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Skall
@skallagrim.bsky.social
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Youtube sword geek and "professional over-thinker"
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Do you like spikes on armor, to make it more badass or whatever? Let's see if they did back in historical times too...
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Did SPIKED Armor Exist in Real-Life History or is it Just Silly Fantasy?
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November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Felt like a chill talk about the layers and complexities of reconstructing historical martial arts.
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How Did They REALLY Fight in History? ... ( It's Complicated )
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November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Has everything that works been done already?

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Could Entirely New Types of Melee Weapons Still be Invented?
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November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Is the two-handed war flail underrated? Well... how couldn't it be, with how much flexible weapons have been maligned. 😏
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How Good is a War Flail Really? (Compared to a Staff)
YouTube video by Skallagrim
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November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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You like nerdy rants? Here's one about 300.
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After all These Years I STILL Hate this Movie
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November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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As effective as swords were in duels and (to a lesser extent) on the battlefield, would they really be useful against undead hordes?
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Would Swords SUCK in the Zombie Apocalypse? - Response to @SellswordArts
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November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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What would a practically minded necromancer equip skellies with? Here are some ideas.

Happy Halloween!

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The Best Historical Weapons for SKELETON WARRIORS
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October 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Is there such a thing as too curvy? 😏
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What Happens when You Make a Katana EXTRA Curved?
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October 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The animator(s) of Ghost of Yotei really made an effort to create a cool but also convincing looking solution for drawing a long sword from the back, without finagling it with the blade clipping through the scabbard.
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Does the Back Draw from GHOST OF YŌTEI Work in REAL LIFE?
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October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Favorites are all fine and good... but what about the opposite?
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My LEAST Favorite Swords of History
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October 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Over the years enough catastrophic failures have happened in various tests for a fun little compilation.
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The Most Unexpected Weapon Failures
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October 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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A lot of folks liked the idea of a "red flags" buyer's guide kind of video, so here we go. So many air quotes in this one. :)

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Red Flags when Buying "Historical" Reproductions
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October 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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How NOT to make a sword hilt...
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I've Never Seen Such an Awful Sword Guard Before!
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October 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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An axecellent topic, don't you think?
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Axes COULD be the Perfect Melee Weapons, if Not for This...
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October 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Figured I should give you a health update after about 3 months.
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How Things Have Been Going...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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It's easy to look at these things and dismiss them as the inferior scrap version of an axe... but that doesn't mean a sawblade "axe" (or war club?) wouldn't be effective at all in post-apocalyptic fights.
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How Dangerous is a Post-Apocalyptic Saw-Blade Axe?
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September 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Normally I'd consider it an unfair comparison to test a single-handed sword against a two-handed one, but in this case...
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Can a Saber Out-Cut a Katana? - Let's Test it!
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September 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Were crossbows even worth the hassle in medieval and renaissance times, when bows had so many advantages? Let's talk about it.
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The Only Reasons Crossbows Exist
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September 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Did you know that the Dane axe was the "Viking lightsaber"? Yeah, me neither...
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Let's See What Cold Steel is Up to Now...
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September 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Military outfits mostly went downhill after the 16th century... do you agree?
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Nobody Can Ever Be This Cool Again
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September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Rapiers are not just metal pokey sticks, you know? Most of them, at least.
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Are You Wrong About Rapiers? - These Two Couldn't Be More Different!
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September 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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When the zombie geese descend upon us, how would you gear up?
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Armed for the Apocalypse: Let's See Which Store has the Best Options!
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September 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Time to rock the rugger!

So, uh... medieval stabby time, I guess.

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The Medieval Fighting Knife Almost Nobody Knows
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September 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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When people think about draw cuts, they may overestimate how well slightly curved blades do that. *Strongly* curved blades do what they have in mind.
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What Strongly Curved Blades Can Do
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September 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Much has changed in all these years... And there is still always more to learn about swords, martial arts, etc.
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Live and Learn... - Roasting my Self-Roast from Years Ago?
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September 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM