As opposed to someone wearing a large german knife, who would communicate to others: "Don't messer with me!"

I’m now imagining a tag team duo of somebody holding this and another guy with a really wide hammer just running around stabbing through knights

This is a reupload from his dating profile, under the "Hobbies & interests" section.

"It's for stabbing a person" better known as a Frenchman

"...and they were for STABBING! AND STABBING!"😂😂

It's really weird to see Lindy's short, on the point, concise videos...

Man, being a ruffian must have been ridiculously lucrative if citizenry expected to be jumped by thugs in plate armor.

Also known as the "Misericorde dagger or "The dagger of mercy", because it was used to finish a badly wounded knight, or the knight will ask for "mercy". Ergo, he rather choices death than to be taken prisoner, because if it's a nobleman, the enemy can ask for ransom, torture him for information, etc. Samurai carried a tanto blade for the same reason, and to off themselves if they are losing the battle and baddle wounded.

So, those familiar with Lord Beige's memes will remember the one about "Ending Them Rightly." Well, this is indeed the tool that was intended for "Ending Them Rightly."

A daunting sound of dinging after battles could be heard around 1350. It was men,women, and children finishing off fallen/wounded enemies. Near silence after the battle apart from the dinging.

I absolutely adore the juxtaposition between your upbeat, almost comedic presentation when describing these horrible acts, all while delivering an educational history lesson.

Never would I have thought I would have seen Lindy pull of shorts so well. What a man. STABBING and STABBING

Good and informative short video Lindy. Im suprised at how pointy the tip of the trainer still looks. I would've assumed they make them with rolled or teardrop shaped endings.

Yes. The storybook ideal of chivalric combat generally didn't happen. It was catch-as-catch can, keep your head on a swivel', do unto the other bloke as quickly as possible and move on. And it *was* going to become a ground fight at some point. Which is where your rondel dagger became important. His, too.

I think a sign saying "dont mess with me" would be more effective at getting across the message, but what do I know?

Lindybeige is what happens when Hugh Laurie becomes an awesome history teacher

I think I might have a heart attack. Lindy Beige made a video that isn't at least half an hour long! Love your content. 😁

Verily, one is about that life

Have to say that you chose the perfect thumbnail for this one. Very stabby looking man.

When you really want to go Stabby Stabby Pokey Pokey on someone.

" Triangular in Cross-Section" sounds like an 18th Century Bayonet, form following function again

I was reading some "Tristan & Iseult", and in a 15 century version, it's said that it was carried by tristan and one of his mate to protect himself while they were disguised as civilians : In fact, it's quite cheap and easy to produce, awfully effective, can go trough any brigandine or any armor, can still hit quite hard even if you don't stab (it's still a steel stick, good tongue-twister imo) and can be hidden quite easely... if i can carry only one weapon, i think it would be a really good choice, maybe better than the good old mace (but this one can also have a stabby tip, and a slingshot option, so...)

Pairs really well with a wooden mallet

seeing you make shorts makes me sad inside. i hate what youtube has become and that I watch them all the time.. love your real videos!

a rogue weapon to take down a paladin, haha

you've come over all stabby today lloyd..

Thank you so much for including the explanation of what HEMA is in the visual portion of the video. The first time I heard an Englishman say the term, I wasted hours looking up "heemor."

I imagine a rogue carrying a hammer and dagger.

Lindy's always right on point... if you'll forgive me... No pretension, always good facts, and his presentation always engages and entertains. All history teachers should take a few pages from his book.

Lindy, just a word of thanks in appreciation for your work. I enjoy snd learn from your presentations.

Woo Love a lindy short! I miss your old 5 min videos :D

Lordy, that demonstration will haunt my nightmares for the next month!

First time I’ve seen Lindy get to a point inside of thirty minutes!

Love your Enthusiasm Lindy!!!

One thing I read once was that Rondels were banned in some of the Italian city states during the 15th century (how well this ban was enforced is unknown) officially because they lacked a crossguard and thus couldn't be used as a crucifix for prayer but apparently this is believed to be more of an excuse (as people were still allowed to carry guns, messers and other weapons which lacked crossguards) and they were more worried about stabbings. Venice interestingly enough apparently put a tax on Rondel Daggers rather than ban them (although included a loophole that meant they were tax free if you were "taking them on pilgrimage, crusade or any other activity which would advance Christianity or Venetian Trade).

You could also use it as a fork. A long, single-pronged (a onek if you will) and somewhat unwieldy fork, but still a fork.

If my understanding is correct, the Rondel daggers were meant to stab at the weak joints of platemail (not full plate). Also if I remember correctly, the round bits of armor, dangling off the shoulder, in front of the armpits (that were covered by mail) were called Rondels.

You could cut with some types. I have used some more “bladed” versions and they can be pretty effective at chopping through mats… My favorite technique with them is the old hand scissors though… brutal as hell, and if the blade is dull you will simply rip the persons hand off instead of slicing it. This technique can be done with a blunt piece of plastic and have a similar effect…

Sometimes punctuation does not change the result : "don't, mess with me" 😅

"I don't get mad. I get stabby."

That through your eye or your left arm pit towards your heart would be very depressing

Love those things. It's gotta punch through riveted mail. Needs to be thin and stout. And I bet hammering that training one would still do the job!

I like how others hide what they were used for but this guy goes buck wild with it

Ngl, I'm high right now and no yt short has ever been as fascinating and fucking terrifying as this one holy shit

Very true indeed, dealing with a man carrying only a dagger in civilian life for defense would be a fencing expert...... Brilliant video.

I cant imagine the PTSD the guys who had to fight like this got.

The vigor with which he shouted "stabbing" is worrying.

Dark and Darker rogue energy...

When he shouted "STABBING" the first time my stomach reflexively tensed up. That was wild.

When all else fails.. just use a dagger!

Stabbiest … that’s the new word of the day from lord lindy

I saw the program when they found King Richard III's skeleton in Leicester. When they inspected his skeleton, one of the wounds they found was a stab wound to his skull that was thought to have been made by a Rondel dagger.

One of my favorite medieval weapons. so cool!

Never catch me in Blade & Sorcery without my rondel dagger

This is a great video to passive aggressively send to someone your are annoyed with.

It's kind of cool how when knights in full armour were first coming onto the battlefields, no one really expected to kill them, and they didn't expect to be killed. But over time, as more people got armour and less of those people were going to have a ransom offered for them, we got stuff like this to just go straight for the kill.

I watched dune (2021) again recently, now I'm in to swords again

That must've been one of the predecessors of the smallsword.

Here i was thinking a weapon like that was too fantastical for my setting

combat back in the day wouldve been terrifying,a whole different breed of ppl back then,tough as hell for sure

"I think he got the point"

Liking the new Shorts, my only issue with them is theyre so short....

Excellent, great work 👏💯🥁

What does your psychiatrist say about your videos Lloyd?

I think you just described a weapon for hunting vampires, my guy! 🤔🤣

I saw many pictures from mid 14c. showing people in full gear, armed with a dagger and buckler only, killing the hell out of each other.

It's nice seeing you do shorts now!

Great video! Huge fan!

I can just FEEL my dad opening paint cans with one.

Those pesky armored vampires never stood a chance.

Such a horrible thought for its intended purpose but such a beautiful piece of workmanship

Rondel dagger has entered the chat. Brutus has entered the chat. Julius has left the chat.

That on one hip, a hammer on the other.

Also they were used stab in between plates of armor. Most often there was cloth padding underneath so you had to be able to get through these very dense layers of cloth.

The title of the short makes for a pretty awesome band name.

They often have a notch cut in the blade, so the tip would snap off in the wound. In your other hand, you may well have a mace to do the hammering with. A few guys in your bill block armed in this way could break up the enemy formation.

Dunno. The misericord/stilletto was pretty effective!

That's such an aggressive design, lol.

Is there anyone subbed to Lindy that doesn't know what a rondel dagger is? I also found it cute that, despite going on 40 minute videos without forgetting a single thing, the forgot what a pommel is in a 1 minute video.

Always fun to watch & with gusto! 😊

rookie mistake lindy, this is very clearly a throwing weapon the hero uses when he's disarmed or when he needs to dispatch bad guys from a distance

Love it. After Hernando the Bastard we're getting Randall the Dagger

Obviously a stake knife.

Excellent clip. Would love to hear the history of the Coustille Dagger

The "mercy" dagger lol

I don’t think he was talking about the knife anymore with the last line

Best first aid treatment for heavily wounded soldiers on field

You could say wearing this dagger... really hammers the point down... Tehehehe

They made a blade as thin as a household butter knife to slip between the visor on a helmet also

Through the eye slits of felled armoured targets...nasty

The Rondel dagger. For when you really want to drive a point.

That was so intense.

I have a Kirby made one of those, but it's a bollock dagger, or kidney dagger for the colonists. It's with my Hellcat in my EDC.

"...the big flat end of it here..." You mean the pommel? That's sure to end them rightly!

A point that fine, wouldn’t that pierce plate armor? Wicked stabber

How has a knife/hammer warrior never been thought of? Call him knight's bane!

The pointiest of d4s

It's a shiv - punctures organs, then kills by internal bleeding

So, it’s a vampire slaying knife

Cool, something like an "archers pick". Nice 👌