It might be called 洋刀 or “yougatana” (Yōgatana) if we’re making things up. It would translate to “western style sword/ katana.”

@kingmasterlord

9 ай бұрын

Tyranth himself dubbed it the Sword of Content last video

@shawndodson5556

9 ай бұрын

How about Gaijin-tana?

@jeusmarcomascarina4102

9 ай бұрын

I am thinking of what could be looks a double bladed sword with katana hilt but ?I just remember Chinese long sword

@MonkeyJedi99

9 ай бұрын

Artana.

@Scuzzlebutt142

9 ай бұрын

The closest in form to a existing design would be a Swiss Sabre, as it pretty much meets all the characteristics of one, just with an exotic origin for the blade.

The Shatana of course

@adamglover6948

9 ай бұрын

The Shadtana

@dreadlordaxtonus6673

9 ай бұрын

No it is a already existing eastern sword like it IT IS EITHER A JAPANESE DASHI OR DACHI OR A CHINESE DAO SWORD LOOK THEM UP

@sesneflower

9 ай бұрын

@@dreadlordaxtonus6673 (it's not)

@marcogenovesi8570

9 ай бұрын

@@dreadlordaxtonus6673 This is literally a katana with a cross guard how exactly does it look like a Jitte or a Dao. They have no cross guard nor really any guard at all.

@madbrosheo1514

9 ай бұрын

Shatana? I ‘ardly know her!

I can't believe Shad and Tyron still haven't realised that they've essentially unintentionally made a book-accurate Wheel of Time sword.

@marcosalexandre9783

9 ай бұрын

Same dude

@celebril

9 ай бұрын

I would disagree. It is a Grayson sword like the one Honor used as Protectors Champion

@danpit2001

9 ай бұрын

i said this on the build video

@cjtheprop-maker

9 ай бұрын

@@danpit2001 Me too

@DanJoymonger

9 ай бұрын

I also made the same reference, but after thinking about it, the sword from WoT is straighter up until close to the tip, then it curves. Still it's the closest we got.

Come on, this is a TRUE Bastard Sword! Finally something that really deserves the name.

@khartog01

8 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking.

@nunyabeezwax6758

7 ай бұрын

And an AWESOME bastard it is! The best of east and west! :D

@captainmaim

5 ай бұрын

Maybe a bastard son-of-a-bitch sword...

@tobytoxd

3 ай бұрын

By that logic I ask you: Who is the king and who the whore then?

The Longsword gets the name "Bastard Sword" in a lot of RPGs. So I recommend "Bastard Katana." I think Tyranth can get behind the name.

@michaelyoung7261

9 ай бұрын

Bastard Katana is better than Shatana imo

@sketchystruggles5361

9 ай бұрын

Bastard sword or hand and a half sword is called that because it’s between a one handed sword and a long sword attributes. So bastard katana really fits.

@Devin_Stromgren

9 ай бұрын

It works on multiple levels.

@jonas_telmo

9 ай бұрын

Or a Bastard Scimitar

@tristanellis-mascoll1171

9 ай бұрын

Well the bastardsword in rpgs is more the inbetween from a longsword and a greatsword. Which was long time the used definition, until the 2000s hit and even small swords get called big swords.

Shad introducing the sword to the world and Tyranth calling his creation an abomination gives off big Sauron and Celebrimbor energy

@ccox4669

9 ай бұрын

Was not expecting Silmarillion references in KZread comments today…

@SockieTheSockPuppet

9 ай бұрын

​@@ccox4669But I'm all for it.

@hisnotsolonely2961

9 ай бұрын

Just wait for somebody to become a pole

@rachdarastrix5251

9 ай бұрын

"My father never loved me." ~Sword Of Tyanth.

@Acromion11

9 ай бұрын

You mean when Sauron suggested to Celebrimbor to make an alloy?

The comparison between both re-hilted "Scimitana" and "Katalong" will be super interesting. Love this project!

@J.sh_CDN

9 ай бұрын

I can wait to see the Katalong, I think it's going to look like a long spike

@xostler

9 ай бұрын

I feel like the Chinese has a blade that looked like a scimitar with a katana hilt and handle.

@J.sh_CDN

9 ай бұрын

@xostler thinking of a Dao maybe? Single edged blade round blade guard but a more standard handle with a pommel

@xostler

9 ай бұрын

@@J.sh_CDN yeah I think that’s it!

@Arcanefungus

4 ай бұрын

Katalong sounds like a crappy name for a nodachi... "Behold!!! The KataLONG!"

This show really needed Tyranth. No one else pushes back and argues with Shad the way he does. It adds so much to the show

When Tiranth was a lad he looked up into the sky and made a wish to create the greatest sword ever designed. Little did he know the finger of nearby monkeys paw did close.

@masquerader101

9 ай бұрын

7 years later, a zombie katana knocks on his door

@rachdarastrix5251

9 ай бұрын

@@masquerader101 Tyranth asks, "If you are a zombie sword, are you a rusted corpse instead of a rotten corpse?"

@TheManofthecross

9 ай бұрын

Fails

@rachdarastrix5251

9 ай бұрын

@@TheManofthecross But to understand why Shad made a video on that.

@Sigil_Firebrand

9 ай бұрын

Gotta say I really like the Tiranth blade and I kind of want one now.

Now you MUST make a Long sword with a tsuba, diamond wrap pinned hilt and no pommel.

@Trash2000s

9 ай бұрын

That would sho bad it would end up being sho good.

@TheChadPad

9 ай бұрын

The cursed longsword!

@einkar4219

9 ай бұрын

this is law of equivalent exchange, for every good abomination there must be bad abomination

@captianbacon

9 ай бұрын

I think that that'd look awsome...

@deadflight84

9 ай бұрын

Yes. Bastardization of all swords shadisisation

Shad's enthusiasm for crimes against swords is infectious

I love how this entire saga's been Shad loving the sword and Tyranth slowly dying inside.

Katana: What are you? Scimitana: I’m you but better.

@ericford911

9 ай бұрын

And here comes the O-Scimitana with the spring steel chair!

@inferno769

9 ай бұрын

From the top rope!

@spiderenigma2803

9 ай бұрын

lmao i needed a good laugh

It’s adorable how self conscious Tyranth is about his own work.

@masquerader101

9 ай бұрын

Every artist is their own worst ______.

@ryigen83

9 ай бұрын

Tytana lol

@AnakinTheWeird

9 ай бұрын

bro your profile name is so cursed...

@ccelik97

9 ай бұрын

Because both the quality of the replacement parts and the proportions are indeed far from ideal lol. No need to be an artist in the strict definition of the things to understand this. When you can do a lot better but you're tasked to lower your standards for a project (that you actually would've been also interested in otherwise), it stings. So I understand him. That said, despite all the technical jank he did well. :D

@reverendbernfriedaxewielde8443

9 ай бұрын

He is like God in that regard. He hates his own creation. 😅 Oh wait, that's not funny.😬

I like that you and Tyranth are able to respectfully disagree so much. It’s interesting and a healthy dynamic.

@deviousdelibird

6 ай бұрын

Agreed!

I feel like a "Swiss Saber" style hilt/hand protection with an actual katana blade would be the ideal outcome of this project.

It's a sword so legendary even the creator hated it. It is shrouded in mist as to its identity but a sword none the less.

@johnfairweather7012

9 ай бұрын

I immediately started thinking about guts' sword being described hahaha

“This is not the only abomination we are going to be making.” Tyrinth dying inside

There is a sword in Bloodborne called Chikage, which is a katana with a crossguard and an overly ornate hilt and pommel. This sword reminds me of it.

It reminds me of Mugen's sword in Samurai Champloo. Mugen's sword has a guard like a blade like a katana, a guard like a sai, and a hilt like a jian. It's a mashup of different weapons kind of like your own.

What I love about this sword is that it's not some impossible fantasy sword. It's completely possible that a single example of such a sword could have existed but has been lost to history.

@Scuzzlebutt142

9 ай бұрын

They do exist, they're called Swiss sabers with a exotic blade, not an uncommon design, you just need to have a reasonable knowledge of swords to identify it.

@TelsMaviston

9 ай бұрын

It's entirely possible some Japanese Smith or merchant brought a longsword with him from travels from afar, and then tried to incorporate aspects of it into a katana, but it just never caught on with the highly traditional samurai.Samurai. What would be more likely is if a Chinese merchant or Smith tried to modify a Katana and it just never went anywhere.

@stgibbs86

9 ай бұрын

@@Scuzzlebutt142 Its similar just like the kriegsmesser, but it isnt actually that. This literally uses a katana blade. The swiss were not importing katana blades from japan.

@kyleeames8229

9 ай бұрын

When I originally watched the build video it made me imagine a scenario in which a Japanese sword smith got his hands on say, a European or middle eastern sword and thought, 「まあ、これオモロいやつやなぁ。なんとか作ってみようかなぁ。」 It’s hardly unprecedented. I recently learned of Ming dynasty Chinese sailors witnessing the combat effectiveness of ootou and uchigatana in the hands of Japanese pirates and basically imitated the design. There were notable design differences, but they remained popular in China well into the early 20th century, so pretty good weapons.

@Scuzzlebutt142

9 ай бұрын

@@stgibbs86 So what? This thing they created has a standard cross guard and pommel, just like the construction of a Swiss Saber. And using an imported blade is a very european thing, as they imported blades from all over and put them in their own furniture, didn't make them not an example of the sword just cause the blade was imported. If I came across this thing in the wild, and didn't have the backstory, I would classify it as a Swiss saber by its form. What components you used to form it really don't matter. The same way if you fit a Messer blade onto a haft, my first thought would be Naginata, not trying to make up a term for it.

God, I love it here. I’m a prototype engineer, programmer, and machinist. Making custom stuff (abominations) is a huge passion of mine. Never change, guys. Never change.

I wish we could work with you guys on these! Would be a lot of fun and Chris has actually done this exercise before. Just to add, heavier overall swords do not necessarily hit harder, it really does depend on distribution of that mass and how it's used (ie balance point, and how it's swung). An easy way to see this is a variety of feders and sparring swords. If the POB is pulled way back to the guard compared to farther out POBs, they tend to hit a lot lighter, no matter the overall weight. OH! and if you want to do a larger O katana with a euro grip, I think a 1060 blade would be much better than a 1040 blade. Only because those makers tend to really nail the heat treat with 1060 more consistently.

I am absolutely in love with that scimitana. Takes parts I adore about the scimitar and improves on what I don’t. Really wish I had one like that!

Shad: "We improved the katana" Also Shad: "This is an abomination"

@badrequest5596

9 ай бұрын

i agree with ty that the pommel looks weird and a different pommel would look and feel better probably. maybe a pommel like the one in the kriegsmesser. the handle looks a bit chonky as well and i noticed they didnt remove the menuki on the handle but wrapped on top of it, which makes it look chonkier. but overall doesn't look too bad. i always thought a katana would be better with a crossguard but also keeping the rings around it, like in some tournament long swords

The chaotic professional energy between them two is amazing. Even more chaotic when Nate is present. Shadiversity becoming the boys channel is definitely the best thing that ever happened to shadiversity

I can't believe Shad and Tyranth are essentially doing the sword equivalent of the "are you into girls with big boobs or big butts?" argument, and PS Shad is right... in more ways than one Also we should agree that the name of that specific sword, but not the sword type but that specific one, should be the abomination

I loved the feature of Fallout 4 where you could customize you weapons, like changing up the receiver, muzzle etc. and you'd get different effects. It would be fun if you could do the same in a fantasy game with medieval style weapons.

@jackrose6996

8 ай бұрын

There was a game that allowed you to do that, but not nearly to the extent that it should have. It was called Vagrant Story. I played it for about 2 weeks when it was released, and didn't think about it much until now.

i love how shad is just laughing like a disney villan when getting tyrinth to admit 2 sided swords have more versatility in a fight

as a physics student, E=.5mv^2. You have slightly more mass in motion, and the mass that's there is moving faster, therefore you will apply more energy in the strike, increasing the force applied and the cutting capacity. The weight distribution thing works because, by putting the mass further from the point of rotation, you increase the moment arm and the speed of that mass, allowing it to store more energy in it's motion, but adding the counterbalance doesn't decrease the moment arm of the existing mass, it only adds more mass.

@yappeyatwow

9 ай бұрын

You used the proper science words to describe what I was thinking during the video.

Thanks for going into the detail on differences between the two handed falchion, the Keigsmesser and the Tyranth blade.

I love watching this kind of stuff. Not just a review, but some guys that love swords genuinely having fun with them! It’s like watching a gearhead’s channel where you’d see something like “I put a Lamborghini engine in this Jeep. Let’s see what she can do!” kind of thing. It’s obvious you are enjoying yourselves and it’s contagious! Thanks for the fun watch!

There's also a fantasy anime from 1998 named the Vision of Escaflowne, in which the characters used to wield swords like this. The blades looked oriental as the Japanese katana, but the guards were exactly like the one you made.

@hian

9 ай бұрын

This comment. I've always been a huge fan of Katana with Western guards. It's been used in Japanese fantasy for over two decades, and they are awesome.

The sword is a really cool experiment and I dig it. I also love how uncomfortable Tyranth is with his creation; I can feel his mental pain and it is horribly enjoyable when showcased with Shad's enthusiasm.

You know, these sword mod videos, starting from the Machete Falchion to this, have been my absolutely favourite videos and i eagerly await them! Thanks for this!

There's a video on Ask Seki Sensei where the kenjutsu master tries a european style sword for the first time. One of the first things he comments is that the bigger guard would mean he has to rethink a lot of his techniques, since they usually do the downward strike from over the head and the cross guard would cause him to hit himself.

Don't forget, there is historical precedent for swords being rehilted with a different style of hilt. I believe the pata (Indian gauntlet sword) was often made with a preexisting sword blade that was originally a more like a European longsword.

@akumabito2008

9 ай бұрын

Naginata (katana-on-a-stick) were often made using recycled katana blades.

It's a Bastard sword, an unholy fusion that somehow works. I love it.

The Tyranth blade is the perfect name. He made it. That's just how that works.

You two arguing about the benefits of the point of balance, has me going: “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!” 😆

Tyranth brings so much to the channel. i remember being skeptical of him coming on back when he first started. He's long since proved me wrong and became one of my Shadiversity staples.

@kingofsapi

9 ай бұрын

I remember there was another guy who came in after Oz, what happened to him?

@Sikraj

9 ай бұрын

@@kingofsapi I know, Oz was pretty cool.

@BigPanda096

9 ай бұрын

Nate and Tyranth are amazing contributions to the channel that have allowed it to, atmospherically anyway, ascend into T.V quality showmanship in my opinion. Shadiveristy could easily be put on History channel for instance and compete with the crap that's on there easily, if not become a staple show.

@victorro8760

9 ай бұрын

@@kingofsapi If you're referring to Nathan (different from Nate), I think he films the videos but is often on Knights Watch (one of their other channels). There's also a guy who appeared briefly on Shadiversity but is still occasionally on Knights Watch also.

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

9 ай бұрын

I remember at first he gave off Lofty Pixels vibes. Nice guy, but always taking the wrong contrary opinion on popculture.

Sabre? Falchion? Swordtana? With the hilt construcrion, it is a katana hilt ... rather similar to a messer ... but with a sword pommel ... Falchion. Or swordtana. Let's ask a katana and antiquities expert: "A sword?" - Connor MacLeod

@myusername3689

9 ай бұрын

Or an actual medieval soldier: A long knife

@TheCaniblcat

9 ай бұрын

The perfect name already exists: The BASTARD SWORD! :P

@wolfbane7497

9 ай бұрын

The sword shall be known as heron

@johnstuartkeller5244

9 ай бұрын

@@TheCaniblcat Wow ... it's so obvious, but so elegant ... I'm ashamed I didn't think of it!

@johnstuartkeller5244

9 ай бұрын

@@wolfbane7497 So long as it isn't a red heron. I'd hate to think this was all a ruse.

The scimitana reminds me of the description of Rand’s sword in Wheel of Time. I kind of like it. Innovative, unique and something new. Strong work!

My first impression of the crossguard katana, having not seen the build video: It looks like a shorter version of one of the long narrow-blades falchions I saw in a previous Shadiversity video about falchions.

According to Dragalia Lost, a weapon that is both Blade and Sword would be called a "Blord."

Between scimitana and shabbard, the puns you guys come up with for naming things are amazing. I am known for loving puns and your guys' puns are top tier. Also, if you guys make a follow-up using an o-katana blade, would that make it an o-scimitana? And would it then be large enough to put in a shabbard? It would be great seeing your original designs in conjunction.

@ToaCody1

9 ай бұрын

In my opinion that would be pushing odachi territory.

Looks a lot like Calandor, from wheel of Time, or the Pathfinder dueling sword. People have been thinking about making such a sword for a while.

@jameswilliams-ry6wx

8 ай бұрын

That's what I thought. It looked like a heron marked sword

Fun video guys! Its always very interesting hearing your thoughts on sword construction! Now, please save the kreigsmesser from anymore destruction! Its my favorit so far!

I'd still say Nanban-tachi, like I said before. It's a katana in the style of the Nanban, the foreigners (the Portuguese) that arrived from the south.

@BLS31

9 ай бұрын

It also calls to mind the Nanban-do Gusoku, or Southern Foreigner's armor. It's armor made by the Japanese to try and copy the European style of plate armor. I think the two would look very odd, but very fitting together.

@nilok7

9 ай бұрын

Nanban-tachi is actually a perfect name

@CowCommando

9 ай бұрын

Ooh, yes, I like that. The only issue is that this wasn't made by the Japanese.

@BLS31

9 ай бұрын

@@CowCommando I don't think it's a parmesano reggiano situation where it can only be called a katana if it's made in Japan. I think the name is apt.

A longsword with a Katana handle sounds incredibly cursed, but I'm here for it

@jacksonsmiler8028

9 ай бұрын

The Chinese beat us to it, iirc I believe it's a type of dao

@ntfoperative9432

9 ай бұрын

The Chinese already did it

@twinphalanx4465

9 ай бұрын

The entire hema community just shuddered at that thought

@corwinhyatt519

9 ай бұрын

? Just sounds like what's been called commercially a Dai-katana to me.

I don't think that adding mass anywhere on a sword could allow you to accelerate it faster (except in a gravity assisted strike). Adding a pommel can make a sword easier to handle, but it won't help you swing it faster.

Just love how at 5:40 he didn’t liked the “scimitana” name, but when he heard alternative one - “Scimitana you say? Sounds good to me” 😂😂😂

I'd classify the new sword: "Australian Hybrid Scimitana, 'Tyranthbane' style"

I think this types of creations should have their own clasification like Triggering swords or Tryranth's bane

@josuesepulveda6850

9 ай бұрын

Tyranth's Bane sound vert cool.

I would probably call this specific, individual sword _Tyranth's Shame_

European double-edged sword with a Katana style handle construction? Yeah... I think I just died a little inside. 😂 But I can't wait to see what's next for this series!

@J.sh_CDN

9 ай бұрын

Basically a long toothpick spike? I'm excited too though equally horrified. I imagine it will cut well though

@masterdynamo6457

5 ай бұрын

That...essentially sounds not too dissimilar from a jian.

If anybody does an archeological dig on shads property they are going to be so confused

@kazuma_koon

9 ай бұрын

Hell most archeologists think the pyramids were built with bronze chisels and wood pulleys...so it doesn't take much.

@DH-xw6jp

9 ай бұрын

​​@@kazuma_koonand what were they made with in your opinion?

@kazuma_koon

9 ай бұрын

@@DH-xw6jp Something unknown, beyond our modern day capabilities.

@DH-xw6jp

9 ай бұрын

@@kazuma_koon ... You think stacking stone blocks is "beyond our modern day capabilities"?

@kazuma_koon

9 ай бұрын

@@DH-xw6jp When they weigh as much as thousands and thousands of tons, carried hundreds of miles, through sand and mountains....yes.

This sort of fun, speculative, entertaining/comedic, and truly expert analysis is exactly the pocket this channel plays in best - and like no other.

I might call it the Falcon Blade from Dragon Warrior known for granting an extra attack.

I also suggest that you guys use a thing cross guard like the one used on Shad's type XVIIIb. It'll look better than a thicker cross guard methinks.

Honestly, while I'm not a sword expert, I do not agree with changing to a circular pommel. I think modifying it to make it more scimitar-esque would look better than making it more European. Unsure how the feel of the sword would be affected but to me the blade is far more similar to a scimitar than a falchuon

@MeepChangeling

9 ай бұрын

Who gives a shit about how a sword looks? I'd rather have a blade that can prevent my hands from being cut off by the other guy than some art object.

@sihilius

9 ай бұрын

@@MeepChangeling Apparently a lot of people back in the day cared about how their sword looked. Ask the people burried in sutton hoo for example.

@gmann215

9 ай бұрын

​@@MeepChangelingIf they wanted that, they'd just give this sword a complex hilt or even a basket hilt.

@philllllllll

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, ring pomme would look fucking weird. I love the look of this one as-is and if I'd change anything it would be for quality of material. Ring pommel would look off.

@DH-xw6jp

9 ай бұрын

​@@MeepChangelingmost people care about how their gear looks, even at the points in history where there was an actual likelihood of getting into a sword fight to tge death (unlike today, where swords are made for art and sport). You are in the extreme minority with the claim that you don't care about looks.

We all know that if the samurai had this beauty of a sword, they would be around even today, overpowering even firearms.

22:17 the absolute madman. He can't keep getting away with it!

Shad, a man of Faith fostering such heresy 😆 “Goooooood… let the Scimitana flow through you…”

I would love to see you do videos where you take every single sword and modify them to be the ultimate versions of themselves

it reminds me of the heron marked swords out of the Wheel of Time series. The only difference is they said Rand's sword had twisted or braided quillions. I can't rememeber which but it was one of them.

@westh2756

9 ай бұрын

My first thoughts as well. Jordans description of Lans sword was similar to this sword.

@jacthing1

9 ай бұрын

Kinda makes me think of the Chikage

@weepingwell

9 ай бұрын

@@jasonbrody8724 etch a heron on it and i'd buy one XD

@edot7266

9 ай бұрын

​@@jasonbrody8724Warder-tana

so, you guys basically made what my ideal falchion looks like with a little messer thrown in.

The kyū guntō/ murata-tō looks like a western cavalry/dress sword with a sakura flower on the sides of the backstrap and when unsheathed you realize it's very much a katana blade. These were used during the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese war.

Rehilting a spring steel Okatana is exactly what I was curious about from the previous video! Can't wait to see it!

It's like a longsword and a katana had a baby.

@myusername3689

9 ай бұрын

2 handed Falchion(I call it KriegsFalchion)

@wolfbane7497

9 ай бұрын

I call it the heron

@nextcaesargaming5469

9 ай бұрын

This is what happens when swords don't use protection

@anelbegic2780

9 ай бұрын

Indeed, an absolute abomination.

This reminds me of a Fantasy character I made on a "story" I was writing. A kind of Fighter/Ranger (if I compare to D&D), dual blade warrior, using a Katana on main hand and a wide double edge european/medieval sword hold backwards mainly to parry. I remember everyone would get triggered by such abomination as it would make both groups angry. Now this "Simitana" would be the kind of sword he would end up using, he would still o with dual sword fight. I specially like that the handle gives the ilusion that the blade looks shorter, that can be an interesting thing to add in the story. how an enemy underestimate him and thinks it has the advantage cos the simitana looks shorter or doesn't have enough reach

I really love how it looks. It looks like a good blade you could get in a game!

I think the problem is it's unrefined. I think if you took the time to make quality parts that look good together then Tyranth would warm up to it much more.

cannot wait to see the o-katana "remixed" with an european-style handle and crossguard

5:38 If I were into making games I would like to add this sword naming it "Tyranth's disowned blade" 🤣

Melee related abominations are the future of this channel and be milked near endlessly and i am completely here for it

I love this modified, improved Katana. Everything about it is awesome. You've taken a symbol of weeb obsession, and made a thing of true beauty out of it.

@inali_illustrates9142

9 ай бұрын

Its a symbol of our culture(by our I mean the Japanese people) that has been taken out of context by weebs

@SeanCrosser

9 ай бұрын

Wow that's rude as hell. I guess japanese culture didn't exist before the 20th century.

@pauloazuela8488

9 ай бұрын

​@@inali_illustrates9142You can't do proper Iado with that kind of guard and different sword center of balance

@inali_illustrates9142

9 ай бұрын

@@pauloazuela8488 ye

The Tyranthian Scimtana needs a longer blade, a slightly longer grip, and a fishtail pommel. The Katana's weakness is always reach, and since you are adding weight in pommel you can balance that against length, and the fishtail gives you the most capacity to choke down the grip to stretch out the reach further. You would be getting the benefits of a Miao Dao without having the overlong grip due to the pommel weight - getting it more into the longsword family. There is a reason why short swords are so often stabbers - because stabbing loses no energy with shorter length (just reach). Slashing does lose energy the shorter the blade.

"My sword is blunt. It does damage with it's weight." quote from Guts

the idea of a katana-hilted longsword is so hilarious, I'm in

Shad looked so excited about making an Okatana version

the giant swords. carbon fiber swords and now the katana and longsword abomination. i can't wait for the future content!

That is almost the exact picture I have in my mind for blademaster & warder swords in wheel of time.

I may be completely wrong but here is my take: When you cut something it means you have surpassed its maximum strain resistance. Strain, like pressure, is the force-to-area ratio and force is mass multiplied with acceleration. In order to increase the acceleration you would need a bigger lever. Now in a two-handed sword the lever has more to do with your two hands and less to do with the center of mass. As a result the change of center of mass is way less impactful than the change in mass.

This sward actually is almost exactly the way I imagined the Heron marked blade in "The Wheel of Time" series (books)

In the Honor Harrington series, there's a blade that's essentially this - crossguard + katana blade. It does have a straight third before the typical katana blade, but what you produced sounds close to it.

@sandpirate1662

9 ай бұрын

Yo I hadn't even thought about that. (That duel at the end of flag in exile was very satisfying.)

@FiliusFidelis

9 ай бұрын

Flag in Exile, you know, I was just thinking about that just before i spotted the comment. Not only that, this also happens to be pretty close to what a heron mark blade from wheel of time is supposed to look like.

@sandpirate1662

9 ай бұрын

​@FiliusFidelis aw man another great series. (RIP og heron marked sword, you served well 8D) Were all the heron marked blades that style or was it just Rand's?

@SymbioteMullet

9 ай бұрын

​@sandpirate1662 i think the heron mark indicated it was the sword of a master, rather than a specific style

@FiliusFidelis

9 ай бұрын

@@sandpirate1662 Not 100% certain as all that many other swords were discussed but the real Heron Mark swords were mass produced during the War of Power though so I'd assume so. Also his, his fathers, sword was unusual, finer, more ornamented with Herons than most, Lan's blade were a lot more plain with only a heronengravig on the blade itself (if i remember right). I think it was Lan who hypothesized that Rand's sword had belonged to an officer during the WoP.

I'm glad you let Tyranth title the video

Seems since a new classification is due, I cast my vote for calling it a Tyranth. Great video fellas! I can't wait to see the new build

I can't wait to see the ultimate sword, a SCIMITANA! I can't wait to see this project blossom a perfect sword!

Shads enjoyment and tyrants ambivalence from the 1st video was absolutely amazing

No don't put a pommel on it at all! You should keep the handle the same, just add the cross guard, perhaps a less symmetrical one, an L shape pointing down edge side, and L pointing up on spine side

"But I love that nitpicky stuff." 😂

This is what I imagined the heron marked blades from the Wheel of Time series would look like.

I am really excited to see how those modifications turn out on both swords

Pretty much the way I always imagined the wheel of time book swords, certainly closer than the props made for the tv adaption

This is sure to be fun!

If you lower the point of balance toward the hilt then you are adding mass to the working side of the lever and mass x speed = force. So it should have more force with the new hilt assuming that speed is constant.

If Shad got shardblades, their souls would SUFFER!

It is called the simitana, because the cross guard pommel and handle. That's where you get the scimitar from the katana blade and the habaki, that's what makes the katana part. Hence the name simitana!

Should've called this episode spoiler alert with the amount of times it was said lol.