just because hes bald and english lmfaooo

He should be in medieval movies!

Reminds me of the character creator in skyrim

@@i_love_crpg what? What does being English have to do with my comment lol, and no he could have hair and still look like a medieval guy.

no wonder he has a viking sword

RedCrow I don't know about the voice but he does look kind of like him

holy shit you're right

Yeah

Dude spot on

He looks like him, doesn’t sound like him tho

Yeah,that's what I thought. That stone is far too dry.

+SurvivalComms and very achy arms!!! :)

From the grinding sound, it sounds like 250 grit

Got a vid of that?

If you excuse the pun it's a bit of a double edged sword! You can use a finer grit but it will take a lot longer to remove the necessary steel or a coarser grit but you then spend the time later refining and polishing. If it is very blunt I would say a coarse grit like 200 to start and get the profile right then work your way up to a 1000 or higher to get everything nice and shiny. Wet and dry paper is great for final finishing. If the profile is good and the blade mostly sharp then a 1000 grit should be fine and if it turns out not to be enough you can always revert back to the coarser grades. Hope that helps.

Thanks a lot. It certainly. I'm knew to this but it's certainly a good hobby to get into. Nothing better than the feeling of swinging a sword around.

dont want it to be sharp want it to be sturdy. think like a splitting maul. then you could do it, mabey

I tried it on my Albion Cherusker it broke from the hilt :(

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It’s not the size of the hammer, but the ping in the swing- 10 gold, plz

Filip Plotek exactly right, I tend to use the sandpaper as I have a ready supply of it and don't often do any metal polishing but both would work. In fact I could probably get a better blend if I polished after the fine sanding.

Not all swords are sharp when you get it.

It should be possible to sharpen any sword in this manner, though if it is really blunt it might take some time and you may need to use a file to get the profile right. The biggest problem you will find is blunt swords are unlikely to have been treated and tempered the same way a sharps are leaving you with a less than ideal edge once sharpened that will either be too soft or too brittle.

Woodcraft Hamster Ahhh thanks, Getting a decent two handed sword cost as much as a cheap car so i am trying to cut corners wherever i can to make a unique one. I was originally going to make a custom sword from scratch but i cant find any carbon steel suppliers around my part of england.... Thanks anyway dude, appreciate the help.

Longquan blades are mass produced garbage, enjoy your garbage and smurfs poo.😅

As strange as it may sound I find sharpening oddly therapeutic. Knives and axes in particular but pretty much any bladed tool, I think I just go to my "quiet place" and zone out the rest of the world while I move the blade back and forth. Maybe I should try marketing it as some kind of zen meditation technique. :)

+Woodcraft Hamster Stranger still is that I get the same effect when actually carving stuff. I may often ruin a thing but remain calm and yes, zen like..... I still loathe sharpening though even if it makes the job a zillion times easier.... no accounting for taste though.. !!

I have a saber too and cant find anything.

im 3 years late but if you type in "whet stone" into amazon (or wherever), you should find what you're looking for!

@@arknark Thank you for the reply :)

@@michaelcovelesky5701 Yep!

its a 250 grit one side and 1000 on the other, its a fairly good combination for most things.

Where did you buy this stone? Any recommendations on shop that sell these stones? I don't really know where to look. Thanks!

incarnadinelifestyle usually depends what country your in. I get my equipment from blades UK.

I think the japanese also have whetstones, so, yes it will work on a dull katana.

Wireless_Phantom ut would ruin the blade if you kept puting it in and out it would become brittle

gaunter odimm really??? Ive heard of bayonets with cases like that.

after the first sharpening the sword wouldn't even fit into the scabbard and would probably chip the sword over time

This is how my old Vietnam Bayonet worked. Never dull.

gaunter odimm It depend on the sharpener that put in it,mostly they put the one that not to coarse or a very fine sharpener in order no to ruin the shape of sword/knife/karambit or etc. It look like a sand paper but a bit hard.

to be honest I have heard mixed reviews, i get the impression their quality control isn't awesome and its pot luck whether you get a duff one or a real gem.

Swords are expensive. I didn't realize how much art there was. I'll let you know how if goes. Everyone wants an Albion. There's this Scottish guy I believe it's called Castle Keep or Castle Forge he does works of art

So how is it?

Jinx Thissen I'm sure it would be possible but like most powered methods it would be a lot easier to make a mistake that would cause much bigger problems than if sharpening by hand.

The blade close to the guard is not supposed to be sharp. It's used mostly for parrying, not cutting

Yes

There are professional blade sharpeners who suggest using dry for certain types of steels/desired results.

Joseph Stalin no shit Sherlock

I mean, I guess it depends on where you're talking? In the 1400's in most of Europe it was still common and law in most places that only nobility or knights were allows to carry around swords inside a towns walls, and their high price and manufacturing time made them an incredible status of wealth and power. Being a weapon that requires a lot of training in order to use effectively the "common mans" weapon were actually axes, hatchets, spears, hammers, etc, all these were just as deadly as a sword with far less of a learning curve. Spears and pikes were often the more sought out after because of the range advantage and how easily made they were. A line of spear or pikemen were far more influential on a battlefield than a row of men with swords and shields, and costed nearly a fraction the price and practice.

@@chickenfinger7829 a well-made sword in the 1400's was like wearing a Rolex watch today

Caramel Johnson shhhhhhhhhhh

Caramel Johnson There are some blade manufacturers that make well balanced carbon or spring steel elucidator replicas.

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@@alejandrokhobani7774 Bet

Yes plus a shield, mace and a Longbow If they attempt to run.

Walk in my hall and you’d swear you just walked into a Norse armory.

I do keep a hand and half sword by my bedroom door, way I see it; it's a hell of a lot more effective than a baseball bat

Gladius machete. Not a “real sword” but small, usable in hallways and small rooms with a range just a little shorter than a baseball bat. I don’t live in fear and never expect to have to use it but for 24 bucks it offers peace of mind and is a fun tool as well that isn’t just a safety blanket. Something like a longsword, katana or the more typical blades people have? Usually too long to be very effective indoors.

@Mina69a a longsword is a longer and heavier power swinging weapon with not much room to swing in a modern home.. you would get shanked with my gradius coming into my home with it

I Speak The Truth because I think he sharpened it dry

Poor little snowflake. How sad is your life that a mer sound effects you? 😅

Mer sounds dont effect me

I looked at this persons account i think shes a trump supporter lol

@@sinkincones8130 so?

That's very true when is comes to historical swords however I think it is a lot more common nowdays where swords are used for cutting practice.

No...they should be shaving sharp. Yeah, believe it or not you actually want a sharp blade if you're going to go about cutting people. Shocking, I know.

Fact is, 1 in 200 Vikings actually had swords. They sharpened on stone or at best a whetstone wheel. Now you say shaving sharp. I sharpen straight razors and can tell you that there is NO way they could get shaving sharp back then. Even he says his stone is 250grit on one side and 1000grit n the other. HUH, that's not even close. I have paper that goes into the 50K microns. IMO, a decent edge on a working knife is at 1500grit. If you looked at an edge under a microscope, a 1500grit, blade looks like a buzz saw blade edge. When I take it to a 50K microns, it puts a mirror finish on the edge and under a microscope it looks completely straight.. So unless that edge has a mirror finish, it's not razor, shaving sharp.

cchgn "1 in 200 Vikings actually had swords. " Irrelevant. "They sharpened on stone or at best a whetstone wheel" Uh....you do realize they had razors(albeit not as fine as modern ones) and shaved back then, right? Oh, and they had sharpening wheels - which could be water powered or foot-powered. Oh, and....um...I'm not sure if you know this *but the Japanese sharpened their swords on the same shit* and they did just fine. " If you looked at an edge under a microscope" A powerful enough microscope and it will look like that regardless of how fine the grit. " it's not razor, shaving sharp." No...it's shaving sharp if you can shave with it cleanly. No one said "razor sharp". Don't move the goalpost. " a decent edge on a working knife is at 1500grit" That's somewhat excessive, but it depends on what you're cutting. And I'm pretty sure they could cut stones that fine.

Swords that aren't shaving sharp fail against the simplest of armor (gambeson, i.e. a few layers of cloth). It doesn't matter if the edge doesn't last for hundreds of cuts. Most battles won't last that long for you. And believe it or not, people would probably rather resharpen and put effort into their sword after every encounter, than not do so and then getting slashed to mince-meat by someone else who did. Swords are not axes. Their balance is not in the striking point. They are not clubs, bone breakers or armor beaters. Stop perpetrating that myth. Any armor that can't be cut with a sharp sword, won't be cut with a less sharp sword either. And at that point if probably shouldn't be attacked with a cut in the first place. Swords that are used against armor or primarily for thrusts have bad cutting performance because of their very design, not because of the final edge you put on them. The swords in this video that 'fail' against even the very thin gambeson are still sharp enough to cut tatami, according to their owner. The one that actually cuts through the gamebson and into the test target is considered 'shaving' -sharp. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7Zkqq9-0taRaIk.html

Ziggy Schumann fuck off

Kai Watts, ...Thank you, You are right, my comment deserved that. Take care.