How to Make an Ancient Sword FROM SCRATCH: the Egyptian KHOPESH

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4 жыл бұрын

Powerful, spiritual, and kingly: all words used to describe the ultimate Ancient Egyptian sword, better known as a khopesh. In this episode, I cast a khopesh completely from scratch and learn some of the ancient fighting techniques behind it!
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@htme 4 жыл бұрын

As you can see from the thumbnail, I've spent quarantine time getting ripped. Enjoy the vid and comment below on what I should make next....

@phillipjohn4800 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe try making a hut or some type of early housing

@lasttarrasque6223 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@jackwriter1908 4 жыл бұрын

😂 Well you did more then me... How long is it until you are in the Ancient? Because I would love if you build something from my favorite Builder from the time before Smartphones... At least I don't think they had Smartphones 2000 years ago. Heron from Alexandria build the first self opening doors for a Temple. Wich I think is incredible, so please build some of them in some kind when you are there.

@lstone2456 4 жыл бұрын

Make a shield

@calebs4887 4 жыл бұрын

I heard somewhere that the khopesh can be used to latch on to your opponents blade and disarm them

@HopMan-lj3xl 4 жыл бұрын

Normal people: "dagger" Andy: "Day-ger" :)

@htme 4 жыл бұрын

You betcha! That's how we say it here in Minnesoooota, don't cha know

@da_bananananana4171 4 жыл бұрын

I think that "dagger" is the only word that we Southerners actually enunciate at all, which is information that you didn't ask for, but I think that accents are interesting.

@wastedtalent1625 4 жыл бұрын

That’s cool man, in New England we say dagga

@spacetoastgaming2006 4 жыл бұрын

So there’s day-ger, dagga and d-eye-ger?

@godihatethisplace2773 4 жыл бұрын

@@htme that sentence forced me to say it with an accent

@DontarrestmePLZ 4 жыл бұрын

"dayger"

@TracksWithDax 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I came down here to say

@coreytaylor447 4 жыл бұрын

carful HTME, you Minnesotan accent is escaping

@AscendedBeyond 4 жыл бұрын

that's how it is up here in minnesnowta

@john5311 4 жыл бұрын

im canadian and i say dayger

@mandarin1257 4 жыл бұрын

"Tis but a scratch"

@Yachii 4 жыл бұрын

Proceeds to get all of his limbs cut off

@lizizme8236 4 жыл бұрын

What are you going to do, bleed on me?

@lordred2830 4 жыл бұрын

A scratch!? Your arm's off!

@jammehrmann1871 3 жыл бұрын

@@vichar4923 noserohw

@thecodemachine 4 жыл бұрын

"Whey o whey oh, ay oh whey oh, Fight like an Egyptian"

@snowgods2195 4 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing, Damn KZfaq's stringent copyright enforcement

@ambulocetusnatans 4 жыл бұрын

Darn, I was gonna say that.

@junichiroyamashita 4 жыл бұрын

That is the first time i saw someone knowing that song.

@CookieCraftMedia 4 жыл бұрын

Crafted using cutting-edge technology!

@maxcai3795 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, that should be a Minecraft splash text

@floofyproofy9374 4 жыл бұрын

Cheesy but such a good line

@mrpepperonipizza3287 4 жыл бұрын

Take your like and get out

@Legion849 4 жыл бұрын

Take my like and go

@amicrowavedrock6644 4 жыл бұрын

Ohh god no

@Will-on4om 4 жыл бұрын

If this project doesn’t end with the space age and you building a rocket and going to space I’m gonna be sorely disappointed. 😂

@ruben307 4 жыл бұрын

maybe biomods will come after space age.

@ivarlaupet8972 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@ivarlaupet8972 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe in 10 years😂🤣😂

@zeta970 4 жыл бұрын

@Will Patreon

@some1else947 4 жыл бұрын

That reminds me of dr.stone

@floofyproofy9374 4 жыл бұрын

“Swords have been romanticized” 3 seconds later “LIGHTSABER”

@htme 4 жыл бұрын

potentially the ultimate sword

@dovahbear0 4 жыл бұрын

@@htme if it could work out like in the movie and books... I personally dont want to turn my enemy into exploding bombs of bodily fluids right next to me though.

@ZzraphMedia 4 жыл бұрын

@@htme When are you going to make one of those?

@ethanfields3853 4 жыл бұрын

@@dovahbear0 actually a lightsaber cut would cauterize whatever kind of flesh it cut through. There would be little to no bleeding

@DisKorruptd 4 жыл бұрын

@@ethanfields3853 yes but you forget about convection, that cut is going to do a lot of vaporization and trap the now heated blood and bodily fluids to make the body go pop, look for Because Science's video on it

@theJellyjoker 4 жыл бұрын

Daygers don't become swords, the become nightgers.

@theblackbaron4119 4 жыл бұрын

Or duskers.

@theblackbaron4119 4 жыл бұрын

D: feather duskers. Wait! This one is better than my last comment.

@Benyamean 4 жыл бұрын

2 letters from an altercation

@scottyj6226 4 жыл бұрын

If a female horse works night shift, Does that make it a nightmare?

@spacetoastgaming2006 4 жыл бұрын

If you keep going does it loop back around and turn into a dawnger?

@CoGamer103 4 жыл бұрын

Looking at the symbols on the Turkish swords: “The Triforce? The legend is true!”

@CoGamer103 4 жыл бұрын

The Egyptian sword is connected to the gods and looks alien. Are they real? ALIENS!

@knate44 4 жыл бұрын

"It's dangerous to go alone, take this!"

@Tonks143 4 жыл бұрын

You know the Triforce is just some Japanese symbol?

@ssholum 4 жыл бұрын

@@Tonks143 The emblem of a particular house. I don't remember which, though.

@calebschroeder9450 4 жыл бұрын

@@ssholum the Hojo clan

@BrandonPilcher 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm the one who drew the picture of the Egyptian soldier with the epsilon ax at 8:32! Thanks for using my artwork!

@lukapichler3666 4 жыл бұрын

awesome! great job

@gaverage2218 4 жыл бұрын

Upvoted for recognition - credit where credit is due yo!

@jerrywhidby. 4 жыл бұрын

The man pictured doesn't look Middle Eastern though.

@kurobeard9467 4 жыл бұрын

@@jerrywhidby. The ancient Egyptians weren't Middle Eastern just like the Native Americans weren't white.

@ChromeMan04 4 жыл бұрын

Kuro Beard and he doesn’t black either, looks more brown

@JustinRed624 4 жыл бұрын

13:31 You've heard of fruit ninja, now get ready for fruit pharoh!

@skipmage 4 жыл бұрын

"refers to the foreleg of a cow" shows rear leg.

@Moonsauc3 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, I really enjoyed this episode, the history, effort and experts featured.

@Mireaze 4 жыл бұрын

3:53 "and I'm about to start going to Europe" (X) doubt

@benm5913 4 жыл бұрын

Why doubt?

@satakrionkryptomortis 4 жыл бұрын

@@benm5913 currently there may or may not be a slightly problem with some coughing stuff.

@Superbug-tf8zy 4 жыл бұрын

next up: making my own army to conquer europe and remake the roman empire

@gregwenderski9147 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the plague had bad timing.

@LA-MJ 4 жыл бұрын

US citizens will likely not be allowed in (or face forced-quarantine) before the vaccine. The incidence rate in your country is too high.

@Joe1729 4 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to your upcoming "How to Make a LIGHTSABER From Scratch: Entering the Jedi Order" video in a few months Andy, don't disappoint me please

@HomemadeChemistry 4 жыл бұрын

That thumbnail though.... OMFG awesome!

@iBuzzinga 4 жыл бұрын

8:14 I have never seen a bull with a rope through its nose

@austinbevis4266 4 жыл бұрын

Are you serious

@jasonyoung6420 4 жыл бұрын

Asian technique

@antarchs9744 4 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see you try to make the casting media, especially the wood box, before you keep using them to cast things. Seems disingenuous to the project. I understand the crucible and forge, as you proved you could make those primitively, but the perfect casting boxes held together with SCREWS is a stretch

@henryattey3407 4 жыл бұрын

Antarchs I totally agree I was about to comment the same thing

@stage4901 4 жыл бұрын

Technically he doesn't need to create a wooden box at all. He can create a mold from clay, which we know he can do.

@Mostlyharmless1985 4 жыл бұрын

He’s successfully casted in clay using the ancient method, that gives him a pass to using the refined methods.

@akhasshativeritsol1950 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree, seems against the spirit of the reset

@bordenfleetwood5773 4 жыл бұрын

I gotta say it: building a casting box with nails and hide glue would be sturdier than the box held with screws. And since the perfection of the box shape lends little to the finished product, I say let him have this one. There's no real point to it, since a box is a box, and it just needs to be big enough to hold sand around the mold.

@Urbansprint5100 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, I love the Egyptian khopesh. It's my favorite sword.

@garethbaus5471 4 жыл бұрын

I am more of a xiphos kind of guy myself, but the khopesh is still a very attractive design.

@ataphelicopter5734 4 жыл бұрын

You need to make a clay chimney foundry for smelting iron ore, basically just a tall chimney with a hole at the base for adding firewood, and letting air in, made of clay, sand and straw

@_syedmx86 4 жыл бұрын

"...becoming a mainstay of history..." *shows Monty Python* Nice.

@WintrBorn 4 жыл бұрын

"Beware the sea people" That one took me off guard- almost woke the husband laughing.

@lilcooper4492 4 жыл бұрын

4:30 look the furnace is going super Saiyan

@konisama6874 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe that was the inspiration ? O.O

@temmiewithasmile2169 4 жыл бұрын

I love this series and u can see how more professional it has got since you first casted obsidian

@jasperek3973 4 жыл бұрын

The Egyptian episodes are always the most interesting! Thanks for the entertaining lesson, would love to see more videos about Egypt, when relevant!

@Someone_that_is_very_tired 4 жыл бұрын

Dude this series is saving me in this quarantine, thank you so much for this great content!

@sircouch7177 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I really enjoy your series. I binged all of them the other night!

@rachelpalitto8764 4 жыл бұрын

Da’Mon was so knowledgeable and made what he had to say so interesting. I bet he would be a great teacher/professor

@theannechann642 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I love watching these. They certainly help me with my writing.

@JanTuts 4 жыл бұрын

7:01 "You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They have curved swords! CURVED... SWORDS!"

@andrewkaiser1606 4 жыл бұрын

Your casting skills have improved so much!

@kurtmcfc1629 Жыл бұрын

mix of history, experts in said field and the work you put in really culminate in a great episode.

@Grooth 4 жыл бұрын

You guys always find the best experts on some really kind of niche things.

@cringebomb9667 4 жыл бұрын

2050: how to make an ancient laptop: the windows 95 thinkpad

@ssholum 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, those were the days... back before IBM got bought out by Lenovo and the ThinkPad product line went to crap.

@monkemind420 4 жыл бұрын

@@ssholum ok boomer

@ssholum 4 жыл бұрын

@@monkemind420 Nope. Millenial. Moomer? Memer.

@landrylee5260 4 жыл бұрын

Next up we made the ancient British pistol

@josephgarcia7030 4 жыл бұрын

I am LOVING this series!

@AngloSaxon1 3 ай бұрын

Im glad you had Damon Stith in your video, He is someone with great knowledge of these weapons and most importantly, he knows how to use them as well.

@wanderingdachshund4296 4 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail looks really epic

@ehsanalmassi453 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid I love how often you upload!!

@MartinAhlman 4 жыл бұрын

Bronze always looks so good, and it worked for a long time! Nice one.

@raphlvlogs271 4 жыл бұрын

The greatest disadvantage of the khopesh when compared to a straight sword is that khopeshes are more difficult to draw from the scabbard.

@doubla871 4 жыл бұрын

The Kopësh is probably my favorite type of weapon I’ve seen it just looks so cool (I was the Pharaoh in a production of Aida so me and my friends got to hold them a lot)

@DuceJaeger 4 жыл бұрын

It is WAY sharper than I thought! Great job!

@worldmemewar2776 4 жыл бұрын

Who else is on mobile and doesnt like the new place where the comment section is?

@Yachii 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't updated my KZfaq in a while. Is it a bad update?

@worldmemewar2776 4 жыл бұрын

Yhea keep it as it is

@worldmemewar2776 4 жыл бұрын

@@Yachii normally it's at the bottom and now its like under the video

@mesinovict6316 4 жыл бұрын

I don't like it as well

@xXTobias_Erin_RogersXx 4 жыл бұрын

It's horrible.

@poppylee4199 4 жыл бұрын

Great job, I enjoy and love your videos

@henrymach 4 жыл бұрын

When you say daygar, you actually means dagger, right?

@gregwenderski9147 4 жыл бұрын

Epic sword & epic battle--go Andy and man-at-arms Da'Mon!!

@greysonjones9578 4 жыл бұрын

The experts made for such a great episode.

@immanuelmiller5064 4 жыл бұрын

Those slow mo shots were epic.

@smoothkid765 4 жыл бұрын

"The evolution of the sword came from the dayger"

@OoMzHowTosandMore 4 жыл бұрын

Loved that you put the black knight in the montage 😂

@knightshousegames 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you do a shields for some of these swords, like from simple hardened leather shields to viking round shields to later heater shields and such to go with each era of sword.

@monnomestbizarre 4 жыл бұрын

Literally no one: HTME music: *drill sounds*

@gooball2005 4 жыл бұрын

It looks so cool

@Hoosier868 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait for Andy to try to make a plane

@Hoosier868 4 жыл бұрын

Captain Firepower it won’t kill him if he does it right

@nickwoo2 4 жыл бұрын

I'm working on my own bronze kopesh hope to cast it soon

@samuelborsellino2553 4 жыл бұрын

I love your channel!

@Dutchwheelchair 4 жыл бұрын

Good edge alignment man!

@philipthesquid4979 4 жыл бұрын

YES! I asked for this a long time ago.

@Mr_Promise_ 4 жыл бұрын

man i love this channel so can you make the next video about spears

@tildessmoo 4 жыл бұрын

An important thing to remember about ancient swords is that that weren't primary weapons like they were for medieval knights and samurai. Ancient soldiers used spears, axes, clubs, and javelins well into the iron age, with swords as ceremonial weapons and weapons of last resort. While fighting styles would have existed for swords like the khopesh, they likely weren't used much on the battlefield at all, meaning their ability to parry or penetrate armor wasn't really relevant. Instead, they would have been used mostly for executions, probably mostly of high-ranking enemies by high-ranking officers or nobles, and for fending off likely-unarmored (in order to get close) assassins by royal guards. On the battlefield, they'd be used to signal charges and retreats (just like in movies, really; shiny and uniquely-shaped weapons are useful for that) and as a weapon of last resort when disarmed and surrounded, much like the Greeks and Romans treated the xiphos and gladius, in spite of the fact that both were more practical and less ceremonial than the khopesh.

@tinovanderzwanphonocave544 4 жыл бұрын

with a staight sword the line of thrust is always in line to were the sword is pointing and going behind a shield means going around and behind it with a curved sword you can use the curve to get behind the shield leaving you less exposed to counter attack.

@theunholysmirk 4 жыл бұрын

doesn't this... break the new rules? This feels like something much more fitting for before the reboot

@rafiqkatana 4 жыл бұрын

The Wilhelm Scream. ..awesome.

@TYDescartes 4 жыл бұрын

I love the way you sound dagger, dude. "Day-ger". Hilarious!

@F2p7YshCn9 4 жыл бұрын

You should make a Spring and Autumn/Warring States period Jian. Like a replica of the Sword of Goujian or something similar.

@ybox1054 4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Your Fruit Killing Skills are Remarkable

@ericsingletary2603 4 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to think you also live in Austin lol I've gotten alot of inspiration from your videos. I'm currently making pigments for a painting similar to your video

@glumpy6079 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! You made a cool thing!

@jelger6842 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love that thumbnail

@Jeremy-bd7sk 4 жыл бұрын

Epic tumbnail

@jaypab 4 жыл бұрын

The Bangles: Walk Like an Egyptian HTME: *Fight* Like an Egyptian

@ipercrayy4797 4 жыл бұрын

Cant wait to see gen 3 HTME

@chrisfox961 4 жыл бұрын

I love the melon Wilhelm scream! Also - you should get Fruit Ninja to sponsor this video!

@mariemacfhionghuin11 4 жыл бұрын

I'm here within the hour of posting, that's impressive if I say so myself, and I do, cause I usually show up two hours late.

@American_Innovation 4 жыл бұрын

Keep up the casting

@scottr3237 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man, he's going to war with Primitive Technology.

@howdycrusader355 4 жыл бұрын

1:30 holy shiet. THATS THE MASTER SWORD

@dzikimarian4846 4 жыл бұрын

Now, let's hunt something!

@viking2567 4 жыл бұрын

MAN

@storyspren 4 жыл бұрын

Finally we get to see the bronze blades be work-hardened

@KriegZombie 4 жыл бұрын

@1:25 These ancient swords have the symbol for the Hero of Time. How fitting.

@lakenwissink4034 4 жыл бұрын

Awsome love vids

@biscuit_boy8316 4 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail is 10/10

@intellectualiconoclasm3264 Жыл бұрын

The kopesh was originally a grain club. Over time they became edged as the association between sueface area and force became understood. Then they became outright blades. It's fascinating how one weapon becomes an entirely different class maintaining the same asthetic. The same with the martial flail. It started out doing the same work as the early kopesh, threshing grain from husk.

@Max-ek4dn Жыл бұрын

I dont try to question you but where can i find more on this?

@lancearmada 3 жыл бұрын

How did you all gain access to that crucible you are using? How was a crucible that heat resistant constructed?

@Travis7109 4 жыл бұрын

I have no issues with it. But I’m wondering what your justification is for using modern smelting methods as opposed to ancient ones for casting these weapons

@nickg5250 4 жыл бұрын

best channel on youtube. bonus points for klingons and python

@BorealBlizzard 4 жыл бұрын

Andy out here walkin like an Egyptian

@Cooleatack 4 жыл бұрын

Great, now I want a khopesh

@ash1060 3 жыл бұрын

i love how andy gives us a tutorial even thi we are definitely never gonna do this

@Ryanrulesok 4 жыл бұрын

The khopesh was made that way so you could disarm opponents and the curve allowed a long, more powerful striking motion downwards. That's why the rich mainly had them as they were perfect to use on chariots. Some of the poor had basic versions for cutting papyrus along the Nile