Matt blink twice if you're being held against your will by big spadroon.

Anyone remember that one twitter-meme that went something like: "If you were captured by terrorists yet could tweet something that would inform your followers that you were in mortal danger but would fly over the terrorists heads, what would it be?" Yeah I think this is the youtube version that.

' If I just grab a saber at random" because we all have multiple sabers to consider.

So ideally you want a short long light heavy sword to avoid having a compromised blade.

ah so thats why hes being nice to the abomination hes trying to sell it

i endorse this message.

I think we need a spadroon playlist that covers the transition of Matt’s spadroon opinions

He’s been bought out and is in the grasp of “big spadroon.” =)

There needs to be a meme like the ancient aliens guy but with Mat going "context".

The sabre vs spadroon decision makes me think of the .45 ACP vs 9 mm change in the US military, that's quite interesting.

I'm starting to imagine Matt's garage in a scene from Twister

Spadroon: "He likes me after all. 😳"

Matt Easton - King of "context" and sexual innuendo.

We’ve come full circle. Team spadroon lets go

Hmmm.... perhaps it was also originally intended to be an easy weapon for someone trained in smallsword fencing to pick up. As smallsword duelling declined in popularity, perhaps so did the popularity of the spadroon. Just a theory.

Matt and the Spadroon has been one of the best love stories in modern history

Spadroons are really quite handsome swords! They seem, at least to me, to be the quintessential 18th century infantryman's sword.

[Don Lafontaine voiceover] In a world infected by spadroonitis.....he was our only hope.......he took up the sword.......Matt Easton is......THE SPADROONEER![/Don Lafontaine voiceover]

I don’t like the woke Easton, much preferred him when he was spadroonist.

They're all tools of combat. I don't crap talk one over the other. Each has its place and time. Great vid Matt.

"Maybe spadroons were perfect swords in their time" me:"well..." By MATT EASTON me:" WTF!?

For the time will soon come when spadroons will shape the fortunes of all.....

I can't stop chuckling. Thank you for your work.

Great video! I appreciate the context. As a long time fencer, it's interesting to think about how a sword would square up against various other weapons. Would be interested in more videos on that topic!

This seems a lot like a case where in general it's an okay design, but a lot of the bad reputation comes down to a particular implementation with a way too flexible blade.

Yay, my spadroon fandom is vindicated. I'll take my hipster street cred, now.

I don't know what to believe anymore!

Almost as if the sword is not a primary weapon, and need to be understood in context with what other people were using.

Thanks for the late night video Matt! Hope you’ve had some laughs along the way as well :)

I thought that it had been a while since Mett Euston last uploaded anything.

Ah, yes the bayonet; at long last allowing rifles to out-distance swords.

8:38 the long lost Matt context

This is my favorite Met Euston video to date!

I liked the french epee/spadroon featured in one of your videos from a few years ago. The one with the offset fullers. It seemed to be a nice solid weapon, suitable for counterpoint fencing a le Valville.

It's the end times! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!!!

Wait, I just realized: maybe when Matt says something that sounds like innuendo, he's just testing our dedication to ｃｏｎｔｅｘｔ.

I, for one, welcome our new compromise-bladed overlords.

Historically the spadroon was the favored weapon of the poltroon

Who is this bald guy and why I'm not seeing Matt in this video?

MATT LOVES SPADROONS NOW! THEY ARE NOW HIS FAVOURITE SWORD!

Hi Matt, I agree with all your points and I'm starting to appreciate also the service epee with a rapier like hilt, for the same reasons.

My 'militarized' smallsword has mammoth ivory grips too and I love it. It looks and feels wonderful. I also made mammoth ivory grips for my favorite Cervenka dagger and a superlative Korth revolver. Ivory rocks especially when an elephant was not harmed for it.

Jack of all trades, master of none. It has its place. Perfect for the vertically challenged warrior

Mett Euston has taken control of the channel!

Stiffer on the thrust, more nimble on the tip. Right, right...

wow ... the " context man " did not look at the context the first time )))

the best "in context" video. Thank You.

"You want a quick sword that can both cut and thrust" and parry or block a couple times without breaking

In practical terms, what is the main difference between a spadroon and a backsword? Were backswords generally heavier?

May I recommend Mr. Easton, checking out the earlier 1740 Prussian Infantry Officers Pattern. It's what the British 1796 was based on. The Prussian version has a really sturdy and thick guard. The blade is hexagonal. It's narrow but has a good weight that gives a sufficient cut. Also quite stiff for the thrust. I think it's the ultimate 18th century spadroon.

i got my 1796 spadroon with a random small sword (not a clue where its from or when etc) in a random auction for £25. I was most pleased though the flappy side guard does not give me much confidence in it

Given the context of the spadroons (I didn't know, they haven't interested me enough to look up), I think I can almost transport all my comments from the katana video to them. Whilst nowhere as much a status/cultural symbol as in Japan, I'd say military swords were still a relevant cultural symbol then (I mean, we kept it to this day, granted in a purely ceremonial role), which I think the bladed nature and overall aesthetics of it can satisfy the self-image/morale and social roles of it (which are often overlooked, but those people were human too, you should never understimate society and psychology). More importantly on this side of the story, it was still a functional and desirable sidearm. However, with the improvements of gun technology, the introduction of the bayonet on said improved guns, people no longer wearing plate armor, changes in battle strategies enabled by these developments, all of that together made the martial needs of the sidearm different. In a way, the sword was now a side-sidearm - the default sidearm was the bayonet, that is what your sword is complementing, not the gun your bayonet is attached to. There was no real need for something as long as the preceding rapier since for your reach/stabbing needs the bayonet was there for you, which makes it clear why the rapier was replaced. A shorter sword that can still cut and thrust, rather than just thrust like a short sword, makes a lot of sense here as a complement to your bayonet and gun, specially on foot.

Watch with the subtitles on. It's quite entertaining hearing Matt Easton talk about "speed runes". 🤣

A spadroon is the 18th century equivalent of a pocket pistol, it's not ideal if you actually need to use it though you likely won't need to, but it's light/handy enough to be comfortable enough to wear daily. Still much better than nothing though.

I forget which video it was, he was bashing the spadroon and Lucy commented that she liked the spadroon. Maybe she brought him around to her way of thinking. It seems like a good idea, a compromise straight blade that as was pointed out would be familiar to someone using a smallsword but had more "umph" to it.

Theres the balance on the subject. Nice.

Now I want a spadroon. Perfect for the boogaloo.

I once thought the Spadroon would be obsolete. But then I saw the light and found the True faith... 🙏🏼

7:04 I think he just realized he likes the spadroon more than he lets on

Great video.

could you do a video on that 1780s spadroon?

Wow been a really long time SIR EASTON!

Coming in here two years after the fact to laugh at Matt saying “Very stiff penetration, which we all like.”

Matt, I have a sword very similar especially in hilt to that 1780s spadroon. But it has a curved sabre blade rather than a straight one. Are you interested?

First, excellent channel. Since the topic is spadroons, a question comes up. Looking at the specifications on Kult of Athena, the British 1845 Infantry Officer sword (USS148) looks to be a spadroon. Its dimensions and weight are very close to those of the 1796 Pattern Spadroons (USS140, USS162 & USS141) and the 5-Ball Spadroons (USS106 & USS107). I realize that historical swords would have had more variation, and I'm uncertain how close these modern reproductions are to vintage items. Do vintage 1845 IO swords exhibit spadroon-like blade flex? Is the 1845 IO sword really a spadroon? Is the 1796 Pattern perhaps just an unfortunate under-design for the first try?

Don’t apologize for having an opinion Matt! If you think a sword sucks stick to your guns!

I had mine enhanced at the blacksmith way above a saber, and a enchanted to steal the soul at the slightest cut!!!!

I tried drinking every time Matt said "spadroon"... When I regained consciousness they told me I almost made to the end.

We should have a drinking game where we take a swig each time he mentions context.

Yay! Matt has a vid!

Matt are you telling us YOU DID NOT CONSIDER THE CONTEXT!?!?!?!?!

I think that the long awaited duel with Nick Thomas is inevitable at this point...

I never thought I'd hear the word "spadroon" used 6 times in a sentence.

Is there a source for the illustration at 7:20? Or in general a good source of saber vs bayonet?

'Tis a fine blade.

I find it fascinating how especially noticable in Europe weapons have almost constantly evolved. Some influences from outside Europe can be seen on occations, but mostly it was all within the continent. And to a much higher degree than in Asia or Africa, at least form what i see.

He said it! Captain Context returns!!! 😜

it'd been a while since a good "penetration" joke good to know you've still got it in you, so to speak

I love that 1780 spadroon design.

very effective counter to cutlass

It's funny, even back when you were criticizing them I wanted one. It is oddly hard to find a good spadroon replica, though.

to judge the worth of a weapon is to balance yin and yang. Both quality of the materials and the design of the weapon can produce a quality piece but to rate it against other weapons the warrior who wields the weapon completes its ratings. A weapon is an extension of ones self. A weapon is also a tool and the warrior its craftsman. How you wield your sword and for what purpose are what creates the stories of legends.

Spadroons are the Nickelback of the 1810s: everyone hates on them, but everyone was a fan 10 years before.

Like all things sword related it all depends on context - it's what the user would be expecting to be facing and in what circumstances that would tend to drive the choice of weapon(s) carried. That doesn't mean there were no badly designed weapons, but if something spent some time being fashionable then it certainly would have been perceived to have advantages at that time.

Matt, how would you classify the Pattern 1895/1897 infantry officers swords? Are they a modernized spadroon?

As far as the spadroon goes even though spadroons might seem like a bad sword but the important thing to remember was that they were a product of there times and if it werent certian types of changes to the approach to sword fighting that occured during the time the spadroon wouldn't have existed.

I must buy spadroon!

Greatest redemption arc in anime history

Is this why the colichemard developed as it did? Was it intended for a similar roll as the spadroon later assumed?

I have a question about spadroons vs smallswords. Is an opponent grabbing your smallsword an actual risk in either individual or melee combat, and does the cutting edge of the spadroon make a significant difference? If so, is it possible that part of the intention of the design was "a sword you can use like a fencing smallsword, but without the risk someone will just rip it out of your hands in a dirty fight"?

Some spadroons, must've been tempered enough to thrust? Cold Steels Smallsword is more rigid than it should be but two of it's edges can be sharpened to become serious.

How do they prepare crow where you’re from?

First back scabbards and now spadroons. Rowing back a fair bit there. If only you had mentioned that context was important.

“...Which we all like...”

Have the spadroonistas finally got to Matt?

I'd be more interested in having something in my other hand (a pistol, ideally) than in which style of (perfectly capable of killing people) sword I had, assuming I had practice and training with the sword I had.

Matt falling for the floppy spadroon 😂

Question 🤔 ! Would the Prussian 1889 officers saber in fact be a Spadoon ? Do to it’s blade ? I have handled 2 in my life and have fallen deeply in lust with it do to it’s blade/ grip combination! I find it to be a fantastic weapon , although I’ve never seen one with an edg 🤔

I see a comment about spadroons from Matt, I watch. Neal Stephenson's Baroque cycle of novels were not kind about the spadroon , but the guy was fighting a well-trained rapier user. He lost, and was dumped in the river.

Would it be fair to say that while a bad sabre is still some what useful, a bad spadroon is mostly useless? Or is the thrust on a bad spadroon good enough even if it's bad?