"What a piece of junk, there's no point." Actually there's two.

"I'll try spinning, that's a good trick."

I guess that means Darth Maul's weapon is actually the best lightsaber you could have- it's easy to carry- since you can deactivate it, it's highly intimidating and if you require to have more precise movement, you can just deactivate one blade and use the other.

The other benefit a lightsaber has over a normal sword is you don’t need to worry at all about edge alignment, making spinning even that much more effective. The downside is you need to control the blades much more to keep them away from your torso, so give and take. When you factor all that in I think how maul uses his double bladed lightsaber makes a lot of sense. Good video, the double bladed lightsaber has always been my favorite science fiction weapon!

Single bladed, Double bladed doesn't matter High ground always wins Edit : unless u maul

"Remember, a double bladed sword is essentially just a sword with another sword at the other end!" Yeah, this is big brain time

Video starts: "man this guy doesn't know what he's talkin about" 5 minutes in: "man this guy knows what tf he's talkin about"

the initial grip you were showing with darth maul isn't actually his normal grip, it was just one he was using to present his lighsaber, he actually uses the grip you prefer because of that practicality you were mentioning

Interestingly, the stuff that makes this an impractical sword makes it a pretty practical lightsaber

This guy's personality alone made me watch the whole video.

as a person from the lightsaber community: double-blades are excellent for offense (you constantly parry all the time) but is horrible for defense. your hilt is the biggest gap in your defense.

If I were to make a Twinblade based on using Shad's double-longsword prop as a point of reference: - Lengthen the handle grip by two hand lengths, and shorten the blades by an equal amount. (Same total length.) - Using custom made pommels that latch to each other, and can be held together with a double-pronged metal pin for stability. This way, you have two separate long-grip arming swords that can be sheathed on your waist belt for ease of transport. In a sudden attack, you can draw one of the blades to use immediately, or if you have time you can connect the two blades to make the twinblade.

But darth maul dont have problems with carying his sword around, because his sword is retractable.

Imagine breaking into his house and you just hear a sword unsheathe.

I like how throughout the video you can see him getting more surprised at how well it works

You should read Darth Bane: Path of Destruction. There's a section in the book that dives a little bit into lightsaber combat, & explains a little bit about why some of the sith used the double bladed lightsaber. This is a rough explanation since I haven't read the book in a while, but it basically says that fighting with a double bladed lightsaber is both harder to learn & far deadlier to an inexperienced individual than the normal single bladed lightsaber. However, because of how few people use it & understand how to counter its fighting style with unique attacks & blocks, when used by a very experienced individual it actually ends up being far deadlier & far more unpredictable to opponents than the very common single bladed fighting styles

About the spinning technique, you forgot to mention that it can be used to escape dangerous situations by just flying away like a helicopter

Imagine what Obi wan thought when he fought a literal helicopter called "General Grievous"

The shaolin had double bladed staffs, they were short blades on the end and it was primarily treated as a spear hybrid

That’s amazing! Like how Shad just adapts the techniques to a new (ish) weapon. Pretty badass and definitely has intimidation on its side. I was laughing about the concept of impractical weapons in fantasy because one of my dnd characters is a 5’5” half elf who wields a legit great sword. (Not a DnD great-sword, a true historical great-sword the thing is taller than her by a lot)

Shad halfway through the video: "I'll try spinning, that's a good trick"

*_"Close formation!!"_* "Ahh crap, I'm behind that double blade guy again"

I think it's only barely a polearm on the condition that it is just two swords screwed together. If both blades share the same longsword/hand-and-a-half handle, rather than two full-length longsword handles, the user cannot really adjust their grip to meaningfully extend the reach. An example of this would be the double-bladed sword (based on a spear from Japanese mythology) of Izanagi-no-Okami from the Persona series. In that weapon, the handle only has enough space for a typical longsword grip (from the user in question, at least). There simply isn't enough "pole" to give it the advantages of a polearm.

Darth Maul's sword would be INCREDIBLY useful and deadly, but only if he used it right (which he didn't). The enormous tactical advantage of his blades are that he can turn either of them on and off at will. He could fight in a standard sword vs sword duel and while parrying his opponent's strike, activate the other end of his blade and slice through his opponent who didn't realize that blade was ever there in the first place. Or while making a swing in one direction, deactivate that blade an activate the blade from the opposite end. There are so many opportunities to strike an enemy with what would be a damn near impossible to parry strike. All the advantages of single and double weapons with no drawbacks at all.

"All you need is an oversized nut, and they screw together really well." Tell that to the next person you see without context.

What kind of pommel would you like? A sword. A what? A sword I want a sword on the end of my sword.

this was just in my recommended today and i am just fascinated glad i found this randomly very enjoyable

The potential for self-damage with this weapon, especially when clashing with other swords. One side, at least toward the handles should be not sharp

Every downside you listed can be countered by making it a lightsaber.

Shad: **Mentions Star Wars, Dungeons And Dragons, and Anime within 10 seconds** Me: *Ah. A man of culture, I see.*

subscribed within the first minute of the video tbh. Love your energy, quite a joy to watch and informative besides!

This was nice to watch but keep in mind that with a double bladed saber you can always switch your grip. Also the biggest thing with the double blade is that it brings some psychological edge too as most people panic with the extra blade.

One thing to note, is that Ray Park treated the double bladed lightsaber more closely to a bowstaff and not a sword. Also, the blades he utilized on the lightsaber were closer to a 28 inch blade vs the standard 36 inch of a single blade saber. Also, he had no cross guards due to it being more of a bowstaff type weapon

Grevious: "Ahh, the negotiator" *spins lightsabers furiously*

Great video. I am just wondering if you are missing the point that in battle you would often be at close quarters, and not necessarily able to pay attention to what is going on behind you. Potentially your own brothers in arms could become at risk from strikes if they are behind or beside you... You would be having to gauge that to a greater degree which would be a distraction from what was happening in front of you, your main assailant. With a single blade you have 1 pointy end , much easier to control in terms of close quarters where every one is bundled together in a mass of combat. I may be wrong, but just a thought. What o you think?

I actually went to a "lightsaber school" for a few years. Basically we fought with long plastic sticks, and the guys who founded the school used kendo, fencing and the 7 styles of combat that are used in star wars as inspiration to create this martial art. We did have double lightsabers, one guy even made it his main training weapon. I have tried it a few times, and honestly with a bit of practice it is a great weapon. If that was a true metal sword, the weight would probably be very unpractical, but when fighting someone who has a simple lightsaber, you just have so much more speed and options, so it is actually really good. It is also especially good when fighting two or more opponents at once, because you can attack on multiple sides without having to swing your sword the whole way. I'm also pretty sure it would be useless against a shield + sword user, so that's probably another reason why theses weapons never really existed. So I think your analysis is on point here ! I think it is a great dueling weapon, or when fighting without shields !

would be perfect for gladiatorial arenas, it would be fairly unique in that setting and the flashy movements would likely be a crowd pleaser.

It only kinda works with star wars because a "lightsaber": 1. cuts everything 2. weighs nothing

Love ur channel man !!!

I must thank you for this video, my friend and I have been working on creating a comic and I’ve been working on figuring out how one of my characters would fight with his double edged weapon. Because of this video I now have several pose references and ideas for battles.

I like to imagine this is how the knight tried selling the double bladed sword to the king.

So someone finally nutted up and actually made a double blades sword instead of just looking at one and going, “Nope. That won’t work at all!”

Awesome! A practical demonstration for yourself turned into an argument to keep an open mind! I love it!

There’s not many explanation videos with less application to my life. Thoroughly enjoyed it thank u

my grandfather walked by while i was watching this, and he said "you could use that to stick em whether theyre coming or going.

I kinda think that this weapon fulfills the niche of a bodyguard's weapon, kinda like the greatsword and great-axe. Impractical for the individual to carry, not overall useful in a battlefield scenario, but capable of holding off multiple attackers in such a manner that a single person can hold a choke point[s] long enough for the important party to retreat/reform ranks. Kind of like how the huskarl held off an entire army at the battle of Stanford Bridge with a great-axe.

It would be so neat to see the cutting from the below from the lower section when in attack!!! Its indeed neat as heck!

Love this video!

I think in his imaginary perfect world Shad sees himself, mounting a dragon, sitting on machicolations, with sword, that has another sword as a pommel.

When he’s talking about how the double blade cuts in half the time it takes to parry that’s literally what allows maul to fight qui gon and obi wan at the same time. The choreography of that fight, AMAZING

love your excitement about watching swordplay

That "sword pommel" bit just earned you a sub. Fantastic

Darth Maul- one of my favorite Sith lords. Makes double-bladed Lightsaber look cool. Shad- one of my favorite youtubers. Makes the double-bladed sword look good. Coincidence? Yes, but I don't care.

People actually say this weapon has no point !? Ridiculous! It has TWO!!!!

Now this is the good kind of content I need to see!

Love this! Where could I get ahold of those combined swords?

Shad is like the tiny old guy in every kung fu movie ever. He doesn't look like it, but he's probably really scary to fight.

Because it is useless if you are are fighting in a formation Exception if you have "friendly fire off"

This will be a fine addition to my collection.

i made some modifications to the "design" you so awesomely showed here and shortened the crossguards, shortening them and adding outward facing prongs bending outwards each theyær own direction, making it possible and quite easy to defend AND go on the offensive really reliably and quickly!

Further issues with it being a battlefield weapon: 1.Difficultly in using in formation... 2.Economics...swords werent exatly cheap...now two of them... That said, I could see it potentially being used by a single or small group of elite troops... not many people would know how to fight someone with such an 'exotic' weapon... Anyway, great vid shad!

"The crossguards get in the way" Then use a lightsaber

I never expected to see shad throw a wheel kick

Amazing video! I especially like how you altered the way you held it so it was more of a polearm weapon. One thing I didn't hear you mention was the weapon's balance. As someone who dabbles in contact staff, I know how crucial it would be to have both swords equally balanced so that not too much weight is in the blades vs the handle, and the place where both swords meet is the exact center of balance in the weapon. Even a little extra weight on one side could make the entire weapon unbalanced and useless. Which is likely another reason why they weren't made in medieval history.

It's not only a sword pommel, since both sides count as pommels, *THE ENTIRE WEAPON IS THE POMMEL*

you know shit's about to get real when Shad has his gambeson on

Given all the advantages stated here, it would seem the double bladed lightsaber would be much more practical than a double bladed sword! The sword’s only downsides seemed to be practicality. Lightsaber blades are weightless, and obviously they retract to make it more portable. Basically, having a double bladed sword doesn’t make sense, but if we ever invent some kinda laser sword…. I think we got something!

I could see it being useful if it could be easily split into dual swords within a moment(such as mid swing). I'm sure there would be a way to set it up as such to strongly hold it together AND give it a quick release.

That up-down grip (as you called a spear grip) you used actually is proper staff grip (at least in Chinese martial arts as I was taught) as opposed to having both hands faced down, during doubled edged use. In Star Wars, Ray Park (Maul) also used that spear grip for most of his moves, it was only during certain shots and poses he uses the two hands down grip. As he's an Olympic Wushu champion, and like the martial arts Wuhsu is based upon, they use the up-down grip.

me: this is so fast Shad:this isn't even 10% of my speed

That back kick at time stamp 47 seconds was beautiful.

It would be pretty cool to have it like a dual set of swords that have a way to quick lock onto each other to become a twin blade. Like the handle to one of the blades could be skinner at the end and have notches or holes that would connect by going into the end of the other swords hilt that has some type of pins that could quickly be locked and unlocked

*the perfect pommel for a sword is **_another sword_*

But what about the double hilted sword? With a pommel at each end?

interesting video as always SHADOWversity.

3:00 This is actually how I use my custom double-bladed lightsaber in sparing with my friends and convention opponents. There's a lot of functionality maneuverability and versatility using this stance.

Ma man’s got a zwei-zweihander.

0:45 I thought he said "I do have a background in martial arts and swords 'and shit'" instead of "swordsmanship" lmao

Treat a double bladed sword more like a Bo staff, double ends make for quick short motions and allow slashing swings with backwards stabbing. If you are able to spin the sword quickly like the bo it becomes quick blocking spin. You would need a good skill in the right martial arts but totally useable in my opinion and I am glad you can show this as well as the best way to hold it.

I see Shad really enjoying playing with this weapon.

Two swordsman escorting their lord to safety. But are confronted by a knight with a double bladed sword Swordsman 1: why do I hear dual of the fates?

The 12 year old boy in me is jumping for joy at watching someone actually use a double bladed sword

shad: i know someone who might like to buy it also shad: ooh, he might be me

Yo seeing Shad work that thing before he even gets going it's like, "he's making that double blade look legit."

"In combat, your mind tries to keep track of each blade separately, effectively doubling the number of possibilities. But the two blades are connected: by knowing the location of one, you are automatically aware of the location of the other. In actual practice, the double-bladed lightsaber is more limited than the traditional lightsaber. It can do more damage, but it is less precise. It requires longer, sweeping movements that don't transition well into a quick stab or thrust. Because the weapon is difficult to master, however, few among the Jedi - or even the Sith - understand it. They don't know how to attack or defend effectively against it. That gives those of us who use it an advantage over most of our opponents." ―Blademaster Kas'im

Knight : *spends years of dedication to training with a sword* 1364 : Introducing NEW Firearm known as a 'Gun'. Knight : sh*t

That pummel bit got me lol

POV your a king and a blacksmith is trying to sell you a new weapon

Getting flash backs to the youtube classic "star wars kid"

I've said this before on some of your other videos, but it bares repeating. You are a saint. Where other channels just dismiss something as wrong or silly and move on. You actually try to further the conversation by putting the time in to research, craft and test things out. It's things like this why I subbed. Yes it might not be historically accurate or practical, but this is so much more entertaining.

Omg this was super helpful. I just discovered this channl in my quest to create lightsaber form 8

00:44 didn’t see that coming I am impressed, that is a lot harder than people like you make it look. I know I’ve tried lol 👏 👏

9:43 "I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!"

..and that was the moment mankind realized, pommelthrowing meme was becoming a force of nature..

Made a D&D character who is a battlemaster with the Revenant Blade feat. Literally just describe what you detailed in the video and it's super fun. Using the back end of the sword to defend, raising AC, then using the riposte maneuver spinning the blades around for a quick strike

sword pummel joke was just great man.

I cant understand people who think this kind of sword has no point… when you look close enough it has even two points Lol, thanks for over 7000 likes. I never thought I could come that far with a joke that bad😆

It might be worth mentioning that the “double bladed lightsaber” is actually a lightsaber-staff... it’s not meant to be a sword

Watching you play with this makes me curious how it would fair sparing against a Klingon batlith. I could see the batlith hooks, if timed properly grabbing both blades kind of like a Sai might, but with the sturdiness to counteract the momentum of the swing. Just a fun thought to test. I can't say this would work, but definitely a fun experiment. Loving your video

I'm glad this guy exists.