THEGN'S BACK!

Gods I love that falx! So glad to see it make a return. Iamandi created a true treasure with that one. If i remember correctly, he made you a couple of other blades as well, right?

Thrand, I told you in March of 2021 that people would welcome you back with open arms & judging by the comments I'm am pleased that I wasn't wrong! This vid was excellent! Glad your back & things are starting to get back on track for you!

You're back! I'm so happy! 🎉🎉🎉

Hail! That falx is an awesome weapon!

Heeeeeees back!!!!! Great to see a video. My great grandparents coming from Romania in early 1900s makes me partial to the falx. Gotta get one made one of these days.

Instead of penetrating for lethality, I think the blade shape allows one to go around the armor in ways Roman infantry was no experienced with. Most roman infantry were only armored at vital parts but there are plenty of exposed skin

Man, it is so good to have you back. Could you test a reverse katana or saber strike where the blade is pointed forward like the falx? It would be a false edge strike, but with the intention of hooking down similar to the falx. Do you think that would be effective against armor? Basically, flip the sword over and strike with the tip as it’s curved forward on the curved sword. You could just do a false edge strike with the tip on a saber since the guard would be preventing you from holding it reversed.

Love me some falx. Such a simple design for such devastating close combat.

Yessss! My two favorite weapons in one video!

Man I love the Dacian weapons. Gotta get my hands on one of these. Excellent video Thrand.

Gotta love the Falx, gotta compare the Falx or the Rhompeia with the type Oakeshott Type XVIIIc at cutting

Yes! Despite being shorter a kukri, due to shape & weight, definitely cuts like a "short" sword.

Versatility of khukuri is unmatched

Glad your back and going strong. Praying for you. One of my favorite videos were your Deadliest warrior playlist. It was also how I discovered your channel. Though I was to the party.

Ive got a old kukri about twice as long. Got it from a pawn shop for only $10 when I was about 13. It has silver inlaid handle and a silver lion's face pommel. Im not sure exactly how old it is as specifics in documentation on them is pretty thin. But the closest thing I found was Nepalese military officers kukris from the colonial age. Most similar were between 1780s and 1860s. Old enough that the handke wood has petrified into near stone though.

Love to see so much improvement on your kukri technique, also great strikes with the falx. Question: which sword type do you prefer? (knowing your bias)

Nice!

Another great video, but, as a side-note how thick is that helmet and shield?

Great to see you getting back at it with your weapons Thrand. Just to let you know, I am making you a scale Hood for one of your weapon test or armor test videos. Although due to financial issues of my own, this might take a while to make, but just to let you know this type of armor was mostly used by the time of the third Century crisis it is well that you and used by many type of Calvary forces up until the 1st Crusade. And as well I might end up lending you my Gallowglass Sparth axe, soon after I'm done doing the Gallowglass How To to videos on my own channel.

Wonderful

Good stuff

Nice

That thing is so sharp He can cut that with a single hand

honestly, i only knew the Falx exists because of vintage story. which claims they're preferable for the beasts you fight that are basically zombies full of sludge and have embedded gears and metal in them. regardless of the truth to that, it's interesting to see something you've never heard of before.

In the Dacian times, the long blade was called a Falx, the shorter blade was called a Sica. Sadly it was not made as wide as the Khukkri. Maybe because the Sica was made to go in a sheath too. It’s strange that they didn’t, they were pretty good metal workers.

I don't know how difficult it would be, if you could put a camera on top or maybe using the ceiling of the shed. And sometimes the audio it can't be heard correctly.

the Dacian Sica knife seems to be much more similar to the Kukri than the falx

You should try a barong. Pointier leaf-shaped blade, kinda reminds me of a kukri.

i wonder how big of a difference a kukri is to a knife the same size in various things. Surely it must be harder to make a kukri just from the shape alone so the benefits must be huge over a normal knife. Maybe it's just for the extra hacking power on wood.

Falxes and romphaias are one of my favourite blades! Where can I get a good one?

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

12PM is noon. Do you mean 12am, midnight CST for the streams?

It is always interesting to see just how gnarly forward curved blades are, and to think they were moved away from almost universally as Rome took power.

Khukuri, it resembles the name of a Finnish knife: Hukari.

More falx, sica, rhomphia

Where can I get a Dacian Falx? I want one lol

Аказуется кукри млжет быть опасным оружием

Try saying Nepalese kukris 10x fast 😂 Definitely easier than saying Toy Boat repeatedly but still..

Firstly the Khukuri is NOT based on the Kopis or Falcata, we have a continuous use of recurves, both knives and swords. on the Indian subcontinent that lead to the khukuri over a 1000+ years. Please do not keep spreading Eurocentric misinformation. Secondly, Khukuri were definitely used in close range circular stabs to penetrate armour, both Indian mail and mail covered gaps in Char Aina armour. There is even a British period account/source mentioning that khukuri were used to stab and rip out and we are still taught that in Khukuri use today. Do you think the Gorkha were stupid to try to cut through Dhal, overlapping ring mail, Char Aina etc? They fought against armour even just in British service from 1819 to the Indian Mutiny to the Anglo Afghan wars. Hanshee Khukuri have more acute tips for penetration and were used against armour, wider tips developed when the need for that penetration wasn't there. I like your videos usually but this is an apples to pears comparison.

if your blade gets stuck on the shield you are dead, there is no point in testing shield penetration.

Α bit irrelevant I was trying to unterstand why greeks used the kopis or falcata in the greek hoplite warfare any ideas?

I think of Nepalese kukris as tools that get used as weapons. But some kukri are built from the ground up as weapons; like certain Indian kukri. Here's a few examples: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-4fxN_x_p9Ww/T3MtiTwT-cI/AAAAAAAAAG4/wcufXSOSnww/s1600/kukri1-761165.jpg The middle kukri encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGq_MRzA-HQGsYO0Lpn5yRqoE1N2C8LIwM0Q&usqp=CAU And this example with simplier hilt encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvolea-hhOglQ-Mzv_EM6xNsciZpyAo-dm-A&usqp=CAU