he even gets the generalizations about them wrong. If your going to summarize something its sort of nice to base the summary on the original

Toby Capwell is a tin can confirmed.

@Scathsealgaire

7 жыл бұрын

If by tin can, you mean light and extremely well designed. Then yes :D

@NoahWeisbrod

7 жыл бұрын

Scathsealgaire No, his armor isn't a tin can. He's a tin can.

@GermanSwordMaster

7 жыл бұрын

Toby Capwell => TC => Tin Can :o !

@NoahWeisbrod

7 жыл бұрын

Blank- blade whoa...

@MRKapcer13

7 жыл бұрын

Toby Capwell is light and well designed? Whatever floats your boat I guess..

Capote, please! Actually, medieval knights were soheavy that they couldn't move at all. They were simply thrown at the enemy with a catapult.

@NapoleonBonaparte-of4sl

Жыл бұрын

Even worse, they have to threw knight using a artillery used by the Russian made on the cold war era! I know im "a little bit" late

So the whole video is about debunking one statement

@metatronyt

7 жыл бұрын

ofcourse I could just say "he is wrong" but I need to back up what I say with actual historical info, hence the whole video, plus part of it is comedy.

@Bushidobull

7 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate this attitude, Lots of people feel that Proof is not needed. and Keep up the awesome job. TY

@irispaiva

7 жыл бұрын

Metatron how come you never talk about Middle Eastern medieval gear? I think it would be interesting to hear about the rivals of the european knights.

HAHAHAHAHHA "3, 2, 1...spot the diferences"

@Rex-golf_player810

6 жыл бұрын

i fuckin loved that part

Shoulder pads stopping gunfire? Get out!

@adamfrisk956

7 жыл бұрын

I don't know. I think he needs to get his brains checked. And I'm not joking about it. He might be getting senile.

@theashennamedjerry3203

7 жыл бұрын

Adam Frisk actualy, some could stop an arquebuse shot. Metatron even made a vid mentioning it. I hate it when somebody is talking shit when spewing bullshit themselves.

@adamfrisk956

7 жыл бұрын

lolsquad Lacquered wood stopping a musket ball? Uwhat? Maybe from 1 mile away when the ball had already lost almost all its kinetic energy.

@adamfrisk956

7 жыл бұрын

But I wasn't talking about metal breastplates. I was specifically talking about lacquered wood shoulder pads.

@adamfrisk956

7 жыл бұрын

Oh and one important note here. By the 16th century almost all decent armour was imported from Europe and wasn't widespread.

European armour weighed 100lb? Nonsense, it was the swords that weighed 100lb, with the armour being half a ton! That's how much stronger medieval knights were, compared to the puny samurai! ;P

@adorablecenturion8436

5 жыл бұрын

*that's a plot twist*

Thank you for keeping calm, It got a calming effect :)

That moment, when you realize, that a guy from youtube have more knowlege about armour then an guy from a museum. Greetings from Germany

Your pronunciation of the german words is good. I think it wouldn't take you long to learn a decent german.

@metatronyt

7 жыл бұрын

I would love to learn German

@franzferdinand996

7 жыл бұрын

Metatron Basic German. Beer=Bier Anal Sex=Arschficken Sword=Schwert Cock=Schwanz

@skeletalforce9673

7 жыл бұрын

klauedernacht Fängt ja schon mal gut an

@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443

7 жыл бұрын

For italians german pronunciation is super easy, at least easier than english

Being a curator, doesn't make you an expert. You *_should_* know a thing or two about the stuff before you become one, and you *_should_* learn about the stuff more, whilst you are a curator ...but you don't have to. You just have to be able to perform maintenance on the stuff. What should be, and what is, are not the same thing. ...and being a curator of Japanese armour, *sure as hell,* don't make you an expert (or even slightly informed) on European armour! This reminds me of a "documentary" about Japanese swords, where you had people were comparing the katana with European swords, based on having looked at the katana. Just the katana. Not having any clue about European swords ...or any aspect of swordsmanship (of _either_ culture), or even how you're supposed to hold a sword (probably including the katana, here as well).

This guys amazing he's talking about the history of another nation in a second language

The idea of wearing armor when going against an opponent armed with a katana, is like putting on plate armor when someone is going to drop an armed nuclear warhead directly on top of you. May as well ditch the armor for increased mobility, though some texts do state that the lamellar armor did add some protection from the shock waves of katana air swipes.

@JonSnowize

7 жыл бұрын

FOLDED OVER A 1000 A TIMES

@undead1961

7 жыл бұрын

From a standpoint of someone who have had experiences with sword fighting, and a basic knowledge on how armor works, I will politely say that I must disagree with your statement. Here is my reason 1. To compare a weapon from one culture to another's armor is rather irrelevant, but for the sake of this argument, we will disregard that detail and move on. You see, although katana has been known to cut through metal (usually a sheet of steel), those are rather exaggerated information from people who have done only a few researches on how Katana actually work. The truth is, even with Japanese traditional armor, the katana finds difficulties to tear through. Most of the time, the Samurais wouldn't bother to cut the armor either. They would rather aim for the parts where it is unprotected, do maximize the damage done to the enemy. 2. European armors works on the same principle as Japanese armor. It's worn to protect people from sword blades, as those where the most common weapon used, alongside with spears in the battlefield. If the sword can cut through the metal plates of the armor, then there's no point for Samurais or Knights to even wear them. The myth about Katanas actually able to cut through metal is somewhat false. Most of the time, the people who test the myth didn't use an actual piece of armor, but rather just a sheet of metal and cut them through. If the sheet is thin enough, then even European Longswords, or Claymore would do the same thing. To really testify the myth that Katana can cut through European armor, you would have to test it on an actual piece of armor, and you would also have to take account on the layer of chainmail (make sure that they're riveted, which are the correct version of historical chainmails and not LARP tools.) as well as a gambeson beneath as well. There is a reason why Knights, at some point, stopped using sword and switch to blunt weapons such as maces or morning stars, is because armor as evolved to a point that swords are consider worthless, since there're less than a millimeters gap where the blade could puncture through. That should wrap up my point. The truth is, not all katana could cut through armor as easy as butter. If you do have evidences of how it could cut through, then please, by all mean, change my mind and prove me I'm in the wrong.

@HiragamaIkunai

7 жыл бұрын

I have to make a joke here, How to cut armor with anything .....beat it repeatedly in the exact same spot. Until the armor breaks under stress....though you might be at it for quite some time and your weapon will probably break before the armor does(not including things meant for actual bashing).

@Saintphoenix86

7 жыл бұрын

Weeb alert, like all weebs you think Katanas are magical and can beat all other swords, and its just not true

@Askorti

7 жыл бұрын

Actually, I believe that scale armor offers slightly better protection against the katana, as the overlapping scales are better at dissipating the chi energy that the katana transfers from the wielder to the target.

ty for making this video! I did not know this about the 2 different amours of the late century plate armor and the jousting armour!

I love the quality of your vids.

No offence but are we debunking Samurai Armour myths or Western Platemail myths?

@metatronyt

7 жыл бұрын

I'm debunking the video which had that title

@xinfinity8532

7 жыл бұрын

I wonder whats more horrible the mind warehouse video or that

@ig33ku

7 жыл бұрын

Metatron maybe try The Secrets of Samurai Armor Video - Debunked :P

@ZarlanTheGreen

7 жыл бұрын

+ig33ku One of the myths of Western Platemail, is that there is such as thing as "platemail" (sadly a fairly widely spread myth, even in supposedly credible sources of information, so I'm not blaming you). There is mail armour and there is plate armour. There is no such thing as "plate mail". That is just garbled nonsense, that makes no sense, in any way. "Platemail", "chainmail", scalemail and the rest of that modern nonsense, was made up in the 1800's. It's just mail (or maille, if you prefer), plate (or plate armour), scale (or scale armour)... Some terms, like "ringmail" refer to types of armour that never even existed, but are purely made up stuff, arising from misinterpretations of old artwork.

@metatronyt

7 жыл бұрын

***** Actually no, plate mail or plated mail don'texist, it's plate or plate armour. Mail is only the armour made of small metal rings linked together in a pattern. Interestingly enough in moder Italian the word "maglia" means mail armour but also sweatshirt, same word. Mail is not an alternative word for armour.

Holy shit, that guy should be fired.

metatron, i must say, your jokes just get better and better, that "spot the differences" part just killed me

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

:D

@macro3751

6 жыл бұрын

you know, i wrote that comment not really counting on you replying to it, i just wanted to say something nice, and being a big fan of yours my only reaction was, well, to put it simply "i came looking for copper and i found gold"

Oh believe me i go on trips with a group from a local historical site and my FAVOURITE PART is when our museum educator debriefs us on everything the tour guide said that was bullshit as soon as we're back on the bus. I've heard Museum staff spout some absolute doozies.

how much did it cost you to get your samurai armor where can i get some?

Poorly displayed armor at 2:09 the Ita on that particular armor are reversed. The Hato-no-ita/ kyubi ita or smooth faced one should be on the right and Sendan Ita/ sendan-no-ita should be on the left.

What is that tune playing in the background in your videos? :)

Is there a full version of the outro music available?

A knight, a fucking knight literally means a soldier on a fucking horse serving a lord under a contract called the chivalric code. I'm pissed already.

I'm so glad you took the civilized route of debunking. The curator is an expert in samurai armor but not that of knights.

Very informative thanks for posting

88'000 plus subs, well done Metatron!

I watched the tested video a couple of weeks ago and I'm not a armour expert but I thought it was weird and it sounded a bit antiquated.Thank you for the vid

Hilarious intro. Liked it a lot!

finnaly someone makes a video about this

@zedman6547

7 жыл бұрын

why am I getting 360p though

@tyleri.4219

7 жыл бұрын

zed man When a video is first uploaded to KZread, KZread puts out the lower quality version first to get it out faster, then with time gets the highest out. Did you view it pretty early?

@FreeOfFantasy

7 жыл бұрын

you are just early. youtube encodes the resolutions one after the other and starts with the low ones.

@xinfinity8532

7 жыл бұрын

the museum curator watched too much anime

@zedman6547

7 жыл бұрын

I've literally never encountered that ever

Please tell me, what's name of this song at the end?

The debunking crusades continue!

Thankyou for keeping it classy!

The curator isn’t necessarily an historian or knowledgeable about the collection beyond cursory knowledge to explain to galleries that curate the exhibit. It’s a collection of amazing items likely with a rich and storied history, but it is unlikely he knew much more than his staff were able to compile in a 20 page word doc.

7:53 This heavy armour (alongside the decline of jousting in the west of course) was the reason why many Poles had very easy time with winning in tournaments in the western europe. To quote one Pole being witness of jousting in Spain in year 1595: "In the evening at 22 o'clock the cavaliers started the tourney. It quickly became clear that they have little chance against Polish nobles, it was because they dressed up themselves and their horses in such armours(heavy? cumbersome?)that they not only weren't able to hit each other but even see each other(...) one pair of attendees were trying twelve times and twelve times they missed, breaking their lances on lists or ground." There is quite interesting source about late jousting "Il cavaliere descritto in tre libri "(1629) by Antonino Ansalone.

lol whats the link to the song in spot the diference?

It freaking killed me! The "spot the difference" skit got me, I laughed pretty damn hard

Aaaah I remember seeing the samurai-vid. I remember beeing angry at the curator (who seems to be a really nice person, but ofc knows nothing about western knights armour) and at the same time was baffeled by the beauty of the samurai harnesses. Good vid raf. Good vid. This needed to be done aswell. Keep those coming. But not too often, we need your heart intact. That frogmouth thing though... Ill have to message you in private for details.

You know, I've always wondered what those circular features were over the armpits. Were those to protect the gaps in the armor there?

That armour with the eagle on the head is a masterpiece.

Those frogmouth helmets are spectacular. I'd love to see a video exploring them and looking at how bad the visibility really is (or if maybe it's not as bad as it appears).

Hi Metatron! Love your content and delivery. Just wanted to suggest that you should get some proper lighting for your videos because that will significantly increase the image quality. As it stands it looks like the camera is cranking up the ISO because there isn't much light, this adds a lot of noise to the image. All the best!

Reminds me of that absolutely dreadful "katana vs longsword" video. I still have nightmares of that.

I love how he says that Samurai Shoulders could block Gun Fire

I remember this British show about arms and armor that was done at the Leeds Royal Armory. They discussed Samurai armor but they also discussed plate armor showing reenactors doing cartwheels in suits of armor showing they were mobile. In fact they were also saying in the beginning that you never wore anything that wouldn't keep you alive.

"It's like a tin can" It was made from hardened steel "It weighed over 100 lbs." Lightest it got was around 35 to 40 lbs. and heaviest it got was 55 lbs. But because the weight was dispersed, it felt light And yes, the knights used cavalry. Cavalry was derived from Chivalery (I may have botched the spelling) which in return, Chivalery made the word Chivalry, which means "anything a knight is good at", which was, actually, riding horses. There were footsoldier knights, but knights were commonly on horseback as a horse gives you a sizable advantage over the enemy.

I will say that I did actually hear -perhaps more in passing during a history lecture - that knights needed some sort of hoisting device to get on their horses, this does not mean that they did. I do know that when it comes to armor I remember what one show stated and that was you didn't wear anything that wasn't going to keep you alive. In the same show they had re-enactors doing cartwheels in full suits of armor, something that debunks the notion of knights not being able to move.

Anybody else not want to click on the next video because the outro music is so epic?

One time I had a museum employee insist that an M1 carbine on display was a lee-enfield.

When I had originally saw this video I did not expect metatron to do a response video.

I will try to help you keep calm. Thanks for your show.

Hi Metatron, could you please tell me the title of the 280 pages book on samurai armor? I would really appreciate that. kindly, your loyal subscriber.

It's been a while since a video made ma laugh this much. xD

this is practically what I said on that video when I first saw it, that the only armours that heavy were post middle ages jousting armour which in some cases were so heavy they only bothered covering the front half of the body and the armour itself was fixed to the horse and immobile while the rider sat in it like a turret and aimed the lance

regarding the jousting: "rennen" and "stechen" are german words that, directly translated, mean "to run" and "to stab" similarly "rennzeug" and "stechzeug" can be directly translated to "running stuff" and "stabbing stuff" however, with that last part, you have to also consider how the languages evolved. today, "zeug" means just general stuff. back then it was common to use "zeug" when referring to "gear" or "equipment" (which, today, would be called "ausrüstung" in german)

what's that song? 3:00

This exhibit is at LACMA (LA County Museum of Art), looks like I'm going to have to pay a visit one of these weekends then. I just hope I don't run into the curator and here him spout BS about European plate armor being super heavy and all of that. Btw, good job on this video Metatron. It looks like you've gotten the exposure/lighting down pat for this video, you're no longer over exposing your face and the blacks aren't crushed either. Well done, mate!

i heard that some jousting knight would buy armour so heavy that it made it almost impossible to get dismounted when hit. how much did that type of armour weight?

Hey Mr. Tron, will you be playing Nioh when it comes out? If you didn't play it, the beta was absolutely fantastic and the armor is very, very accurate and good looking (Although the game takes place in 1600 and you'll find armor from earlier periods, but that doesn't bother me too much). There's guns and bows and everything too.

Lol, hilarious video! May I ask when the subscriber special video is planned to come out?

@metatronyt

7 жыл бұрын

I hope soon, very hectic month indeed

@Fishhunter2014

7 жыл бұрын

Finals suck.

@AerdernixLittleDragonMacDane

7 жыл бұрын

grattz to you, for the nice german pronunciation

"do you know why im doing zen meditation?" i thought he changed his accent to british

The "historian" is a classic case of weebmasterlvl9001. Samurai armour is beyond gorgeous, which does not discount European armours in the least bit.

I think in adition to the jousting armour that myth also comes from the cuirassier armour. It was extremely thick and heavy but offered some protection from bullets. It's funny that many people think this protection was more a matter of the advertisment. I know one Russian book about weaponry from the beginning of the 19th century (mostly about use of firearms, full of accuracy tables and similar stuff, not memoirs or popular crap!) that talks about cuirasses as important protection against bullets and mentions tests of several cuirasses against firearms. One of them was heavy 18th century cuirass with musket not being able to pierce it from 19 m. If you are interested I may add extra info.

Actual knight watches the video: Did you know that i'm riding this horse backwards?

Is it called Gi or Kimono?Just asking cuz my BJJ mentor calls it 'Gi' but I hear others say 'Kimono' aswell...So can someone tell me plz?

Bullet: hay can you deafet me!!! Armour: No plz do not try!!!

(word by word) "Rennen" - running "Stechen" - stinging "Rennzeug" - running stuff "Stechzeug" - stinging stuff ( with a bit more reason) "Rennzeug" - running gear "Stechzeug" - stinging gear ( "Rennen" is an old expression for it, but it means in this case galloping, " Stechen " means, well still means stinging, but he's talking about the impact of the lance)

“rennen“ means to run/running “stechen“ means to sting/pierce/stab “zeug“ basically means stuff. so “rennzeug“ is runningstuff and “stechzeug“ means piercestuff it's hard to translate that

Medieval blacksmiths and engineers: *Spends centuries developing progressively better and better armor to the point where the standard is a fully articulated suit of steel plate that is not only so maximally protective that one often must be wrestled down and pinned to be killed in it, but is also light and comfortable enough for the wearer to perform virtually any meticulous task on the battlefield, from tying knots to performing acrobatics with nearly a full range of motion* Museum curator: "Looks like a tin can"

If you mute the video, you can enjoy some truly beautiful pieces of Japanese craftsmanship and artistry.

To be fair... when I was a kid, I had a nice book about knights and castles, and it said knights had to be lifted onto their horses with ropes and pulleys. So perhaps the curator, being old as he is, simply had outdated information, and hadn't known to learn the real information.

As an amateur armoror, I would love to see some vids on how various armors are made. Patterns and methods, ect

@landsknecht8654

2 жыл бұрын

There are some out there. I been looking my self because I want to make armor too. Look up "How to make a Gothic gauntlet" here on KZread, that channel is amazing.

Dear Metatron could you make a video about medieval shoulder protection and what these can withstand?

@longpinkytoes

6 жыл бұрын

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that museum curator was um informed about something in the same era that his job deals with. He should at least be slightly informed.

Pretty funny that Norm from tested can't spot a myth, when he is working for Adam Savage from mythbusters :)

You can't really blame the curator. he spent all his time learning about Japanese armor and history and likely followed the stereotypes many believe about knights.

3:00 That was wonderful. I'm still giggling

there were generally 3 types of knight armour, jousting armour which has been documented using a form of crane to get the knight into saddle though other methods were also used. Ceremonial armour with intricate designs and motifs and never meant for combat at all and combat armour. One of the tests of knighthood, the knight was meant to be able to run and roll in the armour, they were also expected to a degree be able to vault into the saddle of there horse. In battle the general rule of thumb was if you ended on the ground you were dead.

If I remember right, there are some european style armors for knights that would make it difficult if not completely impossible to saddle a horse (Though you might be able to lay across it rather than a normal ride), but those tended to be due to other things. The big thing with a lot of them were essentially an adaptation of the far older, armored skirt idea as a way to add some additional armored protection for those going into the melee as essentially a belt of long plates that look more akin to the works of art from greece or similar added to a normal set of armor. Not a common thing, but one of many things that popped up and were essentially tried out along the way.

What's with the different English accent used in this video.. It's weird

@samuelrichter3417

6 жыл бұрын

Cockney

I am wondering: Do the highly curved protrusions on the side of the helmet serve a real purpose or are they solely ornamental?

That's the samurai exhibition, a private collection. Has been in Munich last year. So the curator does not have special knowledge

Clearly the museum curator never heard of jousting. Thank God I learned about armour when I was 5 years old from a coloring book featuring jousting Knights on horseback in Gothic armour.

I know its not really related to the video, but i think both armors demonstrate a sense of artistic greatness even the more simple armor like chainmail.

honestly any other guy with this introduction I would redicule but the metatron is so likable thatit comes across as cool.

Metatron - The only Italian, Japanese Samurai-Ninja warrior, who sounds like he's from England!