I don’t think I’ll ever buy a sword but that doesn’t stop me from watching these vids

"If you like em *big* and you can take it- _i mean_ afford it" Who doesn't like a big sword Skal ?

If I ever get into collecting swords I'm going to rely heavily on this guy's input and advice

“I would advise being careful with this type of blade against hard targets.” ...does that include bullets?

Obviously, you shouldn't buy a sword, you should loot one from a dragon.

"...but then I ran out of money and threw it out of the cart." is the most relatable thing I've heard all day.

Gun Tubers: look at my giant Collection of rare and expensive Firearms! Skal: Yeah, i had to sell it

I have that Type 14 ATrim Kingston Sword. It was recommended to my wife when she was shopping an Albion for me last Christmas and found out it wouldn’t arrive until the next summer. It’s very good. The hilt has some sizable gaps from the blade, but the blade is very sharp and well finished. And it’s very nimble. It’s fit and finish wasn’t an Albion but it was only 250 back then. I see the price going up somewhat online, which is a good sign that people like it. It’s very good

I hope Skall sees this: I’ve been following your channel for years and I love pretty much all of your content, and I agree with just about everything you say, and I know my swords pretty well by this point. I don’t have the budget for Albion, I’m only 17, but I noticed the Balaur Arms swords around last year and immediately knew I was onto something. I took a long time researching and trying to make sure I wasn’t going to waste my money, and eventually settled on the 15th Century Italian Longsword they sell. Fucking *love* it, it reminds me very much of the Lockwood longsword Skall got last year, and it’s just fantastic, the quality is really good, fit and finish is great, and it feels like a proper reproduction sword, for only £235. Unfortunately I live in England, so shipping and imports took the total price up to £470, but it was worth every penny. I love it, I use it pretty much every day, and I’d recommend it highly to anyone who wants a good, beautiful, functional sword, but don’t have the high budget. Hope this helps, I’d love to see Skall do a review of it :)

I'm really enjoying these reviews, would love to see more videos like this covering axes, maces, daggers etc

Last time I was this early Ötzi was rocking a copper axe

*Approved by a turtle* ©

im so glad he made a video on this ive been looking into buying one of their swords

I love how the budget picks start at a higher price than I have ever paid for a sword!

I've added Valiant's Heron sword to my list of "will never afford but dream of" swords. I love that S-guard and gentle sabering. Beautiful.

Good to see an updated video like this. After your more recent reviews, sometimes the newer stuff can better/replace the older recommendations.

I missed this when you uploaded them, glad I’m seeing them now

I can vouch for the Kingston Arms 13th Century Arming Sword. It is an incredible sword.

This relaxing music and voice was so nice after a stressful day. I like the sword recommendations too.

Thanks for all the hard work you put into these. Nicely done:)

So happy to have found your channel.

Keep up the good work! I watch your channel since 2017. Never been dissapointed. I love how you do things and how you operate the channel. You are 'Infotainment' at its finest. Please keep doing it!!! Greetings to you and cara from Germany

Skall, I’ve been subbed for quite a while to your amazing channel and just wanted to say thank you for all of your work and dedication. Your videos are amazing and always answer questions I didn’t even know I had lol thank you man and keep doing your thing you’re the best

Keep up the good work skall been watching for years and your videos always hold my attention and are informative thanks 🤜🤛

This is a great series, thanks for doing this!

"I would advise you be careful with hard targets... for no particular reason" Voted best skall "non-pommel quote" of all time

Arms and Armor sells an Irish arming sword, for those interested in Irish medieval swords. They even give you the option of a scabbard with it, but it costs extra.

I've tried one of the Balaur Arms longsword, had it for about a year. Felt great, fit and finish were great and it cut very well. Unfortunately I believe I got a lemon and the peen broke during my first cutting session after sitting on a rack mostly for over a year. Couple bad cuts against a target that was not giving towards the end of the day, not a hard target, just a very thick and slightly heavier plastic bottle. Pretty sure the peen was just done wrong and the first time it encountered any kind of real resistance it would have broken. Ended up selling the sword to a friend to be a project blade. But I liked it so much I have seriously considered buying another one, but using it much sooner so that it is still in warranty if it breaks. Hard to beat that price and the scabbard was really really nice for the price too. Also have the Angus Trim type 14 Kingston arms sword and it is wonderful. Scabbard didn't fit so the sword rattles and will fall out. I believe I got the KoA sharpening service and the edge geometry was...bad. It can't cut water bottles. Needs touch up, me and my buddy tried cutting with it for quite a while and we failed every cut with the sword. Not the swords fault though, I love the feel and once it is properly sharp it will be my favorite sword.

Oh lord, the next video is gonna have 'fantasy swords.' If there is no Skallchion I will riot!

Great Video Skall. I just bought a Ronin Katana Arming Sword. Looking forward to receiving it.

Love the longer videos.

I want a Cold Steel but they’re sold out everywhere!!!

I definitely appreciate this video. I'm looking at possibly buying a sword when I have the funds for it, and I'm considering going with the Kingston Arms Type XIV or the Italian Rapier. Thank you for this.

Thx for doing all the hard lifting for us laz .. uh, I mean VERY busy viewers ;-) Seriously though, this is a big help!

Now this is the sword of video I subscribed for

Much needed video

I'll say this about the Windlass rapier, the one I set up for a friend of mine to use on stage survived several seasons of hard use doing stage combat. While that extra flexibility might not be great for actual combat it came in handy making it safe for stage use. The only issues were that after several seasons the pommel would loosen up and need to be tightened regularly and the wire wrap had loosened up a little.

Must resist blowing a ton of money!

5:55 I have the Katzbalger! It's definitely my favourite sword, it feels so good in the hands

I can say the Ronin Katana Two Handed Saber is a really fun sword, and just a great cutter. Handles extremely well.

I'd really like to see you do some Balaur reviews. Really curious about them

That footage of the renaissance longsword stabbing the water bottle and then slicing it's ass off was absolutely boss level awesome man that sword looks HOT. And props for your form mate you look well versed in the art of longsword my good man!

Can't wait for part 4, future swords.

I highly recommend the Hanwei Tinker Great Sword Of War. Really well made for the price and a beast of a cutter. As a higher end choice in the type XIIIA I recommend the Albion Duke. Absolutely beautiful sword and a really great cutter.

I love this series. Even if its not featured on here you can use it to reference other swords.

Im going to buy an arming sword for cutting test and this is helping me so much

I have the sharp version of the kingston side sword and so far am very happy with it for the price. Balance is great, handle feels good, came pretty sharp out the box, fit of scabbard is good. Haven’t done too much with it yet but so far I like it.

Castille armory makes customizable sharps. I only have the budget sideward, but they look great.

Oh my, I've wanted a M T G sword for a while and, and yes the A and A one is beautifully and well made, it would be interesting to see a comparison with LK chen version.

of all blades i have trained with my fav is oakesott type x. point impact is is devastating...as weight is well foreward of hilt but allows for maximum impact for least energy expenditure. i have been watching your stuff for quite some time .....i hope you keep doing it...i see the subtle humour...wry but there. was just watching you and mrs skallagrim on scale armour....while i know you were being serious...her face was a picture...tell her i said that. also watched on duelling. as i grew up in north east england ...duelling is still with us...but without weapons for most part....but things are usually settled the old way we are still a representative of our norse ancestors....(hang on...my dad is northumbrian..my mum danish)...we are still nordic in our outlook here...i have seen old men fight over whose turn it is to by the ale....even defending the fact that the next pint is on them...and still they resort to a rolling scrap over it. honour and dignity still prevail here. as for the timetravel thing...first thing they would do would be to wait untill you had to drop your pants ...then take any advantage you thought you had...they still do that with sillysods with airguns...wait till the shite then disarm them afore they shoot horses. also remember...yorkshire is mainly old norse in language and mindset...even now.(you and mrs skallagrim would love it here) i was raised to follow the old ways of our preceross ancestors...danish mum and northumbrian grandparent on dads side that were still of the old mind..i have worn a mjolnir since 1974(family heirloom ...over 1200 years old)...you had to earn this thing by acting with honour and bravery and in defence of our ways.....it wasnt automatically handed down. these things are earned...not just given. i was raised in a mix of precross anglosaxon and norse ...beowulf and the sagas were my childhood stories....related to me with passion ...these are the tales i hold to be true...not tales of thomas the tank engine or similar pointless tales. i am self reliant strong and resiliant...through my belief...its the only one i know. as for a duel...right is righ and honour is serveved by attendance.....any furthering must be at the whim and will of the challenged....it is dishonourable to act with violence against a man of meek will...unless you have no option left much is played upon kinfolc. due to the currentcrap i am gettiing calls from kinfolc globewise. min muther says closekin is what matters ...then tells me about her sis...who lost her (miserable controlling) hubby and has been robbed blind by my cousins///(my aunt was a dear girl...he is now in a home in texas...im in england...i want to meet these areosols). yet all or kin here are close...even through divorce and all the rest...at the end...one view sticks together no matter what...in times of strife they stop feud and unite as one kin. that is what our "heathen" way is ...hurt one...you hurt all..our reputation is at stake. something our current system is ignoring to their direst peril honour dignity and respect are important still..cut one you cut all the New Heathen Horde is gaining numbers. steel on steel we cannot be silenced we will not be....our time will come ...all sons of Woden and seaxneat stand and say AYE ther are those that would crush us again. to me thate is a racialhatecrime that cannot be forgiven. but my friends you must listen...the tint of a mans flesh is nothing...the gods that he may adhere to are as nothing. we have as bigger problem facing all of us that is not of faith...but the denial of faih...no matter what that faith is. xbearers....m u slims...heathens....c h ristians heed my words...all of you. no matter what you have for faith...we are all trying to live on tjis one world. thjere are those that would defy us all in the face of secluded freedom...that is freedom for no one/...only reverse apartheid. the ones who cry loudest have most to lose. Skal Wulf

After Matt Easton's review of Windlass' Type XIV arming sword, I'm planning on getting it some time soon.

The cold steal messer is awesome. I severely recommend it as well

The sword at 8:15 is nice. I've had one for over 10 years (bought back when they were Kris Kutlery) and it's easily my favorite longsword.

I'm looking forward to part III. The third-most part there is.

If you are going with sparring safe weapons, in the rapier category castille and darkwood are great well recomended options with their economy/basic lines.

I picked up the Hanwei backsword in a January sale - lovely item, but with a butterknife edge. Fortunately the edge profile was decent enough that it only took 20mins or so on a whetstone to get it at least paper-cutting sharp.

You actually changed it like you said in the stream 😂👍 This is a reference to the channel icon and the DJ Fuzzface stream

everytime you pull out the lockwood, your facial expression makes it seem like you just got it. such a nice sword

0:37 I actually own this longsword now. It's pretty nice. After like 5 months of abuse the guard started making clicking sounds but its still strong as hell. Seriously recommend it.

So many cool swords 😍

I own the Kingston arming sword and the Ronin war sword. I enjoy both of them but I absolutely love the Kingston. It's an amazing cutter.

I have a Balaur Arms 14th - 15th Century Longsword. Its actually very good. I had the sharpening service on it and then touched it up myself, and it performs as a sword double its price would. Honestly, well worth the price. The steel is good, the build quality is good. Only downside is the pommel and grip are, shall we say, a bit rough looking, but fully functional, but that can be solved with a bit of care. Honestly, they make good swords. Try one, see what you think.

I really like my Cold steel Italian longswords MAA. For the money it is a balanced slightly heavy sword that is perfect for beginner users in the hand and a half category. The basic yet refined design handles amazingly.

I got the kingston arms atrim cutlass about a month ago. Haven't tried cutting with it yet but it feels fantastic and looks really good. The factory edge doesn't seem great, in fact KoA's false edge sharpening is actually better than the main edge. But, I'm very happy with it overall.

I actually bought the Balaur longsword Skall mentions in the beginning of the video. I'm still relatively new and I was shocked at how whippy it was. To me it felt overly whippy. I returned it and exchanged it for the Balaur Italian longsword and I was much, much happier. The handle wraps are fantastic. I made some lo-fi video reviews for them if you click on my KZfaq avatar.

Balaur Arms are awesome i have the 15th Century Italian longsword and absolutely love it.

Ive been thinking about getting a balaur arms longsword. I would love to see you review a balaur arms longsword

I'm learning a lot and unfortunately my tastes as most only go up the more I see quality stuff. That last one handed sword was beautiful! I wish you had updates of these with retailers and current bargains etc. The search continues unless I win the lotto

I wish you wouldve mentioned darkwood armory for practice rapiers. They have been amazing to me and everyone I know that has a darkwood. I understand not being able to recommend them because you havent gone to them and used any of thier swords specifically their practice rapiers. My entire hema group including I have had amazing results and to add onto that I am pretty sure they are a smaller company and they are very easy to talk to hell they sent a note when I ordered rapier handles to them saying I didnt put finish on these because it looks like you are customizing everything. Best part it was a real note not some typed up mess and it was in my opinion very personal. Anyways great content skall.

I think you undersell the Landsknecht Emporium range of messers. Speaking to messer specialists, LE are *the* go-to brand for HEMA messers. Especially as they offer most of their messers with a choice of three blade types - sharp, blunt trainers with very similar weight to sharp, and blunt sparring blades that are thicker to stand up to the rigors of contact.

i have TFWs bastard sword and i love it. the pommel shape has to be my favorite both for comfort and appearance.

Question: do you know if any swords with complex hilts have an option to be built left handed? I'd be willing to pay extra for that. Like, looking through Kingston Arms' catalog, that Cutlass is a sweet sword, but exceedingly awkward to a lefty like me.

I enjoy all of your vids. I dont watch the recommended sword ones because there arent any HEMA groups close to me (i think the ones asking for these are in the the minority with access to HEMA classes). I really love your vids that have a historical element (like the neolithic warfare one) and i enjoyed the zombie tools spear and the adlatle (forgive spelling).

Just so you know ive watched these three videos in full probably about six times each as i am starting a collection and am using this as a reference - wish i could find that tinker parce renaissance longsword with the fancy handle

I have the Balaur Arms 15th Century arming sword. Like you said, it looks good... It feels pretty good in the hand too, though I'm not a full on HEMA practitioner yet. Unfortunately I haven't been able to test cut with it, but I have a feeling it will do just fine on bottles and jugs. Sorry, no wood chopping... 🤪

Any thoughts in the Hanwei Great Sword of War. Super common sword, cheap (around 350), but after you mentioned it in the previous video I wasn't sure if you were going to bring it up. Been eyeing up a new budget sharp and these videos have been helpful.

Oooh, that arming sword! But also, that's a crazy low price for the Windlass falchion! (*starts googling how to re-wrap a sword handle, then remembers lack of money*)

@Skallagrim I have a bauler arms teutonic knight arming sword, there's a possible control issue , first came cracked , Kult of athena replaced it, there is a video an the website for it. it cuts well and ive had no issues , though the crossgaurd has sharp corners , I did move it to close and scratch my side

I have the Ronin Katana Euro 7 Longsword, and I love it. It's nimble, elegant looking, and it cuts bottles nicely. I think I paid $265 for it from KoA last year. I first heard about Ronin's Longswords from Skall, so thanks for the recommendation!!

I _so_ wanna get that Townguard sword, but _damn_ that is a lot of money! Gonna have to be content with drooling at images of it for the forseeable future.

Thanks, I ordered the Italian Longsword from CS as my first longsword for about $269, maybe it will be good for learning martial arts when I get bored.

I've ordered two Ronin swords (directly off their website). The first was their Kriegsmesser, and it had a fracture that ran perpendicular to the blade, from edge to about 1 inch (2.4 cm) in from the edge. It was faint but visible, if you were looking for it. Obviously a critical flaw in a sword. The return process was a huge pain in the butt, as to how the box needed to be labeled. And I believe I was required to pay for the return shipping, which was reimbursed as credit towards a replacement. Only refunded if the replacement was equally or lower in price to the original. The second was the replacement, which was a Wakizashi. It had no flaws, per-say. But it was pretty rough around the edges; literally, especially.

I own (2) TFW and (2) Kingston Arms swords, as well as one Balaur Arms. The XIV Arming Sword (Angus Trim) is excellent, over all. The TFW blades are great: even as the TFW Moro Gayang is munitions grade, I would hearily recommend it.

Would love a hema weapon version of these videos

That Ronin you mentioned is a good sword. I own one. All I had to do was touch up the edge a bit and she is an excellent cutter. I second that opinion. Can search my name and Ronin longsword if you want to see what I've had to say about her.

I'd love to see more compare and contrast on basket hilts... I plan to buy a battle ready one in the near future, and I am seeking classes or a tutor in proper handling and care.

I have that Atrim cutlass. It's definitely a mean cutter and a well made sword but I find it's slightly awkward and off kilter in aiming or in preparation for a cut or from changing positions in between guards. I also find the grip to be hard to index and too small for my big hands. It looks very pretty on the wall though I have to say.

Now we are TALKING :) - I don't hate Viking-Swords, but compared to a longsword (hand and a half sword!) or even a saber they look primitive and clumsy :( Great going Skall with the fast follow up vid (nice timing, too in Germany it is 6:30 PM ATM so I've just come home home from work :) ) ps: I love baskets and swords or D-Guards because you can hit an enemy with those and they also protect your hand (something Japanese and Chinese swords sadly seem to lack!)

Blue yourself with cold gun blue. Just wrap tape over handle and blade. It does wear but if you keep applying it eventually it becomes very long lasting

I would love to see what your thoughts on the Atrim 13th century arming sword from Kingston Arms are. I am impressed for the price, & have suspicions of it's ranking as I have one, but little experience to draw from... I will see if you review it, what you think of it before I spill my mind and reveal my ignorance. I also have the Ronin euro #3, and it cuts, actually pretty well after I put an edge on it, but it's VERY forward heavy compared to a high end version of the design like the Alexandria.

I actually have the ronin katana #7 and, well it's the only sharp that I have, but it cuts quite well for what I use it for.

>angus trim >affordable Lies, this can’t be true

I want that Heron Saber!

I just bought the katzbalger from Kingston arms. Swords & more was the only place in Europe where you can buy it. This katzbalger was also the only one that looked well finished and comes with a sheath in that price range.

As far as the Claymore goes, best option I've ever seen is the Hanwei. Perfectly built, weighted, cute like a beast with factory sharpening, and nearly indestructible with normal use(including accidental strikes on cutting stand nails)

Hey skall in case you see this, I've been trying to find a longsword that I can use during hema practice but all I can find are sharp edged or obviously not a proper longsword. Any recommendations would be lovely. Love your content skall

In the low range area of longswords I would also add the Rhinelander by Hanwei. I don't own one, but I have only seen very positive reviews. There are some flaws but mostly about looks and not function. It is often back ordered but I have seen it multiple times back in stock on KoA, so I'll just keep looking I guess. Also those Balaur Arms seem so promising! Almost Albion quality for 250$?? If it's real I would really feel bad to pay them this little for the quality!

Balaur is a sort of dragon in Romanian mythology, people might wanna know this

Great!

Really wish he would do a review of the Albion Dane