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I love his face when he hits stuff from horseback. At first he seems like a nice guy teaching stuff and then you watch the slow motion and see his murder face. Brilliant!

“If you want to kill somebody, use an ash lance” I’m taking notes 🤔

You: Some fun educational content Talos: WANT TO FIGHT!! WANT TO DESTROY OUR ENEMIES!!!

Lol, the horse is like LESS TALKY MORE JOUSTY.

The Horse is terrifying, Talos seems to really enjoy smashing things.

"Lances and spears have a sharp end and a blunt end." *scribbling furiously*

In Polish history we have a period when cavarly was using 20 feet lances. At begining those was made by spiting wood in two parts and hollow it. Those two parts are glued together after dried. Wood loose weight by moisture from inside faster that way. In next years technique and material was different. Husarl lances was made of aspen wood, it was hollowed in the center from the tip to the knob in order to reduce the weight. The hussar's lance was the longest polearm ever used by any cavalry. It was 4.5-5.5 m long (sometimes even 6.2 m). A 2.5 m long pennant was attached to it. Such dimensions are masked the posture of the hussar during the charge (the flowing material was then touching the horse's ears). After a lance broke in enemy formation material was still atached to unwieldy metal spike in someones body. This works like a web with harpoon. Five original Hussar lanced have survived to our times: three at the Museum in Kórnik, one at the District Museum in Tarnów (with the original pennant) and one at the Wawel armory.

I love how Talos got credit for his great performance!

Thalos beating his hoof on the ground was very cinematic.

17:37 Lol, "cmon lets goooo, stop talking! hit him again!"

I have two young sons interested in the medieval world, and have been using this channel to make what they read "come to life". Even a longer form video like this held their attention to the end. Well done, to the whole team involved in creating this series! ETA: During the use of the hand plane, my six year old said "Wow! I thought those were extinct!" He now wants to investigate the use of hand tools. Excellent!

talos is like me born in the wrong century goethe

I love explorational history, find out how things could have been done, simply by trying it yourself, if anything it helps you learn something new

In relation to your "Favourite lance" comment. When I did archery, I had my favourite bow. I have my favourite rugby boots, and I even have my favourite fork haha I don't doubt medieval people had their favourite objects too!

"What about pointed sticks?" *Monty Python*

Well, Polish so called "Winged Hussars" used lances about 20 feet (over 6m) long :) But they were drilled inside to reduce weight.

"you're alright, boy.." "Goo' boy.." Mashing L3

0:05 That entrance. That smile. Only 5 seconds and I'm already smiling from ear to ear. :D PS: And Talos gets the first mention in the credits, classy!

Woodworking is the most relaxing work. And that fantastic smell that the wood give off is amazing.

Carpentry was my great grandfathers trade, my grandfather's hobby, my fathers hobby, and my hobby. Your technique with the plane and shaping is FINE. Afterall you're making a weapon not an art piece. Utility over perfection.

If you look into the physics of a good lance strike from a heavy warhorse you are talking near a ton moving at quite a good turn of speed focused on a very small tip and you have a huge amount of focused energy. It then becomes easy to see how incredibly deadly a Mounted Man at Arms really was.

Talos just looks like a warhorse. And he's not afraid of anything. He wants to keep going. He's an amazing animal.

You know, it's nice to see Talos having just as much fun as Jason seems to be. These videos are just as delightful as they are informative

You need a spoke plane , which was used in those times . A two handed blade ,with a slight curve specifically for spokes on a wheel or any round timber . Hope this helps

Just an idea! I worked in the wooden yacht building business for a few years and a lance looks a lot like a spar to me. A lot of wooden spar making techniques have not changed for hundreds of years. Maybe talk to a few boat builders. As your in the UK maybe talk to Butler and Co. In Cornwall. I would be surprised if you did not learn some very old techniques.

"Take a lance that is as heavy as you can manage". Makes a lot of sense as that's also my mantra when selecting a bowling ball to bowl with.

I wish The History Channel would air shows like this instead of shows about some pawn shop guys searching for alien ghosts on a ranch or whatever bullcrap they're showing now.

imagine being hit by a pointy stick at full speed it must have been such a terrifying thing back then, no wonder they were often used as shock troops in wars

Talos looks SO DAMN HAPPY! X3 It made my heart well to see him enjoying it.

and i believe your feeling of running that lance like a train. saladdin is said to have commented "a frank on his horse can run down the walls of babylon" once. (they called all europeans "franks" back than, the crusades are known as "frankish invasions")

The lance rest I imagine helps immensly with the weight management

Watching the slow motion of Talos is breathtaking. Such a beautiful animal. That massive horse with that heavy Lance is a dang train!

That was one hell of a strike on the eye slit, ruin anyone's day that would.

I don't see anything you're doing when you replay the strike in slow motion. I can't take my eyes off Talos. Amazing

Fun fact - hussars lances (called kopia) were drilled empty inside to cut the weight. And to further help with holding it the end was tied to the saddle at the end using a leather strap. So that the hussar could use just 1 hand as a pivot point, and most of the weight was supported by the saddle.

I must confess, in the slow motion bits, I found myself watching Talos instead of the lance. He's a good boy. I've held a heavy war lance, at a museum, and when you see a person who knows how to use it and has the strength and training, at a distance, on film, it looks fairly manageable. And then you go and hold one yourself and it's all gritting teeth and straining backwards and quick take the picture now before I drop it. It's a bloody heavy bit of wood.

Sir, you're a knight and a gentleman. Thanks for teaching us about this.

Great to see some of the work "behind the scenes" so to speak, in the crafting of the lance. It was so cute when Talos wanted to do more! He really want's to be a KZfaq star!

Your whole damn series is cathartic, sir! Always very interesting and enjoyable to watch👌

I believe this is the first video I have seen Talos’ eyes as his mane was tucked under one side of the bridle. I bet Talos could see where he was going better, too. This is a quality video channel. Thank you.

I absolutely LOVE how excited he gets over this stuff.

That was a hell of a first shot. Right in the eye socket.

Would you be interested in doing a collaborative video? I love your work, particularly your emphasis on the practical aspects of living in the medieval period. I am actually drying some large rushes right now to make rush lights later. Perhaps we could do a two part series on some practical aspect of medieval life or something of the kind. In any case, thank you for posting such excellent material. JB

Sounds like making a lance from some kinds of wood can be a real pain in the ash. 😀

Yay Talos!!

If you make more lances, you might want to invest in a good draw knife, a spoke shave and a rasp - much better tools for rounding wood. Also the people who made lances probably used some form of shaving horse or coopers bench to clamp the wood down, by holding a foot pedal down with a foot and releasing to slide the stave along as you shape it. There are a lot of good videos on you tube for how to make one. I have a lot of bow making videos that show how bowyers rounded longbows.

Heres some info for the name talos: Talos was a giant atomaton made out of bronze to protect europa in Crete from pirates and invaders. He circled the island's shores three times daily. Thats what Wikipedia says. So heres some more: Talos also means sun. He was built by greek god hephaestus. Man, what a great name to give to your horse!!

Thanks for making this video and other videos like it! Very few of us who are interested in this also have the option to try it for ourselves. You are doing an awful lot of interested people a really solid favour. I struggle for words to describe how much i respect that. Thank you very much!

This has to be the best channel on KZfaq. I’m just enthralled

"Big stick energy" and "long/thick piece of ash" 🤣 History, you dirty!

Imagine watching someone getting hit in the head and seeing their beak get slapped all the way around like a cartoon character.

Talos, such a beautiful horse. I would feel invincible riding him into battle. Ah, but to dream, the lance on the other hand seem huge many years of training. Great video!

17:33 Talos wishes for WAR!

Jason, I applaud that you ask yourself and the audience many hypothetical questions throughout your presentations. It really gets the mind geared to thinking in a medieval mindset so one might better live this history. Cheers!

Talos is becomming a more and more gorgeous stud! Loved how much fun he had with practive. Cheers!

Talos: LESS TALK MORE RUN

Those were unearthly hits! I can see them being used on the battlefield, although reserved for the more experience knights and riders. I cannot imagine the wear and tear this kind of weapons had on the warriors of old.

I imagine, for knights with money, they could have found a lance they liked, and had more specially made to be very similar. A woodworker, given a little bit of extra time, could plane and sand replicas fairly easily. Balance could be within a quarter of an inch this way. With a little bit of weight added to the back, or making the metallic war tip slightly heavier, the balance point could be adjusted to be practically identical.

I always go right to the power tools when making anything so I was looking at that 12 foot piece of ash thinking that looks like a power tool job right there, but actually this has opened my eyes to being able to do with traditional hand tools. This is great.

Talos looks so chubby and well-behaved but give him a taste of action and he wants *moar*.

Good to see lances getting some love!! They always get forgotten about compared to swords even though they were probably the primary weapon of the knight

A millionaire with calouses. After all these years watching Sir Jason and I am still amazed of how down to earth he is.

Excellent video :-) ... The tapering of the lance is very much in line with the taper of a Warbow limb, which makes sense as both need to have the stress distributed evenly (to maximise the strength) without excessive tip mass. Obviously the lance is a scaled up version. A warbow tip is typically 1/2" diameter (where it enters the horn nock) and the working limb length is about 3.5' so if we scale that up by a factor of 3.4 to get 12' it would give a tip diameter of 1.7" which seems reasonable

Ah yes the heavy lance, was waiting for this video and here it is!

I wish the world had more people like you. Thank you so much for this content!

Talos, "Less talky, more go-ie!"

11:42 oh trust me Jason I'd care! Just as I care every time a Heavy Cavalry lancer companion of mine dies in Bannerlord and whelp, there goes another Vlandian Heavy Knight Cavalry Lance lol... Leave no Lance behind!!

talos is a really beautiful creature, so strong and muscular and elegant!

Fantastic demonstration. 3 cheers for Talos. Good to see him outdoors.

Love Talos! What a horse!

Talos is impressive :D and a funny chap. Sniffing the weird stick on your foot. C'mon let's do it again! Knock it down woo! Chaaaaarge!!

The part about different lances having slight variations in feeling relates very well to how modern musicians get used to perform on many different instruments (especially guitarists and drummer), which is as valuable a skill as the rest of the musical know-how because it allows to adapt to circumstances.

I should imagine getting hit square with that it wouldn't matter how good your armour was, it would simply break your neck!

I feel like a huge nerd watching your videos, I love it!!

Marvelous. Taking note that lances of different woods handle and strike quite differently is a detail few would consider. I like that you're including Talos training in your vids.... horses are individuals every bit as much as people, and have their own notions. I noticed Talos sniffing the lance-butt curiously before your run, reminded me of my old Palomino quarter horse and any new accessory I brought around.

Heavy lance otherwise known as the "skull breaker " a common term used by the saracens.

I like history about medieval times. i have watched many of your videos i like the ones about food from old English cooking it looks great.

Talos really likes that, It goes to show how much the horses are individuals and how their personal attitude affects learning, Would leaning forward into the thrust and stirrups transfer more energy into the lance or would that just make it harder on you, presumably you have to work out what your body's capabilities are and don't want to transfer so much of Talos' momentum through you that you damage something.

Talos: "Father! I crave violence!"

I love this channel. Everything seems so well thought out.

Learning is indeed about doing. Great video! I've been curious about lance making for a long time. JB

I am a handtool woodworker, and your technique is good. That's the wonderful thing about a traditional hand plane -- the tool will talk to you as you work with it. For a #4 like yours, some prefer 3 fingers on the tote with the index finger extended, but that is a matter of personal preference.

Very interesting and you put loads of hard and meticulous work to prepare each video. Thank you sir

And so! Without further gilding the lily and with no more ado, I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Protector of Italian Virginity, the Enforcer of Our Lord God! The One the Only - - - Sirrrrr Ullllrich von Liechtenstein!!! 😝❤️🤓

13:38 Talos investigating a familiar shape, but with a new smell.

In Howard Pyle's King Arthur books, the knights shatter their lances approx. 66% of the time (shatter on the 1st and 2nd passes, then dismount their opponent on the 3rd pass). As a kid (and even today), I wondered who was crafting all those lances. Carpenters? Builders? Bowyers? General laborers? The knights themselves?

I wonder if the weight of Talos transfers into the impact as well. Since he has quite a bit more weight than Warlord, I would imagine it would feel very different to joust on him. Though, I'm sure you've done a fair amount of practice on Talos, too. Lovely video. Thank you for sharing. 🙏

I love how Talos is in the credits

I really love your videos. Great work. You have inspired me to start my own medieval channel.

With regards to tools, originally it would have been done with a drawknife and a shave horse. A plane does work, but it does take more time. A shave horse would make for an interesting project in an of itself.

I love that you are learning by doing!

I can't imagine the force you have to push against, when you hit an enemy body in armor at full speed... Both of you, which means twice the speed!

So happy there is a new video!🤩 I've only recently discovered your awesome channel, but have watched ALL the videos by now.😁 Your enthusiasm is infectious😉

After watching many of your lancing videos, I have to say that visually, this 12 foot lance very clearly delivers the strongest, most lethal-appearing hit on the target. I would not want to be on the wrong end of that lance!

That helmet may well stop the lance piercing your face as it repels the point. But the helmet is not going to stop your neck from snapping as your head rotates 1440 degrees before you fall to the ground from the impact

commendable lance technique with such a heavy example! I think ou might want to thin it down a little more, to accomodate the weight of the head. in San Romano they have the lances tapered at the back to accept the graper and they even hold it BEHIND the arrêt, curiously enough. they are however all holding the lances very much in the last 16 inches. the trumpet shaped taper of the butt means the graper is very solidly wedged on. original warlances are scarse, but a few survive, mostly later. there is one 5 ffullered one in germany, but it is weird then there is one in vienna, that, i think, is 3780 mm long (article is a bit confusing which lance they mean) and 14 cm circumference. (so about 45 mm diametre?) there are later lances in the dutch collection of the NMM and those are longer still. so 12 foot is definitely not too long. I still think most lances were made of individual trees, rather than lumber, but those are extremely hard to source these days. that would allow you to have a thinner lance for the same strength that would not split unreliably (ash is very splitty) and thereby save some weight. for reference, the PINE jousting lances we used at st Wendel were up to 78 mm thick (but varied more around 58 mm) tapering from there and 340 cm long (so 11 and a bit foot) i have one left which is 2700 grams pretty exactly. so your lance (without a head) is about 50% more. I would start thinking it is too much around 3 kg... i guess... if you wanted to fence with it? My garrocha is 12 foot ash and that is much more doable, but still quite heavy. I wonder if the san romano ones are meant to be ash, or not, maybe even the poplar you mention, as that is an italian source, where they mention that.

Talos is a great name for a horse (very worthy).

omg, that horse is beautiful!

Amazing!!! Love learning all this! Talos is definitely into it! Great job guys!! It’s fun to see the training of the horses progress! I really admire your “roll up the sleeves and figure out how things got done. 💞💞💞👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻