You got it all wrong. Those sir, are wooden swords.

I dunno Shad, I think they're all pretty great swords.

When you're drunk, I imagine you just start ranting about sword misinformation to random passersby.

"Mommy, Daddy is yelling at the camera again"

Apprentice: "hey Smith, what do we call this new kind of sword?" Blacksmith: *drops sword* "aagh, bastard sword" Apprentice: "Uh ok well you're the boss I guess"

they're all swords. The real question is: d6 or d8?

How can someone who's ancestors lost to emus have so much knowledge about warfare

Now that's a greatsword... Here I'm stuck with an okaysword.. 😕

A bastard sword is called a bastard sword because while it is a longsword and designed to be used primarily in 2 hands, the smaller size and shorter handle makes it more effective to be used in 1 hand if you wanted to. It isn't as good as an arming sword in that regard, or as good as a larger longsword used 2 handed, but it can do both well enough. So it is sort of the bastard child between the two.

It's not a shortsword, it's a long dagger :3

a 6 foot 9 dude with a great sword just yeets it around like an arming sword in the battlefield

I lost it when he broke out the "American Accent" to say 'arming sword' lmao, that's awesome.

Bad video descriptions: "Some guy waves around wood and tells you why you're wrong"

Shad: your understanding of a great sword is wrong if you get it from videogames Me: *looks at monster hunter* no I think it’s fine

"If I were to say it in my Australian accent....Almond sword".

I think I may've figured it out: -Dagger - to stab things, carve flutes and cut your dinner -Shortsword - halfway between daggers and arming swords. Mostly for stabbing, but it can cut. -Arming Sword - standard one-handed swords. Best balance, and work nice with a shield. -Bastard Sword - halfway between an arming sword and a longsword. More versatile than other types, and my personal favourite -Longsword - the large, two-handed sword, that isn't meant to be used with a shield or just one hand (which isn't to say that you can't, but it's a bad idea). This is the point where swords start leaning away from finesse and towards brute force. -War Sword - halfway between longsword and greatsword: more in reach and force, but less in control. Defintely can't be used with one hand. -Greatsword - the largest type of sword. Made with the simple purpose of "pulverize". It has the impressive reach and probably quite some momentum.

Your videos have helped me so much when it comes to me trying to write and be historically accurate that in all my creative writing assignments I mark you as one of the top sources... Along with all the fact checking I try to do.

13:58 "We've given a name to the smaller version of the long sword, but we haven't really given a name to the larger version of the long sword because it gets so confusing." Well, if it's not big enough to be a greatsword, but is still small enough to be considered a longsword, maybe we can call it a "Not-So-Greatsword".

2:40 Short Sword 3:09 Arming Sword 5:19 Bastard Sword 8:06 Long Sword 8:23 Longer Sword 10:50 Great Sword

"you can't parry with a greatsword" *heavy chosen undead breathing*

How the hell did you miss out on a Crocodile Dundy ref? "That's not a greatsword. THIS IS A GREATSWORD."

Short sword. It is a sword... That is short... M I N D B L O W N

Can’t be wielded in one hand... Dark Souls begs to differ

Where is the Diamond Sword?

Sword taxonomy is too confusing. That's why I stick with pole arms.

I'd be so happy if this guy was my teacher.

Man... Shad's sheer ENTHUSIASM is contagious!

Shortsword, longsword, greatsword are just simplifications so you can just have three simple classes of swords in a game

"WRRRROONNNGG!!!" *HIS FACE TRUNED RED.*

If a greatsword is as long as a modern day human, those were longer than a human back in those days, considering male average length was about 1.65m back then. Interesting when you put things in perspective...

“And this one, the true greatsword” Ultra greatsword

TL DR: The Greatsword is huge. No, longer than that. Not even close. Still needs to be longer. Almost. That's big enough.

I've been a fan of Shad for while and I haven't stumbled upon this gem until now.

I found out in a book an interesting typoology: a great sword is when a sword is too large or heavy to use it from horseback and loongsword when you can use it properly on horseback. For me this is a good typology, but I don't have a horse.

"Your understanding of a greatsword is a longsword". Me looking at the astora greatsword from ds3. "Nah i think i know a greatsword when i see one"

Did you just stomp on a 3rd edition ph? Sacrelige!

I got nice information and a good laugh out of this one. "You would probably assume that _this_ sword IS A SHORTSWOOORD!! ... We-well, you'd be right, it is a shortsword." KEK

I say that the Longsword that's just shy of being a greatsword, should be called a grandsword. That way when someone goes over board with the size of the greatsword and makes it unrealistically big, we can call it a great grandsword.

1:10 I felt a great disturbance in the force. Its as if millions of D&D players suddenly cried out in terror.... and were suddenly silenced.

this channel has been my favourite one for over a year now and i go here for advice on my swords and armor, this is truly amazing

For D&D players in these here comments, I'm going to provide you with weapon blocks for the weapons as seen by shad in this video. Shortsword - 1d6 piercing fin lit Arming-Sword - 1d8 slash one-handed Bastard Sword - 1d8-1 slash, vers. (1d10-1) [minimum 1 for each] Longsword - 1d10 slash two-handed Greatsword - 2d6 slash heavy two-handed Hope this helps others like me make more realistic campaigns.

I used to love it when playing pen and paper rpgs...and of course most of the warrior types usually went for the twohander sword beast....once the group is in a narrow dungeon corridor....and enemies appear...the warriors would announce with ill-deserved confidence: "I draw my twohander!"...I would smile and say: " Sorry mate...not enough room for that!"....It was always fun having a proud armored warrior fighting of zombies with his bread knife

Actually, in D&D, a long sword was the third one. It even has the ability to be held with both hands to do more damage, versatile.

I wonder if he'd agree with dark souls sword classification.

at 8:40 "The sword is actually not that big, Shad is just 4,11"

Shad you say that the longer version of the longsword doesn't have a name, but I have read in a couple of manuals that these longer longswords were actually called war swords, and that they were considered a subclass of the Greatsword.

I thought that Aragorn's sword was a bastard sword due to the fact that part of what formed the handle was actually just an extended pommel, meaning it was designed for efficient use of single and two handed grips.

short sword (1h + shield option) arming sword (1h + shield option) bastard sword (hybrid 1h or 2h) broad sword (2h) long sword (2h) great sword (2h) can you also talk about other culture's swords.. like rapier? zweihander? kris? samurai etc?

love your energy mate!! as a re enacter of several years myself and a proficient fighter in armoured combat ie HMB and BOTN your arguments have put into words what i have experienced with all of the sword types u have mentioned. well done sir.

I love bastard swords, so balanced.

2:40 A DEMON The sword moved by itself! :O Demon!

Videos like this make me imagine I'm a little kid who got an F on a history test and this lecture from my dad Shad is the punishment that turned out to an awesome blessing in disguise.

You and Skallagrim should do a live stream together. I think you'd two would play fantastically off each other. He actually demonstrates potential great sword techniques and studies medieval combat manuals.

Uhm what about the broadsword?:P

This video helped me a lot building swords for my game without misconceptions. Thanks Shad!

Thankyou! I was starting to become aware that the names of swords weren't exactly what I thought they were, now you've cleared it up for me.

Wow, so even before having the Dragon Slayer Guts sword still made the great-swords pale in comparison. Now I understand why Solange's movements in Code of Princess are so different from most other games, she's just wielding her real great-sword realistically.

For video games & D&D it helps to merge groups of weapons sometimes. 5th edition D&D pared back the amount of weapons from 3rd edition a lot. Got rid of bastard swords altogether and made longswords versatile. Meaning you can wield in one or two hands. Two hands doing more damage. Looks like the arming sword in D&D, the old longsword, went the way of the dodo in 5e. Really cool to here your boisterous thoughts on the subject Shad.

Thank you! Your video cleared up what type of sword I have and now I know what the proper damage is that I'll be giving the zombies. I did see once in a book of arms about the Arming sword and I thought it was odd they were calling a long sword an arming sword but I remis I never looked into it. Thank you again!

"So what are the names of these swords?" *rambles for 10 minutes before saying the names of the swords. xD

Oh, So shads channel was always making entertaining a fun experience! i love how shad acts like the Master sergeant or captain of a unit he's training xD

Sir, Dude - I love your channel and the thought you put into each of your videos!

Probably the best and most concise video about different types of swords

And so began my 4 year love afair with swords. Thanks Shad!

Question from my days of Oblivion and Morrowind: What would classification would a Claymore fall into? Great or Long, or something else?

When I think of a great sword I think of the Zvehandler.

Thank you for the sword lesson, Shad. Now, I have to make a new weapons table for the swords. Gonna have fun with this one.

"right?" " *WROOOOOONGEEE* "

A great-sword "Do you think maybe he's compensating for something"

Shad you're pretty cool man, first time i've seen your vids. Love the passion man, and that you like comics lol

This was helpful and educational. From now on, when I hear longsword, I will think of a man at arms who doesn’t have a shield.

On the topic of swords, could you do a video on how realistic Mount and Blade swords/other melee weapons are?

I think most understand that when we're playing fantasy medieval type games that we go by their classifications, not historically but... if it's a game like Kingdom Come or Mordhau... they should at least attempt it to be correct.

What about the term "Broadsword?" I always heard that growing up...

Shad, please make a video on why on the advantages of a shortsword and in what circunstances you should use it instead of a longer sword. I think they are easier to hide/smuggle, and can be used as a parring dagger.

the second one from the end (between a greatsword and long sword) was often called a war sword. And they wouldnt be carried, but much like a greatsword would be taken on campaign as part of a knights kit and utilized specifically on the battlefield, rather than as a sidearm

Everything I know about swords from Monster Hunter lines up with the info from this video. First, Greatswords are body length maybe a bit bigger. (Also body width, and maybe a bit bigger) Second, I knew that arming sword wasnt a longsword from the start, because it's not Katana shaped.

"Wait, you're missing the point. The longsword can be used one-handed without the proper feat, that's why it's called a LONGSWORD! And of course it does 1d8 instead of a d10." Joking aside, I really hope this video will clear the confusion. Anyway, I would say it's MAAASSIVE, as you say. We could call it a Greatvideo, couldn't we?

@Shadiverity I've been getting more interested with scottish highland martial arts and am curious as to the use of the claymore (the big one since the broadsword was called that as well). Since it's in that grey area between long and great sword, I'm curious if it might have been used as a big longsword, or if it had to use a different fencing style entirely?

I’ve been watching your videos too much, actually got all of those right!

During your Mordhau examination video when you looked at weapons, you called that longer version of the long sword a "war sword". Is that really about the size of the "unnamed" one you have here? Is "war sword" really a term?

How do the swords stick to that wall?

Could you make a classification list of other historical swords and try to classify/equate them within the criteria you have set here?

Is there a specification for when a blade is too long to be a dagger or too short to be a short sword?

14:00 we could call it a Claymore, since the Scottish Claidheamh-mòr was on average slightly longer than other longswords. Just a thought. Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longsword

i love your energy lol

I'm subbing just because of how fashionable this great man is

you have the same energy as my physics teacher and I love it

“Just my short sword and your long knife”

0:55 The passion this man has for the subject. Extraordinary!

Hey do you think you can help me out? A long LONG time ago I owned a sword with no tip rather it was smooth and it was big enough to be a sword but small enough to be considered a knife/ dagger for the healt (or however you spell it.) both at the top near the blade and bottom where you'd put the pommel was these round flat guards making it hard to switch hands. It also came in a leather sheaf with some kind of metal at the bottom and seemed to be made for the side instead of the back. You have any idea what kinda sword/ blade this was?

Shad, do you have a reference for sizes and templates of a variety of swords? My son and I want to start making accurate replicas both in wood and steel. Maybe some aluminum.

I think Conan has a short or arming sword, I cant actually recall if he used it two-handed or one handed, but considering its short and he uses it two-handed doesn't that make it a bastard sword?

This is awesome! OMFG

Where do you get your wooden swords? Are they sturdy/proportional enough to train with?

What would be the classification of InuYasha's Tessaiga in its true form?

So basically (notice my capitalisation) a Long Sword is a great sword and a Great Sword is a long sword, while a Short Sword is just a short sword

Dark Souls seems to be pretty accurate with its terminology.

I'm so glad I subscribed to you. You've cleared a lot up for me

I been playing dark souls 2 lately yes you can get them at some great-swords but yes they are correct with your terms of these awesome swords like the smelter demon sword or the zweinhander its massive but the black knights swords like the ones u get in dark souls for example the black knights regular sword will consider as a big great sword but the ultra great-sword is wow. I do like your opinions of them so thanks Shadiverisity for correcting some of their mistakes i love your videos :)