Nobody else has said it yet, so... IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!

This is Matt at his best. It must be his top video of the year! I'm happy he got the chance to talk about this.

Going the

I hope a museum wins the auction for these.

My first exposure to Castillon swords was in a Paradox Interactive game called War of the Roses. It's since shut down, and I do miss it at times.

Incredible stuff! I had no idea some of these longswords had such intense distal taper. In past custom work we have struggled to go as thin as needed on some historical european blades due to machinery limitaitons. 10mm-4.5mm is very chunky and doable though- plenty of khukuris in that very same ballpark!

Is anyone else drawing comparisons to videos by gun Jesus?

Kinda crazy that you can just buy these for fun if you're rich and for most of us this video is the closest we'll ever get to see them.

Obviously the original owner didn't have to "end him rightly" 😂

Its nice to see you dressed up! A shirt sits well on you

Thank you so much for walking us through the examination of these two rare original Castillon swords. I absolutely love the clubbed crossguard paired with either a fishtail pommel or a scentstopper pommel with a stalk (lots of mass to counterbalance the long and thick blade). Also tremendous gratitude for sharing the stats measured with this rare opportunity instead of hoarding them. Very helpful to the sword community as a whole. The thickness and the distal taper is perfectly in line with what we know about type XV and XVIII, and it's so fantastic to have that confirmed on these two beautiful specimens.

SO that pommel shape changes it from a-hand-and-a-half to a-hand-and-three-quarters.

Seeing Matt play with guard positions to feel out the weight of these absolute treasures, like he does with his own swords, is rad as heck.

Not to say your normal content isnt great, but this was fantastic. It was so interesting to really get into the nitty gritty of real relics from the period. Always a treat when you get your hands on an artifact.

Great video! As a former auction house employee, and a big fan of Ian at Forgotten Weapons, I'd like to request an auction room report, or at least a summary of the day's activity! Definitely curious to see where these two lots hammer

As a blacksmith I would love to get my hands on these. They're absolutely incredible.

Great to see your dive deep into these historic pieces!

When Matt grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands I had visions of the whole thing falling into pieces. Great video, my fear not withstsnding.

I love the new format, and I hope more auctions will enlist your help with this sort of filming project!

It is so good to have people like yourself who get to report on these objects in such detail. Now, I need to win the lotto...