"Easier to shave with than a sword" Best marketing slogan

don´t be absurd Skall, we obviously shave with our Swords.

Skall uses a razor? *Gasp* I always assumed he shaves exclusively with pommels. I am disappoint.

It's odd. I actually like seeing my favorite KZfaq creators doing in-video ads because it means they are more secure. Also, I find most creators I like actually recommend good products. So it doesn't feel annoying at all. Seriously. I wasn't being sarcastic, I promise. Honestly.

right on skalla, moving up in the world. Sponsored and stuff, seriously though love you stuff man.

>Be me >Have a very long full beard >Support on patreon, receive razors apparently useless >Sell them >Use those money to support skall even more

You should do a video on tridents

I'm female, and I need to shave about 95% of my legs. This is a great idea.

You say we need to shave but I shaved my beard off last week and regret so much so I've decided to never shave again

It makes me feel very confident to start practicing real cuts, hearing skall review himself with so much prejudice.

The “too tippy” is very interesting. For Japanese cutting we are taught to focus on the last six inches, the monouchi, as it is fastest moving part of the sword when cutting.

I love it when razor companies sponsor youtubers with facial hair, it really showcases an authentic user of their product /s.

Clean cuts and good shots there.

Hey, I'm female but I shave too (my legs. But, still!)! I feel special now, being one of the 5%.

Yaaassss a skal vid. My day is perfect now.

Enjoyed the different cutting styles - very good cheers

that ping noise was sooooo satisfying at 5:15

This actually sounds like an ad written by you. Can respect and listen to that:)

Nice cuts

Hey Skall not just you guys shave we ladies have to break out the razors too.

There should be a company that makes cutting mats or something. Surely there is a big enough community for it, also an idea would be as most enthusiasts enjoy and respect the art/sport of it that a discount would be made to return cut/used mats. Recycling them to be made again and beneficial to a frequent sword demonstrator or someone training. I don't know but it seems it is a market yet be filled.

Oh hey, I got something you might wanna try: reslashable targets. I have a large section of property and I leave a small section untrimmed. When the grass gets about waist height, I scythe it down. Then I collect the grass around some cord in limb sized sections and bind it with some cord. Trim it a little if you want it to be neat. Then take the cord in the middle and tie it to something high (I do a tree branch). The added challenge is slashing it so finely, the bundle doesn't move much. To reuse, I glue it back with ordinary school glue and set it aside for a day. Put a cord along the cut line and adjust the target an inch or 2 down so that you don't hit the line. I practice kendo a little.

beautiful thanks!

Heck yes! I have a Brighton! That sucker is like a laser beam. It's maybe a bit undersized to fit any sort of historic role but it's a very satisfying sword to cut with.I personally had to work on the edge quite a bit to get it the way I like it though.

more reviews to come yay!!!

Besides this your form is sweet

Skallagrim i have not watched one of your videos in awhile and jesus man you lost a lot of weight good job dude

Nice video

Your videos are honestly a lot more entertaining when it's purely sword reviews + test or sparrings.

Looking forward to the VA review....I've been debating buying from them for almost a year

Nice Fearnot. You must never get hungry using that longsword Henry.

Hello, Skallagrim! You have a great channel and most of your videos are both entertaining and educational. Hope I'll see a lot more of them. And a little suggestion: I know you did a lightsaber video in the past, but maybe you can have another one, now basing on more in-depth information about the weapon and it's actual (fictional :)) properties? And give us a little analysis on what real-world fencing styles and techniques can be used in lightsaber fencing? As a 30+ years SW fan I think it would be great :).

Your thumbnail is now my wallpaper. Thank you.

Your form has definitely improved in the last couple years; keep up the good work. You do still blink/squint a lot instinctively at the point of contact, which may be making your stroke stick & drag from being tense-body. That's a tough instinct to overturn, comes hardwired in the brain. Of course, it usually looks to me like most HEMA people are leaning/dragging on cuts, so maybe it's a style/intention difference. (I learned a more snappy cutting style a zillion years ago and have spent more time on an axe than a sword since then.)

Awesome!!

hey one of your videos finally showed up in my sub box

The "twart" cut is my favorite cut. 2:35

Hey! Great thumbnail!!!

I love that arming sword

Valiant armoury Brighton? FUCK YES YES YES! I have one of those, and valiant armoury is my favourite sword company! I am so looking forward to your review on that piece of artwork!

interesting hand movement when making two cuts with the longsword at the beginning

all the cuts from strange angles like Zwerchhau... looking at the results from you cutting in a controlled environment with a fairly easy to cut target, and the sparring videos of some world class longsword fighters in action, I cannot imagine how theses cuts would be effective in a real combat situation. correct me if i am wrong, but most of the time i see people hitting with the flat or very poor edge alignment when using Zwerchhau.

Always nice seeing more females come out in the comments to prove girls like swords, too.

I normally don't like promotions but a razor promotion is extremely appropriate.

i'm part of the 5%

Good video Skall. A bit of advice: for the thwart cut, one thing I noticed is that you brought the blade behind you head. This is something my instructor refers to as helicoptering, and it leads to you being vulnerable to a cut from above or being otherwise struck in the arms, pushed backwards, etc. How we solve this at Armoured Company of the Sword is we transition to Crown guard during the cut to keep our blade and guard in front of us.

I HAS DAT RAZOR!! I feel so special

The Messer is my favorite sword you own.

An ad for razors on a channel that talks about razors.

please do a video about several of the most commonly used cuts and explain their strengths and weaknesses please

+Skallagrim I dont know if you'll read this , also it was a comment meant for one of your other video ,but if you do:- The drop in views , might be due to people not being interested in the content anymore , but the channel is how it always was , so if the views drop it's not your fault. But then again I think people prefer videos on 1)firearms , 2)more discussions on HEMA techniques (like you did wit halfswording, guard stances etc) 3)debunking myths on HEMA/medieval era etc 4) professional HEMA tournaments 5) Rants on weapon bans and stuff 6)Criticizing , weapons/fighting/historical 'accuracy' in games, movies etc and also historical manuals/scriptures 7) Also videos on making tools like you did wit flintknapping 8) Something new I guess ? The weapon , reviews are something I enjoy , but doesnt mean everyone will and might , but they should not stop , they should always be there as for me it has been quite informative and helpful , even tho I havent bought anything yet (teenager with tight budget :P) , so it's more like each to their own interests ! I see no problem with the content on my end. That is all !

I'm not sure if you read your comments but I've been wondering this for awhile and I think your the best person to answer this Would plastic make a good material for armor?

Hey Skallagrim, do you think you can make a video talking about the scythe?

that last one was basically a baseball swing

Zwerhau’s are tough still haven’t managed to pull one off in test cutting in the couple of times I’ve done it

Last I checked, valiant armory discontinued the Brighton and their other similar arming swords. A shame really, I had planned to get one but was actually waiting for your review to buy it 😅. Oh well, great video either way.

Hey Skall. I have a brace of heavy steel billets as long as most men's at arms that I acuminated in my travels. They look a bit like caesellum kind of guillotinous slag- enthrusted iron but apparently they can cutlass than scythought they coude and scarf more likely to give someone a HEMAtoma than end them rightly. They weigh my bandeau'n sometimes and my flanks get scabbard since I'm an aguigeously poor buckler. I spatha be careful or I'll lose my waisted grip and epee my self. It'll be curtanas for my wafflesolleret Knikes. Estok myself twice in the shoulder and gott tang it, that was no tickler. It was a greavous injury. It seems spike I've seen you cut quillions of things annellet me tell you, the falx is it was khophen kinda dull, I have to seax I retreated from most of your edgier assaults on scimilacrums. They armingling in my memories like the pressionism of ricasso. I like this video a HECAvalot more.This tine your use of jibs and the mucronating bolocution of your stylet keened my interest. Your rapier wit hath slipped my skiver to skewer your schooling , I now get the thrust of your pointiard. I have a fuller appreciation for the engart of swipery, I can no longer feint disinterest. I see that I have had my guard up far too lunge and had twarted your best efforts to thrust your puissance up among my puss. So to speak. I should have paid more attention to your forte' or fifty videos you posted ephore this. I should pommel myself for the ignorance I have saddled myself with and make Skalling my forte'. There, I'm fucking done. Jesus, what got into me? Fuck, I repeated forte'. I'm not fixing it. Love the vid. The terminology and references to technique really got my attention, more so than any of your other vids. Great work.

The last cut reminded me of a baseball swing for some reason.

I'm Commander Shepard and Tali is my favorite romance option.

nice posters in the back

Hi Skall, I was scrolling through google one day and came across a very interesting armor called bekhter maille. I was wondering if you had come across this before and if so, could you do a video about it? Its design is quite intriguing and I would love to hear more about it.

Awesome video! I'm a huge golf Enthusiast especially when it comes to technique. I am seeing a lot of similarities between undercutting The Sword and the golf swing. There are definitely a tremendous amount of similarities with the leverages in the body and especially the wrist too. I'm assuming there are many different techniques with swords as to if you want to use more or less wrist or more or less body or more or less arm motions Etc?

nice

Thanks to youtubes algorythm i heavent heard or even seen your videos in a while, even though i've been a good subscriber. Maybe you should try to reach a broader audience while staying true to your original content. Fantasy weapons scrutinized was a great series for a broad audience to enjoy and who are not tooo much into your weapon nerdry, and speaking for myself, i'd love to see more of you in this direction. I'd love your approach to Witcher 3 for example. Of course i can see why you'd like to continue the way you do and do the things you prefer.

I love you videos I would love to see you do one on Miyamoto Musashi and if he is the greatest duelist in your opinion of all time

That patronblades thing looks very interesting. Do they ship worldwide? I can't find any information on their site and there's no contact option either.

To improve your edge alignment on the twerchhau, try to put your thumb of the right hand on/under the blade. It is still covert by the blade and you increase the movement range of you wirst.

Fucking love these vids skall, keep it up :)

The ladies can just use it to shave their legs, so no problems either way. The only difference between men's and women's razors is that one is pink and magically dulls three times as fast, after all. :-P

Did you see Jorgs video where a smith friend of his uses a regular kitchen knife to cut tatami mats? It`s on his katana vs orc katana thing he did. It reminded me of your "too light" sword video, where you complained about a sword you had that was on the lighter side.

I find these type of test interesting , tonight I watching forged in fire.

four razor blades a month? that's nuts. I've been using the same razor head all year.

Dear Mr. Skallagrim,I love the Channel and keep up the great content. I was wondering if it is in fact possible for a person to cut there own head off with their own sword? Is there a technique to achieve this and do you know of any case in history when this has happened? Bye for now. T.

whats your opinion in AWE "man at arms" weapons? they look pretty good imo

T-Mat - There can be only one!!!

"It needs to be further down to get that sweet spot."

I really wish there was a hema school near me. The closest one is 2 and a half hours away.

Noice. Just a quick question, what happens with all the bits of sliced up mats? Do they compost down? Recycled ??

I may sound clueless posting this, but I have got a very coarse and thick beard and a very sensitive skin, so I rarely use a razor. Plus I like the easy shave of the electric hair trimmer.

You're getting close to 1 million subscribers! Good job!!

The way you talk at the beginning it sounds like you're reviewing the razor. xD

Can you talk about how scythes works in combat, in what they used for and about fantasy scythes, if they work or not?

Leave it to Skall to get blades involved in even his monetization strategy

Jelly tests with the Patron Razor when?

"Swung on and missed!" as Bob Uecker says.

What's the steel gauge is on that razor blade bad boy? Did you put that razor blade through your usual blade review?

Question re: the zwerchau (and false edge cuts generally): Do you think they are intended to open the opponent up for a more direct blow or to do serious harm themselves? I ask because I tried a false edge cut the other day -- the Zwerchau? Cut the bottle but not cleanly, several times. Tried it on rolled newspaper... not much of a cut. This leads to a question: Were cuts like this intended to be lethal or just a strike to open the opponent up (pun intended) to a follow up? Like, zwerchua to the head, ouch, that hurt, he's bleeding, but not incapacitated, just distracted, then cut him with something else? I never thought about this before, but.... is it feasible to deliver a zwerchau quick enough to land it in combat that has sufficient force behind it for more than a tip cut or harassing wound? I ask because often any strike with a practice sword is treated as if it would wound, but if I cut with a sharp, unless I'm very deliberate, I can't generate the power to cut. And in a real fight you wouldn't have the time to be deliberate or if you did the opponent would see it coming.

I see your zwerch is as big as mine!

Where do you buy the cutting mats?

I am the 5%! So where do you buy your matts?

Notification squad!

is there no cheaper/easier cutting test method instead of tatami mats ? idk maybe those bamboo place mats? or even rubber place mats? or foam flooring rolled up and soaked ? in water just saying some stuff

What about using the newspaper tatami that you used to make?

*starts talking about cool razors* is immediately distracted by mass effect posters in the background.

Anyone know if there are any good channels for Aisan weapons? I’ve watched a lot of Skall’s videos on European weapons but I’m curious as to what else is out there.

Straight razor

Quick question how do you lace rear laced boots

VA Brighton !? That's too good to be true

Hi skall what’s the sharpest long sword you have used ?

I read it as "Damm you, Shrek"