The Coustel Dagger

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Arms & Armor Inc.

2 ай бұрын

In this video we take a look at a custom Coustel style dagger and discuss what that really encompasses in the historical context of its time and how it interpreted today.
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Nathan Clough, Ph.D. is Vice President of Arms and Armor and a member of the governing board of The Oakeshott Institute. He is a historical martial artist and a former university professor of cultural geography. He has given presentations on historical arms at events including Longpoint and Combatcon, and presented scholarly papers at, among others, The International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Craig Johnson is the Production Manager of Arms and Armor and Secretary of The Oakeshott Institute. He has taught and published on the history of arms, armor and western martial arts for over 30 years. He has lectured at several schools and Universities, WMAW, HEMAC, 4W, and ICMS at Kalamazoo. His experiences include iron smelting, jousting, theatrical combat instruction and choreography, historical research, European martial arts and crafting weapons and armor since 1985

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@Adventureruler
@Adventureruler 2 ай бұрын
Cool! I want a Coustel!
@CDKohmy
@CDKohmy 2 ай бұрын
I first learned of these when looking into the anelace. There seemed to be a blur there sometimes as well. A common theme I noticed is that they seem to be proto-cinquedeas based on profile.
@armsarmorinc.4153
@armsarmorinc.4153 Ай бұрын
Could be though these seem to be quite early to be connected to cinquedeas though. It may well be one of those reoccurring styles that trend in and out of favor over time.
@AlitaGunm99
@AlitaGunm99 21 күн бұрын
I've been searching for a short sword like this.
@spektr540hemi
@spektr540hemi Ай бұрын
Oh that is is beautiful !
@bubbagump2341
@bubbagump2341 2 ай бұрын
A hobbit would call that a sword . . . lol
@a.m.5439
@a.m.5439 Ай бұрын
Totally love Sting.
@MrWulfgarr
@MrWulfgarr 2 ай бұрын
You are absolutely right. Pretty much all of the words you got there mean plain old knife. In romance languages we still pretty much use variations of the original latin "cultro" or "cultellus". In spanish we say "Cuchillo", in italian "Coltello", in portuguese "Cotela", in french "Couteau". You get the gist of it. That being said, that huge thing is more of a short sword than a dagger!
@silverjohn6037
@silverjohn6037 Ай бұрын
It may have been a way to get around some old law. In Germany, for example, during the medieval and early renaissance swords were only allowed to the nobility so people carried messers which were short swords but they had a full tang construction like a butcher knife or modern machete so they were considered knives rather than swords according to the legal loop hole they exploited.
@nevisysbryd7450
@nevisysbryd7450 Ай бұрын
​@@silverjohn6037 This is a modern anachronism. Messer hilt construction was not a way of getting around sword restriction laws.
@silverjohn6037
@silverjohn6037 Ай бұрын
@@nevisysbryd7450 Could you point me to the source for that. The knife/law is the accepted interpretation but if there's an alternative I'd be interested in seeing the argument for it.
@nevisysbryd7450
@nevisysbryd7450 Ай бұрын
@@silverjohn6037 See "Messer myth busting" by Virtual Fechtshule.
@silverjohn6037
@silverjohn6037 Ай бұрын
@@nevisysbryd7450 I'm assuming that you meant that channels "The Meaning of Knife" video. He seems to have done more research than most but, like a lot of academics, he's developed an interesting new idea that disproves previous assumptions and hasn't given it as much thought as it might require to overturn orthodox wisdom;). To be precise his argument is that, because messers didn't enjoy exemptions in all laws over the course of the centuries they were used, that the story for it's origin was a myth. Messers may indeed have eventually come to be regarded as just a different style of sword without disproving the logic for their original adoption. Then, they simply came to be the style and were retained even when laws caught up with the original loophole and the messer no longer benefited from the exemption. Of course that is a question that calls for a lot more research. It's what keeps academics occupied;).
@Josh_Green44
@Josh_Green44 Ай бұрын
What a nice piece!
@armsarmorinc.4153
@armsarmorinc.4153 Ай бұрын
I think so too!
@thomastsunami3422
@thomastsunami3422 Ай бұрын
A Gladius sword is often that size if not shorter.
@user-ss1wi5nm8z
@user-ss1wi5nm8z 2 ай бұрын
Excellent.
@armsarmorinc.4153
@armsarmorinc.4153 Ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@stephengarrett8076
@stephengarrett8076 Ай бұрын
Great vid , nice secondary weapon 👍
@richstone2627
@richstone2627 Ай бұрын
Interesting. Thank you
@duelinginbarcelona
@duelinginbarcelona Ай бұрын
Awesome. I had a sword maker make me two for training arming sword with my 8 year old. We also as adults use them to fight arming sword and dagger. It also makes as a great indoor sword trainer as it has many of the same balance and rotation points within a more confined space.
@robertl6196
@robertl6196 2 ай бұрын
A nice secondary weapon.
@WilliamSanderson-zh9dq
@WilliamSanderson-zh9dq Ай бұрын
Beautiful.
@vedymin1
@vedymin1 Ай бұрын
To me it looks like those short swords in the old dnd rpgs like baldurs gate 😎
@MatthewCross2
@MatthewCross2 Ай бұрын
Its lovely! Though to me its screaming to have a lenticular cross section rather than that diamond.
@kurtschlatzer
@kurtschlatzer Ай бұрын
😍
@FiliiMartis
@FiliiMartis Ай бұрын
I assume the scabbard is one made by A&A. It looks quite nice. 👍 I also find it interesting that they were referring to daggers as knives (without having anything to do with the grip type constructions).
@armsarmorinc.4153
@armsarmorinc.4153 Ай бұрын
Great point!
@aaftiyoDkcdicurak
@aaftiyoDkcdicurak Ай бұрын
To be fair crocodile Dundee hadn't been born yet.
@AlbertGauche
@AlbertGauche Ай бұрын
Is this something you will be offering for sale regularly or just as a custom piece?
@tombearclaw
@tombearclaw Ай бұрын
This looks like a European wakizashi. Smaller and more convenient for daily carry. The way a dirk compliments a basket hilt and sgian dubh
@rallyl7053
@rallyl7053 Ай бұрын
A dagger!?!?
@sinisterswordsman25
@sinisterswordsman25 2 ай бұрын
Gorgeous little sword...er...dagger. interesting problem to have. Names are hard... on the one hand nobody cares, a rose by any name. On the other hand everybody cares because it makes it easy to identify what we're talking about. Lol this is a whole can worms. If I say... "Viking sword..." Some nerd: "No actually its not a viking sword! viking was a profession, it's a Frankish Saxon migration Era spartha....how dare you vikings were murders" Me:😑"whatever dude... it's a Viking sword... the typology is called "Jan petersons typology of the viking sword" some were saxon some were Frankish technically but you know what I'm talking about so...and I'm pretty sure the saxons raided places too..." Splitting hairs is fine, if you want to get really,really specific but we should acknowledge that it's sort of arbitrary after a certain point. Dagger, knife, sword whatever blades are blades doesn't matter what it's name is. Pretty sure we're all fine calling every thing longsword. German longsword, French longsword, English longsword. Nobody insists we call a French longsword...whatever the French called lol
@armsarmorinc.4153
@armsarmorinc.4153 Ай бұрын
yep
@bencoomer2000
@bencoomer2000 Ай бұрын
Swords for HOBBITS? :D
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