Uploads August 10 - 21, 2019
Reacting to Some of My Old Videos...
Berserkers - Raging Beasts or Warrior Elite?
Two Handed Falchion by Angus Trim - Odd Grip, Great Blade!
Sword Banter: The Chinese Jian and Comparison to the Rapier
Comments (3)
Hi Skallagrim, I just watched the testing video with Sword Sage and his arsenal, and I had a question about that really long sword, the Long Chu Jian - Striking Eagle. I don't know if I'm interpreting what I see correctly, but it seems like the sword doesn't cut very well if it doesn't strike at the center of percussion. If that's true, it seems like that would negate the supposed advantage of swords, that they can make larger cuts than an axe or cutting polearm. Does this seem to be what's going on with this sword? Is this true of all very long swords or just this sword in particular?
That's usually a feature of particularly flexible blades. If it was more rigid it would be more forgiving.
ooooh his noodly goodness. Those old videos. Eh. Nobody begins life adulted and learned.