He's going to stab me with his "Eat cheese or die" dagger. How dairy!

@mchernett

4 жыл бұрын

Your pun is on point!

@totherarf

4 жыл бұрын

Did they do an "Eat Cheese And Die!" ....... for the Lactose intolerant?

@sirwi11iam

4 жыл бұрын

Good pun...bit cheesy but still good...

@ironpirate8

4 жыл бұрын

Hah! Well who wants to die from-age?

@totherarf

4 жыл бұрын

@@ironpirate8 ...... better than the alternative ;0)

"Eat cheese or die" I can't express how happy it made me to hear that

@evilcanofdrpepper

4 жыл бұрын

I like a good cave aged Gouda like 1.5-2 years old. I cant stand regular Gouda but once you age it a bit the flavor is completely transformed. I gotta get me some of that cheesy goodness! I feel pity for anyone who is lactose intolerant, what are everyone else's favorite cheeses that they would rather die than live without?

@racconworkshop5110

4 жыл бұрын

@@evilcanofdrpepper in fact cheese dont hold much lactose, so gouda is not a big deal. i like white irish cheddar the most...

@whyjay9959

4 жыл бұрын

@@evilcanofdrpepper Haloumi. Fried next to or right after runny-yolked eggs, then placed together in bread.

@CanalTremocos

4 жыл бұрын

Obviously the motto of the cheese maker's guild.

@otwk

4 жыл бұрын

"And the cheese... To die for!"

I wonder if "Eat Cheese or Die" was a medieval version of losing a bet and having to get a bad tattoo today. Bloke finally goes to have his gentleman's sidearm made for him when he has a bit too much to drink, loses a bet at the local pub, and his friends make him get that engraved on his prize new fashion piece. He just never thought his bad bet on the drunk old one armed guy winning the local joust would lead to his poor dagger being found hundreds of years later and then reproduced by the finest smithy of the day.

@tgjaedan

4 жыл бұрын

@@tods_workshop Hey, sometimes historical objects have a fascinating story showing human ingenuity and our ability to adapt and overcome some amazing things. Other times it just shows that people have always been people. 1000 years from now when someone finds a buried data center and stumbles on a hard drive that still has a bit of data we have the same odds that they stumble on Nyan Cat as something that shows our great strides in medical technology.

@Barberserk

4 жыл бұрын

@@tods_workshop He talks about it as if it's a bad motto... It's epic! Can we get a view of the original somewhere?

@edi9892

4 жыл бұрын

I thought of someone giving this dagger to someone that can't afford it and he gets really happy until he sees the inscription...

@patrickbrett66

4 жыл бұрын

I would definitely hav this as my motto... Squeeeeeeek!

@inncubus666

4 жыл бұрын

@@edi9892 Yeah a rich friend agrees to buy it for him if he has that engraved on it :)

Blessed be the cheesemakers.

@888johnmac

4 жыл бұрын

lol, that was my first thought .. monty python for life

@TheSaneHatter

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not to be taken *literally* if it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.

@jackh5761

3 жыл бұрын

The *Cheesemakers*?

@jomorim

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackh5761 Monty Python, "Life of Brian".

@domtoretto1677

2 жыл бұрын

Hallowed by thine curds

“Who wears daggers?” Tod.. Tod wears daggers

@frankberger7035

4 жыл бұрын

The real question is: Who should wear daggers? And the answer is ofc: Everyone. Everyone should. I'm sure a lot of people would suddenly be way nicer.

@garethbaus5471

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankberger7035 or bar fights will all go south really quickly.

@garethbaus5471

4 жыл бұрын

@CrateofStolenDirt or a shield.

@frankberger7035

4 жыл бұрын

@@garethbaus5471 So you're saying... win win? We told ourselves way too long that we can trick darwin and get the best result for it anyway.

@frankberger7035

4 жыл бұрын

@Phil M You kind of failing to understand the difference (or being willfully ignorant) between looking at "should" as in "could be nice" and should "this should be the law and everyone will be forced to do it". But the good old saying about sarcasm never seem to fail. When you eat cheese you won't start pissing milk.

"Eat cheese or die" is now my new life motto. Thank you Tod.

@heretyk_1337

4 жыл бұрын

Mine would probably be: "Get out of the shitter!" But this one works too...

Todd wears 5 daggers, each collected from the corpse of a different man.

@thinkingmachine354

4 жыл бұрын

Blue Moon A fine addition to my collection!

@sabo55

4 жыл бұрын

I guess they didn't eat cheese :)

@fenrirrising131

4 жыл бұрын

There is probably a vegan woman or two in there.

@RoamingAdhocrat

4 жыл бұрын

is he General Grievous now

@heavens.sorrow

4 жыл бұрын

@@thinkingmachine354 ...you got there first, damnit. Lol.

The stiletto can indeed made its way gently and slowly inside people hearts ... or lungs, kidney, liver, throat; as you prefer. And the motto Eat cheese or die is just glorious.

So although Shakespeare was a southerner, he knew weapons well enough to give Macbeth a historically and regionally accurate weapon: In his vision of a dagger while on his way to kill Duncan, Macbeth notices that "on thy blade and dudgeon (there are) gouts of blood". That's attention to detail!

@AndrewSkerritt

4 жыл бұрын

Which was not so before. There’s no such thing. It is the bloody business that informs Thus to mine eyes... (Excellent comment, spot on).

@Lurklen

4 жыл бұрын

I mean I don't think it would take a great deal of knowledge. It seems impressive to us, but it's no more insightful than you knowing how people dress in another region of your country. These would be Shakespeare's contemporaries, or the ones of his youth/the generation before him, so it just takes knowing your cultural environment. Also, if most people are wearing knives, you're going to notice what they wear, just like any other clothing item. Paying attention to details like this is part of a writer's job, at least when writing contemporary fiction.

@AndrewSkerritt

4 жыл бұрын

Lurklen that’s undoubtedly so, but it’s nice to be reminded from time to time that Shakespeare’s work was connected to the people. Many writers today would (quite literally) quiver in the presence of a firearm and not know anything about them, which also a sign of the times. I also thought Todd’s point about people “using what they had” was interesting as well. Either way, we are all thinking about the issue, which is often a sign of success in any academic video. Tell me what you would draw from this quote: “Grim visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front”?

@Lurklen

4 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewSkerritt Oh indeed, my comment wasn't meant to dismiss @commouflet's point, just supply context. On your point about author's, I suppose it's possible some writer's would become terrified simply at the sight of the weapon, though I think if a writer were writing about the subject matter of Macbeth, they may hae a sterner disposition, though of course there are exceptions. Personally I think it's not a bad thing if people have some trepidation around weapons, if the trade off is that we don't live in a society that was so frequently using them against each other, though I think the context of why a writer was looking at a firearm would determine their reaction (I know being shown one by a friend, or seeing one in a museum or store elicits a different reaction from me than seeing one in the hands of a stranger). “Grim visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front...” Hm, without the proper context, to me it would suggest that whatever worries normally bothered this man were eased by being confronted with war. His "wrinkled front" being either his brow, or a wrinkled "front" as in projected/or feigned appearance. Suggesting to me that having a clear target, a single problem to solve, eases his worries and reveals who he really is. However, reading the line in context suggests that War himself, the entity, has relaxed and is enjoying all the frivolity of peace (which our narrator cannot due to his "Rudely stamped" appearance) and if not War, then the Son("sun") of York ascending to the throne, which may be an allusion to the two being similar, as the man in question was said to be impressive in appearance. I'm curious, why do you ask?

@AndrewSkerritt

4 жыл бұрын

Lurklen “smoothing a wrinkled front” meant getting your breast-plate repaired by the armourer after a battle. Like the “blade and dugeon” quote it tells us a bit about Elizabethan England, where warriors were still wearing breastplates in battle. I thought about this after watching the arrow vs armour video, the point being linking the past to the present. In terms of being afraid of weapons, I must heartily disagree. A weapon is an inanimate object. If you are afraid, merely by being in the presence of an inanimate object then you have a problem. It’s irrational. Do you get frightened of a kitchen knife or a hammer?

Having the models display the daggers with clothing that would have fit the type carrying that dagger was a great touch. As always, awesome and informative video, Tod!

@MrPlankinton

2 жыл бұрын

Except... FOR THE MODERN GLASSES 🤓

0:37 Tod: "Fashion started really in Italy..." 16thC Armani be like "I need a fine stiletto dagger to match this trendy outfit"

@Loromir17

4 жыл бұрын

@Fight Fly Crow Need Metatron to read it during a video

@SuperAWaC

4 жыл бұрын

to go with my navy suit for war

@MaxwellAerialPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

I would really dig it if there was a designer dagger to go along with a nice suit

@chuckhainsworth4801

4 жыл бұрын

@Fight Fly Crow which dialect? Any gentlemen worth his salt would recognize the difference between people from Naples, Milan, and Venice by their clothing and weapons. A gentleman of Verona wearing a stiletto from Naples is no gentleman.

@misterZalli

3 жыл бұрын

Stiletto heels need a matching dagger.

On the stiletto as a status symbol, it also broadcasts that the owner can afford a fancy knife that is, furthermore, completely impractical for most daily tasks lower status individuals would carry a knife for.

@Taeerom

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think any of these daggers are suitable for much anything than fighting. If you can't afford both a dagger and a knife, you fight with the knife, not work with the dagger. Even the cheap "mass produced" bollock dagger absolutely terrible at carving, eating, or other tasks you may need a knife for.

@Misericorde9

4 жыл бұрын

Taeerom : The common ballock dagger like the modern Sykes-Fairbairn will not compare well to a dedicated utility knife, but can still be used readily enough to cut cord, put a point on a stake, trim a branch, or gut a fish.

@Taeerom

4 жыл бұрын

@@Misericorde9 And so can a sword. But you don't see people coming around claiming peasants wore swords because it was more utilitarian than a spear, no do you? My point is that, while it is not completely unusable, its use as an utility object is irrellevant. Carrying (or having it your baggage) a proper knife AND a dagger is always going to be far more useful if you need a knife. No matter your economic or social status. If you are poor, you buy a cheaper dagger, not give up on having a knife in order to afford a more expensie dagger. Or, if you can just afford either a dagger or a knife, a knife is a far better fighting weapon than a dagger is to do any utility work whatsoever. So you forgo your dagger and just keep a knife on your person. In other words, a stilletto does not broadcast that you can afford having a non-utilitarian dagger, because everyone has a non-utilitarian dagger. It is nothing special in any way in that regard. What it is broadcasting, like Tod touches on in the video, is that you are "macaroni", as in, you know and follow Italian fashion. You not only can afford Italian fashion, but you know about it.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

It’s the medieval equivalent of an Ed Hardy shirt, a single to the world that you are a rich twat devoid of taste.

@daftmell5237

4 жыл бұрын

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography I wouldn't claim that a stiletto is devoid of taste.

16th century engraver: “Ohhhhh... ‘LIVE FREE or die.’ Ha, ha, sorry about that. That makes a lot more sense. I did think ‘Eat cheese or die’ was a little strange...”

We really ought to get together as a community and commission someone to make another royalty free medieval background music track

@gcl2783

4 жыл бұрын

There's AIVA for generating music that you can license and use inexpensively. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYZht7mkg7fTcbQ.html

@andreweden9405

4 жыл бұрын

I'd be happy to help! I happen to have a degree in historical performance of early music(specializing in Medieval and Renaissance), and I'm also a HEMA enthusiast. I also happen to own a Tod-made dagger that I love very much!

I see you invested a lot of Stat points in the Finesse Skill Tree

5:03 Sheogorath approves.

@shadowabsol

4 жыл бұрын

Only True Witch-King I was thinking the same damn thing. Truly a weapon for the prince of madness

"Eat cheese, or die!" Sounds to me like a mum who gave her son a farewell gift. To always remind him to empty his platter to the last bit. "You don't like cheese? Too bad. Eat up, or go to bed hungry."

The attire, its fitting, and how it suits the models is really excellent. It tells in one picture so much more about the context and the feel of a piece as a part of life. I'm not an expert but I suspect the reenaction efforts there are second to none. If you could spare a few words about the clothing and accessories next time (this time I suppose it was the local reenactors and costumes from Kentwell, but you had other examples on your own turf I remember), it would be very interesting.

'two pins, which go through the balls' great, now i have that image in my mind...

@LuxisAlukard

4 жыл бұрын

I felt that...

@TheLoxxxton

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. I'm a grown ass man with a real interest in history but couldn't help a giggle when todd starts talking bollocks and balls

@beeble2003

4 жыл бұрын

I think that one should definitely be called a "boob dagger".

@Cryogenius333

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLoxxxton Thats why its called a Bollock dagger XD What you thought its cuz the guy who invented it was named Bollock? HA

@cardboardbox191

4 жыл бұрын

@@Cryogenius333 I don't know if your joking or not.

5:47 That´s the way that gauchos normally wear their Facones (Facon) here in Argentina. Nice video thanks for sharing.

I never pay attention to or regard these types of comments, but I do distinctly see 1.3k likes and 0 dislikes, and on a video with about 7.7k views. That well exceeds the typical less than 1/10th like-to-view ratio you usually see. And I feel it really is justified, your videos are pure simplistic education, and of the showing and not telling kind, of the highest legitimacy and caliber. How can you not love this? Methinks of Knyght Errant. Cheers for the excellent video!

I want a t-shirt that says "Eat cheese or die"

@gabesouthwell2415

4 жыл бұрын

Or a dagger

@OrmTostesson

4 жыл бұрын

there is a link in the description

@mchernett

4 жыл бұрын

shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/todsworkshop/

@heretyk_1337

4 жыл бұрын

@@OrmTostesson The bandana for the dog killed me...

i think Tod, (and marshall historical i admit) for reinforcing a fondness for daggers and knives that i didnt have previously the fact you can get this lovely blade and hilt for a fraction of what a sword of similar quality would cost is a comfort for someone on a budget

The knives are cool and all...but those outfits! As a dude, I would love to have an occasion to dress like that!

Hello Tod from the Southern USA, love your content. I wear some form of working knife every day on my belt. It is often a fixed blade, but sometimes a locking style knife. I work with my hands, and use my knife several times a day. The wearing and use of a knife is far from dead as some people seem to think it should be. Thank you for your channel and it's content. When it is all said and done a blade is much the same as it was in the days long ago.

Oi! You got loicense for that dagga?

@b33lze6u6

4 жыл бұрын

Oi you got a loicence for dat daggah loicence ?!

@HarvestMoonHowl

4 жыл бұрын

Nah guardsman, but I do have a loicence for this big mace I like ta lug aroun'. Well bollocks...it seems like the Baron's brat o' a son wants it, now. I never seen him at market on the Saturdays, before...

@heretyk_1337

4 жыл бұрын

@@HarvestMoonHowl Oh, yer right... It`s `im a`ight.... Shite...

@k.s.3748

4 жыл бұрын

Don't need one I live in Texas.

@Beuwen_The_Dragon

4 жыл бұрын

@@b33lze6u6 bloody hell, beat me to it. ^.-.^

The piece about the stiletto was very interesting.

Amazing clothes and beautiful daggers

It was indeed interesting. What would be a good followup, is a selection of basic utility knives from the period. The sort of thing an everyday person might carry. A dagger always has that element of meance to it.

2019: "Eat Cheese And Die" 2020: "Eat Cheese Or Die" Let's ring it in proper, folks.

@malahamavet

4 жыл бұрын

1519: "eat cheese or die"

@dimesonhiseyes9134

4 жыл бұрын

Death to cheese eaters!

The daggers are cool by themselves, but i love seeing them with the outfits of the people likely to wear them. Especially the common man outfits

The 16th century is probably my favorite era for arms and armor. Pretty much everything was in play at that point, from leftovers from the hundred years war to firearms, and armor was at it's peak, with the Milanese and Gothic armors, which looked amazing. Just so many different types of weird and interesting weapons existed together at the same time. I feel like form and function blended perfectly in this era, everything was amazingly functional, and looked great too. This video is a pretty fine example of what I mean, you have the quillon and bullock daggers still in use, time tested designs, and the left hand dagger and stiletto, brand new designs which serve very specific purposes in combat, while also looking amazing. It's interesting, because in Italy in particular, you had such extremes for brawling sidearms, with the extremely small and skinny stiletto, and the big beefy cinquedea, such opposite weapons from the same place from the same time.

Well, I'm very glad to see this video back under the proper name. Congrats on being back in the driver's seat.

Love your videos. Would be great to see one about the Scottish dirk and the sgian dubh.

People wear daggers, imagine how ridiculous a duck would look wearing a dagger?

@burgeryoufoundbehindthegrill

4 жыл бұрын

A duck with a ballock dagger engraved with "Eat Cheese or Die."

@Cryogenius333

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen some very dapper mice of the period wearing such implements

@voiceofraisin3778

4 жыл бұрын

@@Cryogenius333 The Kings mouseketeers were disbanded shortly after Capitaine Jerry retired..

@voiceofraisin3778

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, a medievill duck would be better armed with a well sharpened bill!

@danilotodeschini6777

4 жыл бұрын

A duck would be silly, but a snail or a rabbit with hardware was totally acceptable

Love these videos, always fantastic to watch.

Great stuff as usual Todd, enjoy these historic discussions

Thank you Todd! Great video, very informative.

Loved this video! Very educational.

Fascinating video. Thanks for sharing!

You can tell how good the content is when the video gets 3k views but no dislikes

Fantastic, as usual, Tod. Thank you.

As usual very interesting and informatiive! Thank you Mr. Tod

Great video and incredible craftsmanship as always.

Thank you Tod, this was extremely interesting!

I find these kind of videos refreshing. Not always sword, armour or katana. I can learn something, too, by the way you put the objects to their historic and social context. Nice video overall.

Thank you , great video and music

Very interesting and all those are just beautifully made.

Brilliant video

My family is from Yorkshire I really enjoyed your podcast! A podcast was instructional and inspired me to do more research. Thank you!

Really fascinating

Super useful information, love this stuff!

Informative. Great work!

Interesting ? AWESOME and AMAZING ... not just the craftsmanship but the historical background as well ...

would love a part 2 to this episode!!

Hi listen to your podcast several times and took notes.

Great video as always, love these ones where you're all dressed up and sit in the forest, gives them a certain comfy feel. Keep it up, i'd love to see more like this in the future.

Your videos are getting better and better. It just sets the relaxed medieval mood in my home after my workday. Thank you!

A very interesting and informative video. And as always, your craftmanship is stunning! I really hope there'll be another video about daggers soon.

Awesome, amazing the history behind the different designs and the Folk it wouls have appealed to :)

You're my favorite KZread channel, always info dense and entertaining.

Fantastic video. You Sir are a gentleman and a scholar.

Your models were awesome

Very interesting upload used to love those weekends in that garb thank you

I viseted Kentwell Hall on a school trip as a child. We got all dressed up in the garb everyone was in Renaissance character it was an amazing and immersive expirience.

I would just like to say that I start a lot of my days by watching one of your videos. I find them to be very well done, interesting, and fun. Keep up the great work Todd.

Great video. Fine daggers and pistols i think are some of the highest works of art in the world.

This was really interesting. I would like to see this kind of video across a range of different weapon types and times. It is a great way to convey a huge amount of information about the time period.

I love these dagger videos. I learn so much

Just ordered a knights dagger and a stelleto from your site. I love the work and history you live and portray!

Bollock daggers caused great amusement, when they were mentioned during a Renaissance Literature seminar, when I was an undergraduate. Worth noting that the loudest laughs were from the female students! 😉

Some beautiful bits of metal there

As always, good, clear, direct to the point commentary. I also liked Easton's follow up.

Great video. Very informative. Keep up the good work.

I came across your video via my youtube-recommend - as first i was hesitant to click, but after a bit of sitting down and watching, you have captivated my attention. Thank you for this neat little video.

I'm learning to become a concept artist and I found this video really helpful and interesting especially that you stated which daggers would go with which social class and what they say about the wearer, it helps me stay historically correct and allows me to pass that knowledge on to peers and less informed artists, thank you.

Amazing video glad I watched

Nice models, good to see proper gentlemen and good men about.

Oh damn, I have that stiletto from your workshop, love it works wonders.

Great video! 🙂

Great outfitting and, of course, daggers.

Just found these vids (thanks random YT suggestion) and really enjoying them.

Very interesting. Thank you!

Great video

Excellent content

Super interesting!

@TristanBehrens

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't expect to see you here

another informative video.Thank you

very educational! thank you, sir!

Thank you, that was very interesting!

Many thanks for the history lesson!

These movie clips are great Tod! I'd like to hear more about other dagger types as well, especially the bauernwher.

I love this channel, and how it brings up odd little topics that I hadn't thought of but turn out to be fairly important from a history basis. Thank you, Tod, for all you do for the fantasy and history geeks out here!

@danilotodeschini6777

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and glad to help

I love the history lesson. Thank you.

the period apparel is nice too , plus the early music .

Very interesting, thanks!

Great vid. You really present this information in an entertaining way. :)

Cheers Tod, another interesting, and all too brief dip into historical daggers, I was waiting for some explanation regarding the various blade types. As an aside i have just watched a "Time Team" regarding a medieval furnace, how they made such beautiful items from such crude technology is a constant wonder to me.

it was interesting, thank you for this content.

Enjoyed your video and gave it a Thumbs Up

that flat backed dugeon dagger reminds me of a draw knife - I wonder if that pattern was popular with craftsman/carpenters/people who might have had need for some impromptu woodwork.