Part of the success of this channel, and I’m using the term success with air quotes,
is that you never quite know what’s going to happen. Some people may be here because of the
cool pocket knives, and others are here for the fingernail closeups. You don’t really know. one
day I might show up on the news, in a standoff with mall security pants less diarrhea running
down my leg as I swing a large bladed weapon above my head, screaming the f word in Claire’s.
What do you mean no prince Albert’s. Who know’s what the future brings or why people watch this
stuff- but one thing my viewers can all agree on is that it’s time this motherfucker bought himself
a sword. And about a year ago or so I decided to get a cold steel. Sure I could do research,
spend weeks deciding on a forge or brand that best matches my needs and lifestyle. Consult
some sword guys. Study some medieval history, imagine myself as a knight,
a viking maybe- and not the soft doughy pathetic white man who has a YouTube
channel. But I got to drinking, and spending some time on Youtube one thing led to another,
maybe I was wearing some clothes, maybe I wasn’t, I started watching some of the classics,
Lynn playing with some meat boots and swinging at some ropes… had a good cry and thought shit
I can do that. I got a cool video camera But I got to do it right. So, I go to amazon, search
for armor and click through the sponsored links until I piece together something nice and shiny.
And here I am with life choices that have lead to 700 dollars worth of shitty armor and a Cold
Steel Hand and. Half sword. The wife and kids gone for the evening, I’m gonna make em proud.
Now I don’t know what good, a sword is. If it’s nice enough could it get you a
tug behind the turkey leg stand at the ren fair. Do they figure somewhere into the
divorce settlement. Are they for 8th generation European Americans to hang above their fireplace,
so they can get in touch with their heritage. I dunno. I do know that it
probably isn’t a good idea to chop shit in your back yard with it. But it’s your sword,
and not your mom or pleas from the authorities can tell you how you can use it or that you
should just drop it. Who gives shit if you show up in a next door post in someone’s ring footage.
So here we are with the Cold Steel Hand and a Half sword, appropriately named, because that’ll be you
after 6 beers and a trip to the emergency room. 100 years ago people lost appendages
in factories in machinery working a long side 7 years olds, making 10 cents a day. Today we lose
them because we needed something to post. Now since it’s a sword I figure you need to be safe
which is why I bought all this rad armor. I’ve watched excalibur a few times and seen Braveheart,
and while Brevaheart isn’t the right era I noticed safety glasses didn’t seem to exist back then- so
I wanted to keep it semi realistic. Plus we all have eyelids anyway, so glasses are unnecessary.
So uh I guess uh let’s get to testing. Ive been putting off dumping my Christmas tree behind an
Albertsons for this very thing. The blade here is made from 1095 carbon steel and the handle is
wrapped in leather. I have found when practicing moves in the backyard the leather wrapped handle
is large enough for both of my hands. They call it a hand and a half, but it easily could be called
a two handed sword, maybe even a third. I think the cross guard is a nice touch as it looks very
sword like from all the films I have watched. The sword is very sharp out of the box, and
since it’s carbon steel are sure you wipe it down after playing with it otherwise it might rust.
Anyway that about does it. These are the patrons, they make the sword content in 4k
possible. If I’m paying 700 bucks for scrap metal sometimes I need a little help. Have I
learned my lesson? Probably while the sword cost about 250 bucks, breaking it after a few minutes
of hitting stuff saved me countless thousands in medical bills. At the expense of ruining some of
the best footage I have ever recorded- 1060 isn't known as a brittle steel- this is definitely the
luck of the draw on a heat treat, as there are countless hours of assholes like me awkwardly
and also gracefully using cold steel swords whack things on the internet. As a frequent
wood whacker myself this sudden catastrophic failure is rare- and there now is video evidence
that I did not treat my sword they way you're supposed to in a warranty, to get it replaced.
Am I upset? Not really I have a full chest of future scrap
metal in the garage of my chest. So like, subscribe, comment, thanks for watching.