the longerer, the more stabbier, you never know when you might have to stab a whale or elephant!

At what point does a spear end and a sword staff/glaive/etc begin? A Viking hewing spear from the Kult of Athena has a 16 inch blade. Naginatas from the KoA have a 20 inch blade. LK Chen has a Han Dynasty Sha swordstaff with a blade that is 24-31 inches long. Scandinavians made spears and pikes from swords (whether it was actually a sword, who knows?).

Even if a dagger or spear of 7 or or 8 inch's is ample to fatally wound that doesn't mean it takes the target down instantly. Many dagger or spear blade went to about 12 inches which wound skewer an opponent though making an entry & exit wound leading to far more blood lose. Lose a litre or 2 & your ability to stay conscious much less aware is greatly diminished. The Roman Pugio was 7 to 11 inch's in blade that every Roman soldier carried even in the Auxiliaries troops as you want any random combatant to be very lethal threat on the cheap a 7 to 12 inch blade is best till precision fire arms came about. People harp on about swords but most never used them as a long dagger others much the same with more versatility at a fraction of the cost while far easier to carry. Padding under armoured harness & the fact that if shallow wound they will hang around longer is simple fact. The average chest & torso thickness is 5 inches, + armour & padding 2-3 inches + anything parrying in the way even hand another inch being 8 or 9 inches to get though to the other side. Realistically you need a 7 inch blade against a person in armoured harness but only 3 inch will do work but the longer it is in the less time the opponent will have to try & take you with them. 8 to 9 inches may be optimal length for a fighting blade but I could understand why someone would want an inch or 2 more as a tip can chip. You do lose length on a blade in service sharpening in time so 9 inches or 10. Better to have an inch or 2 extra then not? The Romans were far more savvy then people give them credit. They used minimum required & added a touch just to make sure. Just imagine how many times a Roman legionaries Pugio must have been sharpened in the 20 years service if they made it to retirement. I'd imagine an inch or 2 would have been lost to the blade.

These mova globes always look so cool, but advertising on this site has gotten to the point where I expect to hear they're made of orphan skulls or something horrible like that 😅

As long as they dont have the 9 dash Line, its fine

Alright. You win.

@@muffincutting6020 🤣

He was most famous in his 90 minute skirmish with Biggus Dickus, who utilized his megoblatta longipennis to spread his germ

Lmao. *dips fictional hat* g'day sir!

"As I explained in the video, which I linked down below." I wonder how KZfaq permitted that video...

That's not what my girlfriend says.😂😂😂

​​@@allendowning470You can rest safe now that research has shown that the average size range is 10-15 cm, depending on the country. Just ask her whether she'll play those odds 😂

@@DrVictorVasconcelos Gonna KMS...

​@@DrVictorVasconcelosnow depending on the country I can be superior to the entire media of that country. Neat

😂

Always a legitimate concern (or wish?)

@@n0tthemessiah it certainly is. (Yes it is??) hahah.

You should always lubricate the shaft for those occasions.

I shall take this advice the next time I go to Thailand.

I worry CONstantly

12:51

My thought as well…..

Wouldn't be a Scholagladiatoria video without any.

i mean he is right, more than 5 or 6 inches of penetration isn't needed most of the time

Context

That axe is living its best life

Lol. Gives real Final Destination vibes

It’s bored. It’s thirst for blood remains unslaked.

As an axe enthusiast, I can confirm they are often restless after a while of remaining bloodless ☹️

Proto-glaives and proto-halberds. The Norse sure loved their polearms.

@@tykjpelk yeah but why though? It's like every culture has preferred weapons and tactics. Scandinavians love hit and run tactics, risky endeavors like raids or conquering a weakened country. Polearms fit well into it because you don't let your opponent come close but you have the ability to kill him with one powerful strike (kind of like raids). Also they're famous for their extremely polite societies, and now while they're being invaded by foreigners, they actively seek to not engage in any conflict. On the other hand italians always loved republics, closest combat possible and shorts swords/daggers from principes to arditi. There's definitely a genetic inherent component in there.

@@hulking_presence Not necessarily genetic, but more _memetic_. The Norse lived mostly in small-scale communities. Combat was typically between these communities. It isn't until later that you begin to see larger population centers, and they are founded on trade. They have to conserve arable land for agriculture and in southern regions, woodland, wood being a critical resource. So, their tactics are small-scale tactics, raids mostly. This tactical stance recognizes the small populations engaged in the dispute and limits casualties, since a battle won at a high cost of lives could lead to extinction for both communities involved. The sagas give good descriptions of this, along with emerging large unit encounters. The social survival needs dictate tactics more than individuals. More over, for larger, non-literate societies, the storage of social information (who "we" are, what "we" think is the correct thing to do, etc.) is collective, with individuals storing social knowledge redundantly in individual heads. Lose the heads and the information stored in them that tells "us" who "we" are is gone. The smaller the community, the fewer heads it can spare without losing coherence.

@@hulking_presenceSeems like a simultaneously over-broad and yet far too simple explanation for the stated principle. The stated principle in itself also needing to be categorized in such a way as to be comparable between groups of people over geography and time period. Pretending we have a solid group of Vikings, from a particular time, using a particular set of weapons they favor, I suspect their typified government and warfare are only one portion. That there would be any number of potential reasons outside of that, that actually dictated the form of warfare they engaged in, and how they understood it. There is also a give and take as far as those things go. Feedback. One thing changes another, and then that changes the original and at least two other things. But then, that’s getting into anthropology in actuality, not armchair history.

​​@@hulking_presence ffffuck off with your fascist pseudoscience eugenics, chud.

I 100% agree and intended to make the same comment while watching this video.

Yup. He held it with the narrow end forward and the blade back, and my first thought was "oh, it's a big dart"

I've heard they tasted like chicken, but with a texture like beef.

@@Asertix357 Makes sense.

One of the top ten dinosauruses

I think they called them dragons back then 😅

Sir crocodile Dundee

That’s not a spear. It’s a spoon

Further proving that innuendo, intentional or accidental, transcends time itself.

You didn't know about the plethora of historical documents that show the superiority of dual-wielding spears over using a sissy shield? More spear means you can kill more people, simple logic.

Dual wielding spears is underrated

@@TheBarserhilarious!

@@TheBarser Björn Rüther has a video where he dual wields Landsknecht pikes so who knows lmao

Yeh, definitely props to him. I don't think I could go at this for 17 plus minutes without blowing my composure even under under the best of circumstances. Really takes some stamina, that.

His mental discipline is highly commendable.

Yes, it can protect you from being forced into a swordfight if the enemy is coming too quickly.

I thought it was a normal amount for Matt until the 12:32 sequence...

And some of the comments are right up there also! 😂

There's this person comparing english wrenches and they have names like "Wang" "John" and the like and when he said "i brought my friend Tim's 2 inch wang..." I started laughing so hard.

Well I heard girls prefer a guy with a long spear.

Watch the lockpicking lawyer’s 1 April videos.

Thought the same thing.

I’ll say it then!…So the massai penetrated bodies with their shafts

“I’m glad you asked, and the answer is: context!” Proceeds to rant at the bartender for 10 minutes about various spear design.

Mount and spear: lancelord

I am a simple man and cannot lie - I love my cataphract lances long.

@@sitrilko i prefer using a 2-handed sword myself, there's a tier 4 blade with the longest reach

Basically a lawn dart with a sword instead of fins on the back, so I could see the spike end being intended for all throws, and the sword end being for close combat

The Cold steel Samburu spears According to lynn is used that way.

I think this is 100% incorrect. Throwing this spear with the sword end first would be TERRIBLE as the huge bladed sword part would make the sword steer off course extremely easy. It would act as a wing and increase the most minute imperfection in the throw by VERY much. With the sword part at the back on the other hand, it would reduce the effect of imperfections in the throw. Just as you see with arrows and darts.

Most of their throws would have been up close (at one time you could find a video of the Maasai doing a lion hunt on KZfaq) also I was told this when I bought my lion spear at a Maasai village in Tanzania from one of the Maasais who lived there.

And if one is hunting a lion they would want the end that causes the most internal damage to be used and the back end with the spike would fall towards the ground and maybe dig into the ground to prevent the lion from coming at you.

Dudes shooting basically tree trunks with massive bows using their feet is cool as hell

And in Europe. My local gun shop also sold boar spears.

And when you have not enough Iron/ steel? There are regions being poor of resources, or poor persons, in former times Iron/ Steel was often expensive.

​@@brittakriep2938sounds like a THEM problem

I have thanks! I think a few other youtubers are already on the case, though from what I could see, there were some issues with those 'tests'... but it was just for fun, so I don't see the need to be too critical :-)

@@scholagladiatoria I've been wanting someone in the sword community to do that kind of thing. While modern armor stops bullets, I think that it's lack of coverage is its main problem. An archer would have multiple targets available that would be absolutely catastrophic. Thanks for all you do for us!

​@@darrinrebagliati5365: Modern Kevlar is basicly a modern material made cloth/ fabric. Weapons penetrating a Gambeston , Rondell dagger for example, also penetrate a Kevlar only vest, especially those, worn under civilian Dress.

@@brittakriep2938 yes and no. Kevlar is a 'plastic' fiber weave that takes a hard impact well. Have you ever seen an arrow vs kevlar? Or did you know that a sandbag will stop a bullet but an arrow will go through it and still have enough energy to injure someone on the other side? Also, just look at the vital areas NOT covered by a kevlar vest.

@@darrinrebagliati5365 A person with a gun has those same unarmored targets, and would be more accurate at longer ranges.

Since the boar spear was a common hunting tool in many areas, would VERY few if any at all react on you carrying a boar spear. In all areas where boars and bears roamed, a hunter would carry the boar spear together with his bow and at least some sort of knife as well, often a rather large knife.

​​@@The_Judge300 boar spears are still sometimes used in Germany on wounded boars being held by dogs (which rules out shooting). I have two myself. Of course a large 20-26cm knife is used most often these days but sometimes a spear is just safer.

You mean the Naginata?

In 19th century halberds had been used by nightwatchmen, perhaps also palace soldiers. Halberds dissappeared from battlefield in 17th century. At least in Germany.

@@brittakriep2938 I mean as in the American revolutionary war and napoleonic Wars

@@LouieHodgson-sg4nu : In those time periode some some officers polesrms, yes , but in napoleonic wars , this ended. After a longer time of decline, in napoleonic era lances had a comeback for cavallry. Other polearms? In late years of napoleonic era, 1813, for some reserve units ( Landwehr/ Landsturm) pikes had been used again in german language countries. But: In Prussia for the Landwehr had been not enough muskets, so many units Had mixed weaponry, more pikes ( and even axes) than muskets. But as this units got moee muskets, captured or given by british or russian allies, the pikes had been replaced. Also in Württemberg in 1813 short pikes had been introduced for the four Rural Regiments. Those units had only half the size, consisted of elderly men and Had been not intended as frontline troops, only as guards, escorts, guides, patrol and Police. Palace soldiers and policemen also often Had polearms too, and of course semiregular/ emergency units.